Chapter 005 On the Road
After staying on Ji Weihang's shoulders for a few minutes, He Miao gradually recovered from his state of weakness.
Seeing that she was carried on Weihang's shoulders, her face flushed red like a balloon, and she struggled and shouted, "Put me down!"
Weihang put her down, looked at her red face and wide-open eyes, thought for a moment, and handed the umbrella in his hand to her.
Little kid, just give him a simple lesson.
For the time being, cooperation must continue and the relationship cannot be broken.
He Miao looked at Wei Hang, then at the umbrella handle in front of her. Two seconds later, she snatched the umbrella without saying a word and ran to the side, not too far away from them, but she still glared at Wei Hang from time to time.
Seeing that the seedlings were well behaved, Ji Weihang continued to tell Fu Xuan about the common sense of this world. Fu Xuan came late last night and did not hear the first part.
——Sixty years ago, the substance called dark energy in this world suddenly exploded (Wei Hang believed that dark energy was what they called the underworld energy), supernatural events continued to increase, and the eerie things that were not seen by ordinary people appeared in the eyes of the public, breaking the tranquility of this world.
According to my mother-in-law, the dark world of mysterious life has existed before, but it is invisible to ordinary people and can only be seen by some people with special physiques.
After the rapid growth of dark energy, the dark world began to appear in the originally peaceful and ordinary world, and slowly merged with the ordinary world, forming the world where humans and ghosts live together today.
No one knows why dark energy suddenly grew to this size.
Some people think that this is the natural breathing of the world, a kind of energy cycle; some people think that it is because human beings have done too many bad things that have led to the growth of dark energy, and they deserve it;
Some people believe that this is the world cleaning up the human race, because the first batch of people who died at the hands of the ghost were those who committed sins and deserved their punishment; others believe that this is a punishment and test from the gods, and once they pass the test, they will be able to enter a beautiful new world...
When the Dark World first came, a group of eccentric people living in seclusion in human society used some means to curb the weirdness. It was they who discovered the existence of rules and took the lead in compiling the first rule book.
However, due to the overwhelming numerical advantage of the ghosts and the betrayal of some humans, the insufficient number of strange people have less and less room to play.
When the ghosts were about to carry out the dark rule under the leadership of the ghost emperors, visitors from another world descended from the sky and disrupted the world again.
According to different tasks, they stir up trouble in the world.
Some people only care about the task and will do whatever it takes;
Some people are willing to help local residents in addition to completing their tasks.
The second generation of rulebooks was completed with the help of the first batch of visitors from other worlds. Based on the first generation, the second generation greatly filled in the details of the rules and marked some points that were easy to be exploited.
This was mostly the case with subsequent visitors from other worlds—some were good, some were bad, but overall, they did help the native humans.
To a certain extent, it is precisely because of the existence of visitors from other worlds that the world has gradually maintained its current delicate balance.
Hearing this, He Miao next to him couldn't help but snort.
Ji Weihang ignored her.
It was the first time that Fu Xuan spoke to her: "What do you think?"
He Miao raised his head proudly and said, "A delicate balance is just a euphemism. In fact, we still have the advantage and the dominant position."
If humans break the rules and get hurt, there is no way to get any compensation.
——Humans have no way to cause harm to Yougui. Even the remaining methods of the aliens can only slightly affect Yougui's actions.
Apart from invisible and intangible rules, only powerful ghosts can restrain other ghosts.
"Oh." Ji Weihang responded casually.
He Miao glanced at her and saw that she had no expression on her face. He felt a little scared in his heart, and subconsciously said: "But we never kill people casually. Our area is recognized as the best area in Donghe City. Under the control of our main body, both ghosts and humans can live and work in peace." At the end, he couldn't help but raised his chin proudly.
"Oh." Ji Weihang said, "Not bad."
He Miao was a little unhappy with the cold response.
Fu Xuan took one look at Wei Hang and knew that she acted like this on purpose. He smiled and continued, "From what you said, you like He Yi very much?"
He Miao snorted and twirled the black umbrella in her hand, "I don't like her."
"I thought you liked her very much." Fu Xuan said, and then asked curiously, "You are her clone, which means you are a part of her?"
