Chapter 2 The Problem with the Ritual
Thinking about it carefully, that Nekomata killed so many people and attempted to escape the Underworld.
This is like a prison break and will surely be sanctioned by the law enforcement agencies.
Qin Liu didn’t understand what the law enforcement agencies of the Underworld were, but looking at the paper in her hand, perhaps this thing would be useful to Liu Haoyu.
As Qin Liu was thinking, Black Impermanence continued to speak.
”Jiangquan City has opened an even more convenient road, and this Underworld messenger thanks Miss Guide.”
The road mentioned by Black Impermanence should be the air-raid shelter in Gui Ping District, and now a bus is sending the lonely souls wandering in Jiangquan City to the Underworld.
Although the traffic efficiency is still not high compared to the Bridge of Helplessness, it’s at least a new road.
”Ah, this… no, no.”
Qin Liu vaguely knew that she had done such a thing, but she didn’t have much of a sense of reality.
More importantly, she was more curious about one thing.
”Mr. Black Impermanence, may I be so bold as to ask?”
”Please speak.”
Black Impermanence respectfully (2) said, and the latter thought for a moment before asking.
”How did the Bridge of Helplessness break?”
”…”
Hearing Qin Liu’s words, Black Impermanence’s expression was a little stiff, and even a little complicated.
However, seeing Qin Liu’s harmless appearance, it still clasped its hands together and bowed slightly, saying.
”It was an accident, don’t worry about it.”
”Guide, please continue to fulfill your mission.”
After saying that, Black Impermanence disappeared from the room.
Leaving Qin Liu with a face full of question marks, and she couldn’t help but complain.
”This is all… like a riddle man.”
But if the other party didn’t want to say it, she couldn’t force them.
After all, they were such a big and famous underworld messenger.
Meeting it was like meeting a police officer, and she was a little restrained.
The current time is three o’clock in the morning.
Qin Liu took the paper and prepared to return to her bedroom.
But as soon as she opened the door, she found Liu Haoyu sitting on the bed, reading the Black Book.
”You’re awake?”
The young girl was a little surprised.
”I woke up when you woke up.”
Liu Haoyu’s sleep was shallow, so when he felt the sound beside him, he had already woken up.
He watched Qin Liu leave the bedroom and then followed her to the restroom.
Although he didn’t greet her directly, Liu Haoyu knew one thing very clearly.
”Having another nightmare?”
”Ah… yes.”
Qin Liu nodded, and Liu Haoyu said with a smile.
”Next time you have a nightmare, just wake me up. There’s no need to sneak into the toilet alone and make me worry.”
Because the bedroom was dimly lit, Liu Haoyu thought at the time that Qin Liu had become the Guide. However, after following her to the restroom and confirming that there was no problem, he returned to the bedroom and waited for the girl to come back.
But he waited for half an hour.
It could be said that if Qin Liu didn’t come back, Liu Haoyu would have to go out and find her.
”I’m not scared.”
Qin Liu shook her head. At that time, her heart was filled with shock and doubt. There was fear, but not much.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t dare to go to the restroom alone.
However, more importantly than these, it was the thing in her hand.
”Black Impermanence learned the information about the Black Coffin from the Nekomata’s mouth, and it seems to be all recorded on this paper.”
Even though Qin Liu was a ghost, when facing supernatural events, she was like an ignorant person, knowing nothing.
”Take a look, I don’t understand.”
Liu Haoyu took the paper and looked at what was recorded on it.
However, as time went by, his expression became a little ugly, and his brows were tightly furrowed.
The Black Coffin is a sealing ritual to sacrifice people to the Night Walker.
People in the Black Coffin would have their physical bodies eternally imprisoned within, and if they were to leave, they would surely die.
Once the live sacrifice is activated, the lifespan of the sacrifice will also be greatly reduced, which is an irreversible state.
And as time goes by, the divinity of the Night Walker will gradually occupy the humanity of the sacrifice.
This is why Qin Liu, when she became the Guide, possessed strong aggression.
Divinity is different from humanity. In the eyes of the Guide, liking equals possession.
And as for ghosts… if you want to possess someone forever, turn him into a ghost too.
Tsk, the Black Book truly does not deceive me.
Liu Haoyu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
More importantly, according to the preservation period of the Black Coffin mentioned by Nekomata, Qin Liu’s body could only last for a year and a half at most in the Black Coffin.
After a year and a half, the physical body would perish, and humanity would be completely annihilated.
By then…
Why does it always feel like there is someone named Cheng in heaven watching him.
”What’s wrong?”
”Nothing.”
Although the future was terrifying, at least the present was still beautiful.
The girl’s silly and cute appearance made Liu Haoyu feel that this life was truly worth it.
Is there no way to salvage this?
Liu Haoyu continued to read.
Soon, he found a clue.
The latter half of the paper recorded the situation that happened in the basement that year.
”…all steps of the ritual were correct,”
”But for some reason, the ritual failed. Although the Night Walker was sealed in the body of the sacrifice, it completely lost control,”
”Soon, Gu Qianyang and I, who were caught, were both brutally killed by her.”
”I am strange, since the ritual steps were correct, and the Night Walker was in a weakened state, by elimination, I preliminarily conclude that there must be some problem with the sacrifice.”
”Gu Qianyang once said that Qin Liu was mature beyond her peers, and she never cried since being adopted.”
”Without any guidance, she could grasp knowledge that did not belong to her age.”
”If she had not been chosen as the sacrifice, but continued to live as a mortal, her future would have been immeasurable.”
”But there are no ifs in the gears of fate. It is very likely that an error occurred during the sacrifice, causing major problems with the sealing ritual.”
”But what’s more terrifying is… (〓Yi⑵linSan erQiúQíSī wǔbǎjūn〤yáng”
At this point, for some unknown reason, the following line was crossed out with ink, but this was not difficult for Liu Haoyu.
He turned on the light and aimed the paper at the light, and soon Liu Haoyu clearly saw the two crossed-out words.
”Even if we finally opened the Gate of the Yellow Springs and sent her to Hell, this monster could kill its way back to the Human World from Hell… just to kill everyone involved in the sealing ritual.”
Looking at this crossed-out line, Liu Haoyu quietly put down the paper.
He looked at the somewhat foolish and cute girl beside him.
Is the person on this paper truly Qin Liu?
Looking at Qin Liu with her OvO expression, Liu Haoyu’s expression gradually turned into that of an old man on the subway looking at his phone.
