What if you were targeted by a cool and aloof beauty?

Half a day passed, and there was still no cell phone signal.

She sighed and accepted reality.

Places with spirits are prone to unstable signals, so it's illogical for a cell phone to have even the slightest signal in a place teeming with spirits.

"Gouzi Bay, Gouzi Bay..." Jiuge murmured in her heart with her eyes closed.

She felt like she'd heard of this place somewhere before.

While pondering, Jiuge suddenly opened her eyes.

My memories drifted back to my high school days.

My history teacher once mentioned that when Jingcheng was invaded, there were rumors that Gouzi Bay was the first place to be completely destroyed.

Because the area was too small and there were too few records, Gouzi Bay was eventually razed to the ground and is now probably just an ordinary wasteland, so not many people know about it.

After all, the war eventually affected the entire city of Jingcheng, and a small bay might have been equivalent to a village to people at that time.

Jiuge let out a breath, her mood somewhat heavy.

In other words, she and An Chen might witness the beginning of a war within this illusion.

And they were destined to be powerless to change the final outcome.

For the spirit inhabitants here, it has been so many years, they have been endlessly repeating those few days, over and over again.

Constantly experiencing the pain of death, constantly striving to make a final effort, constantly trying to maintain life in its final moments.

The more Jiuge pondered this, the more her brows furrowed, and even the expression on Xiaogou Dan's face changed.

When she first brought Xiaogoudan over, she had a preconceived notion about this little boy because of the precedent of Maomaotou.

Looking at Xiaogou Dan now, Jiuge only feels heartache.

She felt this way not only for Little Dog Egg, but for all the spirits in Gouzi Bay who were repeatedly tormented.

Even if the association doesn't assign tasks this time, Jiuge won't ignore them.

Even setting aside emotional factors, it would be nice to see them outside during the Ghost Festival, a special time for them.

If they were to unintentionally become evil spirits in reality, the consequences would be extremely serious.

As Jiuge was thinking this, she suddenly noticed that black mist was emanating from the head of the little dog Egg standing next to An Chen.

Just as she was about to throw the white light ball at it, she suddenly saw the black aura on the puppy's head disappear.

I don’t know if it was just my imagination, but Jiu Ge seemed to see a circular white light flash briefly in An Chen’s hand.

At the very moment that white light appeared, the black aura on the puppy's head disappeared.

Rubbing her eyes, Jiuge stared at An Chen in disbelief.

As if knowing that Jiuge was watching him, An Chen turned around.

In the few seconds he turned around, he mouthed, "Observe your surroundings carefully to prevent ordinary spirits from turning into evil spirits."

After hesitating for a moment, Jiuge nodded and jumped off the haystack.

Perhaps it was because of the Ghost Festival, or perhaps it was because of the many days of cycles that even ordinary spirits became less stable. After walking back and forth on this short road a few times, she discovered that the few spirits in this area were showing signs of turning into evil spirits several times.

The woman washing clothes looked like a mosaic, her figure appearing blurry at times.

It turns into a black mosaic one moment, and then it turns back to normal the next.

The ball of light from the Nine Songs is neither good to throw at it nor good to keep it in your hand.

The cowherds also occasionally had black mist appearing above their heads, but it wasn't very noticeable, much better than the situation with Little Dog Egg.

His grandfather had a kind face, but sometimes, when he looked at his grandson, he would suddenly snarl, as if he were having some kind of internal struggle.

The little girl's hair sometimes appeared as pigtails, and other times it was disheveled like Medusa's.

Before long, her hair will turn back into pigtails.

When she looked at Jiuge, the girl with pigtails had a very strange expression.

When Jiuge met the girl with pigtails' eyes, she was so frightened that she took a few steps back.

There are no evil spirits yet, and everyone was fine when we first entered this place.

In just a short time, all the spirits within sight began to become unstable.

Fortunately, nothing like this had happened outside before.

After scattering the ball of light in her hand to hide it, Jiuge carefully returned to the haystack.

Although Feng Kai, Yu Bei, and Gong Jun are very capable, they are not particularly skilled in purification.

Thinking this, she began to worry about the safety of the spirits in other parts of Gouzi Bay.

Chapter 77 Logically, he shouldn't die.

The sun is already showing signs of setting.

