Chapter 757

After hearing Hongye's story, Zhou Yu didn't know how to evaluate it.In the end, he decided to return to the present state.

"If this story is true, are these glowing things the so-called 'Pure Land'?"

Zhou Yu looked around the entire tunnel.Although the red light is faint, it has spread to every corner of the tunnel.If there were passengers on the train that just passed, it is absolutely impossible to ignore this eerie sight.

While Crescent Road itself is less traveled, there are residents in several adjacent blocks who are likely to choose this route home.When Zhou Yu came last year, besides Zhang Mumu who followed him, he also saw other passengers.In other words, the phenomenon in the tunnel has not caused commotion so far, which means that the duration is not too long.

"Let's not talk about whether he has anything to do with 'freeze', why are you making these red soil now? This city hasn't reached the point where not a single blade of grass can grow, has it?"

As he spoke, he pressed his fingertips against the wall.The channel that should have been made of cement and lime turned soft and brittle like flour under the red light.Just apply a little force, and it sinks down greasy.This made Zhou Yu feel extremely disgusted, as if what he touched was not a wall of earth and stone, but some kind of diseased organ.

After retracting his fingers, his skin was covered with a layer of dark white and fine wall powder, like incense ash.Under the light red halo, it really makes people feel that it can be swallowed.

Zhou Yu stared at the ash in his hand.From the point of view of hygiene, he doesn't want to touch this kind of thing at all, but after hearing the story Hongye told, he really wants to study this so-called 'pure land'.

When he was hesitating, Hongye took his hand and said, "Zhou Yu, you'd better not eat this."

"Will it affect it?"

"Well, although it shouldn't be serious to you."

On Hongye's face, there was a slight embarrassment, even an expression of shame.She wiped off the ashes from Zhou Yu's fingertips, and said, "What Sang Lian created is not a 'pure land'. If I had to say it, it would be more appropriate to call it a 'devil land'."

"... Isn't it okay for hungry people to eat it?"

"No...they can eat soil for a living, not because the nature of the soil has changed, but because they themselves have changed. Zhou Yu, the red light you see is a very vicious ritual. Eating magic soil People will be cursed into foreign objects. Night vision, scales, these are all alienated phenomena. They don't satisfy their hunger through the soil, but maintain the curse by eating the soil, turning themselves into the "covenant law" that swallows the air of Xuan Ye 'Souls, they didn't starve to death. A curse like that lasted for decades, enough to make a mortal lose both body and mind forever."

"But those people aren't..."

"This is because all the curses of the rituals were borne by Sang Lian alone. Originally, the concept of 'mountain' was a kind of ritual. Sang Lian let the villagers hide in the mountain, and she stayed in the temple on the top of the mountain. I think it's some kind of method to transfer the curse with the help of the township. During those decades, he should have been constantly deformed and alienated. The monks who disappeared in the temple, except those who died of natural old age in the early days, were probably eaten by him Lost."

"So, is the bone in the temple really his? Because he ate up all the monks in the temple and finally starved himself to death?"

"Absolutely impossible. With the strength of the curse he suffered, there is no need to eat like ordinary creatures. The villagers will find his bones. It must be Sang Lian who killed himself when he realized that the 'Dijue' was about to end. It’s gone. Use curse-like rites to help people get through the ‘distress’, and then digest all the curses by himself... After suffering like this for decades, his will must be as firm as a rock.”

Momiji stretched out her hand and gently stroked the glowing red wall.

The soft wall should have been crushed by the weight of the earth and stone above the tunnel, but for some reason it still retains its original shape, until it is pressed by humans, it will deform and fall off like mud.

"Zhou Yu... a benevolent person like this will not destroy his original wish, will he?"

This seemed to be the first time that she had asked Zhou Yu, who knew little about it, for advice on an occasion where she would make judgments alone before.

Zhou Yu thought about it for a while.He could hear what answer Hongye wanted, but in the end he just said, "Hongye, do you still remember the first song that Osir told you?"

"……Um."

"If you want to achieve greatness, bear the curse for it, and eventually become a monster that you are hostile to... This kind of thing is not uncommon. If Sang Lian is indeed your enemy now, you can't wait to die because of what happened to him in the past, right?"

Zhou Yu expressed his thoughts truthfully.Perhaps because the story Hongye told was too far away from him to give him a real experience, he still has no feelings for Sang Lian at this moment.

"No matter what, seeing is believing. Let's talk about him first. From my point of view, I don't want him to collude with your enemies. After all, I also have problems that need to be solved by him."

When he said this, Hongye's complexion finally improved slightly.Together, the two walked southwest along the tunnel.During the process, Zhou Yu suddenly remembered another thing.

"By the way, Hongye, the two people Osir mentioned, 'starving ghost' is Sang Lian's words, who is the other person?"

"...I think Osir said it might be a man named Li Li."

"Which word? Carp's carp?"

"No, it makes sense."

From the name alone, it does look like a smart person.When it comes to names that can reveal personality, Zhang Mumu's "Mumu" is a good example.But when Zhou Yu thought of Chen Wei, he immediately vetoed this metaphysical argument without causal logic.

"What about this man named Li Li? Did he have any strange deeds like Sang Lian?"

"No, I'm not very familiar with Li Li's words. The girl is different from Sang Lian. She has been here for a very short time. The first time I heard her name was from Aosier. However, Aosier used 'smart person' This nickname refers to someone, and I’m sure it’s someone I know. Then there are only two I can think of, and one of them will never appear in this city, and the rest can only be Li Li.”

"Wait a minute, is Li Li a woman?"

"It's a woman of your age."

Zhou Yu noticed what Hongye said.When describing Sang Lian before, she just said that she and the two "look about the same age", but this time she said with certainty that she was "the same age" as herself.

"Hongye, do you know my exact age?"

"Well, I can see..."

Hongye was explaining herself, but suddenly she stopped talking.Zhou Yu, who was already very familiar with her reaction, also stopped immediately, followed her gaze, and found a faint figure far ahead.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was about 500 meters, and the red light in the tunnel was very dim. Even if Zhou Yu thought he had good eyesight, he could barely make out the outline of the human figure.

"Hongye, is that Sanglian?"

"I don't think so. He looks closer to 40 years old, wearing a suit. I don't think even if Sang Lian changes her appearance, she won't choose his outfit."

Momiji's eyesight is surprisingly good.Zhou Yu turned his head and glanced at her, wondering if it was an illusion, he seemed to see a faint silver light flashing in those eyes.

"Even if it's not Sang Lian, what is this guy doing in the tunnel?"

"I don't know either. From the look of him, it seems that he is going to cross the railroad tracks."

Zhou Yu tried his best to look into the distance, but he didn't have Hongye's eagle eyes, and it was his limit to just distinguish that little wriggling in the darkness.While trying her best to observe, Hongye suddenly called out softly.

"The man... he walked to the wall and disappeared."

(End of this chapter)

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