Volume 2: The Church of Light Chapter 283 Spiritual Nirvana

"Is this your ability?"
Xu Shen gritted his teeth and looked up at the boy in front of him who was bound by chains.
As he regained consciousness, the chain tightened even more, cutting into the flesh of the boy's ankles.
"I know what you want to say, but you misunderstood."
The young man said hurriedly: "I don't know what you just went through, but that was not controlled by me. It was all woven by your own consciousness. The fact that you were able to break through the obstacles and return is enough to prove that you can stick to your original intention."
"That's my test for you."
The young man in front of him was none other than Jono.
At this moment, he was in an area within three meters deep, covering an area where he could gain great benefits with his small size.
His body deteriorates, transforming from an old man to a young man, but he is still bald.
This shows that hair loss is really difficult to treat.
Looking at the young man in front of him, Yono, Xu Shen saw the scratches on his neck, which were not deep. This made him think of the scene where he had scratched him in that "reality" just now.
The world before his eyes overlapped and intertwined again.
Xu Shen slapped his head hard and shook it vigorously twice, and the illusion of the overlapping and jumping world disappeared.
"Do you test everyone who comes to you for the test in this way?" Xu Shen stared at him, his eyes like a wild beast with a hint of coldness.
The young man Jono nodded: "They are all like this, but they cannot break through the Mind Cage by their own strength. They can only be released by me. The judgment of their willpower also depends on the number of layers of the Mind Cage I created."
Xu Shen's eyes were thinking, and he was also staring at him without saying anything.
But his eyes revealed his meaning:
Go on.
The young man Yono paused for a moment and continued, "My mind cage has three layers. The first layer is usually used for testing. It can help the two states test your mental state. If you lose control in the first layer, it means that your mental state is extremely bad and you can no longer distinguish between reality and illusion."
He glanced at Xu Shen and said, "You know, most of the dimorphs are not normal. Only a small number of people like us are normal."
"These abnormal two-states usually imagine their abilities as their deceased relatives or some kind of obsession. They think they are still communicating with their relatives, but in fact they are just talking to their own abilities."
"This is a typical case of mental disorder, where one cannot distinguish reality from the world of one's imagination."
"But some people who are seriously out of control not only cannot see the true face of their own abilities, but they can't even see the true face of the world."
He glanced at Xu Shen, and seeing that he did not interrupt, he continued:
"I have come into contact with many people with bipolar disorder. Some are close to normal, some are on the verge of collapse, and those who are close to losing control see the world in orange or gray. In the fog they see, man-eating beasts may rush out at any time!"
"The food and fruits they saw were all rotten flesh and blood."
"On the contrary, when you see rotting flesh, you will think it is a delicious meal."
"Their perception has become distorted. When they see humans dressed in certain ways, they may even see them as twisted beasts. For example, in their eyes, wealthy people who wear gold, silver, and jewelry are just ferocious nightmares."
"And these patients often collapse in the first level of the mental prison. I can only sense their collapse emotions through their mental fluctuations and judge their mental state."
Xu Shen narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "What about the second floor?"
The young man Yono glanced at Xu Shen and said, "That will be the second course of treatment later."
He didn't dare to keep the secret, and under Xu Shen's gaze, he continued obediently: "The second level of the mind prison is both a diagnosis and a treatment. I will use the second level of the mind prison to change their cognitive judgment and gradually restore their distorted cognition."
"After all, I am a doctor."
“If you can only diagnose but not treat, you are not a doctor.”
The young man Yono seemed to know what Xu Shen was going to ask, and continued, "The third level of the Mind Prison is usually not activated when facing a patient. After all, the patient is my customer, not my enemy. The third level of the Mind Prison is used to kill the enemy."
He added silently in his mind that the third level of the mind prison can not only diagnose and treat, but also distort cognition!
Completely distort the already broken cognition and let the enemy perish in self-madness.
This is also the ferocious side of his ability.
"The one you just used on me was the first layer?" Xu Shen asked intently.
The young boy Yono nodded: "Of course."
Seeing the doubt in Xu Shen's eyes, he quickly added: "After all, you only paid for the first course of treatment. You know, if you don't have money, it will be difficult for me to treat you."
His eyes were sincere, shameless, even frank.
Xu Shen nodded slowly.
"Did I just lose control?"
It's more than just a loss of control... The young man Yono smiled bitterly and said, "It's a more serious loss of control. It shows that your mental state is extremely unstable. You need a second course of treatment."
Xu Shen asked: "If you want to attack the king, do you need to restore your distorted cognition?"
