The next day, 21:20.
Under the steps was a long, dark and deep path, but Po Meng's steps were calm and calm. The sound of footsteps echoed in the intertwined paths, unhurried and unhurried, like a wanderer returning to his hometown, groping for his position bit by bit in the mottled memory.
From time to time, Mrs. Meng would touch the stone slabs on the side of the wall with her fingers. After a few taps, she could light a dim oil lamp or open a hidden door.
Li Ben followed Po Meng closely, fearing that he would miss the mark and disappear. There were no pursuers behind him, but the road under his feet seemed to have no end, and the monotonous environment stretched endlessly. Even if it was said that this was a conscious space imagined by a mental patient, there didn't seem to be any violation.
Of course, the back view of Po Meng is quite eye-catching, and the chat with Po Meng continues, which is the only way for Li Jianguo to confirm that time is still passing.
Mrs. Meng's tone was very calm, as if she was discussing an ordinary trivial matter, no more rigorous than the taxi driver's attitude in discussing international current affairs: "Most people don't know it well, but in fact, the cities of Fengdu are connected to each other. At that time, Fengdu's The builder and I have some friendship, so I know most of the trails relatively well. Later, I sent people to complete some important pathways myself, and the entire underground space is now relatively complete."
Li Jianguo was a little unbelievable: "That is to say... you could actually leave there at any time? Wait... According to this, they shouldn't have been able to catch you, right? Could it be that you were deliberately Caught?"
While talking, Li Jianguo watched as Mrs. Meng pulled out a hidden compartment from the wall on the right, which actually contained biscuits and water that had been prepared!
Po Meng took out the water and took a sip, then pushed Ange back, her tone unchanged: "Yes, I can avoid being caught by them, and I can even hide so that no one can find me. But this is meaningless. After all, I am Meng Po, the only person who can make Meng Po soup. If I keep hiding, then within a few days, the reincarnation system will have problems."
"I see," Li Jianguo felt that he could somewhat understand what Mrs. Meng said, "They can't lock you up anyway, so why not take the initiative to understand what the other party wants to do? As expected of you, but you can be in any house It would be too..."
"Oh," Mrs. Meng responded, "It's not just any house, that's my house."
Li Jianguo was a little surprised: "Your house?"
"Yes, that's my property. I handed it over to my subordinates to take care of it. They rented it from me before, so I know a little bit about it."
"This is such a coincidence!" Li Jianguo sighed, "Fortunately, this is your house, so we can escape so smoothly. If not..."
Po Meng opened another fork in the road, paused briefly at the intersection, turned to Li Jianguo and said with a smile: "Nothing will happen. In view of the unique location of my house, my house is recruiting investors." Conspirators, kidnappers, lawless elements"...To be honest, currently more than 90% of the "illegal" enterprises above a certain size in Fengdu rent my house."
Po Meng continued to walk forward calmly, while Li Jianguo was left speechless.
"Uh... doesn't Hades care about it?"
Po Meng said calmly: "We can't control it, and besides, we have our own distribution channels. Even if they are evil forces, they still have to have food, clothing, housing and transportation, and they need a suitable place to realize their aspirations and ambitions. Everyone in the world is a guest, and they There is demand, I have supply, it’s just business, why not do it?”
"And..." Meng Po smiled: "As the richest man in the underworld, someone will definitely covet me. If they choose to tie me to my house in the end, it can be regarded as a kind of insurance."
is that so?
Li Jianguo was deeply shocked by the woman in front of him.
As expected of Po Meng.
There are three caves in Fengdu, but in Fengdu, the entire underground of Fengdu was riddled with holes. The entire Fengdu was Meng Po’s hiding place and refuge.
Li Jianguo felt that he was increasingly confused about the relationship between Meng Po and Hades. There seem to be some connections between them, but there are also some differences; they seem to be running for the same thing, and they seem to be taking completely different paths...
Gentlemen are harmonious but different. It can only be said that on this point, there is an extraordinary tacit understanding between Hades and Po Meng.
However, Li Jianguo still had one thing he didn't understand.
"Then why did you let Cui Ling leave just now?"
Po Meng responded, "This is a way for both of us to leave. I believe you can also see that Cui Ling may have fought you desperately at that time. Among his options, there should be no possibility of being captured alive. Hades We still don’t know much about Cui Ling’s plan and the missing soul, so we probably don’t want Cui Ling’s clue to be cut off. I’ve long heard that the Lord is unparalleled in power, so if you take action, it’s hard to guarantee Cui Ling’s fate.”
