Chapter 349 – The world inside the door

"We praise you, your eyes, see our destination, let us understand the true meaning of death;

We sing to you, your hands, open our path, let us rest in the world of the dead;

We remember you, your feet, lead us forward, let true reincarnation be born between life and death!

Because of you, death is no longer pure fear;

Because of you, survival is no longer simple desolation;

We can be calm, we can be calm, we can appreciate the true scenery on this road, again and again.

Supreme reincarnation,

Great god of reincarnation,

You are the only truth in the world!"

From the high-ranking reincarnation priests to the ordinary believers, everyone began to sing the hymn of reincarnation together.

Being in this place, you can clearly feel the strong piety emanating from your body. When enveloped in this piety, your soul seems to suffocate.

This is a true fanaticism;

Because in the eyes of the reincarnation believers, it is the god of reincarnation who created the alternation between life and death, making their life and death no longer meaningless.

This is probably the essence of the orthodox religion.

There must be self-interest, bureaucracy, power struggles, and conflicts in the religion, but it is undeniable that it has a large number of fervent and devout followers.

But even such an orthodox religion was defeated on the first day of the war against the Order.

In Karun's understanding, although the Order of the Gods is loyal to the god of order like other religions, the people here in the Order of the Gods seem to be a bit more reserved compared to other religions.

But no matter how reserved they are, when they really take action, no matter how fanatical they are, it is just a slap in the face.

According to the decrypted information and rumors that have been circulated after the war, the initial purpose of the Order of the Gods was to shorten the duration of the war and try to gain more benefits at the negotiating table.

But if the Reincarnation Church keeps resisting surrender and admitting defeat, then even if the Order of the Knights faces great pressure, they will continue the war. At this time, the Valley of Reincarnation may have become a battlefield.

Of course, it is also possible that the war has already ended at this time.

Karun and the others stood in the "cage", and everyone only needed to reach out and grab the edge of the cage to stabilize their posture, because the giant underneath was crawling and always paying attention to the balance of their backs. As a mount, it can be said to be extremely considerate.

Bart looked serious and said, "We cannot let the Reincarnation Church have another chance to rise."

From the day the victor wins, they will be wary of the defeated rising again, fearing that what they have done to him will be done to them again.

Blanche and Mars agreed with Bart's method and echoed.

Eisley was very interested in studying the giant underneath her. She was curious if this could be considered a "monster"?

Anyway, she remembered that her parents were furious at home, and the department minister was furious at the internal meeting of the system. The Knights really wasted it. They actually smashed dozens of lost giants into minced meat. Is this the solution to the problem of military food?

It's better to capture one and bring it over. All departments within the system can conduct research together. Maybe it can create new value.

Eisley licked her lips, it's a pity that the lost giants are not for sale.

Well, even if there are shops in the Valley of Reincarnation that can sell them, it is difficult for her to bring them back. How large-scale teleportation array is needed to take him away?

Ventura has been staring at the back of his captain. He is ready. No matter what danger he encounters after entering the door, he will stand in front of the captain for the first time.

Karun was relatively calm because he realized something again, which further intensified the "information gap".

He originally thought that before entering the Gate of Reincarnation, the 30 of them would gather here and listen to a report. As a result, looking at the current situation, these five lost giants are going to directly send the five teams into the Gate of Reincarnation.

Why is it always dragging on when there is no need for a report, but when it is necessary to listen to a report, it suddenly becomes efficient?

Karun couldn't help but took out the booklet that was distributed earlier from his pocket. The booklet recorded the information about the Gate of Reincarnation collected by the Order of the Gods. Each person had one, and it was definitely not as clear and accurate as the information known by the Reincarnation Church, but it should be barely enough.

However, Karun still looked forward to getting some more up-to-date information before entering the gate.

Even a few weather forecasts would be good.

"Buzz!"

The roar continued, and the opening of the Gate of Reincarnation was still in progress.

However, when the giant carrying everyone finally climbed the steps and came to the Gate of Reincarnation, everyone realized that the Gate of Reincarnation had only opened a little bit.

But this little bit was already huge.

In front of the Gate of Reincarnation, they were like ants, truly insignificant.

The first giant entered the Gate of Reincarnation, followed by the second one, and the two teams from the Reincarnation Church went in.

The third one was the team composed of the multi-religion.

The fourth one was the lost giant where Muri was.

The fifth one, it was Karun's team's turn.

Before each giant entered, the members on their backs would instinctively look back. At the moment before entering the unknown, everyone's hearts were filled with nostalgia for the original world.

Karun was no exception. When the giant's body entered the gate, he also looked back and saw the eight light pillars towering in the distance, and the majestic figures standing there.

They are the true big shots in the various religious teachings, representing and watching everything.

