"Woof woof!"
Startled after being rescued, the Shiba Inu tucked its tail, lowered its gaze, looked around, and then quickly slipped away.
It had only run a few meters when it crashed into the heavy 'cage' Jiang Lin had set up with a bang.
Jiang Lin: "..."
Confirming there were no other presences around, he waved his hand.
He collected the surrounding magical artifacts and ghost artifacts.
Only the armor on his body remained.
"Wuwuwu—Wuwuwu—"
The Shiba Inu paced in place for a few circles, looking at the empty space, its dog life filled with confusion.
First, its doghouse suddenly collapsed, then its owner disappeared.
Now, even the air could collide with it head-on.
It didn't understand.
"Wuwuwu wuwu—"
Jiang Lin marked the location of the forbidden technique and set up a small magical artifact to prevent anything else from accidentally entering.
After completing these measures,
The dog was still circling in place, howling.
As if trapped in the mouth of some giant monster.
Jiang Lin thought the dog wasn't very bright.
Then he waved his hand, stirring up a clear breeze, and sent the dog a little further away.
"Woof?"
The Shiba Inu watched its body suddenly move, becoming even more panicked.
"Woof woof woof?!"
Why was it flying?
It didn't understand!
...
"Dog: Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?"
"Peak of dog life!"
In the live stream, seeing the streamer suddenly fly away.
The viewers thought another fresh soul had emerged.
They didn't expect to see this scene.
Seeing the dog's bewildered look, they couldn't help but find it amusing.
At the same time, some people noticed something else.
"The streamer was so cautious just now! He even put on armor!"
"What was that shiny thing?"
"Was it a trap set by someone?"
As the viewers were guessing, they suddenly noticed the camera turn.
The live stream immediately switched to another ghost messenger who was guiding animal souls.
Judging by the clothing, it seemed to be an intern ghost messenger.
The viewers were instantly stunned.
"???"
"Where's the streamer? Where's the streamer I was watching?"
"Did the live stream jump? Hello? Can an administrator come out and explain?"
"The live stream platform states they are also powerless."
...
After sending off the Shiba Inu, Jiang Lin then sensed the appearance of two more forbidden techniques.
"These guys using forbidden techniques are indeed coming out to cause trouble."
When Jiang Lin had reported the appearance of forbidden techniques before, the Underworld had launched a search.
Now that the earth was shaking, both the Yin and Yang realms were busy.
They guessed that if there were still people practicing forbidden techniques in the human world, they would likely take this opportunity to cause trouble.
Jiang Lin's outing this time was also to prevent this.
"It seems I won't be able to guide souls for a while..."
Jiang Lin pondered.
He directly switched the live stream camera to a nearby ghost messenger.
He himself disappeared from the spot and rushed to the two locations where the forbidden techniques had appeared.
One of the forbidden techniques was on a broken cross-river bridge, and the other was on a collapsed ruin.
The one who triggered the forbidden technique was a survivor, and the other was empty.
Jiang Lin, as usual, set up heavy cages before rescuing the lives within.
Then, using the previous method, he set up markers and small artifacts to prevent accidental entry.
Just as he finished doing this,
Several more auras of forbidden techniques appeared in succession throughout the earthquake zone.
One, two, three, four... ten, eleven...
"Why so many?!"
Jiang Lin, who was about to go and check the situation, suddenly stopped.
Something seemed wrong.
He expanded his perception range.
Besides this earthquake zone, there were also places further away—places not affected by the earthquake.
Instantly.
All the triggered forbidden technique locations formed dots in Jiang Lin's perception.
These dots were very regular, with the same distance between adjacent ones.
Most importantly, these dots seemed to form lines?!
Realizing this, the dots perceived by Jiang Lin quickly formed various patterns.
Ovals, pentagrams, and the commonly used circles for forbidden techniques...
Until the dots were connected into a vortex, Jiang Lin's perception fell upon the center of the vortex, and clarity suddenly dawned upon him.
—There was someone there!
Jiang Lin flashed his figure and flew towards that location without hesitation.
At the same time, he scattered a large number of paper effigies, sending them to various forbidden technique locations, just in case.
...
On a mountain peak not affected by the earthquake.
The cold wind whistled, rustling the girl's robes.
"My Lord, whom I believe in, I beg you to return to this mortal world... lead humanity back to its golden age..."
"...I will offer my most supreme respect with my flesh and blood."
The girl looked no older than eighteen or nineteen, wearing a black conical hat.
A round face, a bare forehead, with dark purple bruises at the corners of her eyes.
As she chanted in a low voice, she took out a dagger.
The dagger, exposed to the air, reflected a sharp, cold glint.
The girl raised the dagger, facing the strong mountain wind, and without hesitation, plunged it into her own heart.
She twisted it hard, then with difficulty pulled it out.
Clink.
The dagger was thrown to the ground.
Blood surged out greedily.
The girl collapsed on the ground, letting her blood soak the soil beneath her.
Her eyes rapidly lost focus, and tears slid down her cheeks.
"...Lord of Taboos... tell them... humans are the masters of this world..."
"...They are not worthy..."
As the blood continued to flow out.
The entire mountain peak lit up, and intricate runes flowed rapidly.
All the forbidden techniques laid out around it also began to transmit energy towards this location.
A large-scale forbidden technique was being activated!
In the last moment before the girl lost consciousness, she finally saw the figure she had longed for day and night, emerging from the forbidden technique.
...
"Large-scale forbidden technique?"
Jiang Lin looked at the runes flickering around the entire mountain peak, his heart filled with dread.
Was this the final goal of the caster?
What was it for?
Jiang Lin pondered, while putting on a few more pieces of armor.
As the mountain peak became brighter, a phantom gradually appeared in the center of the forbidden technique.
Jiang Lin frowned, "Summoning?"
What kind of existence could a summoning technique called a forbidden technique summon?
As the phantom gradually solidified, Jiang Lin also arrived near the mountain peak.
He was ready to fight at any moment.
But the newly appeared aura... why did it feel somewhat familiar?
At the same time,
Lou Yangzi, who had just been summoned, was also a little confused.
Seeing Jiang Lin's figure appear, he was surprised and puzzled:
"Brother Jiang, why are you here?"
...