12. The underworld
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The sky of the underworld was gray, heavy and gloomy, full of depressive atmosphere. Bai-Xiao_Sheng(.) On closer inspection, it does not appear to be made of clouds, but rather a churning stream of turbid sewage—or the miasma is so dense that it appears to be a "liquid" body.
According to the common sense of physics, such a sky should turn into a black "color" rainstorm droplets, but Cheng Peng waited for a while and did not see half a drop of rain falling. The dark power of death that pervades the air of the underworld seems to be something more pure and powerful than the miasma, although it seems to be formless and substantial, it has an extraordinary strength, enough to completely hold up the miasma that I don't know how thick it is, and divide the gray sky and the gray and black earth.
Of course, there is water in the underworld, a big river that can't see the first place winds above the gray-black "color" of the earth, the river is pure black, it seems to be boiling and constantly rising bubbles, and when each bubble bursts, a jet-black miasma will emerge, and they will quickly rise into the sky and gather into the boundless gray-black "color".
When he first saw the river, Cheng Peng used to have something swimming in the water of the River Styx, but when he looked closely, he found that there was nothing—at least, there was nothing tangible.
After a while, he happened to see a piece of white bone that he didn't know where it came from falling into the river, and the moment it fell into the water, it collapsed, turning into countless fine dust, and then sank so finely and densely that not a single star could float on the water. Adventure 12
Maybe there are people living in this miasma river, but I think it's only ghosts and the like.
The wind is always blowing in the underworld, but the direction and force of the wind are completely unfixed, one moment it is still a light wind blowing from behind, and the next moment it may become a howling wind, the wind is mixed with a lot of lamentations and sorrows, and from time to time blows the gray "colored" dirt on the ground, exposing the bones of Bai Sensen under the soil.
When he saw those white "colors" for the first time, Cheng Peng thought that he had seen them wrong, but he quickly corrected his wrong opinion, because at this time, there was an incredibly strong hurricane, and the speed of the wind that may have been close to the speed of sound swept across the earth, completely tearing apart the gray "color" ground that was not solid, not only rolling up the dirt, but also rolling up the bones.
In just a moment, the surrounding gray "colored" earth completely turned into a mountain of bones, and all the ground was paved with white bones at a glance, and the layers of white bones turned into the earth and mountains, full of terrifying feelings.
The white bones that were swept up by the hurricane were crushed almost instantly by the hurricane that exceeded the speed of sound and roared, mixed with the gray "color" of the earth, mixed with the black "color" miasma that rolled up from the surface of the River Styx, turned into dark dust, and then when the wind weakened, it fell down finely and densely, and soon re-accumulated a thick layer, turning the ground of the white bones back to the gray and black appearance that Cheng Peng saw when he first arrived.
(It's really uncomfortable...... )
Cheng Peng didn't speak rashly, he wasn't sure if it would cause any trouble to open his mouth in this kind of place, although he was able to rely on his domain and wind control ability to avoid those disgusting dust from approaching, but he couldn't guarantee that his voice would not be heard by anything else, in the spirit of the mentality that more things are better than less, he just sighed secretly in his heart, and then left these meaningless sighs, and recalled the mission instructions that Mr. Marco gave him.
"There's no way to tell the way in the underworld, so you can only follow the River Styx and follow the direction it flows in - but remember to keep your distance from it, the water of the River Styx has a terrible attachment power, and if you accidentally suck it in, neither the gods nor the demons can escape."
"Walk along the River Styx, you will see a crystal bridge inlaid with gold, there are fierce beasts and demons on the side of the bridge, the bridge is guarded by the demon god Mordgud, don't look at her seems to be an old witch who is no different from a skeleton, but she can summon thousands of demons from the River Styx at any time, so don't have any thoughts of fighting bosses and exploding artifacts!"
"You don't have to try to cross the crystal bridge on your own, just wait by the bridge. Every day, our connector Wilfred would send his companions over from the other side of the bridge to stand on the bridge and observe what was going on around him. He will recognize you at a glance, and after exchanging the code, he will take you to Hades. With his guidance, you will be able to get permission from Mordgude to cross the bridge without having to surrender your own blood. ”
"After crossing the bridge, you will see the huge demon dog Garm, through the iron gate behind it, you can enter the real Hades, no matter what kind of existence, heroes or gods and demons, as long as you don't get Hel's permission, the moment you step into it, you will die immediately, there is no luck!"
"Maybe you'll have to wait at the door, or maybe the person who answered is wearing the seal, and you'll be able to get inside sooner or later, and then you'll see Wilfred. Give it to him, and the task is done. ”
"Wilfred is the protagonist of the story of The Guilty, who once single-handedly slew the peerless powerhouse of Valkyrie's Immortal Legion under the command of Valkyrie, if you can get any quest from him, as long as it's not too difficult, you might as well try it - if it's you, maybe it can be done......"
Mr. Marco explained the task in great detail, and Cheng Peng did not see the slightest possibility that he would fail the mission.
In fact, everything is as he said, without any twists and turns.
Cheng Peng walked along the River Styx for two days, and encountered a large number of undead on the way several times, but because his realm was completely isolated from his breath, the undead who had lost their eyesight could not see him at all, as if he did not exist. Even if there were some accidental approaches, they would be carefully pushed out by the domain of the Ice Spear - although the domain power of the Ice Spear could not resist the power of death that permeated the underworld, and was infiltrated to the point that it was almost gray, it was more than enough to deal with a few powerless undead.
When he couldn't help but wonder if he was going in the wrong direction, he finally saw the glowing crystal bridge at the end of the horizon. At this time, even a calm person like Cheng Peng couldn't help but speed up his pace and hurriedly walked towards the crystal bridge.
By this time, he had already understood why Mr. Marco had said that the receiver recognized him at a glance - the undead around him were still moving unhurriedly, and time seemed to them to have lost its concept. The only ones who will feel impatient and quicken their pace are the living who are still alive.
Cheng Peng was only halfway down the road when he saw a figure on the bridge who had been standing still walking down from there and coming towards him. Adventure 12
It was a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old, who looked as cute as a doll, dressed in a gorgeous dress, and carried a small crossbow that looked more like a toy than a weapon, and seemed to be harmless to humans and animals.
But Cheng Peng noticed that this little girl's eyes were cold to the bone, without the slightest temperature, and she couldn't see any emotion, if it wasn't still alive, it was like a doll's glass eyes!
She walked to a place about twenty meters away from Cheng Peng and stopped.
"Password." She said briefly.
"Shadows." Cheng Peng answered according to Mr. Marco's explanation.
"Wrong!" As she spoke, she raised her crossbow and aimed it at Cheng Peng, as if she was about to attack.
"Yes, that's wrong." Cheng Peng smiled, but there was no intention of relaxing in his heart - just now the moment the little girl raised her crossbow, he felt a strong killing intent and saw human feelings in her eyes for the first time.
It was joy, a strong joy full of longing.
She longs to kill! She's a real murderer!
In the face of such a murderer, of course Cheng Peng didn't dare to take it lightly!
The little girl raised her crossbow and stared at Cheng Peng for a long time, as if she had been aiming and might attack at any time, but the joy in her eyes gradually dimmed, and slowly returned to the original coldness.
"Follow me." As she spoke, she turned back and walked towards the demon god Mordgud, who was carrying many demons and monsters with him, forcing all the dead who wanted to go to Hades to hand over what little blood he had left.
The so-called password is exactly the sentence "password - shadow - wrong - yes, wrong".
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