Mythology

Chapter 272 Aquarium Opening

"Liutou'er, the administrator hasn't gone far. He's right there."

Hong Yanghui's clothes were soaked with cold sweat. Because he had an ear ghost in his body, he could clearly hear the footsteps suddenly stop and the sound made by the bear man disappearing in front of a locust tree.

The locust tree was about twenty or thirty meters tall and looked extremely prominent in the dark night.

Everyone looked in the direction Hong Yanghui pointed and were immediately horrified.

I saw a vague figure standing on the branch of the locust tree. The figure seemed to notice everyone's gaze, slowly raised his hand, and waved at them stiffly again.

Liu Zhishang's brows furrowed more and more, and his tone was low: "There is no way out. Do you remember what the administrator said?"

"It mentioned that there would be foreign guests in the aquarium at midnight," recalled Hong Yanghui.

"It also reminds us to be careful of a white walrus," Du Chang added.

"Why do I remember it talking about a pink walrus?" Fatty Chen looked confused.

Everyone was arguing, but Yang He remained silent. He was keenly aware of the weirdness in the administrator's words and felt a little uneasy.

"It's past midnight now, right? Does the administrator mean the next day's midnight?"

Liu Zhishang shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. According to the current clues, there is no aquarium in the Western Suburbs Zoo."

"What do you mean?"

"All the books that were found mentioned the aquarium, but no one had ever seen one."

Yang He said thoughtfully: "The aquarium should have triggering conditions. We may be able to find it now, but the danger is unpredictable."

Fatty Chen was a little upset and couldn't help cursing, "Damn it! Damn it! The white elephant is just a corpse. Why did you bring the white elephant to an aquarium that doesn't even exist!!"

"In any case, we can't just sit there and wait in the White Elephant District."

Hong Yanghui breathed heavily, "The administrator is getting closer to us, look up, it's at the top of the elephant shed!"

This was indeed the case, and the bear-man appeared at a closer location.

Still waving.

The oppressive feeling brought by the administrators made them feel suffocated.

"Let's go, Du Chang, take the skeleton of the white elephant with you."

"Let me do it."

Yang He took the initiative to speak, and then came to the body of the white elephant.

He considered that the elephant skin might involve some kind of taboo, and maybe it could be used to deal with Kong Xuan. Well, if worst comes to worst, he could also fake his death and exchange the elephant skin for the main world.

In just a few moments, most of the corpse had rotted away, and only the elephant skin was still intact.

Dyed elephant skin

[Ordinary elephant skin dyed with paint contains a weak yin energy. ]

"Dyed elephant hide?"

A trace of surprise flashed across Yang He's eyes. He gently rubbed the elephant skin, and suddenly some white powder appeared in the gaps between his nails.

"Isn't it the white elephant that died? Where did the real white elephant go?"

Yang He looked around the park. Everything inside was uncovered. The elephant shed was also open, with only a pile of messy dry grass inside.

He had seen a lot of things and couldn't help but shudder.

"Sun Qi, are you okay?"

Yang He folded up the elephant skin and carried it on his shoulders. "Liu Tou'er, have you ever seen a white elephant?"

Liu Zhishang's pupils shrank slightly, and then he noticed the strangeness of the elephant skin, and said in a complicated tone: "I have seen it, but I can't care about it anymore. The Western Suburbs Zoo... is full of weirdness."

"A real white elephant's cry sounds a bit like a human's."

The other detectives also realized that the elephant skin was fake, but it was too late to investigate further.

If they continue to stay in the White Elephant District, they will surely die.

Everyone hurried away along the gravel path. Their footsteps were particularly clear in the silent night. The administrator disappeared again, leaving only a faint fishy smell on their faces.

A hint of paleness appeared on the horizon, and a faint ray of light penetrated the thick clouds.

The only good news is that the view is getting better.

Along the way, you can see an animal park every two or three hundred meters, which are evenly distributed in the West Suburb Zoo like graves.

Yang He scanned the signs in the park, which mentioned all kinds of strange animals.

Red-crowned cranes, leopards, meerkats, tigers, buffaloes...

But there are no exceptions in the park, all the prisoners are ordinary people, or to be more precise, a large number of beast ghosts disguised as ordinary people.

They were so helpless inside that their behavior became almost like that of animals.

"Liu Tou'er, can you tell me more about the clues the government has found in the zoo?"

Yang He's question caused everyone to frown and look sideways. Logically, the relevant information had been informed before entering the West Suburb Zoo.

"There are twenty-two known parks, four of which have been explored."

Liu Zhishang responded hesitantly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Yang He's three souls were enlightened in Kong Xuan's body. The influence of the Corpse Dog God on cognition alone could not make it flawless, but he had to hurry up and figure out the rules of the ghost realm.

Liu Zhishang did not delve into the matter further, but instead recounted in detail the government's recent actions.

Since the establishment of the Western Suburbs Zoo, the government has dispatched nearly a hundred reserve detectives, and all the seemingly bizarre taboos have been paid for with human lives.

Rabbits that never appear in pairs, horses that walk in an uncoordinated manner, thirty-six black goats and one white goat...

Even so, it is still just the tip of the iceberg of the Western Suburbs Zoo.

Yang He stood in an unused park with a lot of scaffolding inside. There were no animals raised yet. According to Liu Zhishang, the zoo would continue to expand. "It is known that all animals are beast ghosts. Grass-headed gods are also considered another kind of beast ghost, right?"

