"I... lost contact with Chengcheng again." Ji Zifeng stopped and said.
Just now, he and Na Ran Tian Guo and others were walking while asking the spirits on the roadside for news about Chihu City, so they walked slowly. Before they had time to meet up with Ji Chengcheng, who would have thought that they could not contact each other again.
"Since Chengcheng is in good health, there's no need to rush to find him. The most important thing now is to figure out how to leave Chihu City."
"Let's first analyze the intelligence we just obtained."
"Paper figures randomly break into homes and kill people at night."
"Then, the black cloak hooked away the dead soul."
"I feel like Red Lake City's ultimate goal is to kill everyone in the city."
"Why do you say that?"
"It's simple. This city doesn't have any living or entertainment facilities. It's not even as prosperous as the town we lived in before. Meals here appear on the table at a fixed time every day, just like raising a group of...livestock."
"I don't understand what the master of the secret realm wants to do. If he wants to kill everyone, why doesn't he just kill them all? Instead, he keeps them alive first?"
"If you raise 10,000 pigs, do you have to slaughter them all in one day? You'll definitely slaughter a few every day..."
"I understand what you said. But how can we escape?"
"I don't know. I'll continue walking around the city and gather more information..."
"I think it's useless to search around. All the streets and houses look exactly the same. There are no special buildings in the entire city. The people living here are all souls attracted to the secret realm. There is no city lord or person in charge. We don't know who to ask for information."
Ji Zifeng retorted, "No, you're not right. If this city is completely sealed off, how could Chengcheng lose contact with me? Perhaps there really is some hidden passage in this city that leads to the outside world. Perhaps Zhu Tianmiao has already taken Chengcheng away."
"You big idiot, you're so stupid, would Chengcheng abandon you and run away alone?"
"No..." Ji Zifeng smiled bitterly.
"Isn't that right? Chengcheng must still be here."
At this time, Naran Tianguo, who had been silent all the time, said, "Maybe I know where Zhu Tianmiao went."
"where?"
Naran Tianguo said: "I think she was taken away by the black cloak."
Na Ranfei was confused at first, then horrified, "That... isn't that a dead end?"
Ji Zifeng said, "I don't think so. This city is like a cage. People trapped in it have no idea what the outside world looks like. The black cloak is the jailer. Only by being taken away by the jailer can we get access to deeper secrets."
"But what if the jailer drags the soul out and beheads it? You just said this place is like a pig farm. The pigs that are chosen... do they have any other value besides being eaten?"
Xihong comforted him, "That's just a metaphor. We are not pigs, but spirits. We can't be eaten."
"Xihong, there are evil spells in this world. Perhaps some people are specialized in absorbing the spiritual power of others and scattering our souls..." Na Ranfei was in a negative state of mind. She had never expected that she would encounter such a dangerous situation when she entered the secret realm for the first time in her life. If she had known this, she might as well have stayed at home to cultivate her spiritual power...
"Then Zhu Tianmiao and Chengcheng, could it be..."
"No!" Ji Zifeng said loudly.
Na Ranfei glanced at him and said, "I suddenly feel that it would be a good idea for you to send Cheng Cheng out. We can use your condition to determine whether Cheng Cheng is safe, and then determine whether Zhu Tianmiao is safe."
"So...should we also be captured by the Black Cloak?"
As they were talking, a group of paper people happened to pass by and slipped into the house next door through the crack in the door.
"No—" A middle-aged man hiding nearby rushed over. He had handsome features and looked like a charming and handsome uncle, but his expression was full of fear and anxiety. He stood outside the door in panic, banging on it hard, "Please, come out, don't eat me..."
The paper people laughed and joked in the room, "Let's guess where you are hiding."
"Not under the bed."
"Not even on the rafters."
"There's no one in the closet..."
"There's nothing under the table. This person is really good at hiding."
"Everyone, hurry up and look for it! This is the most fun way to play hide-and-seek."
"You are so careless. His body is clearly under the bed. There is just a pit in the ground and he hid in it..."
"But don't living people need to breathe? Isn't he afraid of suffocating to death if he buries himself?"
While discussing, the paper people pried open the floor, and then worked together to lift the body of the handsome middle-aged man out.
Then, a creepy chewing sound was heard in the room.
"Help..." The handsome uncle's face was pale and he knew he was dead.
Na Ranfei couldn't bear it any longer, so she rushed to the door, clasped her hands together, and launched a soul attack through the door, "Damn paper figures, die!"
"Hehe, there seems to be a little girl at the door provoking us."
"She has such a temper and personality, maybe she'll taste good. Let's go find her body."
The paper people were eating and talking in unclear voices.
Naranfei was trembling all over, feeling both scared and angry.
The handsome uncle reacted suddenly, pushed her hard, and said, "Run! Run quickly, don't let them find you!"
Na Ranfei staggered and almost fell down after being pushed. Fortunately, Xihong stepped forward in time to support her and whispered a reminder: "Our bodies are not in Chihu City."
Na Ranfei was stunned. After thinking carefully, she realized that the town where she lived was different from Chihu City. There were no paper people in the town, only monsters like white cloaks and scarlet worms. These monsters had been almost burned to death by Zhu Tianmiao a long time ago. Even if there were some that escaped, they might not dare to come out and kill people. They all hid. Could it be that the paper people were going to run to the town to kill her?
Thinking of this, Naranfei's mood stabilized a lot.
The paper people killed the handsome uncle's body and crawled out from the gaps in the doors and windows, then they all looked at Na Ranfei.
"Let's see where you live..."
"Huh? There's no room for you here?"
"Did you come from the outside world?"
The paper people once again stared at the people around Na Ranfei and asked in surprise, "You are not from the city either?"
The leading paper figure circled around the group and wondered, "Your spirits aren't strong enough to enter Chihu City... The thick fog outside can mislead spirits, causing them to lose their sense of direction. If you're unlucky, you might even encounter a fog beast. Furthermore, Chihu City is surrounded by many Celestial Cities. Logically, if a spirit travels at night and wants to explore the city, it would most likely enter a Celestial Cities... But why didn't you go to a Celestial Cities, instead coming to Chihu City?"
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