Chapter 570 Above the Posa (105) [VIP]
"Fuck, it really moved?"
Zhao Ying, who was still muttering, looked up for a second, put his hands on his head as a shelter and looked in the direction of the gray shadow: "What moved? What moved? I still have a lot of harsh words to say, why did it move?"
As if to stop Zhaoying from saying more harsh words, as soon as she finished speaking, the gray shadow turned around impatiently, revealing a face that was already a little blurry.
Bai Jin stated that he reasonably suspected that it was He Chuling's remaining soul that felt that if he didn't wake up, Zhao Ying would come and say something very ugly, but he had no evidence.
Compared to his secret suspicion, the comments were much more direct:
[Luckily this something-something spirit has awakened, otherwise if the Immortal continues to talk, I would be broken before its defense is broken.]
[It is hard to imagine how vicious Jiang Jie would say if he continued to speak.]
[For example, if you take one day off and then take three days off, then you have to work from Monday to Sunday? ]
[Your company has long and short weeks off, and on the weekends of the long weeks you have to do even more stupid team building with your stupid colleagues? ]
[You are going out to pick up trash on the streets in the hot summer for your city creation sanitation activity, but the previous group of brothers have already picked up all the trash on the streets, so you can only pick up trash as you throw it? ]
[Okay, stop talking! What happened to the foundation investors who were supposed to be second-generation rich? Why do you all look so much like office workers? Shouldn’t you all be living on yachts, sports cars and luxury goods every day?]
[Good question, because once a person is stained with the smell of work, their life is over...]
Under the barrage of comments full of class flavor, you can vaguely see He Chuling turning around on the screen.
Her residual soul should have indeed recovered some of its sanity. Compared to her previous aimless "floating", her direction was obviously more determined after she turned around. She was clearly heading in the direction of Bai Jinshu and Zhao Ying. Even her face with blurred features was "looking" in their direction.
However, compared to the normal "seeing", the facial features of He Chuling's residual soul were too blurry. If Bai Jinshu didn't know that this was the residual soul of a team member and was placed in another unknown space, he would probably have to consider how to turn around and run away quickly the next second after being targeted by such a thing.
The gray shadows seemed to be very close to them, but in fact, it took more than ten minutes for He Chuling's residual soul to float from her direction to where Bai Jinshu and the others were.
The gray shadow came closer and closer, and when it stood in front of them, Bai Jinshu realized that the shadow was probably about the same height as He Chuling himself.
Although his memory of recording the show was not very clear, he could barely remember that He Chuling, the only female host, was wearing a pair of not-so-high high heels, and the top of her head was a little shorter than him. If the height of the high heels was subtracted according to his own height, her height would be estimated to be around 1.6 meters.
The gray shadows looked extremely tall when they were far away from them, estimated to be two or three meters tall. According to the rule that things appear larger when closer and smaller when farther away, the actual size of these shadows should be at least six or seven meters tall. However, as the shadows got closer, they became smaller and smaller, which was a bit beyond common sense.
Zhao Yinglai pinched his chin curiously: "Hey, that's interesting, why is it getting shorter the closer I get?"
"It may be some special rules here in the shallows," Bai Jinshu thought for a moment, "You can ask Fu Yiran."
The Gu King is professional in these matters.
"That makes sense." Zhao Yinglai raised his watch and started asking.
While she was typing, Bai Jinshu looked up and down at the gradually approaching residual soul of He Chuling.
Apart from the slightly blurred facial features, He Chuling's residual soul was no different from the host he had met in his native world before, except that his expression looked a little duller, without the previous cleverness of being well versed in the ways of the world and being able to get along with everyone.
When meeting his gaze, He Chuling's dull expression finally showed a change. He opened his mouth and uttered a stumbling sound: "Just now, I, heard, the Foundation?"
She spoke discontinuously, but Bai Jinshu quickly understood what she meant.
"You mean, you came here because you heard us mention the Foundation?" He quickly organized his words to confirm.
He Chuling's remaining soul took a few seconds to understand before slowly nodding.
It seems that she was not awakened by Zhao Yinglai's words... It should be that she mentioned the key word "Foundation" when she whispered for the last time, which made He Chuling's residual soul regain some consciousness.