Seeing that it was almost time, Little Dog Egg rearranged the vegetables in the basket.

Then, from the pile of crops and weeds that Jiuge had thrown away, he picked out some edible ones and put them in the basket.

He wiped his sweat with satisfaction, grinned sheepishly, and urged Jiu Ge and An Chen to hurry back with him.

It's time to go home.

......

Little Dog Egg led the way, hopping and skipping, with An Chen and Jiu Ge following behind.

Perhaps because he was so eager to go home for dinner, he walked with a brisk pace, so fast that he didn't even remember that he had been insisting on holding Jiuge's hand.

An Chen and Jiu Ge had no choice but to quicken their pace.

For some reason, Jiu Ge suddenly found herself tugging at An Chen's clothes, her expression wary.

An Chen actually quite enjoyed Jiu Ge's submissive attitude towards him.

However, he hoped that Jiuge would take his hand openly and generously, instead of clinging to his clothes out of fear.

Even in the illusion, An Chen and Jiu Ge are both physical entities, including their clothes.

If you keep pulling like this, the string will most likely come loose again when you let go.

At this moment, An Chen suddenly realized that the setting was winter, and the two of them were dressed in a way that didn't fit in with the people around them.

It's impossible to change clothes on the spot using illusion magic, since many spirits have already seen it...

Jiuge also realized this problem, and she shared the same thought as An Chen.

I guess I should just let it go. They're already weirdos anyway, so they can't feel the cold in the environment.

Shaking his head, An Chen looked at the new spirit that had appeared by the roadside under the setting sun, somewhat puzzled.

At that time, the national crisis in Jingcheng was extremely tragic. But over the years, the country has privately performed many rituals to help the spirits pass on. Why then are the spirits in this bay still here?

Putting aside the nation, since the association has someone like Jiu Ge, it certainly wouldn't allow so many spirits who don't know they're already dead to roam freely.

This is bad for them, and it's bad for ordinary living people too.

During the Ghost Festival, a special time of year, it's not entirely abnormal for ancient spirits to appear in places that were once the site of war, and some of these occurrences are understandable. However, the illusions and the spirits that inexplicably emerge from them are already established facts.

Since it has been so many years, why is it only being discovered now?

These are all mysteries worth pondering.

Thinking this, An Chen felt a headache coming on again.

I was just doing a task, but I didn't expect it to turn out to be so complicated.

"I wonder how the three of them are doing..." Jiuge suddenly muttered.

She was worried that if they saw any ordinary spirits showing signs of turning into evil spirits, they would immediately resort to violence.

"It's alright, you shouldn't 'die' in theory, even if you become an evil spirit," An Chen comforted him without turning around.

"why?"

Jiuge tilted her head slightly.

She spoke very softly, worried that the puppy would hear.

“In such a long cycle of reincarnation, this is definitely not the first time they’ve become evil spirits,” An Chen analyzed softly.

Over the years, the days of the last few days have been repeated endlessly, and with the occasional signs of them becoming evil spirits, they have probably become evil spirits countless times.

When the final moments arrive at Gouzi Bay, everything will be reset to zero, and they will return to their original state.

Because they don't usually leave the illusion, no noticeable harm has occurred so far.

"I think I understand."

Jiuge nodded in relief.

She was a little happy.

Firstly, because she didn't have to worry about her spirit being destroyed, and secondly, because she discovered that An Chen was truly exceptional!

Being liked by such a boy made the innocent Jiuge feel extremely happy.

Just as he was indulging in self-pity, Little Dog Egg's basket suddenly fell to the ground.

The puppy turned its head, its pupils unfocused.

His hair grew longer, his nails turned black, his whole body was shrouded in black mist, his lips turned black, and fangs were revealed in his mouth.

Pick up the wooden stick from the ground; the stick has turned black.

The little dog Egg gripped the black stick with its nails, and with a "whoosh," it kicked out at Jiu Ge.

Jiuge was still in a daze and hadn't reacted yet. Just as she was about to be stabbed, An Chen gently pulled Jiuge behind him.

A faint white light appeared in An Chen's hand.

He took a few steps back, grabbed the puppy's head with his left hand, and waved the white light in his right hand at the puppy's body.

The puppy fell to the ground and then returned to normal.

"When did you learn this?" Jiuge was shocked.