The sticky liquid kept surging, and under the illumination of the flashlight, an uncountable number of human shapes continued to swell.
These should be what the elders of the Ozaki family said, the so-called messengers of the God of Kinzanbiko.
According to previous instructions, Ozaki Ryuichi should pay homage to them.
With the appearance of the divine messenger, the strange beauty seems to have fallen into great panic, confusion and pain.
After all, Ozaki Ryuichi couldn't bear to see his shikigami suffer.
Moreover, he didn't know that the scout shikigami like Meiren, who was an auxiliary, did not have the hard power to face powerful and strange things.
So he simply asked the beauty to step aside immediately.
And as the beauty exited, the rats in the cave quickly collapsed, squeaking and escaping from this terrifying underground square that was swallowed up by the strange phenomenon.
As a result, there were only Ozaki Ryuichi and the craftsmen in this underground square.
But he couldn't say how scared he was.
On the contrary, when facing those strange squirming mucus, I felt a... strange sense of closeness.
"You're here again... finally here, Ozaki Juzo."
The craftsmen once again used different tones and tones to make sleep-like grunts, mixed with the weird sound of rolling mucus.
Although there were many speakers, each voice seemed to have no self-awareness.
These craftsmen are like a cluster tied together in some way... No, more accurately, they are like tools. It gives people the feeling that there is some kind of higher level, indescribable existence, using them to make things. Make a sound.
"Ozaki Juzo? No, I'm not."
Ozaki Ryuichi shook his head vigorously.
What the craftsmen called was not his name, but his grandfather's.
"Chongsan, Kairen, or Long Yi? Which name do you want us to call you by? Since you want to, let's call you Long Yi."
"What's the meaning?"
"Ozaki Ryuichi, this is your fifth time here."
"No, I have never been here!" Ozaki Ryuichi showed great resistance.
"You have been here for the fifth time. Ozaki Ryuichi, your fifth body is the most perfect finished product we have created so far." The craftsmen continued.
Ozaki Ryuichi was in a daze.
That strange familiar feeling came to his mind again, and some memories that "didn't belong" to him emerged in his mind.
A dark and spacious cave; an unstable small light; and a yellow slime that is constantly squirming, twisted into a human shape, and mixed with various metals...
The picture in my memory is exactly the same as what I see now.
This made Ozaki Ryuichi doubt himself.
Have I really been here?
What do the craftsmen mean when they say that I was created by them?
"You will understand, Ozaki Ryuichi. You are a chosen, created, and constantly upgraded ritual vessel. You walk into the world, spread faith, and carry the spirit that God needs."
"No, stop talking nonsense!"
"Your reaction is more extreme than before. Maybe there is a malfunction? This is not good. When the ritual tool knows its mission, it should be calm."
"What do you mean, I was created? I am a living person, a human being!"
"Calm down, you are a human being, but there is no difference between humans and machines."
"No, how could it be the same? How could humans be created like machines?" Ozaki Ryuichi obviously could not accept the craftsmen's arguments.
He couldn't calm down.
"We are craftsmen. We can create everything, including you," the craftsmen said. "There is no difference between humans and machines. The only difference lies in precision and complexity."
"We can build your body and make your organs."
The smell of fire and iron was a bit stronger in the air. The ball of mucus closest to Ozaki Ryuichi once again transformed into the shape of a woman holding a hammer.
"We can extend your consciousness and separate your soul."
This time, the smell of burning incense candles became stronger, and the slimy humanoid transformed into a one-eyed old monk.
"You can't deny where you come from, and you can't deny it, otherwise it won't be a qualified ritual vessel." The craftsmen spoke again, and the layers of echoes seemed solemn and dizzying for no reason.
"I, of course I am a parent..."
Ozaki Ryuichi still resisted, but his mind seemed to be out of control.
"Where's your mother?"
"My mother passed away when I was born..." Faced with the craftsmen's questions, Ozaki Ryu replied unconsciously.
"Where's your grandma?"
"I...I have never seen my grandma..."