"No!" He Miao frowned, seeming to dislike this statement, "I am an independent individual, I have my own thoughts, I am not a piece of meat that fell off from her or something."
Ji Weihang asked an ambiguous question: "Really?"
Just when He Miao's eyes widened and she was about to get angry, Fu Xuan smiled and tried to smooth things over, suppressing her anger. "Don't pay attention to my sister, she's teasing you on purpose. So how did you two meet?"
With Ji Weihang and Fu Xuan playing the good cop and the bad cop respectively, He Miao quickly sorted out his situation.
He Miao got to know He Yi after the Dark World came.
She originally had a happy family, and they lived in a big villa. However, after the dark world came, her mother and father died in the company at the hands of a vengeful ghost. She, a fourteen-year-old child, was soon targeted by criminals because of her family fortune of tens of millions.
The gangsters broke into her home in the middle of the night and killed her in her sleep. When her ghost was wandering on the street, she met He Yi who was strolling on the street.
Afterwards, He Yi helped her get revenge, and she offered to become He Yi's clone.
They have been together till now, for a full sixty years.
"Why did you take the initiative to become He Yi's clone?" Fu Xuan asked, "Since you think you are a separate individual, why do you take the initiative to become a clone? If you don't use your original face and name, can you still be considered a separate individual?"
He Miao glared at her for a while, then snorted and said "What do you know", and ignored them, obviously realizing that he was being tricked.
After a few minutes, He Miao pointed to the road sign ahead and said, "Go through it and you'll enter the collector's territory."
There was a striking sign hanging on the street lamp in front of them, with a few words on it. The translation in front of them showed:
[The second-level area ahead belongs to: Collector.]
Level: Obsession
Danger level: Red. 】
Red level is the most dangerous level, representing extreme disgust and hatred for humans. If humans do not follow the rules, they will be killed immediately without any chance to escape.
"We are partners after all, so let me tell you something." He Miao said, "There are two main rules for collectors.
"First, don't touch her collection. Touching her collection is equivalent to breaking the rules, and she will come and kill you immediately.
“Second, don’t disparage her collection.
“Her collection is all over the place, it’s her trap.
“The hint given in the rules is that the collections are all stamped with her red emblem, so when you touch something, pay attention to see if there is a little red stamp on it.
"Of course, it's best not to touch anything."
He Miao glanced at Fu Xuan.
"After all, if someone as weak as you breaks the rules, you'll be held back."
Fu Xuan nodded, not caring about the derogatory tone in her words.
He Miao's thoughts were in vain, and he felt bored, so he continued:
"There are usually not many residents in this area, so there are many empty houses. Some poor and daring people will live there. Among them may be the minions of the collectors, so be careful when you act."
Both of them nodded.
He Miao was the first to cross the dividing line, followed by Ji Weihang.
After crossing the dividing line, one could clearly feel that the concentration of the dark energy in the air had increased by more than double.
The dark power that occupied half of Ji Weihang's meridians began to stir, wanting to expand its territory.
Skillfully suppressing the dark power that intended to "rebel", Ji Weihang looked at Fu Xuan who was following closely behind him, and indeed saw that she looked uncomfortable.
This concentration would even make insensitive humans feel physically uncomfortable, let alone monks who are accustomed to spiritual energy and have sharp five senses.
Fu Xuan wanted to endure it, but he couldn't help it in the end. He bent down and held onto a pole by the roadside and began to retch.
He Miao turned the umbrella handle and gloated: "You are too weak. Won't you be the first to die when you see the 'Collector'?"
Feeling that she had become familiar with them, she began to speak without restraint again.
"vomit--"
Fu Xuan had no time to think about the seedlings and was vomiting heart-wrenchingly.
Her meridians all over her body felt uncomfortable, her stomach was churning, and her spiritual power seemed to be stimulated and began to become restless.
After observing this phenomenon through his spiritual consciousness, Ji Weihang had an idea.
She said, "I have an idea that might help you..."
She guessed that if the stimulation was great enough, the spiritual power should be able to break free from the confinement.
Fu Xuan didn't listen to the rest of the conversation and interrupted directly: "Well, you try..."
