I don't know when, the wind gradually rose.

Whimpering like a ghost crying, mixed with a strange noise.

It's like someone dragging chains down the street, and the metal rings are constantly colliding back and forth.

It was pitch black inside.

I can't see my fingers.

The atmosphere is also a little dull and depressing, and it gives people a strange and cold feeling.

Wei Tao stood in front of the door, looking out through the gap.

But I couldn't see anything, I could only hear the sound of clattering, which was fading away little by little, until it gradually disappeared.

"What the hell is this?"

"Forget it, it has nothing to do with me anyway......"

Boom!

Suddenly, a huge force surged and slammed into the closed door.

Wei Tao's eyes narrowed sharply, and his gaze looked through the crack in the door, silently meeting the two rows of scarlet eyes that lit up without warning.

Crash!

Bang bang bang!

The sound of metal chains mopping the floor sounded again.

It sounded like it was in the courtyard outside, just a door away from him.

And it's a dilapidated wooden door, almost rotten.

"Ho Ho ........."

Scarlet eyes blinked.

There was also a dull and heavy gasp, which sounded at the same time.

"What the hell is this, it pops up without warning, and it startles me."

Wei Tao's face was expressionless, and he reached out to press the door panel.

He was silent and waited quietly.

The wheezing outside was getting heavier.

Like the murmur of an abyssal demon, or like the low roar of a beast.

It's like seducing him to open the door, so that the communication inside and outside the house is connected, and there is no longer any obstacle to hinder.

However, even though it is only separated by a layer of rotten door panels, which will shatter when touched or pushed at all, it is like an iron wall, firmly blocking the unclear monster outside, and it has not broken through the door from beginning to end.

Little by little, time passed.

I don't know how long later.

Two rows of scarlet eyes suddenly vanished.

As without warning as when he came, as if everything that had just happened was just a hallucination.

The whoop quietly left.

Again it was rumored that it was already outside the small courtyard.

Walk down the long street, and soon disappear completely.

"Come in a hurry, go in a hurry."

"It feels like I'm in a dream."

Wei Tao retracted his gaze and turned to the wooden bed behind him.

Boom!

At this moment, there was a sudden muffled sound.

Heavy gasps rang out again, and two rows of scarlet eyes pressed against the crack in the door and looked inside.

Click!

Wei Tao stopped.

He turned around a little and met his dense eyes silently.

Click!

The wooden door was slammed open.

A chaotic, tangled, and twisted shadow stood in front of the house.

As if it didn't believe the door was opened like this, it was even slightly stunned.

The next moment, the dense red eyes lit up with joy.

Tick!

Tick tock!

I don't know where the saliva came from, and it fell to the ground.

The twisted shadow stretched its body and was about to pour into the house.

Click!

Suddenly, a moire black scale possessed the body, and the vicious claws full of sharp bone spurs popped out violently, clasping two rows of scarlet eyes, and pulling the thing into the door like lightning.

It had just taken a step forward, only to feel like it was falling into a cloud, and its speed of entering the door was ten times faster, and it even pulled out an afterimage, and it disappeared into it like lightning.

"If I don't pay attention to you, it's over, right?"

"I also want to know what you look like and if you can eat it."

"Well, it looks a little disgusting, like a wriggling intestine full of barbed flagella, but it doesn't stop you from smelling good."

It struggled desperately, but still couldn't break free from the claws of the snake's tail.

Immediately after, a crunchy chewing sound sounded.

With a terrible howl of pain.

In the darkness of the night, where you can't see your fingers, you can hear it very clearly, even if you are far away.

"Screaming so loudly, which hapless ghost had a nervous breakdown and ran out of the room?"

"Or is it that another newcomer who doesn't know anything has turned himself into a source of happiness for those monsters without finding a shelter room before dark?"

"This kind of painful wail that spreads throughout the street, this brother is hopeless, even if it is suddenly dawn at this time, he can only slowly fall into death in despair."

"Being eaten alive by those monsters makes people's scalps tingle just thinking about it, and I don't know what kind of pain and torture I have to endure."

At this moment, there are several dilapidated courtyards that are relatively close.

Everyone huddled inside the room and shivered.

Although they were frightened by the various movements outside, they still pricked up their ears to catch the sound that came, and did not dare to be distracted in the slightest.

