readbooksol Chapter 641 Our Minds Unite 1
Chapter 641 Our Minds Unite 1
There was no time for the people to rejoice at the return of Wu.
There's no way I can voice all the questions that are on my mind at this time.
Because the two words that came from his mouth represented the source of all calamities in the Compassionate Temple.
【Crossing the River】!
Except for Wusheng, everyone's expression became unusually solemn as they looked at the black Buddha, which, if it stood up, would probably be taller than an ordinary skyscraper.
A sense of powerlessness rose in their hearts.
Even the Du Nie, who also resembled a black Buddha, was only three to five meters tall, yet he put everyone in a difficult battle. In fact, without Wu Sheng, they would have been driven to the brink of despair.
Now we're facing a Black Buddha monster of this magnitude.
How the hell am I supposed to fight this?
Wu Xiaoyou subconsciously looked at Wusheng and asked, "Can you...see this black Buddha?"
Disappointingly, Wusheng nodded.
He can see it.
The seemingly magnificent black Buddha caused sand and stones to fly and the ground to tremble with every move it made. Even just staring at the black Buddha gave people a feeling of unease that made their scalp tingle.
This also means that Wusheng cannot directly harm or pull Duye's true form out of the Buddha statue like he did with the little black Buddha earlier.
Upon hearing this news, everyone's already uncertain mood became even more depressed.
In the end, all that could be done was to focus one's gaze on that abstract silhouette.
Does he... really have a solution?
Hearing Wu Wang's words, not only were the players filled with doubt, but Du Ye also thought it was just the stubbornness of a dying man.
"Hahaha! Utterly absurd!" Du Ye's sinister laughter echoed, making everyone's ears ache: "How could a Buddha be killed by mortals like you?"
"It's time for you, you arrogant fool, to honor your bet and obediently offer your neck for slaughter!"
Having said that, the Black Buddha slowly bent down.
The two Buddha faces and the faceless face stood before the crowd, their sheer size making everyone feel a bit itchy all over.
He deliberately avoided launching a direct attack, wanting everyone else to watch this guy die right in front of them.
Only by making an example of them can these mortals be filled with awe, making their death taste even more delicious!
The cicada inside his own belly was already itching for more!
Du Ye's words made Wu Xiaoyou look sharply at Wu Wang, squinting as she asked, "What exactly did you and he bet on?"
Wu Wang shrugged, carrying his gun and incense, and strolled towards the other man's Buddha head, saying somewhat embarrassedly, "It's nothing, it's just that if I lose, I'm willing to be eaten by him as nourishment."
"It's a trivial matter, not worth mentioning."
Others: "?"
Don't you want to listen to what you're saying?!
How can someone deliver such a thunderous and shocking statement in such a relaxed tone, as if they were just going out for lunch?
He just got back and he's already going to die?
Holy crap! What kind of situation is this?
Only Wu Xiaoyou remained calm. After all her memories of Wu Wang returned, she was certain that her younger brother was not the kind of person who would willingly admit defeat.
Besides, it's just being eaten; it won't kill you.
Anyone can die, but he won't.
So, Wu Xiaoyou just stared at Wu Wang's back as he seemed about to leave again, and asked softly, "Then... was I right?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Wang paused in his steps, which had already reached the Buddha's head.
The faceless face in the center of the Buddha's head had revealed a gaping maw of abyss.
This mouth could probably swallow even the three-to-five-meter-tall little black Buddha, let alone Wu Wang's normal human size.
Even more bizarrely, this mouth is completely unlike the structure of a human oral cavity, resembling the mouth of a giant worm from some science fiction work, with countless sharp teeth covering the entire oral cavity.
The teeth wriggled in the pitch-black mouth, like a shredder.
In an instant, the gaping maw of the abyss loomed over Wu Wang.
Just as his figure was about to be completely swallowed up, he turned back to look at Wu Xiaoyou's eyes, which were slightly red after seeing his return.
He gave a thumbs-up, grinned broadly, and said:
"Of course, as expected of my sister, I trust all your judgments."
"We siblings are of one mind."
boom--
No sooner had he finished speaking than the giant maw slammed down, and Wu Wang was devoured.
This sent a chill down the spines of everyone else.
Really... just like that, it was eaten?
Wusheng was so frightened that he closed his eyes, thinking of the person who had asked him to protect his master in his dream, who was now dying in front of him.
How could he possibly accept that?
"Who's next...?"
Du Ye's unrestrained laughter did not stop.
He claimed to have found a way to kill himself, but in the blink of an eye, he could only obediently abide by the bet and be eaten by himself.
If there's any way, let's leave it to the afterlife to tell our tales!
He looked at everyone's expressions with increasing satisfaction, and said to Monk Huiming, "Don't be in such a hurry, this is just the appetizer, you are the main course..."
Then, looking at Wusheng hiding behind Monk Huiming, the three Buddha-faced figures said at the same time, "As for this little thing, let's treat it as dessert."
In his eyes, neither the special worshippers like the Spirit Disaster players nor the monk Huiming, who had completely lost his ego, mattered.
