Chapter 215 I Will Be the First

Being ridiculed in person by Shen Cheng, Phalaenopsis felt even more embarrassed.

But she was always thick-skinned, so she looked calm and even made a few excuses: "This is a different time. Now that you are in this situation, even if we are willing to accept you, you can't be a memory messenger."

Shen Cheng was just making a few sarcastic remarks now, and he had no way to deal with Phalaenopsis's inconsistency.

Besides, he didn't want to be a memory messenger in his heart.

"You are not here to avenge your colleagues, nor do you want to accept me. So what are you doing here? You didn't come all the way here just to laugh at me, did you?"

Phalaenopsis certainly didn't come to laugh at Shen Cheng, because even she herself didn't know what she was doing there.

After discovering the death of her colleague in the sea of ​​memories, she rushed over without deciding what to do.

However, as a messenger of memory, Phalaenopsis will never show weakness in front of outsiders, and this omniscient attitude must be maintained.

"I'm not here to laugh at you. I'm also a little sorry for what I promised before but couldn't do."

Phalaenopsis suppressed the fear in her heart and reached out to grab Shen Cheng's right hand that kept regenerating and disappearing: "Although I can't completely expel this power for you, it's no problem to help you relieve it."

"Then trouble you."

Shen Cheng was not too excited, nor did he have much trust in Phalaenopsis, who went back on her word. He looked like he was watching a performance.

"There's not much I can do, I can only remind you a few things."

Phalaenopsis gently stroked Shen Cheng's right hand, injecting a force that could quickly restore the body into the arm. Combined with Shen Cheng's own self-healing ability, the missing half of the arm finally recovered and stabilized.

But once Phalaenopsis lets go, his arm will immediately disappear.

"The price of using this power is to use yourself as fuel, but the fuel does not necessarily need to be your body. Other things that belong to you can also be used, such as your memories, your emotions, and even your abilities..."

After Phalaenopsis' explanation, Shen Cheng realized that using this power had a price, and it required a part of his entire being to pay for it.

But he can decide for himself which part to pay.

What makes up Shen Cheng is not just his body, but also his soul, memories, emotions, abilities, etc. These can all be paid as a price and are not necessarily limited to the body.

After realizing this, Shen Cheng immediately wanted to pay the price for the blood curse on his body.

But the payment failed because this thing was essentially something forced into his body by the Blood King and did not belong to him.

So, Shen Cheng decided to go all out and simply offered his own appendix as the price.

The cecum, also known as the appendix, is not as useless as people think. It actually helps digestion.

But as a vampire, Shen Cheng doesn't need any digestive aids at all, so the appendix is ​​useless to him.

But simply paying for the appendix is ​​far from enough, it would require at least the size of a forearm.

Shen Cheng couldn't give up his third forearm just for one.

Finally he chose an ability he had hardly used - manipulating the air.

He obtained this ability in Tailing City, but it was only a two-star ability. Its power was totally incapable of keeping up with his current level, so it had been left gathering dust.

Now is the perfect time to use it as a price.

When Shen Cheng felt that his ability to control the air disappeared, his arm finally recovered completely.

Phalaenopsis loosened her hand at the right time, and Shen Cheng's arm did not disappear again.

He squeezed it hard and felt no discomfort.

It seems that the cost is not that great, it is just the loss of an ordinary ability that has been hidden in the bottom of the box and is gathering dust.

But Shen Cheng knew that he had suffered a great loss.

He used this mysterious power to kill Mr. Li in seconds, but Mr. Li didn't leave even a hair, and didn't even give him a chance to touch the body.

Shen Cheng was actually paying with an ability.

Although he also obtained this mysterious and powerful power, it was not what he wanted at all.

Seeing Shen Cheng's arm recover, Phalaenopsis felt relieved.

"I don't know what price you paid, but you should be able to understand the danger of this power."

Phalaenopsis looked into Shen Cheng's eyes and warned him, "If it is not necessary, I advise you not to use it. Even if you don't use it, it will slowly erode your existence until you disappear completely. This process may be very long, but if you use it frequently, it will greatly speed up your disappearance."

Shen Cheng also remembered the words that the woman in black had warned him about, and the meaning she wanted to express was exactly the same as Phalaenopsis's.

