Chapter 22 Chapter 22 White Spiral walks into the daylight...
When Bai Xinluo walked in front of Bai Tianming, he could no longer stand. He fell down trembling all over. He couldn't tell whether he was too scared or too expectant. His limbs had no strength at all and he couldn't even move forward. He felt like he wanted to see the dawn but died before dawn.
Although no one was strangling him, he began to feel suffocated. Tears welled up in his eyes, blurring his vision. The whole world seemed to be soaked in tears, bitter, salty, and blurry. He trembled and struggled like a fish thrown on the shore.
However, he didn't know what he was struggling with.
Bai Tianming sighed, and seeing that he couldn't stand up, he took two steps over, stretched out his hand, and helped him up from the ground. He hugged Bai Tianming tightly, like a drowning man hugging a straw.
He refused to let go. Bai Tianming patted his back gently as a comfort, but he burst into tears and grabbed Bai Tianming's clothes like a child who had suffered a great deal of injustice.
Bai Tianming tried to comfort him, but new demons flew in one after another from the space crack.
The scene was both lively and quiet, as if they were attending a funeral where they were watching the dead come back to life, and there was clear joy in their crying.
Finally, the hill was full of people.
The first demons and humans to arrive stood at the edge, as if numb, with expressionless faces, looking at everything in front of them, with a trance-like feeling as if they were out of the world.
In reality, the demons were thinking: We were here first, why did it end up like this? We were here first. If we had known this would happen, we should have gone up and cried. Damn it! It's not like we can't cry!
The human hesitated. Is this a concert or a memorial service? What's going on? Are you possessed? I've never heard of a demon causing such an incident. Today is truly an eye-opener. Will it affect us? Should we go up there and cry too? That's inappropriate, isn't it?
The demons that came in later were still surrounding Bai Tianming.
Some of them were hesitant to speak and were pushed to the outside, while some were in high spirits, wiping their tears while talking and chattering, with no intention of stopping at all.
"Alright, alright!" Bai Tianming had no intention of listening to them continue. After comforting them one by one, he waved his hand and tentatively stopped them, saying, "Shall we talk about something else?"
The demons fell silent, all staring at him eagerly, waiting for him to speak.
He glanced at the ground, coughed dryly, and suggested, "Do you think the ground here is uneven? Do you want to fix it? I still have the tools, how about we do it together?"
The demons blinked. Although they didn't understand why he suddenly said that, they followed his gaze and looked around. Seeing that the ground was indeed uneven, they nodded vigorously to show that he was right. Then, they rushed to express their opinions, "It should be dealt with. Let's deal with it now!"
As the demons spoke, they lowered their heads and hurriedly picked up the various items that had been scattered on the ground. They tried to use them, although their movements were not very skillful, but the meaning was there. Just as they said, they were willing to help.
Bai Tianming saw that they were so obedient and felt relieved that he didn't have to let them lecture him for a long time.
However, the demons have all gone to work, and humans are still standing aside, motionless, as if waiting to be made into wooden figures. Even if they are stuck to the stone, they look particularly conspicuous.
Bai Tianming's gaze finally fell on them.
He had noticed them a long time ago, but didn't want to pay attention to them because when they fell, they didn't make a bunch of uneven holes in the ground, so there was nothing to pay attention to.
At that time, he still hoped that they would be sensible and go back when they had seen enough and never come back again. But now it seems that they can't leave easily.
They shuddered suddenly, feeling as if they were walking on the prairie and were suddenly targeted by a hungry predator. They wanted to find a place to hide, but didn't know where to hide.
The director took a deep breath, and then hurriedly walked out of the crowd. He gave Bai Tianming a friendly smile and said, "Hello, sir."
"Who are you?" Bai Tianming tilted his head and looked at him, already thinking about finding a place to sit down and talk. The point was not to talk, but to sit down.
What happened just now was really exhausting, and Bai Tianming felt that he really needed to rest.
There was no expression on his face, his eyes were very calm, and his tone was very natural, like an ordinary person. However, after watching the development of the series of events just now, it was difficult to truly regard him as an ordinary person.
When the director looked at Bai Tianming, he inexplicably thought of the description of innocent cruelty. He felt that Bai Tianming was like a carnivorous fox. When facing his prey, he was careless because he was confident. Therefore, there was no need to cherish it, be cautious, or show his teeth or make any ferocious movements.
