You are not human

Chapter 73 Extra Story: Underworld Investigation Report (3)

"It's Ao." Lord Du'er said lazily, "You know the rumors about Nuwa cutting off the feet of Ao to support the sky, right?"

"The Ao in there is me."

Zhang Xiaobao nodded like a pounding garlic, and quickly recorded: "Oh, you and that Ao are of the same race, right..."

"No, the Ao in there is me." Mr. Du E repeated, and yawned, "But Nu Wa is the name given to her by humans, and it is one of the appearances of the sages in the world."

Zhang Xiaobao opened his mouth slightly, with a dull expression on his face.

Mr. Du'er looked at him quietly, as if he was about to fall asleep.

Zhang Xiaobao quickly came back to his senses, and then asked: "Then, what is Lord Du'er usually responsible for in the underworld?"

Although he knew that these monsters and ghosts had a long lifespan, he did not expect to meet a famous and famous figure in the legends as soon as he arrived.

"Responsible..." Du E-jun tried his best to pull himself together, and seemed to be falling asleep in the Styx River, "Responsible for delivering meals to everyone, and being his mount when the adults occasionally need to go out to put on a show."

Zhang Xiaobao was stunned.

Mr. Du Er laughed: "When the lord brought me back, he told me to take care of my old age here, so I don't really have any responsibilities."

"If I have to say it, everyone orders food from the little boss now, but it's a bit troublesome to go in and out of the underworld, and you need to have an approval document, so I will bring a meal for everyone."

He glanced at Styx, "There are only two roads between the human world and Hades, one is the gate of hell, and the other is Styx. But ordinary people in Styx will die if they touch it, and even the gods of Daluo will only sink. Only I can do it." Pass."

"I only drive adults on this road, you can think that I am also guarding the back door of the underworld."

Zhang Xiaobao heaved a sigh of relief.

Mr. Du'er lives casually, and seems to feel that he has done nothing in the Underworld except to help deliver meals, but in the eyes of others, it is obvious that guarding the Styx is his main job compared to delivering meals and being a mount.

Zhang Xiaobao saw that he didn't seem to be asleep, and asked again: "Then Du E Lord, how did you come to Hades?"

"That happened a long time ago." Mr. Du E slightly opened his eyes, showing a little nostalgic look, "Ah, Mr. Jie Luo is here."

"Ah?" Zhang Xiaobao didn't notice anyone approaching at all, and looked back in surprise, a ghostly Mr. Jieluo passed through the flowers on the bank - he was lying low, looking like a real bird. spider.

Zhang Xiaobao was about to say hello, but Mr. Jie Luo had already said in a low voice: "I've already seen him, I just don't want to talk."

He lowered his head and didn't look at Zhang Xiaobao, he didn't look very friendly.

Mr. Du'er seemed completely unaware of his resistance, and said in a low voice: "This is not acceptable, my lord said, we must cooperate with his work."

Mr. Jieluo sighed, and raised his body from the grass, revealing his inhuman lower body, with a sleepy expression: "But I have nothing to say."

He looked at Mr. Du'er, "You come up first, and I'll change your medicine."

"Okay." Mr. Du'e slowly climbed up from the Styx River, lay down on the ground obediently, and asked Mr. Jie Luo to apply medicine to himself, but looked at Zhang Xiaobao, "I will continue to tell you about the previous things .”

"Didn't I say that I was the claw whose limbs were cut off?"

Zhang Xiaobao quickly went on to record: "Yes."

Mr. Du'er showed a little nostalgic expression: "Ao is actually a kind of dragon, with a dragon head, a turtle body, and a unicorn tail..."

Zhang Xiaobao was stunned for a moment, and looked at Lord Du'er's head - the huge tortoise head looked quite majestic, but no matter how you looked at it, it was a tortoise head.

Jie Luojun said coldly: "What are you looking at?"

