Chapter 727: The Netherworld
Everyone looked at the two holographic images projected in mid-air, and suddenly they seemed to be exactly the same, and when they looked closely, they were exactly the same as the scene in front of them. However, on closer inspection, everyone finally saw some not-so-obvious differences between the two images and the scene in front of them.
That's right, those two holographic images, like the scene in front of everyone, have a ghost gate floating in the air.
To say that this space, because there is no obvious change in the terrain, it is like a boundless desert, and there are not too many undulating sand dunes. As a result, it is difficult for people to find out some characteristic things from the scene in front of them to distinguish them from the scenery of other places.
And now, among the three landscapes that are not obviously different, they all have an identical ghost gate. As a result, the two holograms, and the scene in front of everyone, are like three pictures of "everyone comes to find fault".
Fortunately, there is still "stubble" to be found after all.
Therefore, from the angle of the image, as well as the slight difference in the background environment, everyone finally determined that these are indeed three different places.
"Why is it that there is also this ghost gate in those two directions?" Lin Mumu said very puzzled.
"According to the legend, including the ghost gate in front of us, it should actually be just a projection of the ghost gate. Lin Miaomiao is more educated than her younger brother, and immediately gave her own explanation for this situation.
When Qinghong Zhenjun heard this, he also nodded, and said approvingly: "Yes, it is said that the ghost gate is opened on the fifteenth day of July for the souls of the two worlds to come and go, so naturally it is impossible to open it in one place." ”
Not to mention how big the world was before, just the current Shenhua Domain Realm, ordinary Yuan Shen can fly from east to west, not counting any delay on the way, it will take more than a year. And those ghosts must not be able to compare with the power of the primordial gods, if the ghost gate is only open in one place, I am afraid that the ghosts in the distance will not be able to catch up with the souls in the distance.
Therefore, in the legend, the opening of the ghost door on the fifteenth day of July will definitely not be only opened in one place, but projected everywhere in the world. Only in this way can those lonely souls and wild ghosts in the world have the opportunity to enter the underworld from the ghost gate and complete the reincarnation.
And now, in the three directions that the three teams are taking, there is a ghost gate, which seems to be the reason.
"This ...... It seems that it is really going to ...... Let's go to the Netherworld!" Wenhua Zhenjun said helplessly.
For the Netherworld, people will always have an inexplicable fear, even if it is a primordial god power like Wenhua Zhenjun. After all, no matter how dangerous the other Jedi forbidden areas are, they still exist in the world of the living, and whether they live or die depends on how they control it. And the Netherworld, in everyone's impression, the Netherworld represents death, a place where people only go after death.
Therefore, for the next trip to the Netherworld, Wenhua Zhenjun is still more resistant from the bottom of his heart. It's a pity that his true spirit is in Ye Zan's hands, and it is not up to him to decide whether he goes or not.
"Let's go, let's see what is the difference between this netherworld and the legend. Ye Zan ignored Wenhua Zhenjun's small emotions, and after putting away the projection equipment, he said to Qinghong Zhenjun and the others.
For this netherworld mansion, Ye Zan is really curious.
Are the legendary Lechuan River, Nai He Bridge, Ten Palaces and Underground Mansions, Eighteen Layers of Hell, etc., real, and what has become of them now? Of course, more importantly, Ye Zan feels that there is no more suitable place for Tianyu Dao Ancestor to hide than this Netherworld Underworld, so it is likely that this is about to meet the final boss.
Under Ye Zan's tie, everyone flew up one after another, flying towards the projection of the ghost gate in mid-air, and disappeared behind the broken gate one by one in the blink of an eye.
The Ghost Gate Pass is not a gate, but a pass in the underworld, the pass in the yang world is used to garrison the enemy, and the pass in the underworld is the same. The role of the Ghost Gate Pass is not only the appearance of July 15, but also a "military powerhouse" in the underworld outside of this day.