Only hunters who are not strong enough would bluff and appear to be overly grandiose. A hunter like him who can do things with ease does not need to do anything unnecessary.
Because everything is easy.
Looking at his calm and natural appearance, the director thought that he had something to rely on and was very powerful, so he was fearless. In fact, the situation was indeed similar, and the director was not wrong.
The director took a deep breath and tried to control his body from shaking, hoping to appear as respectable as possible. However, he still trembled like an old deer about to be bitten to death, and replied, "I am the director of the security station."
He thought about it, wondering if Bai Tianming, who lived here alone, knew what the term "director" meant. To avoid misunderstanding, he added, "I brought these people here, and almost all of them are under my control."
Even if there are things that are not his responsibility, no one will jump out to refute him now. After all, facing a bunch of demons and a thing that is not sure whether it is a human or a demon, it is of course safer to stay among humans.
It was unnecessary to anger the enemy or upset his companions at this time, so the director straightened his back and looked very confident when he spoke.
This made him calmer.
Bai Tianming sat on a nearby rock, watching them from afar. He picked up the water cup he had left there for a while, and asked with a half-smile, as if he knew nothing, "Then what are you doing here?"
The director had a hunch that his question was a trap. If he said directly that he came to hunt the devil, it would obviously anger Bai Tianming, who had already recruited the devil as his own. If he lied and said he came to see the scenery, he would be too untrustworthy.
To be more tactful, they came here to express their gratitude to Bai Tianming, the owner of this place, for sending back all the people who had fallen in before, but no one knew what would happen.
The director thought about it and decided to speak directly. However, he tried to describe their words and actions as harmless as possible: "We live on the other side of the space rift. We don't know what it's like here, so we wanted to take a look and confirm the situation of the demons that came in."
He felt like he was walking on a tightrope, his heart was pounding, and sweat was involuntarily oozing out of his forehead. He wanted to raise his hand to wipe it, but was afraid of being mistaken for wanting to attack. His breathing became faster, and he felt like he was about to have a heart attack. He should have prepared heart medicine in advance.
The director blinked, seeming to hesitate before finally attempting to defend himself, saying, "We need to confirm the situation here so that the normal lives of residents there won't be significantly affected. There's no other purpose."
At this point, they are like vegetarian animals with their bellies open, almost putting themselves in a position to be slaughtered, weakening all aggressiveness and eliminating anything that may cause conflict.
If Bai Tianming still wanted to attack them at this point, the director thought, it really shouldn't be their fault, and no matter what, it wasn't his fault.
Bai Tianming could naturally sense the timid reaction of the other side, which was like a taut string that could break at any time. If the other side was a group of cats, they would probably be in a state of being on the verge of being stressed and extremely defensive.
Bai Tianming smiled at them and asked, "Are you planning to go back now?"
The director was on high alert when he heard this. He felt like he was sprinting straight into a cotton field. He paused for a moment and said, "Go back?"
He gasped, his eyes widening, unable to believe such a good thing could happen. He wanted to agree immediately, but was afraid it was a trap. He hesitated and asked tentatively, "Is it really possible?"
They were chasing the demon. Wasn't Bai Tianming worried that they would return with a large group of people to surround and eliminate the demon?
By then, the demons will have fled, but the land will remain here. During the day, the monk can escape, but the temple cannot, making it the most vulnerable to loss.
Bai Tianming could see what they meant and smiled perfunctorily. They didn't know much about this place and had no idea about it. They had no chance of causing any real irreparable damage here, so Bai Tianming was not worried.
He had already done enough and encountered enough things today. It would take too much effort to explain them in detail, and he didn't want to do it now. So, Bai Tianming just said to the director: "Okay, let's go."
After receiving the answer, the director no longer cared whether it was true or false. He immediately led his men to rush towards the space crack and prepared to leave.
At the same time, Bai Xinluo, who was filling the soil seriously, suddenly raised his head and looked at the director and others who were in a hurry. He remembered what he was here for, blinked his eyes, and turned to look at Bai Tianming.
"What's the matter?" Bai Tianming sat back on the stone, holding the hot cup of water, took a sip, and asked slowly.
"When I arrived," White Spiral hesitated, "the Demon King was already here, right outside."
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