From the end of the world

Chapter 507 The Hunted Little Bowl

The name "Youhun" was passed on to us by the cartographer. Considering that the cartographer initially lied to us about the identity of Youhun, maybe he made up the name himself. Youhun seems to have some difficulty remembering his own name, and may have forgotten many things in the past. If the name given here doesn't match, we may not be able to get the information we want from him.

Fortunately, after a while, the wandering soul exhaled a breath of foul air, then nodded and said: "Yes, this is my name... Thank you."

"You're welcome." I also breathed a sigh of relief in my heart.

The wandering soul glanced at Tan Xiang, then looked at me, and seemed to gradually regain the ability to have a normal conversation. He said with certainty: "It was you who saved me from the cartographer."

His voice was very hoarse. Even though the wire in his throat had been dug out, there seemed to be an invisible sharp object stuck in it. "I vaguely remember what happened before... You seemed to have some questions for me, but I didn't have the rationality to communicate with you at that time."

"Yes, I want to find out the whereabouts of someone from you, and I hope you can tell me the truth," I said.

"I can't guarantee that I will answer truthfully because I don't know who you want to inquire about," said the wandering soul.

Tan Xiang interrupted: "Even if Zhuang Cheng is your savior?"

"First of all, I'm not going to die anyway, so he can't be considered as saving my life. Secondly, in my heart, there are some things that are more important than my life. Even if it is really a life-saving grace, I can't guarantee that I will obey your will."

In stark contrast to his disheveled appearance and past crazy behavior, the ghost's tone was unexpectedly methodical.

He looked at me again, then lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, what I said just now may make you feel that I am ungrateful, but at least I can promise you this - from now on, whether you want me to be your slave or to go through fire and water for you, as long as it does not violate my moral bottom line, I will agree to it.

"The cartographer sent me to hell, but you saved me. I swear that I will repay you for this great kindness."

"I won't ask you to work like a slave or go through fire and water, you just need to answer my questions." I said, "Do you know this person called 'Xiao Wan'?"

Upon hearing this, Youhun's face was instantly filled with astonishment.

When I saw this expression, I immediately had a bad feeling - maybe I had just stepped into Youhun's so-called bottom line.

Thinking positively, at least he did not forget the clue of the small bowl during the days when he was imprisoned by the cartographer.

"Are you asking about... the small bowl?" Youhun asked with difficulty.

"Yes, I heard from the cartographer that you once uttered the name 'Xiaowan' after you fell into madness." I said, "Xiaowan - small, like bowl in bowls and chopsticks - this is the name, right? This is the name of a girl who is about ten years old. Have you met her?"

The wandering soul fell into a long silence. He stared at me without saying a word, as if he was secretly evaluating something in his heart.

After a moment, he said, "Yes, that's the name... I have indeed seen her. You want to know where she is? ... Before that, can you tell me why you want to find her?"

"I'm her friend," I said. "She's out there on her own, and I want to protect her."

"Are you telling the truth?" Youhun stared into my eyes, "You really don't want to capture her... and offer her to the Gospel House?"

"Gospel House?" I was surprised. "Why did you suddenly mention the Gospel House?"

"The girl named Xiaowan is currently the most wanted person in the Gospel Academy, and her priority is no less than that of the remnants of Tai Sui." Youhun said, "The specific reason for the wanted person is unknown, but we only know that it was an order personally issued by the head of the Gospel Academy to all the blessed monks under his command, requiring that she must be captured alive. For those who have made contributions, any wish of the other party will be fulfilled.

"This is a promise made by the human god, and everyone in the Gospel Temple is crazy about it. And this promise is also valid for the survivors outside the Gospel Temple. As long as you can offer the girl to the Gospel Temple, you can make the human god realize your wish. Even if you don't have to worry about survival in your future life, it will be easy - who wouldn't be tempted by this?"

Tai Sui Candid Party? I first wrote down the name, and then asked, "What about you? Aren't you tempted?"

The wandering soul said calmly: "My wish cannot be fulfilled even by gods or humans." "You are quite arrogant. I am a little curious about what your wish is. But before that, I still want to ask you, are you not going to tell me where the small bowl is?" I asked.

