Mobile City Travel Guide

Chapter 103 Stone Mill Hell

After resting for a while, Li Xin went up to the watchtower, where he drank something and looked ahead through binoculars.

He was drinking cola, and it was ice-cold. One sip was enough to relax one's tense nerves considerably.

However, due to current water restrictions, all beverage machines on the Xinghuo ship have been temporarily shut down.

The journey of the Starfire was smooth all the way up, but before they knew it, the terrain beneath their feet had changed.

It was no longer that eerie, gloomy earth, but a whole gray-white, rough stone slab.

The new territory now resembles a vast, rocky land.

"Where is this place?" he couldn't help but frown and wonder.

The rocky land was incredibly rough and barren, but thankfully the Starfire was large enough that it traveled relatively smoothly.

Before long, a huge stone gate appeared before them.

Its scale is far larger than the Gates of Hell, almost reaching the sky and connecting with the earth.

A gloomy atmosphere slowly seeped out from behind the stone gate.

Thousands upon thousands of ghosts lingered in front of the gate, densely packed together, constantly pacing back and forth, hesitating, turning around and then turning back, their ashen faces filled with fear.

Li Xin immediately ordered the Starfire to unleash its full firepower and begin mowing down the ghosts.

Caught off guard, the latter initially intended to launch a fierce counterattack, but upon seeing the Zhong Kui statue enshrined on its deck, he was both shocked and frightened, and had no choice but to hurriedly rush into the stone gate.

"Yunzhi, what's the current progress on the accumulation of new coffin nails?" Li Xin asked.

"Reporting to the lord, as of now, the total is 5232," Yunzhi replied.

Since the start of the meeting, the Starfire has been sending troops along the way to hunt down the spirits. Not only the war machines on its deck, but also the hover tanks and anti-magic stone wing aircraft were equipped with machine guns loaded with exorcism bullets and dispatched.

Li Xin gently shook his head.

That's not enough. The number hasn't even broken 10,000, and it's still far from the imagined goal of 100,000.

He looked at the stone gate in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then ordered the Starfire to go inside.

Soon, he saw an incredible scene behind the door.

Looking around, countless stone mills are neatly arranged.

Each millstone is about ten feet in diameter, with two millstones, one on top and one on the bottom, weighing over ten thousand catties. Its millstones are carved from gray-black granite, with a rough surface and sharp grinding teeth.

Before each millstone, a naked ghost dwells. They are bent over, carrying heavy wooden levers on their shoulders, pushing the millstone round and round, each step requiring gritted teeth and effort.

Many of the spirits were exhausted, emaciated, and drenched in sweat.

There were also many ghost messengers scattered around, who would whip any spirit that stopped or slacked off.

Pushing the millstone was already a good thing; Li Xin also saw several ghostly messengers pin a ghost to the ground and secure it with iron chains, then they worked together to push the millstone down on it.

The millstone moved at an appallingly slow pace, grinding the vengeful spirits into a flat surface bit by bit.

The latter did not die after being crushed. With a gust of cold wind, his body slowly recovered like an inflated balloon.

His hands unconsciously gripped the railing tightly.

"Is this... the Stone Mill Hell?"

Legend has it that there are eighteen levels of hell in the underworld, with the Stone Mill Hell being the tenth level, specifically punishing those who squandered food, wasted grain, and disrespected the five grains in their lifetime.

It is said that wasting a bowl of rice takes a day, wasting a bag of rice takes a year, and wasting a granary of grain or more takes a hundred or even a thousand years.

As for those wealthy families who squandered their wealth and resources during their lifetimes, and those unscrupulous merchants who ran grain stores and cheated customers by shortchanging them or selling inferior goods, they would have to endure the longest and most painful ordeal here.

Thinking of this, Li Xin picked up the binoculars and observed carefully, and actually saw several ghosts dressed in silk and satin.

Their eyes were unfocused, and their clothes were worn out; it was unclear how many years they had been pushing things here.

"For a wandering soul to be reincarnated, it's not as simple as just crossing the Bridge of Helplessness and drinking the Meng Po soup."

Chen Zhu said.

"That only makes them forget their memories, but the karmic consequences of their past lives still need to be paid off in these eighteen levels of hell."

"Is that so?" Li Xin nodded.

As he pondered something, he realized something and couldn't help but frown.

Something's not right!

Logically speaking, the eighteen levels of hell should be arranged in order.

How come I've already arrived at the tenth level of hell after just crossing the Bridge of Helplessness?

"Is the administrative planning of this underworld not very good?" he couldn't help but complain.

When they looked at Chen Zhu, the other person also seemed puzzled.

"This shouldn't be happening. Why did we end up in the tenth level of hell right after crossing the bridge?"

The two discussed it for a long time, but still couldn't come up with any clues.

During this time, a low rumbling sound could be faintly heard in the distance.

The sound wasn't like thunder or an explosion; it was more like a heavy, continuous sound, as if the mountains were moving.

It came from a very, very far place, like something churning underground.

Li Xin listened intently for a while, but couldn't make heads or tails of it, and eventually didn't pay much attention.

A dozen minutes later, he unexpectedly discovered the ruins of a human-made mobile city.

This mobile city was the same size as the original Starfire, and the state of its dead was horribly disturbed.

It was completely flattened.

The entire city was reduced to less than a meter thick, like a pancake that had been rolled out by a rolling pin.

The buildings and weapons on the deck, the supplies inside, the vehicles, and even the people were all crushed inside.

As Li Xin looked at it, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

This place is much more strange than I imagined.

"You asked how to get through here? No problem! No problem!"

Upon being presented with 150 sinister potatoes by Li Xin, a passing eerie messenger instantly beamed with delight.

He pointed out the direction to Li Xin and told him to hurry over.

However, not long after the Starfire set sail, a sudden change occurred.

The distant roar suddenly appeared, and it was even louder.

Li Xin subconsciously picked up the binoculars and looked out, then froze upon seeing the situation.

Behind them, a massive stone mill, so large it covered the entire sky, slowly rolled over.

After a few seconds of astonishment, he immediately understood what was going on.

Besides the countless ordinary stone mills, the Stone Mill Hell also contains these colossal millstones that cover the entire region.

It completes a full rotation according to a fixed cycle, rolling from one end of hell to the other.

The mobile city we saw earlier clearly died in the same way.

Without giving it much thought, he immediately ordered full speed ahead.

The Spark accelerated to full power, its secondary engine activated, and it began to gradually accelerate.

That terrifying millstone followed closely behind, grinding everything in its path.

Wherever it passed, all the evil spirits and the millstones it pushed were instantly crushed, and then slowly returned to their original form.

As for the strange creature, it is completely unaffected.

My feelings about leaving the new place gradually subsided without me even realizing it.

Due to its excessive size, the speed and maneuverability of the Spark were already significantly limited, while the millstone continued to accelerate.

It was behind, and it started to catch up faster and faster.