It was a cloudy day, and the dark clouds poured down oppressively, shrouding the entire mountain in a gloomy hue.

The two villages were not far apart. Yu Xing walked out of the small village carrying Old Zhang's usual axe, covered in blood. His face was extremely calm, as if devoid of human emotions, as if the person dropping the axe amidst the screams and pleas was not him.

There was too much blood on him, none of it his own.

He didn't know what he was thinking at the time, but he walked through the gloomy path, bringing the blood and panic to the big village.

He was going to find Mai Mai.

Old Zhang and his wife had already been killed, but he had not seen Mai Mai's body with his own eyes.

Since waking up from a serious injury, Yu Xing had only trusted Old Zhang's family and had developed trust over a long period of time to repay their kindness. He pretended to be an ordinary person with good skills, helping Old Zhang hunt every day, teaching Mai Mai to read, and occasionally learning to cook with Old Zhang's wife. His social circle was limited to these three people, and he had never shown the slightest interest in the neighboring big village or anything related to officials.

He only knew that Mai Mai had been taken there and was likely to die, but he didn't know if she would be devoured alive.

As Yu Xing walked into the big village, the villagers saw him. Although he was young, his terrifying appearance was not that of a good person. The villagers quickly called the shaman, who stood in front of him and asked what he was doing.

At that time, Yu Xing's abilities were at their peak, with astonishing mental and sensory strength. As long as he paid attention, he could sense Mai Mai's withered soul across the entire mountain forest.

To the shaman, who was revered by the villagers, he was no different from the grass on the side of the road, just a piece of grass blocking the way.

And this grass was heavily burdened with karmic obstacles, filled with blood, including Mai Mai's scent.

She was one of the killers who had caused Mai Mai's death, Yu Xing thought.

So he raised the axe and easily ended the shaman's life, walking towards the river in the direction of his senses, amid the terrified cries of the villagers.

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He was very fast, a level of physical ability that Yu Xing could never have imagined. By the time he reached the lake, the water ghost Shi Wei, who had been stimulated by the overwhelming terror, was already floating on the water, looking at him solemnly.

Even in the eyes of Shi Wei, a water ghost who had practiced for many years, the Yu Xing at that time was a humanoid monster he could not resist at all. In fact, after carelessly failing to save Old Zhang's family, Yu Xing never gave the enemy any chance to catch their breath or survive.

Yu Xing jumped into the lake, and the water ghost's hair enveloped his entire body. Many resentful and terrifying water ghosts, obedient to Shi Wei's wishes, pulled at his feet underwater, trying to make him a member of the lake's burial.

In Shi Wei's domain, Yu Xing punished himself by drowning once, as a memorial to Old Zhang's family. When he revived in the mud, everything was no longer a threat, but a pure hatred.

Looking back now, Yu Xing felt that he had been very cruel at the time.

Because Shi Wei had eaten Mai Mai.

So Yu Xing ate Shi Wei.

Regardless of how rotten the water ghost was, he crawled out of the mud at the bottom of the lake, grabbed the terrified Shi Wei with a hand paler than a ghost's, and devoured the other party alive. Perhaps it was because his personality had become so distorted at that time, and he had not yet learned to control himself. At that time, he really didn't seem like a person, but more like a creature out of control, leaving only the instinct to kill.

After eating Shi Wei, Yu Xing's mind was filled with Shi Wei's memories.

This is the story of the shaman and Shi Wei.

......

The shaman did not come from the town, or rather, not at first.

She was born in the big village when she was very young, but her father died early, leaving behind a weak mother and her seven or eight-year-old self. Her mother called her A Yan.

The children in the village always teased her, "A Yan, your father is a short-lived ghost, and you're a wild child!"

Maybe the children were too naive, but A Yan didn't understand why she was teased and excluded every day just because her father died early.

Her mother would hold her and comfort her, "You still have your mother with you, you're not a wild child, and I'll always be with you."