"That's right. Otherwise, once you are promoted to a king, your distorted cognition will self-destruct. Even if you are promoted, you will go out of control. The world you see in front of you will be even more distorted, and you will be attacked by imaginary monsters that do not exist around you and become exhausted." said the young man Jono.
Xu Shen thought about it for a moment, then nodded: "I understand."
The young boy Yono breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sorry for hurting you." Xu Shen apologized sincerely and his expression returned to normal.
The young boy Jono was about to say that he was fine, but before he could say a word, he suddenly felt a tearing sensation in his abdomen.
His eyes widened and he lowered his head in horror.
The chains suddenly appeared and pierced through his abdominal organs, then split, extended into his body, and came out from his hands and feet. His entire body was pulled into a cross by the chains.
"Since it's broken, just make a new one."
Xu Shen said softly.
The young man Yono was shocked and angry: "You..."
Before he could finish his words, the chain suddenly pierced through his mouth, tore it out, crushed his tongue, and tore his entire head apart.
This Jonuo is only in the second state, and at this moment, under the coverage of the ability of using the small to win the big, his combat power is no different from the initial state. Under the violent destruction of Xu Shen's Ruins Chain, he is simply unable to resist.
The chain turned, hooking out two weapons from his bloody corpse, one in the shape of a key and the other in the shape of a tooth.
Xu Shen took it back in his hand, just glanced at it, and put it away for the time being.
Only the dead are the most secretive and the safest.
Your own memories... must not be peeped into.
Thinking of this,
Xu Shen turned his head and looked around, as if searching for potential enemies, but his sight caught the figure of Maeve, who was sitting at a long table in the office, with her hands on the table and her feet swinging back and forth.
As if noticing Xu Shen's gaze passing by, Maeve smiled.
Xu Shen noticed that there seemed to be something more in Maeve's eyes, with a hint of playfulness.
This made him think of Maeve, whom he met in the world of mind prison that Jono mentioned.
Could it be that... that was the real Maeve?
Xu Shen couldn't judge, but no matter what, this was the real world and he could only choose to turn a blind eye to it for the time being.
"I called you earlier, but you didn't hear me?"
After taking a quick look around, Xu Shen lowered his head and asked Hei Xue and Hai Jue.
"No." Hai Jue responded concisely.
"Brother's body was twitching just now, and he made defense and attack on his own, imprisoning this man. I was thinking that if he broke free, I would help you suppress him." Kuroyuki said: "Did brother call me just now?"
Is it true that my thoughts are isolated...Xu Shen asked: "How long have I been infected?"
"About three minutes."
Xu Shen was stunned. Only 3 minutes?
He stayed in there for a whole month!
After looking at the bloody corpse on the ground, Xu Shen was silent for a moment, then stood up and said, "Let's go."
Somewhere underground, in the dark, outside the clinic.
There is a secret room here, and inside the secret room there are three screens, showing a messy office.
It was Jono’s clinic on the third floor.
Seeing the young man in the office get up and leave, the two people in the secret room breathed a sigh of relief.
The faint light shone on the faces of the two people. One had wrinkles on his face and no hair on his head, and the other had a black scar on his cheek like a scorpion's tail and his skin was rough. They were an old man and a middle-aged woman.
"What a scary guy."
If Xu Shen were here, he would recognize that the old man looked exactly like Yono.
He glanced at the bloody corpse on the screen with a lingering fear. He lowered his head to look at his arm again. The white and tender skin that had quickly emerged before turned back into a wrinkled old hand.
Although the process was extremely short, it still made him feel frightened and terrified.
Through the puppet, one can actually affect one's own body through this ability. This is simply like a curse!
"This man is too dangerous. Why didn't you just kill him with the Mind Prison?" The woman next to him frowned and said. Her ability was flesh and blood puppets. The 'Yonuo' in the clinic was a puppet she created.
This puppet contains a small amount of Jono's blood, and under the stimulation of her power, it will inherit Jono's abilities.
This allows Jono to perform ranged abilities.
Turning a melee ability into a ranged one, there is no doubt that this flesh and blood puppet is an extremely powerful auxiliary ability.
"You think I'm useless?"
Yono's eyes were still throbbing as he said, "As soon as that kid released his ability, I dragged him to the second level of the Mind Cage, hoping to change his cognition. But his ability became even more reactive, so I had no choice but to drag him to the third level."
The woman was stunned and looked at Yono in confusion: "Then why...?"
Yono smiled bitterly, his face looking very unhappy: "This is the terrifying thing about this guy. This is the first time I have seen someone who can break out of the third level of the Mind Prison on his own... He must have sealed off his own mind!"
"You have sealed off your own soul?"
