My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

Looking at the appearance of several people in front of him, a trace of confusion flashed in Mengzhi's eyes.

Human emotions were too complex for him to analyze. He looked at the people in front of him and felt that their shadows and souls were both small and great.

"There's no need for you to rescue him. When he was in trouble, Lord Yan had already come forward and took him away." Meng Zhi said lightly.

"What?" The tragic look on Fatty Wang's face instantly turned into anger, "Why the hell didn't you say it earlier?!"

"I haven't had time to say it yet." Meng Zhi pointed at the center of the formation and said calmly, "I'm going to take him away."

"Wait, I have something to ask him!" Hao Xie walked to the center of the formation, stared at him and said, "You have independent consciousness, right? Since you met me when you were a child... you are no longer a fixed program in that world, but an existence with self-awareness."

The ghost lowered his head, and after a moment of silence, he said, "...Yes."

"If that's the case, why did you lie to me and change the trajectory of the world?" Hao Xie continued to ask.

"That was my mission..." Zhenyan closed his eyes with a painful look on his face, "I thought you would be like those people before and choose to go along with the crowd. But you didn't... You saved me and changed the world. Although the consequences were serious, you are indeed the first person who is kind to me."

Hao Xie suddenly remembered what he said in his dream, such as staying to accompany him, and he couldn't help but laugh out of anger, laughing with gritted teeth.

“Is this how you treat your benefactor?!” Hao Xie roared.

The center of the formation fell silent again, unable to speak.

Meng Zhi said, "He was rich since childhood, but was later exiled. He wandered all his life and died in an unknown place. His resentment gave birth to him as a ghost, and he was later subdued by me and became the core of the formation. What he had been looking for all his life became his obsession after his death, which is the so-called 'companion'."

Listening to Meng Zhi's narration, Hao Xie couldn't help but feel a little bit of pity.

"What I saw in my dream...are they what he experienced personally?" Hao Xie asked.

"Yes." Meng Zhi answered affirmatively.

After getting a definite answer, Hao Xie felt as if his heart was blocked by cotton and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

What one pursues throughout one’s life is also sought after after death, but no matter from which angle you look at it, this story is a tragedy.

——He was destined not to get what he wanted.

When Hao Xie was about to say something, Meng Zhi waved his hand and took away the eye of the formation.

"My mission has been completed. When Chen Feng wakes up, he will know the truth. He may not be willing to accept this fact by then. You should comfort him and let him report to the underworld as soon as possible." After Meng Zhi finished speaking, his figure disappeared.

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"Wake up."

A familiar voice sounded in Zhang Hao's ears. He suddenly opened his eyes and looked around.

This is...where is this?

The place looked somewhat similar to a hotel, but the air was filled with a faint scent of sandalwood.

Which hotel burns sandalwood?

Zhang Hao turned his head to look at the person sitting beside the bed, and immediately understood.

——This is the underworld, the place of the Lord of Hell. Otherwise, he wouldn't be sitting here leisurely drinking tea and waiting for himself to wake up.

When Zhang Hao sat up from the bed, he clearly felt the changes in his body.

His body seemed to become extraordinarily light, without any sense of effort. He looked down at his hands and discovered that they were translucent!
"Am I... dead?" Zhang Hao asked doubtfully.

"Your body is still alive, but your soul has left the body." Yan Jun replied indifferently.

"I've had out-of-body experiences before," Zhang Hao recalled.

"That's different." Yan Jun shook his head. "That time, your soul left your body on your own initiative, but this time, your soul left your body because of the detonation talisman you set up yourself."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hao immediately remembered everything that had happened before.

When his soul was about to be blown to ashes, King Yan quietly appeared and stole his soul.

If it weren't for that Lord Yama's timely intervention, my soul would have disappeared without a trace in Chen Feng's dream.

"When you are in a dream, your soul and body are in a wonderful semi-detached state, just as the saying goes, 'It seems like a dream, yet it seems not dead'. That's the situation. If it weren't for my help, you would probably never come back." The voice of Yama echoed in my ears.

