What's this!?

Seeing such a terrifying scene in front of him, Jiang Yao's back suddenly felt cold. He stared intently at the strange shadows in the mist, but saw that those shadows were neither like humans nor animals, and they seemed to be shapeless and ethereal under the cover of the mist, and the mist around the shadows shimmered with fluorescent light, as if sprinkled with a layer of star dust, across the rushing river, leading a huge army of shadows, slowly approaching the opposite bank.

"Jingle Bell...... Jingle Bell ......

The heart-warming ringing became clearer and clearer, and even though Jiang Yao consciously covered his ears, his head still felt a little trance, not only that, but he also found that his legs were firmly imprisoned in place as if they were wrapped in an invisible chain, and even breathing became a little difficult.

Puff ...... Puff ......

The rapid heartbeat filled his ears, which made Jiang Yao's nerves unconsciously begin to tense, and at this time, Lu Xingyue's complexion was not much better, obviously he was not the only one affected by this ringing. Fortunately, the three-legged black on the side seemed to sense the discomfort of the two, raised his hand and waved it lightly, and after a spell halo, the faces of Jiang Yao and the two finally improved a little.

"Hmph, I originally thought that after the 'Ghost Gate Incident' a while ago, this year the Netherworld will temporarily close the 'Ghost Gate', but I didn't expect it to be opened......"

The three-legged black raised his head, stared at the large group of shadows on the river outside the car window with a serious expression, and muttered.

"Ghost Gate"!?

Jiang Yao was shocked when he heard this, and immediately remembered the spatial crack that was forcibly torn open by Si You with the "Dragon Bone Key", and the alienated monster that invaded the realm through the so-called "New Ghost Gate" - the 'puppet undead' brought a disaster to the realm of the realm. Now seeing this strange scene in front of him, coupled with the description of the "ghost gate" in the mouth of the three-legged black, Jiang Yao can't help but have some bad associations.

"Are these shadows ...... 'puppet undead'?"

The strong uneasiness urged the anxiety in Jiang Yao's heart, and he couldn't help but turn his head and ask softly to the glutton.

"'Puppet undead'?" said Gluttony with a mocking smile as he raised his eyebrows. "'Puppet Undead' are created alien monsters, they are corporeal, how can they walk on the water? ”

"That'...... What are these?"

These are embodied 'thoughts'. ”

The three-legged black suddenly said.

"Every year during the Qingming Festival and the Midyear Festival, people will hold sacrifices to remember their ancestors, and the Netherworld will also briefly open the spatial barrier on the same day...... That is, the "Ghost Gate", which connects people's thoughts about their ancestors to the netherworld. ”

"There's such a thing as 'missing'...... Can it also be concretized?" Jiang Yao said in surprise.

"Why not?" the three-legged black glanced at Jiang Yao disdainfully, as if hearing a stupid question.

"Emotions are also a form of 'energy', especially the emotion of 'missing', which exudes more energy than ordinary feelings. In the traditional festivals of worshipping ancestors such as the Qingming Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival every year, a large number of human beings' "Missing Energy Bodies" will gather in the Realm, and once these energies are devoured by demons with bad intentions, I am afraid that it will cause turmoil in the Three Realms. Therefore, the Netherworld will unite the God of Qingming and the God of Zhongyuan in those two days to open the "Ghost Gate" to introduce people's thoughts and energy into the Netherworld, which is also to maintain the energy balance of the Three Realms. The glowing mist you see is a spell that can visualize that energy. ”

"I see, ......," Jiang Yao suddenly said. "But what about that ringing?"

"As I said, it's the 'Yin Soldier Bell'. Tao Tao shook his head and said. "How can you not protect something so precious as the 'Missing Energy Body' when you 'deliver'? So, the Netherworld will send a group of envoys to escort it, and this 'Yin Soldier Bell' is the magic weapon used by those escort guys, which can not only repel those demons, but also brainwash those humans who inadvertently bump into them, just like him. ”

Gluttony said and pointed to the middle-aged man in the driver's seat, only to see that the man had already tilted his head and slept soundly, if it weren't for Jiang Yao and Lu Xingyue having the magic protection of the three-legged black, it is estimated that they would also be in this unconscious state.

"It turns out that the legends of 'Yin Soldiers Borrowing Dao' in the past just happened to bump into the Netherworld escorting these thoughts and energies......" Jiang Yao muttered. "Then, if the messengers escorted by the Netherworld find us...... What will happen?"

"Who knows? Usually those who bump into them are either brainwashed or mysteriously disappeared, if you are so curious, why don't you try it yourself? Maybe I can take you to the Netherworld for another time. Gluttony smiled, the ridicule on his face was undisguised, and Jiang Yao also saw that the other party was making fun of himself, so he didn't bother to say anything and obediently shut up.

"But...... One thing is strange. ”

The three-legged black stared at the direction of the "shadow army" on the river, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"It's not in the right direction. According to my perception, the 'Ghost Gate' is not open in this area, nor is it in the direction they are traveling now, so why do you deliberately transport those 'Missing Energy Bodies' to the other side of the river?"

...... "ghost town" across the river!?

Jiang Yao's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly felt uneasy. He stared intently at the ethereal "Shadow Army", trying to carefully discern the specific direction of the team, but at this moment, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a cold gaze shooting through the fog, like an ice pick, from the river bank below the road!