"Of course you haven't seen them, because they don't exist." The craftsmen affirmed:
"The first you, Ozaki Juzo, came here. You came here for God's gift of wealth, and you gave Him a promise. The price is that you have to become a ritual vessel."
"We disassembled Ozaki Juzo and divided each into two parts. We shaped new hands, feet, muscles, and organs for you. It is not difficult to make these mechanical parts. After completion, we filled them into the two bodies to ensure
Both sides run accurately.”
"Of course, the most complex mechanical structure is the brain, which carries the soul. Using the brain that was divided into two halves, recompleted it into two complete ones. Separating two relatively independent souls cost us a lot of time.
It takes time and effort, but it’s all worth it to create a suitable ritual vessel.”
"Dismantle and reorganize. Then, the so-called Ozakikai people were born."
"Ozaki Kaijin is an upgraded machine and an upgraded 'person', in order to better assume the responsibility of the ritual. Of course, this is not enough. When Ozaki Kaijin comes back here, we will still separate you.
, to reshape a more perfect body.”
"Up until the creation of your current ritual vessel body, your brain has been upgraded several times and has been completely replaced by more advanced parts. As a ritual vessel, you are complete."
According to the craftsmen, Ryuichi's grandfather, Ozaki Juzo, was dismantled and reassembled, and then pieced together and "upgraded", thus giving birth to Ryuichi's father, Ozaki Kaito.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ozaki Kairen returned to this cave, and after the same process, Ryuichi's uncle was born.
This was repeated until Ozaki Ryuichi was born.
Today's Ozaki family has been created by extension on the basis of a single individual from beginning to end.
"No...this is too ridiculous..." Ozaki Ryuichi shook his head desperately.
But for some reason, he seemed to be caught up in the craftsmen's conversation.
He couldn't help but follow the craftsmen's instructions and think divergently——
In the real world, there are also artificial organs that can replace human organs.
These things are not perfect yet, and there are various problems with their functions.
But with the continuous development of technology, perhaps sooner or later, artificial organs can be manufactured to perfectly replace the original physiological organs.
If there really is such a day, even the human brain can be cut off and rebuilt...
If machinery develops in the direction of becoming more and more sophisticated and complex, will the boundary between humans and machinery continue to be blurred until it does not exist at all?
"There is no difference between humans and machines, the only difference is precision and complexity."
Ozaki Ryuichi thought of what the craftsmen had just said again, and it sent a chill down his back.
"No, I have been to the hospital more than once, and no one said there was anything abnormal about me. There is nothing wrong with my body, I even...even..." Ozaki Ryuichi tried his best to deny what the craftsmen said, and wanted to find out
Evidence that he is a normal human being.
He even had frequent contact with the spirit removal room in the countermeasures room, didn't he?
Those keen spirit exterminators, not even Master Jiecheng, nor even Kamiya Chuan, a disciple of ghosts and gods, noticed anything unusual about him.
How could he not be a human being? How could he be a so-called "ritual vessel" created by iteration?
"Ozaki, you are perfect, chosen, and created by God. There is no abnormality in you, so how can you say that you are found to be abnormal?"
The craftsmen’s voices echoed in layers.
Such flimsy evidence was not enough to question the skills of the miraculous divine craftsmen. Instead, it smacked of ignorance. This made the craftsmen, and the great being who controlled the craftsmen behind them, show a trace of disdain.
How could a mortal find something abnormal in a god's creation?
Pfft, pfft.
The mucus rolled, and the metal contained in it collided and rubbed.
"Ozaki Ryuichi, you seem to have finally calmed down, which is good." The craftsmen spoke mechanically in layers, "You have brought a sufficient number of 'spirits', and the gods will break free and come."
…
The deep mountains of Gifu Prefecture.
There are no paths between shrubs and dwarf trees, only occasional patches of bare ground interspersed with rocks.
Sudden and precarious cliffs and tall peaks reaching into the sky can be seen everywhere, looking desolate and strange under the darkness of night.
Following the guidance of the [Ore Searching Needle], Kamiyakawa successfully arrived near the huge cave deep in the mountains.
His pupils were condensed and shining in the night.
