Chapter 34: 4,000 words added (Extra: Death before crossing)
I don’t know what happened to the weather in July, it was as if there was a hole in the sky, and it started raining at the beginning of the month, and it has been raining intermittently for more than ten days.
Gu Tang likes rainy days, but no matter how much he likes them, he can't stand it raining like this.
Everywhere in the room felt damp, including Gu Tang himself, who felt like he was moldy!
After staying at home and waiting for another two days, the dark sky finally cleared up.
Gu Tang breathed a sigh of relief. The refrigerator was empty. If she didn't stop, she would have to go out in the rain to buy the goods.
After coming out of the corridor, Gu Tang did not go to the underground garage to drive. She took the re-examination three times before getting her driver's license, but her driving skills were still terrible. Whenever she drove, there would be an accident!
During the worst month, she had ten accidents!
This is no longer a matter of whether your driving skills are good or not!
Gu Tang, who never believed in feudal superstition, had no choice but to ask someone for help and then went to a local Taoist temple for help.
I don't know if the Taoist priest was talking nonsense, but after all the calculations, he concluded that her driving luck was not good and the chance of her having a driving accident was several times higher than that of others!
This was the first time Gu Tang heard about the concept of "car transportation" and she suspected that the Taoist priest was fooling her!
But what they said was indeed true. Her chance of getting into an accident while driving is several times higher than that of others!
With the mentality of trying everything possible, Gu Tang asked the Taoist priest if he had a solution. The Taoist priest said it was simple, just don't drive.
After hearing this explanation, Gu Tang turned and left.
This question is useless!
Although he didn't quite believe what the Taoist said, when he saw the car, Gu Tang subconsciously recalled those bizarre accidents.
Rear-end collision, being rear-end collision, being hit while driving straight on a road with very little traffic, being hit while turning on a road with very little traffic, having the glass pierced by a stone falling from the sky, being hit by a blind bird, etc...
In short, there is nothing she can't encounter, only what you can't think of!
It would have been fine if he didn't know the term "truck transport". Now that he suddenly knew it, Gu Tang was still a little scared. In the end, he could only try to reduce the number of times he drove.
And her beloved car, which she had just bought, was also successfully banished to the cold palace.
After exiting the community gate and walking ten meters east, you will see the bus sign. The buses that stop there cover any place in Linjiang City.
The bus number that Gu Tang wanted to take was "118", which ran every fifteen minutes.
As soon as I sat down at the bus stop, the phone in my bag started ringing.
Taking out his cell phone and taking a quick look, Gu Tang frowned impatiently and hung up without a second thought!
A few seconds after hanging up, the opponent attacked again.
Gu Tang is dead again!
Fight the opponent again!
…
It seems like both sides are competing with each other and neither wants to admit defeat.
After six or seven times of calling, Gu Tang took a deep breath and pressed the answer button.
"You've grown wings, you little bitch! You don't even answer your mother's phone call?!"
Gu Tang's face turned cold: "What's the matter?"
The other party was obviously choked by this, "I'm your mother! Do I have to have something to call you?! Where are you now?!"
"Shopping!" Gu Tang still said two words.
"Are you stupid? Today is the 14th day of the seventh lunar month! It's Ghost Festival! Who would go out shopping on Ghost Festival?"
Gu Tang became more and more impatient: "What's wrong with Ghost Festival? Isn't your sweetheart also at work on Ghost Festival? If you have the ability, call your son back! Tell him that he can't go out on Ghost Festival!"
The voice on the other end immediately became shrill: "What nonsense! Your brother is on the rise recently! What nonsense are you coming up with!"
The familiar sharp voice made Gu Tang furious, and he replied in the same sharp tone: "Are you here to get scolded today?!"
The other party paused for a moment, then stiffly stated the purpose of the call: "I'm at the Municipal People's Hospital. I have a benign cyst. The doctor said I need surgery to remove it... Your brother is busy and has no time to take care of me. Your sister is also at work and can't take a leave. You are the only one who has work freedom. Come and take care of me for a few days..."
"I'm busy! I'm not going!" Gu Tang interrupted her directly.
The man on the other side got angry too: "You have time to go shopping, but no time to take care of me?! Okay! Then transfer the money! For the surgery fee plus the nursing fee, transfer 50,000 yuan to me!"
Gu Tang suddenly grinned: "I was wondering, your cyst has been diagnosed for half a year, why do you suddenly need surgery? It turns out you were waiting for me here, are you paying the down payment for your son's car?"
The other party stopped talking, obviously agreeing with this.
Gu Tang started to criticize him directly: "What a useless piece of shit! He has graduated for five years and still makes 3,500 yuan a month. He still talks about the rising period! Bah! Do you really think he can get to the top just by having an extra pound of meat?!
