OBS Chapter 322 The Boundary Between Life and Death
Chapter 322 The Boundary Between Life and Death
"Was that Qiqi just now?"
"Yes, how do you know each other?" Hu Tao asked.
"It's a group chat, it's not like I haven't seen your review videos in the group chat before."
"Right."
Seeing that Hu Tao didn't suspect anything, the captain secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the captain met Qi Qi not in a group chat, but in a game from his previous life.
"However, I must make it clear beforehand that once we enter the boundary between life and death, I cannot guarantee that the two of us will get out safely."
After all, look at how the boundary between life and death is on the verge of collapse; the patterns of change within the pathways are becoming unpredictable, and there's even the possibility that the exits could be completely sealed off.
As she spoke, Walnut looked at the captain with a serious expression: "So, even so, Captain, do you still want to come in?"
The captain simply chuckled and said, "Since I've already agreed to help you, it's not in my nature to back down over such a small difficulty."
Just then, a voice rang out behind the two of them.
"Wait a moment!"
The two turned to look in the direction of the sound and found that the person approaching was a woman. She had long black hair parted in two strands and black eyes with a hint of purple. Her emerald green clothes were decorated with dark green plaid, and she wore silver ornaments on her head and neck.
The woman quickly ran to Hu Tao's side and began to pant heavily. Hu Tao and the captain looked at each other in confusion and shook their heads at the same time. It was obvious that neither of them recognized the woman in front of them.
However, it was obvious that the other party's target was Kurumi, so Kurumi stepped forward.
"May I ask your name, young lady? And why have you come here?"
Finally, the other person caught their breath and answered, "My name is Lan Yan, and I came here specifically to help Hall Master Hu resolve this crisis in Liyue."
Then Lan Yan began to explain the real reason he had come...
It turns out that although Lan Yan's family is said to be the descendants of one of the Eight Wonders, they are ultimately just a branch family. Their ancestors only learned some divination and calculation, and by the time of Lan Yan's generation, the skills had been almost lost.
In the family, only her grandfather knew a little about divination and made a living from it, while Lan Yan lived as a craftsman. A few months ago, when Lan Yan's grandfather was telling fortunes, for some reason he only predicted that the person would die young. If it were just one or two people, it could be considered a coincidence, but the strange thing was that everyone who came for fortune telling that day, without exception, predicted a short life.
This terrified Lan Yan's grandfather, who quickly dismissed the fortune teller and packed up to go home. Back home, still uneasy, Lan Yan's grandfather began to consult the oracle, which revealed the terrifying omen that all the people of Liyue would die young and pass away together within a few months.
So Lan Yan's grandfather began tirelessly deducing the meaning of the hexagram, and finally, a few days later, he came up with the key words: "Wang Sheng Tang Walnut".
Just then, during the Lantern Festival, Liyue Harbor needed craftsmen to help weave rattan figures, so Lan Yan, a famous craftsman, was invited to help weave rattan figures.
So Lan Yan came to Liyue Harbor with her grandfather's entrustment. Unfortunately, after arriving in Liyue Harbor, Lan Yan was unable to meet Hu Tao due to various coincidences.
It wasn't until later, when Lan Yan inadvertently learned about Hu Tao's whereabouts from Ning Guang, that she appeared before the two of them.
After listening to Lan Yan's explanation, Hu Tao showed a thoughtful expression. It was quite a coincidence that the founders of the Hall of Rebirth had studied under Wu Wang Tong Zi, one of the Eight Wonders, which enabled them to maintain the boundary between life and death with mortal bodies.
The opposing Lan clan is a descendant of Wanxiang Fengjiao Lingguan, one of the Eight Wonders. This Wanxiang Fengjiao Lingguan is said to be the founder of the Qimen Dunjia divination method in ancient Liyue. Since the divination result was calculated by a member of the Lan clan, it naturally has some credibility.
Even if the other party claims they only separated from the family and inherited only a superficial understanding of Qimen Dunjia divination techniques, that's enough.
Thinking of this, Hu Tao sighed and asked, "Since this is the result of the Lan Clan's calculations, I will speak the truth. There is indeed a problem with the boundary between life and death in Liyue, causing life and death to gradually reverse. This is why your grandfather predicted that everyone would die young. Since your grandfather asked Master Lan to come and help solve this problem, may I ask if Master Lan has a way to resolve the current predicament?"
"Master Hu, you flatter me." Lan Yan waved his hand and said, "Compared to Master Hu, my grandfather and I have only done our meager efforts. However, as I said above, I only learned a little from the branch family. But I have already summarized what I saw in Liyue Harbor these past few days and sent it to my cousin in the main family. My cousin will send me her countermeasures soon."
"Do we have to wait a while longer..." Hu Tao murmured. "As you can see, the situation is not optimistic. There is too much death energy accumulated inside the boundary between life and death. In addition, one of our friends just accidentally entered the boundary between life and death. So we have to go in ourselves first. Not only to bring our friend out, but also to dissipate the death energy inside."
“In that case, why not take me with you?” Lan Yan suggested. “Although I only know the basics, thanks to my cousin, I do know a little about our family’s special techniques. While I can’t be of much help, I can still help maintain the boundary between life and death.”
Upon hearing this, Hu Tao's eyes lit up. Lan Yan's words were like a pillow being delivered to her when she was dozing off. She had been worried about not having anyone to help her maintain the boundary between life and death.
Although Hu Tao could maintain the boundary between life and death on her own, it would be too troublesome for her to do everything herself. Moreover, the situation inside the boundary between life and death is a complete mess. Just burning the death energy alone would consume a lot of Hu Tao's energy. Not to mention that she would have to take the captain and Qi Qi away from there afterward, and then go in to repair the damaged areas.
Without saying a word, Hu Tao patted Lan Yan on the shoulder as if he were a comrade, which made the captain cover his face.
The team that finally entered the Liyue Boundary Between Life and Death successfully upgraded to a three-person squad. Hu Tao was responsible for leading the way, the Captain was responsible for burning incense and using the method Hu Tao had previously taught him to burn away the surrounding death energy, and Lan Yan was responsible for setting up vine figures at the nodes where the death energy gathered.
At the same time, due to the disorder of the boundary between life and death, some information related to the demons within the earth veins also overflowed and transformed into demons within the boundary between life and death. Purple lines also appeared on the bodies of these resurrected demons.
It is obvious that all these monsters have been corrupted by the Honkai, which means that a new abyss is indeed hidden within this boundary between life and death.
So the group had another task: to find the new hiding place of the Abyss.
Unfortunately, the group did not discover the source of the abyss along the way until they arrived at the deepest part of the boundary between life and death—next to that giant tree.
There they discovered suspicious traces of the abyss and—Seven Seven, corrupted by the abyss.