Atavismo

Capítulo 32

How should I deal with this?

No, it can't be them. Mom's still in the house, isn't she? I was just about to go see her, how could she be lying here?

That can't be!

Gu Feng ultimately lacked the courage to lift the sheets, glanced at the door, and walked straight out.

The three-story residential building stood there, with its classical style and mottled walls. Mother must be peacefully inside, right?

Gu Feng stepped inside, with a very heavy step…

He began to shout, but the only answers he received were echoes and utter silence…

Gu Feng walked very fast, and it only took him about three minutes to explore all the dozens of rooms upstairs and downstairs.

No!!!?

Gu Feng dragged his tired legs down slowly and sat on the sofa with a blank look in his eyes.

Could it be that everything I've seen is fake?

Ah Mao and Shi Xin had been sitting there waiting for him to come down. Looking at Gu Feng, who had just been running and shouting like a madman, their eyes were filled with tension and sorrow.

Ah Mao squatted there, holding her head.

"What exactly happened? I clearly checked that there was nothing on the bed, so why were there two more people when Brother Feng and the others came? Before this, when I came, there were two dead people... Where did they go?"

Could it be... that they're going to see Brother Feng? Are they serious? Did Uncle and Aunt really have lunch with them?

My God, this world is really going to go into chaos, and it's still daytime!

Shi Xin saw Gu Feng sitting there silently, his eyes vacant and lifeless, like an iceberg.

"Feng, are you alright?" Shixin's voice was very gentle.

Gu Feng looked at her, gave a bitter smile, and continued to hang his head in silence.

Shi Xin sighed, unsure of what to say. It was time for her to calm down and sort out her thoughts.

This is all so strange, and besides... it's still daytime...

Daytime? Wasn't that strange thing that happened at the dojo also during the day? Could it be... that they're connected in some way?

It seems that to find out the truth, we must make another trip to Sandao Society.

Shixin suddenly remembered someone…someone she hadn’t seen since the strange events began. Her heart started pounding uncontrollably. She suddenly recalled the terrifying background of the website’s page, that horrifying human head that seemed like her nemesis…

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Volume 2, Chapter 48: The Seventh Soul

"No, I don't believe it, I don't believe that everything I'm seeing is fake." The silent Gu Feng suddenly blurted out this sentence, then got up and walked out.

Shi Xin was startled and quickly came to her senses, calling out, "Gu Feng, where are you going?"

Knowing he was unlikely to answer her, she chased after him.

The morgue.

Gu Feng stared intently at the two bulges in the white sheet for a long time before finally making up his mind and abruptly flipping it over…

The moment he made the move, Gu Feng felt a strange pang of regret, but it was too late to stop.

With his deathly pale skin and familiar, distorted features, Gu Feng felt as if his heart had suddenly shattered. Looking at the corpses of his two loved ones lying side by side, his legs went weak, and he knelt down.

It really was true. Just minutes before, her "father" had been talking to her, and just an hour before, her "mother" had been eating with her. They were now lying quietly together on these two iron beds side by side, their faces contorted in pain as if telling Gu Feng about the extreme suffering they had endured before their deaths…

Gu Feng felt something welling up from the depths of her heart... Was she about to cry? She had never experienced anything like this before. Looking at her parents, who might never be able to say another word to her again, Gu Feng felt a pang of heartache that brought her to tears for the first time. No one is closer than one's own parents. Who could bear such a sudden and devastating blow?

Gu Feng is not a god; perhaps his emotions are richer than some people's. Recalling all the past events, he collapsed by the bedside, unable to look directly at his parents' bodies again...

Even with the facts right in front of him, he still couldn't believe it. Were his parents really... dead?

He wasn't one to indulge in daydreams, but at this moment, he secretly wished that none of this was real. He wished time could turn back, that he could return to the peaceful days of the past. If only... none of this had ever happened.

Perhaps I was just having a dream. When I woke up, everything was over, life went back to normal, and nothing happened.

Ah Mao thought she was seeing things when Gu Feng slapped himself in the face and kept yelling, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, I'm dreaming... this is a dream."

He quickly grabbed Gu Feng's hand: "Brother Feng, what are you doing?"

"Cat, tell me quickly, is this a dream? When the dream ends, everything is over, right?"

Ah Mao said with a sob in her voice, "Brother Feng, please don't do this. Nobody wanted this to be true, but it has already happened."

Gu Feng completely ignored A Mao's words: "I don't believe it, I don't believe it, how could it be, Dad, Mom, and the others..."

At this point, Gu Feng suddenly fell silent. He had a strange feeling, as if there was someone else in his heart all of a sudden.

