“My magic isn’t really suitable for carrying people. You’d better close your eyes next time.” Wuying had been waiting on the side, and only after Wang Yao calmed down did she gently remind him. “The main road from the Underworld Queen District to the Underworld Residence District is here. Take a look first, I’m going to pick up the ghost.”
As he spoke, Wuying vanished without a trace in a flash.
After setting up the three main roads and four wind tunnels, Qin Su took the lead in setting up wired telephone lines between the various blockade points to facilitate timely communication. It took about two days in total. Before they were even finished, corpse energy had already appeared at some of the blockade points.
The air ducts on the zero floor of this underworld building are divided into two types: fresh air intake ducts and return air ducts, which facilitate the intake of fresh air from the outside and the exhaust of polluted air from inside the building.
The fresh air intake duct draws in fresh air, which branches into three branches at the central three-way junction in the Underworld area, each leading to one of the other three areas. The exhaust vents are the return air ducts of the three areas, which draw in stale air from their respective zones, combine it in the Underworld area, and then exhaust it out through the exhaust vents.
However, the fresh air intake and exhaust vents are now occupied by corpse energy. Moreover, since the supply and exhaust fans are shut down, the return air duct has lost its power and has become a channel for corpse energy to enter. Therefore, it is necessary to arrange for ghosts wearing "glass" to guard them.
However, since the return air ducts converge in the Underworld area from the three zones, it saved Wang Yao and his team a lot of trouble. Only one group of ghosts needed to guard it. If the convergence point went deep into the Underworld area, they might have to arrange three groups of ghosts to guard each duct separately.
The first place where the corpse gas appeared was precisely this return air duct. Because the supply and exhaust fan motors stopped, a backflow effect was created in the duct, causing the airflow to flow backward, which is why the corpse gas entered the fastest.
Wang Yao and Wu Ying had just rested near Hui Shuo when they received a call from the Underworld District. The ghost responsible for relaying messages reported that a faint trace of corpse energy had appeared in the return air duct, but it was not a serious problem.
The two exchanged a glance, and Wang Yao noticed that Wu Ying's thin face was a little pale, so he smiled and comforted him.
"Don't be nervous. With my Glazed Shield, even if the corpse energy is strong, we'll be safe. I just wonder how the immortal that Gu Qi contacted is doing? And that green-robed man should have returned long ago. I wonder if Gu Qi summoned him or if he's doing something else?"
Wang Yao's biggest worry right now is Qingpao. Logically speaking, even if Gu Qi summoned him over, he should have returned by the same route, informed Wang Yao, and retrieved the token. But he hasn't appeared yet, so there are only two possibilities: either he has returned safely but left through another passage.
Wang Yao and Wuying had also visited other passages multiple times in the past two days, but they had neither seen nor heard the stationed ghosts mention the green robe. If the green robe did indeed leave through other passages, it must have been before Wang Yao and his group set up the blockade, which was highly unlikely.
Another possibility is that the man in green robes encountered trouble in the center of the Three Passages and was delayed. Under the rampant corpse energy, without Wang Yao to replenish his protective shield, he lost his protection in the Underworld Queen Zone, and the result was self-evident.
If the green-robed man is indeed like that, Wang Yao can only hope that he can get out as soon as possible before the severe symptoms appear. After all, Wang Yao is a "good person". Even if the green-robed man reaches the moderate corpse qi syndrome and is not in his mind, he can use the awakening order to save him, just like he saved Lin Yazhi.
When Wu Ying heard Wang Yao mention the green robe, he couldn't help but frown and nod. Needless to say, he was also worried about his superior.
"Let's get busy first, the time for the Underworld production area is almost up," Wang Yao said to Wuying after a moment's thought.
After making a round of "Liuli" to cover each checkpoint, even though Wuying's speed was already at its limit, there were still seven points to cover, so it would take more than half an hour.
In addition, there were some logistical matters to handle, leaving Wang Yao and Wuying with very little time to rest. Wang Yao was in slightly better shape, since he had already replenished his spiritual energy, but Wuying was clearly struggling, her face growing increasingly pale.
News of the discovery of corpse energy came from various sealing points, and Wang Yao had to go to the scene to check it out, adjust the positions of the sealing ghosts, and send some more ghosts over to seal off any leaks of corpse energy. Before he knew it, another day had passed.
Wang Yao and Wu Ying maintained a frequency of replenishing the protective shield every three hours, and their defense remained solid. However, the increasingly thick black smoke emanating from the blocking ghosts made him secretly worried, indicating that the source of the corpse energy was quite powerful and still had considerable staying power.
When they returned to Hui Shuo again, Wang Yao was surprised to find an old man with a white beard, dressed in Western clothes and leaning on a walking stick, standing there with his back straight. He recognized him at a glance. This was the man he had seen when he was in the "Questioning the Heart" green robe. He was the master of the zero floor, Judge Gu Qi.
There were three other people standing behind Gu Qi, but they didn't look particularly special. When Wu Ying saw Gu Qi, he hurriedly stepped forward to bow, but Gu Qi ignored him and instead looked at Wang Yao with a smile.
"Lord Yue Lao, this is Lord Pingdeng, one of the Ten Kings of Hell in the Underworld. The corpse energy has flowed into the eighteenth floor. Since you gentlemen are concerned about the safety of my floor zero, Lord Pingdeng has specially invited two immortals, Zhu Cong and You Junda, to assist me in clearing the corpse energy from my floor zero."
When Gu Qi saw Wang Yao, he introduced the three people behind him to him as if they had never had a conflict.
Upon hearing this, Wang Yao exclaimed, "Wow! One King of Hell and two immortals! Gu Qi's forces are quite formidable!" It seemed that reinforcements had finally arrived, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The important figures of the underworld had finally appeared, and they could finally relieve some of their burden.
King Pingdeng was also an old man, wearing an old-fashioned robe from the human realm. He had a wooden expression and seemed like a man of few words. After Gu Qi introduced him, he stepped forward and cupped his hands in greeting to Wang Yao.
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