Zhang Xiaobao immediately retracted his gaze and shook his head: "No, I just thought, that..."

"Oh, I'm talking about me at that time." Mr. Du'er was not angry at all, he smiled kindly, "I looked like that back then."

"Later, I volunteered to let the sages use my body to support the heaven and the earth, and wait until someone in the heaven and the earth becomes a saint, and can support the pillar of merit and virtue to inherit the fate of the heaven and the earth with my body."

"The first saint was grateful for my loyalty and bravery, and left a guardian for me before leaving, so that I can survive even after losing my limbs."

"Next, there is a long wait."

Mr. Jie Luo squatted beside him, checking the wounds on his limbs, Zhang Xiaobao discovered that Mr. Du'er's limbs were all sewn up with thread.

"That was the time of catastrophe when the sky was about to fall, and the sages decided to follow the Dao with their bodies. At that time, my lord was just a ghost with some strength, and we were all still struggling on our own way." Mr. Du E said slowly. , "The first sage left a prophecy, saying that there will be a saint in the future, who can inherit the fate of the world with his body, set up a pillar of merit and virtue, and divide the sky and the earth."

"At that time, my mission will be complete."

Zhang Xiaobao opened his mouth: "That's really..."

Mr. Du'er smiled: "When I was young, I was not as slow as I am now. At that time, I was more or less the proud son of the clan, and I had a big temper."

"From propping up the world with my limbs to the appearance of the first saint, it may be only one line in the history books, but for me, it was indeed a difficult many years."

"In the beginning, I was full of ambition and firmly believed that I had made sacrifices for the world, but slowly, I gradually had doubts."

His voice was gentle, but he could still see some shadows of the past, "The world praises the ancestors, but I have made sacrifices, but few people remember me..."

"I started to worry that even if there were saints born, they wouldn't remember to save me again."

"I lost my limbs. I was bleeding continuously every day. I couldn't move. Even the dragon scales on my body were falling off until I completely lost the appearance of a dragon. It looked like an ordinary giant tortoise."

"But I will not die because of the protection of the saints. Even if I am in great pain, I can only wait-at that time, I feel that this is more like a curse."

"Blood full of my resentment flowed into the river. Under my influence, countless monsters began to stir up trouble and prey on mortals wantonly. I saw it and felt happy."

Mr. Du'er lowered his head in shame, Mr. Jieluo frowned, reached out and patted his leg lightly: "It's not your fault."

"I thought they all forgot about me." Mr. Du Er lowered his head, "Until your lord finds me."

"He hadn't been sanctified at that time, and he came to quell the chaos just because the nearby demons were too rampant."

"Those monsters are no match for him. I was so angry that I wanted to struggle to get up and fight him, but he looked down at me and asked me to wait. Soon, I will be free."

Zhang Xiaobao was touched: "You agreed to him, that's why the two of you got to know each other..."

"That's not true." Du E-jun said honestly, "I was full of resentment at that time, and I didn't even intend to wait for him to become a saint. I just wanted to let other people experience my pain."

"Although I have no limbs, my neck is also long, and it hurts to bite!" Mr. Du E showed a bit of complacency on his face, "I planned to trick him to come here and bite him hard..."

Zhang Xiaobao: "...Then, was the lord fooled?"

"No." Mr. Du'er looked depressed, "I didn't bite."

"He persuaded me that it is more difficult to persevere for a long time than to be brave for a while, so that I should not fall short..."

Zhang Xiaobao breathed a sigh of relief: "Then did your lord move you this time?"

"No." Du E-jun blinked, "I don't think his back hurts when he stands and talks, so I spit at him."

Zhang Xiaobao: "..."

Why don't you follow the script!

He took a deep breath, and tried to guess again, "It's because the adults didn't care about it, and comforted you, and finally moved you..."

"He doesn't have such a good temper." Mr. Du'e raised his head and said quietly, "He looked impatient, and said that I didn't have a leg or an ear, why couldn't I understand, and then beat me hard A meal."

