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Chapter 325, Bone Train, Legend of Blood Moon

In an instant, several sharp screams exploded in the distant sky, like the last roar of an ancient ferocious beast in despair, accompanied by waves of sound that crushed the earth with great force, making people instinctively feel an indescribable sense of depression.

Gan and Tu buried their entire bodies deep in the rubble, frantically suppressing any breath that might reveal their location. They almost merged with the rocks.

Even so, Lu Yue could still clearly see their trembling hairs.

They are afraid of the existence in the distance.

Just when Lu Yue had disguised himself well, he looked up and saw that the dark clouds in the distance suddenly boiled up, and the sky seemed to be torn apart by an invisible claw, revealing a hideous crack. Amid the harsh sound of bones rubbing against each other, a huge monster broke out of the fog with an unrivaled posture.

Lu Yue's pupils suddenly shrank.

It was... an old steam train.

But it is made up of tens of thousands of human skeletons.

This is a train full of bones.

What was even more terrifying was that in front of the bone train, ten mountain-like demigods had bloodshot eyes and were shedding tears of blood. Around their necks, they all had bloody chains, and they were like imprisoned beasts, dragging the heavy train forward.

The ten demigods screamed in pain, every inch of their flesh and blood burned with pale yellow flames, like scorching suns, illuminating the gloomy sky.

This scene caused a huge wave of emotion in Lu Yue's heart.

Soon, the bone train roared and landed at the previous position of the few people.

The car door slowly opened.

A woman and an old man walked out.

The woman was wearing the fur of an unknown animal and had heavy makeup on her face. She was thickly coated with white foundation and looked as pale as a dead person, which made people feel cold.

As for the old man, he was dressed very ordinary, with wrinkles carved by time on his cheeks, like a farmer who had been working all year round with his face to the loess and his back to the sky.

When the woman saw "Kill" lying on the ground, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"That's interesting. I didn't expect that on the way back, I would actually meet a wild demigod who just surrendered to the underworld."

The farmer stepped forward and stepped on Sha's body with his straw sandals. He said hoarsely, "It seems that he was affected by the storm just now. The divine fire in his body was on the verge of extinguishing, so he was forced to surrender."

Woman: "Ask about his background and see if he has any other demigod companions."

The farmer frowned and asked reluctantly: "Why do I ask?"

The woman said coldly, "Because I am twenty-five and you are forty."

The underworld has a strict hierarchy.

Below the Lord of the Underworld is the title of Demigod.

Below the titled demigods are these numbered demigods.

These numbers were earned through fighting in blood and fire.

A level higher than the previous one can crush a person to death. The farmer shook his head helplessly.

"I'm not well educated, so asking questions like this is unprofessional. I just asked randomly."

As he said that, with a loud bang, he stepped on the face of "Sha" like a cannonball.

"Say it or not, say it or not, say it or not..."

Bang bang bang! ! !
Every kick from the demigod was as powerful as a mountain pressing down on one's head.

"Sha", who had just recovered from his injuries, was seriously injured again.

Fortunately, the remaining power of those light beams was constantly repairing his body, but this also caused "Sha" to constantly switch between being seriously injured and recovering, with an expression of great pain.

"Tu", who witnessed his companion being insulted, was furious and wanted to rush up to fight to the death, but he was held tightly by "Gan" on the side.

If they go out at this time, they will undoubtedly be like sheep walking into a tiger's mouth.

A few minutes later, the farmer trampled the word "kill" beyond recognition, then frowned, rubbed the blood on his feet on a stone twice, and sighed, "Look, I've already told you I'm not a professional, and you still want me to ask? Why don't you ask?"

The woman who witnessed everything said calmly: "It seems that the memory has been erased. This kind of operation can only be done by those despicable gods who rebel against the underworld. They want to use the power of the underworld to save people, but they are afraid that we will find them, hehe..."

