"What is this place?"
The expression on the face of the head was dull for a moment, then he looked at me suspiciously: "This is Hungry Ghost Ridge, don't you know?"
"Hungry Ghost Ridge?"
I looked through my memory, and it seemed that this place didn't exist, so I couldn't help asking in more detail. The head may be hindered by my strength, so he didn't hide the slightest thing, and told me everything he knew.
It's just that the more I listened, the more surprised I became, and in the end I was completely at a loss.
According to what the head said, a terrible disease began to spread more than a year ago, and 100% of the people who contracted the disease would not survive a year. After attracting people's attention, only those who spread the disease Killing all the people can delay the spread of the disease.
There is no way to cure it just by delaying it. Almost every day, people are infected with this disease inexplicably. In the end, people have given up and can only live alone with the family as a unit. Although the problem of the disease has not been solved, luck can always make it last longer.
And every person who is infected has to find a place to sleep for himself during this year.
As more and more people die, there are fewer and fewer places to be buried. Even many so-called good Fengshui caves are buried with coffins layer by layer to form small hills.
But the person who died discovered that death is not the end, but another tragic reincarnation.
Even if he has become a ghost, he still suffers from that strange disease. He can only keep absorbing Yin Qi and slow down the passage of Yin Qi so that he can survive as a ghost.
That's why the first person thought I was here to grab the territory when he saw me.
I have to say that his words startled me. After experiencing Sadako's inexplicable ability, I dare not underestimate any kind of power. I hurriedly checked my body, but found that there was no abnormality in my body.
I let out a sigh of relief in my heart, but I feel inexplicable about this world. I'm sure, this is not a certain movie, is it a book? I haven't read many books, so I have no way to confirm it. I can only learn more about this strange world through human heads.
From what the head said, I know that although there are many ghosts in this world, most of them are dormant in their own territory. One is to absorb Yin Qi continuously, and the other is to avoid conflicts and other situations that consume Yin Qi.
Generally speaking, most of them use their own breath to scare away the enemy. If they encounter a strong enemy, they will decisively give up their territory. This reminds me of the practice of dividing territories by scent in the animal kingdom.
What's the point of living like this.
When I asked about the head, the head also showed a confused and painful expression, and finally just told me with a sigh: at least he is still alive.
Also just alive.
Although most of this world is full of ghosts, people have not been exterminated because they have been reduced to pieces. It is just that it is very difficult to see a living person now.
And because they are worried about people carrying diseases, most people do not welcome outsiders, and even kill them if they see them, to ensure their own safety.
Relatively speaking, ghosts in this world are more like animals, while people are more like ghosts.
After a simple understanding of this world, I was even more at a loss, because I have no idea what I need to do in this world, save the world.
Seeing that I didn't speak, the head reconfirmed that I had no intention of robbing his territory, and retreated into the sewage.
I really wanted to tell him that he would be better off dead than living like this, but in the end I didn't say it. After all, his way of life is the norm in this world.
More than a thousand years is enough to make people forget that they are still human.
Walking aimlessly in Hungry Ghost Ridge, just like what the head said, most of the powerful ghosts just released their yin energy to scare me, and after they found out that I didn't have the urge to grab the territory, they ignored it.
It feels like a living corpse to me.
I don't know how long I walked, so I found a big rock and sat down to rest.
There is a little ghost under this big rock. Even if I sat down, I still huddled up and hid under the rock, probably praying that I would not find him.
I ignored it, I am really not interested in a first-grade kid. I have to say that the living conditions here gave me a lot of depression.
Maybe seeing that I didn't do anything to him, the little ghost under the stone began to move tentatively, and even stretched out his hand from the stone again, only to withdraw it quickly in a short moment.
But in this short period of time, I have already seen from that small arm that the kid under the stone is definitely not more than 10 years old.
Seeing that I ignored it, the kid became more and more daring, and finally got out directly and stood in front of me.
"Uncle, Uncle, are you the same as Uncle?"
I was not angry when my thinking was interrupted. Along the way, I rarely saw ghosts actively communicate with me, so I smiled and said, "Same, Uncle? What's the same?"
"That's right, I just don't want to live anymore. Uncle was like this before he died. He doesn't want to care about anything."
I couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help asking: "What about your uncle, he has become a ghost now, do you still want to die?"
The child tilted his head, showing a very strange expression: "Uncle was originally a ghost, but now he is gone, Kiki misses him."
Qiqi showed a sad expression, and her tears would not fall: "Why does uncle have to die?"
"Life day after day, just like you, if you want to die, let you stay under the rock forever, are you willing?"
Qiqi nodded half-understanding: "I don't want to, besides, I'm not staying under the rock, I've walked a long way."
"It's been a long way, aren't you sick?"
"I'm sick, but I want to find my parents."
"But if you don't absorb Yin Qi, won't your disease be serious?"
Qiqi looked at me like an idiot: "Uncle is so stupid, when you can't take it anymore, just hide and suck some Yin Qi."
"Then haven't you been away for a long time?"
Qiqi tilted her head and thought for a long time: "Yes, but Qiqi can't remember how long."
Looking at this persistent child, I suddenly became interested: "I will accompany you, okay?"
Qiqi's eyes lit up and she jumped up: "Okay, okay, this way I won't be chased away all the time."
I couldn't help feeling a bit of sadness in my heart, and reached out to pat Kiki's head: "There will be uncle in the future, no one will dare to drive you away."
"No, uncle can't fight, he will be seriously ill if he does so, we can just go to a place that is a little better, other uncles and aunts are not easy."
I nodded: "Okay, listen to Kiki, then when shall we leave?"
"Uncle, wait for me for three days, Kiki will recover in three days."
Looking at her thin body, I nodded again, and even quietly sent out a little Yin Qi for Qiqi to absorb.