"Yes, I can't tell you where she is." The ghost said, "But this is not only because I can't tell you based on personal principles, but also because I actually don't know where she is now."

"So can you tell me where you last saw her?" I asked.

"I can't answer your question. However, this time it's not because I don't want to answer you, but because I don't know how to tell you the information of 'where'." Youhun pondered, "If I simply describe the scene to you, it's fine, but if I talk about the specific location coordinates..."

I understand his difficulties. In the doomsday era when time and space are broken into countless fragments, it is extremely difficult to express "what direction and distance a certain place is relative to the current place" because of the lack of the most basic physical space reference system.

"Okay, then let me take a step back and ask... Under what circumstances did you meet her and separate from her?" I asked, "It shouldn't matter if you tell me this level of information, right?"

After thinking about it, Youhun said, "I understand. No matter what, you are my benefactor, so I will tell you everything I know without threatening her."

He began to tell me:

An unknown amount of time ago, Youhun met Xiaowan who was alone at an abandoned dock.

The "unknown time ago" mentioned here does not mean that it was a long time ago. Because time is chaotic in the doomsday era, it could also be a short time ago. It may not even be an event that happened in the past, but may also happen in the future.

The Wandering Soul was being hunted by some kind of monster. This was a very common occurrence in the apocalypse. The survivors were either in a situation where their lives were threatened by some kind of monster, or on the way to such a situation. This was also commonplace for the Wandering Soul himself. Due to his extremely powerful immortal body, his tolerance for error was much higher than that of other survivors.

However, as a price, some things that other survivors would "end with a little pain" would become torture worse than death for him. What he encountered at that time was the monster that gave him this kind of hell. If he really fell into the hands of that monster, unless he was extremely lucky, he would fall into a terrifying desperate situation from which there would be no return.

Just when he was about to be caught, Xiaowan appeared on his path.

Seriously, due to excessive panic, he even had the idea of ​​throwing the girl behind him as bait to feed the monster and taking the opportunity to escape. However, before he did such a cruel thing, Xiaowan saved his life and helped him out of the desperate situation.

The wandering soul was vague about the details, but I knew roughly what happened. It was nothing more than Xiaowan using her power of the right position, relying on her unique luck and other magical powers to resolve the dangerous situation. I explained to the wandering soul that I knew Xiaowan's ability, and after being surprised, the wandering soul relaxed and admitted my speculation.

"Although we have only known each other for a short time, I can tell that the girl is not a blessed monk. However, she has a more mysterious power than most blessed monks." Youhun said, "Take the cartographer for example, he has the ability to 'guide the direction'. In many cases, he can determine the direction of movement that suits his needs, or find a way to survive in a dangerous situation, right? Compared with that girl, the cartographer is nothing.

“Even without the blessing light, she can move to the place she wants to go, or return to the place she wants to return to at will. Even if it is a place she has never been to, as long as she is given a brief description of its characteristics, she can get there by vague feeling, or purely by luck.

“Even if she walked openly in an area lacking shelter, there were rarely any monster attacks around her. She could easily get food and water by sneaking into any ruins.

"If she hadn't forgotten her past like most of the survivors, and hadn't faced the threat of madness and demonization, and needed other survivors to confirm her name at all times, it would really be like living in a place without doomsday.

"But... maybe luck is really something that is conserved. People are blessed with good fortune in some areas, but it is inevitable that they will be tricked by fate in other areas. That girl can avoid small disasters, but she can't avoid big disasters after all."

"You mean the wanted list of the Gospel House?" I asked.

"That's just a minor threat. Compared with the real threat, the Gospel Temple's wanted notice is like a breeze." Youhun said.

The Gospel House is the only and largest human force in the apocalypse. Coupled with the survivors who attempted to capture the little bowl and offer it to the Gospel House, it is hard to imagine that there is a greater threat than that.

The wandering soul's answer solved my doubts.

"The Great Demon of Disaster is hunting her down," he said.

(End of this chapter)