Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

Chapter 363 The Way of the World

Xia: "......"

Xia looked at the rich expressions and body movements of the two people next to her and knew that they were communicating with each other.

Unable to bear it any longer, she asked.

"Where are we going next?"

"Huh? I remember telling you before we went to Yae Shrine that our next stop would be Nevernight."

"Rin knows, Rin knows! That's where mother works!" Yae Rin said excitedly.

"..."

"Ah...haha, the child is ignorant. I will teach her a lesson later." Jiang Ming held back a bitter smile. Seeing that Xia didn't seem to understand why they went to Nevernight, he continued to explain.

"This lawless place in Yae-machi is our next target. As for the reason... in the history of Yae-machi, [Never-Sleeping City] is a gray area where all kinds of people coexist. There have been many gangs of all sizes."

"The interests of these gangs are intertwined with each other. Cooperation, betrayal, fighting, assassination... Similar dramas happen almost every day, but..."

Jiang Ming's expression changed, and he looked serious: "No organization can subdue everyone and take over the entire [Nevernight City] completely..."

Xia Liu raised her eyebrows slightly: "Oh? With the means of that city lord, can't he do it? I remember when I used this reason to fool the city lord, he frowned slightly."

Jiang Ming closed his eyes slightly and shook his head: "As the saying goes, it is better to unblock than to block - the formation of gray areas in a city must have its historical inevitability. Whether it can be done or not is not the point. Letting it go naturally may be her original intention."

"I think the City Lord's Mansion is also happy to see the big and small forces in [Never Night City] competing with each other. It is even possible that they are behind the scenes fanning the flames."

But Xia frowned slightly when she heard this: "I always feel something is wrong... The Nevernight City I saw doesn't seem to be as bad as you described. Although it is still an unpleasant place, the whole block does not feel obviously chaotic and disordered."

"That's true, but that's also why the problem lies here. It's rumored that a year ago, a woman named "Fei Yehua" suddenly rose to prominence in the underworld."

"In just half a year, she swept through Nevernight, breaking up and incorporating all the gangs, big and small, and the City Lord's Mansion has not made any response to this."

"This seems to be a signal, a signal of tacit approval. Could it be that this [Flame of Night] is a pawn used by the City Lord's Mansion to control [Nevernight]?"

While handing the information in his hand to Xia, Jiang Ming continued to explain: "But according to the information I deduced, this woman [Fei Yehua] seemed to have appeared suddenly, and she is not even a native of Yae Town. Moreover, regardless of her relationship with the City Lord's Mansion, it took only half a year to completely eradicate the historical stubborn stain of [Bu Ye Tian] and control it in her hands..."

Jiang Ming's eyes flashed coldly: "This woman's methods are incredible in themselves, and we know that there is a method that can do this...things that cannot be explained by common sense."

"Curse seal." Xia said lightly.

Jiang Ming's expression returned to normal: "As a forbidden technique, the [Six Outer Path Techniques], apart from the ability to seal, the original seals of the six volumes of ninjutsu themselves have their own unique abilities."

"I've told you before that in the ancient records that can be investigated, there are three seals with known abilities - the [Hell Path] that [commands living souls] is needless to say... the [Heaven Path] that [immortality] is the reason why the Lord of Yunchen City, that is, Lady Kallen, has been able to rule Yae Town for more than 500 years."

"What..." Xia couldn't help but widen her eyes slightly after getting the information related to the city lord again.

"I thought that after experiencing the [Hell] and [Animal Realm], I would no longer be surprised by the extraordinary power of the curse, but I didn't expect..."

Jiang Ming nodded: "Well, the Lord Mayor's [Heavenly Way] is an open secret in this Yae Town. You will have to face her directly one day, but not now."

"So... the third known curse is the one that just recovered the [Animal Path]?"

"No, I also didn't expect that Hiyomaru would awaken again in combination with the Animal Path Curse. The Animal Path, which can ignore the level of strength and force a contract with a monster, is the fourth known ability of the Curse."

"According to the intelligence of the third seal of destiny, although it can only be effective on humans, it is rumored that the holder can use language to control the other party to execute his own orders..."

"!? What you mean is..." Xia already had the answer in her heart, and quickly turned to look at Jiang Ming.

"Rather than going to Nevernight, it's better to say... we're going to sneak into the mansion of [Hiyaka]... Xia."

Jiang Ming glanced at the girl beside him and spoke slowly, in a calm tone: "[Human Path], this is the name of the curse we need to seize this time. And judging from the fact that the other party completely eradicated the historical dirt [Nevernight City] in just half a year and took it into his hands... The other party must be a difficult and cunning person. Don't deal with him the same way you dealt with Theresa and Hiyomaru."

"Of course." Xia nodded, and then seemed to think of something, and asked: "Speaking of which..."

"In the world of Posa, Rin showed great strength. The rules of the universe... Is that some special ninjutsu?"

"......Gulp." Lin swallowed slightly.

Jiang Ming thought for only half a second before he smiled and replied calmly: "Of course, you don't know that this cosmic rule is a ninjutsu similar to the original curse seal. It is my original creation. Like the original curse seal, there are many types, each with its own miraculous effects. However... I will not pass it on to anyone other than my sect. Rin, you are my successor."

“…That’s right.”

Xia muttered something and then walked in front of the two of them.

Jiang Ming and Lin both breathed a sigh of relief.

"You are worthy of being my father. When it comes to bluffing people, you are definitely the best in the world." Lin sighed in his heart.

"It was you who used the rules of the universe to show off your strength, right?... Never mind."

Jiang Ming sighed softly, and then a silver ball of light about the size of a tennis ball condensed in his left hand.

"This is the true meaning of memorizing the rules of the universe. After absorbing it, you will practice both the erosion and memory paths from now on."

“Yeah, look at Lin refining it in an instant!” Lin grasped the true meaning of the memory and refined it in an instant!

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