Chapter 1064: Chapter 817: Crazy Woman
"Yes, the Giants created me to explore new life forms. I assisted them with a series of experiments and made many friends until I was captured and brought here," the Ghost Spirit said, its tone tinged with resignation and helplessness.
"Who captured you?" Elsa asked.
"Who else but that madwoman could have stolen me from the hands of the Giants?" the Ghost Spirit said with a bitter smile.
"Madwoman?" Elsa was even more puzzled.
"Well... if I were to use your language, her name would be—’God.’"
The Ghost Spirit’s words somewhat alarmed Elsa. The Ghost Spirit had been speaking to Elsa using a special kind of energy fluctuation, a type of energy fluctuation that existed only between Ghost Spirits. However, the last word ’God’ was in the language of the Heaven Realm.
"Can you tell me more?" Elsa said.
"Clearly, I’d be very grateful if you could release me first," the Ghost Spirit said.
Actually, Elsa wasn’t very keen on letting it go because the Ghost Spirit seemed very powerful. If she set it free, she might not be able to contend with it should things go awry.
But she needed to show some sincerity.
"What should I do?" Elsa asked.
"I’m not sure, you could try everything. Anyway, I’ve been trapped here for tens of thousands of years; I don’t mind a few more minutes," the Ghost Spirit said, sounding quite nonchalant.
Elsa walked around the restraining field but found no obvious device to deactivate it.
"Forget it, I knew that madwoman never intended to shut this thing down. I’ve been asleep for ten thousand years, and you’re still the first visitor I’ve had. Let’s forget this damned restraining field the hell with it, but you might as well listen to my story," the Ghost Spirit said.
The Giant had created the Ghost Spirit, who was born on the Giant’s star and raised with great care and education by the Giant, inheriting nearly all the characteristic traits of the Giant: humble and thirsty for knowledge. Of course, the Ghost Spirit also possessed extremely powerful strength.
The Ghost Spirits were created by the Giants to explore the truth of life, as life forms like the Ghost Spirits, which are half-material and half-energy, are extremely rare in this universe. The Giants hoped to find a partner with whom they could have close interaction, which is why they created the Ghost Spirits.
The Ghost Spirit knew the mission it was born for was noble and great, and it was very willing to help the Giants. In fact, helping the Giants mainly entailed jotting down its mood for the day and its mental state, among other things.
And all of this continued until one day it abruptly came to an end.
That day, a madwoman stole it away.
No matter how much God was praised by people at the beginning or how great she was in the hearts of the living beings, in the heart of the Ghost Spirit, she was just a madwoman.
And it was because of something God had done that led the Ghost Spirit to this conclusion.
That day, the Ghost Spirit, as usual, was recording its daily observations, thoughts and evaluations of various things. This information would be of great help to the Giant race in defining other life forms in the universe. Grateful for the life given by the Giants, the Ghost Spirit was more than willing to do whatever it could to help—it couldn’t even be called work.
But then, God appeared. She materialized without warning—for she was God, after all, and if she wanted to be somewhere, all she needed was to think about it. There she was, suddenly standing in front of the Ghost Spirit, looking at it with surprise in her eyes.
The Ghost Spirit was well aware that the other was God because the innate system of life tiers instilled in it an overwhelming sense of reverence towards her.
"You truly are a masterpiece," God said.
"Thank you for your praise, great God," the Ghost Spirit at that time, like all beings in the universe, held God in deep respect.
"No, I am not praising you, you fool; I am merely saying you are an outstanding creation, nothing more. You perfectly astonish me. Those colossal idiots actually managed to create something beyond my expectations, which is utterly inconceivable. They were all created by me, but why can’t I create life like you? Why am I confined in thought? Why can’t I create life that is half energy, half matter? No! Of course, I can create life that is half energy, half matter, I simply hadn’t thought of it. But why hadn’t I thought of it? I am a god! I am a Tier 2 Lifeform that far surpasses you all; you all can think of it, but why can’t I? I created this universe; everything in this universe was supposed to run according to the rules I designed. So why are there so many unknowns? The Giants received the Heavenly Kingdom that descended, and they hid that thing away, even out of my reach! These bastards, they actually found a way to not obey my commands? How can this be? Why would this happen? Am I not the god of this universe? Why is there so much beyond my control..."
When the Ghost Spirit narrated this content to Elsa, it was almost entirely animated and expressive. And this content was just the tip of the iceberg; he talked for a full half-hour, with almost no repetition!
