At midnight in winter, the temperature is very low.
It's almost below freezing.
The wind was blowing in the forest, making a whining sound.
In the distance, the owl whined intermittently.
The rot beneath your feet rustled under your feet.
The kitten in his arms curled up very docilely in his owner's hands.
Every tree seems to be a little crooked?
The branches stretch out in disorder, and the withered yellow leaves are still stubbornly clinging to the branches of the crown.
The pale moonlight fell down, and the shadows were blurry, giving it an atmosphere like the beginning of a horror movie.
But Lingpingan felt very comfortable.
Countless thoughts in his heart came and went as he moved forward.
A little bit of fluorescence appeared next to me.
Lingpingan looked at it: "Fireflies!"
only……
Where did the fireflies come from in this winter?
He blinked his eyes, and his childish innocence grew. He turned his head and gently caught a small firefly that flew next to him.
"Little bug..." He smiled: "It's such a cold day, if you don't stay in your own nest, what are you doing here?"
The little firefly in my hand was trembling.
He seemed very scared.
Lingpingan laughed and didn't embarrass the little guy. He gently let the little guy fly away from his palm.
"Go! Go!" He said with loving eyes: "Little guy, go back to your mother!"
…………………………
Another perspective.
five minutes ago.
Zhuang Qiu woke up from the mud at midnight as usual.
The cold spiritual energy slowly nourished her soul.
"Aqiu!" The major's voice came from the soul: "A stranger is coming!"
"Be prepared for eviction!"
So, she slowly flew out of the ground.
The disembodied body slowly rises under the moonlight.
Like a flame drifting in the wind.
Gloomy green.
Beside him, familiar flames flew one after another.
In the green flames, some figures in military uniforms could be faintly seen.
That's a black military uniform!
Army uniforms from a hundred years ago.
It looks clean, beautiful and tidy.
It seems like they take care of it carefully every day.
"There is a stranger crossing the river..."
"Drive him away!"
In the soul body, the major's voice came.
"Yes!" Zhuang Qiu and her colleagues used their souls to make a sound.
The same sound as a hundred years ago.
Be firm and without delay.
This is their defense zone!
This is true before death, and also after death!
As a result, more than a dozen will-o'-the-wisps slowly floated towards the river beach.
They have carried out similar evictions countless times over the past hundred years.
This is the world of the dead, the prison of the dead.
Keep away strangers!
Because even just entering and contacting it may have a terrible and irreparable impact on strangers.
It ranges from being plagued by a variety of illnesses to being infected with all kinds of nasty diseases and dying on the bed.
only……
In his heart, Zhuang Qiu felt a little resentful.
"The people these days... are really busy..."
"Besides, my courage is getting bigger and bigger!"
She thought of the so-called anchors who took rafts and rowed across the Wuding River not long ago.
Really seeking death!
In order to attract attention, you can even risk your life!
In the end, she and her comrades had to waste a little of their soul power, manifesting the form of ghosts and frightening those guys into fainting, so that they finally did not let them cross the defense zone and go deep into the core of the cross slope.
Complaining in his heart, Zhuang Qiu also saw the intruder.
A young man.
Under the moonlight, the appearance is not visible.
It was as if there was a mist surrounding him.
"Extraordinary?" Zhuang Qiu thought.
"Didn't his elders teach him?"
"The cross slope is a very dangerous place for extraordinary people!?"
The cross slope is just a little scary to ordinary people.
It's amazing, even if you are infected with some evil spirits or contaminated, as long as you receive timely treatment, you can still turn the corner into safety.
But for extraordinary people, this place is taboo!
The world of the dead, filled with spiritual power, is an absolute poison to the living.
Just a little bit, and you may be in danger!
Yin and Yang restrain each other, which is the ultimate principle!
Unless you are protected by the treasure of pure yang, or your own qi and blood have been perfected, and the sky is clean.
In order to avoid the pollution here.
"Scare him!" Zhuang Qiu thought: "I hope he can understand..."
So, she and her colleagues flew towards the young man who was holding a cat and walking on rot through the woods.
As they fly.
Spiritual power was released from outside the soul, and the extremely cold spiritual power stirred up gusts of evil wind.
The evil wind whimpered, simulating the background sounds of several well-known horror movies on the market today.
Sad, bleak, and sinister.
Their souls cooperate with each other.
Using the natural endowment of ghosts, we can create various atmospheres that are scary, strange, and cold to strangers.
This is their tried and tested method of driving away people.
It is also the method that causes the least harm to strangers.
Those who were evicted would at most be a little frightened.
but……
Unexpectedly.
Zhuang Qiu and her colleagues found that the man seemed not to be affected at all.
The cold and cold wind blew past, like a gentle breeze on my face.
The shrill howl fell on deaf ears.
