crossed border

Chapter 283 The Sinful Karma Is Unknown
The way of the middle way is very barren along the way, and it looks very lonely and lonely. When walking, people will no longer feel that they are on the road in the mountains, but step by step out of the realm of the world.

And there will be an inexplicable unpleasant feeling, eroding any living beings who walk on this road.

This is because the concept of the human world is getting thinner here, and even at a deeper level it directly borders on the realm of the other side, and the breath of death fills every inch of space around it.

There are no shops on both sides of the road, and even the tengus do not appear here, which made Mu Xiu react a little belatedly. This is not Gensokyo after a thousand years, and the financial difficulties of hell have not yet appeared. .

Besides, this is just one of the many nodes on the border between the other shore and the human world, and it is one of the passages for the nearby human beings to go to the underworld after death.

But after all, the whole human world is too vast, and it is naturally impossible that there is only such a passage on the ground for souls to come and go. In fact, Mu Xiu and Penglai Shan Huiye walked on this alternative Huangquan Road, and they saw nothing along the way. soul.

The population of the entire world in this era is negligible. If a certain area is limited, the number of people will naturally be even smaller. It is impossible for people to die every moment. The same is true for monsters and other alien species.

As for wild beasts and plants, their souls probably dissipated immediately after death.

And because they themselves have no wisdom, everything is just to survive in order to adapt to the laws of nature. Under the power of the ruthless law of heaven, there is no one more rule-abiding than them.So naturally they will not be stained with sin, and the underworld has no meaning for them.

After he figured it out, Mu Xiu didn't worry about it any more, but he was just a little regretful, and originally planned to buy some souvenirs by the way.

"It is said that there are extinct fish inhabiting Hanoi, but they are all ghosts, so unfortunately I can't fish..."

Before coming to the shore, Mu Xiu casually introduced the characteristics of this place, but he tried to see the other bank of the river through the thick fog on the river.

"Really, that's a pity." Penglai Shan Huiye replied indifferently, seemingly not interested in fishing.

The so-called "other shore" sounds like an inexplicable word with some artistic conception, but the meaning it represents is definitely not of a good nature.

The interpretation of the word itself is the land on the other side of the water, but when the "flowing water" in the middle is the three ways, the river of forgetfulness, and the Styx river that flows quietly between the hell and the underworld, what is the difference between this bank and the other bank? What is here is the nether state of life and death.

Of course, there is another way of saying it, which is the realm that the metaphor pursues.

For example, there is a sixth level in the legend of the liberation of the restricted area of ​​life, which is the so-called other shore realm, which is supposed to be the real meaning—the end of evolution, the other shore of life.

Of course, things that seem like myths to an existence that is already a myth are too absurd, just hear it, don't take it to heart at all.

Thick mist shrouded the surface of the river. At the beginning of the Ming and Ming Dynasties, there was only a faint layer of smog, but the more one looked closely, the more strange it became. In the end, there was almost nothing but complete chaos and desolation.

Moreover, everything in the fog is vague, not the kind of scene where you can't see anything, but the same is not true at all, hazy, you can only rely on the outline of the shadow and your own imagination. Brain supplement.

The river flows slowly, and there is hardly any sound.

"Is this really a river? From the looks of it, it's boundless. The width of this river shouldn't be endless, right?"

Penglaishan Huiye opened her eyes wide, her dark pupils reflected the thick fog on the river, then she turned her head away as if completely lost interest, even though the question she asked was very interesting.

But it is also true that the living cannot cross the river. To cross the river, they can only take the boat of death.

As far as Her Royal Highness's Penglai physique is concerned, she is equivalent to being permanently denied a visa by the other side world, and she doesn't think there is anything good about the other side, and she has no interest.

"It should be because of the 'distance'. It is said that the god of death has the ability to control the distance, so he will ferry across this river... If ordinary people want to swim across, even if they keep swimming, they will always move forward, but the other side will always be there. At the end of the sky..."

Mu Xiu squeezed his chin and complained. He also felt strange. When he walked through Youzhidao and just saw the Santu River, his impression was very clear——

It is a river that is shrouded in thick fog that shimmers from time to time, and there are many huge sharp stones protruding from the river. It doesn't look too spacious.

However, now that I got closer, I found that I couldn't see the opposite bank at all, and I couldn't even see the end of the river. The flat river flowed slowly, just like the boundless ocean.

This Nima is really terrible. Although he has no intention of crossing the river, he also wants to see the scenery on the other side. It is not bad to look across the river bank.

"What's so interesting about it? It's a boundless field of flowers. There is no day and night, and there is no seasonal change. It is surrounded by light all year round..."

At this time, a hearty female voice came——

"And the dead can't sleep, can't eat, can't talk, can only wait forever, and then you will know how bad it is there, brother. According to me, instead of going to the other shore, it is better to go to the underworld, and you can enjoy cherry blossoms and drinking."

"emmmmmm..."

Mu Xiu raised his eyebrows, and turned his head to look at the listless Princess Hei Changzhi next to him: "Hui Ye, I didn't say anything just now, right?"

