The Trick of Longevity, Paper-cutting Becomes a Spirit

Chapter 379 The dispute between “beginning” and “end”

Wang Yuanzhang's words obviously touched the minds of the three of them.

Even Du Guoguo, who seemed a bit clumsy, showed an expression of deep understanding at this time.

Lu Qian smiled and said, "Why, do you think I am a dead person?"

Wang Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "Of course we can tell whether my husband is dead. It's just..."

Lu Qian grabbed her words and said, "It's just that you can't understand why I'm still alive?"

Wang Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Yes."

Lu Qian turned his head and looked at Wang Zirong standing next to him.

When Wang Zirong saw Lu Qian suddenly looking towards her, she subconsciously took a step back.

Seeing this scene, Lu Qian blinked and asked, "What is it that you don't understand?"

Wang Zirong looked at Lu Qian blankly, then swallowed and said, "I...I don't know. It's just...it's just that sometimes I feel like...you seem to be different from the one I know... "

Lu Qian said: "What's different?"

Wang Zirong thought for a while and said: "In my impression... you used to be more arrogant and frivolous. But now you are very calm and your city is deeper than before..."

This Wang Zirong is a thoughtful person. She has obviously been aware of Lu Qian's "change" for a long time, but she didn't think much about it before. Now when I heard Wang Yuanzhang ask about Lu Qian's life span, I suddenly thought of something.

Lu Qian asked, "What do you think about this?"

Wang Zirong didn't deny it when she saw Lu Qian, but she still asked her this question. She was stunned, then shook her head and said, "I... don't know..."

Suddenly, there was a gust of wind blowing outside the window, mixed with the sound of ghosts.

Lu Qian looked back out the window and saw several ghost figures appearing on the top of the ditch diagonally above, followed by a strange scream.

Just glancing at them silently, Lu Qian ignored them, looked back at Wang Yuanzhang and Wang Zirong again, and said, "There are many things that I don't quite understand until now."

Having said this, Lu Qian paused for a moment, as if he was reminiscing about the past.

After a while, Lu Qian continued: "For example, I once met a strange person, an old man with double pupils, and he also brought with him... a granddaughter who seemed to be his own.

I only remember that she seemed to be a very beautiful and cute little girl, but now that I recall her face, I can’t recall her face.

However, this is not important. The main point I want to say is that this old man killed his granddaughter with his own hands and turned her into a ghost.

Then, he kept repeating one sentence to me:

‘It is better to die early than to die later’. "

At this point, Lu Qian took a deep breath and said, "Until now, I still don't understand what this sentence means."

As he spoke, Lu Qian looked forward, his eyes confused, as if he had lost his goal.

He said: "Actually, I probably understand what he wants to express. Human life is very short and they will die sooner or later; while the 'life' of ghosts is very long, almost infinite."

If the ghost state is counted throughout a lifetime, then the proportion of time occupied by a person while alive will be very short.

A person's "lifetime" will be in a ghost state most of the time.

But... having said that..."

At this point, Lu Qian suddenly turned his head, looked at Wang Yuanzhang, and asked, "You have been a ghost for more than three hundred years. Do you think it is better to be a ghost or a human being?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Wang Yuanzhang to answer, he turned to look at Wang Zirong and said, "You seemed to have said similar words to me before, and you even gave me the soul-inducing beads soaked in your blood. , made a reservation with me to be my ghost bride. Why did you do this?"

Wang Zirong was stunned when he heard Lu Qian's question.

She opened her mouth as if she wanted to speak, but then her eyes turned to Wang Yuanzhang.

Wang Zirong and Wang Yuanzhang looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.

The two of them seemed to be waiting for the other to speak first.

After a while, Wang Yuanzhang looked away, turned to look at Lu Qian, and said, "Ms. sir, please forgive me for not being able to answer your question."

After that, Wang Yuanzhang continued: "Since the arrival of the red moon, the divine court and the underworld have abandoned our world and isolated themselves from us. From then on, in our world, people will no longer enter reincarnation. And turned into evil ghosts like us.

Since the arrival of the red moon, our entire world has become weird. Affected by the strange environment, many people's thoughts have undergone tremendous changes..."

Lu Qian suddenly interrupted her and said, "Wait a minute, are you saying that heaven and hell will be separated from us only after the red moon comes?"

Wang Yuanzhang thought for a while and said: "I am just stating an implementation. As for whether there is a causal relationship between Red Moon and this matter... So far, no one has been able to provide evidence."

Although Wang Yuanzhang's words were negative, Lu Qian could tell that her point of view was actually positive.

In other words, she believed that the separation of Shenting's underworld from their world was related to the coming of the red moon.

Lu Qian couldn't help but ask: "You mean...even heaven and hell are afraid of the red moon?"

Wang Yuanzhang fell silent after hearing Lu Qian's straightforward question.

She was silent for a while, then finally shook her head and said, "Mr. sir, I can only say that they are sequential in time. As for whether they are logically related, I can't answer you.