After all, in the Gloomy City, every little bit of information you have will be able to secure your future survival.

In many cases, even the slightest difference is the distance between life and death.

Suddenly there was a soft squeak.

The half-covered courtyard door was pushed open again.

The crying sounded like a cold wind on a winter night, echoing endlessly in the small courtyard.

A white phantom slowly floated in.

At first, it was very fast, and it seemed to be a little impatient, as if it was rushing for food, and rushed towards the house.

But after entering the courtyard gate, it slowed down suddenly.

Facing the room with the door wide open not far away, and seeing what was happening inside, it even wanted to turn away.

Especially the monster with black scales and bone spurs possessed, with wings and tails wrapped around its body, raised its head and revealed its bloody face, and it was even more thrilling and shivering, and it no longer hesitated to turn around and float towards the outside of the courtyard.

At that moment, there was a muffled bang.

Two hideous snake heads pierced through the darkness and appeared in front of it without warning.

The snake's mouth opened to the maximum, revealing layers of sharp fangs, biting down like lightning on the left and right.

The bitter howl sounded again.

The door that had just been opened was slammed shut.

Wei Tao's arms were covered with hideous bone spurs and black scales, and his razor-like nails were stained with blood.

He swallowed the food in his mouth, exhaled a long breath, and sat down on the mottled wooden chair.

Over time, the black handprint on the left shoulder did not disappear, but became more distinct.

What's more, the skin on the black mark has always had a cold feeling lingering in it, like ice cubes applied to it, and there is even a slight stinging sensation occasionally.

Wei Tao frowned slightly, and his expression became serious.

He is now a vajra dharma body above the limit, and the twenty-five layers of qi cultivation are as solid as gold.

In addition, the Xuanwu is gradually born, the Vermilion Bird is bright, and the beetle snake and ghost car are gathered together, purely from the perspective of physical defense, it can already be called quite strong.

In Wei Tao's eyes, it is no exaggeration to say that even if he stands there motionless now, letting a certain martial arts master go all out, he will not leave a mark on his body.

However, just now, almost without feeling, a handprint was left on the left shoulder.

What's more, this cold and stinging sensation doesn't seem to be just acting on the physical body, and may even involve the true spirit and soul.

It makes people more and more curious about what kind of place this place is, and what kind of danger lurks in it.

However, curiosity is curiosity, Wei Tao has no intention of exploring the secrets.

There is no expected visible chance, only a cold and gloomy darkness, and he wants to stay in the place when he is full, bringing unpredictable dangers to himself.

The plan has been decided, and Wei Tao immediately prepared to cross the void and return to the Great Zhou.

Silently, there were faint ripples in the darkness.

But just before leaving, he stopped without warning.

The ripples of the void quietly disappeared.

Wei Tao sat on the wooden chair and did not move, looking down at the marks on his shoulder, and fell into silent thought.

"In the battle of the dark passage, no similar traces were found on Ling Donnie's body."

"But now I have it."

"Imprints may also be used as road markers."

"If I don't do an investigation and don't confirm it, I will return to Da Zhou in a daze, but it is possible to bring back the danger."

"What's more, I've left the door open, I've already welcomed two guests, and I've had two meals by the way, and now I'm a little stretched, and I haven't gotten rid of the mark.

Therefore, they are not the same as this mudra, and I waited for the rabbit to work in the middle of the night, but in fact, I did not touch the real source at all. ”

Wei Tao took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and turned his head to look outside.

Suddenly, there was a feeling of depression and irritability in my heart that I couldn't steal chickens and erode rice.

There was a muffled thud.

The dilapidated wooden door was shut.

A figure came out of the courtyard, with a deep resentment, and quietly disappeared into the depths of the night.

The wind gusted, and the ghosts cried again and again.

The whole street was shrouded in darkness and silence.

It's as if it's covered in ink.

It appears as pure, substance-like black.

There was no one outside, only Wei Tao's footsteps kept echoing.

Click!

He grabbed a small creature that came excitedly, but fled in terror, and shoved it into his mouth.

Dense sharp teeth gritted, and a new round of eating began in a terrible wail.

Suddenly, an extremely suppressed gasp sounded, and in an instant, it fell silent again, as if it directly sealed the mouth and nose.

There was a soft squeak.

Wei Tao pushed open the closed courtyard door on the side of the road.