"You, the Foundation?" He Chuling's residual soul continued intermittently.
"Yes, we are a member of the Foundation's exploration team," Zhao Yinglai raised his head, "Hey, so you remember that you are a member of Team 1?"
He Chuling's remaining soul still took a few seconds to react before slowly nodding.
"Skao, this guy... doesn't look very smart. Could he have been made stupid by the water?" Zhao Yinglai smacked his lips and paraphrased the Gu King's reply. "Fu Yiran's saying that the near is small and the far is large is probably for deterrence, because the natives here are different from us. For them, it would be dangerous if they stepped into the shallows. So in order to prevent uninformed people from stepping in, they arranged for those who have already entered to become tall to warn others not to enter by mistake."
As for the living souls, their life span has not yet ended, so they can only move in shallow waters and can never step into deep waters. If they force themselves to step into deep waters, they will be pulled into the revolving lantern, and the next step will probably be losing their lives or being separated from their souls.
He Chuling was the only member of the team who left here alive, but left behind a remnant soul. It was probably because she also forced her way into the Forgotten River.
If that day Zhaoying had arrived a little later, Bai Jinshu and Wen Qi would probably not have simply communicated with each other, but would have met the same fate as He Chuling.
The living still have protection mechanisms, but for the dead natives of the underworld, as long as they step into the Forgotten River, they are at risk of being swallowed, so of course they need to be warned to prevent themselves from entering by mistake.
[Oh, I understand. The screen shows pedestrians running red lights in front of the zebra crossing.]
【God's metaphor.】
[Thank you, I understand now. ]
[It is to expose those who entered the Forgotten River, and warn future generations not to mistakenly enter. ]
[And there are quite a few people rotating in this exposure screen. ]
[Have you already started calling for the exposure screen? 】
[Aoshen came here four or five times, and met He Chuling twice in those four or five times. This probability is quite high, which shows that there are not many people on the exposure screen. ]
[Does that mean that there aren't many souls that can take on a human form? ]
There were many speculations in the comments, and Bai Jinshu frowned and recalled how often he met He Chuling.
He saw He Chuling quite frequently, which indirectly proved that there were few wandering souls qualified to serve as "warnings". Combined with the fact that her figure and facial features had become even more blurred in just a few days, the probability of finding the "big shot" himself was too low.
Not to mention that those wandering outside are souls that still have human form. Those that have been washed away in the Forgotten River for decades may no longer exist, and the probability of being awakened by their own names is extremely low.
"But this does prove that our method is useful," Zhao Yinglai thought for a moment and said optimistically, "It's just not enough to just shout out their names. We also have to find some key words to help them regain their memories."
The Gu King Fu Yiran only said that summoning souls requires calling out their names, and he did not mention that they need to find keywords to restore their memories. It is estimated that the regular lost soul is different from the spirit entering the Forgotten River, so this extra step is added.
"But how do we know what key words the former big shot has to restore his memory?" Zhao Yinglai said worriedly, "Will it be useful to shout as we walk about who we have found to replace you...what's that look in your eyes?"
She was halfway through her words when she noticed Scario looking at her as if she were a fool.
"Why do you want to find it yourself?" Bai Jinshu pointed at He Chuling and raised his eyebrows.
"If I don't look for him, will you..." Zhao Yinglai paused, looked at the direction Bai Jin pointed, and suddenly understood what he meant, "You mean... let He Zi go?"
"She walks much faster than us." Bai Jinshu nodded.
The last time he tried to chase He Chuling, he failed to catch up. The movement speed of souls is definitely much faster than theirs. In addition, He Chuling has been soaking in the Wangchuan River for several months. At least he is more familiar with the terrain than Zhao Ying.
The last time Zhao Yinglai went to look for the little ghost, he searched for an entire night. At this rate, unless he is extremely lucky, Zhao Yinglai will never be able to find the big shot who was replaced before they leave.
It's too late.
But He Chuling is different. She moves fast and is familiar with the Wangchuan River. Maybe it is much easier for her to find the original owner of the replaced big shot than for Zhao Ying to find a needle in a haystack alone.
