Chapter 113: Fengdu Guest (Part 3)
Lu Ren, who doesn't want to go but can't leave, is now on pins and needles.
But he and A Bingjia together could not defeat the King of Hell, so they could only frown and think of countermeasures silently.
Outside the bus window, the stretch of empty buildings seemed endless; the repetitive scenery made people feel irritated and uneasy.
As the bus was moving, street lamps approached and then moved away. Because of the changes in the distance and angle of the lights, the shadows projected in the car were infinitely elongated and deformed. They had long limbs and claws, like hideous aliens. As the bus moved forward, these terrifying shadows disappeared in a short while, and when the next street lamp appeared, the light and shadow would repeat again, just like life itself.
In the carriage, only light and shadows grew wildly. The only two passengers were surprisingly quiet.
Lu Ren refused to continue talking to Bian Cheng. He was determined not to cooperate with this self-talking illegal immigrant.
Lu Ren thought clearly that a key part of Bian Cheng's plan was that he needed to work for him. In other words, if Lu Ren didn't help Bian Cheng take over his work, Bian Cheng's plan would not be able to proceed.
At that time, Bian Cheng would naturally have no choice but to obediently switch back with him. If Bian Cheng still wanted to find a second substitute, then Lu Ren, who had known his plan for a long time, could find an opportunity to report the matter to the Foreign Household Investigation Bureau. At that time, no matter what , he would not succeed.
But facing the "non-violent, non-cooperative" Lu Ren, Bian Cheng seemed not to be anxious at all. He put his elbows on the window frame and looked at the scenery outside the window in a good mood.
The absolute silence made every minute and every second in the car seem very long. Lu Ren took out his cell phone while observing Bian Cheng's reaction.
The sound of taking out a cell phone from his pants was audible in the silent car, but Bian Cheng did not react to it. He still looked out the window calmly and did not stop Lu Ren's plan.
As expected, the cell phone had no signal, and the time displayed on it was frozen at 4:14 in the afternoon - that was the time when Lu Ren got on the bus. It was as if the world had frozen from that moment on.
This is because Lu Ren is now outside of life and death, where there is neither time nor space.
Although he had already expected that it would be impossible to make a call for help, the time when the call was stopped still really annoyed Lu Ren for a second.
"It's too bad that I always encounter such bad luck."
Just as Lu Ren was sighing silently in his heart, Bian Cheng beside him withdrew his gaze from the window. He seemed to remember something and said to Lu Ren: "By the way. I am not letting you work for nothing. I will pay you."
Lu Ren didn't say anything. He didn't want to go home with tens of billions of ghost money, and he had no plans to quit his job and open a funeral shop for the time being.
Bian Cheng continued, "But the currency of the Nine Nether Realm is not interchangeable with that of your human world, so you can't use the ghost money if I pay you..." Bian Cheng paused, as if he was a little troubled about how to pay, "Well, how about this, I'll pay you with my lifespan."
Life span? Lu Ren was stunned. Is this the life span I was thinking of? Is this a currency unit that can be used for settlement?
Seeing that Lu Ren did not respond, Bian Cheng continued, "How about if you work for me for one day, I will pay you one month of your life? I still have several thousand years of life saved in my small treasury, which is definitely enough."
It is hard for anyone not to be interested in immortality, and Lu Ren is no exception. But——
"I can't help you get into the Immigrant Registration Bureau." He couldn't use his friend's safety to buy his own survival. If he lived forever, he wouldn't be able to have peace of mind.
Bian Cheng made a fake regretful expression: "Oh? That's such a pity."
After saying this, Bian Cheng continued to look out the window. He remained silent, as if he was really hurt by Lu Ren. But through the flickering light outside the window, Lu Ren saw Bian Cheng's expression. His eyes did not seem to have any regrets, but more like a child who had found an interesting toy, full of interest.
In short, the negotiations broke down and the scene returned to silence again.
And in such silence, the Yin Road also reached its end.
The end of the Yin Road is a wide river. Across the river, you can vaguely see a wall made of blue bricks. The wall is very long, and you can't see the beginning or the end. It is laid out on the opposite bank, bringing the originally long Yin Road to an abrupt end, as if telling everyone who arrives here: This is the end of this life. In the center of the wall is a towering city gate, with two dark black doors, and it is unclear what material it is made of.
Even though there was a river between them, Lu Ren could still see how majestic the city gate was. In the dim light, its dark outline looked like a giant beast lying dormant, waiting for its victims to fall into its trap.
There were two huge red lanterns hanging on the city gate, and at this moment, they were burning with faint phosphorescent flames, like the two eyes of a giant beast, shining with scarlet lights. In front of the city wall, a large river was flowing endlessly. Thick fog filled the river and the city wall, making the scene in front of us look particularly depressing under the cover of night.
The city gate is towering into the clouds, and the bus looks as small as an ant in front of it.
Lu Ren looked up and vaguely saw three big words written on the city gate: Ghost Gate.
Lu Ren, who thought he would not come here for at least a few decades: "..."
It's an advanced preview of the afterlife experience, which is really good.