At this time, the farmer seemed to remember something and said, "On the way here just now, we found the corpse of a half-god of the underworld. It seems that the people who attacked were him and his companions. They dared to attack the underworld and wanted to use the power of the underworld to save people. I think we should just recover the origin and let him fend for himself?"

The woman shook her head at this.

"According to the rules of the underworld, no matter who it is, as long as he submits, he will be granted an origin. You want to break the rules. Are you questioning the rules of the Lord of the Underworld?!"

The farmer's face changed drastically, and he immediately denied it: "How is it possible? ! ! The Lord of the Underworld is my reborn parent... No, it's my ancestor! How could I go against the rules set by my ancestors? Don't put a accusation on me and make me lose my number..."

After saying this, perhaps he felt that this was not safe enough, so he knelt on the ground again, praying devoutly that the Lord of the Underworld would forgive his offense.

Until the woman said, "Don't waste time, drag him in, and send this cart of slaves to the foot of the Yinsi Tiangong. There is a great shortage of slaves there recently."

The farmer wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, took out a straw rope from his body, put it directly around the neck of "Sha", and dragged "Sha" towards the bone train.

Just before getting in the car, he frowned, looked around with cloudy eyes, and asked the woman, "The storm just passed not long ago. Maybe his companions are still nearby. Do you want me to search around carefully?"

As soon as these words came out, Gan and Tu were afraid to breathe.

The woman glanced around with contempt and said in a cold voice: "There is no room on the train. After the transportation is completed, we have to clear the train to do something important. I have already asked No. 58 to go ahead. Have you forgotten?"

"As long as we can handle that, our number might be raised by a few, or even more than ten. We don't have time to catch these rats..."

"Yes, that matter is very important and cannot be delayed."

The farmer slapped his head and came to his senses.

Then, he dragged "Sha" into the car without hesitation.

Soon, the ten demigods who served as the source of power roared in pain.

They continued to pull the bone train forward, and with bursts of shrill roars, the bone train broke through the sky and disappeared from sight.

After a long while, Gan and Tu finally dared to remove their disguises. Looking at the train of bones that had just passed by, their faces were filled with anger but powerlessness.

"This is the bone train from the underworld,"

"Fuck" explained to Lu Yue who was standing beside him.

"The materials on the train are all made of the skeletons of demigods who rebelled against the underworld. Every part in it represents an irreconcilable blood debt. Have you seen the demigods pulled by the front of the train? They were once the leaders of the gathering places that resisted the underworld, but under the sweeps of the underworld over the years, they fell one by one, their minds were wiped out, and they became what they are now..."

"The underworld uses this method to declare its authority to all worlds. Every time they invade a world, they enslave the demigods of that world. This bone train is responsible for transporting the defeated demigods from the lower worlds."

"Then he was sent to the foot of the Yinsi Heavenly Palace to be a slave..."

Hearing the words "Yinsi Tiangong", Lu Yue's expression was moved.

"What is the Yinsi Heavenly Palace?"

At this time, Gan realized that he had let the cat out of the bag and immediately explained, "Little brother, the underworld you are looking for is in the Heavenly Palace. Many of us are trapped inside. You have to believe us. Our hatred is no weaker than yours, but we can't be impulsive and waste our lives in vain..."

No matter how Lu Yue asked, Gan refused to tell him the location of the Yinsi Heavenly Palace. Instead, he kept analyzing the pros and cons from a realistic perspective, fearing that Lu Yue would die in a fit of impulse.

This action made Lu Yue laugh and cry, until he said that he would not ask about this matter again in the future, and then the other party stopped nagging.

Things have come to this point. Since he cannot get the location from the other party, he will ask other people in the gathering place. Lu Yue believes that there will always be someone who knows the whereabouts of the Yinsi Heavenly Palace.

In addition, he also had to continue searching for the whereabouts of Taoist Fang.

Just as the three were about to leave, Tu suddenly asked in confusion, "Just now those underworld lackeys said they had a big mission to accomplish. What could it be?"