"What on earth is this?"

Shen Cheng looked down at his hands, his tone heavy: "What on earth is targeting me?"

Unlike Hei and the woman who don't like to speak human language, Phalaenopsis tells the truth about this issue.

"You should know that the supernatural powers we have now all come from our practice of a certain concept and rule of this universe."

Shen Cheng nodded slowly.

There are five common types of abilities: protection, destruction, life, consciousness (spirit), and chaos, as well as uncommon ones: mystery, justice, order, joy, etc. All of them originate from a certain concept in the universe.

"And this mysterious power you have obtained comes from a most special concept."

Phalaenopsis tapped Shen Cheng's chest with her finger: "His name is Nothingness."

Apart from Han Zhiqing who was dissatisfied with Phalaenopsis's somewhat intimate action, Shen Cheng and Si Han both fell into deep thought.

Shen Cheng was amazed at the breadth of the concept of nothingness. It encompassed almost everything, because all things in the world, including the universe, would perish, which was equivalent to all concepts, and the final outcome was nothingness.

He suddenly remembered what the woman in black had told him - eternal nothingness, the end of everything.

At that time she pointed out the source of this power.

Si Han was shocked that despite his age and wide experience, he had never heard of the power of nothingness.

He couldn't help but ask, "Ms. Phalaenopsis, does the power of nothingness really exist?"

As we all know, the power of every person with special abilities comes from the belief and practice of a certain concept, but the size of the power does not entirely depend on the level of belief, but also depends on whether the concept of your belief is broad.

For example, justice is actually a relatively narrow concept.

Only in a moral civilization can there be a distinction between good and evil, and only then does the concept of justice exist.

However, if we zoom in to the macro perspective of the entire universe, the concept of justice is too narrow and not universally applicable.

Even among the group of star rangers who believe in justice, the interpretation and understanding of justice are different. Unlike other common concepts, which are applicable everywhere, some have even risen from concepts to the level of rules.

The concept of nothingness is too broad and grand. Si Han cannot imagine how terrifying the power of nothingness is.

"You don't have to believe in the existence of nothingness. In fact, I didn't believe it at first either. It was only in the memories that I saw the records of nothingness that have been passed down for many years."

Phalaenopsis was about to raise her finger and point at Shen Cheng: "But now there is a living example in front of us. It's useless even if we don't believe it."

This is also the reason why Shen Cheng cannot become a memory messenger now.

The memory messengers have actually abandoned their physical bodies and become part of the ocean of memory. As long as the memories remain, they are immortal and almost no attack can truly kill them. They are more like vampires than vampires.

The reason why I say almost is because there is indeed a power in this world that can kill the memory messenger, and that is nothingness.

Everything will disappear in the void, including memories.

Therefore, Phalaenopsis would remember the Void, the only force that threatens her, and Shen Cheng, who possesses the Void, would forever draw a clear line between himself and the Memory Messenger. Once he is allowed to enter the Sea of ​​Memory, the entire Sea of ​​Memory will be destroyed.

"I have a question."

Shen Cheng suddenly asked, "The source of our power is the belief in a certain concept, but I don't believe in nothingness, so why do I also gain the power of nothingness?"

Phalaenopsis looked at Shen Cheng with sympathetic eyes: "This is why I said that nothingness is a very special concept. It does not need the faith of others. As long as you are shrouded by its shadow, whether you like it or not, you will be forced to be involved and will never be able to escape."

The corners of Shen Cheng's mouth twitched slightly: "I thought you memory messengers were experts in forced buying and selling, but it turns out there are real masters."

He possesses a variety of abilities that require faith to gain power, and no consequences.

For example, the spiritual consciousness is a waste of movement, the guardian is passive and can be beaten, the destroyer has a destructive desire, the chaotic one does not follow the rules, etc.

And now, he finally has the ability to gain power without faith, but he needs to bear the consequences.

The consequence of nothingness is disappearance.

Shen Cheng looked into Phalaenopsis' eyes: "Is disappearance irreversible?"

Phalaenopsis nodded slowly: "At least as far as I know, no one who has ever been infected with nothingness is still alive. Not even one."

Shen Cheng was silent for a moment, then said firmly: "I will be the first."

