"The Underworld Book of Life and Death Detention Center...?"
The young man repeated Tang Yuanyuan's question with some surprise, and couldn't help but look at her a few more times, as if he had some guesses, but he didn't show any other action, but quickly answered:
"I remember... I heard that the Detention Center of Life and Death is a forbidden place for the souls of the dead. Only natural ghosts can approach there, because many things recorded in the Book of Life and Death are taboos that the departed souls cannot know."
"But it is said that even a natural ghost...can't actually enter the inside of the Life and Death Detention Center...I don't know why it is clearly a thing left in the underworld, but the only existences that can enter there are living people...so all The guards there will only be on the outside."
This is exactly the same as the information given by No. 4...
The reason why she chose to ask about this as her first question was because she was really unsure about her next actions.
Although No. 4 said it lightly that she was asked to go to the life-and-death prison guard, she knew in her heart that it was definitely not that simple. And No. 4 didn't seem to have any intention of giving her too much information, so she had no choice but to collect some more information on her own.
Moreover, she had not been able to completely trust the information given by No. 4 before. After all, in this strange environment, she could not just listen to what one person said.
At this time, she listened to the young man's words and silently compared them with the news she had received before. She confirmed that what No. 4 had said before was not one-sided, and she felt a little relieved.
So she nodded after thinking for a moment, and then asked: "That means there won't be other existences inside the Life and Death Detention Center, right?"
"It should... be like this." The young man replied hesitantly, "After all, no one in this underworld can enter that detention center."
Tang Yuanyuan nodded and quickly asked another question that he was very concerned about:
"Then do you know what happened to the living people who went in in the past?"
Since the ghosts in the underworld know that only living people can enter the Life and Death Detention Center, it means that there must have been forerunners in the past, and Tang Yuanyuan hopes to hear some of the experiences of their predecessors.
But she failed to hear the answer she wanted from the young man. Instead, she saw the young man in front of her look very unhappy again. As soon as her heart skipped a beat, she heard the other man reply:
"What happened... No one knows what happened to them... because it is said that among the living people who have ever entered the Life and Death Detention Center... only one person has come out of it! All the others have gone without return, and they have all been locked up in the Life and Death Detention Center. No more news from Bo Detention Center!!"
This...he has never told me this kind of thing before...
Tang Yuanyuan felt cold after hearing this. She felt that she had embarked on a path of no return with no choice of turning back. She resisted the urge to turn around and question No. 4, and frowned with a bad expression. , asked again:
"Then do you know how that person came out..."
Before Tang Yuanyuan finished asking this question, he was unexpectedly interrupted by No. 4's voice.
"There's no need to ask him about that kind of thing, he won't know." He said, "You don't have to worry about it, because the so-called only human being who came out of the Life and Death Detention Center is the person I'm looking for. ."
"How did she return from the Life and Death Detention Center? Only I know that secret. It will be in vain for you to find out from other places."
No. 4 paused for a moment when he said this, and his red eyes swept over the ghost boy with a bit of chill, and then fell on Tang Yuanyuan.
"Being vigilant is a good thing for people like you, but you have no choice but to trust me. Tang Yuanyuan, you have to understand one thing. It will not do me any good to harm you."
"Of course." Tang Yuanyuan heard the warning in No. 4's words, but he did not show any fear. Instead, he said seriously, "Of course I believe you. After all, if your purpose is just to harm me, there is no need." Adding so much trouble to yourself.”
"But everyone has information blind spots, right? I just want to know more about what I have to face, and what if there is some information that you don't know?"
She finished her words without blushing, and then wisely chose to skip some of the questions she originally wanted to ask, and quickly changed the subject to the boy.
"Then the next question is, what you said will cause you to lose your mind if you don't absorb spiritual energy...is this a common trait of all ghosts?"
Seeing that Tang Yuanyuan changed the topic, the young man did not dare to neglect and immediately shook his head:
"No... Generally, only the dead souls are like this... Because our dead souls are different from the natural ghosts. Our souls do not actually belong to the underworld. If you want to stay here for a long time, you need to pay a certain price... So in fact, many dead souls They will also choose to be reincarnated in a hurry..."
It seems that there is really a big difference between the so-called "dead souls" and the "natural ghosts" in the underworld... He always seems to mention this difference... and from the feeling, the status of natural ghosts should be higher in the underworld. First class...
But what does it mean that the soul body does not belong to the underworld? Do different souls have different adaptability to this shore and the other shore?
Tang Yuanyuan couldn't help but have some associations after listening to the young man's words, but such associations only made more and more problems arise.
