There are no lengthy passages behind the grotto. It's like stepping through a door, and the other end of the door is the other side of the world.

It's a gray world.

The sky is gray, the earth is gray, there are no markers, there are no strange scenes, and there is only a vast gray as far as the eye can see. The sky was not like the sky, there was no clear blue, and there were no white clouds, like a shoddy curtain made of dusty cotton, which fluttered over the earth. The flat earth is flat, there are no trees, no grass, no flowing rivers, no shaped objects, not even a stone. Since the soul floats, it is not known whether the ground can withstand objects, because it does not look like physical land at all, but like the sky, it seems to be covered with iron-gray cotton wool.

It's like running to a barren planet with no one in the world. Even if it is a planet, there will be craters on the surface, there will be traces of meteorite impacts, there are cracks in the earth's crust, but there is nothing here. Heaven and earth are like two parallel lines, stretching infinitely into the distance.

"This is a gray area between the other dimension and the present world, and souls who die in the present world will enter this place first. ”

Hearing people say this, Bi Lingxiao immediately looked left and right, but he didn't see any souls or other objects other than them.

"Don't underestimate this. Another dimension is equivalent to another world, this gray area is huge, and the position we stand on is just the entrance!"

The purple pine forest swayed and floated out as he spoke, and Bi Lingxiao shook his weed-like body, followed closely by the demon spirit with only one head.

As he said, it's a really big area. He didn't know if this place was the same as the passage of time in the present world, but anyway, it felt like a long time had passed, but it was still iron gray in front of him. Is this a middle ground where there is nothing? Actually, no, after a long and aimless wandering, they finally saw something other than this heaven and earth.

That's a river.

said that it was a river, but Bi Lingxiao dared to guarantee that what flowed in it was definitely not water. In this gray place, even the river is gray. It flows extremely slowly, with a silky texture on the surface to the naked eye, and bubbles stirring in the center from time to time, I don't know if there is a creature breathing underneath, or if there is a hot air rushing out. Coming from the west and heading east, you can't see the source or where it ends up.

Although the river was wide, they did not walk on the ground, so they crossed it with great ease. On the other side of the river, Bi Lingxiao immediately noticed the difference. On this side of the river, it was obviously much richer than the place they had come.

It's not that there are any other colors, it's not just called a gray area because it's a transition zone between the other dimension and the present world - the environment here is all gray. To his astonishment, there was a forest on the other side of the river, and on the other side of the river they saw nothing. As soon as I crossed ashore, everything suddenly appeared in front of me.

Another dimension is a place to receive dead souls, how can trees grow?

Even if it is a gray area, of course, there will be no real life here. These forests are called forests, but they are no ordinary trees. The trunk is thin and straight, with branches that are separated from the left and right, and many branches are branched out from the branches...... It's like a big tree drawn by a child on a piece of paper. There are no leaves, no tree patterns, and it doesn't even look like a three-dimensional thing at all. This forest is all made up of countless straight lines. These straight lines, long and short, are connected to each other, and they become such a strange sight in front of you.

What lay out in front of them was like a huge floor plan. At the same time, Bi Lingxiao found that the sky, which had always remained unchanged before crossing the river, actually changed here.

It's like a drop of water falling. On the lead-colored canopy, one object after another could be seen precipitating, dripping down, and falling into the flattened forest.

"These are the souls that have died in the present world. ”

The voice of the purple pine forest came from the side, and Bi Lingxiao looked at it in surprise and found that those were indeed clumps of transparent objects. Because they are too far apart, they can't see the specific shapes at all, only that they are large and small, and the outlines are also strange.

Why do the souls of creatures in the present world enter the gray area first after death instead of directly entering another dimension, and what is the existence of this area for?

His thoughts were soon interrupted by a sudden event. In front of them, out of the forest, which no matter how it looked, seemed fake, a creature emerged. No, there would be no living object here, it would only be considered an 'animal' – an object that could move.

It was a lion. No, it should be said that its body resembles a lion, because on its head, there is actually a human face!

It's just that despite its human face, the sphinx doesn't seem to intend to have a friendly exchange with them, it curls its limbs, arches its back, and stares at them with its eyes.

"Run!"

At the same time as the monster flew up, there was a shout from the purple pine forest, and the three of them turned around and ran away in a very tacit understanding. The human-faced lion pounced on the air for the first time and immediately chased after him.

"What is this, is the Egyptian Sphinx like a spirit?"

Bi Lingxiao ran away as fast as he could in his life, and his swinging body looked like a tadpole swimming through the air from a distance. He had seen the monster chasing behind him, not only had he seen it, but it was also very familiar.

Isn't this the Sphinx of Egypt?

"It should be said that the Sphinx appeared because of this thing!"

The purple pine forest floated beside it, and his whole body almost swelled into a ball, like a ghost fire.

"The Sphinx is the ruler of the gray area, and we are really unlucky to have just come over and run into it!"

"Was it really called a Sphinx?"