He could sense his presence, and even smell a familiar scent, but it wasn't his own.

He thought of someone, the person he had temporarily forgotten after the "Ten Thousand Bones Spirit-Binding Array" was activated, her, that female ghost... Chu Yun'er! It really was her, Gu Feng could feel that it was her voice, the words appearing directly in his mind without passing through his eardrums.

Gu Feng slapped his head, but there was no sign of relief. The voice clearly said, "No doubt about it. My seventh soul is now attached to your heart. In other words, our souls have merged."

"How is this possible? When did you come in? Why did you come in?" Gu Feng asked himself in confusion.

"Do you remember what happened that night? I was ambushed by a headless ghost and fell into the formation. I almost lost my soul, but luckily, Zhao Longteng arrived in time, which saved three of my nine souls from being destroyed in the six realms."

"This is so hard to understand, what's with this 'nine souls and six spirits'?"

"You don't need to worry about that. What's important now is that I help you unlock the potential within your body."

"Potential? What potential? And... tell me, are my parents... really dead?"

Gu Feng could almost feel her nodding in affirmation, and the glimmer of hope that had just been rekindled was immediately shattered, causing his spirits to plummet once again.

"You don't need to be sad. If you do as I say, perhaps... there is still hope for their resurrection!"

"Hope for resurrection?" Gu Feng exclaimed excitedly in surprise, startling A Mao and Shi Xin.

Gu Feng pressed on, "Really? Are you telling the truth? They can really be resurrected?"

The words that came to mind seemed hesitant: "I'm not entirely sure, but I believe that once you fully develop your potential from your past life, you will indeed possess extraordinary abilities."

"Potential from a past life?"

"Yes, that's right, the potential from a past life! Do you remember when I told you about the righteous master 'Zhengyangzi' from a hundred years ago?"

"You wouldn't be thinking... that he's my past life, would you?" Gu Feng asked tentatively. His question was confirmed by Chu Yun'er: "That's right, you don't need to be surprised. The girl next to you is also the reincarnation of an extraordinary person. These things are actually quite ordinary. The problem is only that you need to discover them and restore your former cultivation."

"Shixin?"

"I can sense a strange aura emanating from her, but as for which powerful figure turned around, there's no way of knowing."

Shi Xin suddenly noticed Gu Feng giving her a strange look and asked uneasily, "Is there... something on my face?"

Gu Feng shook his head and continued to ask in his mind, "Alright, as long as there is any hope of reviving my parents, I am willing to give my life. Tell me what to do!"

"I don't need you to sacrifice your life or anything. You just need to promise me that you will destroy the evil spirits that you have resurrected."

Seventh Soul

Gu Yuehan

June 1, 19.14

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Volume Two has come to an end. It seems that everyone still has many questions about the previous stories. I can only say that you all didn't read it carefully enough. One reader asked, "Where did Gu Feng's True Form Talisman go? If you can't tell who the ghost is, why don't you take it out and try it?" I hope everyone has remembered that in the third to last paragraph of Chapter Thirty-Four, in order to control the human bone cemetery and the headless ghost, the talisman had already dissipated into ashes and gathered into a magic circle.

The pace has been unstable these past two days because the exam is approaching. The most important exam of my life is coming soon. Yuehan is facing a life-or-death situation, so I have to choose the most important things to do. I can only ask you all to bear with it.

Furthermore, Yuehan understands her own limitations. She asks those who waste their time ranting in the book review section to save their energy. She's happy writing her book; whether you read it or not is your business. Does writing a little about karate and taekwondo make her a lackey or a traitor? Didn't Olympic taekwondo champions Chen Zhong and Luo Wei bring glory to their country? Should all the karate practitioners in China be considered part of Japan? I can't remember that reader's name, but I remember deleting the review and banning them in a fit of anger. However, she believes she did nothing wrong. If you have the guts, burn down your city's karate dojo; if you have the guts, go to Japan and slaughter Koizumi. Why are you having this epileptic fit here? She's truly angry! When she first saw this review, she really wanted to punch someone; it was the first time she'd ever been this angry.

Yuehan is not advocating foreign ideas. I myself dislike Japan's historical behavior. But does it mean that just because my book touches on a martial art originating from Japan and now popular worldwide, I'm being labeled a "traitor" promoting them? What kind of logic is that? Besides, I haven't even written about karate properly yet, or else you'd want to throw me in the latrine, right? As for Taekwondo, I practice it myself, so I wrote about it. And I can guarantee that the Taekwondo fighting techniques I touched on earlier are absolutely real. I can demonstrate them for you (of course, excluding what happens after strange events, exorcising ghosts, and the magnificent power that follows). Just because I wrote about these things, I'm being accused of being a foreign worshipper. Yuehan feels really angry and wronged.