Originally, she wanted to use this to understand the current situation of the underworld or the ghosts living here. After all, it is instinctive to want to know more in a strange environment, but as expected, these are not things that can be explained in a few words.
So Tang Yuanyuan could only silently digest this unexpected knowledge in her heart, while secretly taking another look at No. 4 not far away. Seeing that the other party's patience seemed to be coming to an end, she hurriedly sighed again and threw it away. With those complicated thoughts in my mind, I planned to end my inquiry as soon as possible.
Of course, she would not waste this opportunity.
So she coughed lightly and asked the most important question she had thought about early in the morning:
"Then the last question is, you said before that my breath is very special. In your opinion, what kind of specialness is this?"
It seems that he did not expect Tang Yuanyuan to ask such a question. The young man kneeling on the ground was obviously stunned. This time there was a longer silence than before. Finally, he frowned and said something after thinking for a few times:
"I may offend you a little by saying this...the aura on your body is very tempting...the kind of temptation that ghosts can't resist...but it seems that it's not just because you have a lot of spiritual power. ..It seems that your soul itself has a strange attraction to spiritual bodies..."
"Although this is actually just my own feeling... But I have also had some different experiences... Well... I have actually felt an attraction that is very similar to the aura on your body... And that kind of Attraction comes from..."
"enough."
No. 4 suddenly spoke in a cold voice, interrupting the young ghost's words.
After his interruption, the young man suddenly stopped talking, and Tang Yuanyuan, who was listening carefully, couldn't help but turn his head back to look at No. 4 inexplicably.
What are you doing! We are getting to the key point!
She was so anxiously shouting in her heart, but when she turned around, she could only look at No. 4 with an aggrieved expression, who had deliberately interrupted the young man's words for some reason, but the latter's eyes didn't seem to fall on her, and he was just minding his own business. said:
"I allowed you to waste enough time, Tang Yuanyuan."
"You don't need to know things that you shouldn't know. My patience has reached its end. If you don't let him leave, I will definitely know his fate."
"this..."
Tang Yuanyuan was startled when she heard the words. She could hear the anger in No. 4's words, so she didn't dare to ask any more questions. She looked back at the young man and winked at him quickly.
"My problem is over...! Leave now!"
She lowered her voice and said that to the young man. The latter nodded repeatedly, stood up from the ground, and bowed to her carefully:
"I will remember your kindness! My name is Mu Xi. If you need any help in the future, I will definitely help you..."
Tang Yuanyuan nodded anxiously, and then while looking at the young man's leaving figure, he thought to himself that he probably wouldn't need your help anymore. After all, what kind of living person would come to the underworld often when he has nothing to do?
As she was complaining in her heart, she suddenly realized something from the boy's words.
"He said his name was Mu Xi...but isn't he a revenant? No. 4 seemed to have no name before when he was said to be a revenant..."
Tang Yuanyuan frowned slightly and muttered to himself, and then was quickly brought back to attention by No. 4's voice.
"The ghost is gone, why are you still staring at the place where he left?" He sneered, with a subtle impatience in his tone that he himself was not aware of, "Are you very concerned about that dead soul? "
Tang Yuanyuan turned around when he heard this, looked at No. 4 and shook his head.
"I don't really care, I just feel a little strange..."
She suddenly stopped mid-sentence because for some reason she had an intuition that No. 4 would no longer want to hear her talking about that boy.
And actually, it wasn't just the boy who was strange...because she realized that when she asked the boy the last question, the answer he failed to say seemed to have been deliberately interrupted by No. 4.
She didn't know why the other party did this, but she didn't dare to ask more.
"Whether it's strange or not, many things have nothing to do with you, right?" No. 4 said, "For you, completing my mission and leaving here is the most important thing. After all, humans are not suitable to stay in a place like this for too long. So you should hurry up."
When he said this, he paused again, looked at Tang Yuanyuan's face and was silent for a moment, then lowered his voice and said:
"Tang Yuanyuan, don't know too much about things you shouldn't know. The more you know about some things, the greater the probability that you will be affected. Do you understand?"
She looked into No. 4's eyes and nodded, without opening her mouth to argue.
"Then, let's go to the center of the Earthly Palace. I think you are also anxious to get rid of this annoying guy like me, right?"
I don't know if it was because he was satisfied with Tang Yuanyuan's reaction, but the tone of his words finally softened a lot compared to before. Then he raised his hand and waved, beckoning Tang Yuanyuan to follow his pace.
Tang Yuanyuan walked quietly to catch up with No. 4 who was walking in front. Then he sighed silently and raised his eyes to look at the tallest palace-style building in the underworld in the distance.
