Yama Reborn-Chapter 605 - 602: [I Have No Emotions]

The Wizard's expression was extremely solemn!

At this moment, an uncontrollable fear surged in the Wizard's heart, making him tremble.

It was a shiver that came from deep within the soul, impossible to control or endure!

It's the kind of suppression of life level that low-level creatures feel in the face of High Order Creatures!

At this moment, the Wizard could be one hundred percent certain that within that void space ahead...

Is the Mother Clone!

Not only the Wizard, but several Controllers present actually had sensed it.

Moments ago, when Kamisou Ichiro said with a smile, "It's breathing."

It was as if echoing Kamisou Ichiro's words, in that void, a powerful life force emanation surged.

Calm and undulating.

Just like ocean tides, like the breathing of a giant...

That life force fluctuation was rhythmic and gentle.

Yet powerful enough to make people shiver!

In contrast, those ordinary Special Ability Users, whose spiritual power was insufficient, sensed nothing at all.

The tall Special Ability User, seeing Kamisou Ichiro not answering his question, instead spoke to the Wizard.

A hint of impatience flickered in his eyes, yet he dared not interrupt.

After all... as an ordinary Special Ability User, who would dare offend such top-tier figures like the Wizard?

The Wizard shook his head and lightly sighed: "Kamisou Ichiro... explain to them... how to proceed, what to do next, everyone is waiting for your arrangements."

Kamisou Ichiro finally turned to look at those Special Ability Users, and lastly smiled at the tall ringleader, saying slowly: "Alright, we've come this far, it seems not giving everyone something tangible wouldn't make sense."

With that, Kamisou Ichiro slowly raised two fingers.

"First, I promise everyone, even if a battle occurs, the main force will be the revered Controllers, no need for others to be the primary combatants.

Second, the reward for each participant in this mission will be doubled."

Saying this, Kamisou Ichiro said lightly: "Beyond this, what else are you concerned about? As for whether this place is artificially carved or something else... does it truly matter to you?

There's no need for you to fight, the greatest danger is borne by the Controllers.

Rewards are doubled.

I only need you to do some very simple tasks."

All the Special Ability Users said nothing.

Indeed...

If assured that combat tasks are helmed by the Controllers as the main force—it seems one couldn't think of any risks!

In this world, with several top Controllers standing here, such a lineup, within the knowledge of ordinary Special Ability Users, it's unimaginable what couldn't be accomplished, what could pose a threat?

Unless five or six Controllers appear as enemies, perhaps?

Seems impossible, no matter the perspective.

And moreover, rewards are doubled!!

Kamisou Ichiro made no mistake, with dangers ruled out, and rewards doubled.

Whether this place is artificially cut out or some natural wonder...

Important?

Not important!

The tall Special Ability User fell silent.

However, a somewhat shorter Special Ability User asked: "If the mission involves some confidential content, Mr. Kamisou Ichiro, you're unwilling to tell us everything now. We understand.

But at least you should tell us what to do next?"

Kamisou Ichiro smiled, pointing at the massive underground cave outside the waterfall, that pitch-black void...

"We shall, enter there!"

·

Chen Nuo watched the whispering masses of Special Ability Users, furrowing his brow.

He knew the Octopus Monster was up to something—but he still hadn't figured out why the Octopus Monster insisted on bringing along these twenty ordinary Special Ability Users?

In such a mission, what role could ordinary Special Ability Users play?

Even though Chen Nuo couldn't quite understand, he felt there might be unknown dangers ahead.

He lightly sighed: "Kamisou Ichiro, if these ordinary Special Ability Users only perform unimportant tasks... then perhaps let them leave.

With us as your assistants, do you really need these people?"

Chen Nuo wasn't being saint-like, but among these twenty Special Ability Users, a few had been in his group, spending the past month combing through jungles together, residing at the Mayor Mansion; these people had always treated him with respect.

He didn't particularly wish for these guys to die here inexplicably.

The Octopus Monster glanced at Chen Nuo, eyes carrying a trace of oddness, or perhaps a hint of mockery.

"No, Mr. Chen Nuo, I need them.

But..."

The Octopus Monster deliberately paused: "Since Lord Yama wants to save everyone some effort, it's not impossible.

Let's do this, I will give everyone a choice now.

If you do not want to continue forward, you can withdraw from the mission here and turn around to return along the route to the surface camp.

However, because you are withdrawing halfway, our company can only pay 50% of the original amount.

If you are willing to continue forward, then as I said earlier, everyone's reward can be doubled.

