295. As Long as It Works

Lu Ban recalled the description he received when he first met the system.

The Silent Chosen.

At first, he thought it simply meant being chosen by the Silent Land, like a reincarnator from the God Realm, just a title.

But now that I think about it, something doesn't seem right.

According to Xiya, the concept of Chosen of the Gods already exists in the Night Country. These Chosen of the Gods and beings under the watchful eyes of the deities.

So the Silent Chosen are not the Chosen of the Gods of the Silent Land; what they represent is...

"Silence?"

As Lu Ban uttered this seemingly ordinary word, he suddenly felt his heart race.

Urged on by an inexplicable surge of emotion, Lu Ban looked up at the sky. In the [True Sight], above the stormy sky, among the distant stars, a star began to twinkle.

The appearance of the nebula at a distance far beyond human comprehension appeared before Lu Ban's eyes.

Twisted, iridescent, vast yet indifferent stardust swirled, the nebula presenting a form that Lu Ban could not comprehend.

This is a star cluster that is difficult to detect by any means of observation known to humankind, or rather, it does not exist in the real universe. It is the dark side of the universe that is beyond all physical understanding, a gateway to all worlds, all times, and all known and unknown realms.

As for what lies beyond the door, Lu Ban has no way of knowing.

A surge of heat rushed into Lu Ban's head.

He knew that this was knowledge.

From this moment forward, the word "silence" will no longer simply describe a quiet and soundless environment, but will become a projection of the name of some Great Being into human consciousness.

Lu Ban grasped this knowledge, so he was not severely contaminated. Nevertheless, a part of his brain was completely burned, and boiling brain matter spread from his spinal cord, causing all of Lu Ban's nerves to tremble.

Glug glug—

What followed was Lu Ban's boiling blood; in those veins overgrown with weeds, the blood was bubbling and boiling at an astonishing speed.

Thud—

Flames ignited in Lu Ban's nerve endings, his muscles spasmed continuously, bluish-black spots began to appear all over his body, and with the damage to his brain, his body began to convulse.

Snap—

Lu Ban to the ground, but even so, the cold rain and the soft, mushy soil avoided him. Lu Ban just hovered on the ground, Motionless.

"Well."

Feng Yu sighed, and a change appeared on Lu Ban's body.

A silvery, fluid-like mist seeped into Lu Ban 'Lu Ban blood vessels, passing through the blood vessels and nerve endings throughout his body, reaching every corner of his body.

From this moment on, it can be said that Lu Ban has no privacy that can be hidden from Feng Yu. She can know the exact movement and sensation of every muscle and nerve in Lu Ban.

To put it bluntly, Feng Yu could now completely control Lu Ban's feelings and make Lu Ban feel incredibly good on the spot.

However, Feng Yu didn't have that kind of free time. The silver smoke rapidly repaired Lu Ban's damaged body, rebuilt the neural network, replenished the muscles, cooled down the boiling blood, devoured the necrotic cells, promoted the transformation of new cells, and soothed the turmoil in the brain. From the hippocampus to the cortical grooves, it trembled slightly as if a soft little hand had gently brushed over it.

Lu Ban's consciousness returned once again.

"Your brain structure is a bit strange. When I was repairing it just now, some extra stuff inexplicably appeared, but it seems to be working normally, so it shouldn't be a big problem."

Feng Yu's voice echoed in Lu Ban's ears.

"You actually know resurrection magic?"

Lu Ban felt that he must have been completely dead for about ten seconds just now. By modern medical standards, he would have definitely died once. But now he felt like he was reborn. His body felt perfectly comfortable, and he was even healthier than before.

Feng Yu actually knows how to bring the dead back to life?

No, that's not right either; it's not simply a matter of being brought back to life.

In Lu Ban's understanding, there is no magic to bring the dead back to life in the otherworld. Death is always a cold and indifferent thing. Even the great mages of the Gray Tower who can reverse the rules cannot rewrite the fate of death.

"It's not resurrection, it's just a simple medical technique."

Feng Yu sighed.

"In fact, even human medical skills can do this; it's just a matter of repairing a damaged body. However, I separated your consciousness, soul, ego—basically, whatever you consider yours—from your body along the way."

"?"

Lu Ban was still confused.

"Sometimes when we travel, we can't find a suitable host, so we'll use corpses to make them at least able to walk and collect energy. Compared to Motionless Stone, a corpse is more efficient, so we also have some techniques for repairing corpses."

Feng Yu added another explanation.

"So, you were just treating my body like a corpse, fixing it, and then stuffing my brain back in?"

Lu Ban felt he had a pretty good grasp of it.

"You could say that your soul is very special, which is why it can be treated this way. No matter how perfect the body is, without the soul, it is just Walking Corpses. Conversely, as long as the soul is intact, even if the body is dilapidated, it can be repaired."

Feng Yu was probably the most qualified person Lu Ban knew to say that.

In fact, their race was probably the first to realize this, knowing that there are limits to being human. The more they explored the extraordinary and came into contact with knowledge from other realms, the more they knew the limits of being human.

So Feng Yu stopped being a decent human being.

They abandon their bodies in pursuit of a powerful soul, even capable of traversing time and space to exist in place of someone in the long river of history.

Um?

In that sense, Feng Yu and I are quite similar.

In a sense, time travel is also a form of possession.

"Your physical condition is quite good. Although you are a bit of an unpleasant weed, you are quite good as a container."

Feng Yu suddenly started commenting on Lu Ban's physique, which sent a chill down his spine.

Of course, Lu Ban knew that Feng Yu had no intention of possessing him; otherwise, he wouldn't have just put his consciousness back in and simply taken it away.

"You need to exercise well. I've memorized your body's scent. If you encounter any misfortune in a foreign land, I'll retrieve your body and then possess your body."

Feng Yu said some frightening things.

"Then I'll thank you very much."

Lu Ban smiled.

In this way, at least his corpse wouldn't be used by those Unspeakable Monster to do strange things, which could be considered as accumulating some merit.

"Let's not talk about these trivial things anymore. Those people should be getting close to the depths of the temple soon."

Feng Yu reminded him.