Chapter 1187: The Gatekeeper Isn't Necessarily a Dog

Gray, gloomy sky, black, deep earth, rolling waves of the Yellow Springs River, the road of no return paved with white bones, the endless line of the dead, the red-eyed crow flock circling above the dead...

Is this what the world after death looks like?

Looking at the landscape of the Dead World across the suddenly opened Gate of the Dead, the souls of the three cleaners, two men and one woman, fell into silence at the same time.

Although they had long known that as cleaners, it was unlikely that they would live until the day of normal death, and they would likely report here in advance during some extremely dangerous mission, they had long been mentally prepared.

But when all this really happened, the three of them still couldn't accept it, unable to believe that their lives had come to an end so abruptly.

"I... I am so unwilling!"

Ruben, who had broken away from the 【Flower Fairy】 state and returned to the size of a normal person, couldn't help but sob lowly. The middle-aged man in his forties suddenly shed two lines of hot tears, his eyes full of annoyance:

"Everything was going so smoothly, why did we suddenly die? We were all following the director, why were we still blown to death by something like artillery?"

"Don't think about it, it's all in the past."

Feeling the increasingly strong force pulling him into the Dead World, Frankie, who was standing... floating beside Ruben, couldn't help but sigh bitterly.

"Although I don't know what happened, we must have been plotted against, and even the director didn't escape. Half of his body was blown to pieces. Maybe he will have to come over together in a while.

Hey, let's three go first. Don't think about it anymore. Those are the things of the living. We are already dead people now. No matter how much we think, it's impossible to go back. Now it's time to hit the road."

"I... I..."

"I still want to try!"

Just as Ruben and the other two were walking towards the Gate of the Dead, preparing to accept their ending, the only female cleaner among the three suddenly raised her head, reached out and pulled the clothes of the two, and said stubbornly:

"My 【Road Ahead】 is an anomalous object at the soul level, and I brought it down directly! I can still use it!

Ruben! Frankie! Come and help me! If the three of us can use the effect of 【Road Ahead】 to open a way back here, then maybe there is still a chance!"

This...

After hearing the request of the female cleaner Mo Na, Ruben and Frankie looked at each other, then said hesitantly:

"But this is the Dead World. Even if the director dies, he can only briefly contend with the rules of the Dead World. In the end, he still has to go all the way along the road of no return. Relying on the three of us second-level cleaners..."

"Help me!"

After interrupting Ruben's words, female cleaner Mo Na took a deep breath, then gritted her teeth and said:

"The director hasn't come to the Dead World yet, which proves that he is still alive!

We... even if we can't go back, but even if we can only open a small hole and send my 【Road Ahead】 back, maybe we can help the director run away!

Please! Help me! No matter what the result is, I still want to try! If it weren't for the director, I would have come here twenty years ago. If I don't try, I won't be reconciled!"

"Well, okay..."

After looking at each other, Ruben and Frankie nodded. Relying on the soul strength of second-level cleaners, while trying their best to resist the summoning from the depths of the Dead World, they stood behind female cleaner Mo Na.

"Thank you!" After looking at the two gratefully, the entire soul of female cleaner Mo Na suddenly lit up, flashing with fierce white flames. Then she gritted her teeth, turned around, and took a step towards the endless gray fog behind her.

"*Tap! *"

The sound of shoe soles hitting the bone ground came. The moment female cleaner Mo Na successfully took a step, the endless gray fog outside the Gate of the Dead was actually pushed open to reveal a small path.

Although compared to the boundless gray world, this small path appeared so insignificant, the death represented by the gray fog indeed made an extremely small "concession."

This... maybe there is really a chance?!

After noticing this scene, the other two cleaners, who were still a bit hesitant, were suddenly shocked. Then they gritted their teeth, and their dim souls also lit up together. Under the urging of their will, they danced like white flames.

Compared with the boundless gray fog, the three souls that were burning with all their strength were as weak as fireflies falling into the sea, but they really relied on the sound of footsteps to squeeze out a narrow path leading to where they came from.

It's possible! Maybe it's really possible!

After feeling the breath of the living world from the breeze blowing from the front of the narrow path, the three cleaners couldn't help but be greatly encouraged.

The 60-point Li Ang value is the threshold between gods and humans, and it is also the dividing line for whether one can get rid of the shackles of the rules of the Dead World. The three of them are senior second-level cleaners, with an average Li Ang value close to 30 points, and the strength of their power is already enough.

Although they ended up being a little short of qualitative change and could not cross the threshold of true gods, and could not truly transcend death, relying on Mo Na's 【Road Ahead】, it was not impossible to open a path to life from death!

And just as Mo Na said, even if they have to come back in the end, even if it is just to send 【Road Ahead】 back to help the director save his life, or even just to take one last look at that world, it is worth it to fight for it!

"Quick! Add more strength!"

Feeling the breath belonging to the world of the living rushing towards her, female cleaner Mo Na couldn't help but grit her teeth. While trying her best to step forward, she shouted with all her strength:

"Just one step left! Just one step left!"

"Sigh... I can't just leave this alone!"

"?!!!"

In the stunned expressions of the three cleaners, more than a dozen octopus tentacles suddenly protruded from behind, like pythons moving with their heads held high, firmly entangling the hands, feet, waists, and arms of the three.

The dense, fleshy suckers the size of baby mouths on the tentacles began to suck their power crazily as the souls came into contact. In just a few breaths, they sucked away the power that the three had burned their souls to erupt.

And as the three people who lost their power were dragged back by the octopus tentacles and their feet left the ground, the narrow path that had been opened with such difficulty was quickly filled and closed by the endless gray fog, disappearing completely.

"..."

One step! Just one step away!

"Don't blame me, this is also my duty."

Facing the hateful eyes of the three cleaners, a long-tailed giant horse, which should have had a mane on its neck but was covered with octopus tentacles, blinked helplessly. Then it parted its lips and chattered:

"I wouldn't care about this kind of thing, the problem is that your Cleaning Bureau produced a ruthless person who didn't know which nerve was wrong and actually ate the dog god who was guarding the door here alive.

And to ensure the order of the Dead World and not let people enter and exit at will, we death messengers have to take turns to watch at the Gate of the Dead, and today it happens to be my turn to be on duty.

Oh, by the way, let me ask one more question, there is no one from the Virgo Branch among you three, right?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1188 =====