The Shengshengbo Detention Center is located in the most prosperous center of the city in the underworld.
This fact was beyond Tang Yuanyuan's expectation, because whether it was based on the information she got from the boy or her habits, it seemed that a place to guard important things with certain special characteristics should be set up in some remote place. The place.
But in fact, this was not the only thing that surprised her. In fact, the scenes in the underworld that she saw along the way were completely beyond her expectation.
When she first arrived in the underworld, her life was in danger. Naturally, she was not in the mood to observe the appearance of this so-called world that was not in the same realm as the "human world". However, after everything was resolved and she had a chance to breathe, Tang Yuanyuan The instinct and curiosity to observe the environment are unstoppable and begin to revive again.
So she looked around all the way as she followed No. 4 to their destination, looking at the streets and alleys of the underworld they passed with curious eyes, while scanning the ghosts and monsters they passed by with unexpected eyes.
Before coming here, Tang Yuanyuan had never thought that a world like the underworld, where ghosts lived, could be somewhat similar to the human world.
She used to think that places like "underworld", "underworld" and "hell" would be primitive, dirty and messy like those in various novels and comics. In her expectation, they should actually be small stone caves. A cave or a desolate wasteland.
But the truth is completely opposite. The underworld looks like a huge city. Although many streets and landmark buildings still retain the ancient Chinese architectural style, there are also some buildings that are more like modern high-rise buildings. You can even live and wander in such a city. Many of the ghosts in the film also look like humans and walk around in modern clothes.
This kind of scenery often makes Tang Yuanyuan feel like he is not in the underworld, but just a strange country with a dark sky.
Such unexpected scenes always gave her a subtle "unreasonable feeling". She always felt that the underworld seemed a bit too "humanized", and even suspected that such a place was deliberately imitating the reflection of the human world.
However, no matter how curious and divergent her thoughts are about the underworld, those curiosity cannot be satisfied at this time. After all, she is still a "hostage" in a sense at this time and cannot leave No. 4's side.
So Tang Yuanyuan could only watch the countless familiar and unfamiliar sights passing by him, while casually guessing and thinking about various things to pass the time.
No. 4 didn't speak much after the little episode about the boy's appearance. He even seemed to deliberately distance himself from her, showing that he planned to "fight quickly and never waste time."
However, Tang Yuanyuan felt that his main purpose was actually not to listen to his questions...
Being unable to talk to someone like this is a bit of a torture for a talkative and curious person like Tang Yuanyuan, so even though she could see through the other person's mind, she almost couldn't hold back and wanted to speak several times. Chat with the person or ask something.
But when she thought of asking the other party questions, she would think of the other party's words "Don't know too much about things you shouldn't know." It sounded as if he was deliberately avoiding her exposure to something, no matter what. It made her very concerned...
Of course, she can only care in her heart.
Tang Yuanyuan curled his lips somewhat helplessly, looking away from the surrounding streets. After a moment, he followed No. 4 and quietly accelerated a few steps to close the distance with him.
The closer you get to the prosperous area where the Life and Death Detention Center is located, the more lively the ghost town streets in the underworld become, and the more ghosts you can see walking through the city. No matter how many people Tang Yuanyuan has seen in the world, The aliens among the ghosts are inevitably a little guilty.
Although she seemed to not care about her life or death when she threatened No. 4 before, in fact she still cherished her life. And precisely because she knew the risks of being a human being among the ghosts, she couldn't help but want to fight with her. The only existence he is familiar with comes closer.
Fortunately, although No. 4 had deliberately distanced himself from her before, he did not stop her from approaching her. Instead, he slowed down slightly.
Tang Yuanyuan complained to No. 4 in his heart that you have some conscience, while following him closely to keep the distance between the child and him within a few meters.
Sure enough, he felt that he would be more confident if he had a supporter by his side. Tang Yuanyuan suddenly felt like taking a leisurely look at the surrounding environment.
In this much livelier neighborhood, you can see more ghosts and monsters of all kinds walking through it than before, and you can even see ghosts that look like children playing and playing on the street, which is very different from the hazy fog that was everywhere just now. In comparison, this place is spacious with clear views, bright lights, higher floors and countless shopping malls. It is truly as prosperous as the human world.
"Wow..." Tang Yuanyuan couldn't help but sigh as he relaxed his mood, "I didn't expect that the underworld could have such a prosperous place... It's exactly the same as the human world..."
"Because most of the people living near this central area are natural ghosts."
To her surprise, the emotion she said to herself was responded to by No. 4, who said without looking back:
"Actually, the current underworld is indeed not much different from the human world. This is especially true for the natural ghosts who are not dead souls. And even if they are dead souls, those who can live here are probably equivalent to the wealthy part of humans."
As he spoke, he raised his head slightly and glanced at the dark sky above the underworld: "Don't you humans have the custom of offering sacrifices? Remembered souls also have privileges here, and ghosts that are remembered can always live there. In a good place.”
Tang Yuanyuan nodded and looked at the travelers coming and going. For a moment, he recalled his late mother.
But she quickly shook her head to get out of her thoughts, and her eyes fell on No. 4, who was not far in front of her.
A ghost that someone remembers always lives in a good place... His words echoed in my mind so much.
Is this the case for him too? Number 4 seems to be a very capable person, maybe he should be able to thrive in a place like the underworld, right?
Just as Tang Yuanyuan was complaining silently in his heart, he suddenly recalled a sentence he heard from the evil ghost when they first met.
