Li Xiu and his companions chose the direction opposite to the previous city gate and arrived at another gate.
Before they could get near the gate, they heard ghostly cries faintly drifting to them.
The sound was a mix of sorrow and resentment, like the mournful cries from the netherworld, sending shivers down their spines.
"Could there be female spirits outside?" Chu Jun’s eyes lit up.
"There are definitely no female spirits, but there might be female magical creatures. Why, do you have any ideas?" Li Xiu looked at Chu Jun and smiled.
"When I was young, my grandfather often told me stories about female spirits repaying kindness. Hearing so many, I couldn’t help but fantasize a bit," Chu Jun said unabashedly, chuckling.
"I always thought only men who weren’t very good-looking would have such thoughts. I didn’t expect a handsome fellow like you to think so too," Li Xiu laughed.
"Dare you say you’ve never had such thoughts?" Chu Jun exchanged a look with Li Xiu, and everything was understood without words, both chuckled.
"Dirty-minded," A Fei said coldly.
"Let’s see what’s outside," Li Xiu said to Chu Jun.
Chu Jun nodded and used his Inspiration Skill to sense the outside.
After a while, Chu Jun’s expression became somewhat strange.
"What’s the matter?" Li Xiu asked with a frown, seeing Chu Jun not speaking.
"It seems like there are magical creatures outside, but at the same time, it seems like there aren’t any... could it really be ghosts..." Chu Jun said with a peculiar expression.
"Sigh, is your Inspiration Skill reliable or not?" Li Xiu sighed.
"I used to think it was reliable, but today I’m not so confident," Chu Jun said thoughtfully. "Let’s put it this way, I sensed a magical creature outside, but I can’t detect its level or name. It appears in my range of perception sometimes, but then suddenly disappears, and after a while, it’s back again..."
After listening, Li Xiu turned and walked away: "Let’s go check the gates in other directions."
The three of them ran to another city gate, and Chu Jun used his Inspiration Skill again.
"How is it?" Li Xiu and A Fei both looked at him.
"I sensed it. There are many magical creatures outside the city gate, at least a thousand. Let me sense more carefully... E-grade... D-grade... C-grade, all of them... Goodness... Even B-grade and A-grade are there... Inside my sensing range is full of magical creatures, I don’t know if there are any beyond that range..." Chu Jun said.
"Is this really reliable?" Li Xiu listened, finding it difficult to imagine that there could be so many magical creatures outside when it was so quiet.
"If you don’t believe it, go out and see for yourself," Chu Jun pouted.
"There’s only the last city gate left," Li Xiu turned to leave, not wanting to risk his life.
With thousands of magical creatures outside, if the gate were opened and they all rushed in, there might not even be time to put out the lights.
The three of them moved to the last city gate again, where it was also quiet, without a single sound.
Chu Jun leaned against the inner side of the city gate for a while before standing up to say to Li Xiu, "Nothing, within a kilometer’s range, there’s not a single magical creature."
Li Xiu and A Fei looked at him but said nothing.
"Don’t look at me like that, there’s really nothing. Anyway, I didn’t sense a single magical creature. You have to trust me," Chu Jun said a bit anxiously.
"Open the gate," Li Xiu summoned the Jedi Knight, Demigod Shana, and Love God Shooter, arranging them in a line inside the gate, just in case something rushed in when the gate opened.
"Am I really that untrustworthy?" Chu Jun said, feeling frustrated.
"If I didn’t trust you, I wouldn’t open the gate," Li Xiu said, smiling as he turned the gears with A Fei.
"But your actions make me feel like I’m not being trusted," Chu Jun pouted.
"That’s your psychological issue. You have to learn to overcome your psychological barriers." As they spoke, the city gate slowly rose. Outside, it was quiet, and nothing happened.
"Huh!" Chu Jun lay on the ground, looking outside through the gap, and uttered a sound of surprise.
"What’s wrong?" Li Xiu, hearing Chu Jun’s voice was surprised rather than terrified, didn’t rush to lower the gears.
"It’s so strange, come have a look yourself," Chu Jun beckoned to Li Xiu.
Li Xiu had A Fei secure the gears, came to the city gate, and looked outside, also uttering a surprised "huh" upon seeing the scene.
Inside Black Death City, it was an endless night, with no light except the furnace fire.
But outside the city gate, the setting sun was casting its rays, the red sun hanging over the horizon, painting the clouds like a fiery sky.
Outside, the vast yellow desert was also covered in a layer of red under the setting sun, with tall cactus-like plants standing silently, resembling a beautiful desert-themed oil painting.
After A Fei secured the gears, he also came over and was stunned by the scene outside.
Inside and outside the city seemed like two different worlds, one was a pitch-black night, and the other a sunset-lit desert.
Chu Jun looked at the sky inside the city and then outside, and said with a strange expression, "Is this the same sky?"
"It doesn’t seem like it," A Fei said.
"Is there a sea in the desert?" Li Xiu suddenly asked.
"I don’t know, I’ve never seen an ocean in the desert, at most there might be a lake," Chu Jun understood what Li Xiu meant, walked out of the city gate, looked left and right, and said, "It’s really strange, why can’t I see that Black Sea from here?"