"..." Penglai Shan Huiye immediately stared at him inexplicably, and then she brushed her satin-like black long hair before saying noncommittally: "I think you don't need to change this habit."

"Then how can I do it..." Mu Xiu frowned, obviously having a different opinion from the princess.

"Hey, hey, don't ignore me." At some point, a small boat appeared on the shore.Wearing a pair of thick-soled clogs and holding an extremely huge scythe, a majestic girl appeared on the boat.

"——Really, I thought I came here immediately when the business came. I didn't expect that they were not the ones who wanted to cross the river! If you are not, then don't stand on the shore, and if you fall, it will be very troublesome."

The death girl, whose style seemed somewhat gorgeous and luxurious, looked at the two of them carefully for a while, then with a disappointed expression on her face, she couldn't help muttering in a low voice, complaining like this.

"Ah, I'm really sorry, I don't know the rules for the first time, I will pay attention to it in the future."

Mu Xiu chose to apologize without any shame or sincerity. Although he looked sincere and earnest, judging from his unwillingness to move a step at all and retreating a little bit, he knew that he was perfunctory.

"Forget it, forget it, it's best to leave as soon as you have nothing to do, anyway, I have to wait for Lord Siji, so I will treat it as if I came a little earlier..." The death girl just complained, but her attitude was not Difference.

Although it sounded like her tone was not very good, she was always admonishing the two of them.

Mu Xiu's heart moved slightly, but his face remained calm. He asked, "Well, okay, we'll leave now, but may I ask, if you want to find the ghost clan, which direction should you go?"

"Ghost clan? You are here to find the ghost clan..." The death girl gave Mu Xiu a surprised look, but she didn't hesitate to point her out.

"It's already the underground world here, and after crossing the river is the afterlife world. If you want to find the ghost clan, I remember it seems to be..."

She thought about it for a while, and then pointed to both sides: "The former underground city over there has now become a city of ghosts. Those ghosts should all live there, just go straight there. As for this side It is the ruins of the scorching hell, and now it is the place where countless resentful spirits stay, remember not to go wrong."

"Really, thank you so much. By the way, I haven't asked for your name yet?"

Mu Xiu nodded, and after notifying each other of their names with the death girl, they bid farewell to each other and left, pulling Penglai Shan Huiye hurriedly away in the direction pointed out by the other party.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" The princess seemed to have noticed something.

"Didn't you listen to her, Siji Yingji might be nearby." Mu Xiu said concisely.

"Who is that?"

"Yan Mo, it's just that I didn't expect this god of death and this Yan Mo to be in charge of this area so early. In this way, the establishment of Gensokyo may have been approved by the other shore." Mu Xiu low muttered.

"Yan Mo... Those who judge the dead, those who judge the soul?"

Penglai Shan Huiye asked a little strangely: "They shouldn't be dangerous people, as long as they are not dead, they will not be under their control. As long as you don't take the initiative to attack them, they shouldn't take the initiative to do anything, right?"

Just like the death girl just now, the two of them are not the dead, as long as she doesn't take the initiative to offend, she can't break the rules first and attack the two of them——

Reaper and Yan Mo are both "civil servants" in the afterlife world, and they have great power within their jurisdiction.

However, the scope of their jurisdiction is only the dead, and the living are not under the control of the underworld, which is the principle of this world.

"It's not dangerous, but it's definitely not easy to talk... Literally, it's hard to talk, because she likes to preach very much, and she never says biased words. It's all for your sake. Naturally, you can only speak frankly. Express your gratitude and keep your ears open."

Mu Xiu said solemnly, "I finally understand why I didn't meet a single tengu or ghost along the way. It's because she came over here, and the monsters hid."

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"Master Siji, look, I am not late this time!"

Seeing the figure of a green-haired loli wearing a very solemn blue-colored robe and a crown appearing on the shore, Onozuka Komachi, who was just thinking about taking a lazy nap on the boat, immediately got excited and stood up neatly .

But this time, Siji Yingji didn't immediately start to preach to her with a serious face, but when she walked over from that side, her eyes kept looking at the two figures who had just disappeared on the other side.

Walking to the shore and standing in front of the death girl's ferry, the green-haired loli held a token in her hand like a wat, and asked in a serious tone: "Komachi, what did those two people tell you just now?" gone?"

"Ah, uh, no, I just thought there was a soul about to cross the river, so I came to have a look. They just asked the direction of the ghost city." Unknowingly made a mistake.

"Is that so? That's good." Siji Yingji nodded thoughtfully.

"Well, Master Shiji, do they have any problems?" Onozuka Komachi asked tentatively.

"It's a big problem. One is a person who is immortal, or not immortal, but a person who will be resurrected immediately after death. He has broken the rules of life and death, and he has committed a lot of crimes..."

The green-haired loli lowered her head and said in thought.

"As for the other one, his soul has been completely integrated with his body. He can be regarded as a living person, and he also has the characteristics of a spirit body. It should be an unknown alien that I have never seen before."

(End of this chapter)