I didn't become a human today

Ji Ran knew that his body would not last long, which made him more determined to find Huangsha Temple. No matter what price he paid, he just wanted everyone to live. Even if he lost something, as long as he lived, he would be happy There will be hope.

As he walked through the wall, he felt all the heat around him disappear.

The texture of that wall is very strange, like a door made of water.It was only for a short moment when crossing, but the coolness can always penetrate into the bones, the sun is scorching outside the wall, and another world is inside the wall.

cold.

It's as cold as being in the extreme north.

Ji Ran hugged his arms, rubbed the goose bumps on his arms, took a step forward, and was shocked by everything in front of him.

The world behind the wall is vast and boundless, like the sea, with no boundaries in sight.

In this borderless world, the dead are everywhere.

Their expressions are sad, calm, panicked, or indifferent. They are all people who disappeared in Mirage City. Their souls are used to fill the gate of hell, and their bodies are still left here.

All without exception died.

There was a sad breath of death in the air, and the huge visual impact made Ji Ran feel tight in his chest.Most of these people were unknown to him. Ji Ran walked among the corpses, occasionally seeing a few familiar gold diggers.They all lay flat on the ground with their limbs stretched out. It is worth noting that a special golden ring was put on the wrists and ankles of all the dead.

Ji Ran squatted down to investigate, and as soon as he squatted down, he could smell the strong aroma.

These aromas are all wafting from those golden rings.

Ji Ran pulled out a hairpin from his head, pried the ring open, and poured out some dark things from it.

"what is this?"

"Agarwood, sandalwood, dipterocarp and the like."

Behind Ji Ran, came a strange voice.

Ji Ran turned his head abruptly, and saw a masked man standing behind him unknowingly.

The man wore a golden mask on his head, which looked slightly dull due to the passage of time. The shape of the golden mask was also extremely exaggerated, with golden feathers extending from the temples like bird wings. The golden feathers Extending all the way to the top of the head, there is a lifelike golden snake on the top, with two rubies inlaid in the snake's eyes, looking down at Ji Ran in a condescending posture.

Before Ji Ran could speak, the man stretched out his hand to caress the air, and the spices poured out by Ji Ran were suspended and returned to the golden ring automatically.

The man's voice came from far and near, like illusory smoke, or like bits of fluorescent light that could be touched but couldn't be grasped, extremely mysterious.

"This is the custom in my hometown. Once a person dies, put a golden cylinder on the limbs of the deceased, add agarwood, sandalwood, dipterocarp, etc., pile up firewood and burn it, and the soul of the person will be accompanied by the fire when burning." The smoke, ascend to the bliss of rebirth together."

Ji Ran didn't know the identity of that person, the only thing he could think of was the man who appeared in the mist that night.

It can be seen that this man wearing a mask and dressed like a shaman is also someone who is used to watching life and death.

When facing the dead everywhere, he was still calm and calm, without fear.

As the man said, he spread his palms in front of Ji Ran.

In the palm of the man's hand, a green flame appeared inexplicably. He moved his palm in front of Ji Ran, holding up the green flame, "Would you like to save them with me?"

"With all due respect, the customs in your hometown can't save these soulless people. Even if you burn their bodies clean, they can't be reborn in bliss."

Ji Ran's words were a little abrupt and presumptuous. After hearing this, the man quickly closed his fingers and pinched the green flame in his palm until it extinguished.

A few wisps of blue smoke floated up from between his fingers, like a thin snake, circling Ji Ran continuously, as if looking at him, occasionally colliding between his cheeks and hair, gently, Like being shrouded in fog, there is not much feeling.

The man's tone was a little annoyed, "Do you think I killed them?"

Ji Ran didn't speak.

The old beggar had told him all the stories about these human lives and ghost gates before he died.He couldn't judge many things without knowing more details, so he didn't speak.

But Ji Ran's silence in the eyes of the man seemed to be acquiescence, and he did all these outrageous things.

"Come with me, I'll show you something."

As the man said, he brought Ji Ran to a well.

This well looked like an ordinary well, but when Ji Ran looked down, he found that the water at the bottom of the well was very turbid. The heart-piercing screams that came from the bottom were amplified several times when they came up, and those screams and wailings shook Ji Ran's eardrums.

Ji Ran reached out and touched the mouth of the well, it was wet.

He licked his dry lips, trying to suppress the desire to drink water.

The man hung his hand over the mouth of the well, put his five fingers together in the air to catch, and then grabbed a dead soul from the bottom of the well.

The dead soul was translucent all over, its face was blurred, and it was still writhing when it was held by the man.

"What do you want me to see? Just this dead soul?"

"No." The man cast his eyes into the distance, "Look at something other than the dead soul, the thing hidden underground."

At this moment, Ji Ran suddenly felt the ground under his feet tremble violently, and the black stones on the surface were pushed away from the inside to the outside, as if a huge monster was constantly swimming underground.For a time, countless cracks appeared on the ground.

Through the cracks on the ground, Ji Ran clearly saw many densely arranged scales.

The huge monster was still swimming in the ground, and the ground under Ji Ran's feet was pushed away a little. He couldn't stand up anymore and almost fell into the crack. At the same time, Ji Ran smelled an extremely Strong fishy smell.

He could only hold onto the edge of the well as hard as possible to stabilize himself first.

He had already seen the power of that thing, enough to tear the earth apart.Although he only glimpsed a part of the scales, Ji Ran clearly felt the horror of this colossal monster.

The man threw the dead soul in his hand back into the bottom of the well, and the giant dormant in the ground immediately stopped moving.

The cracks in the ground began to sink, and gradually stabilized, no longer shaking and bumping.

"Did you see it?" the man asked him, "This well is the home of the souls of these people. There must be no one missing from the dead at the gate of hell. If one is missing, the things in the underground will come out and destroy the world. "