New Times, New Hell

After finding a restaurant in the shopping mall for lunch, Yu Zhengdu and Shang Que went home wearing Nuo masks.

Although the scene seen through the mask was somewhat blurred, the sense of trembling and uneasiness brought by the memory still lingered in Yu Zhengdu's heart, which made him feel powerless from time to time.

"Ah, I'm so tired." Yu Zhengdu collapsed on the sofa, tilted his body, and fell into Shang Que's arms.

The legs of the two were lying on the sofa, overlapping each other. Yu Zhengdu rubbed Shang Que's calf with his toes, "Give me a shoulder press."

So the majestic ghost king really pressed his shoulders for him.

Yu Zhengdu was still playing with the mask in his hand, and couldn't help wondering: "Why did I see those things?"

Shang Que paused slightly, as if he couldn't figure it out: "It's a little strange."

Even if the Nuo mask temporarily gains divine power under certain circumstances due to the Nuo dance ceremony, it is not visible to ordinary mortal eyes, just like the young actor who danced the official dance, the mask actually belonged to him, but he Didn't see anything unusual at all.

In the formal Nuo ceremony, only those who represent God, or those chosen by God, can have the ability to see visions.

Shang Que took the mask and looked at it carefully for a while, but still didn't see anything unusual.

If the mask is just an ordinary mask, then it can only be that the person who sees it is not ordinary.

Many thoughts flashed through Shang Que's mind, but he didn't say it in the end, he just stretched out his hand and gently stroked Yu Zhengdu's cheek.

Yu Zhengdu tilted his head, squeezed closer, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Shang Que said seriously: "Suddenly I have a strong urge to tell a story."

Yu Zhengdu thought for a while, and complained, "I don't think it's sudden at all!"

Shang Que said "um", and rubbed his head against his neck, Yu Zhengdu turned his head and kissed him, lazily, "I don't want to move anymore, just sit on the sofa."

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Although Shang Que said that the ghost emperor alone could not revive the ghost city of Fengdu, Yu Zhengdu still felt a faint uneasiness in his heart, especially the shuddering feeling brought about by the scene seen through the Nuo mask.

So on the night before the blessing ceremony, Yu Zhengdu thought twice, and decided to discuss it with Shang Que again. Even if he didn't join hands with the ghost emperor, it would be best to go to Juejing Mountain to have a look.

But before he had time to speak, Shang Que came to him first, with a calm expression: "Let's go to Juejing Mountain tomorrow."

Yu Zhengdu looked at him, but finally didn't ask any questions.

He wanted to go to Judgment Mountain because he was worried that the Ghost Emperor had other plans, but Shang Que... no matter how indifferent he was, he still wanted to know what was going on in Fengdu Ghost City.

Desperate Mountain is at the junction of Fucheng and Ledu cities, and it only takes more than an hour's drive from Shangque Community to Desperate Mountain, so the two of them are not in a hurry and plan to leave early the next morning.

But before dawn, Yu Zhengdu suddenly received a call from Ming Peiran: "Mr. Yu, do you and Mr. Shang have time now?"

Yu Zhengdu fell into a drowsy sleep: "What's the matter?"

Ming Peiran's voice was a little anxious: "A ship in Nu Harbor suddenly disappeared, and the rescue team suspected it was an unnatural event..."

Yu Zhengdu regained consciousness a little, "How do you say?"

Ming Peiran hastily summed up the matter in a few sentences.

Nuhai Port is the port of Nuhai City. Nuhai City is a coastal city. It is adjacent to Fucheng and Ledu, forming a triangle. Because of its good berth depth and weather conditions, Nuhai Port has always been the most important port in several nearby provinces. A comprehensive port and a foreign trade port, the annual throughput is huge, and there is an endless stream of giant ships of more than [-] tons.

Ming Peiran said that the accident happened to a huge cargo ship, which was supposed to dock in the early morning, and sailed smoothly all the way, but unexpectedly, it suddenly disappeared at a place more than 20 nautical miles away from the port.

Yu Zhengdu frowned: "Suddenly lost track?"

"Yes, it disappeared out of thin air." Ming Peiran's tone was a little dignified. According to him, the personnel on the ship were still in contact with the port, but suddenly the whole ship disappeared. They searched all over, but found no trace of the ship at all, "including the disappearance of radar signals, and no one on board can be contacted... It's as if there is no such ship at all."

Because the incident happened so suddenly and unbelievably, the freight company and the port were all dumbfounded. If it weren't for the fact that many people had contacted the cargo ship and confirmed the ship's route, it might have been considered a personal hallucination.

