Chapter 427: Secret News (Medium)
"When I entered the 'Blue Secret Realm', I planned to go to some more secluded areas to ambush as usual, but just as I had advanced about three hundred miles to the south, I suddenly felt that something was wrong. β
"Although I haven't been to the 'Blue Secret Realm' many times before, I also know that the reason why the 'Azure Secret Realm' is called this is because the sky in the secret realm is extremely magnificent, and the blue is like beautiful jade, but thereβthe sky is full of haze, as if the end of the world has come. β
"Out of prudence, I didn't choose to continue to be cautious, but planned to turn around and leave, but when I turned around, I was stunned to find that I was covered by a large fog behind me at some point, and I couldn't see a trace of the way back!"
"Moreover, the fog continued to spread over me, and I had no choice but to move on. β
"After walking for about ten miles, I only felt a sudden light in front of me, so I couldn't wait to rush over, but-"
Speaking of this, Bai Zhu noticed that a trace of fear that could not be concealed suddenly appeared on the face of the camouflage man.
"However, I found that in that light, there was a scene like purgatory!"
"Purgatory?"
Baizhu was stunned.
"Yes, purgatory!"
The camouflage man took a deep breath, closed his eyes and was silent for a moment before he opened his eyes again, but there was still a slight tremor in his tone: "I only saw that the light was not a light source, but was illuminated by a fire, to be precise, it was illuminated by a dozen fires." β
"In the midst of the dozen or so fires, there were many people standing, and in the center of the crowd was a high platform, and under the high platform, there were several corpses that had been roasted to dry corpses, and on the high platform - a man who was being roasted by the flames!"
"Burned by flames?"
Hearing the camouflage man's words, Baizhu couldn't help but be taken aback.
The camouflage man's pupils were full of gray, and his figure was much more rickety, as if he wanted to give himself a little comfort: "I still clearly remember the appearance of the man who was burned by the flames all over his body was red and black, his face was full of hideousness, his mouth was constantly wailing, and the air was filled with the smell of barbecue......
The camouflage man shook his head violently, then glared at Baizhu and asked, "Do you know why that man was burned by the fire?"
Baizhu shook his head, how could he know the reason?
"Hehe, becauseβthat man, like us, is not a human in the secret realm!"
A sneer suddenly appeared on the camouflage man's face, "Those scum who came out of the secret realm, they didn't know anything about the outside world at all, and after seeing that we were wearing different clothes from them, they directly burned them at the stake to ask for the information they wanted to know." β
Hearing this, Baizhu suddenly understood why the camouflage man just now didn't wait for himself to ask, so he simply had to explain everything, probably because the impact of the events back then on him was too great.
The camouflage man seemed to know what Baizhu was thinking, and he continued to speak with a blank face.
"Under my gaze, the man who had been burned by the fire was so burned alive that I was so frightened that I could not even move, but could only watch it happen. β
"By the time I came to my senses, the people in the fire had already spotted me, and I was following in the same footsteps as the man before me. β
"But maybe because they had gotten enough information from the previous population, I wasn't burned directly by them on the flames, but was forced to interrogate in a metal room that looked like a cage. β
"The metal cage was made of fine iron, only one or two cubic meters in size, and could not even stand up, and there was no crack except for a hole the size of a fist, and it was miserable for me to eat and drink and lazar all there. β
"Of course, if that's all I have, I might be able to bear it, but...... Whenever the people of the secret realm wanted to know something, the demons would light the flames beneath the metal room, scorching the metal cage red, and then press me for information about the outside world they wanted to know. β
"I was held there for a whole month, and my throat was burned by the smoke of the flames. β
Hearing this, a doubt suddenly rose in Bai Shu's heart, and he interjected and asked, "Wait, you said you were detained for a month?"
"I know what you want to ask. β
The camouflage man spoke, "I'm not the only one caught by those secret realm people in the past month, as far as I know, at least fifteen others have also been caught by them. β
Speaking of this, the camouflage man glanced at Baizhu: "But don't worry, I'm the only one who escaped from there in the end - you'll know when I'm done." β
"In addition to my metal cage, next to me, there are ten identical cages, in which the other people who were held with me lived. β
"All of them are just like me, they are locked up in cages on weekdays, and whenever the people of the secret realm think of them, they will light a flame and ask for information. β
"Every day of that month, I could hear all kinds of wails from people in different rooms, and every day, I could see different bodies being carried out of the metal room β that month was a nightmare for me!"
"But just as I was despairing and preparing to commit suicide in order to have a good time, one morning, the sound of battle suddenly came from outside. β
"I looked out through the hole in the metal room and saw a lot of people slashing at each other with swords. β
"Huh?"
Bai Shuyi frowned: "Holding a sword?"
"Yes, the sword. β
The camouflage man knew what Baizhu was puzzled about, and explained: "I also learned later that these people in the secret realm didn't know the art of law cultivation at all, but all relied on their bodies to fight!"
Baizhu frowned slightly, did not continue to ask, and motioned for the camouflage man to continue.
"The way they fought between them looked a little clumsy, but it was very tragic, and because of their cultivation of secret methods, each of them had extremely strong physical fitness, and they could almost blow up a mountain with one punch!"
"I once saw with my own eyes that a secret realm human smashes a room-sized stone in the secret realm with a single punch after casting a secret technique. β
"But it was because they were so powerful that I was able to escapeβwhile they were fighting, they accidentally hit my metal cage, opening a gap in the cage, and I took the opportunity to escape. β
"After leaving the metal cage, I knew that if I stayed inside, I would only die, so I ran out regardless of it. β
"Originally, no matter how I ran, it was destined to be impossible to escape, after all, my strength was too far behind those secret realm people, but, maybe God favored me, I accidentally ran into the forbidden land of those secret realm people when I escaped. β
"It was an area shrouded in black fog - I thought it was the fog I came in, but I didn't notice that the fog was gray when I came in, and the fog was black. β
"After entering the black mist, I suddenly felt like I was drunk, and I lost consciousness after taking two steps. β