The company will not think highly of him because of the two pounds of flesh underneath, nor will they treat him as an ancestor because of the two pounds of flesh underneath!
Want to buy a car? You ask your son to take off all his clothes and sell his ass! That thing will make him more money than his job!"
After the scolding, Gu Tang felt refreshed. He hung up the phone immediately and quickly blocked the number!
Just then, bus number 118 also pulled into the station.
Gu Tang got up and got in the car without thinking.
The carriage was empty, with only four or five old men and women sitting in the love seats, each holding a large black bag that was bulging with stuff, and no one knew what was inside.
Gu Tang didn't think much about it and chose a seat by the window.
In front of her was the love seat, and when the car stopped, an old lady's black bag loosened a little, revealing the paper gold ingots inside.
Gu Tang: ...
Her black-hearted mother seemed to have said that today was the 14th day of the seventh lunar month, which was Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival.
People in Linjiang City like to burn paper money for their ancestors on this day.
So, the black bags in the hands of these old men and women are full of "gold ingots" for their ancestors?
Gu Tang swallowed his saliva and felt his hair stand on end for some unknown reason!
As the bus stopped at one station after another, all the people getting on the bus were old men and women!
Bus No. 118, which is usually crowded, was also very deserted today. There were only fourteen people on the bus, including the driver.
Gu Tang counted silently twice, and the more he counted, the more he felt that this number was unlucky... July 14th... Fourteen people...
grass!
Gu Tang, who always had a keen sixth sense, quickly stood up and stood at the exit door, and shouted to the driver: "Master! Get off at the next stop!"
"Okay!"
Gu Tang rubbed his face. There were still five or six minutes left to the next stop. It was almost there!
At this moment, the old man who had been sitting in the seat at the exit door suddenly stood up.
Gu Tang turned his head and took a glance, only to see an old man who was about sixty or seventy years old, with a face full of flesh and a nasty look. He was now holding the handle and moving towards the driver.
For some reason, Gu Tang's originally steady heartbeat suddenly sped up!
The old man had moved to the driver's side and asked the driver in a very aggressive tone: "Is the next stop Liangxi Bridge?"
Facing the old man's unkindness, the driver responded with a very good temper: "Uncle, we just passed Liangxi Bridge. There was an announcement when we stopped. Didn't you hear it?"
The old man immediately frowned: "What? You deliberately opened the door for me because you despise me because I am too old and can't hear you?"
The driver looked confused, but soon realized that the old man had missed his stop.
In order to avoid a dispute, the driver continued to appease him in a good-tempered manner: "Uncle, I'm really sorry, how about this, when we get to the next stop, I'll give you two yuan and you can take a car back?"
"No!" The old man suddenly became irritable and roared with a look of hostility: "Drive back! Who cares about your two dollars! If you delay the good time for me to burn paper money for my ancestors, you can't pay me any amount of money!"
The driver was startled by the old man's appearance. After looking at him carefully, he felt that the old man's mental state was not right.
In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, the driver had to take another step back: "Uncle, if you want me to drive back, you have to wait until I return to the terminal. I'm afraid you can't wait any longer. How about I give you more money and call a taxi for you when we get to the next stop?"
"No! I don't have time to change buses! Drive back! You must drive back!" The old man had a ferocious look on his face and wouldn't listen to anything. He only knew that he couldn't miss the good time to burn paper money for his ancestors!
Seeing that the old man was unreasonable, the people in the car started to persuade him, hoping to convince him.
But who would have thought that instead of convincing the old man, the crowd's support had the opposite effect. The stimulated old man became even more irritated and he actually directly snatched the steering wheel from the driver's hands!
"Drive back! You must drive back! You are all in the same group! You all want to stop my chance to turn my luck around and make a fortune..."
The old man's eyes were red and he looked crazy. The driver was caught off guard by the sudden move and the steering wheel was snatched from his hands!
The car suddenly lost control, swerving left and right and crashing into several cars. The people in the cars fell to the ground one after another, screaming in chaos!
Gu Tang, who was waiting to get off the bus at the exit, watched the scene with bloodshot eyes. She held onto the seat beside her and couldn't even stand up.
Looking at the driver and the old man who were trying to grab the steering wheel, Gu Tang couldn't hold back any longer and yelled, "You old fool, you lack virtue! If I survive, I will definitely throw paint on your house!!!"
The car was ramming around on the canal bridge. After a few seconds, it crashed into the bridge guardrail and the whole car flipped over. With screams from inside the car, it fell straight into the canal.
After rolling around in the carriage for several rounds, almost everyone was unconscious, except Gu Tang, who was the only one who was holding on and refused to close his eyes.