Kamiyagawa saw some mountain rats running around frantically among the surrounding dwarf trees and shrubs.
The aura carried by these mice gave him a feeling of déjà vu.
"Beautiful?"
Kamiya thought of an Onmyoji he had come into contact with before.
Ozaki Ryuichi, the one who called Uncle Yusei teacher.
The shikigami beauty under Ozaki Ryuichi can control the rats, and his aura is similar to the rats that appear here.
"Is Ozaki Ryuichi here? Why is he here?"
Such thoughts flashed through Kamiyakawa's mind.
Not far in front of him, a huge cave appeared on a steep cliff.
It seems that that is exactly where the [Seeking Needle] is pointing.
The "spirit" entrenched in the air is like a wave, pouring into the cave.
Even with Kamiya's extraordinary eyesight, the cave is bottomless. This may be a cave formed due to the structure of the site, and the bottom is connected to a huge fissure system deep underground.
Near the cave entrance.
Kamiyakawa felt something keenly.
Clang!
Tong Ziqie buzzed and was instantly out of body, and the golden sword light tore out a dazzling crack in the thick night.
I saw four clear figures appearing near the entrance of the cave.
All four of them are men, one of them is an old man with white hair, and the remaining three are middle-aged men with a certain age gap.
The four people opened their arms and mechanically stopped in front of the cave entrance.
"Don't, interrupt, divine sacrifice!"
Their expressions were stiff, but their movements were uniform and they spoke in unison, synchronized as if they were one person.
Kamiya's pupils shrank again, according to his judgment.
These four men are undoubtedly human beings, and there is nothing unusual about them.
But if you observe them more intently, you will find that they are echoing with this bottomless cave and the spiritual power of belief belonging to Jinshan Pigu God that permeates the air.
This reciprocal connection soon became visible to the naked eye.
The reaction in Kamiya’s intuitive visual expression is——
The different structures on these four men's bodies, superficial or subcutaneous, there are many parts and organs that are shining!
It exudes a color similar to gold.
"What on earth is this? A human being influenced by Jinshan Pigu God, or something else?"
Kamiyagawa couldn't tell for a while.
But he could feel that the four men at the entrance of the cave were not the key.
Under the cave, there is obviously a more surging similar aura surging out.
"No, block the way!"
Kamiyagawa did not directly cut down the men blocking the road.
"Puff!"
Beside him, the dream-eating tapir appeared with its long, soft nose held high.
The dreamy and confusing breath of sleep instantly enveloped the four men, causing them to immediately collapse and fall into an extremely deep and comfortable sleep.
"That's all."
It's really not worth mentioning.
Kamiyagawa casually threw out the "Reins of the Hanged Man" and tightly tied the four strange men together.
Let us first assume that they are human beings influenced by Jinshan Pigu God.
Then directly past the four men, Kamiya River entered the oval irregular cave.
As soon as he entered, he felt the smell of fire and iron, and a smell similar to requiem candles permeating from deeper inside.
"Ghost Story Craftsman..."
The previous speculation seems to have been clearly verified at this time.
Those ghostly craftsmen, including Sister Jue and the master of the candle-making monk, were persecuted by inexplicable forces and disappeared mysteriously. They are really inseparable from the ancestor god of craftsmen, Jinshan Pigu God!
At the same time, a message prompt also popped up in "Kaitan Monogatari"——
[Special event mission, [Time to Encounter the Demon·10] has been opened!]
[The core requirements of this mission are as follows: Defeat Yin Shi, a member of the "Feng Mo Shi Organization".]
coming!
Kamiyagawa was not surprised at all by the reminder of the Demon Time incident.
Although the entire Demonic Hour organization uses twelve hours as code names, there are only three real Demonic Hours, namely: the Demonic Hour outdoors, Yin Shi and Youshi; and the Demonic Hour Zi hour indoors.
The last time it represented You was Leech and Eight Hundred Bhikshunis.
This time, even the person representing Yinshi was Jinshan Bigu God himself, but it was not enough to surprise Shengu.
"The fact that Jinshan God is so abnormal may be related to the fact that he is the core of encountering demons."