Although it is a clumsy method, it is the only method Zhou Ziwei can think of at the moment. Using this method will probably consume a lot of soul power, but... this may not be a big burden for Zhou Ziwei's main body.
Now, when his true form recites the Six-Syllable Mantra, the resulting aura of salvation can directly cover an area of tens of kilometers. During his time on the plane, he recites the Six-Syllable Mantra every now and then, and naturally absorbs a small portion of the soul power.
After all, there are countless creatures in the ocean, far more densely packed than on land. And among these countless creatures, a large number of lives are born every second, and a large number of lives die every second. This is why every recitation of the Six-Syllable Mantra will not be in vain, and everyone will gain something, more or less.
As usual, Zhou Ziwei first used a researcher from an underground biological research base to conduct experiments. This way, even if the experiment failed and someone died, Zhou Ziwei would not feel guilty.
Of course... that only female researcher cannot be touched, because... that woman is Dr. Susanna, the female classmate whom Zhou Ziwei's current alter ego, Dwight, loves most.
Although Zhou Ziwei only occupied one of Dwight's bodies, in essence, Dwight's soul had already transformed into Zhou Ziwei's. However... this clone also fully received Dwight's soul memories from his previous life.
The memories received this time were different from the soul memories attached to the souls that Zhou Ziwei had absorbed in the past using the Six-Syllable Mantra.
After being purified and filtered by the Six-Syllable Mantra, only a very small portion of the memory remains.
This time, Zhou Ziwei absorbed Dwight's original consciousness and naturally received all of Dwight's memories from birth until the moment his original soul consciousness was completely absorbed by Zhou Ziwei.
In this way, Zhou Ziwei was essentially reincarnated again, and he almost lost his original consciousness, believing that he really was Dwight...
This is why Zhou Ziwei's clone, while receiving Dwight's memories, also received Dwight's emotions from his previous life, developing an inescapable fondness and love for Dr. Susanna. This left Zhou Ziwei speechless, yet unable to eliminate it, so he could only passively accept it for the time being.
Zhou Ziwei casually approached another male researcher and, as before, placed a hand on the back of the man's head. However, this time Zhou Ziwei did not tentatively intrude with a small amount of soul power. Instead, he unleashed a large surge of soul power at once. After locating the hidden sea of soul within the man's brain, he decisively attacked and penetrated it...
Boom—Zhou Ziwei's wisp of soul power rushed into that person's sea of souls, and immediately felt a wave of fierce and malevolent energy surging up like an overwhelming tide. Zhou Ziwei barely managed to resist for a while, attempting to use his soul power to slowly consume this fierce and malevolent energy.
However, he soon discovered that the corrosive power of this fierce and malevolent aura was too strong. In just a moment, the soul power that Zhou Ziwei had forcibly entered into the other party's sea of souls was completely stained red, and it had even been tainted by that malevolent aura.
Zhou Ziwei sensed something was wrong, so he quickly withdrew his hand and took back all of that wisp of soul power, returning it to his own sea of souls.
If Zhou Ziwei were to decisively relinquish this portion of his soul power now, he would not be greatly affected. He only needed to retract the trace of primordial consciousness attached to the soul power when he relinquished it. Although this fierce and malevolent energy was powerful and could corrode soul power, it had no effect on primordial consciousness. This was already proven when Zhou Ziwei used his primordial consciousness to invade Dwight's sea of souls.
The soul power he inputted was almost completely corroded in an instant, but his original consciousness, which had been enveloped by the fierce and malevolent energy for a long time, could not be eroded in the slightest.
However, Zhou Ziwei cannot give up these soul powers now, because he knows that if he abandons these soul powers tainted with fierce and malevolent energy into the sea of souls of this researcher, it will not only fail to weaken the fierce and malevolent energy in the slightest, but will instead make it even stronger because a soul power will be completely assimilated and devoured.