You must know that this underworld is also very vast, and it can be said that it is almost not inferior to the world of the yang, and the underworld only occupies the largest piece of territory. In addition to the territory of the underworld, there are many large and small ghost kings, each occupying a piece of territory and claiming hegemony, which is equivalent to the separatist power of the underworld. Those ghost kings are not fish belly, otherwise they would have been exterminated by the underworld a long time ago. Therefore, the function of this ghost gate in ordinary times is to keep the power of the ghost kings out.
But now, the inside of the Ghost Gate that Ye Zan and the others saw, just like the collapsed gatehouse outside, has become a rather ancient looking ruin. Maybe it's because there are three teams in front of them, so Ye Zan and the others didn't see any ghosts in this ruin.
"It is said that the world of the underworld is also very vast, if the old thief is hiding here, I am afraid it will not be easy for us to find the other party!" Wenhua Zhenjun looked at this gloomy world, and said with a little worry in his tone.
Indeed, in the world of the underworld, although there is no boundless sea like the yang world, in terms of the vastness of the land, the legend is really not inferior to the yang world. Therefore, even if it is confirmed, Tianyu Dao Ancestor is hiding here, but if he really wants to find the other party, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
However, looking for a needle in a haystack is really not a difficult thing for Ye Zan. There are some methods that Ye Zan is not good to use in the yang world, but when he comes to this underworld, he doesn't have so many scruples. Although, in addition to their team, there are three teams from various other forces in this underworld now. However, as long as the Tianyu Dao Ancestor can be found, even if something that should not be exposed is exposed, it may not have many serious consequences.
Therefore, in the face of the worries of Wenhua Zhenjun and others, Ye Zan smiled indifferently and said, "Wait a moment, and let me show off first, and see what kind of scene the Netherworld is like now." ”
After saying this, Ye Zan took the jade ball and began to release various devices from the jade ball space, such as the high-altitude detector that was once used in the exploration of the secret realm. A series of high-altitude probes rose into the air under the gaze of everyone, until they flew out of everyone's sight, and then flew away in all directions.
"Brother Xian, what are these magic weapons of yours?" Qinghong Zhenjun asked curiously.
"Well, it's similar to the detectors you've seen before, but with stronger detection capabilities and a larger detection range. Although relying on these things alone may not be able to find the target quickly, at least it can help us narrow down the scope to the greatest extent. Ye Zan received the results from the detector while explaining to Qinghong Zhenjun and the others.
At the same time, Ye Zan also released a field command vehicle used to receive and display the detection results in front of everyone. Just like when he was in the palace complex before, the field command vehicle unfolded the carriage and put out rows of display screens, and processed the detection results sent back by the high-altitude detector and displayed them to everyone on the display screen.
"Although it's not the first time I've seen this thing, Ye Daoyou's methods still make me have to say a word of service!" Wenhua Zhenjun and the others, looking at the display of the command car, couldn't help but compliment.
"Hey, Brother Ye, look over here, is this already at the border?" Lin Mumu suddenly pointed to a display screen and shouted.
In fact, Ye Zan had already known the detailed detection information through the auxiliary chip in his brain, but Lin Mumu and others didn't know this. And Ye Zan didn't explain, and immediately followed the direction that Lin Mumu pointed to, and cooperated with his gaze on one of the display screens.
On that display, the picture displayed is not very peculiar, it is a jagged fracture surface of the earth, but on the other side of the fracture surface, there is no other piece of earth, but a translucent crystal wall. For this kind of crystal wall, everyone present is no stranger, the boundaries of many secret realms are like this, and even the Shenhua Domain Realm is wrapped in similar crystal walls.
And this also means that the position detected by the probe is already at the boundary of the space.
Of course, Ye Zan got more information, in fact, the shape of this space at this time was completely included in his mind. As expected, just like the world of the Yang world, this underworld is also incomplete, and it is far smaller than the Shenhua realm.
After all, this underworld is actually also a world, so when the heavens and the earth are broken, it will not still split the entire avenue of the various realms like those heavens and earth's avenues such as the alternation of the four seasons.
