003 Abyss
Suihua District, in a dilapidated community.
At ten o'clock in the evening, Lu Yuan brought the middle-aged man home.
Lu Yuan’s home is not big, less than 70 square meters, with an old-fashioned apartment with a cement floor that has been smooth and calm. There is a computer, a refrigerator, and a sofa in the living room. It is simple, but simple.
The middle-aged man sat on the sofa and looked at the furnishings in the room.
Lu Yuan brewed a cup of tea and pushed it in front of him.
The middle-aged man thanked him very politely.
"When did you find out that you can see that kind of thing?"
Lu Yuan was slightly stunned, hesitated for a moment, and answered truthfully.
“Three months ago.”
"Three months ago..." The middle-aged man pondered for a moment, his eyes staring at Lu Yuan were filled with complex emotions.
"Looking at this, you should know what's going on?" Lu Yuan frowned and asked softly.
The middle-aged man responded and spoke slowly.
"Those are weird in the abyss."
"As for that bullhead monster... it is the existence of "Gui Gui", the [Eternal Dark Layer]..."
He looked up at Lu Yuan, noticed the confusion in the latter's eyes, and suddenly burst out with a chuckle.
"I think you've already felt it..."
"What did you feel?"
"I felt the existence of another world, only belonging to those worlds that ordinary people cannot see..."
Lu Yuan was briefly silent: "What is that?"
The middle-aged man shrugged his shoulders and his face was calm.
"As you can see, the truth of this world."
"We call it [Abyss]."
Even though he was mentally prepared, Lu Yuan's pupils still shrank slightly. He looked up at the dark night outside the window, was silent for a while, and finally said, "Can you explain in detail?"
The middle-aged man took out a cigarette from his pocket, held it in his mouth, lit it, took a deep breath, swallowed the clouds and blew it in the mist, and he looked intoxicated.
Lu Yuan did not show any unhappy expression, but his body sat a little further.
After smoking this cigarette quietly, the middle-aged man finally began to tell the mysterious and strange world.
"Humans are a very wonderful being, consciousness, body and soul, forming a living person... and among these three, we call consciousness - "spirituality."
"And [Abyss] is a great miracle composed of endless "spirituality". From a certain cognitive perspective, it is in harmony with the present situation, and both are one, cannot be abandoned or separated, just like the complex relationship between matter and shadow."
"The predecessors have many honorific titles for him, including the eighteen levels of hell, the thirty-third level of heaven, the underworld, the fairy world... and now, [Abyss] is a consensus reached by all professions."
"[Abyss] has no concept of range or distance, but instead has the same meaning as another noun - "level".
"All the weirdness you can see is at the same level as you, or below your level."
""Spirituality" determines the level."
"As for the "Niu Gui" that just attacked you, that's an exception. "Niu Gui" is the second level of existence. Although it is not powerful, you can see it, which can only explain one thing... it has floated up."
"Floating up... This is too far away from you, you don't need to pay attention to it, you will know in the future."
"Why do those weird people kill?" Lu Yuan asked.
"The "spirituality" of ordinary people is hidden in the soul and body, but there are always people who are exceptions. Their "spirituality" is so powerful that they cannot hide it, it will overflow and display it."
"The "spirituality" overflows, just like a balloon that has expanded to the extreme breaks a hole, and it will gush quickly for a period of time until it completely sees the existence of the abyss. This process is called "awakening."
"After "awakening", the gushing of "spirituality" will weaken, but it will still remain in a state of slow growth."
"Then, the growth of "spirituality" will make you see deeper and deeper abyss."
""Spirituality" is like a lighthouse in the night, which attracts the existence of the abyss. The first abyss has a confusion of consciousness and follows instinct. In their eyes, "Spirituality" is a delicious delicacy that makes them stronger, but they cannot accurately identify spirituality, so they can only determine their identity through people's reactions and then swallow them."
"Faced with these existences in the first level of the abyss, you can disguise yourself as "not visible" and get away with it."
"But once your "spirituality" naturally grows enough to see the existence of the second level of the abyss, this set will not work."
"Because from the second level, those abyss beings have initially had the wisdom to accurately identify your "spirituality."
A series of words from the middle-aged man were like a heavy hammer, constantly refreshing his views.
Abyss, spirituality, awakening, floating... A series of strange words were spoken from his mouth. Lu Yuan, whose three views were severely damaged, couldn't help but fall into deep thought, trying hard to digest information about these terrifying existences.
Suddenly, he realized a problem and his face turned pale.
"If "spirituality" grows passively, then if it grows slowly, will I see a deeper level of [Abyss]?"
"If my disguise is useless from the second level, that is... Once my spirituality grows enough to reach the second level, I will die?"
"No! There must be a way!"
Lu Yuan subconsciously looked at the middle-aged man, and he thought of those small but extremely tough silk threads, which were obviously not a power that ordinary people could possess.
The middle-aged man nodded slightly, took a sip of tea, and slowly said, "It's a "profession"!"
"The huge system that humans have found in a long and long river that can perfectly control their spirituality."
"In our world, "profession" has another name."
“——The Road to God.”
"God?" Lu Yuan half opened his mouth, looking strange. "Is it really true?"
"Based on our current exploration of the abyss and the various divine graces of those "believers", "God" may indeed exist." The middle-aged man grinned and said in a lazy tone.
"Just because of our current spirituality, we cannot reach their level at all."
"Maybe at this moment, in their hierarchy, and in this room, they are observing us."
"Just like we observe the behavioral habits of ants without any trouble, one truth is that in their eyes we are no different from ants."
The middle-aged man didn't forget to make a fuss.
But Lu Yuan was so cold that his neck felt cold when he said it.
"Okay, let's not be too tangled on the topic of "God" for too long. It's too far and very empty. What we want to solve is your current problem."
"The main materials are metals, herbs and the organization of certain special creations, supplemented by secret instruments and certain specific conditions that meet the present situation, so that one can reach the minimum standards for employment."
"As [spirituality] increases, the ability of the profession will become stronger and stronger."
"This is the "profession."
Chapter completed!