Oh, I see, indeed.
Po Meng is much more considerate than me. She should be the one to solve the problem in Hades, not me, the fake.
Having said that, Li Jianguo recalled what Meng Po said to him last night, and there were some things that he cared about.
The two walked in silence for a while, with only the sound of footsteps echoing in the passage.
Finally, Li Jianguo couldn't help but asked: "Mr. Meng, when I first met you, I remember you said, "It's you," and finally you also said, "We've seen each other with admiration after three days of separation." I I want to ask you again, do you know me?"
Po Meng answered very calmly: "Of course."
"Then you must know why the sky chose me to be this so-called death test officer. Is it really just a random scapegoat? If you can remember me, maybe..." Li Jianguo's voice was a little hopeful: "Maybe I actually Were you a hero or a god before?"
Po Meng smiled: "Isn't it because, sir, you are so wise and powerful? It is said that you are extremely intelligent and brave. Yesterday we met and you are indeed extraordinary. I think this is why heaven has chosen you..."
Li Jianguo quickly waved his hands: "What the hell, I don't know who I am. In this way, you don't understand me in this life, but what about me before? For example, in previous lives, you Since you know me, I must have been a somewhat famous person before, right?"
She turned around and looked at Li Jianguo. The smile on her lips looked even more mysterious and unpredictable under the light of the oil lamp.
"No, Master Li, I think you may have got it wrong. Everyone in the world has misunderstood me. Even Cui Ling just now thought that Meng Po Soup has a secret recipe. No, Master Li, Meng Po Soup is worth tens of millions of dollars. The reason why only I can do it these years is because..."
Li Jianguo looked into Po Meng's eyes, which seemed to be calm but also agitated by the storm.
"I am the God of Memory."
Li Jianguo was a little confused: "The God of Memory?"
"The doctor who understands pain best can calm the pain, and the god who is good at remembering can help people forget. I have remembered all the past and present lives of hundreds of millions of souls in the world. Every time you drink Meng Po soup, it is actually... Cut and pasted the memory into my head. So...yes, I remember you like I remember everyone else in the world."
Li Jianguo was a little disappointed and murmured to himself: "It seems that I was just an ordinary soul before."
Li Jianguo felt unhappy: Did the Jade Emperor really randomly select an ordinary scapegoat?
"However," Po Meng frowned slightly, "You are indeed very special."
Li Jianguo couldn't help but look forward to it: "Oh? How do you say this?"
Po Meng tilted her head slightly, as if she was considering the words she wanted to say:
"Master Li, your first ten reincarnations... were all very ordinary."
Mrs. Meng's words somehow brought Li Jianguo back to an unrelated memory fragment.
I think back then, an interesting thing happened when Li Jianguo was studying.
He was still in junior high school at the time. After a final exam, he scored 62 points on the math test. He felt there was a problem and applied for a score review. Sure enough, he found that there was a problem with the sum of his scores. The school was very reasonable and adjusted the scores immediately.
After adjustment, the math test score was 52 points.
And because he failed, he was beaten violently by his parents with all their strength, and he almost died on the spot.
If you think about it this way, it doesn't seem to be an "interesting" thing.
Now, he is dead.
And, the same funny thing happened again.
Li Jianguo thought that he should be familiar with this feeling, but unexpectedly, he still felt very lost...
And surprised.
"Ten lives... are all very ordinary? Mrs. Meng Po, if you tell me this, you might as well not tell me..."
"No, no, no," Po Meng said firmly, "Ten lives have been very ordinary, but this matter is already extremely extraordinary."
Seeing Li Jianguo's eyes like a drowned puppy, Po Meng had no choice but to explain: "The reincarnation of ordinary people should be like an electrocardiogram, with peaks and troughs. Some lifetimes are outstanding, and some lifetimes are lost to everyone, with ups and downs. Fu, enjoy different scenery...but you are different, Mr. Li..."
Li Jianguo actually read a rare look of confusion in Po Meng's eyes: "Your reincarnation is the trough, and your birth is mediocre. Your destiny is like the electrocardiogram of a dead person, with almost no fluctuations. It only lasts two or three lives, but you have ten consecutive lives. It's all like this. In my old memory, Mrs. Meng, I probably haven't found anyone like you. Mr. Li..."