But those terrifying, evil, cold, psychological projections seemed to have no effect on him at all.
"What's going on?" Zhuang Qiu became confused.
She had no choice but to implement the second plan.
"Lean closer and reveal your true body!" Zhuang Qiu's soul screamed.
This scream can be heard even in the material world.
However, the voice was shrill and sharp.
Like the legendary female ghost who returns from hell and will kill her enemies!
Her colleagues immediately responded: "Okay!"
More than a dozen ghosts screamed in unison.
They have been cooperating with each other for nearly a hundred years.
Therefore, he immediately activated the spell that he had already mastered.
A spell that only ghosts can use.
Ghost hits the wall!
Let strangers fall into the mystery and obstacles arranged by ghosts, lose their way and fall into hallucinations.
At the same time, they reveal their true nature.
It turned into a physical monster that seemed invisible, but actually had an outline, a green face, fangs, and a strong sense of death and resentment.
Just like the most common life-threatening ghost in horror movies.
It appears with a terrifying, deep sound effect.
Normal people may be directly frightened and fainted by the simultaneous visual and psychological impact just by looking at it.
Even extraordinary beings will fall into fear when they suddenly witness the entity of a ghost, and will eventually be hypnotized under the influence of magic.
This is a trick that has been tried countless times and works well every time.
For hundreds of years, they have relied on these methods to firmly guard this stretch of the river.
Neither the things inside are allowed to escape, nor the outsiders allowed to come in casually.
but……
This time...
They miscalculated!
The young man walking in the forest turned a deaf ear to everything they had created, as if he had not seen it at all, let alone knew it!
No!
Zhuang Qiu soon found out.
It's not that he didn't see it, nor that he knew it.
But...
He despised it all!
Just like an elephant despises everything that is an ant under its feet.
because……
Ants that can be crushed to death with just one kick are not worth the effort of an elephant.
So, he even laughed.
Zhuang Qiu could see the corners of his mouth suddenly curved.
The smile was full of contempt.
At this moment, Zhuang Qiu felt boundless pressure, rolling in from all directions.
All the spiritual energy around him was drained away by something in an instant.
At this moment, she felt like a helpless little fish thrown onto the shore.
Without water, she didn't even have the strength to struggle.
In an instant, he will be suffocated!
And the man had already extended his hand.
Zhuang Qiu's three souls and six souls are all frightened!
"Oops..." She fell into the man's hand helplessly.
It was a seemingly weak and powerless hand.
The surface skin of the palm is white and smooth.
However, Zhuang Qiu, who fell into this palm, felt that he had fallen into a completely new world, as if he had entered another world.
In my ears, a voice lingered softly.
"small bug……"
Zhuang Qiu raised his head and saw the man's face.
Clean, fair-skinned, and unremarkable, he is the kind of person who would never pay attention or notice if he saw him on the street.
But at this moment, this face, which was originally ordinary, without features or memories, became extremely majestic and tall.
It is like a fairy god standing upright against the sky and the earth, covering the sun and moon.
Those huge pupils are like stars, huge, dazzling and dazzling.
Looking at those pupils, they were as huge as stars.
Zhuang Qiu understood that he was right.
I am really just an insect.
"It's such a cold day. If you don't stay in your home, what are you doing here?"
A rumbling roar echoed in my ears.
Like thunder.
Then, Zhuang Qiu felt that he had regained his freedom!
She was released.
The man gently let go of his hand, like a loving parent watching a naughty child.
"Go! Go!" He chuckled, his voice easy-going, but with a majesty that could not be refused, so that Zhuang Qiu did not dare to disobey.
"Little guy...go back to your mother!"
As Zhuang Qiu listened, she felt that her soul seemed to solidify.
even……
"I...maybe I can appear during the day..." She clearly felt the full power in her soul.
She has been practicing hard for hundreds of years, but she has not been able to solidify her soul body.
But at this moment, there was a turning point.
And this turning point was just held in the hand of this person and observed?
who is he?
Zhuang Qiu was confused.
At this time, her colleagues gathered around.
"Zhuang Qiu..." The concerned voice of a colleague came from the soul: "How are you?"
"I'm fine..." Zhuang Qiu flew a little further away in surprise.
She stared at the man from a distance.
The man also raised his head and looked at Zhuang Qiu.
He smiled like a loving father.
The faint mist around him disappeared in a flash.
But at that moment, Zhuang Qiu saw the figure of a feathered man with wings on his back in the mist, holding a halberd. Behind the figure, there was a huge single horn, vaguely shadowy.
For some reason, Zhuang Qiu just wanted to worship.
It was as if the unicorn in the mist was her king.
"Major!" Zhuang Qiu calmed down and used his soul to contact his superior: "We may have encountered...a debt collector..."
"Huh?" In the soul body, the major asked a question.