The broken window glass cut her face, her eyes were bloodshot, and she watched the river water pouring in through the broken car window.
Several unconscious old ladies held her down. She didn't have the strength to break free and allowed the river water to quickly fill the carriage and drown everyone.
Gu Tang, who was submerged in water, took several gulps of water and soon opened his mouth in a state of confusion.
In a trance, Gu Tang seemed to see several black iron chains emerging from nowhere and quickly wrapping around the driver and the old men and women.
What was strange was that when the black chain approached Gu Tang, it inexplicably paused for a moment, and circled around Gu Tang, seeming very confused.
But before long, the black chain finally wrapped around him.
A black figure seemed to emerge from the turbid river water, and the figure seemed to be screaming, with a painful tone...
Immediately afterwards, the black figure began to split... Soon, the black figure became two, but one was big and one was small.
Before his consciousness completely dissipated, a vague conversation reached Gu Tang's ears——
"There is one person whose life span has not yet ended!"
"So what? The Soul Binding Chain has already entangled her. If we release her, we will have to waste our spiritual energy to cast a spell. Anyway, everyone in this car is dead, so why not let her come down with us?"
"This is against the rules of the underworld!"
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? I am the one who takes over your body now! I am the Soul Binder! I can bind anyone's soul I want! If you want to be the Soul Binder again, you have to take back the right to use this body first!"
After saying that, the black figure, which had grown a circle larger, suddenly grew in size and swallowed up the smaller black figure in the blink of an eye.
The two figures merged into one again...
…
When Gu Tang was in high school, she was fond of supernatural novels for a while. She once wondered, do people really have souls?
Is there really an underworld somewhere invisible to humans?
After a person dies, does his soul really go back to the underworld?
Also, do people really become ghosts after they die?
These questions always filled her mind back then, but later on, she gradually came to terms with them and felt that they were all feudal superstitions and nonsense.
But now, Gu Tang was standing in a daze in a long line that he couldn't see the beginning or the end of, and he felt that he was wrong.
That is neither feudal superstition nor nonsense.
It turns out that humans really do have souls.
It turns out that there really is a place called "Underworld" that is invisible to humans.
It turns out that after death, the soul really goes to the underworld...
Looking at the dark and majestic plaque in front of him, Gu Tang felt a stinging pain in his eyes after just one glance, and white smoke came out of his soul.
Although he only took a quick glance, Gu Tang could still clearly see the words "Netherworld" on the plaque.
She stretched out her hand and looked at her transparent soul with a look of bewilderment. It turned out that all her fantasies in high school were true.
"Snap!" A whip sounded suddenly through the air and accurately hit Gu Tang not far behind him.
Gu Tang looked back and stopped immediately!
"Why did you stop! Hurry up!" The soul behind Gu Tang urged impatiently.
Gu Tang ignored her and just stared at the figure being beaten behind him. His eyes were filled with dark energy and resentment!
That old man!!!
The old man who was fighting with the driver for the steering wheel!!!
The old man who killed a whole car of people!!!
Gu Tang's sudden transformation frightened the souls queuing in front and behind him, and soon caused a commotion.
Gu Tang didn't care at all. When the black energy overflowed into her soul, she soared into the sky and ran straight towards the old man!
The "Soul Catcher" who was whipping the old man saw the ghost in the form of a demon for the first time. He subconsciously took two steps back and his face turned pale!
But the next moment, the "Soul Catcher" remembered his current identity. He felt ashamed and angry, and raised the whip to whip Gu Tang.
At this time, the black energy on Gu Tang's body surged again. As if by instinct, he leaned over and rushed to the old man, and began to bite and devour the old man's soul. He looked extremely ferocious!
Looking at the ferocious Gu Tang, the "Soul Catcher" swallowed his saliva, very tactfully retracted the whip, and hid himself among the many souls.
Then he shouted in his sea of consciousness, awakening the real soul catcher who was in deep sleep, and repeatedly questioned him why a new ghost would turn into a fierce ghost at the gate of the underworld!!!
When Chapter 127 was updated, 4,000 more words were added, turning the 4,000-word chapter into an 8,000-word chapter.
I didn't have many manuscripts saved, so I immediately revised it to 4,000 words out of great pain.
But later I found out that the charges were calculated based on the first release, that is, the first 8,000 words were charged, and subsequent revisions were not counted.
Later, I thought of starting with 4,000 words, and then revising it to 5,000 words, with each chapter adding 1,000 words (the charges will still be based on 4,000 words), until the 4,000 words owed for Chapter 127 are made up.
But the editor came to communicate and said that some readers complained to the customer service, saying that Chapter 127 cost them 20 extra coins. In this case, I can only publish another extra chapter and put it in the free chapter as compensation for you guys~
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