Where is this?

Bai Ya touched his chest, his skin and clothes were intact, not like he had been pierced by a knife. His knife was also clean, not a drop of blood was on it. He looked at the ground and the sky, and felt that he could not describe what he was seeing. They're chaotic black, but they're not pure black either, and it feels a little ...... Strange colors are slowly changing. It's like a person who closes one eye, opens the other, and then uses the open eye to see the vision of the closed eye. I can't say what I saw, but at least I know I'm not blind. It's just that the fact that he is the only one who can see himself in the vast chaos makes him feel a suffocating insignificance and loneliness. He was struggling.

Here it is...... Heaven? No, not at all. Although he hadn't been to the Heavenly Dao before, he didn't know what it was like, but he felt that it shouldn't be this kind of place. So could this be the rest of the Six Paths...... No matter how many steps he took forward, he felt like he was spinning in circles, with no way out. What is this, is there still a chance to get out? Bai Ya was confused and had a headache - especially when he was still alive. If he is really dead, then is this ...... Tartarus?

"Awake?"

It's a sound that's close at hand. It doesn't appear abruptly, it's as natural as an idea that comes to mind. Even so, Bai Ya still felt a certain degree of surprise. Of course, anyone will be surprised.

"Long story short, this is the rift of the Six Paths."

"Six spiritual veins?" Bai Ya asked, "I'm trapped here?" ”

"Yes." The voice replied simply.

Whether it is this abrupt, male and female voice, or Bai Ya's own voice, it seems just right in this environment. Sound doesn't reverberate because it's too small, and it doesn't get swallowed up because it's too wide.

"Who are you?"

"The Lord of Naro's Bottom."

“……”

Bai Ya felt that this voice was joking with himself.

Perhaps he was accustomed to seeing the big scenes of the gods, but now he met with this Yama demon, who claimed to be a legendary figure, the boss of Hades, and the lord of Naluo, and was so ...... There are no row faces. It was hard for him to believe what this man was saying, but there seemed to be no one more to believe than that.

"And you- why are you in a place like this?" He asked suspiciously, "Shouldn't it be in Hades?" ”

It is said that Hades is located somewhere between the spiritual veins of humanity and hell. But it's all rumors, no one has seen it, and I'm afraid I won't be able to come back if I do. For all this, Bai Ya was not interested.

"I can't come to see you in Hades. Voice, can be heard, that's enough. ”

Bai Ya frowned slightly. He really couldn't associate this male, non-female, voice with Yama Demon. It wasn't a nice voice, but it didn't remind him of anyone he had ever met. It's clear that I've never heard of it, but I don't feel strange. Of course, I didn't know much about it. It's as if there's a spell in this voice that makes you inherently perceive this kind of perception, a little deliberately. It's neither irresistible nor relatable.

It's just ...... A simple fact simply exists.

“…… I can hear. But what do you mean? I should have died. Moreover, I don't trust your identity. ”

The other party didn't reply, and I don't know if he was angry. But in front of its eyes, suddenly a strange color appeared, small, like a seed. And then it spread rapidly—in a way that Bai Ya couldn't understand. It's like a flower blooming, and it's like a paint spreading in a dye vat. Some very conflicting colors sway, flutter, spread in the eyes, and follow the heavens and the earth. In the end, the whole environment he was in became so indescribably colorful and bizarre. He felt a little dazzled and tried to take two steps back, each of which caused the surrounding patches of color to shift with him, making him dizzy. He had to stand still and watch the warm and cold colors collide and expand without any transition.

Then, the colors condense into an outline. A rabbit-like block of color swayed in front of him and jumped up to him. It also moves like a rabbit – but it's certainly not a rabbit.

The rabbit spoke. The part of its mouth is split bright red.

"Bai Shaoxia, Bai Shaoxia!" Its voice was exactly the same as the one it had just said, but it was in a hurry, "You are here alone, will you feel scared?" ”

Bai Ya felt inexplicable. He crouched down and looked at the strange "rabbit". But he replied anyway:

"Don't be afraid. I should have died, there is nothing to be afraid of dead. ”

"The dead have a lot to fear." The little rabbit waved his front paws, and his scarlet mouth opened and closed, "I have to worry about not knowing where I will be reincarnated in the next life, or if it is not human; If you are in the world, can you be born in a good family? If the memory dissipates, how many regrets will I have; If you are too obsessed in life, you will feel lonely when you are a ghost. ”

Bai Ya shook his head: "There's nothing to be afraid of. It's just that being born as a human being is so tiring that I don't want to die. Although I may look ...... Actually, I didn't do anything. But the world is really boring. ”

With that, he reached out and tried to touch its head. The rabbit had no eyes except for its mouth. But before he could touch the rabbit, it suddenly "shattered", and the broken part turned into the shape of a butterfly and flew behind him. Bai Ya stood up and turned around, watching its fluttering figure, falling to the ground, and suddenly forming a huge horse.