Yang He licked his lips, and while the others were paying attention elsewhere, the Non-Poison God emerged from his forehead and then disappeared into the unused park.

Suddenly the scaffolding disappeared, and a large number of lush plants appeared in the park.

The corner of Yang He's eyes twitched. One of his souls had indeed become a part of the zoo, and the connection between the Non-Poison God and the Immaculate Demon Buddha became weak.

However, the non-poisonous god did not retaliate, but crawled flatteringly at the bottom of the wall.

"hey-hey."

Yang He didn't need to contact Yang Jiulang at all, as there were already electric wires extending underground.

Yang Jiulang used the park as a springboard and began to radiate the entire Western Suburbs Zoo, and he has not yet attracted the attention of the Ten Heavenly Lords.

"Liutouer, there is a sign leading to the aquarium!!!"

When Yang He heard Hong Yanghui's cry, the remaining six souls emerged from his eyebrows one after another.

The Grass-Headed God disappeared into various parts of the zoo, searching for idle parks derived from the ghost realm, and soon three souls had successfully moved in.

Yang He's soul no longer exists, but as a pure ghost Buddha, he does not need to rely on his body and soul. It's just that his concentration level cultivation of the Three Souls and Seven Spirits Transformation Sutra has dissipated, leaving only the Five Gods of the Innate Realm.

He came to the intersection where Liu Zhishang and others gathered. Among a dozen old signs, a brand new sign had appeared at some point.

The bloody handwriting clearly read "Western Suburb Aquarium", pointing to a corner that no one cared about.

Everyone always felt that the sign was specially prepared for them.

They went deeper and soon saw a dilapidated venue with charred walls, as if it had been burned by a fire.

The vision keeps growing.

"So there really is an aquarium? Should we go in?!"

Fatty Chen was sweating profusely. The sky was about to brighten and he would be able to leave the Western Suburbs Zoo soon, but he suddenly had to take a risk.

"You can choose to stay." Blood was flowing from Hong Yanghui's ears.

He murmured nervously, "It...it's still nearby, but I can't hear its footsteps clearly. The bear-man must be hiding somewhere."

Not only the bear manager, Yang He could feel many eyes staring at him.

They currently do not have the strength to deal with the Western Suburbs Zoo. If they want to survive, they can only follow the administrator's instructions and try to grasp a glimmer of hope.

Yang He was not too panicked, as he had unknowingly lived to the age of sixty-four years.

He could even try to break through to the Hunyuan realm of the Three Souls and Seven Spirits Transformation Sutra, but he did not act rashly for fear of alerting the enemy.

And Yang Jiulang is also spreading through Monkey Mountain.

For Yang He, as long as the Immaculate Ghost Buddha is alive, he can gain a longer life, but the most urgent task is to get rid of Kong Xuan.

"If there is really no other way, I will use the phone to contact the government for support."

Liu Zhishang was the first to enter the aquarium.

Yang He glanced at the old man who was following him, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

He closed his eyes and communicated with the flesh and blood subway. There were already two to three hundred monks of the Chan sect inside, and the accumulated Yin energy was enough to reach the perfection of the Hunyuan realm.

"By the way, could it be that Kong Xuan's purpose of descending upon the Ten Absolute Formations is to take care of the corpse Taoist child?"

For some reason, even though there was no evidence, Yang He had a hunch that Kong Xuan's enlightenment of the Immaculate Ghost Buddha was just a byproduct and was most likely aimed at the corpse Taoist boy.

.........

After five expansions, the Ten Absolute Formations has turned into a giant city with towering skyscrapers, but abandoned buildings can be seen everywhere.

There are six to seven million people living in the city, and the accumulated resentment is as tangible as a substance.

The people walking on the streets were lifeless, and the Yang Fire was visibly declining, all because of the damage to the Yang Energy caused by contact with evil spirits.

That’s right, more than 90 percent of the people have seen ghosts.

Under normal circumstances, the order of Shijue City should have collapsed long ago, but the status quo is barely maintained, resulting in an alternative situation where humans and ghosts live together.

Crash.

Promotional posters flew all over the sky.

People couldn't help but stop and bend over to check out the promotional poster, and found that the cover was actually an announcement for the opening of the Western Suburbs Zoo, with a picture of an aquarium attached, and a total of nine people on it.

The nine people were wearing staff uniforms and baseball caps.

Grin your mouth and show your teeth.

Their expressions and movements were consistent, giving off an indescribable sense of weirdness; the nine people were the nine detectives who had entered the aquarium.

"Ah."

A lady picked up the propaganda poster, and a hint of contempt appeared on her face hidden behind her sun hat.

"The enlightenment of the Immaculate Buddha has not yet been completed. He can't die in the ghost domain of the Ten Heavenly Lords, right? It's ridiculous. How can the Taoist Master Ran Deng value this person?"

The noble lady looked about three or four points similar to the old man Kong Xuan, and her pupils were flashing red.

She used her consciousness to sense the other incarnation for a moment, then crumpled up the poster and threw it into the trash can. "Innate Realm? I'm afraid that the Immortal Buddha can't hold on until the enlightenment is completed."

"Alright."

"Don't worry about it anymore. When the Immaculate Buddha dies, I will take back my incarnation."

Lady Kong Xuan sneered a few times, then pushed aside the obstacles at the subway entrance and walked in.

Compared to the Immaculate Buddha, he is very interested in the Corpse Taoist. His natural immortal body seems to be able to transform into thousands of incarnations, which is worthy of my Buddhist fate.

(End of this chapter)