Yuan Yuanyuan stayed on the boat for a total of seven days.
Although there was no internet or electricity during these seven days, Yuan Yuanyuan still didn't feel bored. After all, it is quite difficult to feel bored on a boat like this.
Sometimes Yuan Yuanyuan would look up at the ship above her head and wonder what humans would think if they saw this ship.
But then, she suddenly thought that it was not difficult for humans to see the ship... After all, there was a voyeur named Ji Qiu who was busy drawing things of monsters for humans to see. She wondered if he would draw this ship on his drawings.
Yuan Yuanyuan has been elusive these days, only going out to play on the deck at night, and staying in the house the rest of the time. These days, she found that the monsters on the boat seemed to be more active at night than in the morning, because there were many more people on the deck at night than in the morning.
During the day, pure white clouds can be seen from the deck, and when the sun rises and sets, the clouds are reflected in a bright red color... Overall, it is the kind of beautiful scenery that sometimes makes Yuan Yuanyuan suddenly think, "Becoming a half-demon has some advantages."
Yuan Yuanyuan almost forgot the time while staying on the boat, until one evening when the setting sun shone onto the deck, dyeing it bright red.
She had just woken up on the boat and looked out the window. She was shocked to see that the deck was full of monsters...almost twice as many as usual.
What the hell?
Yuan Yuanyuan looked downstairs in confusion, not knowing what was going on. Then she discovered that many monsters that she had never seen before appeared on the deck.
It was obvious that the monsters on the deck were divided into several factions. Some of the people standing together were wearing the same clothes or had the same decorations on them.
Yuan Yuanyuan took a quick look and saw several extraordinary characters. Their evil spirit and aura were almost visible to the naked eye.
She climbed out of the bed and was in a daze when she suddenly heard a bell ringing above her head. The bell seemed to be struck from the highest point of the ship and quickly spread throughout the ship.
The sound of the bell was long and pleasant, yet it also had a slight tremor, which made it sound strange for no reason.
As a bell rang, Yuan Yuanyuan was suddenly stunned for unknown reasons.
It was as if a current was running through my head.
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She sat on the bed in a daze for a long time. This was the first time she had heard this sound.
But at that moment, she suddenly felt that she had heard this voice a long, long time ago... as if it was... something buried in her genes.
Yuan Yuanyuan was stunned for a while. Before she could think more, she found that more and more people were walking out of the building, and everyone looked up at the sky as they came out.
The monsters that had appeared on the deck earlier were indifferent to the bell above their heads, but the monsters that appeared later all had more or less puzzled expressions on their faces.
More and more monsters gathered on the deck. Yuan Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly put on her clothes, changed her human form, and followed them out.
There were many monsters on the deck. Yuan Yuanyuan almost squeezed over with people. She looked at the purple ribbon-like mist floating in front of her eyes and subconsciously touched it with her hand, but didn't touch it.
When she was about to touch it again, she suddenly saw a road slowly opening up in front of her. There was a person standing at the end of the road with a small bell in his hand.
“Ding—ding—”
One after another, sounds like those of a simple ancient bell rang out, but this sound actually came from that small bell.
Yuan Yuanyuan happened to be standing on both sides of the divided road. She was at the front on the left side, so she turned her head and saw the person ringing the bell over there.
He was an old man with a long white beard. The wrinkles on his face were like the bark of the original round gate. He looked around, slowly cleared his throat, and said to the monsters around him, "Since everyone has come out, let me inform you that we will probably reach the northwest line at midnight tonight... This is also the first time we have deployed on such a large scale in nearly 80 years."
As soon as he finished speaking, the monsters beside him started whispering to each other, and suddenly the whole place was filled with a buzz of whispers.
In fact, as a bad student, Yuan Yuanyuan also wanted to find someone to talk to, but she looked around and found that she was standing in a group of little monsters. There was no monster to talk to, so she held her words back.
The little monsters around her were all less than 1.5 meters tall. They looked... well, just like they were being cute. Of course, they were brought here just to be cute, so Yuan Yuanyuan stood out from the crowd...
After all, she was the last one to come out, and the ones at the back were mostly small monsters of this size, and she couldn't squeeze through to the front, so she could only stay here.
As she was looking around boredly, she suddenly saw a few familiar figures not far away. When she looked closely, she found that they were the girl in white clothes and the boy with cat eyes.
The girl in white changed into a white princess dress today. The fluffy gauze on top of the dress made her look like a doll. She was waving at Yuan Yuanyuan.
Yuan Yuanyuan was stunned. She saw the girl waving at her and her mouth seemed to be saying "come here".
She subconsciously looked around, and finally shook her head at the girl. It was too strenuous to move around here, and it was very obvious, so she decided not to waste her energy.
When Yuan Yuanyuan turned around, the old man happened to be walking down the path, talking slowly.
The voice he spoke was slow and lingering, and Yuan Yuanyuan found his voice particularly interesting as she listened.
"Some of you are coming to this kind of Thousand Demons Night Parade for the first time, and some are coming more than once. But I think everyone has some understanding of this large-scale Night Parade of One Hundred Demons..."
Um...wait, wait, boss, what did you say? Yuan Yuanyuan suddenly scratched her ears in the crowd.
"And since we are going to the border this time to perform the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, I think everyone will be a little excited and nervous about this... After all, except for the big monsters on our ship, the others have never participated in such an occasion."
"But," the old man's tone suddenly became serious, "Since we have been selected to board this ship, I think everyone should be mentally prepared to a certain extent."
What? What kind of mental preparation? Yuan Yuanyuan looked around with a little fear, and suddenly found that the monsters around her gradually showed an indescribable excitement on their faces, and some of the monsters even blushed.
