Genshin Impact: Life Simulator

After a brief moment of sadness, Hu Tao regained her spirits.

Her cute face lifted up, showing Nathan an energetic smile.

This smile was already quite similar to her future self's.

"But Brother Nathan, you were so warm just now, just like the sun..."

Hu Tao was referring to the warmth Nathan had transmitted to her.

Before she woke up, he had already extinguished that milky white flame.

"As long as you're okay, Hu Tao!"

The girl had always maintained this free-spirited personality; her previous obsession was simply something she hadn't been willing to let go of.

Seeing Hu Tao finally free from her obsession, Nathan felt relieved.

"Grandfather was right. This is the border between life and death. We living beings shouldn't linger here. Let's leave quickly!"

After speaking, Hu Tao jumped down from the large rock in front of her.

Her small figure moved closer to Nathan, and soon her tiny hands were completely wrapped around his arm.

Perhaps because of the earlier warmth, the young girl had developed an unprecedented closeness to him.

"Let's go... sigh!"

Feeling the weight on his arm, Nathan sighed inwardly.

Hu Tao's current intimate way of holding onto him already showed glimpses of her future self.

However, since she was only thirteen years old now, their relationship was more like that of siblings.

The journey out of Wuwang Hill became much easier with Hu Tao's company.

Since she had rushed in from the outside, she naturally remembered the return path clearly.

"Brother Nathan, why do all these spirits like to come close to you?"

Throughout their journey, the souls seeking reincarnation kept intentionally or unintentionally drawing near to Nathan.

This made Hu Tao, who was still holding his arm, show a puzzled expression on her delicate face.

If it was just because he was alive, it wouldn't attract so many spirits.

Because living people have strong yang energy, while souls are concentrated with yin energy, these opposing forces would normally cause them to stay far apart.

"Perhaps... I have a constitution that attracts spirits..."

Nathan remarked thoughtfully, attributing it all to his Spirit's Favor- Talent.

Whether it was the elderly lady from before, Hu Tao's grandfather, or the spirits now gathering around them, it was all due to this talent's effect.

"That's... that's amazing, Brother Nathan actually has such a constitution..."

Hu Tao exclaimed after hearing this, her plum blossom-shaped pupils darting back and forth in their sockets as her little mind rapidly processed this information.

"Over there, that should be the exit, right?"

Nathan interrupted her thoughts, pointing to a direction where the gray mist had dissipated.

An exit emanating light appeared before the two of them.

"Yes, that's the entrance to Wuwang Hill."

Hu Tao nodded, confirming Nathan's observation.

But before they could get closer, panicked spirits came running in their direction.

"What's happening?"

Nathan looked toward the front in confusion. The spirits they encountered initially weren't this panicked; how had it turned into this situation?

"Excuse me, why are you all running in such panic?"

After his confusion arose, Nathan stopped one of the spirits.

It was an adult man, though his eyes were now filled with terror.

"Run... run quickly! A monster that feeds on souls suddenly appeared at the entrance. If we don't run faster, we'll be devoured!"

After speaking, the adult man hurriedly continued fleeing inside.

Nathan didn't try to stop him; if it weren't for his Spirit's Favor talent, the spirit probably wouldn't have stopped at all.

"What should we do... Brother Nathan, there seems to be a terrifying evil spirit outside!"

Pressure increased on his arm as Hu Tao held him tighter.

Evil spirits... refers to spirits who, after death, transformed into monsters that harm the living due to extremely deep resentment and unwillingness to move on.

Though Hu Tao had been running the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's business with her grandfather since she was very young, this was the first time in all these years she'd heard of an evil spirit appearing.

"Let's keep going... as long as I'm here, I won't let any monster harm you, Hu Tao."

Nathan comforted the girl before him. After all, there was only one exit.

If they wanted to leave, they had to face the monster outside.

"Mm, I believe in you, Brother Nathan!"

Hu Tao seemed encouraged, the worry in her eyes disappearing.

Leaving the gray mist, they walked out of what seemed like a narrow passage between cliffs.

"ROAR!!!"

Before Nathan could experience the light outside, an angry roar had already reached them.

"Brother Nathan, look over there, that must be the monster that person mentioned earlier."

Hu Tao pointed at the spirit ahead, though unlike the white light emitted by normal spirits.

The monster before them was completely pitch black in color.

It was a repulsive darkness that seemed capable of corrupting anything it touched.

"That's right, this is the evil spirit that grandfather once described."

Apart from descriptions, this was truly Hu Tao's first time seeing this special type of spirit.

If even the future master of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor was encountering this for the first time, Nathan certainly couldn't have experienced an evil spirit before.

"Those clothes... they're from the Treasure Hoarders?"

However, even though he'd never encountered one before, Nathan noticed some information from the being's pitch-black attire.

That pattern was definitely the same as worn by the Treasure Hoarder enemies in the game.

It seemed this evil spirit's identity... must have been a deceased Treasure Hoarder member.

Such beings who did evil while alive were indeed more likely to transform into evil spirits after death.

"So hungry... eat you?"

The black spirit released a low growl, its lips beginning to deform, instantly transforming into the shape of a bloody maw.

For those souls wanting to pass through Wuwang Hill for reincarnation, the evil spirit had let them go the moment Nathan emerged.

Living people must be more to its taste.

"Brother Nathan, that evil spirit monster is coming, quick, blast it away!!!"

Hu Tao had already hidden behind him, unwilling to look at the monster ahead.

The little girl, still only thirteen years old, hadn't yet awakened her future Pyro Vision.

So the current Hu Tao facing this evil spirit would only be a meal for it.

However, with Nathan, the situation of attack and defense immediately reversed.

"Leave it to me!"

Before his words finished, that milky white flame from earlier once again appeared in his palm.

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