The woman was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Then he has become a madman, right?"
"Isn't he crazy enough already?"
Yono said unhappily: "This guy has isolated his own mind. I suspect he may have even wiped out his own mind. If that's the case..."
There was a hint of fear in his eyes: "If that's the case, then it's spiritual strangulation, which is the process that a king must go through, spiritual nirvana!"
Spiritual nirvana!
Hearing these four words, the woman's body shook.
The king needs nirvana and rebirth, both physically and spiritually.
Kings are generally cold, weird and unpredictable. Compared with the dimorphic neurosis, they have a deeper abyss-like silence, which makes people afraid to pry into the king's heart.
And the young man in front of me... has achieved spiritual nirvana?
Doesn't this mean that he has one foot in the realm of a king, and if he is reborn by chance in the future, he can become a king? !
"This guy is from a bottom city, but I don't know which bottom city he is from."
"Perhaps in the near future, a king will be born in a certain city, and then we will know."
Yono withdrew his gaze from the screen, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Now, let me take a look at his spiritual world. I'm really curious about why his reaction is so intense. What exactly did he experience in his spiritual world..."
"How dark and interesting can a person's heart be?"
Jono had a playful and excited expression on his face: "If he becomes a king in the future, we can sell this memory to other kings. I'm sure it will be very expensive!"
The woman glanced at him and said nothing. She was already used to it.
" You're quite interesting, as you like to pry into other people's hearts." A voice suddenly sounded.
The excited smile on Yono's face suddenly changed. He turned around suddenly and saw a figure standing in the secret room not far behind him.
The woman next to him also had a sudden change of expression and looked over in horror. The moment she saw the figure, a look of shock appeared on her face and she quickly stepped back to keep some distance.
"How is that possible?!"
Both Yono and the woman were shocked. Looking at the young man who suddenly appeared in front of them, it was Xu Shen who had just left.
How could the other party have found his way here without noticing?
Moreover, this secret room was made of Xushi, how could Xu Shen sneak in without making any noise? !
"It would be safer to get rid of you." Xu Shen sighed softly, as if he was talking to himself.
Yono's body trembled slightly. He had just faced Xu Shen's strange ability and understood how terrible it was to be suppressed by that ability. He almost couldn't release the third layer of his mind cage.
"You, how do you know I'm not dead..." Yono's voice trembled slightly.
At this moment he was really panicked.
His flesh and blood puppet had clearly died in front of Xu Shen, so why was the other party still able to track him?
In order to make the puppet more realistic, he even discarded two useless weapons.
Xu Shen said calmly: "It's just your bald head that betrayed you."
Using the ability of the small to win the big to suppress, it can degenerate. During the degeneration and growth, the opponent still maintains the posture of a bald head, which will inevitably make Xu Shen suspicious.
Xu Shen believed that most of the patients would want to kill Yono because they were worried that their memories would be spied on.
However, the other party has been doing this job for a long time and yet has survived. The two combined, seemingly tiny traces, are enough for Xu Shen to find the answer.
The woman next to her turned pale when she heard this.
When I was making the puppet, I imitated the appearance of Guano, so naturally I chose a bald puppet.
Who could have expected that Xu Shen’s ability could actually make people rejuvenate?
But no matter how the bald doll transforms, there is no hair rooted in the material, so it is naturally impossible for it to grow during rejuvenation.
Because it is the materials that make us young!
Even if one were to regress to infancy, the true face of this pile of flesh and blood material would be revealed and could be seen through at a glance.
However, Xu Shen’s ability obviously had not reached that extreme level.
Such a tiny place has now become a fatal loophole.
Who would have thought that the foreshadowing of death would be a bald man!
"Since it's broken, just make a new one." - The woman recalled what Xu Shen said when he killed Yono.
I thought it was just a casual remark, but now it seems that the other party had obviously guessed something at that time.
What a terrible thought!
The woman slowly backed away, but her feet hit the wall and she had no way to retreat.
Her face was pale. The other party was able to find her silently and break free from Yono's mental cage. Now she didn't think that they could kill Xu Shen with two against one.
"What exactly is your ability? How could you get in here without making any noise?"
Yono looked at Xu Shen in fear. His body was also gathering strength and adjusting. Asking questions was just a way to delay time.
Xu Shen said casually: "Isn't the answer obvious?"
Both of them were stunned.
There was no emotion in Xu Shen's eyes, and suddenly a lot of black silk surged out from his shoulders. Heixue's cheeks extended from Xu Shen's shoulders, white and beautiful.
"The one who can come in without any hindrance must have...descended from the Deep Ruins Realm."
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