The wind swept through the window, dispelling the stuffiness, but the silence hung frozen in the room for a long time.
The sudden, explosive revelation about the Six Paths and Mythos swept through the minds of the five Reincarnators like a storm, shattering everything into fragments. For a while, they simply couldn't form words to speak.
After experiencing so many Reincarnation Worlds, they had all, to varying degrees, entertained the idea of probing the secrets of Mythos or uncovering the Six Paths' true identity. But they had never imagined they would learn the truth so simply and so easily. It was nothing short of absurd and ironic.
What in the world was going on?
What kind of nightmare world was this?
Amid the confusion, panic, bewilderment, and astonishment, they all felt the same sense of loss, Yu Jinghua included.
Yes, loss!
Setting aside the Six Paths' forced missions and the dangers of reincarnation, becoming a member of a mysterious organization with a "leader" who wielded seemingly limitless powers, being able to exchange enough merits for all kinds of wondrous, astonishing things, and then descending into strange and fantastical worlds to alter local events or change someone's fate... All of this gave most Reincarnators an intense sense of superiority.
So when dealing with "natives," they tended to look down on them from above, standing aloof from the world. Even when they meant well, their kindness came from on high, like Gods, Buddhas, and Immortal Saints descending into the mortal realm to grant people's wishes.
But in this nightmare world, even the "leader" Six Paths, whose powers seemed limitless, had practically been stripped bare and exposed before the world. Naturally, the Reincarnators' sense of superiority and their lofty airs were smashed to pieces, gone without a trace.
The Six Paths was indeed