Bai Ling felt a little regretful.

I have to admit that he did express some "surprise" and even "horror" just now.

God knows how confused Bai Ling was just now.

This feeling frightened Bai Ling even more than Zou Ye's sudden "confession" to him.

At least Bai Ling knew that Zou Ye said those things at that time because he was mentally ill and was afraid of the consequences, so he chose a roundabout way of attack, which was a kind of strategy.

However, the current situation...

He really has never seen it.

Bai Ling even began to regret why he didn't use his prophetic ability in the first place.

If I had known that the ferryman would say such "tiger words", I should have observed the future in advance, and then avoided it and talked about other things...

Unfortunately, it was too late now. In the real world, the ferryman had already made her request.

Sighing, Bai Ling looked up at the ferryman and said, "Excuse me, what is the reason for your request?"

reason?

The ferryman’s explanation was quick: “Simply because it’s too boring.”

She sat next to Bai Ling, gently pinching his hair, as if there was something in his hair that interested her: "You know what? I have been here for a long, long, long time."

"This is the bottom of Tartarus, the place closest to the Abyss," she said frankly, "There is no life here. Except for people like you who occasionally enter the Abyss due to some special circumstances, I haven't seen a living person for a long time."

"Although I am responsible for ferrying some guys into the Abyss, this is my duty, but since I was born, I have never fulfilled this duty. If it weren't for the deepest part of my soul that kept me here, I would probably suspect that someone had given me a hint or modified my memory."

As if she thought Bai Ling's hair wasn't interesting enough, she moved her fingers down and rubbed Bai Ling's face. "I don't know how long it has been, maybe hundreds of years, or even thousands of years? Anyway, time has been passing like this. At first, I could still use my sense of mission to strengthen my thoughts, but this mission that never emerged later became the source of my torture."

“I began to realize that maybe I had to wait even further into the future before I could truly fulfill my duty,” she said. “But I couldn’t wait that long. Thousands of years was too long, and the thought that there might be thousands more, countless thousands more, was driving me crazy.”

"But I can't go crazy, because the voice in my soul tells me that I have to wait. So, I started to think about finding some fun. Unfortunately, I can't leave this place, nor can I look elsewhere, so the only fun I can find in the end is you guys who have strayed into the abyss."

Scratching Bai Ling's face, the ferryman said expressionlessly but in a gentle voice: "Do you know how many creatures have strayed into this place?"

This question is probably not for Bering to answer.

After all, this was Bai Ling’s first time here, so it was impossible for him to know.

But this gave Bering an inspiration.

That is her, the ferryman, who doesn’t know what’s so special about Bai Ling yet.

At least she didn't know what Bai Ling's abilities were.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be asking and answering questions by herself now.

Sure enough, soon, Bai Ling heard the ferryman mutter to himself: "There are four in total."

"The first one was a beast-like creature. I was still sticking to my mission at the time, so I just watched from the sidelines. The beast fell into the abyss, and soon I could no longer see it."

"After a long time, the second guy came. He seemed to be of the same race as humans, but with some differences. I hesitated when I saw that guy. I was already troubled at the time, so after hesitating for a while, I finally decided to pull it up."

After a pause, the ferryman continued, "But unfortunately, I was unsuccessful in pulling the man out of that place the first time. In the end, I only saved part of that guy."

All right.

Hearing this, Bai Ling roughly guessed what kind of "miserable condition" the second guy was in...

But he was still listening.

Because he knew that soon the ferryman would talk about the third one, which was the one before this one.

Bai Ling estimated that he was quite familiar with that person.

Sure enough, the ferryman continued, "Then there was the third one, which was much shorter than the interval between the second and the first. I was almost going crazy at that time, so I urgently needed someone to communicate with."

"When I saw that guy, I used all my energy to carefully pull him up. I tried to communicate with him and discuss with him, but maybe because he was not in a good state, we only chatted for a very short time in the end, and he said that he wanted to enter the Tianyuan."

"I don't care about this. To me, he is just a passerby. It's good to have someone to chat with, no matter who it is. But as a reward for being the first one to communicate with me, I will send him into the abyss unharmed, and meet him outside when he comes back."

Listen to the ferryman's words.

Bai Ling understood: "Sure enough, this third person is Hermes."

He had already made some guesses, and after hearing the ferryman's words, he became more certain of his thoughts.

At the same time, I was even more surprised.

He really didn't expect that the ferryman could send people into the "Abyss" and pull them out at the same time...

What a terrifying power this is.

You know, up to now, humans have not even discovered the existence of the Abyss, and most people know nothing about it. However, under such circumstances, there is actually such a guy who can travel between the Abyss and the real world...

It's a bit chilling.