He soon came to the dark stone house.

After searching for more than a dozen abandoned courtyards, he finally found something that pleased him.

The door was closed tightly, as if something was still holding it up.

Wei Tao pushed it and didn't open it.

He held his breath and listened.

Then he started banging on the door.

Deliver the thump far away.

"I know you're in there."

"You'd better take the initiative to open the door, or if it gets smashed in a while, don't blame me."

"You, ...... you"

A moment later, a trembling voice of fear sounded from behind the door.

"Don't worry, of course I'm human."

"It's just an ordinary person who wants to talk to people of the same kind."

Wei Tao smiled, a blazing white flame erupted from his mouth and nose, and two snake tails behind him snapped and slammed on the ground.

Inside the inky room.

The heavily armed woman had a gloomy complexion.

With the help of the white flames that suddenly lit up, she glanced through the crack in the door, and the whole person fell directly to the ground softly, and passed out without saying a word.

Click!

The door was finally knocked down.

Wei Tao squeezed in through the narrow doorway, looked down at the motionless woman at his feet, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

Even after waking up, she had a dull expression, not to mention whether she could communicate normally, and she couldn't even say a complete word.

"After looking for a long time, I only found a fool."

Wei Tao turned around and left directly, took a few lightning steps, grabbed a monster and stuffed it into his mouth.

Soon after, he found a second house with people.

As soon as he got closer, the people inside cried directly.

The voice was terrible, as if a demon was standing outside, and was about to rush in and brutalize him to death.

"It's better to be a crying coward than an idiot who can't even speak."

Wei Tao pushed the door open, "Don't cry, I have a few questions that you need to answer, as long as you cooperate well, there will be nothing, if you don't cooperate......"

With that, he took out the half-eaten monster corpse and bit it down with a click.

"If you don't cooperate, this is what will happen to you."

Half an hour later, Wei Tao took out an extra bronze mirror engraved with magnificent patterns in his hand and walked out of the stone house quickly.

He followed the guidance of the middle-aged man just now, and soon found a dilapidated small building in the corner.

It appears to be an abandoned restaurant.

It was eerie and rotten, with cobwebs and dust everywhere, but the floor was a dark red color, like a carpet that hadn't been cleaned in a long time.

But there was a man sitting in the corner, not knowing what to pour himself a drink on.

Wei Tao was silent for a moment and slowly entered the building.

The feet are sticky and slippery, and there is a sizzling sound when you step on it.

He looked down and realized that the red carpet he thought was actually a fine minced meat that had been broken and stirred.

There is also a wine jar on the counter not far away, which is simply air-dried heads.

He didn't pay any attention to this, and walked straight in, slowly sitting down across from the man.

"Hello."

Wei Tao said slowly in a low voice, "Is there anything you want to say to me about this strange place?" ”

"This is not the place for you."

The man looked up, revealing a smooth, flat face.

The eyes, ears, mouth, and nose look like they were painted, and they look quite strange and weird.

He picked up his empty glass and took a slow sip of air, even with a satisfied expression.

"Why do you say that?"

Wei Tao sharpened his fingers and claws, and rubbed out a dazzling spark.

"Today's night is a little earlier than ever."

The Faceling sighed and slowly raised his glass again.

Boom!!!

The wine glass shattered.

The hand, along with the table that seemed to be smeared with blood, shattered to the ground at this moment, merging into the wriggling minced flesh below.

"Speak human words."

Wei Tao exhaled softly a mouthful of blazing white flames, "Although I have already held up a little, and I feel that you are a little disgusting, it is no problem to endure and eat again." ”

The Facelings lowered their heads, staring at their shattered right hand.

"Since I can remember, there have never been immortals in the Gloomy City."

"So, your presence may cause chaos and break the peace that has lasted here for an unknown number of years."

"Oh?"

Wei Tao shook his head, "Even if I don't come, it will have the same effect after Ling Donnie Yen returns." ”

"You're talking about Lingzhen."

"I know that he, an ordinary-looking man with nothing out of the ordinary, seems to have come to the Gloomy City to hide from the eyes of his enemies."

The Faceling was silent for a moment, "But, as you say, he's actually an immortal too?" ”

"He just became an immortal yesterday."

"Lingzhen he, it turned out to be!?"

"It's an incredible thing, he even fooled my eyes."

