How Am I Still Alive?

Chapter 2: Hope and Awakening

If life can be repeated again, it should be a great joy.

If the end of the previous life was full of pain at the end of cancer, then the joy will be doubled when reincarnated into a younger self and a specious new world.

"...This is the chance God gave me to make up for the regrets of my past life?"

In the past life, the road was safe. The biggest regret is that he devoted himself to his career and neglected his family.

When the family was rich, the hard-working parents also left.

"This time, I will make it up."

Looking at his parents who were at least 30 years younger, Lu Pingan silently made an oath.

"It's cancer, terminal."

The medical examination in case of emergency gave the same answer, and he collapsed.

Don't do it, it will be rotten, and you will die.

He gave up, but no one did.

"...No disease is completely hopeless, even if it's only 1%... Silly, it's too early to give up."

Just because there is a theoretical cure rate, the parents in my hometown left everything behind and sold the house, property, everything, and even started borrowing without hesitation.

Oh, should I be grateful for the online loan mechanism and low threshold that have just emerged in this era?

The old man who could not use two mobile phones quickly learned to borrow online.

All the online loans were full, and then I gave up my old face, borrowed everything I could, and collected hundreds of thousands of surgical fees, as well as more expensive follow-up treatment fees.

"Well, he's been good since he was a child. We are just him. He is very good at reading and has always been our pride... He is our baby. We never expected him to be successful, we only hoped to be safe and sound. Doctor …”

The old father was a farmer. He hadn't read for a few years, and he had never asked anyone in his life.

He lowered his head, handed a cigarette, squeezed out a smile, and begged the doctor in the corridor.

These cigarettes cost a dollar for five, and he was usually reluctant to give it up, but now the other side doesn't look down on it.

Young man, standing silently behind the wall, he suddenly felt a little pain, and his tears came down unconsciously. .

A mother who has been accustomed to softness all her life, said the most cruel words in her life to the child who had been tortured by illness and was almost desperate and begged her parents to give up treatment.

"You can't give up... If you're gone, we'll go with you!"

Facing the mother who was threatening with tears, Lu Ping'an, who was already skinny, was more silent.

The estrangement between the two worlds is nothing in front of that familiar and nostalgic face and developing the love and care in the heart.

He nodded silently, and accepted all reasonable or unreasonable treatments, expecting a miracle from the doctor's mouth.

But science does not seem to have miracles, and in the end it is a death sentence of "at most half a month".

Fortunately, this new world is not only about science, but also a supernatural mystery called "pollution".

Although the chances of getting involved are over, there are always some survivors who not only survived, but also awakened strange abilities.

"The survival rate is very low, the chance of awakening the power is even lower, and the awakening power is just the possibility of curing cancer...at least not zero."

So, he became a nightcrawler.

Using all means, dragging the sick body to find the secret realm leading to death.

This time, a miracle really happened. He found the secret realm and lived to the end in the secret realm.

But the miracle has only come half way, his life bank ability, now he can only spend money but not make money, but from death penalty to slow death... He must improve his ability as soon as possible to find and earn life points way.

"Enough. Enough. As long as there is a chance to live, there is still hope. It's this residential surveillance...it's annoying."

What's more troublesome is that the secret realm he seems to enter is particularly outrageous, a so-called god-level secret realm, a ZZZ-level pollutant.

As a result, he, the survivor, became the target of surveillance by the "relevant departments", and Miss Xia Qin, a vice-captain of the local keeper, became the cohabitant of the surveillance party.

In Xia Qin's view, this surveillance was just a passing scene.

"...I also have my own life, and I can't waste it on you all the time. Become a keeper, only by becoming a professional keeper, you are not a threat but a partner, and it is possible for you to be free. ......Before that, I will use the guarantee to repay your life-saving grace in the secret realm."

In a few years, Lu Ping'an, who has been "contaminated", will either be finished or become his colleague, and will naturally change again.

Only Lu Ping'an himself knew that this vigilance was not superfluous at all, or even a little insufficient.

The decision of the relevant departments is not wrong at all, the pollution will only be covered by higher-level pollution.

From the point of view of the general public, directly killing oneself may be the best choice.

In fact, even though the report mentioned the lowest threat level Z (near God level) and the highest threat level reached ZZZ (God level), they still underestimated the "special" of Lu Ping'an.

In the secret realm, he obtained not only hidden most of the real rule-level abilities.

In his hand, he even held the key that could easily destroy the city.

"Open it, it belongs to my secret realm..."

A silver key, that is the secret key to which his soul is bound, and a component of his god-level power.

"...Open the door for your master, the Relics Courtyard. Hi, how are you, my prisoner of the gods."

The next moment, the world was distorted, and the scenery of another world appeared in front of him.

The circular classical arena seems to be in disrepair, the walls and glyphs are in tatters, the aisles are full of parasitic plants that climb the walls, and the masonry seats are rotten.

But the strange scenery is nothing compared to the miraculous master.

The oak throne exudes natural incense, the twisted wooden tentacles bloom with pure white flowers, and on the throne constructed of flowers and oak lies the pure white holy beast.

