In the Black Mist.
The vibrant blue roses grew on the scorched earth, forming a bizarre sea of flowers, while the Eerie Monsters seemed to consciously avoid it.
Mutation fish thrashed about in the dark lake.
Surprisingly, there were still some fish that hadn't Mutation.
Li Chen had no idea where he was. He had seen maps of the outside world before, but he had never actually left it.
Now that I've come out of this situation, I feel lost and confused, unsure of where to turn to find answers to my doubts.
Gazing silently at the dark lake, Li Chen slowly walked onto the sea of flowers. As if sensing his arrival, the sea of flowers opened its gaping maw and enveloped Li Chen's entire body.
With a bang.
An explosion rang out, and the sea of flowers receded, returning to its original state.
Li Chen walked out unharmed, somewhat surprised that this sea of flowers was an Eerie Monsters, yet also like a bizarre trap, like the kind of traps set by hunters in the wild in the past, cages specifically designed to catch Eerie Monsters, only much more terrifying than cages.
Suddenly, a humanoid figure leaped out of the water.
With a "buzzing" sound.
Water splashed, and in an instant, Li Chen controlled the creature and lifted it into the air. It struggled incessantly, and when Li Chen saw the creature's appearance, a smile appeared on his lips.
"Really? Looks like I was right."
"The Eerie Race exists."
The creature before them did indeed resemble a human, possessing hands and feet, but the only difference was that it had two horns on its head and an unknown rune between its brows. Judging by its human appearance, this little monster seemed to be only eleven or twelve years old, but the strength in its hands was not weak.
Observing the little Eerie Race before him, Li Chen narrowed his eyes, remained silent for a few seconds, and then asked, "Can you speak human language?" He was unsure whether the Eerie Race had its own language, so he asked anyway.
The little monster just stared fiercely at Li Chen, its bloodthirsty eyes seeming as if it wanted to kill him at any moment.
"It seems he can't speak."
"Does that mean they belong to an inferior race?"
"No... Just because he can't doesn't mean his kind can't. Perhaps they possess the Eerie Language, but I just don't know."
"The Eerie Race has a very strange body structure, possessing internal organs, but precisely because of this strangeness, why do they use human bodies?"
"Is it because the Human Race body is more convenient?"
"But why is there only one?"
Many questions remained unanswered, but Li Chen could only guess, and the answers were far from accurate. If only he knew the Human Race, but how could he be taught it?
He's not zero... Suddenly, Li Chen's eyes lit up as he thought of a method, but it required the little monster's cooperation, which it wouldn't do at the moment.
Then the only option left is to use violence.
Li Chen grabbed its beast-like face, and a Forbidden Substance emerged from his palm, gradually enveloping it. Finally, the little monster stopped struggling.
By turning him into my servant, I can hear his thoughts, connect with Zero's consciousness, and finally decipher what bird language he's speaking.
Back in the Sinful Pass, Li Chen knew that Zero seemed to be able to talk a lot Eerie Monsters, and now he was looking at the little monster in front of him from the perspective of Eerie Monsters, so Zero could solve the puzzle.
This is the simplest way.
Just as Li Chen began to connect with the consciousness of Xiao Gui and Ling, several more strange figures suddenly jumped out of the dark lake beside him.
They surrounded Li Chen.
Each of the strange beings had two horns on its head, just like this little one. However, their eyes were crystal clear, but their expressions towards Li Chen were extremely fierce, and they exuded a murderous aura.
One of the strange beings, resembling a man and a woman, looked at the little ghost in Li Chen's hand with great concern; they must be the little ghost's parents.
They merely watched with concern without stepping forward, their gaze fixed on the leader of the strange figures.
The leader of the strange figures looked puzzled, and said in broken human language, "Human... no, why do you possess the aura of the Emperor?"
You... are not human.
"Emperor?" Li Chen frowned. Did it refer to an emperor like those in ancient times?
And are they currently under such control?
The emperor is their king, but why would he say he possesses the aura of an emperor? Could it be Forbidden Substance, and is their emperor also capable of using Forbidden Substances?
The fact that they can speak human language suggests that they have definitely seen humans and may have even learned many things from Human Race, or perhaps their emperor was human.
Li Chen grew increasingly curious, tossed the little monster in his hand to the ground, and asked, "What race are you?"
The leader of the strange figures frowned, seemingly pondering for a long time before finally managing to say, "You possess the aura of an emperor."
"Perhaps you are the emperor we have been waiting for for a thousand years."
I can tell you.
"But you need to come back to Sin City with us."
Li Chen didn't even need to think; he simply nodded.
The leading ghost hesitated again, but after glancing at the others beside him, he spoke up, "We are the Eerie Race, named by the Emperor, and dare not disobey."
Is that really the case?
If it's the Eerie Race, then it's definitely them.
After hearing their words, Li Chen already knew who their emperor was.
If one has reincarnated tens of thousands of times...
However, if there is a special way to seal these Eerie Race somewhere, such as through Forbidden Door, then they will not be affected by the cycle of reincarnation.
And this so-called Eerie Race must have been their doing. As for why Li Chen guessed these things, it must be because of Yu and Zai.
Because they are all Eerie Monsters that have transformed themselves.
Normally, they shouldn't possess emotional intelligence, but because of the power of disaster, the first intelligent Eerie Monsters appeared.
This makes it easy to guess who created this Eerie Race.
What's even more terrifying is that these Eerie Race might all be humans who voluntarily joined the army of Eerie Monsters.
That's why Li Chen nodded without hesitation.
Perhaps all of this was a scheme he himself had orchestrated.
So only he himself could break through it. These Eerie Race's words had already told him almost everything. If he still couldn't guess it, then he couldn't have set up this earth-shattering scheme.
The leader of the strange figures stared at Li Chen in deep thought for a long time, hesitant to make a move, because he understood that the person in front of him might be the emperor they had been waiting for for a thousand years, but dared not acknowledge him.
His concerns were dispelled only by Li Chen's indifferent voice.
Let's go.
"Take me to see the Eerie Race."
The leader of the strange beings immediately began communicating with his companions in his extremely fluent Eerie Language, and then looked at Li Chen with utmost respect.
The dark water surface rippled, gradually forming a water curtain cave.