All of that is no longer worth mentioning.
They are trapped in their own predicament and have no way to turn their lives around.
I am not that trashy, evil being I just created.
He himself is the source of everything, the Buddha who spread the fame of Cibei Temple far and wide, and who is revered by all beings for creating a Pure Land!
"Venerable Monk Huiming, do you believe in yourself?"
Wu Xiaoyou's voice suddenly rang out amidst the mockery.
She said to the increasingly pale-faced monk Huiming:
"Don't worry about my brother's safety. He asked me to tell you something—"
"The essence of ego is not an enemy, but a lost child."
“You always think that ego is a poisonous snake that entangles you, so you must cut it off. But have you ever thought that it is just a lost thought? It just thinks that you can get happiness by grasping something. It just…forgot that you are inherently complete.”
"Since Duye can achieve Buddhahood for all sentient beings through his greedy ego, why can't you achieve Buddhahood through your ego of protecting all sentient beings?"
"Is your belief in protecting Wusheng weaker than his greed to destroy everything?"
"Believe in yourself, go all out, and show him what true obsession is!"
From that moment on, Wu Xiaoyou truly understood what Wu Wang wanted to do.
My brother isn't some pushover.
Wu Xiaoyou has always been very clear about this.
He never truly intended for the monk Huiming to eliminate his ego, whether it was the bet with Duye or the speculation that everyone had been holding onto.
It was all just Wu Wang's misleading statement.
He certainly knew how difficult it would be for the monk Huiming, whose heart was already riddled with wounds, to eliminate his ego in such an environment and under such circumstances...
No, or rather, it's something that's simply impossible to do.
Therefore, Wu's true purpose was actually the same as Du Ye's!
He also wanted to completely push the monk Huiming into the realm of self-attachment!
The only difference is that Wu Wang, through a series of covert manipulations, completely changed the direction of Huiming's ego, with the help of himself, Wusheng, and the players.
Master Huiming's attachment to self and his practice of helping others have always been the same.
That stems from the most fundamental attachment of practitioners—to become a Buddha.
Black Eyes, obsessed with his own life, spent years in seclusion in the Stone Gate Chamber. Abbot Kongbei stained Cibei Temple with blood, slaughtering countless pilgrims. Monk Huiming himself was exhausted, both physically and mentally, and dared not stop for a moment.
All these past events were caused by my attachment to self, which led me to seek Buddhahood.
However, when the monk Huiming resolved to destroy Cibei Temple, when he was able to allow Abbot Kongbei to splatter blood on the temple, and when he confessed and accepted his ego to Du Nie.
The ego that the monk Huiming had been clinging to had, unknowingly, ceased to lead him to Buddhahood.
Rather, it was a protective thought for all beings in the world that arose from the existence of non-birth. He wanted to create a true Buddhist holy site, he wanted to allow non-birth to cultivate in peace in this era that could easily descend into chaos, and he wanted to atone for the sins of those pilgrims who were murdered in the Compassion Temple but whom he had turned a blind eye to.
Isn't this also a kind of obsession?
The desire to live, the desire to change the world on one's own, is the most greedy wish!
Before anyone else could even realize it, Wu Wang had already seen through the true nature of this game.
The practice of crossing over into the river seems to be the source of all calamities.
In fact, the real calamity was the cicada that twisted its wishes.
Although the golden cicada was always in Du Ye's hands and never left his side, even when he transformed into a Buddha statue for all living beings, he took the golden cicada with him and went underground to create a Buddha kingdom.
But there is one thing that no one has realized.
That is-
The cicada has no master, but its heart turns to those who are willing.
I still remember when the golden cicada first appeared. Du Ye carried the golden cicada in his arms and spent the whole night indulging in revelry at the Jia family's house with a group of monks. Apart from the golden light emanating from the Sanskrit words, the golden cicada showed no other unusual signs.
It was only upon seeing the woman who was earnestly seeking Buddha's help that its strange nature was revealed and noticed by Duye.
Why does this happen?
It was because at that time, Duye was just a notorious scoundrel who was only after money and power.
How could his obsession compare to that of the woman in the freezing cold, who was bullied and abandoned by her master because she was not pregnant, and who only wanted to survive?
Later, Du Ye's mindset gradually changed. With the help of Jin Chan's abilities, he rose step by step from a lowly monk to a high-ranking monk, eventually becoming the abbot of Cibei Temple.
With rising status, boundless wealth, and the satisfaction of female desire...
He got everything he wanted.
Therefore, the desire to fill the endless desires in one's heart also deepens.
In the end, his obsession with becoming a Buddha surpassed that of everyone else.
That's why Jin Chan was always used by him alone.
However, in essence, the cicada was not branded with any special mark for the ferry business.
It's just that his obsession was the deepest, so he never left. Becoming a Buddha for all sentient beings is also based on strong ego.
But what if someone with an even deeper obsession than Du Ye appeared now?
Will Jin Chan really be able to stay in his hands as he wishes?
This is exactly what Wu Wang wanted to prove!
