Use first and repay later: Advance the future cultivation fruits-Chapter 335 - 164. Goodbye Zhao Jiayi

Chapter 335: 164. Goodbye Zhao Jiayi

Lin Qing’s heart trembled.

A centennial soul?

His past and present lives combined only added up to over forty years, but he was born in 2002, so it had indeed been a hundred years!

After dying at the hands of Yan Qingqing in his past life, it was as if he experienced a long and hollow slumber, only feeling himself unconsciously sinking, drifting in an endless high sky.

He didn’t know how long had passed; when he woke again, he had become Lin Qing in 2120.

Perhaps… his soul did not dissipate after death?

Did it take decades to find an appropriate body? Or was it reincarnation that restored the memories of his past life a few years ago?

He wasn’t quite sure what exactly happened.

But…

Could it be related to the Entropy?

“… Why does Dean Chu say this?”

After a long silence, Lin Qing looked at Chu Hongjun and slowly spoke.

“The reason I let you come is because I have confirmed this point.”

Chu Hongjun said calmly: “The soul is closely related to the void. Although a Level One Civilization does not have the means to determine the soul’s age, your words, actions, habits, and other aspects will reveal your changes.”

Lin Qing frowned slightly.

Chu Hongjun glanced at him, sat down beside him, and said:

“The moment you contacted me through Chu Hui’s communicator, the first moment you saw me, although you controlled your expression well, you were, after all, just an awakened being at that time and didn’t even hold a divine position. I could sense the fluctuation of your emotions.

“After comparing similar emotional fluctuation samples, I confirmed that besides surprise, your emotions also had nostalgia and contemplation of time.

“Your reaction seemed astonished that I would reach this point, but the fact is… since the apocalypse in 2045, the high-level survivors of the time basically knew me. I was already one of the leaders of the surviving humans.

“Before the apocalypse, I had always been in a military research base, so you couldn’t have seen me, except after the outbreak of the apocalypse.

“Your reaction made me feel that something was off about you, so I investigated you carefully.”

Chu Hongjun looked at Lin Qing: “The investigation results were clear. I compared monitoring data of you before November 2120. Your behavior and habits changed after that.

Lin Qing remained silent.

Indeed.

As his memories merged with those of his previous life, he was Lin Qing, but he was also influenced by past-life memories, and it was impossible for there to be no changes.

“When you were in Lin’an city, you originally had no interest in the Chinese New Year but suddenly wished your colleagues a Happy New Year and even gave out red envelopes.”

Chu Hongjun continued: “You had been learning the Fourth-Sixth version of the Sunrise Training Method since the beginning of 2120, but almost a year went by without showing results. Suddenly mastering it in December was also suspicious, though… you could say you had mastered it long ago but deliberately hid it.”

“In the first month of practicing marksmanship at the shooting range, you suddenly revealed a talent for shooting, also for later preparation, right?”

“From your subsequent performance, your crisis awareness became much stronger than before. Although you could use your cousin’s severe injury as a reason, your caution and habit of killing still exceeded that of an eighteen-year-old high school senior.”

“Combining the fact that you knew me, and that you specially browsed and searched for works from before 2025, and the works you recommended to Zhao Jiayi were also mostly from before the apocalypse.

“So, it can be concluded…”

Chu Hongjun looked at him: “You are highly likely from before the apocalypse period, but based on gene analysis, your age is correct, so it could only be the soul.”

Lin Qing took a deep breath.

“I thought I had been cautious enough.” He sighed.

“You were very cautious.” Chu Hongjun glanced at him, “At least you didn’t plagiarize those works missing in the broken lineage to make money or investigate your past identity.”

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“But a person is, after all, a human; it is impossible to completely hide oneself perfectly.”

Chu Hongjun said indifferently: “If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have been exposed. Moreover, soul usurpation and reincarnation are common in the universe. Star creatures only need to find a body perfectly matched with the soul to achieve it.”

“But I am not a star creature, and before the Earth became a perfect planet, there were no star creatures, right?” Lin Qing said.

“Of course not.”

Chu Hongjun said: “For star creatures to usurp and reincarnate, at least a body at the level of an original life form is required. The best way is to clone and replicate themselves. Otherwise, the probability of finding another perfectly matched body is very low.

Lin Qing fell silent.

“Before the apocalypse, the energy attracted by the six great sects was entirely used for self-enhancement, and the life forms on Earth couldn’t evolve.”

Chu Hongjun looked at Lin Qing and said slowly: “From your situation, you were obviously an ordinary person before the apocalypse, but your soul did not dissipate after death and even managed to usurp and reincarnate.”

Lin Qing remained silent for a while and then asked: “What does Dean Chu think is the reason?”

“The biggest reason I can think of is only one…”

Chu Hongjun looked at him and said: “It’s because you were born with awakened authority, right?”

Lin Qing didn’t speak, merely sighed.

“It seems I guessed correctly.”

Chu Hongjun looked at him: “Though the authority of the seventh or eighth energy level could revive, it still couldn’t enable the soul to remain out of the body for decades without dissipating. This involves the void… so you are at least of the ninth energy level, right?”

Lin Qing continued to remain silent, letting Chu Hongjun continue speculating.

“There’s no need to deny it.”