A Yan's mother was a very beautiful woman who had married into the village from the outside. Her health had deteriorated since giving birth to A Yan.

A beautiful woman with many illnesses and no relatives is not a good thing.

A ruffian in the village took a liking to the helpless beauty. On a dark and stormy night, he sneaked into A Yan's mother's room.

He did not succeed, because A Yan's mother resisted too violently, alerting the neighbors. The ruffian could only sneak away, and the next day, he was caught by the villagers and had his leg broken.

But, although A Yan's mother was innocent, there were always gossips.

Gradually, rumors spread in the village that A Yan's mother had been violated by the ruffian that night. Except for her and A Yan, no one could prove her innocence, and the ruffian also hated her, so he publicly claimed that he had succeeded.

The rumors became too much for A Yan's mother to bear, and she died of depression, leaving A Yan without a mother.

A Yan was finally a wild child.The children in the village became more and more fond of bullying her, throwing small stones and putting bugs in her food were common occurrences.

The adults scolded them a couple of times and considered their disciplinary duty fulfilled, gradually ignoring the children's "mischief". Finally, one day, a girl who was jealous of A Yan's cuteness came up with a prank.

When they went to the lake to "catch fish" together, the little girl struck a match and threw it into A Yan's hair.

A Yan instantly turned into a person on fire, screaming and wailing. The little girl was also dumbfounded. She finally realized that her prank had gone too far and could kill someone.

Then, she saw the terrifying hatred in A Yan's eyes and, in a friendly manner, embraced her.

"Let go! Let go!" The little girl's body was burned by the fire on A Yan's body. When the fire on her body could no longer be extinguished, A Yan let go of her.

It hurts so much.

I'm going to die, and you'll die with me.

A Yan thought so.

The little girl did die, but A Yan did not.

Her fallen and twisted malice awakened the water ghost that had been sleeping in the lake for who knows how many years. The water ghost, with an ugly, swollen face, dragged A Yan into the lake.

The fire on A Yan's body was extinguished, and she opened her eyes in the murky lake water, smiling at the water ghost who was trying to drown her.

I really like this brother who appeared from the water.

Although he's not good-looking, he helped me put out the fire. The burning sensation on my skin was really painful. Big brother is really... a good person.

"Thank you." What she wanted to say didn't come out, only two bubbles came out in the water.

But the water ghost heard it.

He hesitated for a moment, pulled A Yan up, and used his ghostly aura to hang onto A Yan's life.

A Yan fell into a coma, and when she woke up, she found herself still by the lake, with the water ghost still standing in the water, pointing to her face and body, saying emotionlessly, "You're disfigured, very ugly."

A Yan saw her reflection in the lake water.

What is this?

Her whole body was covered in scabs from burns, her skin was pitted, one eye was just an empty socket, with no eyeball.

Is this really me?

I'm really ugly.

A Yan raised her head blankly and smiled awkwardly.

As she smiled, tears flowed from one eye. She crawled to the water ghost, using her voice, which had been destroyed by the flames, to say, "My name is... A Yan. Brother Ghost, what's your name?"

The water ghost squinted, sighed, and put his hand on A Yan's bald head. "My name is Shi Wei."

This was the first meeting between the shaman and the water ghost.

Two little girls disappeared after going to the lake, causing a stir in the village. The parents of the girl who set the fire, unable to believe that their daughter had met with an accident, mobilized everyone to search for her.

The villagers finally salvaged a rotting corpse from the bottom of the lake, and another child who had no one to rely on disappeared. Apart from suspecting that the little girl had pushed A Yan down, no one cared about A Yan.

Shi Wei used his abilities to create an illusion for A Yan. In the eyes of others, A Yan was still that chubby, cute child, but both Shi Wei and A Yan knew that she was just a freak that even ghosts despised.

