"I am Fu, the captain of the Cleansing Ruins Squad."
Fu's tone suddenly carried a hint of barely perceptible excitement:
"To be honest, this is the first time I've ever seen a high-level beast that can communicate like you. I always thought that the legendary high-level beasts didn't exist."
Li Yu's gaze swept meaningfully over the spot where the ghostly corpse had disappeared, and she asked calmly, "So this is what you've been doing all this time?"
Fu: "What?"
Li Yu gestured to the spot where the ghostly corpse had exploded earlier.
Fu suddenly realized: "Oh, you mean this? This is just a mission. I'm doing this to purify our living environment and for the sake of humanity."
"After all, my job is specifically to clean up the sources of pollution in this area."
Her logic was simple and solid, elevating the brutal cleansing to the level of a noble racial mission.
Li Yu tried asking a few more questions about the existence of the mine and about the Soul Master, which only made him frown more and more.
This ghost named Fu, although she had clear thinking and good communication skills, was completely confined to that distorted 'human' worldview.
Once Li Yu's questions touch on core issues such as the underground world and the Soul Master, her answers are either empty slogans or logical leaps to completely unrelated directions.
Consciousness is human, but cognition is a shackle instilled by the Soul Master!
It's really difficult to have effective communication; after a few words, the conversation drifts to other things.
They really do possess some awareness and wisdom, but not much.
In the end, Li Yu simply shut up and followed behind Fu in silence, letting her lead her through the increasingly thick white fog.
The fog was incredibly thick, with a strong effect of blocking and confusing perception, as if someone were maintaining it all.
The surroundings were pitch black; without a guide, an ordinary person would probably have already gotten lost.
"Don't be nervous." Fu seemed to notice Li Yu's silence and thought she was scared, so he turned around and comforted her.
"This 'Breath of Another World' is mainly to prevent alien beasts and other people from accidentally entering the core area. It's normal that it will affect you. However, you are a high-level alien beast and have the decree of Lord Youpo. You can pass through without worry."
Li Yu, of course, paid no attention to the thick fog, and simply asked casually:
"The Soul Master you mentioned..."
Before he finished speaking, the surrounding environment changed drastically.
Li Yu seemed to have passed through a barrier and arrived in another world.
The thick, impenetrable white fog suddenly thinned and became clear, and everything in front of us suddenly opened up!
A vast, empty underground plaza appeared before us, with some rugged architectural outlines made of huge black stones standing along its edges.
Some glowing minerals were placed high up, faintly illuminating the surroundings, making it no longer pitch black.
Li Yu felt as if he had stumbled into a giant beehive, and a large number of ghostly auras instantly appeared nearby.
"Captain Fu."
"Captain...you're back."
Several white figures rushed over from nearby and quickly surrounded Fu and Li Yu.
This was a standard patrol squad composed of ghosts, each with a different form, but all of them were clearly wary, curiously observing Li Yu, this anomaly.
"Captain, where did you pick up a living creature? Are you going to eat it yourself?" a young-looking member of the Ghost team asked curiously.
"Pick it up?" Fu straightened his chest and pointed at Li Yu, saying loudly:
"Watch your words! This isn't your average domesticated beast!"
"This is the high-level exotic beast mentioned in Lord Soul Master's decree; I personally brought it back!"
"What?! A high-level beast?" The surrounding ghosts were even more curious.
"Really? It looks no different from those ordinary beasts waiting to be slaughtered in the captive area?"
"That's right, his aura is still so weak..."
Upon hearing this, Li Yu's eyes narrowed into dangerous slits, a cold glint flashing in them.
I never imagined that a 'strange beast' like him could be domesticated...
Domesticated humans! Keeping them in captivity to be slaughtered!
The meanings behind these words are enough to show that ghosts eat people, and even living people.
"Shut up, all of you!" Fu snapped, maintaining his captain's authority as he scanned the surroundings.
"Where are the Underworld Guards? Go and inform them that the target invited by the Soul Master has been brought!"
"Right here..."
Before Fu could finish speaking, a deep voice suddenly rang out from behind him without warning, as if the person had been standing there for quite some time.
Fu was startled by the voice so close to him and turned around abruptly.
The underworld guards she mentioned had clearly noticed the anomaly here long ago, and had even been observing it for quite some time.
Li Yu also turned her head to look in that direction.
Three exceptionally tall and imposing Netherworld Guards, shrouded in thick white mist like three small, moving mist mountains, stood silently behind them, only a step away.
The flowing white mist surrounding him made his already imposing figure appear even more massive and imposing, exuding a powerful sense of oppression.
With broad shoulders, a wide back, and strong arms, he exudes an unshakeable sense of power even when he is just standing there quietly.
What's most unsettling are their heads. The heads of the Netherworld Guardians are a whole size larger than those of ordinary ghosts. Their faces have no clear features, only two beams of light like eyes that flicker in the white mist.
The three ghostly patrol guards shot out cold gazes at Li Yu, scrutinizing him with undisguised vigilance and scrutiny.
As they observed Li Yu, they leaned slightly forward, as if they would pounce on him immediately if he made the slightest move.
Fu recovered from his shock and immediately stepped forward to report to them: "Lord Patrol Guards, I am Fu, the captain of the Cleansing Ruins Squad of the Third Region."
"This is a high-level beast discovered in the area under my jurisdiction. Its form and characteristics are extremely similar to the description in the Soul Lord's edict. Now, in accordance with the edict, hand it over!"
The three enormous Netherworld Guardians exclaimed in surprise, "This is a high-level alien beast!"
It was clear that this was the first time they had seen it either.
To everyone's surprise, the three patrol guards suddenly stood up straight, nodded slightly to Li Yu, and made an extremely stiff yet somewhat ceremonial gesture of invitation:
"Guest invited by the Soul Lord, the human capital welcomes you."
The voice of the leading underworld guard was low and hoarse:
"Honorable guest, the Soul Master has been waiting for you in the deep tower for a long time."
Its wording was respectful, but its tone was icy cold, devoid of any warmth.
As expected, the Soul Master had made arrangements in advance and seemed to value Li Yu very much.
Almost all the ghosts, from top to bottom, received news about the "high-ranking exotic beast guest"!
Although they were addressed by the name of a high-level beast, the ultimate goal of all these orders from the Soul Master was to bring Li Yu safely to the Deep Tower!
The orders received by the Underworld Guards were no exception.
The leading patrol guard immediately ordered: "Patrol mission terminated immediately. Execute the highest-level escort mission and begin escorting the high-ranking exotic beast guest!"
"Yes, sir!" The other two patrol guards responded in unison.
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