Chapter 177: Night in the Land of the Dead
Before dawn, we left the town of the Undead.
We re-formed a route based on the notes provided by Liu Laoshi.
This route deviates from the Great Yuantan where the corpse demon appears, and bypasses a cemetery and a ghost village.
If nothing unexpected happens, you will probably arrive at the Styx Black Store in about two days.
From now on, we have completely entered the land of the dead.
This place has heavy yin energy and low temperatures.
Because there is no specific road, the vehicle is directly on the Gobi Desert, and at this time I learned why the boss had to spend such a large price to modify the car.
If the vehicle is not modified in this terrain, it may break down at any time.
The vehicle is the exorcist's legs, and even the legs are gone. The probability of dying here is basically more than 80%.
Because it was my first time entering the Land of the Undead, my boss told me a lot of news about it when I was on the way.
There are seven ghost kings and two corpse kings in the land of the undead.
There are hundreds, or hundreds of ghosts or zombies respectively.
Of course, those who can get together are basically smart.
But more of them are lonely ghosts and cemeteries wandering in the wilderness.
Because of the incomplete soul, the lonely ghost has a low IQ. When he sees a living person, he only knows to pounce on him and can't even say anything.
The corpses in the cemetery are all missing hands and legs, and they can't even jump around.
But because of the special nature of the cemetery, if you don’t have the ability to break in, it will be difficult to come out alive.
When I heard this, I realized that there is actually the difference between a staffing and a non-staffing.
Those who have organizational structures are normal-minded. They mainly focus on the Ghost King and the Corpse King, and firmly embrace each other. On the one hand, they hunt the exorcists who enter here, and on the other hand, they compete with the other Ghost King and the Corpse King for resources.
They are organized and smart, and can be regarded as "regular troops".
The brainless person is the master who does not love his mother and does not love him, and he can only live in the wilderness by himself.
When an exorcist came over, he was taken away as experimental materials or dissected and removed the corpse beads, no one cared about them.
Anyway, there are many exorcists who die here every year.
Because of the special terrain, countless newly born souls and zombies are also numerous.
Zhang Sanfen told me while driving forward.
On the road, I saw a cemetery from afar, with broken tombstones, broken tombs, and coffins scattered on the ground.
There is also a wisp of corpse energy that cannot be dissipated.
Zhang Sanfen took a detour carefully and did not provoke him.
In the afternoon, we met another funeral procession.
This team is obviously composed of dead souls and has a certain degree of consciousness.
The leading guy seemed to hear the sound of cars, and his eyes kept looking here.
But our vehicle had long been posted with runes, and no matter how this guy looked at it, he could not find the vehicle.
Of course, Zhang Sanfen would not be so stupid as to provoke him.
I asked the boss why it is still the daytime, and there are still dead souls appearing?
Aren’t they afraid of the sun above their heads?
Zhang Sanfen replied: "The reason why the land of the dead is called the land of the dead is that the yin energy here is enough to offset the yang energy brought by the sun."
"There is also the Styx River, the yin energy radiates out enough to make the dead souls appear during the day."
"Here, the dead don't like to appear during the day, not that they can't appear during the day."
I smacked my tongue secretly.
Everything here is very different from the outside world.
At least I have never seen dead souls running around in broad daylight, carrying coffins.
We walked and stopped and circled along the way. When it was just dark, we arrived at our first accommodation point.
It is called a accommodation spot, but it is just a relatively safe place.
This is a canyon. On the surface, it should be a dry river channel left after the diversion of the Styx.
The nearest ghost village or cemetery is at least 20 kilometers away. Because the terrain is smooth, it is not suitable for evil spirits to appear.
Zhang Sanfen hid the car, then took out the engineer shovel and dug two large holes on one side of the river.
He said to me: "The night in the Land of the Undead is a time for evil spirits to revel in. Unless it is absolutely necessary, it is better to find a place to rest, otherwise people will die."
"Don't make a fire tonight, don't turn on the lights, and take a break after dinner. When the sun comes out tomorrow, we will continue to rush."
I nodded, then took out the canned beef from the car and the self-heating kettle.
This place was very cold at night, so I threw the canned beef into the self-heating kettle and cooked it for more than ten minutes before throwing it to Zhang Sanfen one.
The canned beef tastes good, and it makes me feel round with compressed biscuits and hot water.
After dinner, we started to work hard, set up early warning devices, and calculated where to retreat if something happened in the evening.
After finishing his work, Zhang Sanfen said to me: "Sustaining overnight in the Dead Land must have someone to watch. Those early warning devices are sometimes unreliable."
"You are in the middle of the night, and you are in the middle of the night at twelve o'clock, and I am in the middle of the night."
I knew my boss was taking care of me, so the night watch was the hardest time in the second half of the night.
At that time, people's mental strength and vigilance would decrease.
On the contrary, it was a little more comfortable in the first half of the night, and after twelve o'clock, you could sleep until dawn.
I nodded, put on my hat and gloves, and then lay behind a mound.
This place has a good view and can be seen from all directions.
On the contrary, because this dry river is deeper, we can't see at all from a distance.
This is my first night since I entered the Land of the Undead.
The sky here is clean and there are many stars.
The only bad thing is that the weather is a bit cold. I looked at the temperature displayed on my watch and it is now minus three degrees.
Well, the northern Mo area is a bitter and cold place, and the yin energy is very heavy, so it would be strange if it is not cold.
There was nothing wrong with the first half of the night, so I spent it safely.
At twelve o'clock, before I could call the boss, he took the initiative to crawl out of his sleeping bag and said, "Go and have a rest."
"Don't take off your clothes when you sleep, and don't take off your shoes."
"Also, don't sleep too hard."
He completely treated me as a rookie.
I honestly followed the instructions, and didn't even take off my shoes and clothes, and got into the sleeping bag.
In fact, it was uncomfortable to sleep like this, but because of the fatigue during the day and the night just now, I fell asleep in a daze.
I don’t know how long I slept, but suddenly I suddenly opened my eyes and then covered my mouth with one hand.
I was shocked and then I found that under the starlight, Zhang Sanfen was making a gesture of silence towards me.
Then he whispered, "Don't make a noise, there's something wrong!"
I burst out of the sleeping bag and took the Demon-killing Thorn in my hand.
I listened with my ears and found that there was a roar of the engine in the distance.
I glanced at Zhang Sanfen and he whispered: "It's the exorcist."
"But don't be too happy too early. Meeting an exorcist here may not be a good thing!"
Chapter completed!