"But she doesn't look very smart..." Zhao Yinglai muttered, "He Zi? He Zi? Can you help us find someone?"
He Chuling's soul took half a minute to react before he slowly said, "Take me, go."
"Did you understand it or not? Why does it feel like the replies are random?" Zhao Yinglai frowned.
"You help us find someone, and in exchange, we will take you out of this unknown space and send you back to your native world. Is that what you mean?" Bai Jinshu thought about it.
"Yes," He Chuling nodded slowly, "You, sound familiar."
"Oh, I understand this!" Zhao Yinglai scratched his head, "She said you sound familiar, has she seen you before?"
[Hmm? Have you seen him before?]
[So Aoshen is here to rescue people too? ]
[That shouldn't be the case. Didn't Ao Shen see this spirit once before? If he came in to rescue her, he should have used a paper figurine to take her away that time. Moreover, he didn't take the initiative to take this spirit away during this meeting. Instead, it was the other party who proposed the exchange.]
[Yes, Jiang Jie, who really came in to rescue someone, said so at the beginning, and he even went out to look for someone for several nights in a row. By comparison, Aoshen really doesn't seem to be here to rescue someone.]
[Could it be that He Chuling has heard of the name of Aoshen before? After all, it is normal for exploration team members to know each other's names, and all the spaces containing divine creatures in the Foundation were upgraded to a higher level because of Aoshen's [First Hospital]. It is normal to know about this person, right? ]
[Although, it is normal for He Chuling to know Aoshen, but it is not normal for Aoshen to know He Chuling. I remember that the potential value of the previous team was very low, otherwise it would be impossible for so few people to watch. Skao is a member of the special space. He Chuling does not look like a member like Changfen, whose fixed attributes are so scarce that Aoshen has to rescue her personally. Why does Skao know her? ]
[Could it be someone he knew in the Aoshen Native Space? Is He Chuling also a French-Chinese? ]
Not only the barrage speculated so, Zhao Yinglai also thought so.
"You and He Chuling have met before?" She said casually, "No wonder."
"Hmm? Probably not. I just remembered the name and appearance when I was looking through the information." Bai Jinshu tilted his head, "She...may have heard of my name."
Of course this statement is false.
When He Chuling said that the name sounded familiar, she was probably familiar with the name "Skao". After all, the protagonist of a movie that won Oscars twice was a hot topic not only in the circle but also outside the circle. It is normal for people to be familiar with the protagonist's name.
But Bai Jinshu really didn't expect He Chuling to suddenly say that he sounded familiar.
The Foundation's exploration team members come from various worlds, and it is normal for some of them to be characters derived from literary works. In addition, the appearance of "Skao" is somewhat different from that of "Bai Jinshu". It is a face generated completely according to the description in the script. From the beginning to the end, Bai Jinshu had no intention of associating his original name with these identities.
Fortunately, He Chuling is also a well-known host. If someone follows He Chuling to find information about Scarao, they can only get two conclusions: he is the protagonist of a movie in He Chuling's native world, and the actor who plays the protagonist does not look like Scarao himself at all.
"Then can you tell me the name of the important person?" Zhao Yinglai tentatively told He Chuling the name, and looked at her dull expression with worry, "Can you find it?"
It doesn't look very reliable.
"Okay," He Chuling paused for a while, then uttered a few words, "I've seen it."
"Is his figure not blurry?" Bai Jinshu suddenly raised his eyebrows.
"No," He Chuling replied slowly, "very clear, different."
"I remember seeing it before..." Zhao Yinglai lowered his voice and said vaguely, "Some people came in by mistake, while others were waiting for someone. The two should be different."
Among the souls that enter the Forgotten River, in addition to those who fell in accidentally, there are also a considerable number who are waiting here for people. However, most of them turn into a wisp of residual soul in the process of waiting.
If He Chuling came in by mistake, then unlike her, she must have come here to wait for someone.
"If he is waiting for someone," Zhao Yinglai guessed, "could it be that the person he is waiting for is the one who replaced him?"
Bai Jinshu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at He Chuling: "How about this, you go find someone first, we'll wait here for you to bring him out, how long will it take you?"
