After hearing this explanation, Chang Zizai was immediately shocked!
Looking at the state of the group of people in front of him, he instantly understood why they were called "the survivors".
Because they are people who have never really died!
There is no body, only a soul exists.
They wander like this all year round.
Few outsiders come in and talk to them.
Even if outsiders come in, if you don't have [Yin Yang Eyes], you won't be able to see their presence.
And they can't go out and see what's going on outside.
It was as if the whole city was like a cage, trapping them inside without seeing the sun or the moon all year round.
At this moment, Chang Zizai finally understood why the sky he just saw was gray.
Because in this strange city, there is no life of flesh and blood, only a group of lonely souls reside.
And after that old voice sounded.
The boatmen, women and lovers standing around all made way for a passage, and then turned to look at the same position in unison.
Chang Zizai came back to his senses, looked up and saw three figures walking towards him.
Among them, the one walking at the front was a white-haired, hunchbacked old woman with a withered face.
She was leaning on a cane, stepping up the stone steps and arriving in front of Chang Zuizai.
Behind this old woman, there were two energetic old men, wearing a green robe and a black robe respectively.
"Ahem."
The old woman coughed first and then glanced at Chang Zizi.
After catching the doubt in his eyes, he said, "I am one of the oldest people living here.
Thanks to the younger generations for taking care of me, please call me Granny Yan.
If your distinguished guest doesn't mind, you can also call me this."
Of course, Chang Zizai did not raise his eyebrows. He immediately clasped his fists with both hands and saluted the old woman, "Grandma Yan."
Then he frowned and asked, "How long have you lived here?"
Granny Yan glanced at the boatman, women and children, a smile appeared on her wrinkled face, and she said softly, "You can talk to the distinguished guests yourself."
The Azhu girl who had just held Chang Zizi's back with her hands immediately pursed her lips and said with a smile, "It's been almost three years since I came here."
And the innocent little girl with two braids also raised her hands to answer.
"I only came in last year, less than a year ago."
A boatman with a dark face said with a smile, "I have been here longer than them all, six years."
"Me, it's been almost eight years."
"And I, for more than twelve years."
"Hmph, what did I say for twenty years?"
"Is twenty years amazing? How can I say thirty years?..."
Whenever a voice sounds, Chang Zizui will subconsciously look over.
And as he listened to the answers given by each widow, he couldn't help but feel more and more surprised.
Unexpectedly, this group of widows living in this strange city would have different time spans?
Among them, those who have been here for the shortest time are less than a year.
The person who has lived the longest is undoubtedly the Granny Yan in front of me, who has lived in this strange city for a full 384 years!
When Chang Zizi heard this age, he suddenly looked shocked and his doubts became even stronger.
But she didn't wait for him to ask her doubts.
Grandma Yan, as if she had read through his thoughts, spoke first and said, "What do you call your distinguished guest?"
Of course Chang Zizai told the truth frankly and said that he came from the Kunlun Mountains.
When passing by Wudang Mountain tonight, I remembered the strange market in Shennongjia, so I wanted to come and have a look.
I didn't expect that I would actually enter this strange city by accident.
"I know you have a lot of doubts in your heart."
Granny Yan looked at Chang Zizi, a gleam of wisdom flashed in her old, cloudy eyes, and continued, "And you are able to come in here, and you also mastered a [Yin Yang Eye], so you can see our existence.
That means you are destined to this place and to us..."
After a pause, Granny Yan looked into Chang Zizi's eyes and spoke slowly.
"When you heard my age just now, were you surprised? Were you also confused?
Do you wonder why I can live here for a relatively long time?"
Always nod calmly and truthfully.
He did have such an idea just now and wanted to ask, but Granny Yan interrupted him first.
But at this moment, when Granny Yan asked about it, Chang Zizi felt a little surprised.
I didn't expect that this old woman's eyesight was so powerful and she could directly see through his mind.
Unexpectedly, Granny Yan smiled calmly.
"Actually, I can't see through your mind, I'm just inferring based on common sense.
After all, a mortal's life lasts only a hundred years.
But I have lived here for nearly four hundred years.
Not to mention you, if it were someone else, I think they would be very surprised and confused..."
When Chang Zi heard this, he suddenly understood and nodded.
This is indeed the truth.
At this moment, Granny Yan looked at him and suddenly asked a question with a smile.
"Dear guest, did you notice anything special when you just listened to them talking about the time they came in?"
Chang Zizai suddenly raised his head, first glanced at Grandma Yan, and then at Miss Azhu, the little girl with braids, and the dark-faced boatman.
And while Chang Zizai was scanning the people around him, he was thinking about the common points among them.
Suddenly, his eyes stopped on the face of a child, and he couldn't help but open his eyes wide, finally figuring out a very special point in it.
He quickly retracted his gaze and looked at Granny Yan again. His mind was shaken again and he blurted out, "The time doesn't coincide?!"
This time Granny Yan was not the only one who smiled and nodded.
Miss Azhu, the little girl with braids, the dark-skinned boatman and so on, all showed a knowing smile and nodded one after another.
Obviously he agrees with Chang Zizi's answer.
Chang Zizai looked at the smiles of this group of survivors, and couldn't help but feel a wave of panic in his heart!
He guessed it right!
The widows standing in front of him at this moment all entered this strange city at different times.
Some have been here for less than a year, some have been here for two years, some for three years, some for five years, ten years...
In short, no one’s time overlaps here!
And the time interval between each person's entry is measured in "years"!
Thinking of this, Chang Zizai suddenly felt a creepy feeling!
At the same time, many doubts popped up in his mind.
Why do these widows live in this strange city?
And who deprived them of their physical bodies?
And where do they come from?
Why does each widow enter this strange city at a different time?
Also, how did this strange city come into being?!
Doubts kept popping up one after another, making Chang Zizai feel an impatient urge to uncover the truth.
but!
Before he could continue thinking, Granny Yan's voice suddenly sounded in his ears, telling him a shocking truth!