Its Entertainment
The hungry ghost did not get too close, but followed closely behind, achieving roughly the same effect.
Just as the ghosts on both sides were about to attack Yu Xing, they were frightened away by the aura of the hungry ghost. For ghosts, following someone is equivalent to bringing that person into their prey range.
This made Yu Xing's journey much smoother, but it also reduced the fun.
Yu Xing's glance at the hungry ghost made the ghost a little nervous, and it immediately hid behind the house. Unfortunately, its head was too big, and half of it was still sticking out.
Why...
Yu Xing had no doubt that the other party wanted to use him as a long-term meal ticket, but dared not get too close because they were afraid of his power.
Well then, let's just leave it like this.
The village... no, the city was very small; he soon arrived at the so-called entertainment area.
The entertainment area differs from the reception area and residential area, which are divided by wooden fences. The entertainment area, however, is distinguished by "distance".
It was surrounded by a large open area, almost completely separated from the other areas.
The entire entertainment area was designed like a row of townhouses. Although it was much cheaper than a villa, it was still considered a luxurious area in the Underground City.
Yu Xing looked around. The townhouses and other areas were separated by bare land, and even the stone paths were broken. It was nighttime now; if it were daytime, who would want to enter the entertainment area...?
They will all be exceptionally conspicuous.
A casual glance this way is enough to see people walking towards the townhouses; there's nowhere to hide.
What's the purpose of this? To monitor people entering?
Yu Xing raised an eyebrow, and with great interest, she darted over to one of the main gates of the townhouse.
"Tick-tock."
Before his hand even touched the door, a drop of blood, carrying a faint fishy smell, dripped down from above and landed precisely on the back of his raised hand.
Um?
At that moment, Yu Xing suddenly had an ominous premonition. He calmly took a step back, then another, until he reached the bottom of the steps. Only then did he abruptly look up at the eaves he had just been standing on.
A deathly pale face was pressed against the eaves of the townhouse, its limbs long and twisted, with reversed joints, clinging to the wooden figure like a gecko.
The long tongue and the lack of white in the eyes made the pale face look particularly eerie. Those eyes were fixed on Yu Xing without blinking, and saliva was dripping from under the tongue.
Yu Xing tilted his head and examined the ghost carefully for a while, but couldn't figure out what it was.
Sure enough, although there were very few ghosts along the way in the entertainment area, there were still some ghosts guarding it that could drive other ghosts away so far. This White Ghost's power should be no weaker than that of a hungry ghost.
Now, it's blocking the doorway, preventing Yu Xing from going in.
Yu Xing subconsciously looked around, trying to find any other ghosts he could use, as he loved playing with ghosts the most.
Unfortunately, the white-faced ghost had driven away all the other ghosts in the vicinity so thoroughly that no ghost was vying with it for the townhouse.
However thoroughly it occupies, the white-faced ghost still can't get in; that's for sure.
Yu Xing grinned and stepped forward again. This time, he extended his curse power and wrapped the white-faced ghost into a cocoon before it could react.
He could tell exactly what kind of creature it was; it was somewhat similar to the human-limbed spider bound in chains in the secret room he encountered when he first arrived on the island.
Although there are differences in most places, it still has four limbs and a human face. Perhaps what we see here is just the ancestor of the human-limbed spider on the ground?
The white-faced ghost, wrapped in a curse, fell to the ground with a thud and began to struggle and roll violently. Strands of blood seeped from the pupa, staining patch after patch red.
"Sorry, I don't know what's inside, so it might not be convenient for you to come in and play." Yu Xing casually stepped over the white-faced ghost and used the power of the curse to open the door. "You... just stretch your muscles outside and wait patiently for me to come out."
Drill faintclounder
The white-faced ghost angrily emitted a bubble-like sound similar to Kayako's, and upon hearing this sound, Yu Xing felt a sharp pain in her head for a moment.
The overlapping sounds of Kayako began to echo in his mind, causing significant mental pollution. Yu Xing shook his head, suppressing this uncontrollable mental fluctuation, and his smile faded slightly.
Before entering the room, he lifted his leg...
He kicked the cocoon-shaped ghost.
Instantly, the already round ghost was kicked away and rolled towards the direction of the hungry ghost.
The hungry ghost's eyes lit up. Although it still couldn't get anything to eat, its habit of killing and biting any fragrant ghost it encountered remained unchanged; it was almost an instinct.
Upon encountering the pupae-like demon that was about to be devoured, the hungry ghost pounced instantly, biting down on the neck of the demon inside the pupae no matter how much it struggled.
Seeing that the hungry ghost was so energetic, Yu Xing turned around with relief and walked through the wooden door.
Entertainment.
Isolated from civilization, in Underground City with distorted and bizarre ideas, what do the "people" who grow up in this atmosphere find entertainment in?
Before seeing the interior of the villa, even though Yu Xing had lived longer than other normal people, he could never have imagined it.
He actually saw a row of teeth.
Each individual tooth, as if just pulled from the gums, is strung together with red silk cords and hung on a high shelf, much like a beaded curtain used in ancient times.
The teeth weren't white and smooth; instead, they were uneven, with tiny, distorted, and painful human faces gathered on their surface. The eyes on those faces were wide open, as if staring at Yu Xing, this stranger, through a milky white enamel.
There are countless teeth like these on an entire wall, just as there are countless faces like these.
When Yu Xing looked over, he felt as if they were living people, their despair and pain were so real that he could almost hear their screams.
"What is this thing..." he murmured, unusually.
These teeth filled his entire field of vision. If each tooth represented a soul, then how many lives did this entire wall of teeth signify?
You get used to a person's death once you see it often enough.
But widespread death, like war and disaster, is always chilling.
How could something like this appear in the "entertainment" area? What exactly do these "people" in the Underground City consider entertainment?
Life? The suffering of others?
Teeth are just one part of this room.
In the very center of the room, there was a strange crystal ball.
The crystal ball was completely transparent, emitting a faint golden glow in the darkness. It was precisely because of this faint glow that Yu Xing was able to see the human face on the teeth.
The light and shadow kept changing because the crystal ball was not still; inside the transparent glass, scenes that Yu Xing had never seen before kept flashing by.
Chapter Thirteen: Their Entertainment