Plus, what the ferryman said about the language engraved in her soul made Bai Ling think deeply.

Over there, the ferryman's voice continued: "I originally thought that communicating with people would relieve my boredom, but I was wrong."

“Once you open the door, it’s hard to close it again,” she said, “especially for people like us.”

"The long and vague mission, the world without people, everything was unbearable for me. Therefore, after a long time after the third person left, I made a decision."

She looked at Bai Ling with a gentle look in her eyes: "That is, if a fourth person comes to this place, I will lock Him by my side and let Him become my 'beacon' to stabilize my mood."

As soon as these words were spoken.

Bai Ling, who was still thinking, was in trouble again.

As if he didn't know Bai Ling's mood, the ferryman's voice was somewhat cheerful: "Luckily, I met the fourth person today. I was originally worried about how long the fourth person could last. After all, there is no food or water in this world. If a creature falls into this world, it will probably leave in a few days like the previous person. But after seeing you, I realized that this is not worth worrying about."

Holding up Bai Ling's face, the ferryman finally smiled for the first time: "Your life form is very special - as a creature that can move and speak, you seem lifeless to me. This is really an extremely lucky thing, because it means that you can stay by my side forever, instead of leaving because of your fragile life."

"I began to feel that this moment was my lucky time. I thought that this moment must have been created for you and I to meet. Yes, this is probably the so-called 'fate'. When I wanted to choose someone to be with me, you came here, and you are the most perfect choice - like me, you can stay here forever without being bothered by time..."

She whispered, "Yes, this moment was created for this purpose. This 'fourth choice' must be you. Everything is as perfect as fate has arranged."

These words gave Bai Ling a headache.

When he noticed the way the ferryman looked at him, Bai Ling felt that his head, which had not hurt at all before, became even more painful.

In fact, he also felt that it was too coincidental.

Just when the ferryman wanted to find someone to accompany her, this guy who fits her perfectly in every angle, landed in the abyss, and happened to be unable to move and could only stay in this place.

It really is like "fate".

However, this is probably fate for the ferryman, but for Bering, it is probably "shackles".

Because it is so coincidental, sometimes it is often arranged by people.

Perhaps someone just wanted Bering to stay here without moving, so they chose this critical moment to let Bering fall to this place.

After all, all these factors indicate that everything is too close, even too accurate to be realistic.

But it's a pity.

Right now, that guy probably wasn't willing to listen to Bai Ling's explanation.

Looking at the ferryman who kept muttering the word "fate" from time to time, Bai Ling felt that no matter what he said at this time, he would probably be refuted by the other party.

With a sigh, he decided to change his thinking.

"I didn't expect that you, who are not human, would have human-like emotions," he said, "You can actually feel lonely too."

Facing Bering's problem.

The ferryman stopped his mumbling for a moment.

She looked at Bai Ling and said softly, "Of course."

“Humans think that long-lived species can’t feel lonely, purely because of preconceived ideas,” she said. “You always say that just as humans and ants can’t understand each other, short-lived people and long-lived people can’t understand each other.”

"But in fact, as long as it is intelligent and has emotions, it will inevitably need to connect with others. This cannot be severed no matter what. Even monsters must be surrounded by monsters who share the same suffering and can rely on each other. Otherwise, living alone would be too hard."

It can be seen that the ferryman's rhetoric is not particularly good. At least she doesn't speak some philosophical ideas in a flowery way. She just clumsily expresses her feelings according to her own understanding.

This made Bai Ling couldn't help but sigh again.

There was no way he could stay with the ferryman.

Not to mention how long his own state can last, just the mess in the human world will become a mess if he is not in charge.

So after hesitating for a moment, he continued to talk about this and that: "During this period of time, do you have any special feelings? For example, did the person from the past say anything to you, or did you notice any changes in him?"

Listen to what he says.

The ferryman looked at him deeply, with a complicated look in his eyes.

"I know you want to get information from me," she said. "The person before was the same. He always wanted to get a lot of special information from me. You humans are almost the same."

Hearing this, Bai Ling just smiled.

He didn't intend to get any interesting clues from the ferryman, he just wanted to lower her impression score as much as possible. If he could make her have a worse impression of him, then it would be great.

However, what he didn't expect was.

The ferryman glanced at him and said slowly, "But it doesn't matter."

"You are the one of destiny, different from the previous ones," she said calmly, "If you want to know, then I will tell you everything, but the premise is that you need to leave me a promise."

"A promise to never leave here and stay here forever," she said. "After leaving this promise, no matter what news you want to know, even the most secret information in the Abyss, I can tell you in person."

"Tell me, then, what is your decision?"

Looking at the ferryman and listening to her condescending voice.

The smile on Bai Ling's face faded away.

"This is really... a difficult decision," he said.