172: I'm in trouble

At that time, they only heard a snippet and didn't pay any more attention.

After all, there were endless tasks every day, and they were constantly being interrogated and tortured, so how could they be in the mood to care about such things?

It was good enough just to be alive.

However, judging from the situation at the time, Liu Chongshan must have deeply resented the Lord Chuping before them.

Since Liu Chongshan hated Lin Chuping so much, an enemy's enemy was a friend.

The Six Zhao Brothers exchanged glances, and Zhao Hanyi suddenly knelt down and clasped his fists, "Thank you, Benefactor, for saving us!"

The other five also quickly knelt.

Zhao Er gritted his teeth, "A few days ago, we were in a daze, but today, thanks to Lord Chuping, we brothers finally have a chance to regain our senses!"

Lin Chuping waved his hand, "Don't be so quick to thank me. I don't save people for free. I saved you because I need you to serve me for a hundred years."

A civil servant in Hell, signing a hundred-year contract, nothing wrong with that, right?

The six men were stunned at his words, unable to process it immediately.

Zhao Hanyi cautiously asked, "What do you want us to do, Benefactor? And, I'm afraid we brothers won't live that long."

"Simple."

Lin Chuping pulled out a scroll of contract, "Just sign this. Don't worry, it's nothing bad."

"Host, isn't this taking advantage of others?"

"No! I saved them, so what's wrong with asking for some compensation? It's only a hundred years; it'll pass in the blink of an eye."

Currently, Lin Chuping's venture had just begun, in the initial accumulation phase. To be able to join his team was a great Opportunity.

He wouldn't even bother with ordinary Souls!

"Host, you're getting ahead of yourself. Even the most ruthless capitalist would bow down to you."

"Host, I have a feeling you won't be able to sign this contract."

"Why? It's all in black and white, clearly written, with clear terms and no hidden content. Why wouldn't it work?"

Lin Chuping was very puzzled.

Although a hundred years was a bit long.

Although the contract stated, "All interpretation rights belong to Party A."

Although there were a few more clauses.

But weren't these all standard procedures for signing contracts?

"Host, it's not what you think. These six golden Souls are immune to any Formation. The System speculates that they are Souls with a special mission."

"Also, the System has detected the aura of Reincarnation on them."

"The aura of Reincarnation?"

Lin Chuping raised an eyebrow and carefully observed the six golden Souls. "System, isn't that sentence the main point?"

This was truly an unexpected delight, obtained without any effort.

"Tsk tsk!"

Lin Chuping stared at The Six Zhao Brothers, examining them intently, looking at one, then another. Besides their Souls looking a bit better, he couldn't see any difference from other people.

Nor could he feel the so-called aura of Reincarnation.

He had initially only wanted to build a gleaming golden team.

The Zhao Brothers felt uncomfortable under his gaze. Zhao Hanyi cautiously asked, "Benefactor, is something amiss?"

Lin Chuping stroked his chin.

"Do you... do you feel anything special about yourselves?"

The six men looked at each other.

Zhao Liu suddenly raised his hand, "I've been able to dream of my past life since I was little!"

"Anything else?"

Zhao Er hesitated, "The six of us brothers can always communicate telepathically..."

"We always have the same dream, as if someone is holding us in their hand..."

"Our recovery ability is also stronger than others."

"And we eat a lot."

"..."

The six men spoke one after another.

When they were alive, they didn't feel anything special about themselves, but now, counting them one by one, they realized there were indeed many differences.

No wonder Liu Chongshan interrogated them for three years without any results, yet still refused to give up.

Thinking of Liu Chongshan, the brothers felt a chill. The Lin Chuping before them should be different... right?

As they spoke, their voices grew softer and softer, and they all looked up at Lin Chuping.

"Interesting."

Lin Chuping stroked his chin, "There's potential here. Let's do an experiment first!"

Experimentation is the only standard for verifying truth.

Lin Chuping condensed Divine Power on his fingertips, drawing a Six Paths Reincarnation Disk in the air above the six men's heads.

As the Reincarnation Disk formed and the crimson Divine Power touched Zhao Hanyi's glabella, his pupils constricted, and the patterns of an ancient bronze disk actually appeared.

The other five simultaneously looked up, and six different colored halos overflowed from their respective Seas of Consciousness—gold, green, cyan, brown, gray, purple—precisely corresponding to the colors of Reincarnation from the Heavenly Dao to Hell.

"Warning! Detecting that the Souls of the six individuals are resonating!"

Bright light erupted from the six men, connecting with each other, vaguely outlining the shape of a fragmented disk in the air!

"Six Paths Reincarnation Disk!"

"Hahahahaha, you are actually..."

Lin Chuping was practically laughing like a madman. He hadn't even gone looking for it yet!

This thing had actually come to him.

At that moment, a sudden change occurred!

Six golden lights suddenly shot towards Lin Chuping's glabella!

"Holy crap!"

He quickly dodged but was still hit by the golden light.

Damn it, it was the first time he'd seen light that could turn corners.

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In an instant, countless images flooded his mind:

—In ancient times, the gods fell.

—The Six Paths Reincarnation Disk shattered...—The fragments scattered among mortals, Reincarnated as humans... "So that's how it is!"

Lin Chuping suddenly understood.

"So the ancient Underworld really was Hell, but for some unknown reason, the gods fell."

"Even the Divine Artifacts disintegrated."

"It's terrifying."

Lin Chuping only saw a glimpse of the battle through the Divine Artifact's memory, and his entire Divine Soul trembled.

The firmament was torn open by a rift that spanned the Three Realms, and golden Divine Power poured down like a torrential rain.

Majestic Divine Manifestations of gods disintegrated in the Void Realm, and the sound of shattered divinities was like myriad worlds collapsing simultaneously.

Lin Chuping only looked once, and his head throbbed with pain.

"Host, your current Divine Soul fluctuation is equivalent to experiencing three hundred Lightning Tribulations."

"Shut up... let me recover..."

He wiped the golden blood from the corner of his mouth, the scene of destruction still echoing in his mind.

What made him most horrified was that in the final moments of the memory, he clearly saw—the faces of the fallen gods all bore a strange smile.

As if... they were willingly going to their deaths.

"System, retrieve the records and find out what happened back then."

"Insufficient authority. Host, strive to improve your strength. Knowing too much in advance will not benefit you."

Lin Chuping gave a bitter smile, "It seems I've gotten myself into big trouble..."

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"Ah ah ah ah!"

Lin Chuping hadn't had time to think further when several screams pulled him back to reality.

Zhao Hanyi looked at his hands in horror:

"We... we're not human?"

"No, you are human now."

Lin Chuping's expression was complex. "It's just that your previous lives were quite special..."

"Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have collected all the fragments and can reassemble the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk!"

The Six Zhao Brothers were trembling all over, surrounded by halos of different colors.

"Benefactor, what... what exactly are we?"

Lin Chuping took a deep breath and tried to speak in a calm tone, "Simply put, you are the Reincarnated fragments of the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk."

"Fragments?!"

Zhao Liu cried out, "We're just fragments of a Magical Artifact?"

"Not entirely."

Lin Chuping shook his head. "You have already Reincarnated as humans, possessing independent Souls and consciousness. It's just... it's just that deep within your Souls, you still retain some of the Reincarnation Disk's power."