Therefore, the only option is to recover the portion of soul power that has been corrupted by the malevolent energy. Only in this way can the malevolent energy in the researcher's sea of souls be slightly reduced.
Zhou Ziwei could then absorb the corrupted soul power into his own sea of souls to purify it completely. Once purified, he could then use a surge of soul power to re-enter the other person's sea of souls, bringing out a trace of malevolent energy.
By repeating this process, it may be possible to completely eliminate the person's hostility.
This method should be effective, but it is indeed very clumsy. It can only remove a small portion of a person's malevolent energy at most, and it would take a long time to resolve a person's fierce and violent aura.
Since Zhou Ziwei had no better options, he had no choice but to try this clumsy method first.
However, just as Zhou Ziwei was about to purify the wisp of soul power, which had been severely corrupted by the malevolent energy, by gathering it into his sea of souls and using the Six-Syllable Mantra, he suddenly felt an intense longing emanating from his clone.
Zhou Ziwei was slightly taken aback, but then he understood. His clone had sensed the aura of ferocity and malevolence, and this aura seemed to have a strong attraction to the clone's soul.
As for why these fierce and malevolent energies attracted his clone, Zhou Ziwei had no idea, and even his clone was completely unaware.
It seems to stem from an instinct, like wanting to eat a hot steamed bun when you're hungry, or wanting to drink a mouthful of clear spring water when you're thirsty—it's an instinctive craving.
Why would a clone crave malevolent energy?
Zhou Ziwei was puzzled and also worried that the clone might be controlled by the drop of blood formed from the fierce and malevolent energy that had merged into the soul.
However, he then chuckled and shook his head. That was his own clone; he could clearly sense all of its thoughts. If this clone had truly been regained control by that malevolent energy, how could he not know? ...This was truly worrying unnecessarily...
Thinking of this, Zhou Ziwei immediately made a bold decision: he simply channeled the soul power, which had been severely eroded by the malevolent energy, from his main body's sea of souls and transferred it into his clone's sea of souls...
With a "whoosh," just as Zhou Ziwei's main body sent that soul power into the clone's sea of souls, the clone's soul immediately pounced on it like a hungry wolf.
Within the clone's soul, the blood-drop-shaped crystal of malevolent energy suddenly shone brightly, emitting dazzling rays of light that completely enveloped the soul power corrupted by the malevolent energy.
In the blink of an eye, the red light receded completely, and the soul power that Zhou Ziwei had inputted was completely purified in an instant, returning to its original state before it was tainted by the fierce and malevolent aura.
The drop of blood-red crystal encased within the clone's soul seemed to have become even more vibrant.
This result startled Zhou Ziwei... Both his main body and his clone were stunned. It seemed that the fierce and malevolent energy had not been completely purified, but was only absorbed by the drop of malevolent energy crystal in the clone that could no longer be purified.
Whether this outcome is a blessing or a curse is unknown. If this crystallized resentment grows larger and larger as a result, will it eventually become so large that the clone's soul cannot control it at all?
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 571: Inheriting Love
Zhou Ziwei hesitated for a moment, but when he sensed that his clone had absorbed the fierce and malevolent energy from that wisp of soul power without any reaction, and that its emotions and thoughts were unaffected, he finally felt a little relieved.
Regardless, let's give it a try first! This clone is only developed from a small wisp of his original consciousness. If it gets completely controlled by the fierce and malevolent energy, he can simply abandon this clone.
Zhou Ziwei thought so, and at the same time, his clone had the same idea.
For his clone, this idea was tantamount to self-destruction. However, Zhou Ziwei's clone did not hesitate at all when he had such an idea. It seemed that in his subconscious, he was still an appendage of the main body. If his continued existence would not bring any benefits but would instead cause harm, then he would naturally have to be destroyed.
Zhou Ziwei's main body completely retrieved that wisp of purified soul power and then sent it back into the researcher's sea of souls. Once it was almost completely corroded by the violent and malevolent energy in the researcher's sea of souls, he withdrew it and sent it to his clone to absorb.