"What you should care about now is whether your life can be left behind!"

This human-faced lion is none other than the Sphinx, the leader of the gray area. No one knows where it came from, no one knows where it was born, and this monster will only do one thing here, and that is to hunt down the remnants of the gray zone.

Do you think death can bring peace? No, there's more excitement waiting for you later.

Souls are divided into soul elements and souls, and when a creature dies in the present world, the soul will be shattered. When the soul dissipates and the soul element cannot exist in the present world, it will enter a gray area. In fact, as long as the soul element is still there, it is not considered a real death, because in the upper realm, the fog maker has advanced products that can make the soul element repair. But if the soul element also disappears, then this person can't be saved even if the creation dragon reappears.

How can this enter a different dimension is the same as an audition? This audition is not just a show of talent, this is a desperate effort, a careless can really be doomed!

Bi Lingxiao shouted bad luck in his heart. He didn't think that he would have to pass the trial when he entered a different dimension, and the biggest boss of this trial was also bumped into by them! Everyone is equal in this place, no matter what status, status, or level you have in front of you, as long as you enter here, you will be a wisp of remnant soul, and all kinds of skills learned during your life will not be used here. Even if it can be used, with the level that he hasn't even reached now, he can't do any harm to the existence here.

It was the first time that he had grown so big and had no power to resist, and Bi Lingxiao felt extremely aggrieved.

"Is there nothing that can be done?"

"Yes, run faster!"

Three remnant souls rushed into the forest like smoke, and they didn't care about what direction they were going, they just cared about floating wildly.

Every now and then, a soul is dropped from heaven. On the way to escape, the remnants of the souls were swallowed by the Sphinx behind the three of them before they could understand what was happening.

Looking at the human-faced lion behind who had been delayed for a little time because of preying on other souls, and had distanced themselves from them, Bi Lingxiao suddenly thought of a way.

"Go to other souls!" "We can find other souls!"

Almost in unison. The two looked at each other silently, and said in their hearts that the other party could actually think of such a bad move.

The three souls turned left and right, running towards the place where the soul fell. These remnant souls who fell from the sky are not all fools, they also feel such a big movement in the forest, and they see from a distance that the huge creatures behind the three people are busy scattering and fleeing, which gives them the opportunity to plot and frame!

Some remnants escaped, and some didn't have time to escape and turned into a Sphinx's meal. Feeling the roars and vibrations coming from behind them, they simply cried out in pain.

Why does this monster still take a fancy to them, so many escaped souls, why can't they chase them?

In this way, they actually walked through the forest at a rapid speed. Gray lines finally disappeared before their eyes, and behind the forest was a high mountain.

They didn't know exactly how high the mountain was, but they knew that they couldn't see the top of the mountain when they looked up. The Sphinx had already rushed out, and the three of them immediately dispersed, and the lion crashed headlong into the mountain, making a hole in it.

"What are you looking at, let's go!"

Without hesitation, they rushed to the top of the mountain, and the human-faced lion behind them came out of the hole they had dug out, shook off the gravel on their bodies, and continued to bite them.

"It's all out of the forest, what the hell is it trying to do!"

"It seems that this gray area is all owned by it, and that forest is only a part!"

The way up the mountain is not like in the forest. Although those trees looked very fake, they could still be used as obstacles, but the mountains were flat and did not stop the huge body of the Sphinx, and they were getting closer and closer.

"You've got a way, young master!"

"What, isn't it time for you to figure out a way, don't you know more about this place than I do?"

"Why do I know more than you, I haven't been here!"

Bi Lingxiao almost lost his breath. Didn't you know that there was a ruler named the Sphinx, why didn't you tell me before you came in?

Seeing that the human-faced lion had already caught up, the sound of heavy breathing seemed to be overhead, and it was obvious that in a few seconds they would be on the plate. At this critical juncture, the demon spirit, who had been silently following them around, suddenly spoke:

"Master, my ability to escape has not disappeared. ”

The Sphinx pounced. It stopped its massive body, grabbed the mountain with its sharp claws, sniffed and sniffed on it. But the three souls that were close at hand did disappear out of thin air. After wandering around a few times to make sure that there was no soul breath here, the Sphinx stopped for a while, turned around and walked down the mountain, and looked back at every few steps, repeating it three times, and those souls did not reappear. The beast let out two inexplicable snorts, and finally jumped off the mountain and staggered back into the forest. On the mountain, three souls swayed and floated out.

Bi Lingxiao didn't expect that the demon spirit could still use the ability to escape in such a state. Fortunately, even if the little guy is a remnant soul, he can use some of his own talents, and he can open his own independent space, otherwise the three of them will really die before they can get out of school!

The purpose of the team entering this place is to rescue Mochen. If the other party's soul element has not even been found and becomes someone else's plate first, it will really become a big joke!

Seeing the Sphinx disappear into the forest, there was absolutely no way they could return there. The three of them turned around and continued towards the top of the mountain.