The three tails under the throne swayed freely, the snake head between the tails was enjoying the offering of the fruit bowl, and the huge beast body was faintly thundering.

Part of his body has been lignified, the whisker-like sacred oak is wrapped around the outer skin, the twisted deer-shaped double horns are sacred and natural, and the tiger pattern on his body has a faint luster of oak bark.

A living tree, or a living beast, appeared to mortals in the form of myths that humans could not understand, and quasi-gods appeared in the human world. This was once her secret realm and her world.

She is Kirdales, the holy beast of life, the great quasi-god.

At the same time, it was also Lu Ping'an's biggest gain in that secret realm.

However, the situation of this quasi-god is a bit strange, and his expression also seems to be eating something wrong.

"Yo, Kirdales, the work efficiency is a bit low, be careful I deduct your wages, uh, you don't have wages, does this have something to do with you owe me money?"

A large blue-red cleaning uniform, wearing a white apron, a cleaning cap on his head, a washing handle and a dustpan in his hands, a rag in his three tails, a bucket, and a toilet stopper.

The whole beast is dressed like a cleaning aunt... In fact, she is indeed doing the cleaning aunt's job.

The pure beast at the moment, the huge body is leaning against the wall, the huge claws are grasping a mop bigger than the telephone pole, it is busy up and down, cleaning the blood on the ground and the ivy... Because the new Master, I prefer cleanliness!

And seeing Lu Ping'an's arrival, even though her illusory body couldn't stop the world's master's orders, her beast eyes were still full of killing intent.

"...The **** is not permanent, there are always flaws in the rules, no contract is indefinite, and no one can remain vigilant forever. As a mortal, as a weak person, dare to humiliate the gods, enslave the gods, boy , I admire your courage, but one day, I will taste the deliciousness of your soul and spend hundreds of years..."

The "Holy Beast" cast aside its disguise, bared its teeth, cursed and threatened... but dressed up as a cleaning beast mother, while scolding and being restricted by the "law" to continue mopping the floor, this curse is real Some are intimidating.

But the content of these words is 100% true.

There are always gaps in the bondage, and as a quasi-god Keldales, there is a high chance of ignoring any curse below the "law" level.

Smart people will stay on the line in everything they do.

The weak bind the strong, just like the lamb binds the jackal, take the opportunity to get more information and more resources, and you have a high chance of being attacked all the way to death.

But seeing the undisguised maliciousness and threat of the holy beast, Lu Ping'an laughed.

If he doesn't get the **** out of the system, he will live for half a year at most, and he will also consider the future of wool.

"Hehe, I'm looking forward to this day, it's better to come earlier, just..."

After thinking for a moment, he slapped his forehead and finally knew what was wrong.

"I'm an otaku. I have a private house in my own private house. It's a bit embarrassing to keep a cleaning lady in captivity... By the way, Keldales, can you transform into a humanoid?"

As a gift of the "Lost Courtyard" in the small world of the secret realm, "Talling" Kirdales cannot refuse the "reasonable request" of the "master of this world", such as cleaning the local environment, such as changing to a more suitable one for the master's aesthetics View appearance.

"Oh, oh, blond, beast ears, spiral and blue-eyed nun is a royal sister, yes, yes, this person is very good. This outfit is not suitable for you, come on, change into a maid outfit. It's strange, I always think you are a bit of a Familiar... Forget it, don't think about it if you can't remember it."

"Uh, there is still something missing. By the way, Keldalys will be referred to as 'Chrissy' for short. Come on, Miss Chrissy, give the uncle a smile, please sweetly say 'Master?'. …”

"Great, great, come on, let me take two pictures and post them online... don't pull up your skirt, you can't see your panties, I guarantee it with my personality, what, I have no personality, I'm not a person. .....Okay, okay, since I'm not human anymore, please take off the little Nei Nei and have two more. That's right, it's this kind of shy and disgusting expression that dares to be angry and dare not speak! Yes! This is it!"

"Don't want to wear a maid outfit? Of course you can, hehe, after all, the old man is not a devil. Take off the maid outfit at will. It is better to wear only an apron and white stockings. It is also good to wear only a white doctor's coat... No need? Ha? , what a disappointment, my camera is ready."

Today's Lu Ping An, after leaving the watchers' eyes, as usual, galloping on the road of pleasure... death.

In a sense, he would like to thank the other party for his gifts.

On that day, when he came out of this "Lost Courtyard", he received this great gift.

[Awakening of the supernatural life bank, in the process of system analysis, understanding and reconstructing the rules of the world......]

[After the analysis is completed, explain the current situation: Krdalas's ritual of raising the gods failed, and the winner of the ritual is Lu Ping'an. 】

[As the price of completing the secret realm and accepting the test for the first time, Lu Ping'an gave an overall evaluation of 'the heaven-defying level'. According to his wish of 'living happiness', he received the gift of the mother goddess and the law-level (quasi-god-level) ability- The gift and reward of life. 】

[It is detected that Lu Pingan, the winner of the festival, has lost his life, how can the winner of the festival of the Mother of Life lose his life! Readjust and upgrade the Mother God's gift "Gift of Life".... Burn the spirit of the loser Kirdales to make up for the gap! 】

[The difference has been made up, and the law ability has been upgraded to a rule-level ability. Congratulations to the host Lu Ping'an, the awakening of the rule-level (God-level) ability - Life Bank. 】

[According to the rules of Ascension, the winner plunders everything from the sacrifice, congratulations to the host Lu Ping'an, and obtained the trophy independent secret realm 'Lost Garden' and 'The Bound Soul of Kirdales']

[Detecting that the host has lost its vital features, the sub-function of the Life Bank is automatically activated, the deferred payment of life, the current credit rating is normal, the payment is divided into six installments, and the current loan life point is 6000.......]

