Chapter 555 Next Stop (22)

In the empty space.

The dark, isolated space, devoid of any light, was filled with a strong smell of blood. Pile upon pile of animal flesh, as high as a mountain, dripping with blood, exuded a strong, rusty smell.

Under the meat mountain.

A handsome blond boy was devouring a chair-sized piece of raw animal flesh in one hand. His features were as delicate as a doll's. Even his attire was a Western-style preppy uniform.

He sat on the floor, wearing a white shirt, a dark vest, and a bow tie, his elbows lazily resting on his knees. His amber eyes were as indifferent as ever, devoid of any emotion.

only.

I would look up from time to time and gaze into this dim space.

He was already accustomed to the smell of raw meat that permeated the place. Even after eating so much meat, his body scent was still pure and clear, unaffected in the slightest.

His stomach was like a bottomless pit.

No matter when, you can never pretend to be satisfied, and the desire of the soul will never be satisfied.

So Taotie rarely leaves here.

Otherwise, it is easy to feel hungry, and if you go too long without eating, your strength will start to lose control due to excessive hunger.

Once in ancient times.

Unable to control his rage, he devoured many people. When he came to his senses, he often didn't even have time to think, as he was hungry again.

People say he is a symbol of greed.

You will never feel satisfied.

Perhaps that was the case, he wasn't quite sure. Living was painful for him, he couldn't control his hunger, he just kept eating and continued to commit sins.

Repeating the same mistakes again and again.

Taotie did not understand the meaning of his existence in the world, so he ate himself and his soul dissipated.

Only this remnant soul remains to atone for the past.

But I still feel hungry.

“…”

Taotie looked at the remaining front leg bone in his hand, and suddenly realized that he had eaten it all without realizing it while he was thinking about trivial things.

He turned around and looked at the meat piled up like a mountain around him.

He silently averted his gaze. This was a mountain of meat that he could never finish eating. It suited him perfectly, a mountain he had gathered and tailored for himself. With food, his greed was constantly satisfied.

This way, you don’t have to go hungry.

And, there is no need to leave here.

There was no need to leave, nor was there any reason to leave. If anything happened, Qiongqi and the others would come to find him, and only Qiongqi and the others knew the location coordinates. This was his private territory, and normally no one would intrude.

Yes, generally speaking.

“…”

Taotie's gaze strayed to a certain spot, and he froze for a moment. Then he pursed his lips and forced his gaze away. Thinking of someone, he felt an inexplicable irritation.

before.

I don’t know how Qiao Xi got in.

Seeing his true form eating, this was the first human to see his true form besides Qiongqi and the others. He had previously thought that it was unnecessary to act in human form because he did not interact with those humans.

but……

At that time, Qiao Xi broke in, looking for Taowu.

He wasn't very happy, as this was his territory. But the human's soul smelled delicious. From the moment she appeared in this space, the rich, sweet fragrance of her soul completely masked the smell of raw meat.

It smells delicious.

He did taste it.

But later, when he thought he still had plenty of time to figure out his greed and strangeness for this soul, Qiao Xi disappeared.

Taotie actually has no concept of human death.

When Qiao Xi disappeared.

He also went to look for Qiao Xi's body. The slender, beautiful and elegant woman looked like she was asleep, but Taotie could not sense any breath of soul from her.

Empty.

This is just a body without a soul, whose organs have all stopped functioning.

It turns out that human life is so fragile.

He didn't care about the life and death of human beings.

Those humans viewed him as a scourge and were terrified of him. He had almost grown accustomed to the horrified or angry gazes they offered, and Taotie himself disliked interacting with them.

However, after Qiao Xi's death.

He seemed to have a new concept about human death.

No longer able to communicate.

We can't meet again.

We can never touch them again. We can always contact the living no matter how far away they are. But the dead are gone forever and we can never contact them again.

Qiao Xi's life was forever frozen here.

She will never know.

What happened to the world after she left, and what changes took place?

Taotie thought.

After a person dies, his soul will enter reincarnation. Like everyone else, he is waiting for Qiao Xi's soul to enter reincarnation.

They are very strong.

It can directly take away Qiao Xi's soul and allow her to break free from the constraints of human beings.

Exist in the form of a soul.

Like them, they will coexist with this space forever, immortal and indestructible.

