usatvline Chapter 596 [Domain - Second Gate] Teammates Reunite
Chapter 596 [Domain - Second Gate] Teammates Reunite
Perhaps the harmonica was of too low quality, and too many ghosts were lured in.
The music grew softer and softer, as if it might stop completely at any moment.
This is a good thing for Feng Yao and Wu Hui, since the paper sedan chair has been squeezed out of shape and is about to collapse.
It seems I won't need to use a fountain pen for the time being.
But Chen Ji couldn't relax.
His current worry is no longer about the ghosts, but about the mysterious disappearance of the little monkey.
The little monkey is his biggest trump card, even more so than the pen and the scapegoat method!
Of all the strange creatures, only [Words] can eliminate multiple ghosts quickly and efficiently, a fact that has already been proven in the domain of Jia Gu River.
The question now is why the little monkey left. Did it disappear passively, or did it do so voluntarily?
If it's the former...
Combining this with what the pen had said earlier, Chen Ji's heart tightened.
If the monkey disappeared because a powerful ghost was in the underworld, just how terrifying was that ghost?!
A ghost that transcends time and space controls as many as six curses, and each curse alone could open its own domain!
Chen Ji couldn't help but suspect that this ghost was related to the Source Corpse.
He remembered clearly that his uncle's tenth domain directly encountered the corpse of the ghost infant, and his teammates were almost wiped out.
And this time... it's Chen Ji's tenth time.
But he couldn't be sure, because if this ghost was indeed the Source Corpse, then which one would it be?
First, we can rule out the ghost baby, but it can't be the creator ghost either, because the pen always changes to some extent in every event related to the creator ghost.
So it's either a new Source Corpse... but the only known Source Corpses right now are the Ghost Infant, the Creation Ghost—and perhaps a "future" Chen Ji himself.
otherwise.....
The monkeys walked there on their own initiative.
But why? This time in the domain, the little monkey was very quiet.
Just then, a putrid stench wafted from behind, and as the harmonica fell silent, the ghostly horde gradually dispersed.
Soon, several pale blue ghostly figures swept past the paper horse and stiffly walked back the way they came.
At the end of the crossroads, the gray fog still lingered.
Chen Ji's gaze followed those figures. He had already noticed that the ghosts were all emerging from the thick fog ahead.
Without the harmonica's allure, more and more ghosts began to turn around and head back into the gray fog.
It's as if something there is attracting them...
Or perhaps, beyond the gray fog lies where they should have been?
But why are they gathered there?
Chen Ji's previously vague speculation gradually became clearer.
This is the underworld where Xu Sandao and Du Tingfeng are, so the funeral supplies store must exist; it can't be an endless crossroads.
The paper horse and paper sedan chair always traveled on a straight road... a single path.
Yin-Yang Road?
If the ghosts were all in the thick fog, then is the real underworld just beyond the crossroads shrouded in that thick fog?
Just then, the paper horse beneath him suddenly swayed, and then, as if it came to life, let out a neigh.
Immediately, the paper horse stiffly took a step forward, slowly moving forward with the surging tide of ghosts around it.
The sedan chair also floated up at the same time, following closely behind.
Chen Ji's heart was pounding faster and faster as he stared intently at the gray fog. The distance between them and the fog-shrouded crossroads was constantly shrinking.
When the distance was only a few hundred meters.
Chen Ji smelled a very faint burnt smell.
His heart turned completely cold. Even before entering the gray fog, he was already certain of his guess.
There's someone in that fog.
Two people.
Bai Shaohua, and Liu Zi!
Because everything has proven that Chen Ji and his group have not actually reached the underworld yet; the underworld version of Daping City is behind the gray fog.
So......
The last intersection shrouded in gray fog.
It is the place where Yin and Yang meet.
This is also the location that Chen Ji had predicted long ago—the place where the Red Bowl Group held the [Ghost Summoning Ritual]!