How does that sound?

Now I'll give everyone one minute to think and then make a decision."

As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Nuo couldn't help but frown slightly.

·

Sure enough, within a short time, most of the Special Ability Users present expressed willingness to continue forward.

Actually, among the crowd, there were indeed those who showed hesitation or wavering expressions.

But seeing most people choosing to continue forward to complete the mission and earn the reward...

The hesitators seemed to be immediately overcome by a herd mentality.

Even the Special Ability Users who were standing relatively close to Chen Nuo at the beginning, those who had always followed Chen Nuo's search group, hesitated slightly and then apologized to Chen Nuo: "Lord Yama, I... still want to continue forward, after all, such a generous reward..."

"Yes, with several Controllers present, what else is there to worry about."

"The credibility of Octopus Monster Company has always been very good, we are also willing to trust what Kamisou Ichiro just said."

Lu Xixi beside Chen Nuo couldn't help but raise her eyebrows as if she was about to say something.

Chen Nuo gently tugged Lu Xixi and subtly shook his head at the Empress.

Forget it...

What's the point?

You can't reason with those seeking death.

Chen Nuo is not a saint.

Just saying these words here has already considered the situation.

If he said too much, it would be equivalent to forcing the Octopus Monster to turn hostile here!

To say to this extent is already up to the utmost kindness.

If something more is said, then preparations must be made for the risk of turning hostile with the Octopus Monster on the spot.

But looking at everyone's plans, it is still far from the time to turn hostile with the Octopus Monster.

And these people...

Forget it.

·

A rope was first lowered, and afterwards, at the waterfall entrance, a Body Technique Special Ability User slid down along the rope.

This huge underground cavern seems unfathomably deep. The water from the waterfall seemed to flow directly into the Earth's center.

At the bottom of this cavern, there are some protruding rocks, like isolated islands.

The rocks go downward into the unknown depths, only these rocks, standing firm from who knows how deep underground, form a path of isolated islands forward.

The first one to descend was a Body Technique Special Ability User of considerable strength, nimble and physically resilient. After climbing down, he first secured the rope to the ground and then carefully surveyed the surroundings.

This rock platform can only accommodate seven or eight people—any more and there won't be room.

This person was quite cautious, even hanging upside down to observe the root of the rock, seemingly confirming the rock's solidity and weight-bearing safety.

After ten minutes, people above began to descend one by one.

The Pathfinder, the Body Technique Special Ability User, had already leaped to the second rock-island ahead to continue scouting.

In Chen Nuo's view, this process was somewhat a waste of time.

The ability to fly is not something all Special Ability Users can use.

In the hierarchy of Special Ability Users, only those who have reached Destroyer Level and above can attempt flight—even ordinary Destroyers face large consumption when flying.

Only those who have reached Controller level can fly effortlessly and freely.

Any one of the Controllers present could easily fly ahead to scout.

But clearly, these Special Ability Users dare not disturb the big shots—after Kamisou Ichiro said that the main force in battle would be the big shots, everyone becomes conscious to willingly take on other trivial tasks.

Otherwise, how could such a heavy reward be justified?

But the Son of the Sun was somewhat impatient waiting, he directly jumped down with the second batch of people.

The old man leapt forward, gliding to land on the second island ahead, already side by side with the searching Body Technique Special Ability User.

"I will pave the way, I will try to find a straight path forward; if the distance is too far, I will build rope bridges, so the speed will be faster."

As the old man spoke, he handed one end to the Body Technique Special Ability User to secure on the ground, while he held the other end himself, flew out, and landed directly on another rock-island more than ten meters away.

This island is straight forward, but somewhat far, according to the Pathfinder's vision, it was actually intended to jump to a slightly closer distance to the left—ordinary Special Ability Users cannot fly, and some non-Body Technique Users may not have physical qualities much stronger than ordinary people.

The distance is too great, let alone flying, you couldn't even jump across.

The Son of the Sun had just jumped out when he saw the Wizard already flying down, glanced at the Pathfinder in front of him, and shook his head, saying, "Why waste so much time here?"

The Body Technique User who was pathfinding was stunned: "?"

The Wizard shook his head, turned to the people on the first rocky island behind him, and said slowly, "All of you come over to me first, and let the people behind use the first landing point!

Then, once everyone is down and has found a landing spot, find a secure place to hold on to. If there's nothing suitable to grab, use your equipment to nail a piton, and maintain stability."

Upon hearing this, everyone knew this top-tier expert was about to make a move.