Wu Xiaoyou's words were certainly not something Wu Wang conveyed to her through any information.
It was only through the tacit understanding between the siblings that Wu Xiaoyou fully understood what he wanted to do the moment he gave her a thumbs-up after she swallowed him.
Just as Wu Wang said—we siblings are of one mind.
Has he disappeared? Yes, he has.
Wu Xiaoyou knew that her younger brother had his own things to do after he was swallowed up, so she would take care of the things that her younger brother needed to do outside.
At this moment, she is another Wu Wang living away from home.
What was Wu Wang's greatest strength?
It is, of course, a complete distortion of the truth.
Upon hearing Wu Xiaoyou's words, Monk Huiming trembled and looked at Wusheng, who was huddled behind him, trembling under the oppressive power of the Black Buddha.
Strands of black threads, just like his previous obsession, began to coil around his eyes.
In a daze, it felt as if the obsession of the Black Eye or the possession of a karmic calamity had possessed me.
However, this time, with his eyes completely black, his consciousness and reason were entirely under his own control.
He completely embraced my obsession.
In an instant, Du Ye, who had been thinking he was in control of everything and had been planning how to tease these playthings, was stunned.
He noticed that the cicada inside his stomach was inexplicably restless.
The willpower that had been gathered around him and was now under his complete control was now encountering some resistance, as if it had come to life and wanted to break free from his control.
Whether it's the source of the cicada's restlessness or the direction that the willpower wants to escape.
All of this pointed to the monk Huiming, who slowly turned his head to look at him.
Before the enormous black Buddha, the monk Huiming appeared as small as a grain of sand, yet his spine remained upright and showed no sign of yielding.
Because he knew that any concessions he made would only allow Ye, this wicked man, to take advantage of him.
For the sake of liberation, for the sake of atonement, for the sake of... revenge!
He absolutely cannot back down!
call--
Suddenly, a cloud of dust rose up in this underground Buddhist kingdom, and these seemingly tiny dust particles gathered from the outside in.
They knocked down the broken walls, corroded the Buddhist niches, and finally even lifted the figure of the monk Huiming into the air.
Only then did everyone realize that within the tightly sealed Buddhist kingdom, where could such a strong wind have come from to stir up sand and dust?
These seemingly tiny grains of sand are actually countless insects!
They surrounded Monk Huiming, gradually bringing him to a height parallel to the Black Buddha.
Du Ye's furious roar rang out:
"You bastard! What have you done?!"
In response, Monk Huiming looked over with his dark eyes and grinned, saying, "This humble monk did nothing; it was simply choosing a better host."
At this moment, Monk Huiming felt incredibly happy, and everything that had been suppressed in his heart was released.
"Duye, when people are sick, they need medicine; when the heavens are sick, they devour people. I have been diligently cultivating before the Buddha for so many years, and only now have I come to understand this principle."
"You consider yourself a Buddha, wanting to change the world. You've spent your whole life eating, have you ever thought about being eaten by others?"
The words of the monk Huiming were piercing to the heart.
What terrified Du Ye the most was that the cicada inside his belly actually became more and more restless as he spoke.
Nearly half of the accumulated power of vows in the entire underground Buddhist kingdom had already slipped through his fingers and ended up in the body of Monk Huiming.
The current monk Huiming is probably only slightly inferior to himself.
Moreover, as time goes on, he might really overtake us, and we must stop him before that happens!
Kill him! Kill him!
Stop trying to use his part to make things perfect! You must nip this threat in the bud!
Du Ye stopped wasting words with Monk Huiming. The black Buddha, with its world-destroying power, attacked, determined to crush the insects in front of him into dust.
However, at this critical moment...
A heart-wrenching insect chirp emanated from within the Black Buddha's body.
The familiar stinging pain was unbearable for Du Ye, and the tall black Buddha even knelt on one knee during the attack, looking extremely disheveled.
"No...it's impossible..."
"You've already been eaten... Who's stopping me?!"
The enraged face within the Black Buddha stared intently at the players beneath its feet, who resembled ants.
What she received in return was Wu Xiaoyou's contemptuous expression and her raising of the middle finger, saying:
"The person who can kill my brother is probably not even born yet."
"You too?"
"Just bear with it, this is your punishment for underestimating him."
The annexation of Wu was naturally part of the scheme.
Under the effect of the "Abyss of Gambling" from the Mark of Desire, Wu Wang must pay the stakes he has set.
But he only said that he was willing to be fed as nourishment; whether he could digest it or not was his own business, and it had nothing to do with the bet.
Now, he is inside the Black Buddha, in the place closest to the Golden Cicada.
Each time the [Source Code Engine]'s capabilities are released.
The clash between "Eternity" and "Twistedness" was so intense that Du Ye, who had swallowed the golden cicada, suffered an unbearable, splitting headache.
Before he could calm the cicada's restlessness, still affected by the pain,
The monk Huiming rushed forward.
This time, his hand, wrapped in countless insects, pierced directly through the Black Buddha's outer shell, which the players had never been able to breach before... (End of Chapter)