Chapter 646 - 427: Reincarnation Trial

Shortly after arriving here, the contents of a novel titled *Shadow of the End* flooded his mind.

Shadow of the End

This was a world where Yin Beasts existed.

The world itself wasn’t very large.

It was comparable in size to an island nation on Blue Star.

Hidden within this seemingly ordinary modern world was a terrifying truth unknown to most.

After death, both humans and other living creatures would generate a bizarre energy—Yin Power.

As Yin Power continuously gathered, terrifying Yin Beasts were born.

Yin Beasts were composed of pure Yin Power. They came in various forms; some were savage and terrifying, while others were nearly transparent and difficult for ordinary people to perceive. Despite this, they could inflict great harm upon the human world.

Yin Beasts would normally hide in the corners of the world and not reveal themselves openly.

Some of these Yin Beasts would even disguise themselves, infiltrating the upper echelons of human society in this world.

To use the Yin Energy from human deaths to cultivate and nourish more Yin Beasts,

they established the Slaughter Days in Shenmu City, held annually for four days from June 7th to June 10th.

The Slaughter Days, as the name implied,

referred to days specially designated for killing.

Of course, the official justification was that it helped citizens vent, release their negative emotions, and lower the crime rate.

During the four days when the Slaughter Days were active,

the entire city would fall into a state of chaos, with no police or medical services.

Anyone could become a Slaughterer, or be slaughtered.

Furthermore, no one would face any criminal charges afterward; everything done was completely legal and sanctioned.

And the general plot of the novel was as follows.

The protagonist, a college student named Hakawa Yuuma, entered Shenmu City to attend university.

There, he befriended a female upperclassman.

For certain reasons, his upperclassman was kidnapped. In his search for her, he was drawn into the terrifying "Slaughter Days."

And so, the gears of Yuuma’s fate began to turn. As the protagonist, he was, of course, different from ordinary people.

His Physique was extremely special.

He could not only control the Yin Energy manifested from the dead,

but could also seal Yin Beasts within his body to use for his own purposes.

As time went on,

after experiencing constant killing and growth,

driven by justice and the desire to prevent more deaths from the Slaughter Days,

Hakawa Yuuma hunted for clues, eventually succeeding in finding the Yin Beast hidden among the human elite and eliminating it.

The final outcome was that he forced them to amend the law, canceling the annual Slaughter Days.

Just as Hu Qi was engrossed in mentally sorting out the novel’s timeline,

a subtle noise from nearby made him turn his head. He saw two unconscious people showing signs of waking.

A man and a woman, both appearing to be in their twenties.

The man was handsome, with long, narrow eyes.

His jet-black hair was tied in a topknot, secured with a white jade pin.

He was dressed in a gray robe.

A Longsword was slung at his waist. Its hilt was wrapped with black silk thread, and its tassel swayed gently with the wind.

The woman wore black-framed glasses. With her high-bridged nose and deep-set eyes, she appeared to be of mixed heritage.

She wore a white shirt paired with a short, pleated skirt, and her fair legs were faintly visible beneath the hem.

Due to the angle, Hu Qi could easily glimpse a flash of white at the top of her thigh.

"Like what you see?"

Just then, the woman’s cold voice broke the silence.

"Not particularly. You’re pretty average."

In response, Hu Qi remained perfectly calm, his gaze landing on the woman’s face as he delivered his assessment.

He showed no sign of embarrassment whatsoever.

At this, a flash of anger crossed the woman’s face.

However, after she perceived the new information in her mind and saw her surroundings,

her expression changed.

She silently got to her feet and moved to one side, as if to digest the information in her mind.

The robed Young Man nearby did the same.

His eyes swept over their surroundings, his expression one of shock.

But he also said nothing.

Instead, he focused on processing the information in his mind.

Seeing this,

Hu Qi was somewhat surprised.

’I thought they’d make a huge fuss and refuse to believe any of it,’

’but it seems these two are adapting rather quickly.’

Moreover, he could clearly sense that neither of them was ordinary.

At the very least, they weren’t just ordinary people with no strength to speak of.