The Great Dao of Heaven and Earth in the realm of the realm, like the alternation of day and night, the four seasons, as well as the five elements of yin and yang, as well as the sun, moon and stars, etc., although they are all split from the original avenue, the "Dao" is still a complete Dao, but it is weakened in "quantity". It is precisely because of this that after the division of heaven and earth, the domain realm can no longer withstand the existence above the true immortal, and the earth immortal is already the limit of heaven and earth.
And the underworld is a world, and now it has collapsed with the heaven and earth of the yang world, and the formation can also be said to be a kind of domain boundary. In other words, it is not divided into complete underworlds and has a complete system of reincarnation. Therefore, it can be said that since the collapse of heaven and earth, the real underworld no longer exists, and what exists is only a broken netherworld.
As for the absence of the underworld, it is not difficult to imagine what the souls of the dead in the world have been like for thousands of years. It's nothing more than two ends, either they become resentful ghosts, or they will be scattered as soon as the time comes, in short, they don't have much impact on the yang world.
"It turns out that there is no underworld and no reincarnation!"
Everyone gradually understood this on those display screens, and they all seemed a little hesitant for a while. After all, among their three views, although no one can prove that people enter the underworld after death, it has always been universally recognized and even firmly believed. And now, all of a sudden, it was discovered that the place after death no longer existed, and even if they were all alive, they would inevitably have a feeling of being ruined.
You must know that the people of this world, whether they are secular mortals or these cultivators, will have the habit of paying tribute to the dead. In their three views, they will think that the soul of the deceased will enter the underworld and will be reincarnated through the six realms of reincarnation, which is a belief and a comfort.
It's like many people say that after the death of their loved ones, they will look at them in heaven, and how good their lives will be in heaven, and so on. Although they may not really believe it, they can always comfort themselves with "what if". If you clearly know that there is no such "what if", then what can you comfort yourself with?
Of course, among all of them, Ye Zan, who is from the world of science and technology, naturally does not have so many emotions. What he was more concerned about now was where that Tianyu Dao Ancestor was hiding. Although the high-altitude probe released has already explored the entire space, there are many places that cannot be detected.
Just like in the original summertime secret realm, a large array or a ban may block the detection of the probe, forming a blank area in the detected results. Now in this space, in the detection results that Ye Zan obtained, there is also such a blank area, maybe that day Yu Daozu was hiding in a blank area.
In addition, while detecting the space and ground type, Ye Zan also detected the whereabouts of the three teams in front. Judging from the detection results, the three teams went in the same direction and entered the largest blank area one after another. And the largest space area, on the edge of the side towards the ghost gate, there is a city of considerable scale, and the city gate is written with three big characters "Dead City".
There is a saying that "the king of Hades wants you to die in the third watch, who dares to keep people until the fifth watch".
It is said that the underworld has a life and death book, and the lifespan of all living beings in the world will be displayed on it, and when the life span is exhausted, it will be locked to the underworld. However, there are also some people who have not reached their life expectancy, but they die early for various reasons, which is called Yang Shou is not over. This kind of person is called vain death, because the yang life is not exhausted, and it is not the turn of reincarnation, so he can only stay in the city of vain death, and wait until the yang life is exhausted to enter reincarnation.
Ye Zan told everyone the whereabouts of the three teams in front of him, and unanimously decided to go to the City of the Dead to look for clues in the largest empty area. Of course, they already have a guess in their hearts about the largest blank area, which is likely to be where the real underworld is.
Ye Zan put away the field command vehicle, led everyone through the ruins of the Ghost Gate Pass, and walked out from the other city gate of the Ghost Gate Pass. Outside the city gate here, there is a long road that seems to have no end, which seems to be the legendary Huangquan Road. As soon as everyone stepped out of the city gate closed by the ghost gate and stepped on the ground of this Huangquan Road, they immediately felt a great pressure, making everyone seem to be carrying a thousand catties of heavy objects in an instant.
This kind of pressure is not only heavy, but more importantly, it also suppresses the operation of everyone's mana, which is equivalent to making everyone become mortals without cultivation all of a sudden. Not only Ye Zan and their Yuan Shen Realm, but also the external Yuan Shen energy supply system on the Lin family sisters and brothers and Qi Qianjun, the Yuan Shen energy core inside has also stopped outputting mana.