This world is terrible

No matter what kind of ecology, its internal structure is self-contained. If foreign creatures do not have the ability to change the environment, they can only retreat under the drive of instinct.

Obviously, Thomas chose to retreat.

So, what terrible things lurk in this swamp, one of the ecology of the underworld?

Gao Yi's eyes kept sweeping around, trying to find some strangeness in this still landscape painting.

It's just that there's no need to even look for it. Under the swamp around the line, changes have already happened quietly!
"Look!"

Jian Weilan heard a low cry, followed Gao Yi's line of sight, and found a puddle of muddy water constantly churning from bottom to top on the distant water surface, gurgling...

Whoa!
Suddenly there was a sound of water, and Gao Yi saw with his own eyes an arm stretched out from below, struggling like a person about to drown.

It had been buried for an unknown amount of time, and the skin of the entire arm was covered in mud. The filth seemed to have penetrated deeply into the soul, and even the water could not wash away even half of it.

goo go go go...

Another series of bubbles floated up, and then, there was only a sound of "crash", and it turned out that a head was turned up from the mud, and it roared silently to the sky.

vomit--!
The muddy water seemed to block the entire esophagus, and it vomited up in big lumps amidst its panting.

In the distance, the two who watched this scene frowned slightly, but one was used to seeing strong winds and waves, and the other was in a clean state of mind, not because of nausea.

They are thinking.

Some kind of signal floating under the surface in front of the eyes.

"This thing is not alive."

Gao Yi watched as it used its arms as support, lifting its entire upper body out of the water bit by bit.

If it were a living creature trapped in the mud, it wouldn't have a chance to struggle at all.This point, he has just tried it with a branch.

The branches contaminated with the breath of the living seemed to poke not a piece of soil, but a hole that didn't exist.

The moment Gao Yi let go of the branch, it sank without hindrance, so fast that it seemed to be a falling object under the influence of gravity.

If a living person steps on it, it is estimated that there will be no force feedback in the literal sense of "stepping on".

The only thing that can struggle in the realm of death is death.

"This is a soul body."

Jian Weilan finished the analysis, looked at the clay figurine whose legs had been pulled out, thoughtfully: "It seems that it has been stuck in this dead world for a long time."

"The Hades, the two worlds of life and death have their own system operations. The life world passes through the train, and the death world passes through the river, sending the souls of their respective regions to the place where they should rest, which is the terminal station that was broadcast on the bullet train—— A place called 'Returning to Peace'."

"Return to death..."

Gao Yi thought for a moment, and then realized with surprise: "So, the so-called 'returning to death' is very likely to be a never-ending sea?!"

It is not a lake that looks like an ocean on the road, but a real sea, a boundless sea, just like what the ancestors guessed and worshiped when they were ignorant——

An endless sea!
Jian Weilan nodded: "I think so too. This is completely in line with what we have seen and heard along the way. But now, you see, the water here is dead and no longer circulates, forming a swamp."

"It, ran aground..."

As soon as the voice fell, as if in response, there were ripples under the swamps around the line, and with the sound of "crashing" water, countless arms crawled out from below with the human body!

"Train...train...take me...take me..."

The previous soul that had already emptied its throat was stumbling forward, wailing intermittently: "I can't get through...dry up...it hurts..."

As its upper body left the water, the wet mud quickly dried and scabbed, and finally turned into debris, exposing the burning skin underneath.

"what……"

The soul howled in pain, and fell down suddenly, until its body was covered with a thick layer of mud again, then it got up again, and limped towards the direction of the rail car.

"It's a very interesting statement, and certainly demonstrates my point."

Jian Weilan was full of interest: "Because of the blockage, it is impossible to pass through. Because of the blockage, this dead world is dying, and the souls stranded in it cannot escape the fate of being destroyed..."

"You express your opinion, can you wait until you get out of here?"

Gao Yi spread his hands, expressing his helplessness: "There are dead worlds all around, and I don't have any effective long-distance means to disperse them... So are you really not afraid that they will overturn the car directly?"

"rest assured."

Jian Weilan showed a confident smile, put her hands on Gao Yi's shoulders, and ignored the clay men who had gathered nearby: "Look carefully."

"It's a train! A train!"

"Get me out of here, please..."

"It hurts so much, I can't take it anymore!"

"Fool!"

Jian Weilan's clear voice sounded, piercing through the countless wailing around, as loud as the final word.

——!
At this moment, the world in front of me seemed to have undergone some incredible changes.

Gao Yi, who was touched by his palm, and the rail car were instantly shrouded in a faint halo, and they went straight through the siege of souls like the Fool's own foreign objects!
Gao Yi saw with his own eyes a clay figurine stretching out his hand, trying to grab the guardrail of the rail car to achieve his goal, but in the end he was empty-handed and caught nothing.

thump.

It fell face down and plunged into the swamp, looking at the rail car that was getting farther and farther away from itself, with a dazed expression on its face.

"Even I have entered an invincible state."

Gao Yi suddenly came to his senses, and touched his body curiously. It seems that this ability, which is like the domineering body in a horizontal fighting game, does not affect his behavior.

"Who can kill a fully grown Fool? Even if he is also on the tribunal, he can't win under this solipsistic faction."

Unable to deceive, unable to win over, absolutely neutral, it is no wonder that they can check and balance the other seven people, making them afraid of each other.

Gao Yi looked at Jian Weilan.

My own plan is proceeding in an orderly manner.After this trip, he truly gained the trust of his successor. Whether it is the aftermath of "Pygmalion" or the unknown of "Seasonal Storm", he has the confidence to play a good hand.

The rail car drove out of the swamp and entered the land of the living world again.Jian Weilan let go of her hand, looking a little tired and panting uncontrollably.

Obviously, applying one's abilities to other objects, especially a whole vehicle, still has a lot of load for him now.

"We successfully crossed the realm of death."

Gao Yi gave him a hand, and said relaxedly: "The road ahead must be flat..."

"Yes."

Jian Weilan also breathed a sigh of relief.

Just when the two were immersed in the little joy after the crisis, in the distance, a train suddenly drove out of the tunnel, driving side by side with them on two similar routes.

Whoa!

The window of the train suddenly opened, revealing faces that Jian Weilan was all too familiar with.

"Jane Xi!"

"It's Lord Fool! He's still alive!"

"Great."