"And in this chaotic and confused time, he can still break the barrier and become an immortal, this person is definitely worthy of the evaluation of great perseverance, great wisdom, and great opportunity."

The faceling sighed inexplicably, "Real ghouls, I don't know what kind of scattered immortals Ling Zhen has achieved, if you have the opportunity to meet again......"

"There's no chance, he's dead."

"Uh......"

"Dead, dead?"

The Faceling was stunned for a moment, "I just became an immortal yesterday, and I'm already dead today?" ”

"Not dead today, but dead yesterday."

"About half an hour after he became an immortal, he was directly killed, and there was no chance of survival."

When Wei Tao said this, his tone was already a little impatient, "The cycle of life and death, the success, the living and the bad are all very normal things, and it is not worth making such a fuss at all."

We're talking about the Gloomy City right now, so don't just divert from it. ”

The Facelings fell silent again.

The one who just diverted the topic to talk about Ling Zhen seems to be the one who is entrenched opposite.

It has nothing to do with him.

But now that the situation is stronger than people, he has no choice but to admit this groundless accusation.

"The soul and flesh are melting, and they are for the earth immortals."

"And the Gloomy City is the remains of an immortal who is about to ascend to the earth."

"Earth Immortal Wreckage?"

Wei Tao frowned slightly, thoughtful.

The spirit is the destruction of the physical body, and there are thousands of divisions with only a little true spirit.

The Gloomy City is the remains of the Earth Immortals, so where has its true spirit gone, and is it still alive in the world like the spirit god?

Faced with Wei Tao's question, the Faceling said slowly, "I don't know the true name of the Earth Immortal, only that his true spirit and soul are gone, and only a small piece of flesh remains remaining, which is the source of the Netherworld City. ”

"The people who live in the city come here from different worlds, and then every once in a while they go to other worlds, some return, and some never return.

They call themselves Voidwalkers, or wandering merchants, and often bring strange things from other places in exchange for the Netherworld, which they use to increase their level of strength, just like the previously unknown Lingzhen. ”

"I don't know why the monsters that roam the city, except that they only appear after dark and disappear without warning at dawn.

I'm the same myself, somehow I started to have memories, and then I've been imprisoned here, never seeing the scenery outside the Dark City. ”

"As for the people you mentioned collecting rent, they may be just some minions of outsiders forming gangs.

According to what you say, the so-called bustling world is all for profit, and the world is bustling, all for profit, and where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. ”

When Wei Tao heard this, he suddenly laughed, "Although you are not a human, you are more interesting to talk and communicate with than many people. ”

He slowly got up and walked outside, "Your fun, saved your life, I hope we will have a chance to meet again in the future." ”

After taking a few steps, Wei Tao suddenly stopped again.

The spider silk swells silently, revealing the left shoulder.

"I almost forgot something very important."

"Do you know what this delicate little mudra is?"

"It was just after dark that it appeared on my shoulder, and I haven't found its source until now."

Delicate and small, a handprint?

The Faceling slowly turned and glanced toward the sigil.

He was stunned for a moment, as if the facial features painted on his face were crowded together, and even his body couldn't stop trembling.

The Faceling struggled to open its mouth, its lips twitching.

It seemed that he wanted to say something, but he couldn't even say a word.

With difficulty, he lifted his left hand and pointed upward.

Boom!!!

Without warning, the Facelings cracked.

The body seemed to have turned into a bomb, turning the entire dilapidated restaurant upside down.

All kinds of finely minced meat were scattered and splashed, covering a large area of ground in front and behind.

Wei Tao took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, and the mood that had just eased up became irritable again with this loud noise.

There is no moon or stars in the night.

After daybreak, there was no sun shining.

The sky and the ground, the dilapidated buildings piled up haphazardly, everything was foggy, like an invisible hand, removing the black curtain that covered the gloomy city, and replacing it with a white veil on it.

Little by little, time passed.

I don't know how long later.

A figure walked out of the house where he lived, carefully opened the courtyard door, and spied on the movement outside.

Then the second, the third.

People who knew each other gathered together and talked about the new terrifying monsters that appeared at night, and the tragic infighting that took place between those monsters, and I don't know how many of my kind were affected and lost their lives.

All of them turned pale, and until now they still had palpitations, and they had not shaken off the fear of last night.

(End of chapter)