Oops!

At that moment, the faces of everyone in the car suddenly changed, and the three-legged black, who noticed that something was wrong, immediately reacted, stretched out his hand, and the lights of the whole car disappeared in an instant, and even the street lights on the side of the road dimmed. The thick night shrouded the entire highway, and also hid everyone's figures in the dark, and in a moment of shock, Jiang Yao realized what the source of the sight just now was.

I saw a humanoid black shadow appear faintly on the river bank in the distance, just silently raising his head, motionless and staring at the direction where Jiang Yao and the others were.

Who!?

Jiang Yao pressed his chest with his heart beating violently, and the biting chill and uneasiness twisted his back like a poisonous snake, and the instinct for survival drove him to remain silent, as if as long as he accidentally made a move, he would fall into a catastrophe.

"Boom...... Boom—'

The rushing river water kept lapping the river bank in the wind and rain, and the "shadow army" that was originally marching seemed to have received some instructions, and suddenly stopped, as if waiting for the humanoid black shadow on the river bank behind. It's just that the black shadow not only did not follow the "Shadow Army", but turned to face the direction of the road, as if Jiang Yao and the others had been discovered.

"You two stay in the car, don't run around. ”

Tao Tao whispered, reached out and opened the car door, leaned over, and got out of the car, and the three-legged black also got out of the car.

"This breath, shouldn't it be ...... again" The three-legged black looked at the black shadow in the distance, and his brows furrowed.

"Hmph, whether it's or not, just grab it and see. Tao Tao snorted coldly, a cold light flashed in his red eyes, but before he could make any moves, he suddenly heard a noisy driving sound coming from far and near, and in the next moment, a dazzling light flashed out from the corner in front of the road, only to see a truck appear coldly behind Tao Tao.

"Boom ——!"

With the sound of rapid brakes and the pungent smell of rubber rubbing, the truck stopped in front of him with the tip of his gluttonous nose, but the gluttony still looked calm, and did not even blink his eyes, as if he had expected that the car would not crash into it.

"I'm going!Who is going to be on the highway in the middle of the night!?Looking for death!!"

The irritable angry scolding came out from the driver's seat of the truck, and I saw a young driver leaning out half of his body, pointing at the gluttony and scolding him so red-faced, it seemed that he was not lightly angry; the gluttony ignored the other party at all, turned his head to look at the riverbank below again, but found that the figure on the riverbank had long disappeared at this time, and not only that, but even the group of "shadow army" on the river surface had disappeared without a trace as if the world had evaporated.

"Tsk, I actually escaped ......" gluttony pouted, looking unwilling, while the three-legged black on the side looked at the direction where the figure disappeared without saying a word, judging from the solemnity on his face, it was obviously not in a good mood.

"I said, are you so deaf? Lao Tzu is in a hurry to deliver the goods, don't get in the way!"

The driver's reprimand was endless, the three-legged black came back from his deep thought, and glanced at the truck driver dissatisfied, and Jiang Yao and Lu Xingyue, who had witnessed all this, saw that the matter was going to make a big fuss, so they quickly ran down from the car, and one by one pulled the three-legged black and the gluttony to the side, and said with a smile on the driver's face:

"I'm sorry, our car broke down and we're repairing it. ”

"What are you doing repairing cars and running on the highway?" the driver spat angrily, but he didn't seem to be in the mood to continue pestering, so he stepped on the accelerator and drove away with a "woo", almost splashing Jiang Yao and others with mud.

"Are you alright?"

Seeing that the turmoil had passed, Jiang Yao breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at the empty river, and then carefully shifted his inquiring gaze to the glutton.

"What happened just now? The figure on the shore before...... Could it be the Netherworld emissary escorting the energy body?"

"Heh, that's not a messenger, maybe it's ......"

Halfway through his words, Tao Tao suddenly turned his head to look at the dark road behind him as if he had a feeling, and then glanced at the three-legged black on the side, and both sides tacitly did not continue.

"All in all, the pestle is not an option here, let's go. ”

The three-legged black shook his head, turned around and walked to the taxi, and waved lightly at the middle-aged man who was sleeping in the car, and with the flash of the spell light, the middle-aged man seemed to have suddenly woken up from a sweet dream, and opened his eyes blankly to look left and right, as if he didn't figure out what was going on for a while.

"What's going on? Why am I asleep?"

The middle-aged man wiped the saliva from his mouth, and looked at the four Jiang Yao who opened the car door and sat in the car again with a confused expression, as if there was a fragment of memory.

"That...... We were in a hurry to urinate just now, so we went out to the bathroom, didn't we ask you to wait here for a while?

Lu Xingyue casually made up an excuse to fool around, and the middle-aged man didn't know if it was because he was brainwashed or affected by the spell of the three-legged black, and the dazedness on his face was a little more.

"Oh...... Is that so? Hmm...... It seems to be......"

The middle-aged man scratched his head, but quickly gave up the entanglement and started the car again.

"Then sit down, the county seat is in front of you, and we will be there soon." ”

The dilapidated Poussin car gradually drove away from the highway along the river, and not long after Jiang Yao and the others left, another mysterious black shadow quietly appeared in the corner of the highway, and after staring at the taxi in the distance for a while, it disappeared into the stormy night like a ghost.