"Not sure." Gan shook his head and said, "Perhaps another world has fallen. We have to return to the gathering place as soon as possible and report this to the lord. Let him think of a solution. This kind of tragedy cannot happen again." With heavy hearts, the three continued on their journey.

During this period, they encountered various natural disasters, including hail, snow, extreme heat, earthquakes... But fortunately, these natural disasters were not like the sudden storm at the beginning, and they were often avoided at the lowest cost.

Even so, the two demigods, Gan and Tu, were exhausted. However, when they saw that Lu Yue was still unharmed, they immediately felt admiration in their hearts and felt that inviting Lu Yue was the right choice.

From then on, no matter what Lu Yue asked, they would tell him everything they knew.

Except for the location of the Yinsi Heavenly Palace.

Lu Yue also gradually discovered many differences in this world. For example, for demigods, flying should be an easy task, but here, most demigods can only fly at low altitudes.

To reach the height of the Bone Train, even the lord that Gan admired could not do it. Besides that, the same is true in other aspects. This place is more solid and more difficult to destroy than the lower world.

The more he understood, the more Lu Yue could appreciate the horror of the underworld.

Compare the number of people, combat power, equipment...

Compared with other demigods, Yinsi is simply an all-round crushing existence.

The thousands of years of resistance in his world was just a tiny part of it.

It is hard not to feel despair in such a hell.

Finally, after several days of trekking, the three of them arrived at the foot of an endless mountain range. This was indeed a good hidden place, but Lu Yue couldn't help but wonder in his heart, if he could see it, couldn't the people in the underworld see it?
Until "Gan" took Lu Yue around in circles and finally went underground.

The mountains are only the surface.

The gathering place is actually underground!!!

An extremely wide underground space appeared before Lu Yue's eyes.

There is even a small city inside.

Lu Yue finally understood why Gan was so confident about the secrets here. You have to know that this world is different. Even if those demigods attack with all their strength, they can only penetrate a few meters underground. But now they are tens or even hundreds of meters deep underground. It is hard to imagine how huge the workload is.

Lu Yue asked curiously: "Did your lord dig this underground space?"

Gan shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either. He only knew that it was their lord who brought them here, where they grew and developed, and successfully avoided countless raids by the underworld. Since then, this place has become their gathering place.

Along the way, Gan kept greeting other comrades. When the others learned that Sha was seriously injured and could not be cured, and his memory was erased and he surrendered, their expressions were different.

Some people gnashed their teeth, wishing they could go and rescue the people themselves, while others shook their heads and sighed, knowing full well that if it came to that point, the possibility of being rescued would be almost zero.

However, others still welcomed Lu Yue, the newcomer.

Lu Yue was also constantly looking around the crowd, as if he was looking for something.

Gan said, "I know you are looking for your friend, so I will take you to see the lord first. Don't worry, everyone who enters here is a brother. No matter whose problem it is, everyone will do their best to help."

Soon, Lu Yue met the lord that Gan admired.

A man who was one of the few in this world who dared to resist the atrocities of the underworld and rescued many demigods who were almost killed by the underworld. He made a name for himself and was wanted by the underworld for thousands of years, but had never been caught by the underworld.

He looks to be in his forties, but the faint sense of vicissitudes in his eyes makes people feel as if he has been through a long period of time. This is the kind of vicissitudes of life that can only be honed after experiencing countless major events.

'Gan' told the story of Lu Yue.

The middle-aged man nodded after hearing this, then smiled casually and said, "Welcome to join us. You can call me Qing."

The corners of Lu Yue's mouth twitched slightly.

Why do these demigods have such strange names?
As expected, the land and water nurture the people.

Qing seemed to see through Lu Yue's thoughts and said with a smile: "We have been fighting with the underworld for too long, so many years that I can't remember them all, so I have long forgotten my real name."

Lu Yue followed the local customs and introduced himself: "My name is Yue."

Both parties told each other their names, which marked the beginning of getting to know each other.

