What happened at Ji Zhengyan's home was only a tiny ripple from the Soul Reincarnation project.
Just as Wenren De had said, the upheaval it stirred up far exceeded people's imagination.
All along, people could only fantasize about having another life after death.
But no one had ever verified it. Never.
Now that something with such a high degree of credibility had suddenly appeared, the waves it could cause were obvious.
This was even more significant than the previous Otherworldly User Assembly.
Every kind of inner circle and private group was discussing the matter.
"Soul Reincarnation? I heard about it ages ago. This thing is like Nuclear Fusion—reheated every year, always supposedly fifty years away. Who would've thought it might actually become real this year?"
"It has to be fake. There hasn't even been an official announcement. It's nothing more than something certain people made up to win support." Some still refused to believe it.
"Whether it's real or not, there wouldn't be smoke without fire. There must be some truth to it. This is a good thing. If it really succeeds, people will have something to look forward to. There are plenty of ways to extend one's life, but most of them merely mean clinging to life, dragging around a half-dead body and gasping for breath, just like those Grandmasters in coffins. If one could be reincarnated into a young, vigorous body, that would be far better than all those previous methods." Some still leaned toward believing it.
Otherworldly Users were still human. Like ordinary people, they were inclined to believe news that benefited them, even if poison and traps lay behind it.
The Patrol Division had deliberately spread some rumors earlier in order to curb the increasingly frenzied tide of escape.
That was also why Qu Weijiang's sudden