Terrifying Heavens: I'll directly worship the Black Law of Fengdu!

Chapter 351 Human Head Balloon
The area where the police had cordoned off during the day was now in disarray, and there were no police officers on duty at the scene.

Li Xuan couldn't quite understand the thought process of the island nation's police. According to normal procedures, there should be personnel on duty 24 hours a day in this lake area...

He looked at the dark lake mouth, which was perfect for him!

Take a leap!
Li Xuan plummeted rapidly into the darkness, and soon reached the bottom of the lake, where all the mud had accumulated. Last night, he had seen glimpses of the mountain of bones...

The vortex ruins seemed to have grown taller, standing there, their entire surface crystal clear and emitting a faint light.

A rustling sound arose, and Li Xuan looked in the direction of the sound. Several figures were moving about in the soil, men and women, all young and strong. They should be the adventurous youths the old man had mentioned that afternoon.

Li Xuan emerged from the darkness and immediately felt a sense of oppression, with an eerie feeling that was hard to describe...

He called out loudly, "Gentlemen, it's extremely dangerous here! Get back to the surface immediately!"

The youths ignored everything, frantically digging at the ground like dogs, drool dripping from their mouths, their eyes filled with an indescribable madness as they muttered to themselves, "I can feel it, the feeling of being connected by blood. He's down there. If I find him, I can find my true self..."

Ok?
Li Xuan grabbed the young man closest to him and pressed his index finger to the center of his forehead. Upon examination, it was discovered that one of his three souls and seven spirits was missing!
He felt a pulling force in the mud at the bottom of the lake, as if it wanted to pull something out of his body.

It seems that this soil is the culprit, drawing away the souls of these people.

Li Xuan immediately steadied his mind, and the pulling force instantly stopped. Although it couldn't be moved, one must always consider things carefully.

He was prepared to use brutal methods.

He swept his right hand across the young men and women, using Soul Capture!
He said, "It's not safe here. You must go back to the ground and your homes immediately!"

The young men and women were dazed and reluctant to get up from the mud. They ran quickly down the stairs on the wall toward the ground.

Li Xuan watched as these people walked away.

He slapped the gourd, and a large number of explosive charges spewed out and flew towards the vortex ruins. He then merged into the darkness, stretched out a hand, and pointed it into the air: "Hit!"

Dozens of explosive charges were ignited at the same time, and a few seconds later, a deafening explosion rang out!

Fire flickers!

Smoke and dust are everywhere!

The vortex ruins collapsed with a deafening roar, scattering countless seashells everywhere...

The bones in the soil were also exposed one by one. Li Xuan did not find where the souls of the men and women had gone. Apart from the strange atmosphere, there was nothing unusual about the collapsed ruins.

He thought for a moment, then used the gourd to take some soil samples before leaving the bottom of the lake.

The next day...

everything is normal.

Li Xuan was also happy to enjoy his leisure time.

Time passed day by day, and the central lake of Black Vortex Town was filled with garbage and waste. It seemed that everything was moving in a positive direction...

Li Xuan sat in the classroom watching the new teacher on the podium, spitting as he lectured on geography, explaining why this island nation frequently suffers from earthquakes.

One of the more troublesome students asked, "Teacher, could it be that we've committed too many sins and are being punished by heaven?"

This remark immediately angered the teacher, who then gave the student a stern lecture, saying that he didn't value human life and how could he so easily accuse the dead of crimes.

Although the teacher himself felt there was some truth to it, he absolutely could not say such a thing publicly at school...

Moreover, earthquakes are so frequent in island nations that most residential buildings are still constructed with a combination of cement and wood, which reduces the probability of death in the event of an earthquake. Li Xuan, chin in hand, listened to their conversation, his gaze drifting out the window, somewhat lost in thought…

Humans are amazing.

When I was in school, I looked forward to the end of the school day. But after I graduated and left school, I longed to go back to school.

To love but not be loved, to be loved but not loved.

The school atmosphere in the island nation is not much different from that in China. Students still make small movements and whisper to each other, especially those sitting in the back row, who are even sleeping on their desks.

Simple and unpretentious daily life.

The teacher on the podium wasn't dressed professionally, and the students in the back row didn't have time to stop the controller.

Just as Li Xuan was wondering if he should lie down and take a nap, a small piece of paper suddenly flew over. It was Li Zi; she pointed to the paper on the table and mouthed "Open quickly"...

Li Xuan opened it and saw the words: "Look at the sky, what's that!"

Ok?
He rubbed his cheeks to shake off the sleepiness and turned to look out the window again.

This is……

Outside the window, countless human heads floated densely in the sky—no, countless balloons shaped like human heads!
Li Xuan sighed softly. He had only enjoyed a week of peaceful life, and the world was already eager to throw in the "human head balloon" plot...

He didn't care; he was a monk himself and it was only right that he managed matters concerning ghosts and spirits.

But the people of this world are truly unlucky; no matter what strange things happen, it's always the ordinary people who suffer...

Junji Ito's stories are mostly set in island nations, and the victims are also mostly island people, unless it's a disaster like "Hell Star" that affects the whole world.

The human head balloon is quite unsolvable in the story.

According to the setting, each human has a balloon that corresponds to their own appearance.

These balloons can talk, have their own consciousness, and drift in the air searching for humans who look exactly like them to hang them!

They can lure humans out of their houses in various ways; they are quite intelligent! Someone tried to attack the balloon, and it did leak air and get destroyed, but a human who looked exactly like that balloon also suffered the same damage.

Li Xuan immediately thought of those young people whose souls had been extracted from the bottom of the lake in Black Vortex Town a week ago.

Did it start around that time?
He took away the mud from the bottom of the lake and some fragments of the whirlpool ruins for research. After leaving the lake bottom, they seemed to return to their most primitive state, without any power.

I went back and forth to the bottom of the lake many times...

The soil inside his gourd was almost a ton.

The balloons with human heads outside had already attracted the attention of many students, and the teacher on the podium noticed them as well. He said, "You all sit quietly in the classroom. I'll go outside and see what's going on!"

Li Xuan tried to stop him, saying, "Teacher, these balloons look like something out of a ghost story. Please don't go out. What if you get infected with some kind of curse?"

He's a judge; he can't just stand by and watch someone die. He should at least try to persuade them to stop!
To everyone's surprise, the teacher said it was nothing and left in a hurry...

Li Xuan frowned.

Just then, Reiko Yamano leaned over and whispered, "Li Che-kun, judging from your expression, it seems you expected this to happen all along."

Since the last incident, Li Xuan has been paying more attention to Yamano Reiko. Apart from her somewhat "cartoonish" personality, she is actually a kind girl.

(End of this chapter)