This is not just talk. He can keep absorbing the abilities of others to offset the erosion of the void until he finds a solution.

Phalaenopsis didn't think Shen Cheng could succeed, but she also admired his unyielding spirit.

"Then I wish you success!"

Phalaenopsis felt sorry that Shen Cheng could not become a memory messenger, but she was also very interested in a person who possessed the power of nothingness.

In the past, she had only seen such people who stepped into nothingness in the records of the Sea of ​​Memory. Their numbers were extremely rare, and each of them had a strong tendency to self-destruct and disappeared after a short time.

She really wanted to observe whether Shen Cheng would be an exception.

Moreover, Shen Cheng's extremely special existence can be used as a killer.

She wanted to establish a good relationship with Shen Cheng, maybe it would come in handy someday.

"There is something I want to remind you of."

Phalaenopsis decided to help Shen Cheng again: "When I came here, several of your friends were in danger."

Shen Cheng's eyes flashed: "What danger?"

"The Living Tribunal, you should have dealt with them before."

Phalaenopsis smiled faintly: "They are a bunch of lunatics. Even I don't want to mess with them."

Shen Cheng frowned slightly, but did not panic, because he believed in Ruan Qingsha's strength, not to mention Zhao Nanxing was in charge.

The only people he was worried about were Xiao Qingque and Yan Qiuli.

"Can you take me back right away?"

It would take a long time to get back to the state capital from here, so he could only ask Phalaenopsis for help.

"Of course, there's no problem in sending all three of you back."

Phalaenopsis's expression was a little cunning: "But you owe me a favor."

Shen Cheng agreed without hesitation: "No problem."

Then he looked at Si Han and Han Zhiqing with a questioning look.

Si Han immediately said: "Since there is danger at home, let's go back immediately."

His archaeological work was able to verify the falsity of the starry sky and the existence of the Lord of the Sky, which was already a huge gain and he could go back at any time.

"Let's go then."

Phalaenopsis was about to take action, but Shen Cheng asked her to wait a moment.

He turned and walked to a nearby place, bent down and picked up something from the ground.

It was the little black ball that had fallen from Mr. Li before that had sent them all to the ship to the new world.

Although this thing has the risk of sending the wrong person away, it is a prop that can travel back and forth between the two worlds. From common sense, it is a priceless treasure. Shen Cheng certainly will not just throw it away here.

Neither Si Han nor Han Zhiqing had any greed for this thing at all. They even tried to avoid it for fear of being sent to that horrible ghost place again.

"Let's go."

Shen Cheng nodded to Phalaenopsis.

Phalaenopsis raised her hand and snapped her fingers, and several people disappeared on the spot, leaving only this empty underground shelter.

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Hanyun Prefecture.

Yan Qiuli placed her hands on a crystal ball and was conducting her daily divination training.

But now she was a little absent-minded, even a little angry.

Because Xiao Qingque kept circling behind her, muttering something and constantly disturbing her.

Finally, Yan Qiuli couldn't bear it anymore and turned around and yelled at her.

"Sister Qingque, can you please get out? Don't disturb me here!"

Xiao Qingque was slightly startled, then walked over and hit Yan Qiuli hard on the head with his fist: "This is my room, you are the one who should get out."

Yan Qiuli's head was buzzing from the blow, and she retorted loudly: "You asked me to come over and play cards with you!"

"But you've been fortune-telling all the time, and you're not playing cards with me at all!"

"That's when you suddenly got inspired and wanted to write!"

"Then you can wait for me to finish writing!"

"Then get out and write, and don't disturb my training."

"You should get out. This is my room."

The two little sisters pinched each other's faces and accused each other loudly.

But this has become their daily routine, and they usually switch smoothly between being inseparable and attacking each other.

The two quickly went from pulling each other to wrestling with each other, rolling around on the bed.

"what!"

Yan Qiuli suddenly let out a scream and kicked Xiao Qingque away.

She covered her chest with both hands, her face red, "Where are you touching? You filthy rascal."

Xiao Qingque laughed, and made obscene grasping movements with his hands: "You've grown well, Yan Zi. You're already as big as a small melon before you're even an adult. Your future achievements are limitless."

She held up her chest with both hands and said, "But you're still far behind me, your sister. Remember to drink more milk."

(End of this chapter)