"The greatest difference between the Remnants and Strange Creatures is that the Remnants can die, and they leave corpses behind. Their bodies are closely linked to the Red Moon, which may also be why they so easily go mad and lose control after civilization collapses and the Red Moon appears. But what I want to emphasize is that the Red Moon's Power lingers for a very long time after a Remnant dies."
Su Xuan seemed to remember something, his expression turning complicated. "So after I successfully escaped my Remnant body and awakened in another form, the first thing I did was burn my own corpse to ashes."
Su Bai listened quietly, imagining his older brother burning his own corpse. An experience like that truly defied words.
"And the Red Moon Society... because of that damned experiment, they possess more corpses of the Merfolk Remnants than even I can probably imagine."
After saying that, Su Xuan fell silent.
Wu Heng, who stood nearby wearing Yao's "shell," said nothing more either.
Perhaps they both knew that Su Bai could glimpse the horrifying truth through this information, and that he would need some time to compose himself.
"So..." After a moment, Su Bai sighed. "The 'server' the Red Moon Society uses to run the Nightmare Game was assembled from Merfolk corpses?"
"That's right." Su Xuan paused, offering no description of how exactly the "server" had been assembled.
"And that Administrator is connected to the 'server' too?" Su Bai had dealt with the Administrator several times and knew that he was certainly no lifeless corpse. Not only did he have a consciousness of his own, but he even had his own preferences.
"Yes. If the 'server' consisted of nothing but a pile of corpses, then ultimately it would just be a heap of flesh