Hearing this, Zhang Hao gave a helpless smile, slowly got up from the bed, and bowed to Lord Yan, saying, "Thank you very much, Lord Yan."

I secretly thought to myself, I owe a huge favor to someone, what should I do? I'm afraid that Lord Yan will assign me some difficult and dangerous tasks to repay this favor.

Zhang Hao asked tentatively, "Lord Yan Jun, how do you want me to repay this great kindness?"

Yan Jun smiled slightly and said, "You can repay this favor now."

Zhang Hao was startled and asked quickly, "What do you mean?"

Lord Yan said slowly, "The Dream Eater has reported your dreams to Zhang Hao. Your dream is the one that makes me most curious. Is the world you saw something you imagined?"

Zhang Hao was silent for a moment, feeling mixed emotions. In fact, when Zhang Hao first came to this place, he even felt that the world in front of him was just his imagination, and everything Zhang Hao was experiencing now was just an illusory dream.

However, Zhang Hao didn't know how to say these words, and he didn't know whether anyone would really believe him.

Seeing Zhang Hao remained silent, Lord Yan asked softly, "Don't you want to say it?"

Zhang Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head, then asked, "Lord Yan Jun, do you think that is true or false?"

Yan Jun pondered for a moment and said, "The details in that dream are too rich. Looking at your dream, it's like being in another world. What do you think?"

After saying that, he looked at Zhang Hao with a smile, and there was a hint of temptation in his eyes. Zhang Hao knew in his heart that Yan Jun was testing Zhang Hao, and he wanted to know how many secrets Zhang Hao had hidden.

Zhang Hao said frankly: "I can only say that I have indeed experienced that world, but I cannot be sure whether it really exists."

Lord Yan asked, "Are you trying to say that everything over there was just a dream you had? A real and long dream?"

Yan Jun's tone did not conceal his tentative intention. In his opinion, Zhang Hao had too many secrets, and he needed to dig them out one by one. Zhang Hao shook his head and said, "Long? That's used to describe pain. That place was not a nightmare to me, nor was it painful, so it was not long. But every time I think of it, I always have a trance feeling of 'what year is it now'. I also wonder, is that a dream, or is you standing in front of me now a dream?"

It seems like a dream but not a dream, like awake but not awake, isn’t this how life is lived in a daze?
Unexpectedly, after hearing Zhang Hao's answer, Lord Yan burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, Zhang Hao, you are indeed an interesting person! I was not wrong about you, you always bring me joy." Yan Jun said with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhang Hao felt a little relieved. It seemed that the Lord of Hell was not going to continue to ask Zhang Hao about his dream. Zhang Hao followed his words and joked, "My Lord, did you choose me to work in the underworld just for fun? You should assign me some other tasks. Otherwise, I will feel guilty if you let me go."

Yan Jun shook his head and said with a half-smile: "You are always so good at pretending to be confused, but in fact your mind is as clear as a mirror."

He paused, then continued, "I feel a little unwilling to let you fool me like this."

Zhang Hao smiled like a fox and said, "Sir, please don't argue with me. Tell me, is there anything I can help you with?"

Lord Yan said seriously, "It's the same thing I told you before. A very powerful person came to me, but he didn't submit to anyone. The reason why he was willing to help me was purely because I said I could help him."

Zhang Hao suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, and asked tentatively: "Then... can you help him?"

Yan Jun shook his head without hesitation and said, "Of course not!"

Zhang Hao was speechless. How could this guy be so guiltless?

It took Zhang Hao a long time to adjust his mood. He asked helplessly, "Since you, Lord Yan, said he is a powerful character, how can you be sure that he won't go berserk after knowing the truth?"

Yan Jun said in a deep voice: "He knows it very well, but he has nowhere else to go. I am his last resort. Now I give you the right to decide this path. Don't let him down."

Zhang Hao sighed and said, "I'm afraid it's not easy to repay this favor. But, no matter what, I'll give it a try."

Yan Jun nodded and said, "Okay, I will take you to see him later."

Zhang Hao suddenly remembered something and asked quickly, "That's not right. Since my soul is in the underworld now, where is my body?"