After writing so many posts, I'm sure some people will start asking why I'm not focusing on the main point and why I'm wasting so much time. I can only reply: "I'll definitely accept any good suggestions you have, but I'll write however I want. I'm not a VIP, I'm not wasting your money, I like it, it's none of your business." Gu Yuehan's arrogant PS19.40

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Volume 3, Chapter 49: The Three Paths Society

Gu Feng thought to himself without hesitation, "Of course I would do anything to destroy him if I really had the ability."

Chu Yun'er seemed to nod in approval. She said, "Then, just act as usual, as if nothing happened. I will take care of things inside your body. It may be a little uncomfortable at times, so you have to bear with it."

With a resolute expression, Gu Feng nodded heavily: "Don't worry!"

Chu Yun'er didn't say anything more. Gu Feng thought she had already started her so-called "developing potential"! He felt a little strange; there was actually another soul inside his body? However, he glanced at his parents on the iron bed, and his heart immediately hardened. For you, I wouldn't mind doing anything!

Gu Feng called out, "Cat, don't just stand there, go to the warehouse over there and bring over two ice coffins."

Ah Mao stared blankly at Gu Feng for a while.

When did Feng Ge become a man of a thousand faces? He was heartbroken just a moment ago, and now he's all better? But that's good, this is the indomitable Gu Feng I know!

Ah Mao asked doubtfully, "Brother Feng, no... are we cremating him now?"

Gu Feng stared at his parents' corpses and shook his head.

At 3:15 PM, Gu Feng appeared at the entrance of the San Dao Society with a somewhat melancholy gaze. After working for nearly half an hour, he had finally managed to preserve their bodies intact. Based on Gu Feng's experience, they should remain intact for more than two months. His task was to quickly comprehend the so-called all-powerful ability over the next two months to achieve his parents' rebirth. Only now could he temporarily put aside his grief, and Gu Feng was puzzled. Why had they suddenly suffocated? He quickly connected this to the terrifying experience at the San Dao Society that day. Although it was a different point from what Shi Xin was considering, the clues both pointed to the same place… “San Dao Society”!

Gu Feng looked at the desolate passageway covered with a layer of withered yellow leaves, and his heart couldn't help but tremble. The things in this world are truly like white clouds and grey dogs, changing at such a speed that even if you were on an Apollo spaceship, you certainly couldn't keep up. Just two days ago, he was still confidently determined to defeat his nemesis He Ye. The resounding shouts from that old forest still seemed to echo in his ears. Less than a hundred hours had passed, yet everything had changed. The empty Sandao Society seemed to have been so silent and isolated for hundreds of years. The new dojos in front of him already looked like ancient ruins. Gu Feng sighed in his heart. The days of the past... could never be returned.

They walked to the front of the karate club's dojo, and the glass became transparent again. What strange thing happened inside that time?

Gu Feng pushed open the door and led them inside.

Normally, a provocative gaze would have been mercilessly shot to death, but now… the dojo was deserted, not even an ant was in sight. The mat in the center and the sandbags on the sidelines were still brand new, with a few scattered kicking targets nearby. Time seemed to have frozen at that dusk. When the students heard that their senior brother was going to have a big battle with the reckless Gu Feng, they didn't bother to tidy themselves up and rushed over to watch the spectacle. Perhaps none of them could have imagined that they would never return…

The three of them looked around and, finding nothing particularly unusual, turned to leave. But they hadn't yet noticed that beside the iron beam atop the dojo, a strangely eerie head was peeking out…

Gu Feng stretched his chest and arrived at the Taekwondo club. Everything was the same as before, except for the quiet melancholy. Gu Feng staggered dejectedly through the club, wandering aimlessly. Suddenly, as if remembering something, Gu Feng froze, and Ah Mao, with a sudden brake failure, crashed into him.

"Frustrated!" Ah Mao groaned.

Shixin asked, "What's wrong? Did you think of something?"

Gu Feng murmured, "That's right, how could I forget about it? Come with me."

Shixin and A-Mao exchanged puzzled glances, but without hesitation, they followed.

Gu Feng had a strong memory for directions, found a general spot, and then climbed over the courtyard wall. He had buried the box at night and was in a hurry, so he hadn't paid much attention to which way to go. Now he was relying on his memory to find his way, and Gu Feng couldn't be sure if he was right or wrong.

"Where are you going, Brother Feng?" Ah Mao asked, pushing aside the branches in front of him.

Gu Feng, trying to discern the direction, mumbled, "You'll know when we get there. Don't interrupt, or we'll get lost."