However, according to some incomplete historical records, our world was very normal before the red moon came. People will be born, old, sick and die, their souls will reincarnate, and earthly immortals... can also ascend to the upper world.

Until that day, everything changed. "

Hearing her words, Lu Qian felt a little surprised: "What on earth is this red moon, that even heaven and hell have to avoid it?"

Du Guoguo was listening to the side, and the more she listened, the more she frowned. At this time, she couldn't help but said: "Isn't this right? The red moon came just a thousand years ago, and the end of reincarnation seems to have lasted. …It’s been more than a thousand years, right?”

Wang Yuanzhang said: "What you said is not the same thing as what I just said."

Du Guoguo was startled and said, "Isn't it the same thing?"

Wang Yuanzhang said: "What you are talking about is the latest red moon coming; and what I am talking about is the first red moon coming."

Hearing these words, Lu Qian, Wang Zirong, and Du Guoguo were stunned at the same time.

The red moon comes more than once?

Lu Qian asked: "What's going on when the red moon comes?"

Wang Yuanzhang said: "The arrival of the red moon has brought huge disasters, even catastrophes, to this world. Many historical materials have been lost in repeated disasters. However, in those years, people spent a lot of time For hundreds of years, we searched for ruins everywhere and searched for information left over from history.

The hard work paid off, and in the end, they found a lot of ancient books. Based on the records in these ancient books, they roughly restored the original appearance of history. "

Lu Qian asked, "Has your father read all this information back then?"

Wang Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Based on the records in these ancient books, it is basically certain that at least three thousand years ago, everything in our world was business as usual. Moreover, the area in which people lived in the world at that time was much larger than it is now. There are many more people than there are now.”

Lu Qian nodded.

At the beginning, Kui Su from the Moon Worship Sect also told him about the coming of the red moon. On this point, Wang Yuanzhang's statement is consistent with Kui Su's.

Wang Yuanzhang continued: "One day about three thousand years ago, a scarlet moon suddenly appeared in the sky. Then, everyone who saw the moon directly with their eyes died."

Lu Qian asked in shock: "When a person takes one look at the red moon, he dies immediately?"

Wang Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Yes. No matter who it is, as long as they take a look at the red moon, they will die immediately, even if they are a master of the first-level fairyland, they will die." "Hiss——"

Wang Yuanzhang's words deeply attracted the three of them.

Although, they all know that the so-called "when the red moon comes, a great disaster will come to the world". But what kind of disaster it was, few people know.

Kui Su, who originally worshiped the Moon Sect, told Lu Qian about the disaster of the Red Moon, but he did not mention this section.

Lu Qian felt even more confused when he thought of this, and asked: "Since they have figured out what kind of disaster the red moon is, why don't they announce it to the world? This way, at least people will be prepared when the next red moon comes. "

Du Guoguo nodded and agreed: "Yes. If this is really the case, I...can't it be enough that people don't look at the red moon? How come...I have never heard of this?"

After hearing their words, a cruel sneer appeared on Wang Yuanzhang's face. She said jokingly: "If it were just like this, how could the red moon make the world so scared?"

"Uh……"

Wang Yuanzhang continued: "The red moon came and lasted for about three days. Three days later, the sun and moon appeared again, and day and night resumed their normal rotation. At this time, although most of the human race died at once, but There were actually quite a few people who survived. However, before these survivors had time to take a breath, a more terrifying disaster occurred immediately afterwards.

The corpses of all the people who died under the red moon came back to life three days later and turned into zombies; the souls of those who died also turned into ghosts.

Then, these zombies and ghosts started massacring the surviving people.

Billions of people have died under the red moon. Although we have not experienced the horror of this disaster, we can still imagine it. "

Du Guoguo sighed and said: "It's hard to imagine how those who survived, the final survivors, survived."

Lu Qian couldn't help but glance at Du Guoguo and thought to himself: "This Du Guoguo seems to have not adapted to his identity as a 'ghost' yet. At this time, he is still accustomed to thinking from a human perspective."

Of course, there's nothing surprising about this.

According to Wang Yuanzhang's description, those people three thousand years ago should have almost become extinct in the face of such a disaster. How did they survive in the end?

As people of later generations, they naturally know very well that mankind did not become extinct in the end, but has continued to this day.

Wang Yuanzhang said: "It is naturally very difficult. Under the slaughter of ghosts and zombies, the number of humans is getting smaller and smaller, but they are not extinct in the end. The struggle between humans and zombies has continued like this. A thousand years."

Lu Qian's eyes flashed, and he suddenly thought of something, and said in surprise: "After a thousand years, the red moon came for the second time?"

Wang Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Not bad."

Du Guoguo couldn't help but take a breath and said: "Good guy, if we do it again, will anyone survive?"

Wang Yuanzhang said: "Those who survived naturally know that the red moon cannot be seen. However, when the red moon comes for the second time, it is even weirder."

"Why is it weird?"

Wang Yuanzhang said: "When the red moon comes for the second time, human beings bathe in the moonlight of the red moon, and even look at the red moon directly with their eyes. Surprisingly, they are all fine and will not die."

"what?"

