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When I came back to my senses, I felt like I was in a dream.

The tinkling bells sounded rhythmically, and the air was dry and fresh, with the fragrance of vegetation, but it was also mixed with an unpleasant smell of blood and putrefaction.

I was walking forward, and in my field of vision was a field road, with smoke curling up in front of me, and large tracts of farmland on both sides.

A flash of blue flashed across the corner of my field of vision.

He stopped, turned his heels, and the ringtone changed slightly.

I also heard the soft sound of "Duo Duo", and I felt like I was holding a pole in my left hand, which hit the ground as I stepped.

I knelt down, brushed away the weeds in front of me, and saw the ugly boundary marker of Waigou Village.

In the blink of an eye, thoughts exploded from my mind, and I couldn't distinguish them for a moment.

When I came to my senses and found myself starting to walk again, I sorted out the thoughts that burst out at that moment.

The strange boundary monument is very abnormal, and what’s more, that thing is a curse.

What curse?

I didn’t understand what was happening all of a sudden, and my thinking was linear, with no depth or breadth.

People appeared in my field of vision, and there were voices in my ears.

Those people were wearing clothes from the old era, and there were even two people wearing ancient costumes. Their necks were crooked, there was a protrusion on one end, and their bodies were deformed.

I heard myself speak, the voice was unfamiliar, the language was unfamiliar. Those people's answers also had a strong local accent, and could even be said to have a Mandarin accent.

The communication between the two sides was a bit difficult, and it took a while.

I continued walking, looking at the surrounding villagers from time to time. The older villagers all had their necks crooked and had miserable expressions on their faces. Even the children looked at people with a slightly strange and wary look.

I didn't communicate with anyone anymore, but when I walked halfway, I stopped, pinched my fingers, and had all kinds of chaotic thoughts in my mind. This time I couldn't tell what these thoughts were at all.

This feeling is actually somewhat familiar to me. That was the case when I dreamed of Nangong Yao. Nangong Yao and I saw the same thing, but I couldn't understand it. Instead, I had a splitting headache and almost exploded my head. It was the same this time, but instead of seeing complicated lines and words, I saw some concepts that I didn't understand.

With a turn of my heels, my body was already moving forward again.

Passed through the narrow path and stepped onto the grass.

This route is familiar to me.

I was in a trance again, and my thoughts seemed to be covered with a veil. I could only see hazy things, but not the whole picture.

I feel suffocated.

Not only because my head was a little dizzy, but also because the bloody and rancid smell in the surrounding air became stronger.

Finally, when the smell reached a level that made me sick, I saw a cave.

No vines.

Wait, what vine?

My thoughts became confused.

But the bell still rang, and the steps forward did not stop.

It was dark inside the cave, and there was no trace of light. Even the light outside the cave seemed to be swallowed up by something, and it only illuminated a small part of the entrance of the cave.

Stepping into the cave, the smell hit your face, almost lingering on your body, lingering on your fingers.

"drink!"

I let out a powerful shout, and the energy came out of my Dantian. After it came out, something seemed to spurt out.

Visible to the naked eye, the light at the entrance of the hole has expanded a bit.

Jingle bell, jingle bell...

The pleasant sound of the bell dissipated a lot of the dirty atmosphere.

The flags in his hands fluttered, sending out cool air.

I stepped forward, and as my body entered the darkness, the bell hanging on my waist and the flag in my hand began to emit light.

I smelled a slight noise. Those lights seemed to have a shape, but I couldn't see clearly the specific outline of the thing without squinting as I walked.

All the way into the depths of the cave, red was revealed in the faint light.

There were bloodstains on the ground.

I stopped for a moment and muttered something. After the bell rang a few times, I raised my foot and stepped into a pool of blood.

With a snap, I seemed to be able to feel the thick, warm blood on the soles of my shoes.

A chill rose from the soles of my feet, giving me a familiar feeling again.

My consciousness fell into a trance again.

Ding bell…ding bell…

Duo duo……

Holding the flag and moving forward, accompanied by the sound of bells, I arrived at the edge of a hole. Without much difficulty, I climbed down from the narrow hole and landed steadily.

Snap!

After a sound, I felt the gaze coming from around me.

I recited something again, and the light on the bells and flags spread, allowing me to see the surrounding environment clearly.

Those heads hanging among the stone pillars didn't scare me.

The dull expressions on their faces became calm after being illuminated by the light, and their wide-open eyes slowly closed.

The word “transcendence” comes to mind.

But they're still hanging.

I heard myself sigh.

Without staying here longer, I walked forward along this hole. All the people I met along the way were saved by me. They closed their eyes and looked peaceful.

But when I reached the end of the road and saw the flat land, my emotions rose.

Without hesitation, I raised my head and looked at the roof of the cave.

Nine heads.

No, that's not quite right...

Subconsciously I felt something was wrong.

Those heads stared at the entrance of the cave with ferocious expressions. They all looked a bit like Vajra Rakshasa in the temple. But the aura they exuded was extremely evil and full of hostility.

I walked into this cave and stood in the center.

No, it's even more wrong.

I opened my mouth and recited some scripture. My voice was as calm and compassionate as the monks in the temple, but there seemed to be something more.

The roof of the cave began to shake, and blood rained down, as well as headless corpses, all falling around me. However, my body was spotless, and the blood did not drip onto me at all.

I remained calm and continued to recite the scriptures. The light on my body became stronger and stronger, and the bells rang in succession.

The corpses on the ground got up and stood up one by one, surrounding me. One knelt down, and headless corpses knelt down one after another, and the burning sight above their heads disappeared.

I felt another indescribable trance.

There is a cool breeze blowing down from the top of the head, which is a unique kind of yin energy.

I stopped chanting and raised my neck.

For that second, I saw pure darkness.

Not only the color, but also the yin energy can be called darkness. There is no goodness at all, and there is nothing comfortable about it.

This feeling……

Da da da……

I turned sharply.

In the cave passage behind, a clean and well-educated man stood there. The clothes he wore tended to be Western-style, but a little nondescript. They were probably the latest clothes in the period before the founding of the People's Republic of China, but now they look like they were fashionable. It has a unique style and taste.

That face made thunder explode in my head.

Before I could react, I saw him snap his fingers.

A strong yin energy came from my back, my neck hurt, and my vision dropped.

The bell made a mournful sound.

The flag stood, motionless, but my body fell down.

No!