Such a huge ship, if there is any accident, it will definitely not be silent, especially the ship is about to enter the port, and it is still in contact with the staff one second, and there is no information at all the next second. Due to the situation, the rescue team had to think about other aspects.

Among the senior management of the rescue team was someone who was in contact with the special department. Ming Peiran got the news very quickly. Originally, according to the general procedure, the special department should have arranged for an expert master to participate in the rescue, but unfortunately, at this time almost All the practitioners who have cooperated with the special department gathered in the Immortal Mountain to prepare for tomorrow's blessing ceremony.

Although Ming Peiran didn't say it clearly, it is not difficult to see from the information he vaguely revealed that the relevant departments pay far more attention to the blessing ceremony than other things. That's why Ming Peiran had to turn to Luo Feng for help.

I don't know what the ghost emperor saw and what he said to them, so that all relevant personnel paid such attention to it.

Yu Zhengdu muttered in his heart, and almost blurted out to expose Ghost Emperor.

But he held back in the end, and only turned his head to ask Shang Que for his opinion.

Shang Que looked at the time with a calm expression: "Let's go to Nu Haigang first."

Yu Zhengdu suddenly understood his plan. There was still some time before the start of the Dharma Conference. They would have time to go to Nuhai Port first and then to Juejing Mountain. The distance between the two cities was not far, and with Shang Que's ability, they could arrive there in an instant.

Yu Zhengdu nodded, and said to Ming Peiran: "Ming team, please send me the address. Shang Que and I will go there now."

On the other end of the phone, Ming Peiran was stunned, and answered the wrong question: "Do you live with Mr. Shang?"

He thought he had to ask one by one.

Yu Zhengdu smiled: "He is my boyfriend."

Ming Peiran: "...Huh?" You should prepare yourself mentally first!

But Ming Peiran is also well-informed, homosexuality is nothing to him, the most important thing is that Yu Zhengdu and Shang Que's performance in Si Ling is very good, it makes him feel that maybe invite them Processing was also more efficient in the past.

Ming Peiran quickly sent the address and a phone number, with a postscript: [This is the phone number of the captain of the rescue team, you can just contact her directly, her name is Zeng Xin. 】

Yu Zhengdu and Shang Que changed their clothes, and took the laptop and other common tools. Shang Que held Yu Zhengdu with one hand, and slightly raised the palm of the other hand, making a gesture of casting a spell.

"Wait a minute." Yu Zhengdu said suddenly, his eyes fell on the Nuo mask on the table. The fear brought to him by the mask had not completely subsided. He subconsciously felt that it might not be a coincidence. From the harbor of anger to the mountain of imperil, maybe you should take the mask with you.

Shang Que was noncommittal, and after he took the mask and made sure that there was nothing else to do, he asked him to close his eyes, and his hand followed in mid-air.

When Yu Zhengdu opened his eyes again, they were already standing on the wharf of Nuhai Harbor, facing the sea that was undercurrent in the dark night, and the sea breeze was blowing so hard that his eyes could hardly be opened.

Yu Zhengdu took out his mobile phone and called Zeng Xin, the captain of the rescue team. Zeng Xin didn't expect them to come so fast, and was taken aback. The staff of the wharf came to pick them up and took them to the place where the freighter disappeared by speedboat.

The place where the freighter disappeared was about 200 nautical miles away from the port. The speedboat drove to the maximum horsepower and arrived at the place in less than half an hour. There was a small passenger ship patrolling the sea, and other search and rescue speedboats could be seen faintly around. There was the sound of "tat-tat-tat" helicopter wings, and the lights of the search lights kept sweeping across the sea.

The speedboat approached the small passenger ship. Yu Zhengdu and Shang Que boarded the deck, and a tall and dashing woman greeted them, "Hello, I'm Zeng Xin, the captain of the rescue team."

"Hello, Team Zeng." Yu Zhengdu responded politely, and then went straight to the point, "How is the situation?"

Zeng Xin shook her head and smiled helplessly: "Talk is better than nothing."

According to Zeng Xin, the rescue team has tried all possible methods, but there is not even a trace of them in the entire sea area.

Yu Zhengdu didn't know much about their search and rescue methods, but he didn't come here because they had more scientific and advanced means. After a little understanding, Yu Zhengdu turned his attention to Shang Que.

Shang Que stood on the edge of the deck, looking into the distance.