Wang Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Yes. The arrival of the red moon this time also lasted for three days. Three days later, people suddenly discovered that most of the ghosts and zombies in the world had disappeared."

Lu Qian said: "You mean, this time, if it's the zombies who look at the red moon, they will die?"

Wang Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Yes. When the first red moon comes, humans will die immediately and turn into zombies and ghosts; when the second red moon comes, zombies and ghosts will immediately be seen by the moonlight. It just disappeared into thin air.”

Du Guoguo said: "In this way, the surviving humans will lose their biggest threat?"

Wang Yuanzhang said: "Yes. Therefore, in the next thousand years, human beings peacefully reproduced, grew rapidly, and became prosperous again. Of course, at this time, the corpses of dead humans will also transform into corpses. Earth spirits will also turn into ghosts. However, there is no explosive increase in their numbers. After all, they are controllable."

Du Guoguo said: "After a thousand years, the red moon has come for the third time?"

Wang Yuanzhang nodded.

When everyone saw this, they looked at each other in shock, not daring to imagine what would happen when the red moon came for the third time.

Wang Yuanzhang did not sell it, and said directly: "When the red moon came for the third time, it once again turned its target to humans. Of course, when the red moon came this time, many people hid out of caution. Therefore, this time The death caused by the red moon was not as great as the first time. The ratio of humans and ghosts was not too unbalanced. Even hundreds of years later, a 'Yin-Yang Agreement' was signed between humans and ghosts. There’s some balance struck.”

After listening to Wang Yuanzhang's story, Lu Qian somewhat understood.

Since the red moon first came, it has come a total of three times so far.

Each time, there is a gap of a thousand years.

No wonder people can calculate the time when the red moon will next come.

Du Guoguo's expression changed slightly. She glanced at Lu Qian and Wang Zirong, and asked Wang Yuanzhang: "So, according to time calculation, next year should be the fourth time the red moon has arrived. And this time the red moon has arrived. , is it time to kill the ghost?"

Lu Qian said: "Things are not that simple. Human beings are also very afraid of the coming of the red moon."

Wang Yuanzhang said: "Yes. Although we have the experience of the previous three red moons as a reference, this is only a reference after all. No one can say what will happen when the real thing comes.

As a result, two groups with completely opposite views have emerged regarding the fourth coming of the red moon:

The first group believes that the red moon will still follow the inherent rules and kill the ghosts when it comes this time, without causing harm to humans. This group is called the "initiation group". They believe that the coming of the red moon is the beginning of human beings' rebirth from the ashes.

The second group holds the opposite view. They believe that the coming of the red moon will not only slaughter humans again, but will even explode even more. When the red moon comes this time, no one will be able to escape and humanity will become extinct. This sect is also known as the 'Terminator Sect'. They believe that the coming of the red moon will completely end mankind.

These two groups each quoted scriptures and argued endlessly. But as far as I know, to this day, no one has been able to convince anyone.

In addition to these two sects, there is also the Moon Worship Sect, which is even more bizarre. They actually came up with the idea of ​​"half-entering the ghost realm", using ghosts to turn themselves into half-human, half-ghost, neither human nor ghost. They thought that by doing so, they would be able to survive no matter how the red moon changed. Oh, how naive and childish. "

When Lu Qian heard this, he realized that this was what the Moon Worshiping Sect was doing when they engaged in "half-into the ghost way".

They keep claiming that the coming of the red moon will kill mankind, and the "initiates" are idiots who have childish illusions about the red moon. As for themselves, they actually had no idea what would happen with the arrival of the red moon.

The "riding on the fence" style of "half-entering the ghost road" may seem clever, but in fact...

I'm afraid it will be difficult to do so.

Of course, if the Moon Worshiping Sect dares to do this, they must know something, and it shouldn't be without purpose.

Although Wang Yuanzhang said it very simply, Lu Qian knew in his heart that the debate between the so-called "initiating faction" and "ending faction" was not as simple as predicting whether the red moon would kill people or ghosts this time.

Du Guoguo suddenly asked: "Sister Wang, I have a question that I don't quite understand."

Wang Yuanzhang said: "You say."

Du Guoguo said: "Since we all know that the red moon kills people through the moonlight. Then, when the red moon comes, can we just avoid the moonlight or even hide underground and not look at it?"

Wang Yuanzhang looked at Wang Zirong calmly and said, "Back then, I asked my father the same question. I was eight years old that year."

"Uh……"

Seeing Du Guoguo looking a little embarrassed, he said to her: "Red Moon must not be that simple, otherwise how could the 'terminator' conclude that Red Moon will completely exterminate mankind this time?"

This Wang Yuanzhang looks very serious, but he is quite sharp at hurting others.

Du Guoguo looked at Lu Qian with a strange look on his face and asked, "Ms. sir, why is that?"

Lu Qian looked at Du Guoguo and thought to himself: "How...how did she survive in the world for a hundred years?"

Just as this thought arose, a voice suddenly appeared in Lu Qian's mind:

"Master, they are starting to take action."

(End of this chapter)