Then, the Ghost Spirit took a deep breath, his tone returning to normal. "That madwoman kept talking to herself for half an hour—I have not missed a single word, for my memory is energy, and I will never lose my memories. When she had finished all that, she spoke the last sentence I ever heard from her mouth: ’No, you were supposed to be my masterpiece!’ And then she brought me here, created this laboratory out of thin air, confined me here, and attempted to replicate me using her means. That’s when I first learned that Divine Power can also be ineffective. Her attempt to replicate me using Divine Power failed. She had to first create these complex experimental devices, mimicking my bodily structure bit by bit, and eventually created those crude imitations."
At this point, the Ghost Spirit suddenly burst into laughter. "Honestly, if it weren’t for the hierarchal suppression that prevented me from speaking, I would have laughed loudly at her."
Elsa considered the content described by the Ghost Spirit to be beyond her understanding, sounding almost like nonsense. But clearly, there was no need for the Ghost Spirit to lie to her.
"Do you know where the god sent those replicas after copying you?" Elsa asked.
"How would I know? Since I got confined here, she has not spoken a single word to me, and the hierarchical suppression has kept me from daring to ask her," the Ghost Spirit said helplessly.
"Then why has this planet become like this?"
"Of course, it’s because of my power," the Ghost Spirit said, "My power is extremely strong; even the Giants have praised it. If left unchecked, not even this confinement device could hold me for long. So that crazy woman keeps extracting my power, injecting it into the device above my head, eventually spreading it across the entire planet. I am very aware of the changes my power can cause to life, so I’ve always been very careful to keep my power at a relatively low level, but after all, I have been trapped here for too long." The Ghost Spirit spoke with a hint of resignation.
Elsa looked up and saw an extremely complex and massive Array device above the Ghost Spirit’s head. It was this Array that absorbed and sustained the entire planet’s energy field.
"Since that’s the case..." Elsa raised her hand, aimed at the device, and a Light Spear struck it with a boom, instantly shattering the entire Array. The energy field that had been encircling the planet immediately lost its source of supply, starting to weaken rapidly. Meanwhile, inside the confinement field, the Ghost Spirit’s power was rising unstoppably!
"Oh... my power, it has finally returned to my body!" the Ghost Spirit exclaimed with joy.
Elsa could sense that the energy within the Ghost Spirit was surging almost explosively!
"I think you should stay away from here for now," the Ghost Spirit said with excitement and anticipation on its face. "The destruction might be a bit extensive when I break free." That was the ecstasy of regaining freedom after being imprisoned for tens of thousands of years!
Elsa guessed that the Ghost Spirit’s escape would lead to a significant impact, considering it was breaking free from a god’s shackles.
Yet, when Elsa saw a third of the planet before her crumble, she was still astonished.
But soon, the collapse ceased, and the disintegrating rock structures were pulled back together by an immense force. Elsa could feel that it was the Ghost Spirit’s power!
Then, a rift tore open beside Elsa, and the Ghost Spirit leaped out from it.
"Thank you for your help, kind lady. When I return to the Giant world, I will tell them all that you’ve done, and I think they will generously offer you everything you desire. But for now, please tell me, how may I repay you?" The Ghost Spirit was mere standing there, and to Elsa, it shone like a star, radiating astonishing waves of energy from within.
"I don’t think I need your repayment for the time being," Elsa said. "Actually, I came here this time just to uncover the origin of the Ghost Spirits that have long troubled our entire race."
"The Ghost Spirits that trouble your race? Do you mean my Avatars have been causing you problems?"
"It’s more than just problems."
Elsa briefly described the events that unfolded after the sudden appearance of the Ghost Spirits up to the present, which greatly angered the Ghost Spirit after hearing them.
"That madwoman actually used my Avatars to attack the Celestial Clan? Your Celestial Clan is one of the races Giants are very fond of! But if the Giants have once helped your Celestial Clan, why couldn’t they recognize that those Ghost Spirits were my Avatars? They should have a way to deal with them, after all, I am a life created by the Giants, they should have methods to eliminate me."
Elsa shook her head: "I’m not sure what exactly happened in the past, and I’m also unsure whether it was a god who brought your Avatars to our planet. However, your Avatars seem very different from your original form, and the god who copied you also modified them. So far, besides the Ghost Spirits I have devoured, I have never seen one that was truly eliminated. We could only expel them from the parasitized bodies, as for what happens to them afterward—whether they naturally wither or continue to wander—we were not sure initially. I once thought that pure energy supply was fatal for Ghost Spirits, but later I found out that energy attacks could destroy most of the Ghost Spirit’s body, yet their remaining consciousness would still exist—they didn’t die but were waiting for an opportunity to parasitize again. It’s just that afterwards they were all devoured by me."
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