"Soon," He Chuling paused and emphasized again, "Take me away."
After receiving repeated acknowledgements from the two, she turned around and walked towards the shallows. Her figure gradually grew taller and larger, blending into the gray shadows.
"I feel like there must be more than one person like this great man in the depths of the Forgotten River," Zhao Yinglai thought for a moment, "If those old men have replaced many people, there will be many people waiting for them to come down and take revenge."
These old men who constantly replaced other people's bodies to survive in the world chose to be either rich or noble. She didn't believe that those who were robbed of their originally smooth lives would not hate them.
If these people were given a chance to return to the world of the living, they would definitely spare no effort to take revenge on those who replaced their lives.
"But now we only know that an important figure has been replaced..." Before Zhao Ying finished speaking, he heard the voice of Skao beside him.
"Little devil."
"Little ghost, little ghost must know," Bai Jinshu repeated, "Since these people are all immortals who have lived for who knows how many years, are they really so easily bewitched by a little ghost and form an alliance with a poor boy with no foundation?"
Zhao Yinglai: "Ah... yes."
Ever since they learned that Lin Jianyu had a ghost, they had always believed that he was able to rise to the top by using the ghost to confuse others and climb up, and in the process kill his competitors to win directly.
But now that we know that the "big shot" is actually an immortal who has lived for who knows how many years, everything becomes a little tricky.
Firstly, someone who has lived for so many years and replaced important people countless times must have methods that a young man in his early twenties cannot match. Secondly, as someone who knows the secrets of the underworld and can even spread news to lure death row prisoners to find substitutes, they are not something that a rookie who has just died a few years ago can control.
So when this little devil “bewitched” the big shot, was he really bewitching him?
Or did the big shot actually take a fancy to the kid in Lin Jianyu's hands and found that he was a useful thug, so he took advantage of the situation and wanted to recruit him for his own use?
"They took a fancy to Xiao Gui, and Lin Jianyu, who created Xiao Gui, became famous along with him. The key point is that Xiao Gui is not Lin Jianyu. The 'big shot' got Xiao Gui, a useful thug. It is very likely that he knows, has seen, and has handled more things than Lin Jianyu knows." Zhao Yinglai continued to analyze.
It is very likely that Lin Jianyu will not know until his death that his elder brother-in-law has lived for hundreds or thousands of years, and that his two nephews and nieces are the bodies that he will seize next, but the little ghost may not be sure about that.
They will hide these things from a "person", but they will not hide them from a "tool" without self-awareness. There is no telling how many secrets the little ghost has.
"Perhaps, as a tool more useful than Lin Jianyu, he has seen all the Lao Dengs who have taken on other people's identities and are living a miserable life. If he knew who these people are, wouldn't he be able to catch them all in one fell swoop..." Zhao Yinglai touched his chin. "Isn't this the reason why the 'big shot' was anxious after Lin Jianyu's death?"
How did Lin Jianyu die? If others don't know, how could the "big shot" know? His death was tragic, and there was no sign of any human intervention. Just thinking about it, you can tell that Lin Jianyu's death must have been caused by a little ghost.
The little ghost who was suppressed into the underworld suddenly came back to life for revenge. If he could kill Lin Jianyu, he could kill the "big shot", not to mention that he had more information about those who were stealing and replacing things. It would be too easy for him to catch them all in one fell swoop.
This is probably the real reason why the "big shot" suddenly acted conservatively and tried to reduce his presence as much as possible. He was worried that he would be targeted by the little devil.
And now...
"Contact Wen Qi immediately," Bai Jinshu and Zhao Yinglai looked up at each other, and saw the same look in each other's eyes, "Let her go find the little ghost."
If their guess was correct... the reason why the "big shot" suddenly dared to act in a high-profile manner was not because his backer had woken up from a coma.
Or in other words, this person who has been in a coma for a long time is indeed a backer, but a backer in another way.
"If Wen Qi can't be found, it only means... the little ghost might have been dealt with by this backer who suddenly woke up." Zhao Yinglai looked solemn.
And after the little ghost is dealt with... the next person they will target will be Wen Qi, who brought the little ghost back from the underworld.
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