Chapter 332

I don't know why, but after hearing the conversation between Li Ang and Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, the red-haired Director, who had been looking unconvinced and seemed to want to say something more, suddenly became quiet and sat on the crocodile god's forehead without moving.

After chatting with Li Ang for a few moments about her daughter's situation, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma seemed to have her memories stirred by the topic as well; she looked up at the death-reporting crow circling above her and did not continue to speak. The three of them on the crocodile god's back remained silent in this way, returning to the vicinity of the entrance to the Dead Realm.

"You two should go back."

After waving her hand at Li Ang and Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, the red-haired Director said with a calm expression:

"The three directors have already sent out the 【Instruction List】. In a three-on-one situation, Director Aquarius won't be able to hold out for long; at any moment, he could be dragged into the Dead Realm by the 【Dead Realm Street Lamp】. I still have to wait here for him to reach the Road of No Return, so I won't continue to see you off.

Afterward, you just need to follow the Road of No Return back. Once you pass the 'Black and White Bridge' and the 'Death-Reporting Crow's Nest' and walk a bit further, you will see the Dog God guarding the entrance to the Dead Realm. Just let it bark once to send you back... Remember to keep walking forward on the road, and don't look back!"

"Alright, I understand."

Because Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma was a "frequent visitor" to the Dead Realm and seemed to have traveled back and forth many times, while this was Li Ang's first time, Li Ang knew very well that these instructions were meant specifically for him. He responded with a nod, then couldn't help but ask out of curiosity:

"Director, why can't we look back? Is it because if we look back, we will never be able to leave the Dead Realm?"

"Something like that."

She patted the crocodile god's large head and pointed to the beach chair placed by the Huang Quan River, signaling it to send her over. With her back to Li Ang and Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, the red-haired Director waved her hand without looking back:

"For the dead, the Road of No Return is a path that can only be walked forward; there is no option to walk back.

As for the living who accidentally fall into the Dead Realm and step onto the Road of No Return, although they can still walk back, this road hates such things happening, so it will do everything in its power to make those who turn back stay.

Looking back once in a while doesn't actually matter—you'll just see some illusions—but if you look back too often and see too many things you can't bear to part with, and your soul gets bewitched by this road, then it's not certain you'll be able to leave."

It feels like it's very dangerous...

After listening to the red-haired Director, Li Ang's throat moved slightly, and he chose the safer option without hesitation.

"Director, why don't you still send..."

"I'm busy, I don't have time to send you."

After jumping down from the crocodile god's head, the red-haired Director lay comfortably on the beach chair by the Huang Quan River. She then picked up a magazine from the small table beside her and waved her hand to shoo them away without even looking up:

"Don't worry, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma has been to the Dead Realm many times; with her walking with you, you definitely won't have any trouble... I'm right, aren't I, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma?"

That's true... Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma has been here so many times and returned, there definitely won't be any problems... right?

Looking at Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma beside him, whose lips were bitten white and whose slightly greenish arm had begun to tremble involuntarily, Li Ang blinked in confusion and then asked somewhat blankly:

"Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma? What's wrong with you..."

"I'm fine!"

After giving Li Ang a somewhat forced smile, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma looked up at the red-haired Director who was reading the magazine, and asked with a slightly pale face:

"Olivia! Are you trying to make me give up by suddenly doing all this?"

"No."

After turning a page of the magazine in her hand, the red-haired Director said without looking up:

"I'm just a bit busy and can't spare the hands to send you off.

But don't worry, I'll be waiting right here by this river and won't go anywhere. In the unlikely event that one of you two can't bear the pain in your heart and gets lured back by the Road of No Return, I'll fish her out."

"You... I won't look back! I've already made up my mind!"

"Mm-hmm, I believe you. So, when are you going to start walking back?"

"..."

I always feel like... there's a hidden meaning in what they're saying...

Li Ang looked at the red-haired Director, who was clearly lying on the beach chair flipping through a magazine while insisting she was busy, and then at Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, who said she had made up her mind but whose feet seemed to have taken root, refusing to budge.

Feeling that the atmosphere was not quite right, Li Ang smacked his lips and tentatively suggested:

"Well... Senior Tang Mu is still in the crocodile's mouth. Why don't you let him out, Director, and the three of us can walk back together?"

"Can't let him out."

"Why can't you let him out?"

"Because he's already dead."

After turning a page of the magazine with a loud thud, the red-haired Director looked up and glanced at Li Ang, then said expressionlessly:

"When I went with you to find Lord Third to forge the anomalous object, Tang Mu had already been digested by this crocodile, turned into poop, and excreted into that lake earlier, then eaten by a big fish. You don't need to worry about taking him back."

"Ah?"

"Ah what ah? Do you want to go back and keep him company?"

"..."

Understood. The Director and Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma are indeed holding a grudge against each other over something.

Because Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma seems very afraid of walking the "Road of No Return," the Director is deliberately not sending her off, forcing her to walk back from the Road of No Return in the hope of making her change her mind.

As for Senior Tang Mu, who turned into crocodile poop, there was either a way to help her or a means to travel directly between the worlds of the living and the dead, so the Director forcibly banned it and wouldn't let him come out of the crocodile god's mouth.

And considering the Director's style of planning ten steps ahead, it's possible that when he and the two seniors first entered the Dead Realm, she already had this plan in mind, which is why she didn't treat Senior Tang Mu's bones and deliberately didn't take him to find Director Third...

But why make me stay next to Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma?

Also, Director, what exactly is your plan? Although I believe in your brain when you're not drinking, can't you give me a heads-up before doing this kind of thing so I can be a little prepared?

"What's wrong? Why haven't you left yet?"

After a silence that made Li Ang feel uncomfortable all over, the red-haired Director, who had finished flipping through the entire book "Disassembly of Four-Wheeled Carriage Structures" and was suspected of having learned carriage repair technology, looked up at him with a slightly surprised expression:

"Li Ang? Why are you still not moving? Could it be that although you keep saying you've made up your mind, you still have regrets in your heart that you can't let go of, so you don't dare to walk the Road of No Return, fearing that you'll expose the fragility and hesitation in your heart?"

"..."

Ah, yes, yes, it's me, it's me, it's definitely me!

Having been saddled with a bunch of reasons for "not daring to hit the road" because of regrets, Li Ang was just about to speak when he was yanked forward by a great force.

"Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma? Why are you... Hey... Slow down! Slow down!"