Yan Jun smiled and said, "In the inn, your friends are crying."

Zhang Hao smiled bitterly and said, "Do I have to wait until I have completed this task for you before I can return to my body?"

Yan Jun smiled more like a fox than Zhang Hao did, and said, "Then... there must be some progress, right?"

Zhang Hao understood that this might be the lowest bottom line that Yan Jun could give. He had helped him so much, so he had to pay a price.

So Zhang Hao nodded and said, "Okay."

After resting for a few hours, Yan Jun brought Zhang Hao to the door of a dungeon.

Zhang Hao asked doubtfully, "Is the big shot you mentioned here?"

Zhang Hao couldn't believe his ears, but after seeing Yan Jun's half-smile, Zhang Hao instantly understood.

Oh, it turns out he is a “big shot” on another level.

Lord Yan explained, "This man has a stubborn personality and doesn't want to live in the same room with Zhang Hao and others, so I can only temporarily place him here. However, I have treated him well. Most of the ghost kings that have been roaming around recently were dealt with by him."

Zhang Hao nodded and asked, "Then... did you catch the red-faced ghost king?"

Looking at Yan Jun's expression, Zhang Hao knew that the answer was probably no. Zhang Hao shook his head helplessly and followed Yan Jun into the dungeon.

This place looks like a dungeon, but the conditions are pretty good. At least they are all small single rooms, so there is some privacy.

When Zhang Hao passed by the cells, he could see the scenes inside through the cracks in the doors that had not yet been closed. Some rooms showed vast grasslands, some showed Jiangnan scenery with small bridges and flowing water, and some showed deserts with no people...

Zhang Hao asked in surprise: "Are these barriers made according to their needs?"

Lord Yan nodded and said, "Once you enter this door, you cannot leave without my permission. But inside, they can enjoy everything they want, provided they obey my orders."

Zhang Hao’s intuition told him that all the people imprisoned here were “big shots”.

Finally, Zhang Hao and his team reached the door of the last cell. Zhang Hao looked inside through the small window, but saw a completely different scene.

This is the simplest and most primitive cell. The light is dim and the living conditions are simple. A man is sitting in the corner, with his back to Zhang Hao and the others. His face cannot be seen. But from his back, it can be seen that he is very thin.

Zhang Hao asked in surprise: "This great man has a unique taste. Others prefer beautiful scenery, but he prefers this..."

Yan Jun sighed and said, "No, this is what the cell originally looked like. Apart from that incident, he has no desires in his heart, so those false beautiful things naturally cannot satisfy him."

Zhang Hao nodded and asked, "After all this talk, what exactly do you want me to do for him, Lord Yan?"

Yan Jun said in a deep voice: "He wanted to find someone, but he couldn't find him."

Zhang Hao asked doubtfully, "Everyone in the world has a record in the Book of Life and Death. As long as they have existed in this world, they should be able to be found, right?"

Yan Jun shook his head and said, "There is one exception."

He smiled with a gloating look on his face, which made Zhang Hao feel a little uneasy.

Zhang Hao asked tentatively, "He doesn't remember anything, does he?"

Yan Jun nodded and said, "Yes."

Zhang Hao was speechless. This was obviously a mess! Let Zhang Hao take over this hot potato!
If this big shot wanted to cause trouble, he should have caused trouble to Lord Yan. If anything happened to Zhang Hao in the future, Lord Yan could just find someone else to replace Zhang Hao.

Just like he said before, this is his last resort. If it is not necessary, who is willing to make a deal with a devil?
In Zhang Hao's view, Yan Jun is the devil.

After Yan Jun pushed open the door, the person inside immediately turned around.

Surprisingly, this "big shot" actually looks surprisingly ordinary. Average handsomeness, average height, average cuteness. If there is anything special about him, it is probably his fair skin.

The first impression he gave Zhang Hao was that frail nerd in his high school class who had terrible athletic performance but excellent academic performance.

It is really hard to imagine that such a person could subdue so many wandering ghost kings by himself. (End of this chapter)