This guess had been lingering in Chen Ji's mind for a long time, which is why he hoped the sedan chair could hold on a little longer. If that were the case, then the harmonica would not only be a weapon to lure Feng Yao, but would also accidentally attract the ghost of the Red Bowl Group!
At this moment, Chen Ji finally realized why Zhang Wei's wife, even though she knew about the ritual, had not yet broken the curse.
Because it's too difficult!
How could someone possibly survive for an hour surrounded by so many ghosts?
The harmonica music has now stopped.
It only bought them a few minutes.
Now, the only hope is...
If the monkey chose to leave early on its own, perhaps it went to Liu Zi's place?
Chen Ji's thoughts were churning. His worry for Liu Zi made his throat tighten, and at the same time, a strange feeling suddenly spread through his body.
It's like walking through a forest and suddenly stepping into a cold stream.
In the next instant, the ordinary street and the warm yellow streetlights all disappeared, leaving only a strong sense of desolation that enveloped Chen Ji's entire body!
The paper horse stepped into the gray fog.
Everything around them froze for a second.
Immediately afterwards, a pale white light appeared in Chen Ji's vision.
His location had suddenly become the entrance to a crossroads, directly facing a traffic light erected in the center of the intersection.
However, at this moment, all three light bulbs of the traffic light turned black and white.
And beneath this lamp...
Two familiar figures were staring intently at the paper horse, as if trying to confirm something.
Just as Chen Ji had guessed, it was indeed Bai Shaohua and Liu Zi.
They wanted to know if, as they had guessed before, Chen Ji and the other three had boarded the paper sedan chair!
The paper horse continued to move slowly forward, seemingly without any intention of stopping.
But the ghost behind him was not.
Instead, they stopped several hundred meters away from the traffic lights.
"pen!"
Chen Ji immediately summoned his pen, sensing that the paper horse wouldn't stay.
"Find a way to bring the substitution method to Wu Hui and have her throw it out."
【? 】
I have no hands.
"Poke it with the tip of a pen." Chen Ji was in no mood to say more.
The pen chuckled twice and then fell silent.
soon.
The paper horse approached the traffic light.
They were close enough that Chen could clearly see the two haggard faces under the lamplight. Each of them held a red bowl, which seemed to be full of paper ash.
Strangely, despite the extraordinary allure of the paper ash to the red bowl group, neither Bai Shaohua nor Liu Zi chose to eat it.
The trembling arms proved that they were not without desire for the ashes.
But before he could think about it, Chen Ji immediately looked at Liu Zi, trying to find the monkey.
If the little monkey were here, then this wouldn't be a dead end—
.....
No.
Liu Zi's shoulders were empty.
His anxious gaze at the paper figure proved that the monkey couldn't possibly be here.
Neither Bai Shaohua nor Liu Zi could hide the hope in their eyes.
However, Chen Ji was unable to react at all.
The same goes for Fei'er, who was beside him.
Once they mounted their horses, their bodies were unable to move.
Not to mention Wu Hui and Feng Yao inside the paper sedan chair, who had to avoid being discovered by the ghosts while also dealing with the real paper figures, making it impossible for them to get out of the sedan chair.
"If Liu Zi has a substitution technique, he can at least survive one fatal attack..."
The little monkey's hopes with Liu Zi were dashed, and Chen Ji's mind raced as he considered other solutions.
He still didn't know how the two had gotten there, why the ghost hadn't attacked them immediately, or whether Xu Sandao's cinnabar chopsticks would arrive in time—
But at this moment.
Chen Ji's vision suddenly turned red.
It went dark for a second.
It's red again, even brighter.
A foul-smelling wind suddenly came from behind.
Just before the final red light appeared, Chen Ji suddenly realized something.
That's the light from the traffic light.
The light bulbs, which were originally black and white, suddenly started turning black one by one...
The light turned red.
It was like the end of a countdown for something.