The eerie power had invaded the boundary between life and death—though it caught Su Yuan off guard, it was still within reason…
After all, the eerie power was everywhere.
It could even contaminate and destroy teleport anchors and ley lines.
And since the boundary between life and death was connected to the ley lines, it wasn't surprising that it could also be tainted and broken…
It seemed that in today's Teyvat, there was no place that could truly be called absolutely safe…
In the time that followed, Su Yuan began searching within the boundary between life and death to see if there was any trace of Hu Tao…
And after a while of searching, he really did find her!
Underneath a large tree, Su Yuan found Hu Tao curled up, trembling all over as she hugged her knees, sitting there with a look of terror and panic in her eyes…
"Hu Tao!" Su Yuan quickly ran over and called out, "Are you alright? What exactly happened here in the boundary between life and death?"
Hu Tao clutched her head, her face filled with pain, and stammered out: "The eerie power… it was the eerie power…"
"The eerie power came out of nowhere and completely eroded everyone here…"
"At first… at first, everyone had lingering regrets and cherished memories, and that's why they remained here at the boundary between life and death…"
"Once those regrets and memories were resolved and fulfilled, they would be able to leave freely and enter the cycle of reincarnation…"
"But after being corroded by the eerie power, they were completely wiped from this world… leaving no trace that they ever existed…"
"Hu Tao, don't talk about that right now…"
Su Yuan reached out his hand toward Hu Tao and said:
"It's already very dangerous here. We should leave as soon as possible!"
"But Su Yuan, didn't you say your body can only carry three souls?" Hu Tao asked.
"If I leave with you, then someone will have to stay behind…"
"Besides, I'm the 77th Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor!"
"Failing to protect the boundary between life and death is a dereliction of duty on my part. I must pay the price and take responsibility…"
"Aiya, Hu Tao, just listen to me, okay?"
Su Yuan was growing increasingly uneasy about the boundary between life and death.
Something felt off, and he was becoming anxious to get out of there as quickly as possible…
"Tartaglia is no longer with me due to certain circumstances. I'll explain everything once we're out. Just come into my body for now!"
Hearing Su Yuan's words, Hu Tao nodded and said, "Alright then, I'll listen to you, Su Yuan…"
Just as Su Yuan was about to open himself up and let Hu Tao attach to his body, the little boy Youngtore's voice suddenly echoed in his mind:
"Big Brother Su Yuan, wait!!!"
"Don't you feel like something's not quite right with Big Sister Hu Tao???"
"Youngtore, what do you mean?" Su Yuan asked, confused.
"Do you really think Big Sister Hu Tao is the type of person to be this timid and fragile?"
"Doesn't the way she just acted seem a little too weak… or maybe even a bit too deliberate?"
"And if Big Sister Hu Tao is perfectly fine right now, then why didn't she open the door for us when we were calling her from outside Wuwang Hill earlier?"
"Also, we've barely seen anyone else here, and yet she's completely unharmed?"
"Big Brother Su Yuan, try to remember what Big Sister Yun Jin sang in that opera… she said an Eerie entity is hiding inside your body…"
"Youngtore… are you saying that Hu Tao has already been corrupted and taken over by the eerie power?"
Hearing Youngtore's words, Su Yuan spoke in disbelief:
"Everything happening in the boundary between life and death… was caused by Hu Tao?"
"Big Brother Su Yuan," Youngtore said seriously, "I really don't want to assume the worst about others, but there are just too many suspicious things about Big Sister Hu Tao…"
"She was in a deep sleep before and couldn't be awakened… yet now she suddenly insists on staying in the boundary between life and death… and this strange behavior of hers now—it's all too suspicious…"
Listening to Youngtore, Su Yuan thought about it carefully—and it actually did make quite a bit of sense…
Even if Hu Tao hadn't been corrupted and controlled by the eerie power, there was definitely something abnormal going on with her…
"Su Yuan, what are you doing?" Hu Tao asked, confused.
"Weren't you going to let me attach to your body?"
"Why is your body rejecting me now? I can't enter…"
"And you'll still have to let me take control of your body for a moment so I can chant the incantation and perform the ritual to get us out of this boundary between life and death…"
Take control… of his body???
Hearing that, Su Yuan suddenly remembered something!
There had been a previous message in the intelligence shown on his right palm—that even soul-state individuals could be corrupted and controlled by the eerie power…
But since souls had no physical body, it was difficult for them to unleash powerful abilities…
Also, the information stated that one of his teammates was already in a Eerie state…
And today's message also said that part of the opera sung by Yun Jin was true…
Adding Hu Tao's strange behavior on top of it all… everything lined up perfectly…
Could it be… that the evil dragon, the Eerie entity hiding inside his body, was actually Hu Tao?
"Hu Tao… No, you're probably already controlled by the eerie power now, aren't you? You're no longer Hu Tao, right?" Su Yuan asked cautiously as he looked at her.
But Hu Tao wore an innocent expression and replied, "Su Yuan, what are you saying?"
"If I'm not Hu Tao, then who else could I be? I'm obviously Hu Tao!"
"Hurry up and let me attach to your body, then I'll take control so we can get out of here!"
Hearing the urgency in her tone only made Su Yuan more certain of his suspicions.
At that moment, he gathered Geo energy in his hand and directly fired a Geo elemental blast at Hu Tao!
This time, the Geo elemental attack had no effect on Hu Tao at all.
Su Yuan immediately spoke:
"As I thought, Hu Tao—you've already been corrupted and controlled by the eerie power. Elemental attacks don't work on you!"
"Uh… Big Brother Su Yuan," Youngtore mumbled weakly, "Big Sister Hu Tao is in soul form now… Elemental attacks probably wouldn't work on her anyway…"
Still, Su Yuan's probing attack had clearly served its purpose…
The face of "Hu Tao's" soul body began to gradually distort, and an aura of eerie power started to emanate from her…
"Hu Tao" looked at Su Yuan with a vicious expression and said:
"Su Yuan… I really thought I had disguised myself well enough. But I didn't expect you to see through me after all…"
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