Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1449: Chapter 784: Reincarnation Gate_3

Zhao Sheng, upon seeing this, also sat down cross-legged on the ground, indicating that he had no intention of attacking.

After a while, the giant bear suddenly lifted its head, its ugly bear face grinning: "You just asked what a partner is? A partner is someone qualified to enter the Reincarnation Gate together."

The giant bear emphasized the word ’person,’ clearly implying something significant.

Zhao Sheng seemed to understand, recalling what he had seen along the way, he immediately grasped the meaning behind its words.

It was evident that those beast-headed human-bodied monsters were not "humans;" rather, entities like Zhao Sheng, the mountain goat, and the giant bear, purely "animals," were the true humans.

In the Beast Path, during the day humans are humans, animals are animals. But come night, humans transform into beasts, while animals take on a semi-human, semi-beast appearance.

Thus, it seemed that this pitch-black giant bear was also transformed from a human.

However, it was unclear why it seemed to have been here for a very long time, until Zhao Sheng came to find him.

He quickly pursued the question: "May I ask what the Reincarnation Gate mentioned by you actually is?"

"Haha, you don’t know the Reincarnation Gate, but you know what a gateway is, right? The gateway to the next space is called the Reincarnation Gate. In this Beast Heaven, there is only one Reincarnation Gate, hidden deep within this realm. However, trying to get through it is as hard as ascending to heaven!" The giant bear’s face was full of worry as it fiercely slapped the ground.

The ground shook, and instantly a pit nearly a hundred feet wide appeared.

"Oh, I see." Zhao Sheng’s heart was chilled upon hearing this, and he continued asking, "May I ask, how many partners do you have?"

"Seven or eight? Or maybe three or four. After all, Beast Heaven is dangerous and bizarre; it’s not easy for them to have survived until now. Who knows how many partners still possess rationality. Old bear, with the help of my winter hibernation talent, endured until now. Their chances of not being assimilated are not high."

"Assimilation?" Zhao Sheng’s mind flickered, quickly grasping the meaning behind its words.

Suppressing increasingly powerful beast instincts is indeed an extremely difficult task.

Over time, humanity will be slowly assimilated by beast instincts, and rationality will transform into a bloodthirsty instinct.

Zhao Sheng thought for a moment and then asked: "As far as I know, the Sky-reaching White Tower only opens for seven days. Once seven days are up, we will be ejected. According to your words, you seem to have stayed here in Beast Heaven for quite some time?"

The giant bear was forthcoming: "That’s right, old bear has been trapped in this realm for far too long. You shouldn’t envy me; if you can’t pass through the Reincarnation Gate, you will be trapped too."

Seeing that the other party was talkative, Zhao Sheng immediately continued to ask questions, pouring out his heart full of doubts.

The pitch-black giant bear was quite candid, saying what could be said directly, and leaving nothing unsaid that couldn’t be disclosed.

After asking everything, Zhao Sheng gained a deeper understanding of Beast Heaven.

In Beast Heaven, survival of the fittest and natural selection are undoubtedly eternal themes, and mutual slaughter is the only way to enhance one’s strength.

For Immortal Ruins Guests, the greatest danger is not the omnipresent slaughter, but maintaining humanity from being assimilated by beast instincts.

The White Tower has opened countless times, and Beast Heaven has accumulated generations of Immortal Ruins Guests trying to pass through the tower.

During this period, the vast majority of Immortal Ruins Guests succumbed to becoming beasts, eternally damned to hell.

Only the very few who have profound Daoist levels manage to use their divine secret skills, persistently maintaining their humanity.

As for the way to leave Beast Heaven, there is only one, which is to pass through the Reincarnation Gate and be reborn.

Nevertheless, no matter how Zhao Sheng tried to ask indirectly, the giant bear remained unwilling to divulge any information about the Reincarnation Gate.