This process was repeated, and although each time only a small portion of the malevolent energy could be neutralized, both the process of corrosion and the process of being absorbed by the clone were extremely rapid. Therefore, not much time was wasted. In just about ten minutes, the malevolent energy in the researcher's sea of souls was completely cleared away.
We finally succeeded!
Zhou Ziwei breathed a long sigh of relief, and then released the blockade on the man's brain.
"Hmm..." The researcher groaned, slowly opened his eyes, looked around blankly for a moment, and then sat up abruptly as if he suddenly remembered something.
"Huh... I... how did we get here? Is this... is this on an airplane?" The researcher's face showed panic and unease. He turned his head and saw Zhou Ziwei's clone, Dwight. Seeing that Dwight was also awake, his face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly asked, "Dwight, what's going on? How did we get here? Weren't we just... in that big round sphere?"
Zhou Ziwei's clone shrugged helplessly and said, "Looks like you've completely forgotten how we were kidnapped too. It's unbelievable. I thought I was the only one with a bad memory..."
After Zhou Ziwei obtained all of Dwight's memories, he naturally wanted to know how they had been hiding peacefully in that sandy space, and how they had been taken to the underground world. He also wanted to know where the fierce and malevolent energy in their sea of souls came from, and how it had caused them to lose their minds...
However, Dwight's original memories were completely blank regarding this period. His most recent memories seemed to only extend back to the sandy space, after Zhou Ziwei passed through his body to fight the burlap monster, and then he had no memory of it at all.
Those memories seemed to have been forcibly erased with a blackboard eraser, not cut off all at once. But from the moment Zhou Ziwei stepped out of that sandy space, Dwight's memories began to gradually become blurry. After a moment of blurriness, they became completely blank. He had no recollection of how he was taken into that underground city.
I had hoped to get some clues from this researcher, but now it seems... his memories are probably the same; he has no memory of how he was brought out of the sand space.
What kind of methods did those strange men in black robes use...? They even seem to be able to erase people's memories, how bizarre...
Zhou Ziwei frowned and pondered for a moment, then shook his head slightly, put the matter aside, and once again selected someone to help expel the fierce and malevolent energy from their sea of souls.
After succeeding once, the process became much easier the next time. The next researcher was completely freed from the malevolent aura by Zhou Ziwei in less than ten minutes and then woke up.
And this guy was no exception; his memory was still stuck in the moment he was in the sand space, and he had absolutely no recollection of entering the underground world.
Zhou Ziwei shook his head helplessly, giving up hope for the time being. Since the person had already been rescued, he didn't need to worry about anything else. Although the underground world was mysterious and those black-robed monsters were powerful, Zhou Ziwei wasn't afraid of them.
Next up was Dr. Susanna, Dwight's beloved old classmate. As Zhou Ziwei walked up to Susanna, he suddenly felt a pang of heartache.
When they came out of that underground base, the explosion scattered everyone. The others were fine because they were closer to Zhou Ziwei, but Jiang Chunshui and Susanna were both bitten by crocodiles.
Jiang Chunshui paid the price of losing an arm and a leg, while Susanna, although not having her hands and feet eaten, had at least a dozen wounds on her body, almost unrecognizable from being bitten. Later, Zhou Ziwei only gave her simple treatment, which prevented her from bleeding to death, but he did not treat her wounds completely like he did for Jiang Chunshui.
After all, in Zhou Ziwei's eyes at that time, this woman was just a female researcher in an underground research base in the United States. She was an accomplice in stealing his water spirit and conducting research. Zhou Ziwei and she were completely on opposing sides, so he naturally had no obligation to help her heal her injuries. Under those circumstances, it was already very humane that he did not let her be eaten by the crocodile group.
However, now that his clone has inherited all of Dwight's memories, Zhou Ziwei's thoughts and views on this woman are naturally completely different. He even seems to have inherited Dwight's infatuated love for Susanna as well. Although Zhou Ziwei's main body is facing her now, the main body and the clone are essentially the same person, so this feeling seems to be no different.
