Except for the murderous intent that leaked out at the beginning, Ye Zi quickly suppressed her emotions. But she, who was usually cheerful and lively, had a rare cold look on her face, which betrayed her inner peace.

According to Chu Xuan, the conspirator named "Fujiwara Ryu" participated in the aggressive war as an officer. For this alone, he deserved to die. What's more, as the mastermind behind the "Grudge", he

Joining the invading army must have some agenda... In order to realize his ambition, how many innocent souls have become victims of his evil methods!?

Although Ye Zi, as a member of the Samsara Team, can only be regarded as an outsider to the Cursed Plane. But as a conscientious Chinese, she absolutely cannot tolerate this kind of scum and must get rid of it quickly.

"How long...?"

Looking at the receding scenery outside the car window, Ye Zi suddenly spoke and asked in a calm tone.

"About forty minutes." Before she finished speaking, Chu Xuan had already reported the answer and added: "However, if we want to attack his lair, we must wait for a suitable time."

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Forty minutes later, at the end of a bumpy and remote road, Chu Xuan stopped the car: What stood in front of the two of them was a hill hundreds of meters high. The mountain was pitch black, without any lights, and it didn't look like there were any humans at all.

There were no signs of activity. What was even more strange was that in the woods at the foot of the mountain, there were not even the normal cries of owls and insects, but there was complete silence.

It's as if... this hill is the door to hell and will swallow up all life that comes.

"Zheng Zha, the next time Kayako attacks, you must kill her once instead of simply repelling her. Ye Zi and I have already found the mastermind behind the curse... Only you are entangled in Kayako.

Coconuts are the only ones we can use easily here, above."

"Hey, what do you mean by 'once'? Where are you and Ye Zi now? Hey...hey? Grass!"

After turning off the car, Chu Xuan dialed Zheng Zha's communicator and gave a few brief instructions. Before Zheng Zha could ask further questions, he simply hung up the call, leaving Zheng Zha yelling on the other end of the communicator.

(I said, you really use Zheng Zha as a tool...)

"Let's go, it's about half an hour's journey up the mountain from here... In order to wait for Zheng Zha to fight with Kayako over there, we can save some energy, there is no need to go too fast."

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses, got out of the car first, and walked up the mountain. After Ye Zi kept up with Chu Xuan and walked side by side with him for a while, he suddenly turned his head and asked: "Uh,

Why are you so sure that Kayako will attack Zheng Zha's side? If she comes to you and me first, how should we respond?"

"Impossible." Faced with Ye Zi's doubts, Chu Xuan replied firmly: "I have used arcane magic... to describe it in game terms, it can be regarded as reducing the 'hate value' on you and me, unless Zheng Zha can

She will turn her target towards us only when she is destroyed by Kayako."

"The preliminary analysis of dream memes has yielded certain results... This is just a small application."

(Hey, there are already preliminary results...? So fast...)

After the question was answered, Ye Zi nodded and continued to walk with Chu Xuan on this uphill road that had vague traces of the trail but had not been cared for all year round and was overgrown with weeds.

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Although the two deliberately slowed down their pace, about twenty minutes later, they had reached the halfway point of the mountain. At this moment, Ye Zi suddenly frowned and said in a deep voice: "We are... encountering a ghost.

Is it done?”

In the past three minutes, she and Chu Xuan were still continuing to climb the mountain, but the distance between the two of them from the top of the mountain had not changed at all. Moreover, she had seen a certain tree on the roadside three times: the second time

At that time, she thought it was her illusion and just paid attention to it secretly. It was not until just now that she confirmed her suspicion.

"Yes, but..." Chu Xuan's tone was indifferent. It was obvious that he had already realized this situation before Ye Zi said anything. He did not stop his steps, but raised his right hand and snapped his fingers casually: "

already solved."

The crisp snap of fingers cut through the silent and oppressive air. At the same time, Ye Zi felt his eyes blurred, and the picture in his field of vision was shattered like glass. When he looked again, the scene in front of him had changed:

Finally, it was no longer the same road they had walked three times!

