After Red-Eyes finished telling the story, Jiang You's mind remained tangled over one question.
"Did the goddess in the story—or rather, the monster—really possess the power to summon wind and rain?"
She voiced her doubts.
Red-Eyes smiled faintly.
"Wind Ability users can control the wind, water Ability users can summon water, and lightning Ability users can call down lightning... Do you think all these things might, thousands of years later, become legends like this:
"In ancient times, there were immortals who could summon wind and rain, ride the wind through the air, and call forth thunder and lightning..."
Red-Eyes looked at her with an ambiguous smile. That pig-kidney face belonging to a potato somehow seemed to possess an indescribable air.
Jiang You was speechless.
Indeed, myths were all beautified over time.
The Ability users of the present might well become immortals in records written thousands of years later.
"So there are no gods or immortals, only monsters..."
Jiang You said solemnly, "Then can I understand it this way? Everyone in Chen Family Village is actually a clone of the same person.
"Or rather, everyone in Chen Family Village is actually one person."
"No. They are themselves. Division is irreversible. After splitting, they become entirely new lives."
Red-Eyes shook his head. "It was precisely because of the division that the monster's energy was scattered into hundreds of portions, giving you the chance to subdue them. Girl, Chen Family Village may be the only monster in the entire world still active aboveground.
"They were once tainted by human faith, so they were destined never to return to living underground.
"But they can help you find the true Land of Origin."
Red-Eyes looked at her seriously. No emotion could be seen in those blood-hued, misty eyes.
"You aren't stupid. You must already know