Looking at the mottled and tragic scars on Susanna's body, Zhou Ziwei's heart trembled. His hand trembled slightly as he stroked Susanna's cheek, where a piece of flesh had been torn off by a crocodile. After a moment, the deep scar on her cheek became slightly smoother and fuller, but it still looked quite frightening.
Zhou Ziwei sighed softly. When he regenerated Jiang Chunshui's severed limbs, he had obtained a lot of flesh and blood from newly deceased people as nourishment, allowing the hungry cells to devour it and rapidly divide. But now... Zhou Ziwei had nowhere to get those things for Susanna.
Therefore, although her wounds weren't as severe as Jiang Chunshui's severed limbs, Zhou Ziwei couldn't simply conjure up so much flesh out of thin air and make Susanna's body grow back! After all, when she was torn apart by a group of crocodiles, Susanna had over a dozen pieces of flesh ripped off her body...
It seems that treating her injuries will have to wait until we return to China. For now, let's focus on getting rid of the malevolent energy in her soul's sea!
Ten minutes later, Susanna slowly woke up, struggling to open her big, dazed eyes. Before her eyes, she saw an adorable baby face and a familiar bearded face standing in front of her, both wearing expressions of great concern and joy.
"Where...where am I?"
Susanna paused slightly, unable to understand why Zhou Ziwei, a child she considered almost godlike, would show her such an expression. As for the bearded Dwight… it wasn’t surprising that he tried so hard to please her. That guy… had been pursuing her for years since college, and no matter how cold she was to him, this shameless fellow had never let up for a moment.
And this little boy… wasn’t he always indifferent to me? We were both bitten by crocodiles, but that Chinese woman who lost a leg and an arm was miraculously healed with divine magic, making her limbs grow back out of thin air. But me… sigh… it’s not surprising, really. I’m on the opposite side, and now I’m his prisoner. What right do I have to ask him to use divine magic to heal me? He did at least treat my wounds and didn’t let me die in pain and bleeding, which is already quite humane.
But now… Susanna suddenly felt that the way this child looked at her seemed… seemed to have become exactly the same as that hateful bearded Dwight, both of them faintly revealing a trace of infatuation and love. God… he’s just a child… how could he… how could he be infatuated with me… how is that possible?
Susanna sat up, touched the wounds on her body and face, and then shook her head with a sigh. If her original appearance still had an irresistible charm for men, perhaps this child was particularly precocious and could be bewitched by her beauty... But now Susanna no longer had any such illusions.
Her face was completely ruined. Although she hadn't looked in a mirror, Susanna knew that she looked far more terrifying than any ghost or zombie in a horror movie. How could this magical little boy possibly be infatuated with her? It was impossible. Her senses must be playing tricks on her!
"We are on a plane now, en route to China..."
Zhou Ziwei's main body did not speak. Just a moment before Susanna woke up, he and his clone involuntarily showed a look of concern and infatuation, but he immediately realized what was happening and quickly turned his head away, preparing to officially begin rescuing the Dragon Group members.
Having treated these researchers, Zhou Ziwei was absolutely certain and found nothing wrong with the treatment, so he no longer hesitated.
Meanwhile, Zhou Ziwei's clone helped Susanna up with great concern, taking the opportunity to grope her a little... Although Susanna's body was covered in wounds and not very aesthetically pleasing, she still possessed unparalleled charm in Zhou Ziwei's clone's eyes.
Zhou Ziwei clearly remembered that in the past, no matter how much Dwight tried to please her, Susanna always ignored him. If he tried to take advantage of her, he was just asking for a beating!
Sure enough... when Zhou Ziwei's clone's large hand lightly brushed across her sensitive areas, Susanna's almond-shaped eyes widened instantly. However, she couldn't lash out directly in front of so many people, so she just coldly snorted and said, "Let me go, you idiot!"