Soon, the Special Ability Users sprang into action, and those at the first landing point all jumped to the second landing point.

Twenty people just filled the two rock platforms.

The juts on the rock were found and used as handholds. Those who couldn't find a handhold used their equipment to drive in nails.

In a brief moment, everyone completed the task according to the Wizard's instructions.

The Wizard snorted, took a deep breath.

After his spiritual power was released, soon, the base of the rocks serving as landing points began to fracture under the influence of Mentality Cutting.

After a series of crisp sounds, combined with fragments of rock falling into The Abyss, those sitting above felt their bodies shake.

Then, under the control of an invisible spiritual force, the broken rocks slowly began to float.

It was as if two stone ships, laden with people, were supported.

The Wizard had already flown to the third landing point rock, standing in front of the Son of the Sun: "Old man, make way."

The Son of the Sun frowned: "Couldn't you have done this before I came down? Just to show off that your spiritual power is stronger than mine?"

The Wizard smiled slightly, ignoring the Son of the Sun, his body slowly floating up, already flying to the rock ahead.

Chen Nuo and others stood at the mouth of the waterfall, watching as both the Wizard and the Son of the Sun moved ahead, while all the ordinary Special Ability Users had boarded the "spaceship." Nolan also effortlessly flew forward.

Chen Nuo glanced at Lu Xixi, who immediately understood, sweetly smiled, and grabbed Chen Nuo's hand, then the two of them flew out together.

Actually, at this moment, Chen Nuo's strength had not yet recovered, so relying solely on his spiritual power to fly was quite strenuous.

But with Lu Xixi helping in secret, using her spiritual power to support Chen Nuo's body, to outsiders, it seemed like simply two powerful Controllers flying hand in hand.

Even the Octopus Monster didn't detect anything unusual.

As Chen Nuo and Lu Xixi flew out, the Octopus Monster was indeed the last one.

Kamisou Ichiro remained calm and effortlessly flew forward.

This move made all the Special Ability Users who saw it inwardly shudder!

Kamisou Ichiro's strength... raised everyone's estimation of him to another level.

Previously, seeing him walk underwater while keeping dry with Telekinesis, emerging from the water with clothes and hair still dry, everyone felt this person's strength was exceptional.

Now, directly displaying the ability to fly... Kamisou Ichiro was at least Destroyer Level in strength or higher.

Seeing him fly so effortlessly and naturally, he likely stood out even among the Destroyer Class.

Several Ability Users sitting on the rocks couldn't help but converse in low voices.

Someone gently nudged the tall Ability User who had previously stepped forward to speak with Kamisou Ichiro.

This person was quite skilled, being a well-known expert at the Destroyer Level, which is why he was pushed forward by the crowd to negotiate with Kamisou Ichiro.

At this moment, someone asked in a whisper, "Can you fly so freely and easily?"

The tall Ability User glanced at Kamisou Ichiro, who was calmly floating through the air, and immediately shook his head: "I can also fly, short distances are fine, I can sprint for over ten kilometers in one breath without a problem...

But the flying posture would never be so relaxed, and... when it comes to flying, the slower you fly, the more it actually consumes spiritual power.

When I fly, I have to charge forward quickly; if I slow down, the control will exceed my limits, accelerating the consumption until I can't keep going."

The tall one's expression grew increasingly somber: "This Kamisou Ichiro... is probably a top expert within the Octopus Monster Company—perhaps even a Controller leader."

This speculation caused the expressions of those around him to change.

The tall one shook his head lowly: "I suddenly have some regrets. If Kamisou Ichiro himself is a Controller...

For a Controller to personally lead the team isn't enough? He even recruited several Controller lords to join in?

This level of operation is probably something we couldn't imagine in our lifetime.

And the difficulty, and danger... probably..."

He said regretfully, "If I had thought of this earlier, just now... I should have chosen to go back."

Another Ability User, perhaps with a bolder personality, said, "There's no need to be so cautious. Think of it positively: with Kamisou Ichiro, the team has six Controllers!

With six Controllers at the helm, even if we encounter major troubles, we shouldn't worry about not being able to handle it."

Then someone couldn't help but laugh: "Yeah, six Controllers, that's no joke.

If we encounter situations requiring combat... I can't imagine any force in the world that can stand against the combined power of six Controllers.

I reckon, at most, we're just exploring some mysterious underground presence."

"What mysterious presence could there be?"

"Idiot, haven't you read? Haven't you ever read Verne's 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'? A world-renowned science fiction masterpiece!"

