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This answer surprised me.

The word "starved to death" is too far away for me. Hunger and famine are things you only see in the news.

The kid looked malnourished, but he wasn't so hungry that he was out of shape. How could he starve to death?

"It's true." As if sensing the suspicion revealed in our silence, he hurriedly emphasized, but immediately he became hesitant, "Maybe he died of hunger..."

He murmured for a while, "I, I escaped outside, hid in that phone booth... passed out... and later, later turned into a ghost... I was very hungry, maybe... uh..."

"Where did you escape from? Why did you escape?" Wu Ling asked.

The kid thought for a long time, his eyes darting around. He didn't look naughty, but he didn't dare to make eye contact with others.

"I just escaped...from Lan Ji..."

"Who is Lan Ji?"

The kid looked at Wu Ling blankly and was in a daze for a while, "Oh, you don't know...Lan Ji, Lan Ji is the ghost in our place. Yes, she is the ghost king..." He racked his brains to think, "That's right, it's our place. It's all under Lan Ji's control. She, she doesn't like me... and other people don't like me either... I just... just run away... I don't know... Brother, brother asked me to escape outside. ...The words of other ghost kings...we got separated together..."

"Tell me what happened from the beginning. Don't be anxious." Wu Ling said.

She and Liu Miao exchanged a look, and I saw Liu Miao nodded slightly to Wu Ling. Liu Miao must have determined something, and Wu Ling's attitude changed and he was no longer so harsh.

Luo Mu moved his body, but still lowered his head, his eyes wandering, "It's just that Lan Ji doesn't like us like this... She likes beautiful people. They are all beautiful people... We, we have to work, and then, then That is, just to serve them... Many people will come here. If they look good... Brother and the others, they said that outside, other ghost kings may not... some are quite good... so we tried to escape... It's not the first time, it has happened before. If you are caught, you will be punished..." Luo Mu lowered his head.

Just now I was sure that Luo Mu came from the future world, and now I am even more sure.

The area where Luo Mu lives is different from the area controlled by Guangyuan Mountain Ghost. The ghost king Lan Ji who controls the place should be implementing a social system of slavery. Those who are good-looking may have no worries about food and clothing, and live a leisurely and comfortable life under Lan Ji's hands. Those who are not good-looking become slaves, serving those who are good-looking.

The criteria for good-looking or not are probably a little different.

Luo Mu is not ugly, but he is not handsome or beautiful either.

"There are many beautiful people?" Wu Ling asked, "How many people like you are there?"

"There must be hundreds of them... When they get old, they will be killed and turned into ghosts before they become ugly... We, there are probably tens of thousands of us..." Luo Mu thought for a moment.

I was secretly surprised when Luo Mu said "killed", but I immediately realized that that world was completely different from the real world.

"Escapes happen often?"

"Yeah, it's not... Generally, I don't dare... But, there are always people. Some people are captured and sent here. Lan Ji will buy... If there are not enough people... Brother, it is... Sent here, couriered..."

I looked steadily at Luo Mu.

Luo Mu was startled, looked at me, then at the others, and shrank his neck.

"What express delivery?" I asked.

"Huh? Uh... um... that's right, it's a courier... delivered by Yi Xun, Yi Xun..." Luo Mu was trembling.

"Is the person who manages the express delivery a ghost?" Wu Ling asked.

Luo Mu nodded, "Yes. It has always been... you know? That..."

"What's going on with her?"

"Huh? That's right, I heard...she delivers express. Many people...have no fixed territory, they are everywhere. Delivering all kinds of things. Delivering things to ghosts. But there are many people." Luo Mu said incoherently.

"Responsible for delivering goods to ghosts, but are there any couriers?" Wu Ling understood what Luo Mu said.

Luo Mu nodded vigorously.

"How to deliver? Just send a courier order?"

"It seems..." Luo Mu said confusedly.

He may not have had direct contact with the courier, but just heard about this situation.

"You just said that that brother was sent to Lan Ji by her. What happened after that? He was one of those slaves and encouraged you to escape?" Wu Ling brought the topic back.

Luo Mu nodded sadly, "Well... He said that he wanted to escape and not become a slave. Not everyone, not everyone supports... In Lan Ji's hands, at least, at least he will not die casually. If he goes outside... some Ghosts can kill people..."

Luo Mu clenched his hands into fists, "Still, someone agreed. Let's escape together. If we are caught, if we are caught, then..."

There were more tears in Luo Mu's eyes.

"Did Lan Ji arrest you?" Wu Ling asked.

"Also, there are other ghosts. Those ghosts are the original, original..."

"The person who was being served? After death, he turned into a ghost and stayed with Lan Ji?" Wu Ling added to Luo Mu's words.

Luo Mu nodded several times.

"Then, during the escape, you got separated from the others." Wu Ling added.

Luo Mu continued to nod.

"Since you are hiding in a phone booth, you must have entered the territory of other ghost kings, right?"

"I, I don't know... maybe... the people there are all very strange... I was stared at... They just stared at me, didn't speak, and didn't come over... I, I just hid... ...There was no food and no water... When it rained, I just hid in the phone booth, and then..." Luo Mu's voice became softer.

It seems that Luo Mu's death was a complete accident.

"Everyone in your place turns into a ghost after death?" Wu Ling asked.

I sat up straight and looked at Luo Mu.

Luo Mu nodded naturally without thinking.

"So, what about the process of reincarnation? Or is there no such step as reincarnation and reincarnation?" Wu Ling asked, "If you can understand reincarnation, it proves that there is such a process, right?"

Luo Mu blinked and hurriedly explained: "No, I heard... that there is a little sister, and I am here..."

Wu Ling frowned.

Luo Mu was so frightened that he couldn't speak anymore.

"How did you get here?" Wu Ling changed the question.

Luo Mu whispered: "I, I don't know either. After I died, I still stayed in the phone booth. No one seemed to care about that place. No ghosts came to eat me... There were people and ghosts walking by. Look at me, but, but no...one day, I suddenly...suddenly entered the sea. I...I floated out and saw the boat, and then I arrived in the city..."

Luo Mu recalled with difficulty, but there were obviously many gaps in his experience along the way.

"When did you get here?" Wu Ling asked.

Luo Mu was thinking hard again.

"Do you remember the date?"

Luo Mu shook his head.

"What's the date in the world over there?"

"Huh? Over there, over there... we escaped in 241." Luo Mu said.

"241?" Wu Ling frowned.

Luo Mu realized something and added: "Lan Ji, Lan Ji has her own date. I only know Lan Ji's date..."

So, this date really has no reference value.

Luo Mu seemed to understand that he could not provide clues, and lowered his head guiltily.