You can almost read a hint of awe-like emotion in Po Meng's eyes: "At least in the first ten lives, you were outstanding in mediocrity and no one could match it."
Listening to Po Meng's resonant words, Li Jianguo couldn't help but feel...uneasy for a long time.
Double negation means affirmation, which means that Li Jianguo's heart... feels calm.
It would be better to say that the heart is like stagnant water.
I even want to roll my eyes.
Po Meng was still looking at herself.
What? Should I react a little louder?
Should I thank the other person? Or do you want to say something like "Sure enough" or "I knew it"?
All right.
"I think Mrs. Meng is praising me." Li Jianguo said gloomily.
Po Meng then smiled and said: "But it was the mediocrity in the previous ten lives that made Mr. Li so special in this life, wasn't it? Perhaps it was the foreshadowing of the previous ten lives that made Mr. Li so famous in this life that he could reach the sky and become the Three Realms. A being that everyone looks up to.”
But pull it down.
Li Jianguo had no strength left to refute.
The two continued to walk forward, and Li Jianguo finally spied some secrets of his life experience that he had never known before, but he was not in the slightest happy mood.
It doesn’t matter if he is not the famous God of War, nor is he the second generation or biological son of any superhero. There is not even a super villain who jumps out and says to him: "I am your father!"
Why can't these clichéd plots happen to me once?
Ten lives...
How many ten lives does a person have in this life...
At present, only Li Jianguo himself knows that he has been very mediocre for the eleventh consecutive life. Cui Ling and Bao Zheng had both seen their resumes, and they immediately said that this resume was fake because no one would be so mediocre.
I know how to do it.
Li Jianguo looked at the dim and endless road ahead.
I don't know how long I can survive in the underworld... The ten-day crisis can last until the eleventh day at most. Today is already the second night. When they all find out that they are imposters, I wonder what expressions they will have on their faces.
But...wait...
"Mr. Meng," Li Jianguo was still determined to be evil and asked secretly, "What about ten lifetimes ago? How many lifetimes does the soul have now?"
Po Meng thought for a while and responded: "Nowadays, souls are generally between one hundred and one hundred and twenty lives. To be honest, your story before ten lives... I have not seen it."
Seeing Li Jianguo's expectant expression, Po Meng hurriedly said: "But don't expect too much. As you saw before, the soul after death will be scattered when it dies again. After the three souls and seven souls are scattered, , the soul returns to Jiuyuan, and the soul returns to Mingze. After many years, the soul reunites, and it is a completely independent individual from the previous soul. So... it is possible that your soul died due to some accident ten lives ago, and it is probably also possible that you were on the road. After a fall, my soul fell apart."
All right.
well.
For others, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
The greater my expectations, the greater my disappointment.
Li Jianguo was lost in thought until a bright light flashed out from above.
"We're here, Mr. Li, come out first."
Oh, yes, I still have important things to do. I have to tell Bao Zheng and others about the current situation quickly. I also have to chase Cui Ling and find out the whereabouts of his soul.
After Meng Po walked up, she stretched out her hand and pulled Li Jianguo out.
Returning to the ground... Uh, no, returning to the ground underground, and looking at the lifeless Fengdu buildings again, Li Jianguo's mood improved slightly.
Now it seems to be in the backyard of a building near Meng's Hotel, which is regarded as Mrs. Meng's own territory.
It's time to get down to business.
"By the way," Li Jianguo asked, "Do you know why Cui Ling kidnapped you?"
Po Meng nodded: "First, he asked me about the recipe of Po Meng's soup. I have just explained this to you; second, he wanted me to tell him the location and location of the shelter I will use to provide refuge to the people in a few days. Where is the entrance?"
"Shelter? Did you tell him? If you told him, we can go there to find him."
Po Meng shook her head slightly: "That's not true. We have not reached an agreement on this point. However, you have already seen the shelter."
Li Jianguo asked in confusion: "Have I seen it?"
"Yes," Po Meng pointed to the slowly closing hole in the ground: "The underground world we walked through just now is my refuge."
What?
But, yes.
"Of course, I also promised him some things and would provide him with some help. This is why he did what I said and left just now."
"Really? Why are you helping him?"
"Never put your eggs in one basket. Venture capital, if you can't solve the current difficulties, it's always good to have another option."
Po Meng paused and then said: "But you can rest assured, at least for now, I am not your enemy. Hades will always be my first choice, and I hope Mr. Li will not disappoint my expectations."