As they conversed, someone nearby interjected: "I've heard of it, just never read it. What's the story about?"

The Ability User who mentioned the novel replied, "The story is that beneath the Earth, there's actually an underground world, with a self-contained ecosystem and many ancient creatures living there.

For instance, dinosaurs, mammoths, saber-toothed tigers and the like.

If we could find such a place, capture a few prehistoric creatures and bring them out, that would be a groundbreaking discovery for the world."

These words, on the contrary, eased the tense and anxious emotions of the crowd quite a bit.

"Saying it that way makes the task from the Octopus Monster seem reasonable.

Turns out they're searching for such an underground world... Is it to find prehistoric animals to sell for a lot of money?"

Someone beside them chuckled, "Fool, what money can you make by selling animals? Do you think it's a circus, a worldwide tour?

No, it's not!

The genes of prehistoric creatures, genes you can't mess with easily, biology, pharmaceuticals...

Perhaps you can extract something useful from prehistoric genes, and then advance medical science.

Who's to say it couldn't lead to conquering cancer!

Just imagine, if you developed a cure for cancer and sold it worldwide, how much money would that earn?!

That would be a mountain of gold! And a mountain of gold you can keep mining forever!"

Someone else couldn't help but ponder aloud, "Who knows, besides prehistoric creatures, what rare minerals might be in the underground world..."

"So, finding an underground world might just be the purpose of this Octopus Monster mission!"

·

Chen Nuo and Lu Xixi flew slowly side by side, actually hearing all the conversations of the people on the two stone ships nearby.

He glanced at Lu Xixi and gave a wry smile.

Consider it... a bit of comfort for these people.

Such a conversation and speculations did indeed soothe their hearts.

Suddenly, the Octopus Monster slowly approached, laughing softly, "Mr. Chen Nuo, I was really curious why you wanted to let those guys go back."

"Because I thought you might have ill intentions towards them," Chen Nuo answered bluntly, since there was no point in playing dumb, he said straightforwardly, "When I first awakened Seed, there was a kind of ritual... where a Special Ability User had to be sacrificed to awaken the sleeping Seed.

And here... you wouldn't be thinking of doing the same thing to awaken the Mother, would you?"

Kamisou Ichiro laughed and shook his head, "I wouldn't do anything so bloody."

However, he then slowly said, "But your goodwill, it seems, isn't appreciated by everyone."

Chen Nuo said nothing.

"Actually, it suddenly occurs to me... maybe, although I'm not human, I understand you humans better than you do."

Chen Nuo frowned, "How so?"

"Human nature."

The Octopus Monster casually pointed at the stone ships floating slowly below.

"Human nature is greedy.

That's why they will reject your goodwill and even refuse to think deeply about these matters.

Instead, they're willing to come up with a self-comforting excuse just.

Just for the sake of huge benefits.

All of it is driven by greed."

Chen Nuo sneered, "Then what about you? Octopus Monster. Don't you have even a little bit of emotion? You want to awaken the Mother Clone, devour it to strengthen yourself... isn't that also a form of greed."

"No, no, no," the Octopus Monster shook its head, "I don't have 'greed' as an emotion. In fact, I have no emotions at all. Don't forget, I am a Seed, I am merely learning and mimicking all human emotions."

Chen Nuo looked at the smile on the Octopus Monster's face and couldn't help but say, "Then what's this moment? At this moment, you're smiling at me.

What kind of expression is hidden beneath this smiling face?"

The Octopus Monster slowly withdrew the smile from its face and pointed to it, "The real appearance, is probably just like this now."

Chen Nuo looked at the face of the Octopus Monster.

It was a...

Calm face.

No joy, no anger, no sorrow, no resentment...

Just a face with no expression, but not cold either.

A completely peaceful face.

Chen Nuo glanced again and couldn't help but sigh.

"This is really...

A very dull face."

The Octopus Monster smiled again, "I know you're mocking me, but... this kind of emotion, to me, has no value. In fact, the more I learn about your human behaviors and emotional ways over the years, the more I feel that many of your emotions and feelings are valueless."

Chen Nuo retorted unceremoniously, "Maybe you're right. Maybe you're not.

But, I only know one thing: precisely because of the lack of [emotion and feelings], that is the most crucial deficiency preventing you Spiritual Life Forms from further evolution, isn't it?"

The Octopus Monster surprisingly nodded, "You are right... although I know you say this to counter or provoke me...

But unfortunately, I won't get angry."