He is a person who has made a wish, but he is just a sinner bound by the underworld...
Judging from No. 4's reaction before, the information given by the evil ghost is probably not a lie... No wonder he doesn't seem to care about the rules of the underworld and the things here.
Number 4 seems to have the terrifying power to crush most ghosts, but his biggest obsession is just to find a human being... Is that human being so special that he can betray the underworld for this?
Her memories came to an abrupt end, but she couldn't help but frown, feeling that there were really more contradictions and mysteries in the existence of No. 4 than usual.
"Oh... the girl who is worthy of doing such a thing that seems to be punished by God must be special, right?" She lowered her eyes and looked at the red string on her hand and said to herself, "But this is equivalent to giving up. You have lost all contact with the underworld, right? Then the ghosts and monsters who remember you here may also be sad..."
"Don't worry about that kind of thing, no one will remember me anyway."
When she heard the words, she raised her head again and saw No. 4 responding to her amusing words to herself without even looking back.
He paused for a moment and then continued: "So I have no home...because I can't connect with any existence...If I don't rely on special means and contracts, even the existence that I know will easily Forgot me...but there were exceptions...someone remembered me, but she..."
He suddenly stopped talking at this point, as if he realized that he seemed to have said too many things that he shouldn't have said, so he shook his head again and changed the subject:
"But it doesn't matter. I'm not one of those dead souls who need to continue their spiritual energy. I won't disappear because of this. I also became a votive person working for these guys because of atonement and some purposes, but even if it's because of work, To fulfill the wishes of human beings, they will also forget about me after the wish transaction is over.”
No. 4's tone was understatement, but Tang Yuanyuan felt a little sympathetic to him.
No one remembers, no one cares, and nowhere to go.
It's no wonder that he disappeared in the world and seemed to be doing nothing.
Tang Yuanyuan felt a little uncomfortable when he heard the phrase "I will forget" and asked, "Will I forget too?"
No. 4 paused, turned to look at her this time, and chuckled at her: "Of course I will."
"Not to mention that this is the meaning of the guy from the heaven, let the person who makes the wish forget the person who returns the wish... Furthermore, forgetting me is good for you and me. According to the classification of the lunar state, the relationship between humans and me is the weakest."
"Actually, you probably forgot about me in those few days when I didn't appear in front of you, right? It's just because of that simple contract that you still vaguely remember my existence. But you may not even notice it yourself. So I will still remember it later. Deliberately jolted your memory.”
Tang Yuanyuan was startled when he heard this, and opened his mouth with a subtle expression, but in the end he said nothing.
Originally, she instinctively wanted to say "I have never forgotten you" because she never had the feeling of having her memory recalled. She remembered everything about him clearly from the beginning to the end.
But she soon realized that this might just be her illusion. Maybe this was the brain's rationalization to deceive herself after the memory was awakened? So she chose not to say anything.
No. 4 didn't pay much attention to her strange reaction and just continued:
"But don't worry, this neither affects you nor me. I know a lot of people, but no one knows me. But it's good. You can see me since you were born. Even if you forget me in the future, I I can also wave to you and say hello.”
As he said that, he suddenly stopped and reached out sideways to pat the shoulder of Tang Yuanyuan, who was still thoughtful, until she also stopped.
"We're almost there." He glanced at a gate-like building in a relatively empty area not far away, and raised his finger to point to the huge door frame that was several stories high.
"The Life and Death Detention Center is in the special space inside that door. From here, we will pass through the guard area with few guards. I will deal with those guys. You just need to stay by my side."
Tang Yuanyuan nodded, made an expression like "I understand completely, let's take action as soon as possible" and took another step, but was suddenly grabbed by his arm.
"Tang Yuanyuan." He looked into her eyes and raised their hands tied with red ropes. "Before we go there, I want to make one thing clear to you."
"This red rope is our current 'fate'. Once the price is paid, it will break by itself, and then you will forget about me. When the time comes, I will send you back to the human world and pretend that nothing happened. ,Understand?"
He was silent for a moment, and then continued: "You must not be too suspicious of me to make it troublesome for me to send you away, or use too much sympathy to mess up things about me. It will not do you any good."
Tang Yuanyuan looked into his eyes and hesitated for a moment, then nodded lightly.
He looked into her eyes for a long time, and finally after getting her promise, he sighed in a self-deprecating tone: "...Forget it, what can I say? You may not be able to do it after the fate is broken anyway. Remember me...how can you remember my words?"
He said this and smiled self-deprecatingly: "I'm the one who said too much. In short, you just need to maintain your usual vigilance and desire to protect yourself. That's enough."
He then let go of her hand, and suddenly turned around and walked away again, as if he had lost interest in everything.
Tang Yuanyuan also ran after him, but this time she didn't blame him for his strange change of attitude.
It seems that because she heard the special things about him described by him, she was mentally prepared for No. 4's hot and cold behavior, and she also understood to some extent what the indifference and hesitation he showed from time to time was. From what.
If everything you do with any existence can only be remembered by yourself alone, it will undoubtedly be an extremely painful thing.
What can she ask the other party to change? She couldn't do anything, and just imagining it was enough to make her feel terrible pain.
Tang Yuanyuan chased his back, and when he lowered his eyes, his eyes glanced at the red rope in his hand that was connected to the other party, and he couldn't help but murmured to himself as if he was asking himself:
"What do you mean by 'fate'...is it really something that can be broken off so easily?"
