Chapter 547: Chapter 43: Chen Lusi Leaves the Environment

"Ordinary people..."

When Chen Lusi heard Xia Yue’s words, he wasn’t too surprised because Ji Xin’s words had already prepared him mentally.

However.

He really didn’t expect things to escalate to this extent.

And more absurd, he has to rely on self-awareness to become ordinary...

Since his own Authority Ability was not affected, it wasn’t as though he couldn’t use it. If he really wanted to, he could use it, as long as he could withstand familiar people turning against him, as well as the Celestial Thunder just now.

Of course... perhaps worse things might happen, but currently, the consequences known to Chen Lusi are only these.

So, is this self-sealing?

"Yes."

When Xia Yue heard Chen Lusi’s soliloquy, he gently nodded: "Besides, it’s best not to approach Kunlun during this time. You remember Chai Pool, right? The Gatekeeper of Kunlun. Although I just calmed him down, he’s too close to Kunlun, and his Authority Ability is too close to that of a God.

He’s essentially the one most severely eroded by God, and I can’t guarantee he won’t go mad when he sees you.

So for unnecessary trouble, it’s better not to go if you can help it."

"Erosion?"

Chen Lusi caught the keyword.

Xia Yue shrugged: "Let Ji Xin explain this to you; I’m not good at this delicate work."

"...The so-called Divine Erosion is similar to contamination by an Evil God. Simply put, it’s being influenced by God and then turning into a madman with only obsession."

Just as Xia Yue finished speaking.

Ji Xin’s voice came in.

Chen Lusi turned around, realizing that Shanli was pushing Ji Xin over.

Though slightly slower than Xia Yue, she finally arrived.

"This is a borrowed concept, originating from Japan."

Ji Xin looked at Chen Lusi and subtly breathed a sigh of relief upon realizing he was fine: "You know Shrines, right? The Gods worshiped there are mostly strange, and a significant portion is Ancestor Worship.

And these Gods created from Ancestor Worship, whether due to their native faith merging with Buddhism into a new belief system or because of Yellow Springs... they all retain some obsessions and memories from their lifetime.

And these ’Gods’ worshiped in Shrines, because they retain lifetime obsessions and memories, yet face the thousand wishes and thoughts of many Believers, equivalent to suddenly reviving after being dead for many years... what do you think they’d become?"

Ji Xin threw out a question, then answered it herself: "Simply put, no Divinity, because they’ve been dead for too long, don’t retain humanity, and lose the ability to think, becoming a collection of obsession-bearing madmen and Resentful Spirits."

"This is the current state of most Ancestor Worship Gods in Japan. If it’s just them going mad, that’s fine... the problem is, they also contaminate the priests serving them, forcing their obsessions onto them, causing them to go mad too, becoming a collection of madmen and Resentful Spirits.

Currently, almost two-thirds of the country’s Shrines worship so-called Gods that are Resentful Spirits, and it’s not uncommon for priests to get contaminated, leading to indiscriminate massacre events, which have developed into an unsolvable mess.

And this is the origin of the term ’Divine Erosion’: being influenced by God, and then turning into a madman with only obsession."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Lusi turned to look at Xia Panqiu and Wu You.

"Don’t worry, that’s not the case with them."

Ji Xin came up to Chen Lusi, seeming to know what he was thinking, gently shook her head: "Such extreme cases are uncommon; though there are many examples of Ancestor Worship domestically, they’re very clean."

"Clean?"

Chen Lusi was curious at this descriptive term.

"No humanity retained, no obsession retained. Those worshiped on the altar, still retaining humanity and obsession, are rare worldwide, only ubiquitous next door."

Xia Yue interjected with a laugh: "Domestically, whether it’s the effort of elder predecessors from a certain period or something else, most Gods with real-world prototypes are very clean, like Lord Guan, worshiped by all kinds who don’t cause a single erosion incident."

Chen Lusi understood and nodded slowly.

"And this is the erosion created by Gods born from Ancestor Worship."

Ji Xin looked at Xia Yue and continued: "The other case is real Gods, such as those born from Nature Worship, the legendary Divine Erosion."

"This situation... occurs in virtually every region but is not common. Compared to what was just mentioned, it’s far less harmful, as they have no prototypes, depending only on the fictional personas born from Yellow Springs Mainstream, functioning like crude machines according to the Source Canon and the thoughts and wishes of ordinary people.

Among them, Evil Gods are notably fewer, as most are very positive, and their methods are relatively gentle.

For example, Oracle... is actually a mild form of Divine Erosion, guiding Believers to act according to God’s intentions."

"And their erosion of mortals is not due to some idle obsession, but... to redirect certain matters that severely violate their Source Canon back on track."

"For instance, now there’s a God whose Source Canon governs the sands on the beach."