"This lampshade is the memory of my childhood. I knew before that I was an abandoned baby picked up by my elder brother, but the memory of how I was abandoned and picked up has long been forgotten. After all, I was too young at that time, so I didn't expect to pass this lantern. But I remember everything..."

"I shouldn't be from Xuanqing City. Is the person who took me to Xuanqing City my father?"

"After putting me in Xuanqing City, he probably went to do something dangerous, and then never came back..."

Long Qisheng sighed and continued looking for the lampshade.

An hour later, he found all his lampshades and returned to the edge of the dung field with a large number of lampshades that no one knew who had lost them.

"See if there's your lampshade in here."

Long Qisheng threw a bunch of lampshades in front of Tang Ying and took a look at her lower abdomen. It was no longer flat as before, but had become slightly bulging, as if she had been pregnant for four or five months.

The situation is not good...

"Tang Ying, it's better to cut that thing out! Otherwise, I'm afraid it will grow up and violently break open your stomach and run out, and then you will really be hopeless."

"Huh? So my name is Tang Ying."

Long Qisheng was speechless: "Can you please pay attention to the key points!"

"Hehehe... I'll get my memory back first and then decide!"

Tang Ying rummaged around and found the six lampshades he had lost, put them back on the lamp stand and read the memory.

Then, she looked at Wu Hou who was lying down, and the corners of her mouth kept twitching.

"What to do with the captain's memory?"

"His consciousness was sucked into the 'Mist Room'. If a miracle doesn't happen, I'm afraid he won't wake up."

After a pause, Long Qisheng added: "This may be a good thing for him, at least he doesn't have to die in society..."

"There's nothing I can do about the captain's situation, so I'd better try to save you first!"

Long Qisheng took out the knife again and said, "You should make a decision now if you want to cut it or not."

"Uh...it seems we didn't bring any anesthetic..."

"What is anesthetic? Soul chasers don't need anesthetic!"

Tang Ying:......

"By the way, Long Qisheng, I'm missing a section of my memory. The memory between when I first entered the ethereal world and when we lost our memory is gone! What about you?"

"I am also missing this section. Something happened suddenly after we backed up the memory. I lost my memory before I had time to back it up again, so I lost this section of memory... This matter is not urgent, please don't interrupt me. Start a topic!"

"I..." Tang Ying gritted his teeth, "I won't do it!"

"Okay, now I...what?"

Long Qisheng frowned and looked at her: "No? Do you want to wait for this thing to grow up and burst open your belly and jump out?"

Tang Ying shook her head: "Long Qisheng, don't waste time here, find a way to leave the virtual world! If you move quickly enough and can go out and call for rescue, maybe I can still save you."

Long Qisheng was silent.

Tang Ying smiled weakly: "Long Qisheng, the lives of me and the captain are all in your hands! Go quickly!"

"Since this is your decision...then so be it!"

Long Qisheng walked into the thick fog with a lantern and headed towards the depths of the swamp.

There are two ways to leave the virtual spirit world, find the 'door', or kill the virtual spirit.

This time was different from last time. No one gave him guidance. Looking for a door in such a big place would undoubtedly be like finding a needle in a haystack, which was unrealistic.

He planned to try to kill Xu Ling. As long as Xu Ling died, the three of them could leave.

As long as he leaves the ethereal world, he can call for rescue. With his background as a spirit chaser, maybe they both can be saved!

Long Qisheng had seen the virtual spirit in the memories of the villagers, but he could not intuitively feel the virtual spirit's strength through other people's eyes, and he did not know the details of the virtual spirit.

The intelligence said that the virtual spirit at this node was E-level. If it was really E-level, he felt there was still hope.

The fog was endless, and Long Qisheng quickly lost his sense of direction.

You can only move forward based on your intuition.

As I walked, I came to a fork in the road. On the ground covered with marsh mushrooms, there was a winding path that could be walked on the left and right, and a "Φ"-shaped stream on the right.

"I remember this place. In the villager's memory, this road leads to where the big mushroom is."

Long Qisheng looked at the road on the left: "Where does this road lead to?"