Zhou Ziwei's clone could only helplessly let go, giving an awkward smile while inwardly cursing himself... Damn it, how could you be so shameless... She's just a foreign girl... and now she's a disfigured foreign girl... Damn it... When did I become so shameless that I don't even feel angry when someone curses me... God, please have mercy on me!
At this moment, Zhou Ziwei's poor main body felt almost the same way as his clone. He glanced at Susanna with a hurt expression, then helplessly waved to his clone and said, "Dr. Dwight, I think you should wait a while before you talk to your lover! As agreed, I have healed your friends. Now... please fulfill your obligation and help me heal my compatriots as well!"
After Zhou Ziwei spoke these words to his clone in a pretentious and righteous manner, he immediately turned around and squatted down in front of the bullet.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ziwei's clone immediately adopted a righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor, nodded slightly, glanced at Susanna again, and then, as if walking to the execution ground, resolutely turned and strode after her.
"Um...how...I...was I saved by him?"
Upon hearing Zhou Ziwei's words, Susanna was immediately filled with astonishment.
Susanna was not at all surprised that Zhou Ziwei possessed incredible medical skills and could save them.
If Zhou Ziwei can regenerate a severed limb, what else can't he do? Even if Zhou Ziwei created a living human out of thin air right in front of her, Susanna probably wouldn't find it too strange. But... now it seems that that idiot Dwight and this amazing Chinese child worked together to save them, which... is really hard to believe.
When did Dwight become so capable?
Susanna looked at the other two researchers who had been awake for a while. The two nodded with envy in their eyes and said, "That's right... Dwight and that little adult worked together to save us. Hmm... we just heard that... it seems that everyone here has been infected with a kind of evil poison. Under the influence of this evil poison, we have no reason left. As soon as we can move our hands and feet, we immediately fall into a crazy and endless killing spree. We know nothing but killing."
As for that young adult, although he... he had a way to force the evil poison out of our bodies, this potent evil poison was something even he couldn't withstand. And if he couldn't deal with the forced-out evil poison, then... he wouldn't even be able to finish dealing with the evil poison in one person's body before being corrupted by it. Dwight... for some reason, possessed the ability to temporarily contain this evil poison, so he willingly... willingly absorbed all the evil poison forced out of us into his own body. That way... we would all be saved, but... Dwight might... alas..."
The two researchers let out a long sigh, and their gazes toward Dwight became filled with immense admiration and complex emotions.
"What...he...he wants to absorb all the poison from all of us into his own body...how is that possible..." Susanna was shocked upon hearing this, but then shook her head vigorously, indicating that she did not quite believe it. If this so-called evil poison could poison more than a dozen of them, then what ability did Dwight have to absorb all the poison from everyone's bodies by himself?
The two researchers sighed softly upon hearing this and said, "At first we didn't believe it either, but... it's the truth... we saw them working together to transfer the poison from your body just now very clearly... look... they've started again."
As they spoke, the two pointed towards Zhou Ziwei and the others. Susanna turned around and saw that the Chinese boy and Dwight were sitting cross-legged in front of the woman without legs. The Chinese boy then placed his hand on the back of the woman's head. After a moment, he lifted his hand, and a shocking beam of blood-red light was seen being drawn out from the back of the woman's head.
Is that what they call the evil poison? It's terrifying... Ah... It's like blood. God... How... How could he really put these horrible things into Dwight's head?
Zhou Ziwei's main body and his clone do indeed need this kind of cooperation to quickly and efficiently expel the fierce and malevolent energy from these people's bodies. However... at this moment, they were deliberately putting on a show in front of Susanna, their purpose being nothing more than to establish Dwight's image in front of Susanna.
There was no other way... Having inherited all of Dwight's memories and emotions, Zhou Ziwei's alter ego, or rather, Zhou Ziwei himself, had fallen completely and passionately in love with Susanna. And this woman clearly had no affection for Dwight, so... Zhou Ziwei naturally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a good impression on Susanna.