Card: My wife is a bit dull, but she leads thousands of dragons

"Do you know me?" Luo Bai looked the man up and down, remaining extremely alert.

It's not strange to be recognized.

He is indeed somewhat famous in the world, and he is not wearing a mask now, so it is not surprising to recognize him.

The weird thing is--

The other person said, “Wake up.”

Did he know I was asleep?

It wasn't Kotake, but he who saved me?

Not impressed at all.

"Oh, sorry." The photographer paused and raised his hand slightly to apologize.

"I forgot you forgot me."

A tongue twister came out of his mouth.

"What a mess." Luo Bai frowned, totally unable to make sense of what was being said.

"who are you?"

"What do you want from me?"

He kept a few meters away from the man taking the photo and asked directly.

The photographer stroked his chest and smiled, looking gentle and elegant: "My name is Mickey, and I'm a photographer."

"Mickey...photographer..." Luo Bai kept recalling in his mind, but still couldn't remember.

"what's up?"

He looked all over Mickey with confusion and caution.

He is dressed fashionably and has modern facilities, so he is probably not a native of Shiranui Village.

If it were a living being.

Meaning that both parties can touch and hurt each other.

The gun is easy to hide, and the dark arrow is hard to prevent.

"Uh..." Mickey looked up blankly and muttered, "Why did I look for you..."

Luo Bai:...

Are all the people here so stupid?

"Oh——" Mickey suddenly shouted, "I remember it!"

"The new moon is coming."

"I'll ask you to take an artistic photo in advance!"

As he spoke, his eyes sparkled with anticipation.

"New Moon? Artistic photo?" Luo Bai was stunned.

The latter word is barely understandable, but it seems very abstract when applied to him.

I don't understand the previous word at all.

He looked up at the sky, it was pitch black, with no stars, moon or clouds.

The new moon is coming. Does it mean the moon is about to rise?

Sounds like a good idea.

"Oh—" Mickey paused again, "I forgot you forgot about the new moon."

"so!"

His eyes flashed sharply.

"Please take an artistic photo for me."

"Let me answer a question for you."

"That's a good deal!"

Mickey's voice was filled with excitement, he felt like a little genius.

"What is an artistic photo?" Luo Bai was very interested in the reward [answer a question], and he was in urgent need of information.

But you also have to ask what the price is.

"Will it do me any harm?"

"Hurt?" Mickey was stunned. "No."

"Artistic photos mean that you dress and pose according to my instructions, and I just take the photo."

Sounds like a common photography request.

"Is there any sample I can see?" Luo Bai was still worried and asked in a wary voice.

If the other party requires a particularly abstract outfit or pose, that cannot be accepted.

"Of course." Mickey turned the camera over and showed Luo Bai the sample art photos he had taken.

After just looking at a few pictures, Luo Bai's eyes lit up: "Your photography skills are pretty good."

The photos are all normal.

So the art is about adjusting the lens to create a special effect.

For example, if there is a tall building collapsing, have the model pose in a half-squatting position with a strenuous expression on her face and raise her hand in the direction of the falling building, and then zoom out, this will create an artistic effect of the model becoming a giant and supporting the tall building.

The other party turned out to be a normal person!

"Okay." Luo Bai interrupted Mickey from flipping through the photos.

Mickey seemed to be unsatisfied: "Why don't you continue reading? I have some hidden treasures in the back!"

"I can agree to your request." Luo Bai said solemnly, "But if there is any harm or crisis during the filming, I have the right to refuse and modify it."

Mickey pinched his chin, thought for a moment and said, "Sure."

At the moment when both sides finished speaking.

A loud and majestic voice resounded throughout the underworld.

[Transaction completed]

When Luo Bai heard this, his eyes suddenly widened and he looked at Mickey with horror.

The inner astonishment lingered for a long time.

It’s like playing an online game. You make a private agreement with a player, and then the server pulls up a horizontal bar to notify the entire server.

If this "deal done" is issued in response to the two agreements just made.

That probably means that—

The man in front of him has certain management authority in the underworld.

"Have we fallen into a trap?" Luo Bai's expression became solemn, and his nerves were tense.

The previous smiling, friendly and normal photos were all illusions and illusions.

All to guide me into trading?

The imagined white-on-black situation did not happen.

"what happened?"

Mickey still looked harmless and said cutely.

"Now it's time for you to ask questions."

Luo Bai frowned, looked around, pointed at the people on the street, and asked what he was most concerned about: "What's wrong with them?"

As soon as he entered the market, he realized that something was wrong with these people.

Suspicion 1: Their eyes are distracted and dull.

Suspicion 2: They were constantly moving, no matter if they were street vendors, pedestrians, or children playing, none of them were still, some were shouting, some were dancing, or some were running around.

Suspicion three: No one came up to talk to them, as if they couldn’t see them.

It looks chilling.

Luo Bai was worried that he or his friends would become one of these people, so he made it a priority to get some information.

The question is very general.

When the other person answers, more information may be revealed.

Mickey frowned, thinking about how to organize his words: "They... um..."

"Generally speaking..."

"When humans die in this world, the energies in their bodies will envelop their consciousness, forming a [soul] that enters the underworld."

"That is, they—"

He pointed at the figures on the street and made a mournful sound.

"Dead spirit."

"The dead have no body, which means that in its natural state, Ena can only go out but not come in."

"Without Otsuka's protection, [consciousness] will slowly dissipate, which is what we often call [spiritual loss] in the modern world."

"The loss of spirituality is equivalent to the loss of memory and emotions."

"Exercise can provide a small amount of story value and generate a meager amount of spirituality, but unfortunately—"

“A drop in the bucket.”

"Without a large amount of spiritual replenishment, the undead will eventually turn into this thing—"

Mickey sighed, pointing at the blue and white will-o'-the-wisp floating in the air.

"This blue-white color is called the Prayer Factor. There are also Chaos Factors, Arc Factors, Data Factors, etc...."

"All the factors—"

He smiled bitterly, not knowing what he was thinking about.

"It will float towards the Reincarnation Snow Mountain, which is the main root of the God Star Tree, at the time of the new moon."

"Become the nutrients for the Shenxing Tree to produce Yina."

"This is the final fate of all undead."

"If you want to escape this fate." He winked at Luo Bai mischievously, "First of all——"

"We have to find a body."

After listening to his entire speech, Luo Bai froze in place, shocked beyond words: "Who on earth are you..."

He never expected it.

A casual question revealed one of the truths of the world.

Truth 1: The dead are the nutrients that the God Star Tree uses to produce Ena.