The horse spoke. Its mouth is blue, and it also has no eyes.

"Hmm...... Don't want to be reincarnated? If you do, it's not surprising. Its voice hasn't changed, but its tone is much calmer, but it's a little verbose, "But reincarnation, rebirth, there's nothing wrong with it." After all, you have forgotten all the things before your death, why do you care so much, it's a new beginning anyway...... Perhaps, this time the fate is not bad. ”

"To live is to be in trouble." Bai Ya spread his hands, "I didn't say this because I was afraid of suffering. Joys and sorrows, since the people in the matter have the final say. And I just find it boring. People die for a variety of reasons and live for a variety of reasons. I don't want everyone to live and work in peace and contentment, and the rivers and lakes will be peaceful. The wind and rain are smooth, and the country and the people are safe, which is indeed what I am looking forward to. But I'm just one person – I'm alone, and I'm doing my best to make the biggest difference in my life. At the end of the day, nothing got better, and I didn't even save myself. ”

The horse tilted his head and did not speak. Bai Ya tentatively stretched out his hand again, and it suddenly shrank and turned into a rat with a long tail. The rat crawled up his trouser leg, leaving a trail of white paint on the fabric of his running clothes. It stood on Bai Ya's shoulder, and the inside of its open mouth was also white. It also doesn't have eyes.

"I see you've lived your life to the fullest!" It chirps, "You've saved a lot of people!" ”

"I ...... Ah, that's bad. Bai Ya suddenly remembered something, "I don't know what is happening in the world now." What the hell am I ...... Does it count as preventing the emergence of 'day'? If not, all this would not be ......"

"It's done, it's done." The rat ran from his left shoulder to his right, and he turned his head, "You live in a myth that everyone sings. Many have spurned you, and you have killed their faith; Many admire you as a godslayer, as a knight, as a man. Ah, I forgot to mention that in the gap with the Heavenly Dao, time flows much faster than the human world. We've been talking here for two quarters of an hour, and we've had more than ninety hours on earth! Your friend is gone. Yingyuejun told the imperial court, and the imperial court sent a boat to take them home. ”

“…… Is it? He breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing whether he was happy for his friend or glad that the world had not yet fallen.

The rat jumped to the ground and turned into a fish. It spiraled around him, and it had no eyes.

"Wait, she still ...... that arrogant face"

The fish stopped, as if thinking about something, as if hesitating. It opens its mouth and its mouth is green. The fish said lazily:

"Hmm...... Otherwise, go see for yourself. The fish slowly swam again, "There is nothing to say. ”

"Can I go back?" Bai Ya asked.

He didn't know if he was happy or sad at the moment. His heart was empty, he just thought of what to say. The fish swam higher above his head than he did, and suddenly a thrust plunged into the ground. In the end, what slowly emerged was the outline of a humanoid, similar to Bai Ya's body shape, but he couldn't see the man or woman.

It doesn't have a mouth.

At this time, all the mottled colors in the background quickly converged to its feet, as if a human figure suddenly absorbed all the landscape. Everything reverts to the first darkness, the darkness that is like darkness, but not darkness.

Its eyes are open all over its body. There are all kinds of big and small, only what does not exist in the world, and there is nothing that this human form does not have.

Bai Ya took a step back.

The original voice came again, no tone, no emotion.

"Do you regret it?"

"I don't regret it." Although he was afraid, he did not hesitate at all.

"Names—names are like a plague, scattered to every corner of the rivers and lakes. The world praises and disparages this after-dinner conversation, and is completely unaware of its savior. Love and hatred are the only symptoms of this plague. ”

"Then I don't regret it. What do other people say, what does it have to do with me? ”

The figure was swelling and getting bigger. With that, the eyes are opening more and more.

"Are you afraid of death?"

Bai Ya paused. He thought for a moment before he said:

"Death is not afraid of death. Just died like this, and there was nothing unwilling. I just think it...... Empty. It didn't seem like I should have been so easy to look at, but there was nothing else I was looking forward to. ”

"Do you still want to see the future of the rivers and lakes you have saved?"

This time, Bai Ya was silent for a long time.

The other party was not in a hurry, so he looked at him silently with countless eyes. It has become very large, standing in front of Bai Ya like a mountain. The countless eyes, like lights, like stars, all stared at him in unison. interrogation, but not urging.

"Think about it." He said.

Everything in front of me suddenly disappeared, as if billions of eyes were closing at the same time. The surroundings were plunged into complete darkness, but unlike before, this time it was pure black, as if covered in shadows. He suddenly felt a force tugging at him, tugging at his whole body, not knowing where to take him. In his panic, he heard the voice say its last words.

Before and after this, Bai Ya is no longer here.