"It might be a little painful." Ji Weihang said in a low voice.
Seeing Fu Xuan nodded, she did not hesitate any longer. She used her finger as a pen and quickly drew a Qi Gathering Talisman in the air and slapped it on Fu Xuan.
Under the effect of the Qi Gathering Talisman, the surrounding dark energy swept towards Fu Xuan like a raging river and poured into her body.
The strong stimulation caused Fu Xuan to twitch violently and fall backwards uncontrollably.
Ji Weihang caught Fu Xuan in time, sat on the side of the road, and let her lie on her side on his lap.
Wei Hang gently patted Fu Xuan's back to comfort and support him, while unwaveringly guiding the dark energy to impact his meridians.
Fu Xuan's body was shaking violently. She closed her eyes tightly and clenched her teeth. Only occasionally a tear fell from the corner of her eye and a groan of pain escaped from the corner of her lips.
He Miao was watching the show nonchalantly at first, but gradually became distracted by the intimate and trusting interaction between the two.
He Yi, who was paying attention to this side, reluctantly reminded her to pay attention to her surroundings. Only then did He Miao come to her senses and look around vigilantly.
If the collector appeared at this time and Wei Hang could only help one, he would undoubtedly give up her and choose Bi Xuan.
By then, she hadn't eaten the Collector yet, but was eaten instead.
The ghostly mutual injury is not bound by rules. She is not a force type and cannot beat the top-level collector of obsession.
There was no one on the street.
The bright sunshine shines on the earth and buildings. The long-abandoned roads are filled with yellow sand and dust. The seedlings do not relax at all. They look around and hold the umbrella handle tightly in their hands.
With the speed and characteristics of the top-level obsession level, even with the Soul-Destroying Umbrella given by the main body, she can be easily killed in an instant.
The greatest ability of her clone is eating, not fighting, which is why the original body sent her instead of other clones.
After about a quarter of an hour, Fu Xuan almost fainted. When Ji Weihang was hesitating whether to give up, the spiritual power that was rushing through Fu Xuan's body and wanted to blast its way out suddenly broke through the confinement, like a dragon entering the sea, and instantly dispersed all the dark energy in the body.
Fu Xuan exhaled a few breaths and his complexion gradually improved.
After a while, her face became rosy and she was full of life.
Seeing that Wei Hang was able to free his hands, He Miao relaxed a little.
"I'm alive! I won't hold you back anymore!" Fu Xuan said happily, shaking his fist and feeling the long-lost strength in his body, "You're worthy of being my sister. You can actually do this."
"You're not a drag in the first place." Ji Weihang said, "How do you feel now?"
Fu Xuan jumped and smiled, "This is the best feeling I've had in all these years."
Ji Weihang nodded, "That's good. Tell me if you feel uncomfortable."
Fu Xuan nodded and asked, "Sister, don't you do this?"
Ji Weihang said, "I can't do this."
Ji Weihang himself is able to use dark power, and his body's tolerance to dark energy is much higher than that of ordinary cultivators.
In this situation, no matter how much dark energy she absorbed, her spiritual power could not break free from the confinement. Instead, it would easily cause the balance in her body that she had managed to maintain with great difficulty to get out of control.
Fu Xuan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
They continued walking towards their destination.
Along the way, they could feel the occasional prying eyes from the roadside buildings, but no one appeared to stop them.
After a while, He Miao stopped in front of a building, turned the handle of the umbrella in his hand, and said, "We're here. She lives here."
This is a villa with a courtyard. It looks luxurious and wealthy, but a little eerie.
There is also a small dark lake in the yard.
The courtyard gate was wide open, and a road led directly to the main door of the villa.
There are six tall sculptures placed at intervals on the road, some holding swords or spears, and some leaning on sledgehammers.
Logically speaking, these three-meter-high sculptures should make people feel majestic, but the distorted faces that look like living people and the vivid facial features that seem to be frozen in time only make people feel terrifying and out of place.
There is a red seal on the platform at the bottom of the sculpture. In the middle of the intricate pattern is a square character, which translates into "Ming" in Yingwen.
"These are all collectors' items." He Miao turned the umbrella handle and said, "They are made based on living people."
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