Finally,

The giant's body completely entered the gate,

And what followed,

Was a terrifying sense of loss!

The giant seemed to be falling rapidly, and everyone instinctively held onto the iron cage. At this moment, everyone finally realized why there was a roof above the seat. It was to prevent you from being thrown out.

"Everyone hold on, tighten your grip! Bart, Ventura, be prepared for battle!"

"Yes, Captain!"

"Yes, Captain!"Karun was worried that after the process of falling was over, the people who "fell to the ground" would likely encounter danger.

The time of falling lasted for nearly ten minutes, which was comparable to sitting on the cheapest long-distance teleportation array.

Finally,

"Boom!"

A loud noise sounded, and they landed!

Karun, Ventula, and Bart immediately rushed out of the "seat cage" and arranged themselves in a triangular formation outside to provide defense and space for their teammates in the center.

Mas immediately began to set up a basic defensive formation, Blanche began to chant, and the wand in her hand was brewing the aura of priestly magic;

Eisley rolled up her sleeves, ready to summon her most sincere and intimate friend.

However, the expected dangerous situation did not occur. It was quiet all around.

Under their feet was a large expanse of gray grass. It was dense and tall, like a huge meadow that bore the impact of the falling giant.

If we exclude the potential threats that may occur inside the meadow, at least standing on the meadow, the surrounding visibility was very clear, which could bring a certain sense of security.

Karun looked up and looked towards the sky. According to the booklet, there was no sun inside the Gate of Reincarnation, but there was a moon.

However, the moon here did not alternate. It would always hang there. During the "day," it was white, and during the "night," it was blood-red.

Yes, that's right. Inside the Gate of Reincarnation, the night was blood-red, as if wearing red-tinted glasses to look at this world.

And now, the moon was gray.

This was the trigger for the opening of the Gate of Reincarnation. Every ten years, the moon inside the Gate of Reincarnation would no longer be white or red but would turn gray, lasting from seven days to a month.

The booklet recorded that during this time, the rules within the reincarnation space would change, and the boundary between the living and the souls would become blurred. In other words, only within this period of time inside the Gate of Reincarnation, the fusion of the living and the souls did not require a soul contract.

Because the supreme contract was already hanging in the sky.

When Karun first saw these records in the hotel, the understanding that came to his mind was: during this time, there was no distinction between yin and yang.

"Bart, Ventula, continue to be on guard!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Karun turned around and walked towards the direction where the giant was. At this moment, he found that the lost giant, who had been crawling on the ground since landing, was now being merged into the gray meadow by the ground. It was as if countless dense needles were inserted into the giant's body, and the giant's massive body was slowly shrinking.

The originally numb pupils of the giant unexpectedly revealed a sense of relief, as if this place was its hometown, its true destination.

So, the lost giants also came out from inside the Gate of Reincarnation?

Perhaps this species originally belonged to the inside of the Gate, and then they were abducted by the Reincarnation Sect and used as slaves.

Gradually, the giant's body completely merged into this vast gray meadow. On the meadow, only the cage remained.

"Mas, immediately set up a communication array to contact the Muri team. Eisley, summon a flying monster and let it hover nearby."

"Yes, Captain!"

Karun turned around, carried the Sword of Achilles on his shoulder, and started running towards the front, shouting:

"Bart, Ventula, shrink the range of vigilance. Do not separate until I come back!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Splitting up the team in an unknown environment was always a taboo, but not splitting up was also not feasible. Expanding the field of vision and setting up a communication array were both urgent and necessary tasks. Karun could only choose to let his subordinates stay together for now while he went to check the outer periphery alone.

He had enough confidence in himself because here, he could use all his power without worrying about being discovered.

With the power of the Dark Moon Blade, Karun's speed was fast. He quickly moved in one direction and finally arrived at the edge of the vast meadow.

The booklet did have a record of the meadow, but it was very simple. However, it stated that there would generally be a "town" near the meadow.

Yes, a town. This was a vocabulary clearly recorded in the booklet.

The town of the world of the dead!

Thinking back to the fact that his own dog had passed through, the Gate of Reincarnation had long formed its own hierarchical system. The Simson family had even successfully completed a reverse output, becoming the "royal family" within the Reincarnation Sect outside the Gate.

Therefore, the deliberate omission of details about the inside of the Gate in the major sects' booklets had a purpose.

Karun speculated, could it be this possibility:

The world outside the Gate treats the inside as a zoo, and every time the Gate of Reincarnation opens, it is a day to visit the zoo;

And the world inside the Gate treats the outside world as a zoo, and every time the Gate of Reincarnation opens, it is a day for animals from the outside to be brought in for observation.

Everyone thinks they are the "original world" and regards each other as being inside the Gate.

