Chapter 1 The world after death

A pale crescent moon hangs in the sky, the moonlight is dim, and it sprinkles on the earth. Looking around, there is a white desert with no end. In the desert, you can occasionally see some hills and dry trees, but whether it is the hills or the trees, there is no green.

This is a dead silent world.

It is also the world of the dead.

Cold, but not shaking.

Xia Mu slowly opened his eyes and first felt a biting chill. Then he looked around. This environment was beyond his expectations.

"Is this the world after death?"

Xia Mu thought so.

Yes, he was dead, and he knew it.

When he was young, he had some great ambitions and wanted to make a big career. However, fate dealt him a cruel blow. When he was nearly middle-aged, he was diagnosed with cancer, and when it was discovered, it was already in the late stage.

He basically spent the last moments of his life in bed.

Finally, when he was sure that there was no possibility of survival, he simply moved back to his hometown and waited for death.

When the pain came and his consciousness gradually left his body, his short life passed by quickly like a slide show, and finally came to an abrupt end, leaving only endless regrets.

He didn't know how long he was in a confused state after that, and he wasn't very clear about what happened during that time. He only knew that when he woke up, he appeared here.

"I never thought that those legends were actually true. People really do have souls, and can really reach another world after death."

"So, is this hell or the underworld?"

Xia Mu continued thinking, and then stood up with difficulty. He found that the clothes he was wearing were the clothes he wore when he was waiting to die at home. In order to avoid the trouble of putting on clothes after death, he put on the shroud at that time. In fact, it is not appropriate to call it shroud, it was just a white piece of clothes.

The clothes are not thin, but the world is too cold.

He took a few steps and began to shiver.

Xia Mu found himself extremely relaxed at this moment.

Clearly, at the last moment of his life, he could no longer move, or if he moved even a little, he would be struck by excruciating pain. But now, all the pain has left him.

Apart from feeling a little cold, he was no different from a normal person.

The long-lost feeling of relaxation made him unable to help but move around in the desert. After making sure that he had really gotten rid of the pain, it was obviously impossible for Xia Mu to say that he was unhappy.

If he had known that the world after death was so easy, he would have sought death long ago.

After moving around a bit, he began to look around.

"So, where should I go next?"

"Is this the Sanzu River?"

"And where are the Yellow Spring Road, Naihe Bridge, and so on?"

Xia Mu really didn't know what to do next.

In addition, he also found that although he no longer had cancer, he had something else.

For example, there was an extra chain on his chest below his throat.

The chain was not long, and Xia Mu didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the chain was slowly getting shorter.

We continued walking for a while.

After Xia Mu finally climbed a hill, he thought he would see some different scenery.

As a result, what came into view was still the endless desert.

"Wumeng Mountain is connected to mountains beyond mountains?" Xia Mu couldn't help but be speechless. What kind of world is this? Can he really get out of such a world by himself?

More importantly, after walking for so long, Xia Mu actually found himself a little hungry.

He was obviously dead, how could a dead person still be hungry?

Also, what do the dead eat?
Incense?

Didn't my family burn incense for me? Or was it that what I ate was not the incense, but something else?

Just as Xia Mu was thinking this.

Suddenly, he sensed a dangerous aura and his body trembled. He instinctively turned his head and saw a tall human figure with a snow-white body and a beast-like mask on his face crawling not far from him. He could vaguely see saliva flowing out of the other person's mouth, and some words that he could not understand came out of the other person's mouth.

Well, the other party seems to be talking.

Xia Mu wasn't sure either.

“Food, delicious food!”

Xia Mu didn't know that this was what the other party was saying, but he knew that the strange figure in front of him was definitely an enemy. After the other party appeared, Xia Mu felt a deep malice. Then, he saw the other party leaping towards him. He was clearly lying on the ground, and there was still some distance from him, but with one jump, the other party directly crossed the distance.

Xia Mu suddenly came to his senses and quickly dodged to the side.

Because of his timely reaction, he dodged the opponent's first attack.

But the opponent's speed was too fast and his jumping ability was too amazing. The opponent continued to attack Xia Mu, and Xia Mu could only try his best to dodge. However, facing this monster, and because of his terminal illness in his previous life, Xia Mu had not exercised for a long time. Naturally, he was not an athlete. Soon, he was pressed to the ground by the opponent.

The fishy saliva dripped onto his body, making him nauseous.

The breath of death was approaching, making Xia Mu feel a little dazed.

"I just came to the world of death, and I'm dead again?"

"What will happen if a dead person dies again?"

"魙?"

Xia Mu thought about it, and suddenly, he felt relieved. The monster's palm that was pressing on him suddenly lost its strength, and then its body fell to the side.

Xia Mu regained his freedom.

Before he could feel happy about this sudden change, another figure dressed in black and holding a long sword came into his sight. On the opponent's long sword, there was still blood dripping. This blood was the blood of that monster.

"Wait, this outfit seems familiar?"

Xia Mu couldn't help but recall the past frantically.

Opposite him, the man who had just dealt with a Void also saw Xia Mu. To be more precise, he saw the chain hanging on Xia Mu's chest that was getting shorter and shorter.

"The chain of cause and effect has not completely disappeared yet. Is it the whole soul of a person who just died not long ago?"

"Although I don't know why you appeared in Hueco Mundo, but since you haven't turned into a Hollow yet, I can perform soul burial!"

As his thoughts flashed, he held the Zanpakutō in his hand, ready to press the end of the handle on the opponent's forehead and lead him to Soul Society.

However, he hadn't finished doing this yet.

Another terrifying spiritual pressure came from the side.

The man couldn't help but look sideways, and saw the desert ground crack open, and an extremely huge figure emerged from the ground.

"Daxu, how could it be?"

This is the outer area of ​​Hueco Mundo. Ordinary Hollows are rarely seen, let alone Great Hollows. The Great Hollows in Hueco Mundo are basically concentrated in the Great Hollow Forest. At this moment, a Great Hollow appeared here, which shocked the man.

(End of this chapter)