"There is no need to say anything about the people on the other side. Disappearance is the fate of red fish. The underworld is not a place where red fish can go. If you want to go alone, then please do so."
The meaning of the gatekeeper is very obvious. If you can go there by yourself, then that's fine, but red fish can't.
"Then I must change this fate!"
While Qiu was speaking, he opened his hands at the same time and faced the gatekeeper to release his power.
Suddenly, a gust of wind rose out of nowhere, turning into thousands of sharp blades and stabbing the gatekeeper.
But what Qiu didn't expect was that the tall and burly gatekeeper seemed like a balloon, solid on the outside and empty on the inside, looking good but useless.
Facing Qiu's attack, he was hit directly, and then gradually dissipated.
But what Qiu didn't notice was what the gatekeeper said to him when he disappeared.
"People on the other side, we will meet again eventually."
Qiu didn't expect that the gatekeeper would be defeated so easily by him. Even though he was excited, he didn't forget what he was here to do.
So he took the red fish directly into the gate of the underworld.
Although the underworld is an unknown place to Qiu, he has never been here, but the records about the underworld in the books are very detailed.
Because for people like them on the other side, people like them can travel freely to and from the underworld. But because they usually have no reason to go anywhere, and the journey is too far, they have never seen the underworld.
This is why Qiu knew that there might be a way to save the red fish in the underworld and decided to go there without hesitation. Because for people on the other side, the underworld is like another world to them.
Just when Qiu had just stepped into the gate of the underworld with the red fish in his arms, he saw the red fish in his arms suddenly glowing.
At the same time, the red fish was still changing. It kept getting bigger, and then began to move closer to the shape of a human, and finally stayed at about the same age as Qiu.
When the light dissipated, Qiu saw that the original red fish had turned into a girl about the same age as him.
However, the girl does not look like a normal person, but looks like a soul, like a broken candle that can be blown down by just a little wind.
Seeing this, Qiu quickly shared his magic power with the girl transformed from the red fish.
Finally, the girl successfully woke up, and her body no longer looked like it would dissipate at any time.
"Who are you? Where is this?"
This was the first thing the girl said after waking up.
"People on this shore, this is the underworld. You entered here by mistake, and I am trying to find a way to get you back to the world you are in."
Qiu explained.
"Underworld? Am I already dead?"
Obviously, as a girl on this side, she does not know the divisions of the three realms, let alone her current situation.
So Qiu also told her what he knew.
"So what will happen if I can't return to my world."
The girl asked. After Qiu's explanation, the girl also realized the seriousness of the problem.
"It will dissipate. This is also the fate of those who enter by mistake."
Qiu also told the gatekeeper exactly what he said.
"You just said that you were helping me return to my previous world, so I would like to ask if there is any way for me to go back."
the girl asked.
"The answer is that I don't know either. The purpose of my coming to the underworld is not just to help you find a way to return to your world. I also have my own things to do. Helping you is just something I do casually.
"
Qiu explained.
Although these words seem arrogant, Qiu's purpose in coming to the underworld is really not just to help the other party find a way to return home, but also has his own plan.
He couldn't understand why his bounden duty was to patrol the cracks. The gatekeeper's understanding of fate made him think he could find the answer in the underworld. Qiu didn't want to patrol the cracks, even though the cracks were now his secret base.
But it still couldn't change the loneliness there. So he wanted to prove to the gatekeeper that fate can be reversed, both for himself and the red fish.
"My name is Chun. Thank you very much. If you need me to do anything, I will definitely help."
Chun was overjoyed after hearing Qiu's speech, because in this unfamiliar place, Qiu, the first person she met, was the only one she could rely on.
"Forget it, you are a weak person on this side. Every move you make now relies on my magic power. So reducing your movements and not getting hurt is saving yourself."
Qiu said to Chun.
That's right, it can be said that Chun's current activities are all supported by Qiu's mana. Although the consumption is negligible for Qiu, the key to the problem is that the mana that has been consumed will not be slowly restored.
This is not good news for Qiu, but he is not worried. After all, he already knew it before he came. Because the situation in the underworld has been recorded in the books. The only thing he is worried about now is that if the time is too long,
Then you must return.
The underworld does not have green waters and green mountains like the other shore. He who undertakes the task of reincarnation is just like his name, underworld.
The whole world seems to be only gravel, and the sky seems to be forever night. This is the underworld, the underworld that Qiu has only seen in books before.
"Are those people like me?"
Suddenly, Chun saw a group of people who looked similar to him suddenly appearing in front of him.
"Those are the people on this side who have died, and they will be waiting to enter reincarnation."
Although Qiu has never seen the scene in front of him, he can generally guess who these people are through the descriptions in the book.
"Then where are we going? This place is full of such dead souls."
Chun was a little worried.
"We just need to find the Lord of the Underworld. He is the person who knows everything in the underworld. Only he can answer the doubts in my heart."
As the Lord of the Underworld who appears in all the books about the Underworld, he is naturally the person Qiu is looking for.
The book says that the Lord of the Underworld is in charge of reincarnation, and only he has the passage to this world.
And maybe, the other party also knows something about his vocation.
You must know that vocation is not common in the three realms. There is no concept of vocation on this shore where Chun is, and in the underworld where the Lord of the Underworld is.
And the most important thing is that there is no record of vocation in any book. Even if you ask the elders in the village, they don't know anything about it.
Therefore, Qiu naturally wanted to ask the most authoritative person he knew. That was the Lord of the Underworld, and because the gatekeeper had frequently mentioned fate before, Qiu was even more skeptical about whether the Lord of the Underworld knew the truth.