Relying on her short legs and the fish meat caught by the water ghost, A Yan went to the city. She survived with everything a child could do, and gradually grew up. Many years later, she became a resourceful and powerful woman, secretly joining a dangerous organization called Prism.

She learned many strange secrets from the organization, including how to make a water ghost wear human skin and walk on the ground like a living person, as well as how to cut off a person's flesh and make them live like a monster.

A Yan did not settle in the city, but returned to her birth village after learning these methods. No one recognized the richly dressed A Yan, except for the water ghost Shi Wei, who had been waiting for her by the increasingly dirty lake for more than twenty years.

The first time they met again, the water ghost called A Yan a freak, and A Yan was especially happy.

This was the person she liked. Her childhood affection intensified with age, eventually growing into a completely obsessive and irredeemable love.

Shi Wei also missed her very much, although he had never shown it. Over the past twenty years, he gradually realized that this freak named A Yan would be the only person who knew his identity and still loved him so much.

...

This abnormal love affair made Yu Xing slightly sober from his out-of-control state, and he realized belatedly that he could breathe underwater and had acquired the water ghost's abilities, which were even stronger than Shi Wei's.

The deaths of the Zhang family were due to human greed, and Mai Mai's death was due to the water ghost and the shaman's violation of the natural order.

And the reason why the shaman and the water ghost existed and grew into their current forms was also due to human malice.

This kind of thing has no origin.

As long as humans exist, evil has no origin.

That day, Yu Xing mobilized a lot of water and submerged the two villages that were already low-lying.He swam with the bursting water like a wet fish, watching the villagers in the big village being washed away by the water as they ran away, and finally suffocated in the water, becoming a swollen corpse just like Shi Wei.

The water continued to flood the small village, washing away the blood-stained village. Yu Xing protected Old Zhang's house and sat on the roof, watching the flood spread and the bodies being scattered to different places.

The small village had few people, while the big village had hundreds of people. Yu Xing felt for the first time that he couldn't turn back.

For whatever reason, he was full of sin. If he were thrown into the underworld, he would probably meet a bad end.

No, he couldn't even go to the underworld. Look, he can't even die now. Is it because the King of Hell doesn't want to see him?

"I've become like this, the performer must be very happy." Suddenly, Yu Xing remembered the performer's face.

That terrible person must be hoping that he would fall into sin and be beyond redemption.

Yu Xing immediately felt unwilling.

He didn't want to follow the performer's wishes. As long as the performer was disappointed, he would win.

At that moment, he remembered the selflessness and sincerity of Old Zhang's family, gradually awakening from his brutality.

It's ridiculous. He didn't completely lose his humanity because of this incident. He had to thank the performer for planting the seed of hatred in his heart.

That's how Yu Xing preserved the last trace of kindness in his heart, and in the many years that followed, he gradually nurtured the seed of kindness. Every time he thought about it later, he felt how naive he was at the time, or how bizarre it was to maintain kindness through hatred.

Is there anyone more ridiculous than him in the world?

Probably not. Even if there is, they're probably all dead.

When the water receded, Yu Xing lay on the ground for several days, finally suppressing all the negativity in his heart. He didn't look back at this place, threw away Old Zhang's axe, and walked away alone into the sunset.

He never wanted to come back.

...

"Whoosh..."

The sound of flowing water passed by Yu Xing's ears, and a pale face gradually approached. Shi Wei looked at the person sinking in the water without resistance and touched his collar.

The water ghost stared at Yu Xing, and an involuntary thought emerged in his heart.

This person had long hair, and he looked like he came from his era. It was quite interesting.

The long hair floated up and down in the water, and the black color of the robe was his favorite color, and it was also the color carefully prepared by A Yan.

Shi Wei felt that this person really looked like him. A Yan must have wanted him to adapt, so she found a human skin that was so similar to him?

In fact, he knew that A Yan couldn't betray him. A Yan's love for him was stronger than any other emotion.

He just felt so heartbroken.