After thinking for a moment, Long Qisheng walked along the road on the left toward the depths of the slime mold swamp.

I didn't encounter any dangers along the way.

Is it true, as the dung captain said, that this swamp is a rare safe place in the ethereal world?

So what happened to Tang Yingzhi?

Her headband was intact, indicating that it was not assimilation or pollution, and Marquis Wu and I did not feel anything unusual.

How is she different from us?

She is...a woman!

"The mushroom processing factory is built in a swamp, and all the workers are men. Except for the village chief, no woman will enter the swamp... Is this another 'rule'?"

Long Qisheng was a little annoyed. How could he ignore such important information?

but……

"Since there are such rules, why do they build the mushroom factory in the swamp? Isn't this asking for trouble?"

"Unless it is not their intention to build a mushroom factory, they have no right to decide whether to build it or not, and where to build it..."

"The village chief is a servant of the virtual spirit, and the workers in the mushroom factory are all slaves of the virtual spirit. So the mushroom factory actually serves the virtual spirit?"

"It's a pity that we didn't dig out more information from the dung-picking captain..."

Long Qisheng stopped.

He saw several huge hoof prints next to a cluster of mushrooms.

The upper half of the mushrooms were gone, leaving only the roots. Judging from the shape of the fractures, they should have been chewed off.

After recalling the appearance of the virtual spirit, Long Qisheng was sure that these were the footprints left by the virtual spirit!

"The dung captain said you can't eat mushrooms, but I think this virtual spirit enjoyed eating them, and Tai Sui didn't blame him."

"Void Ling feeds on mushrooms. Void Ling's slaves set up a mushroom factory in the slime mold swamp, and there is a special poop-picking team to transport mushroom feces... I don't believe that Void Ling and Tai Sui don't have a leg. They are designated

We’re in the same group!”

"The stupid intelligence department didn't mention a word about Tai Sui's existence in the mission details..."

Following those footprints, Long Qisheng went all the way deep into the swamp, and unexpectedly discovered an ancient ruins deep in the swamp.

The architectural style of the ruins is the same as that of the factory, but it is more exquisite and grand. Although most of the palace-like building built on the mountain has collapsed and is dilapidated, you can still feel solemn and solemn from it.

The collapsed palace is surrounded by ruined walls, rusted mechanical structures, weathered bones, and shriveled pipelines, forming a strange landscape.

The ruins of the building in the shade are covered with vines and fungi, and occasionally you can see jumping mushrooms flashing past.

Long Qisheng walked around the palace and found no trace of Xu Ling. There were so many footprints nearby, some old and new, that he couldn't tell where Xu Ling had gone.

It's definitely not near the palace anyway.

After confirming that Xu Ling was not here, Long Qisheng walked into the remaining palace.

Surprisingly, I found that the inside of the palace was much cleaner than the outside, with no mess and very little dust.

"It looks like someone lives there! Who would live in a place like this? Is this the residence of the ethereal spirit?"

hiss--

I originally thought that this palace might be related to the thick fog and the mist, and maybe I could find a way to rescue Wu Hou, but who knew that I would go directly to Xu Ling's bedroom!

Hurry up and run away...

But as soon as he turned around, Long Qisheng met Xu Ling's six eyes.

At some point, the huge virtual spirit stood silently at the only entrance to the palace.

Many words flashed through Long Qisheng's mind in an instant: a bird enters a cage, throws itself into a trap, seeks death, sends a man to his death after a thousand miles...

Also, catching a turtle in an urn...

"A rare breed of weirdo? Your meat... smells so good~~~~"

Xu Ling spoke human words, and the surprise in his eyes couldn't be more obvious.

Long Qisheng understood him. If he opened the door when he came home and saw a table of delicious food in the room, he would be very surprised!

Now, it’s time to test your acting skills!!

"Lord Xu Ling! I finally found you!"

Long Qisheng also showed a look of surprise and surrendered: "Lord Xu Ling, I have always admired you very much. I have been looking forward to becoming your servant every day and will be loyal to you until death! Please accept me.

This humble servant!"
To be continued...