Chapter 109: Star Chasing Journey (29)
“I’m tired, I’m really tired.”
“How long do we have to walk for? My body feels so tired, I just want to be a salted fish.”
“Hmm, salted fish and eggplant pot is quite delicious.”
This one felt a bit out of place.
“Actually, it’s not really physical tiredness. It’s more like the repetitive scenery is making me irritable, and the mental fatigue is leading to physical fatigue.”
“The physical tiredness is real though. Even though I’m a cultivator now, it doesn’t mean I don’t hate walking. Back at the National Academy, every time Master Zheng led the Disciples on an hour-long power walk in the mountains early in the morning, under the pretext of ‘strengthening the body to strengthen the mind,’ I would secretly use a flying paper crane behind them.”
“Who among us isn’t like that?”
“But speaking of which, is your Master’s surname Zheng? My Master, who loved dragging everyone all over the mountains, had the surname Ye.”
“Mine is Wang.”
“Mine is Murong.”
“Wow, that surname sounds nice.”
“Yeah, yeah… like a male lead from a storybook. What does he look like?”
“…I don’t really remember.”
“Oh, then he probably…”
“Also, his name is Murong Wangqiang.”
“Oh, never mind then…”
…
All the Liu Shengs in her mind’s group chat were already a bit numb.
Although she knew she appeared cold and spoke little on the outside, she actually had a lot of inner monologues, but she never expected there to be so many!
Secondly, she also knew her thoughts jumped around, but she never expected them to jump so much!
They could go from being tired of walking to discussing someone’s Master’s appearance.
“Miss Wen, I’d like to ask you, how do you handle the convergence of so many spatial selves’ thoughts?”
Liu Sheng decided to ask Wen Weilan for advice.
Wen Weilan looked blankly at the hazy black mist ahead, opened her mouth, as if she had frozen, then turned her head after a moment of dazedness.
“Oh… you mean that? Because I’m often zoning out. As long as you’re thinking, I just relay the message.”
Liu Sheng: …No wonder her mind was so tired.
Although Liu Sheng was mentally and physically exhausted, her Yugui team was not tired at all.
The black mist was still endless, and they encountered monsters constantly along the way, but each time they defeated one, they gained a weird object. The instant feedback was maximized, so how could they be tired?
Chen Shanyuan was already happily discussing with Old Wang where to buy a house in Qinghe.
Old Wang sincerely recommended Xinghuapu to him, saying that he rented a courtyard there himself, and that living close by would make it convenient for them to meet for drinks.
“Xinghuapu isn’t good. There are too many taverns there, and it’s very noisy at night.” Chen Shanyuan frowned, “My daughter and son will have to study and attend the National Academy in the future. No, no.”
“Captain Chen, I remember you don’t even have children yet, so why are you already thinking about them taking the National Academy exam?” Yu Jinling teased.
“If I earn enough money from this trip, don’t I have to start thinking about it?” Chen Shanyuan chuckled, rubbing his hands.
“Before, I didn’t want to have children because I was afraid I’d die outside and my wife would be left alone, but now… Ah!”
Chen Shanyuan let out a strange cry, covering his mouth, and looked at Liu Sheng with a wronged expression.
It turned out Liu Sheng’s tentacles had suddenly slapped him in the mouth.
Of course, the force was controlled.
“Ahem, don’t say inauspicious things.”
“Yeah, doesn’t he know that people who claim they’ll go back home after finishing this job usually don’t finish this job?”
“It’s a team wipe prerequisite!”
“What do you call this, setting up a flag?”
“Setting a Flag.”
“Oh, your federal language is so good. Speaking of which, there seems to be a Bus ahead.”
“A very familiar Bus.”
It was indeed very familiar, especially to Liu Sheng, as she had spent a lot of time on it.
Not only Liu Sheng saw it, but the others also noticed it.
The dense black mist in front of them finally gradually thinned, and a distorted, rectangular outline became clearer as they approached.
A dented front, a bumpy, almost falling apart body.
It was their flying car, the one that brought them to the Weird Domain and was requisitioned by the Universe Exploration Travel Agency.
It was just sitting there, all alone, in an open space.
“We walked out?” Lu Junan couldn’t believe it and quickened his steps.
This seemed to be the exact spot where Li Mingzhu had kicked them off the car. There was no longer that annoying black mist around, and the murmuring noises in everyone’s minds finally quieted down, except for Liu Sheng.
“This is great!” Yu Jinling was so excited she was almost in tears.
Constantly walking aimlessly in a mentally tense environment really made it easy to break down.
Even the gloom on Song Ru’s sinister face dissipated a little.
“Is this the first time a world has walked out of the black mist?”
“The captain seems a little disappointed, he still wants to earn more, right?”
“But it’s strange, I can’t quite put my finger on it.”
Liu Sheng walked at the very end with the Doll Trees, slowly approaching the flying car.
Li Mingzhu had gone somewhere, but she probably wouldn’t wait for them.
Wait, where were they?
“They?”
“Haven’t I always been alone?”
“Really? It seems so?”
“I don’t understand, something feels off.”
Besides herself and the selves in her mind, there was no one else beside Liu Sheng.
Even Wen Weilan was gone.
And her Doll Tree army had also disappeared at the edge of the black mist.
What else had she seemingly forgotten…
Liu Sheng didn’t know if she had lost these people after arriving here, or if they had already been gone.
The flying car’s door was loosely ajar, and it was pitch black inside.
“A little scared, it seems like there’s something.”
“If only there was something that could peek in for me.”
A cold wind blew, and Liu Sheng shivered, hugging her arms to warm herself.
“It’s suddenly so cold. The temperature is low in the mountains. It shouldn’t be that cold in the car.”
So, her front foot stepped onto the flying car.
It was wet and sticky underfoot. She lifted her foot and saw that her sole was blood-red.
“Be careful peeking, it seems like someone is sitting inside.”
Liu Sheng leaned against the door, slowly extending her neck forward.
She cautiously peeked with her eyes and finally could see the situation inside the car.
Although it was very dark, Liu Sheng could still see blurry figures, sitting quietly in their seats, motionless.
“Hiss, it looks like corpses.”
“It’s creepy.”
“A car full of corpses?”
“Not really, not that many people.”
“Quick, see if they’re people you know?”
Liu Sheng held up a Spirit Orb Lamp, and its gentle spiritual light illuminated the carriage, as well as those pale faces.
There were eight faces in total.
Liu Sheng held the lamp, shining it on each face one by one.
The first face was unclear because only half of it remained, but from the clothing and weapon, it should be Chen Shanyuan.
His head was tilted, the upper half of his skull was missing, including his brain, leaving only a bloody cross-section.
The second face was Kuang Bowen’s.
His stomach was torn open with a large hole, his intestines had spilled out, and half of a wild boar’s tusk was stuck in his belly.
The third face, Yu Jinling, her body was split in half. One half of her face was as gentle as water, and the other half was as stern as a mountain.
The fourth face, Song Ru, her hands gripped a sword, and the blade was deeply plunged into her body.
The fifth face, presumably Luo Lu, his mouth was torn off, revealing a complete row of white teeth and crimson gums.
The sixth face was Lu Junan, he had dug out his own heart.
Next to him was Wen Weilan.
Her face was frozen in stillness, her chest cavity was opened.
Lu Junan was still in the posture of stuffing his own heart into her.
The cold spiritual light fell on the last face.
It was Liu Sheng herself.