A Yan had become the person he didn't want to see. He had originally hoped that A Yan would forget the past and leave here to start a new life in the town, but A Yan loved him and came back for him.

He was really angry, but A Yan didn't listen to his advice and was determined to bring him back to life.

The silly little girl, she was still as foolish as she was when she was a child. She knew he wanted to drown her, but she still foolishly said thank you.

But if this continued, A Yan would live a life full of pain. It would be better to end it like this, to kill her before she regretted it.

This way, he would be the only one to regret and suffer.

Shi Wei came to his senses and touched Yu Xing again.

It's strange, it's been ten minutes.

He's still alive.

Did he practice holding his breath?

"Swish" Yu Xing suddenly opened his eyes, and his black eyes were chilling.

The next moment, he grabbed Shi Wei's collar with one hand, a dagger appeared in the palm of his right hand, and with a blue mist, he attacked Shi Wei's head.

The ability to attack using the Green-Capturing Dream Realm, Ability 1, was immediately generated, and the generated effect was "Loneliness."

When the system prompt appeared in Yu Xing's mind, he had already stabbed the dagger into Shi Wei's forehead. Shi Wei widened his eyes, looking at his hair automatically spreading out, allowing this person to complete the attack smoothly.

"Tsk, it seems you're still afraid. When I devoured you, I inherited most of your abilities." Yu Xing laughed. Even though he was in the water, his voice entered Shi Wei's ears unaffected.

Shi Wei suddenly felt very lonely.

All his abilities seemed to be abandoning him, leaving him behind.

A Yan didn't betray him, but his abilities... seemed to betray him.

Although it was only a few seconds, Yu Xing was full of unease at this moment. Taking advantage of the time when Shi Wei's abilities disappeared, he used the Green-Capturing Dream Realm to cut off Shi Wei's head.

Shi Wei, without his head, did not resist, but shattered like a bubble into a pile of memories, leaving only a bunch of black hair in the lake, with no source to be found.

After completing this step, Yu Xing swam upstream, untangling the large patches of lifeless tangled hair in the water, swam to the surface, and took a breath of fresh air.

At this time, a certain system prompt came late.

Deductionist Yu Xing has recalled the relevant content of the absurd deduction.

The system's silence has been lifted.

The sacrifice restriction of the Deductionist has been lifted.Deductionist Yu Xing, having regained all his memories, reconstructed the data error that caused his personality to diverge.

He reconstructed one of the reasons for the personality divergence.

Promotion to the Deduction target achieved.

Deductionist Yu Xing's branching line has been confirmed.

Yu Xing swam to the shore, sat down completely drenched, and cursed, "Absurd system, I'll remember you... I once thought I'd never come back, and you just threw me back here, even with a trial card, great, really doggone great."

After recalling the events that happened in the village in the water, his memories did not stop. From leaving this place under the setting sun to living in other places, and finally to the modern era, he entered the absurd Deduction game, and he remembered everything.

It took him a dozen seconds to figure out that this was his promotion game.

Qu Xianqing's reminder was indeed correct; no one can help with the promotion game, and it doesn't matter whether you're prepared or not, the system will always come up with a Deduction that makes him lose his advantage.

As Yu Xing was grumbling to the system while wiping the water off his face, a refined voice sounded from above his head, "Not so, I did help you. Your past is much more interesting than I imagined, truly marvelous."

Yu Xing looked up and saw Yi Qing, dressed in green, floating in the air, ethereal like smoke, untouched by any dirty water.

He probably also knew that Yi Qing had been in his personality mask and had seen quite a bit.

Memories in his mind were definitely not seen, but those dreams and his behavior after losing his memory were undoubtedly laid bare in front of this Green-Capturing Ghost.

"What's there to flaunt? If you've seen it, you've seen it. I think you should first consider the fact that you've signed a permanent indenture," Yu Xing retorted indifferently, and sure enough, a crack appeared in Yi Qing's smile.