However……

Qiao Xi's soul completely vanished, without even dispersing throughout the world. There was no sign, no reason.

why is that?

Will it be a price?

Because Qiao Xi's unauthorized rescue of the beast angered the world that was filled with hostility towards them, she was punished by heaven. Her life was taken away early, and even her soul was completely annihilated, and she was not allowed to reincarnate.

Truly terrified.

Since then, Taotie has been in this space and has never left. Until recently, he sensed the presence of Qiao Xi in another independent space.

At that moment.

Without any hesitation, he immediately confirmed that it was Qiao Xi's own soul breath.

Over the course of several hundred years.

There will still be some souls with similar auras, but they are not Qiao Xi, nor are they her reincarnations.

The power of Taotie is the source of power in this space.

They also had a basic understanding of the strength of some of the surrounding spaces. The space where Qiao Xi appeared was one they had never encountered before. Therefore, according to the rules set by Qiao Xi before, they had not communicated with those spaces.

You cannot tear the coordinates and pass through them at will.

Of course, they have the right to kill those who tore through their space with malicious intent. He discovered that Qiao Xi appeared over there, and he knew that he couldn't go there against the rules.

so.

When he sensed Qiao Xi's presence, he thought for a while but still did not break the rules.

He still locked himself in this space.

However, his thoughts always drifted away involuntarily. When he came to his senses, he realized that he seemed to have been distracted again. He always involuntarily fixed his consciousness on the space where Qiao Xi existed.

Ever since I knew Qiao Xi was there.

For hundreds of years.

From the initial faint heartache to the subsequent silence and numbness. It had been so long that he had become accustomed to it, so long that he thought he would no longer have any fluctuations. The moment he sensed Qiao Xi's soul, his heart suddenly ached involuntarily.

He will cross the red line.

He drove away all thoughts of breaking the rules and stopped thinking about breaking the rules to go to the space over there to find Qiao Xi.

His power is too great and it is easy to alarm the other party.

Although it is possible to hide and pass through without alerting the other party, doing so would break the rules, so it is not allowed.

The more I think about it.

The more I try to get rid of this behavior of breaking the rules and crossing the red line from my mind, the more it backfires and becomes stronger.

Later.

As if by some strange coincidence, by the time he realized it, he had already come into contact with Qiao Xi.

Now.

Chaos seemed to have communicated with the outer space, reaching some kind of agreement. When Qiao Xi arrived, his aura suddenly grew stronger, filling the space and moving within his reach.

Is it possible to contact like this?

Will it break the rules of their space?

Taotie doesn’t know yet.

He looked up at the dim and lonely space, feeling the breath that was within his reach. He closed his eyes slightly, and discarded all the messy thoughts from his mind.

Open your eyes again.

He looked at the mountain of meat beside him in silence for a moment, then tore off a whole piece of meat and continued to sit down, eating it silently.

***

In other villas.

Cheng Xin looked at the task card in his hand with some confusion. The format here seemed different from that on the train. He woke up and found an extra card next to his bed.

Everyone gets together in the morning.

Pick a location and go on a date with your chosen partner. The other male and female guest were more familiar with each other, so it was normal for them to team up, so Cheng Xin went on a date with the girl in the red long skirt.

"Are you going with an umbrella?"

The girl in the red dress tilted her head slightly and held her chin with her hands. She sat opposite him and watched him put away the card, put on his backpack and took the umbrella.

"Bring it on. This is the first gift I received."

Cheng Xin nodded seriously.

He cherished the first gift he received from a stranger in his life. The girl sitting opposite him smiled and said, "Is that so?"

Cheng Xin heard her cheerful voice.

When he looked up inadvertently, he saw the girl looking at him with sparkling eyes. Cheng Xin felt a little strange, but didn't say anything.

The girl laughed again.

"I'm glad you like it, because my gift is useless and many passengers don't need it."

"ah?"

Cheng Xin didn't react at first, and suddenly remembered that the phone said there were three random modes of linkage, and he might encounter the audience.

Now this person says this.

Cheng Xin was not a fool. He understood after thinking about it. Could the girl in front of him be the audience member who gave him the gift?

As if to confirm his idea.

The girl in the red dress smiled shyly when she met his gaze, then lowered her head embarrassedly.