"It's just an unreliable phantom formation. If you want to go up the mountain, you will be stuck in a wall. It feels like you are continuing to climb the mountain, but in reality you are walking in circles. You can only turn around and go back down the mountain... It is probably used to prevent people from accidentally entering the mountain.

Used by travelers and mountaineers. Although he regards human life as nothing, if he kills people near his lair and causes many people to disappear, it will easily attract the attention of secular forces and hinder his plans."

Seeing that "Ghost Beating the Wall" was cracked by Chu Xuan in an understatement, Ye Zi was stunned for a moment, and then quickly followed him. While secretly complaining that "Chu Dingdang" was well-deserved, he asked: "From the illusion formation just now?"

Look, the mastermind behind this must also attach great importance to his lair, manage it carefully, and arrange it... Is it really the best plan for us to attack directly like this? "

In her opinion, to attack the Onmyoji's lair, she might be able to learn from the tactics of a certain unnamed Emiya-sensei... For example, burying a large amount of high-explosives at a suitable location to directly cause a landslide or something?

Previously, considering that Chu Xuan had his own concerns, she didn't ask any more questions, but now after encountering this illusory formation, she couldn't help but express her doubts.

"I have indeed considered other options, such as borrowing the opportunity from the secular regime to carry out saturation bombing on this mountain..." Faced with Ye Zi's question, Chu Xuan stopped in a rare move and turned to look at her: "But

, after comprehensive consideration, this is the optimal solution, and..."

"I believe in you, come on."

As he said that, Chu Xuan stretched out his right hand and gave Ye Zi a thumbs up... However, this should have been a very passionate and touching scene, coupled with Chu Xuan's expressionless poker face, it really looked weird.

ah.

"Such hot-blooded lines and actions are paired with a heart-warming smile!?" The originally cold and chilling atmosphere was completely ruined by Chu Xuan's nondescript "encouragement", and Ye Zi couldn't help but speak.

He was complaining, but his heart was a bit hairy: Chu said "trust" and so on, which always made people feel a little shuddering... The last person who trusted him seemed to have been deceived into using a magic cannon to build a foundation?

Could it be her turn to be the victim this time?

After listening to Ye Zi's complaint, Chu Xuan thought for a while, stretched the muscles at the corners of his mouth, and gave Ye Zi a "smile" that looked uglier than crying. Seeing this expression, Ye Zi

, couldn't help but shudder, and trembled all over.

"Okay, I take back what I said... This smile is so warm, I can't stand it."

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"On our side, we have killed Kayako once and successfully held back her 'resurrection'... Over there, I'll leave it to you."

More than ten minutes later, Ling Dian's steady voice came from the communicator, and in the background was mixed with Zheng Zha's shouts and the roar of firearms. At the same time, Ye Zi and Chu Xuan had climbed to the top of the mountain.

The ancient and dead shrine, but intact as before, without any signs of decay, appeared in front of the two of them.

"Let's go."

Chu Xuan stared at the shrine for a moment, raised his hand and pushed open the heavy door, and stepped inside first. Ye Zi followed closely behind, with the elf energy in his body surging, ready to take action at any time.

When the two walked into the empty courtyard of the shrine, which was the size of a football field, the door behind them suddenly closed, and the torches around the courtyard also lit up at the same time...a rickety figure shrouded in black robes and holding a cane.

, emerged from the shadows, appeared on the steps of the main hall of the shrine, and faced Ye Zi from a high position.

"Welcome to my shrine, two righteous Taoists."

Overflowing with decay and decay, the lifeless-sounding voice echoed in the courtyard. This voice gave people the feeling of countless beetles crawling, making people feel extremely uncomfortable when they heard it.

"I am the Lord of the Underworld. I am Izana and the King of Yama; I am Hela and Hades; I am Ereshkigal and Mictrantikut.
Chapter completed!