This is a kind of collective cognitive bias. It seems absurd but is easy to achieve. The most classic example is that on the world map, some small countries or island countries will place themselves in the center and expand the map, creating a feeling that they are the center of the world.

Over time, this collective cognition will consider themselves as the center of the world.

Ahead, a village appeared.

Because Karun saw buildings, but there was a big difference between the so-called "town" and this village. It was too small, with less than a hundred buildings that resembled houses.

At this moment, a group of small black dots emerged from the village and headed towards Karun's direction.

This meadow was like a high ground, and the meadow extended outward into a slope.

After all, the Eye of the Dark Moon was not the Eye of the Succubus. Karun couldn't observe the details in the distance like Alfred, but it didn't matter. Karun's fingertips spun in front of him, and soon, a mirror made of mist appeared.

Karun moved the mirror with his palm, and scenes from a distance began to appear in the mirror, like an oversized magnifying glass or simply a telescope.This was a technique within the Sea God's doctrine, convenient for sailors to observe distant situations while sailing. Its utility was rather limited, as one could easily replace its effect with a telescope.

However, who could blame him for not bringing a telescope? After all, it was a technique used during meals, and there was seldom an opportunity to use it. Now that he could use it, Karun thought it was quite nice.

Through the mirror, Karun noticed that the group of black dots were "people", if they could be considered as such.

They were also dressed in clothes, but they were very rough, mostly woven from grass, and they held weapons in their hands, spears and swords made from grey crystals.

The biggest difference was in their own selves. They could be seen as human in form, but the feeling presented by their faces and the skin outside their clothes was like a very swollen and flowing kind of wax.

Not quite liquid, but not solid either. When they moved, their facial features could actually "wobble".

The booklet recorded that the towns usually encountered after leaving the meadow were often friendly.

Well, friendly.

But Karun didn't dare to fully believe the contents of the booklet, because the first page of the booklet read: Do not blindly trust the contents of this booklet.

However, Karun also observed carefully. Although their expressions were generally dynamic, he could feel their excitement, one by one, as if they had encountered a great joy.

But based on this alone, Karun couldn't determine whether this was goodwill or not, because when a hunter sees his prey appear, he would also smile and be very excited.

"Should I try a probing attack?"

Karun muttered to himself.

The safest method would be to retreat to his team now, prepare for collective defense with everyone, and even summon the "Black Prison Castle" to raise the defense level to the highest.

But if he could judge the other party's inclination in advance, things would be simpler.

Well, let's try it first.

The advantage of being a team leader is that when you take risks, there is no team leader in your team to criticize your recklessness.

Karun took the initiative to approach, and the other party was also moving towards him, the distance between the two sides gradually shortened.

When Karun could see their figures from afar without the help of the technique, he stopped. The scale of the other party was about three hundred people, including men, women, old and young. It should be the entire village mobilized, as expected.

If it was hunting or going to war, only the young and strong would come out, while the old, weak, women and children would stay behind or evacuate.

But Karun decided to try again.

He raised his arm, and the fire power of the ancestor Allen condensed. A fire snake was summoned and flew into the air, heading towards the crowd.

However, under Karun's control, the fire snake didn't directly smash into the crowd, but deliberately deviated a bit and fell not far from the team.

"Boom!"

Such a long-distance technique actually had a very low damage effect, like setting off a firework, but it was very imposing.

The "attacked" team immediately stopped, and then under Karun's gaze, they all knelt down and began to worship.

Karun pursed his lips, it seemed that they were indeed friendly.

Moreover, from the side, it also proved that the strength of these people was very weak, otherwise they wouldn't have been scared straight by this move.

Karun closed the distance a bit more, allowing the crowd to see his figure from afar.

When they saw Karun, they began to worship him.

After a while, the rest of the people continued to kneel on the spot, but a "little girl" helped an "old man" out of the team and walked towards Karun.

The judgment of the female gender came from her facial features, although they were still dynamic, but they gave a feminine feeling.

The judgment of age came from her body's "dynamics", especially when walking, her body was really flowing and wobbling, this was a truly genuine and lively little girl.

The old man, on the other hand, was basically rigid. He needed help to walk, and his body didn't have any dynamics, more like dead water or about to freeze.

Karun was thinking:

Is this a difference in species, or a specific manifestation of the soul body in this special space within the Gate of Reincarnation?

The little girl helped the old man to an area about a hundred meters away from Karun, and the two knelt down again.

The old man began to babble, the language was incomprehensible... but Karun understood. They were indeed soul bodies, and the way they expressed their meaning was not through "sound", but through soul fluctuations.

"For so many years, so many years, since my grandfather's generation, this altar has not seen any auspicious signs. I didn't expect to see the auspicious signs again before I was about to perish, and see the hope of the village's revival!"

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The little girl asked Karun curiously:

"Mr. Auspicious, did you come out of the gate?"

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