Qing continued, "I already know about your situation. I also have some connections in other resistance forces. Can you tell me in detail about your friend? Maybe I can help."

Qing's words were gentle and calm, like a natural leader. He exuded a charm that made people unconsciously convinced. Lu Yue thought about it, then told Qing everything about Taoist Fang.

After all, we are looking for someone, and no one will know the name if you just say it.

However, when Qing heard the word "blood moon", his body suddenly stiffened and his expression instantly became serious. He stared at Lu Yue and asked, "Are you saying that your friend used himself as bait to attract the blood moon into this world?!!!"

Lu Yue nodded.

Judging from the other party's extreme behavior, the problem seems to be very serious.

After a while, Qing shook his head and said, "Your friend is very brave. Do you know the origin of that blood moon?"

Lu Yue shook his head. He was in a hurry and forgot to ask the Queen of the Underworld.

Qing thought for a moment, then said, "The world we are in now is called the World Transfer Station. It connects various underlying worlds. For example... it's like an ancient tree that has many branches and vines, and those branches and vines will grow countless leaves, and those leaves are these underlying worlds."

"But sometimes, trees get sick. If it's just a simple disease, the ancient tree will recover quickly with its self-healing ability, but some serious diseases can endanger its life."

"In the endless years that have passed, this tree has contracted a strange disease that slowly drains nutrients from all branches and vines, including the leaves on them. Wherever it appears, it will bring destruction to that place."

"At first, only the spiritual energy disappears, and then it will turn into life, until that world completely withers and falls, and there will be no trace of its existence."

"That strange disease... is the blood moon."

Lu Yue was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect the origin of the blood moon to be so terrifying.

This is a thousand times more terrifying than the cancer cells in the human body.

Whoever is touched by it will die, regardless of whether it is benign or malignant.

He suddenly realized that this world's transit station, that is, the trunk of this ancient tree, was now desolate like a ruin. Could it be caused by the blood moon? !
After letting Lu Yue digest it for a while, Qing continued, "When the disease first occurred, the ancient tree had the opportunity to remove the lesion, but it did not do so because it meant abandoning those branches and countless leaves."

“So, it’s been fighting that weird disease.”

"Until the ancient tree finally realized that if it continued to fight like this, relying on its own immune system, the result would only be a loss for both sides. When all other things withered, it would also become dormant, and it was unknown how long it would take for it to wither before it could revive again."

"Perhaps this is not the fate of this ancient tree. In its long battle against the strange disease, its branches and vines have lost their vitality, and its leaves have fallen one after another. Only one leaf retains a trace of vitality..."

"That leaf was different. It didn't wither. It was the hope for healing. Since then, the ancient tree has focused on caring for that leaf, hoping that it could find a solution, fix the root of the disease, and save the other branches and countless yellow leaves on them."

"That leaf was very determined. In the end, it actually stopped the disease. Slowly... the branches of the ancient tree began to recover, and even the leaves that had originally withered and yellowed gradually regained vitality."

"Of all the leaves, that one did the most."

“It’s been favored by the old trees.”

"In the following years, it grew very fast and became greener than the other leaves. The ancient tree didn't care at first. After all, these leaves were all part of it and its children. But as time went by, the ancient tree slowly discovered that the green leaf was forcibly absorbing nutrients from the other leaves."

"That day, the ancient tree finally realized the crisis."

"That green leaf is more terrifying than the disease. The disease only takes away half of its life, but the leaf will replace it."

Hearing this, Lu Yue took a deep breath. He seemed to be able to see the scene of that emerald green leaf madly absorbing nutrients from other leaves, constantly expanding and growing, trying to replace the trunk of the ancient tree.

Guard against thieves day and night, but you can never guard against thieves in your own home! ! ! !

Qing sighed and said, "That leaf is the underworld. The Lord of the underworld once stopped the blood moon, but the underworld now is more terrifying than the blood moon."

"If your friend is targeted by the blood moon, I'm afraid... it's very dangerous."

(End of this chapter)