Looking at the system prompts, Lu Pingan was also excited by the generosity of this holy beast.

Although there is no stable source of life point income yet, but...

"If you are alive, there is still hope. By the way, my cute little Chrissy, can you dance the house dance, or cat and cat dance, do you have any plans to make money from your debut? I'm like ten and zero... .."

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[May 7, 1998, Panoramic report on "The Ascension of the Ancient City of Kirdalis"

Secret level: Z-level top secret.

Event Party 1: 'Balance Disaster Beast' Kirdales, a ninth-order quasi-god, known path animal trainers, healers, black warriors, etc., involved in over 1,000 cases, affecting a population of one million, and was attacked by seventeen World Wanted.

Brief introduction to the cause of the incident: After verification, he 'replaced' the trainee Liu Yiyi and sneaked into the Linci Hospital in the ancient city for three years and four months, collecting sacrifices and preparing his own ritual of ascending the gods.

Brief description of the ascension ceremony: As a quasi-god ascension ceremony, it needs to prove its "doctrine" to the "source", it is the "truth" of reality, it is the rule of eternal existence, and it completes the physical individual to "concept eternal". "Sublimation.

The doctrine that Kirdales is ready to verify: Life is just a life instinct that survives. In order to survive in your own life, you can leave everything behind. Any morality, friendship, and law are all nonsense. And I, Kirdales, are the pinnacle of life.

Ritual process: The two most "intimate" people face each other forcibly, the winner lives and the loser dies.

Rift Rules: Anyone can trade life for power.

Completion status of the ceremony: The two sides of the war have exchanged their lifespans, and the victor is often old. Before the appearance of the upwind, the professional keepers who were forced to fight either die or retire.

If there is no "adverse wind", her ceremony site will continue to expand, and "mortals" will be invited to participate in the ceremony to conduct "one-on-one" life duels. It is expected that millions of people in the ancient city will gradually be dragged into it, becoming a "Doctrine Examples".

The corpse of the loser becomes the icon component of the "Mother of Life". When all the life in the city is sacrificed (there may be repeated invitations), the "Tree to Heaven" is shaped and the ascension ceremony ends.

Incident Party 2: "Counterwinder" Lu Ping'an (surveillance number Z7862).

The second party involved in this incident, Lu Ping An, is suspected to be the "fate against the wind" of Krdalas. He is the patient after Krdalas infiltrated the incarnation. , and later found that his attitude towards life was too positive (?), so he chose to give up.

At 1:20 in the middle of the night, he appeared at the ceremony site for unknown reasons and was involved in the ceremony. (Note: It is suspected that it has awakened the unknown high-level rule-based capabilities, and the retrospective investigation-based capabilities are invalid for it)

In order to save others, Lu Pingan, the "adverse wind", directly chose to challenge the master of the secret realm Keldales, and sacrificed all his life in exchange for strength, and defeated Keldales with this, proving that Her "reason" is a false proposition that is not worth scrutinizing. The newly established new proposition may be:

"Life is not just an instinct that survives, it exists for the sacrifice of others. Keldales, nor is it the apex of life... Lupin, just above Keldales."

Note: Ascension to God is against the wind. Ascension to God is an act against the sky. Ascension to God in any form will lead to many difficulties, and any actions may encounter headwinds or even denials of "destiny" and "world".

When the ascension ceremony reaches a certain level, the existence of the sacrifice will be pulled away from reality, and it will be impossible to challenge... At that time, all obstructions are futile, and only when the ceremony is just started, someone can stop by actively sacrificing .

Considering that the disguised identity of Party 1 is the attending doctor of Party 2, and the relevant information of its "secret realm" is disclosed by Party 1, and multiple causal connections (saving and hunting) are generated without knowing it, the reporter highly suspects that Lu Ping'an is the Those whose fate is against the wind, their sudden appearance is the arrangement of "fate against the wind".

Result of the event: Kirdales died (doubtful), Lu Ping An survived, thirteen professional keepers died, and 24 professional keepers quit the sequence.

Follow-up advice on the incident: According to the third law of pollution, Lu Ping, the headwinder, has been determined to be polluted, and has a high probability of awakening high-threat goddess powers. According to the 97th article of the Secret Keeper Code, it is regarded as a Z to ZZZ pollution source. , it is recommended to obliterate it...or to carry out long-term residential surveillance under the supervision of the guarantor.

Monitoring time: lifetime.

Scheduled monitor and guarantor: Xia Qin, deputy captain of the third team of special services in the ancient city of Zion District