"This is our first Night Parade of One Hundred Demons at the border in eighty years. The last time was at the end of the war... Maybe this time everyone doesn't have to worry too much, because everyone has more or less heard some rumors." The old man looked around.
"The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons has always carried a different kind of emotion... It is also a symbol of our demon race. In countless difficult times, we relied on the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons to restore morale and repel the enemy."
"But this sign has been gone for eighty years."
The scene suddenly fell into silence, all the monsters fell silent, and only the crackling sound of fire could be heard.
It was as if the purple lines around had dimmed.
Yuan Yuanyuan looked around and was a little afraid to speak because of the atmosphere. She always felt like there was something frightening being suppressed in the place.
"But this time is different!" The old man's voice suddenly rose. "Eighty years later, we are back again... We appear before mankind once again."
"We must use this method to restore our pride!"
As the old man finished speaking, the monsters around him suddenly let out a low roar.
This low growl, as if accompanied by suppressed emotions and unresolved anger, frightened Yuan Yuanyuan to death.
Oh shit!
What the hell! Can you be more normal?
Yuan Yuanyuan's expression was first one of fear, and then turned into inexplicable anger.
It's the kind of anger you feel when you're sleeping soundly in bed and suddenly the downstairs starts to renovate...
Of course, few people could see her anger. The nearby monsters ignored her and were all whispering excitedly.
The atmosphere in the whole place was heated, even the big monsters couldn't hide their excitement. Yuan Yuanyuan inexplicably felt like she was in the scene of a fanatical cult, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
"Oh, by the way, this time, a big demon who has participated in the Borderline Night Parade many times appeared on the ship..." After the old man said so much, he suddenly seemed to remember something. He touched his beard and whispered, "So everyone still doesn't have to worry, after all, we have the seniors here to keep an eye on it..."
"It's actually true!" Before the old man finished speaking, the area below suddenly exploded.
Almost every monster's voice unconsciously became louder, even the little monsters around Yuan Yuanyuan began to whisper.
Yuan Yuanyuan frowned. She listened to some of the little monsters around her saying, "He was really there!", while others said, "Why did City C really agree to let him out? Didn't they say he was a traitor?"
As soon as the words "City C" and "traitor" came out, Yuan Yuanyuan pricked up her ears instantly.
Hmm? What?
The old man in front cleared his throat and said, "Okay, let's stop discussing... This time we are going to the northwest line. I heard that the posthouse has been cleaned up. We will live there for the time being. We haven't had such a large-scale Night Parade of One Hundred Demons in front of humans for several decades, so we must be careful this time."
"Specifically...what should we pay attention to?" A big monster who always looked very cool suddenly asked from the side.
The old man put away the bell in his hand and put it into his sleeve. He thought for a moment and said, "We need to show more momentum. All the team leaders are carefully selected great monsters. I believe you have all experienced several large-scale Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. We are bringing a lot of people with us this time. With more people, we will naturally show more momentum. The number of monster ropes on our ship is still quite astonishing."
He looked around inconspicuously, "When the time comes, I hope everyone will release their demonic energy... There are not only humans this time, but also ghosts, so we need to be more prepared. A sumptuous dinner will be served on the boat. After everyone has eaten, take a break and wait until midnight to get off the boat together. The big demon will lead the way, and the small demons will follow behind. I am the leader of this Hundred Demons Night Parade."
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Yuan Yuanyuan was still a little confused even after the person left. She stood there for a long time without coming to her senses, until the girl in white ran over to find her.
"Deng! Why are you always alone? Do you want to come with us? We are standing in front." The girl said excitedly.
"No need, I want to follow the big monster." Yuan Yuanyuan said.
"Big monster, big monster, you always say big monster." The girl in white turned around angrily and ran away.
Yuan Yuanyuan stood at the back, looking inexplicably innocent.
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In a capital city of a certain northwestern province, Liu An looked up at the sky. He had arrived there a few days ago and had been living in a hotel for independent cultivators ever since, living with a group of all kinds of people, but the monster had not arrived yet.
The monsters probably needed several days to organize... Liu An thought, in fact, when he really arrived at the front line, he found that the situation was far from that serious. He didn't know how the monsters spread the story, but the seven monsters who were taken away were clearly using the excuse to enter and exit the border at will, and this time they even attacked humans, so they were captured.
The humans arrested people according to the rules, but there was not even a single piece of information leaked out from the monsters. It was actually quite scary to think about it. If Liu An hadn't come here specially and lived in the monster settlement, he probably wouldn't have understood what was going on.
Spreading rumors inside and having other countermeasures outside... Tsk tsk, monsters still know how to play, they are much better than humans.
Liu An looked up at the sky again.
In fact, this time the monsters organized people to come here not just to negotiate the matter of the seven captured monsters... After all, they are seven monsters? Based on Liu An's long working experience in the recycling station, he really doesn't think that the top management will care about their lives.
However, this time the monsters seem to be making a big move. The official news is that the monsters may be doing something big - taking advantage of the recent popularity of the Monster Records.
The reason why so many independent cultivators gathered here this time was mostly because they heard the news.
While he was in a daze, he suddenly heard someone running and saying, "We're here, we're here! We've entered the city!"
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Yuan Yuanyuan sat on the bed in a daze for a long time.
It was not until the bells outside suddenly rang that she woke up from her dream.
Just as she was about to go out, she suddenly remembered something. She quickly took out a piece of clothing from the box, put it on, and then hurried downstairs.
Shit, damn, you’d better put it on… Cover yourself tightly, otherwise it’ll feel a bit uncomfortable.
The moment she pushed the door open, she suddenly bumped into someone face to face. She was stunned for a moment, and the person opposite her was also stunned.
After a long time, the person opposite bowed slightly to Yuan Yuanyuan, then turned around and went downstairs very calmly.