The sea in the dark night looked deep and terrifying, the sea wind was howling, and huge waves were rolled up. The small passenger ship was not deep in water, and kept shaking with the sound of the waves. Occasionally, a gust of wind blew by. unstable.

Shang Que didn't even shake it, as if he was standing on solid land, and the strong wind couldn't shake him at all, only the ends of his hair and the hem of his clothes fluttered in the wind.

Zeng Xin was very surprised when she saw it: "Boss Shang is standing too firmly."

Yu Zhengdu only smiled, but didn't answer.

The passenger ship drove slowly along the planned route, and search lights continued to sweep across the black sea, but found nothing.

Shang Que raised one hand and pointed towards the sea.

I don't know if it was an illusion, Zeng Xin felt as if something was blowing away from the sea breeze, causing her to take a step back involuntarily, she subconsciously stroked her face, but there was nothing.

After a while, Shang Que turned around, frowning slightly: "I didn't find it."

Zeng Xin was stunned: "What's the situation?"

Yu Zhengdu explained to her: "We didn't find that boat either."

Zeng Xin was silent for a while: "I mean, are you done looking?"

Yu Zhengdu realized that their speed was too fast and they lacked ceremony. Zeng Xin probably didn't understand it.

Sure enough, Zeng Xin then asked: "Don't you need to do it? Burning incense, throwing yellow paper or something?"

"Uh, no need." Yu Zhengdu sweated for a while, how could he do it, as for Shang Que, he was invited by others, but it was hard to explain to Zeng Xin, so he could only vaguely say, "We are technology experts. The company also uses GPS to find people.”

Zeng Xin: "...Is Captain Ming kidding me?"

Their rescue team has the latest search and rescue technology. If they all use GPS, then they need to find rescuers?

Yu Zhengdu showed his calmness in the face of customers: "The technical principle is different."

Zeng Xin was silent again, her eyes clearly revealing distrust, and she is not to blame for this, she has been doing search and rescue for so many years, and she has used GPS a lot, so what reason is there that she doesn't know?

At this moment, Shang Que came back with a strange look on his face: "It should be from Ghost Trek..."

"Ghost Trek?" Zeng Xin was puzzled, "What is that?"

Shang Que said "Hmm", but looked at Yu Zhengdu: "It's a kind of ghost hitting the wall."

Many people have heard of the ghost hitting the wall. When people walk at night or in the countryside, they will suddenly fall into confusion, lose their direction, and keep turning in circles. This situation is called "ghost hitting the wall".

Most of the so-called ghosts hitting the wall are actually just normal natural phenomena, because the essence of biological movement is circular motion, and the direction needs to be corrected by markers. At night and in the suburbs, markers are easy to cause false appearances, and there will be continuous circles. .

But some ghosts hitting the wall are truly bewitched by the evil spirits and lose consciousness and judgment.

But many people don't know that in fact, ships at sea, especially night ships, will also encounter ghosts hitting the wall, which is called ghost trek.

Shang Que and Yu Zhengdu explained that it is impossible for this kind of giant freighter to disappear suddenly under natural circumstances, and the only explanation can only be that the ghost lost its way.

There are countless monsters and ghosts in the deep sea, which are enough to condense into illusions that make giant ships lose their way. If the illusions are strong enough, they can also block the eyes of other people who step into this sea area and interfere with all natural signals.

If this is the case, he is fully capable of searching for that freighter.

But as things stand now, it doesn't make sense that he can't find the ship either.

Shang Que's explanation about Ghost Trek restored Zeng Xin's trust in them a little bit, but when she heard that they couldn't find them, she became anxious again. She also knew that this matter could not be forced, so she just took a deep breath: "It can't be done. If so, I will apply to strengthen the search and rescue efforts."

Yu Zhengdu fell into deep thought, and looked up at Shang Que after a while: "If this ship is still in this sea area, what is the situation that even you can't find it?"

Shang Que's eyes darkened: "I went to another world."

"Another world?" Yu Zhengdu was puzzled.

Shang Que patiently explained to him that in the past, there were many small worlds outside the three realms of heaven, man and earth, and there would be connection points between different worlds under certain circumstances. If someone happens to pass by here, it is possible to enter a different world. world.

If it is explained by modern science, it is probably similar to the concept of space.

For example, Hungry Ghost Dao is such a world. Although it overlaps with the human world, it is not the human world. When Yu Zhengdu was captured by King Qin Guang to Hungry Ghost Dao, Shang Que could not find him.

But this is something that only happens in the era when the world is full of aura. After the world collapses, the small world also collapses. Under normal circumstances, it should be impossible for the freighter to enter other worlds.