It has come to this.

Cheng Xin has completely understood.

This is the audience member who gave him the gift. She appeared right in front of him, and she was a pretty girl.

For a moment he was at a loss.

The girl in the red dress looked at him and covered her lips with her hands, then chuckled. "Don't be so nervous. I don't want anything from you. I just feel very satisfied that I finally get to meet you and can talk to you like this."

[Bai Gan Gan: She got it! She got A, sister, what a success! Ahhhhh!]

[Three Rabbits Picking Herbs: Eh, women who are obsessed with love are really scary]

[Lying down: It seems there is hope for a breakup]

[Bird in the Cage: Woohoo! I'm so touched! The boss has finally found his happiness! The poor office worker can finally slack off.]

[Bai Gan Gan: The little bird is coming? What happened to your boss?]

[Bird in the Cage: Hey, he's going to join the collaboration, I can slack off~]

Several familiar viewers were chatting in the barrage.

Chen Kexin also received a date task card and needed to go to a designated place for a date with her partner.

She looked at the mission card.

I felt like I was dreaming, but it turned out to be a date? Is this normal?

Finally no more Speed ​​​​of Life and Death?

The sudden arrival of a comfortable life and a full sense of happiness almost knocked her out, especially since she was going on a date with the handsome guy who had rewarded her. It was like a dream.

Unexpectedly.

One day, the plot in this girl's comic will come true for her.

Ye Ran just randomly partnered with a female guest.

Several people started to carry out the dating mission.

At this time, the audience in the live broadcast room also discovered that Qiao Xi's live broadcast room had finally recovered after being black for a whole night.

[Lying down: Hey, finally recovered]

[Three Rabbits Picking Herbs: It wasn't easy, I finally connected to the internet, but why does this girl look a little weird?]

[Four Rabbits: Huh? That's a bit...]

Qiao Xi's live broadcast room was reconnected, but on the screen, the girl was sitting in a wheelchair, staring blankly at her hands.

Her expression seemed frozen.

Or rather, it's unbelievable.

On the ground, only traces of corrosion remained, leaving only a puddle of water.

She stared at her fingertips for a long time, and in a panic she accidentally touched the coffee table beside her.

soon.

The coffee table, which was lightly touched by Qiao Xi, melted quickly like snowflakes in the warmth, making a sharp "hissing" sound.

Only a small pile of debris remained on the ground.

Until this moment, the audience watching the live broadcast suddenly realized what was going on, and then they fell silent.

In Qiao Xi's live broadcast room.

It was strangely quiet for several seconds, and after a while, it seemed as if someone finally reacted.

Only then did the barrage begin to drift by sporadically.

[Lying flat: It seems this time is more serious...]

[Shui Guanguan: This sister is okay, Shadow’s gift is here]

[Eight Rabbits Buried: What does that mean? I don't understand. Is it because I haven't been here enough?]

[Shui Guan Guan: It’s normal that you don’t understand. Let me explain it to you.]

User shadow.

No one knows its true identity; it seems to be nothing more than a shadow. After giving itself as a gift to a passenger, it becomes their shadow.

and.

After a short period of adjustment, the shadow will adjust to the passenger's own needs and generate a special ability for the passenger.

The strength of ability varies from person to person.

Some people have shadows, and the power they generate is bad luck, bringing bad luck to everyone around them.

Or opportunity.

When you get off the bus at a certain station, you may even encounter three boss-level tour guide monsters as soon as you step out of the door.

The teammates who got off the car together received their lunch boxes directly.

Although the owner of the shadow narrowly escaped death, he got his own opportunity and was rewarded by many viewers who were satisfied with the show.

but.

Also, because his companion was torn apart and eaten alive right in front of him, it left him with a considerable psychological trauma.

Because most of the abilities that come with it are misfortunes.

In most cases, teammates are "sacrificed" and the shadow owner survives alone.

So get the gift of shadow.

It means being orphaned, and not being able to harm anyone. But if you end up with your teammates, they will be sacrificed to the gods.

so.

When they saw that whatever Qiao Xi touched would corrode into water.

The audience in the live broadcast room shuddered.

At the same time, I felt a bit sad. This ability is powerful, killing everything it touches, but... for this passenger, it must be a disaster.