The bus stopped on the bank of the river. Bian Cheng consciously took on the role of tour guide and said to Lu Ren, "The transfer bus can only go here. We have to get off and walk. You still have the breath of life. Follow me closely. Otherwise, if you are discovered, you may never be able to go back."
Lu Ren still wanted to live, so he had no choice but to follow Bian Cheng off the bus.
After getting off the bus, Lu Ren looked back and found that the words displayed on the display screen that originally read Bus No. 414 had changed to "Huangquan Express".
"..." Whose naming genius did this? No one would ask for express delivery at a time like this.
Lu Ren found himself stepping on the dry grass. There was no grass growing near the river bank, except for a crooked tree growing bare on the bank. Not far from Lu Ren, a few scattered new ghosts were moving slowly forward. Most of them had expressionless faces and were dressed in mourning.
They were seen walking straight towards the gates of hell, not stopping even when their calves were soaked by the river water. They walked towards the center of the river unconsciously until they were submerged by the water.
Lu Ren was shocked. Although he knew that these people were already ghosts and could not die again, but...
"Don't stop them?"
Bian Cheng waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "These are people who committed suicide before they died. Don't worry about them. Their life spans recorded in the Book of Life and Death have not yet ended. They cannot cross the Styx and reach the other side. They can only repeat this process over and over again, and wait until the day recorded in the Book of Life and Death arrives before crossing the river."
Bian Cheng thought about it and added, "But you don't have to worry. If one day you want to commit suicide, you can notify me and I will open a back door for you to reincarnate in advance."
Lu Ren: “…” Then thank you so much.
Bian Cheng stood in front of the Styx, looking at the other side, then put his index finger and thumb together, put them to his mouth and whistled. As the whistle sounded, a crow flew over from the other side of the river and landed on the crooked tree by the river.
Lu Ren noticed that this crow was probably not an ordinary crow. Its eyes were dark red and dull, like two low-quality glass balls, and looked a bit creepy.
Bian Cheng seemed to be very familiar with this crow. He smiled and said to the crow standing on the high ground: "Raven, go and call your master, there are guests crossing the river."
Lu Ren swore that as soon as Bian Cheng finished speaking, he saw with his own eyes the crow on the crooked tree rolled its eyes, obviously not wanting to pay attention to Bian Cheng.
Then, the crow spread its wings and flew towards the opposite side of the River Styx. When it flew over Bian Cheng's head, it evenly scattered a pile of black and white excrement.
The excrement was falling towards Bian Cheng. Bian Cheng did not look up at the sky, but he still accurately dodged the hidden weapon falling from the sky.
Bian Cheng said to Lu Ren as if nothing had happened: "That's a crow, a pet of the Styx boatman, used to deliver messages. It's very stingy. I just plucked all its feathers three hundred years ago when it was sleeping. It's been three hundred years! It's still brooding over it. It's been thinking about plotting against me all day long."
Lu Ren looked at Bian Cheng who was laughing heartlessly, and finally realized that he was not targeting him, but was just making stupid moves out of habit and was a born inhuman being.
The raven had already flown to the other side of the river. Soon, the sound of a ferry was heard on the river. A man wrapped tightly in a black robe was rowing a small boat towards this side.
The ferryman stopped the boat at the shore and bowed respectfully to Bian Cheng.
"Lord Mingjun."
Bian Cheng nodded slightly and took Lu Ren into the boat.
This made Lu Ren a little confused: "How can they recognize you when you are against my face?"
Bian Cheng smiled slightly when he heard this: "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten it."
After saying that, he took out a small seal from his pocket. The seal was pitch black, floating above Bian Cheng's palm, faintly revealing a hint of sinister aura.
Bian Cheng explained: "This is the Ghost King Seal, which is the identity certificate of the Lord of Hell. Only those who hold the Ghost King Seal are qualified to issue orders . They also identify me based on the identity of the Ghost King Seal on me."
As Bian Cheng spoke, he took the Ghost King Seal floating in the air in his hand, and then broke the seal into two halves like breaking an Oreo.
Immediately afterwards, Bian Cheng threw half of the Ghost King Seal towards Lu Ren.
The seal was thrown in a rather curved arc. If Lu Ren didn't catch it, it would have fallen directly into the Styx. Lu Ren almost subconsciously reached out to stop the half of the seal that was falling towards the Styx.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the seal touched Lu Ren's palm, it disappeared instantly, just like an ice cube encountering magma.
Lu Ren withdrew his hand and looked at his palm. It neither hurt nor itched. Then he looked at Bian Cheng who was sitting opposite him and was stunned.
"Where's the seal? Where did it go?"
Bian Cheng was very calm. He held his chin with his hand, looked at the bewildered Lu Ren with a smile, and said lightly: "Of course it has merged into your body, Lord Mingjun."
As if in response to Bian Cheng's words, the raven that had been squatting quietly on the bow of the boat seemed to sense something, flew up and pecked at Lu Ren's hair, as if it wanted to pull him bald.
Raven: Bian Cheng! You die!