Zhang Xiaobao's hand holding the pen trembled slightly: "...and then?"

Du E-jun sighed: "He praised me for being good at being beaten."

Zhang Xiaobao covered his face.

Mr. Du'er continued: "Your Excellency felt that I could not stay here anymore, so he took me to the Underworld and threw me into the River Styx."

"Every living thing in this river can't escape, but I have the protection of the saints on my body, so I won't die no matter what, so I can move here."

"The water of the Styx River is icy cold, but it just soothes the burning pain of my wound. I quite like it."

Zhang Xiaobao no longer dared to guess rashly.

Mr. Du Er laughed: "But I can't thank him, even if I can't move, I'll scold him here every day."

"He didn't show up most of the time—at that time, Hades was short-staffed, and he had to do a lot of things by himself. When he came to see me occasionally, he just used me to amuse himself. He either threatened to roast me and eat me as a bum, or took the world's Humiliate me by throwing food and novelties into the River Styx..."

"I don't eat them in front of him, but I pick them up afterwards."

"Until he crossed the catastrophe for the first time." Lord Du E blinked slowly, "He looked very tired, and asked me, if he died, would I like to take care of the Underworld."

Zhang Xiaobao's hand paused.

"I never thought he would ask that." Du E-jun lowered his head, "I thought he was mocking me."

"But he said, he thinks I can do it, it depends on whether I want to or not."

He closed his eyes slightly, "He said that we have the same goal by different routes. Our roads are not based on a moment of solitary courage, but we must never forget them and compete with the long time."

"He said if he couldn't make it, let me try."

"I made a promise with him."

"——If he fails to cross the catastrophe, then this underworld belongs to me, and the world also belongs to me, and I will turn the world upside down to alleviate the grievances. If he can come back, I will obey his orders from now on, and I will kneel down and carry him every day. Never mind."

Zhang Xiaobao blinked: "Finally he came back."

Mr. Du'er nodded: "I also brought back my leg, and asked the big witch at that time to sew it on for me."

Zhang Xiaobao heaved a sigh of relief, and showed a little smile: "It's finally...so from now on you will always..."

"Oh, not yet." Mr. Du E smiled sheepishly, "I had legs, but I regretted it again, and then I had a big fight with him."

Zhang Xiaobao: "..."

Mr. Du'er showed a look of nostalgia: "It was really a fun fight. We fought from the sky to the ground. Although I am not his opponent, I have the protection of the ancestors and I will never die, so I have no scruples." .”

"In the end, he flipped me over with one claw, and the doll I was carrying fell out..."

Zhang Xiaobao was stunned: "Baby?"

"That's what I said before, he always throws food and toys at me, and I picked up a beautiful doll." Mr. Du Er laughed, "The doll fell out and rolled on the ground, it became dirty, I Rolled on the spot and started wailing."

He was a little embarrassed, "I said that the doll was dirty, but in fact, I still have my resentment and unwillingness for so many years, and I finally vented it..."

"He promised me that he would buy me a doll every year in the future, and then I agreed to be his subordinate. In a flash, it has been so many years."

Mr. Du Er suddenly retracted his head into the shell, and after a while, he handed a doll to Zhang Xiaobao, "This one, I'll give it to you."

Zhang Xiaobao was flattered: "How dare you..."

"It doesn't matter, for tens of thousands of years, I can hardly fit in my shell." Mr. Du E laughed, "Do you want Mr. Jie Luo?"

Mr. Jie Luo shook his head slightly, and took out a doll somewhat similar to him from his bosom: "You gave it to me before, you forgot?"

He lowered his head and touched the doll lightly, "I may have had a doll like this before, but I can't remember it."

He looks like Zhang Xiaobao, "I'm a strange ghost, I can mend spirits and know some medical skills, other than that, I don't remember anything."

"Ah?" Zhang Xiaobao looked surprised.