"Perhaps, the situation is not normal now." Yu Zhengdu looked at the deep sea.

During this period of time, too many things that should not have happened in this era have happened.

Yu Zhengdu had no choice but to doubt the ghost emperor, "Could he be playing tricks?"

"It's not him, he doesn't have this ability." Shang Que said, if Ghost Emperor had this ability, he wouldn't have come to join him.

"It's a pity they won't use your seal." Yu Zhengdu sighed. When the hungry ghost was on his way, he used Shang Que's seal to summon him, but this freighter obviously didn't have the ability.

Shang Que looked at him helplessly: "Do you think my seal is so easy to use?"

At this time, another gust of wind whizzed past, the passenger ship shook violently, Yu Zhengdu lost his balance and almost fell to the street, but fortunately Shang Que helped him in time, but the things he was holding were not so lucky, the bag fell to the ground .

"What is this?" Zeng Xin picked up the Nuo mask. She had just finished giving instructions to the team and helped Yu Zhengdu pick up the bag, but was startled by the mask inside.

I have to say that in such a dark night, Zhong Kui's mask is still very intimidating.

Yu Zhengdu's heart moved, he took the mask and held it in front of Shang Que: "Why don't you try this?"

The Nuo mask can see another world, maybe it can also see that freighter?The main reason is that they have nothing to do at this time, even if it is only a one in ten thousand chance, they still have to try.

Shang Que naturally didn't want Yu Zhengdu to fall into that powerless situation again, but he knew that Yu Zhengdu couldn't be stopped in this situation, so he could only remind him: "Now you can't see through the mask, right?"

"Hey." Yu Zhengdu turned on the phone and handed it to him, "I downloaded this."

Shang Que took a look: "..."

What was displayed on the screen of the mobile phone was a tutorial for jumping into an official ceremony.

"Okay." Shang Que, who never gave up, conceded in place, thought for a while, and stretched out his hand to touch Yu Zhengdu's eyebrows, "I will protect the law for you."

Following his point, Yu Zhengdu only felt that the Lingtai was clear. He took a deep breath and began to read the tutorial.

Zeng Xin looked curiously and poked her head over, "Mr. Yu is this?"

"Learn how to do it." Yu Zhengdu responded casually.

"Learn now?" Zeng Xin spat, her eyes gradually panicked, can these two work?

She had to ask again: "How long do I have to study?"

"Okay." Yu Zhengdu put away his phone.

Zeng Xin silently took out her mobile phone and started preparing to apply for an additional team.

Yu Zhengdu put on his mask, and in the hunting sea breeze, he began to move slowly as if he was drunk.

The ceremony of jumping to become an official is actually not complicated, but it takes practice to make the movements standard. The people on the boat don't know whether he is doing standard or not, and they just look at him a little speechlessly.

But in front of Yu Zhengdu's eyes, the scene has changed.

In just a split second, the black sea disappeared, replaced by a piece of red water, with viscous blood surging, and wherever the eyes could see, it was all blood red.

The feeling of suffocation came quickly, but this time with Shang Que's magical protection, Yu Zhengdu was not completely immobile like last time. His eyes slowly turned, and then he saw a huge ship.

The giant ship was sailing on the sea of ​​blood, the deck was full of crew members, all of them were leaning against the railing, looking around constantly, their eyes were full of horror, and their mouths kept opening and closing.

Yu Zhengdu couldn't hear the voice, but he could barely guess what they said from their mouth shapes.

"This is where?"

"Have you found your way?"

"Where have we been?"

"Is there no signal yet?"

Immediately afterwards, Yu Zhengdu's breathing stopped suddenly, and his whole body fell into ice cold again.

Just when he was on the verge of falling, familiar palms pressed his shoulders, and the power of Luo Fengshan swayed away, making Yu Zhengdu calm down. Then, he heard Shang Que's voice: "How is it?"

"I saw it." Yu Zhengdu said.

"See what?"

"The red sea, and... a lot of ghost hands."

I saw that under the huge ship, at the waterline, countless ghost hands stretched out from the bottom of the sea, scratching the bottom of the ship, as if they wanted to climb up the ship wall, or drag the huge ship into the sea .

Those hands were densely packed, revealing endless despair and evil thoughts, making Yu Zhengdu feel cold all over his body.

However, the people on the ship seemed to know nothing about it, and they just kept asking each other for directions.

"The boat shakes so badly, what's going on?"

"It's not a big wave, what's the situation?"

They could not see this strange sight.

Following Yu Zhengdu's description, Shang Que's eyes gradually became serious, and he asked him, "Is there anything else?"

"No more." Yu Zhengdu endured the discomfort and said, all he could see was a blood-red sea, and there were no other signs at all.

Immediately afterwards, the scene in front of him changed, and the mask had been taken off by Shang Que, "Then don't look at it for now."

After taking off the mask, Yu Zhengdu couldn't bear it any longer, and vomited on the deck with a "wow". He quickly apologized to Zeng Xin, "I'm sorry, I can't help it."

"It doesn't matter." Zeng Xin waved her hand, still concerned about the giant ship, "What's the situation now?"

Yu Zhengdu's face was pale, and he didn't know how to explain it for a while, so he just looked at Shang Que.

Shang Que lowered his eyes, and his tone was a little cold: "It's the Nether Sea."

"The Nether Sea?" Yu Zhengdu was startled.

He knew about the Nether Sea. When he was in the Hungry Ghost Realm, he had heard it mentioned by the Torch Mouth Hungry Ghost.

It is said that the Nether Sea is at the end of the Hungry Ghost Road Heihe River. The blood in the sea is churning, melting the evil thoughts and resentments of the Nether World. Countless ghosts struggle and perish here. It is an extremely dangerous place.

Unexpectedly, the freighter sailed into the Nether Sea. If the modern freighter was not strong enough, it might have been dragged down by the ghosts in the sea at this time.

But after finally knowing the place, Yu Zhengdu's spirit improved a little: "Can you save them?"

Shang Que shook his head: "No."

"Why?" Yu Zhengdu was startled again.

Shang Que said concisely: "It's too big."

The Nether Sea is like the ocean in Yangjian, boundless and without the same coordinates as Yangjian. Just knowing that the freighters are in the Nether Sea is useless, because they don't know where they are.

Zeng Xin didn't quite understand their conversation, but she guessed some of it. Seeing the atmosphere, something seemed wrong, so she couldn't help but frowned: "Is there nothing you can do?"

"Not necessarily." Yu Zhengdu said suddenly.

Shang Que looked at him, and Zeng Xin asked curiously, "What other powerful spells do you have?"

"Take a dead horse as a living horse doctor." Yu Zhengdu took a deep breath, and then under the gaze of the two... took out another mobile phone.

Zeng Xin:? ? ?

Shang Que was also a little puzzled, but he recognized the mobile phone, it was not the mobile phone in Yangjian, but their version in the underworld.

"I'll ask Ghost Mother." Yu Zheng Watanabe said while opening WeChat, "So much infrastructure has been built in Hungry Ghost Road, so it can't be wasted."

Shang Que: "..."

He almost forgot that since the Hungry Ghost Dao was incorporated, they have made a lot of infrastructure construction in the Hungry Ghost Dao, and even built a few signal towers. Now the Hungry Ghost Dao can also be connected to Luo Feng's system.

The Nether Sea is at the end of the Heihe River in the Hungry Ghost Path, and theoretically it is also a part of the Hungry Ghost Path.

It's just that the Nether Sea is boundless, even if the ship is lucky enough to be in a place where the signal can cover, there is no communication tool for the underworld on board, and it is impossible to locate it at all...

Before the thoughts in Shang Que's mind were finished, Yu Zhengdu opened a voice.

The voice of the needle-mouth hungry ghost was high-pitched and thin, and he was full of annoyance: "Brother Milk Tea! I just happened to be looking for you! I just found out that someone secretly connected to our wifi, please teach me how to cut off his signal!"

Shang Que: "...?"

Yu Zhengdu was refreshed, and quickly replied: "No, you must not disconnect his wifi, wait for me."

As he spoke, he quickly pressed on the phone.

Zeng Xin was inexplicable: "Mr. Yu, are you... want to learn magic again?"

"No, positioning." Yu Zhengdu responded.

The corner of Zeng Xin's mouth twitched: "If we can locate it, we have already located it..."

"The location is here!" Yu Zhengdu interrupted her.

"What?" Zeng Xin stared at Yu Zhengdu's phone screen.

I saw an unfamiliar map page on the screen. On the page, a small red dot was constantly moving.

Zeng Xin didn't realize it yet: "What is this?"

"People on the boat, the mobile phone ID is called 'surfing the Internet even if you die'." Yu Zhengdu said.

A person sent by a shipping company next to him responded excitedly when he heard the sound: "That's our colleague's account!"

Zeng Xin:? ? ?

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