The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician

Chapter 264 - 182: Magic Can Be Down-to-Earth but Not to the Extent of Dealing with the Underworld
Chapter 264: Chapter 182: Magic Can Be Down-to-Earth but Not to the Extent of Dealing with the UnderworldOn stage...

No one?

Du Yuyi furrowed her brows deeply as she looked again toward the stage where the four hooded figures all hid their faces beneath massive cowls, making it impossible to discern their features.

Their limb movements were somewhat stiff, but on the whole, nothing particularly strange stood out.

She judged in her mind, yet when she discovered through the tarot cards that these four were not human, the magic seemed to exude a sinister charm no matter how she looked at it.

Capable of moving this heavy coffin...

Could they be robots?

Du Yuyi thought this and glanced at the stage’s set design.

The reddish-brown wooden hall was square on all four sides, supported by half-embedded wooden columns in the walls.

Above the main hall hung a plaque with three large characters ”Chengde Hall,” and right below the plaque was a black-and-white landscape painting. Similarly, the couplets on either side of the painting were also in black-and-white, which looked rather eerie.

These couplets...

They didn’t quite seem like couplets, but more like inscriptions on a tombstone.

Du Yuyi took a sip of water and narrowed her eyes to take in the whole stage.

Overall, this great hall gave off an inclination towards the audience seats, as if it were the gaping maw of a giant beast wanting to swoop forward and devour the seating area.

It was a style of architecture she had never seen before, yet unexpectedly, it possessed a rigorous and solemn elegance. However, placed here, coupled with the various paper figures as ornaments, and the dim candlelight within the hall, it felt eerily oppressive.

Without a reason, Du Yuyi’s mind conjured images of herself inside a vast mansion with interconnected corridors, seeing neither daylight nor a way out.

She couldn’t help but shudder.

Wait, why did she think of that?

Du Yuyi recalled the images that had just popped into her mind, feeling odd, because they were scenes she had never seen before.

It’s impossible for people to imagine things they’ve never seen before, let alone such a unique architectural style.

Hmm?

”Screech—” Inside the hall on the stage, the wooden panel of the coffin slowly opened, and a figure emerged, wearing a white, faceless mask, as he stood straight up from the coffin.

He dressed in a black Tang suit adorned with gold embroidery, the heaviness and restraint showcasing an air of luxurious atmosphere.

At the same time, Jiang Shu’s deep voice emerged from the speakers, ”In the past period of time, due to a curiosity for the unknown, I embarked on a journey to the legendary Life Forbidden Zone.”

”In that place, I saw many...”

”Many strange things.”

The faceless man halted his movements as he turned to look at the four hooded figures.

At that moment, Jiang Shu’s voice rang out again.

”When mastered correctly, they can be the greatest of aids, but when mishandled, they become a source of terror.”

Jiang Shu’s voice paused for a moment, and all four hooded figures simultaneously twisted their necks three hundred sixty degrees, uniformly turning their gaze towards the faceless man.

Due to the large angle of their turn, the hoods lifted slightly to reveal the four figures’ faces.

They were four paper-white faces made of paper, with bright round blushes smeared on the cheeks and small red blossoms tinting the lips.

The stark red and white were distinctive and striking.

They stared with bulging, round, goldfish eyes, expressionless as they quietly awaited the faceless man’s command.

At this shocking sight, the audience below couldn’t help but let out gasps of horror.

But the faceless man merely extended a hand and pointed to the inside of the hall, signaling for the four hooded Papermen to leave through the corridor there.

The hooded Papermen reached up to put on their cowls, then mechanically walked towards the direction pointed out by the faceless man, step by step, their pace incredibly stiff, as if someone was controlling them in real time.

”They... shrunk?”

”What’s going on?”

”The Papermen have become smaller?”

Suddenly, the audience below noticed a change in the hall; they murmured in soft exclamations.

The Papermen, originally about one meter seventy in height, gradually diminished in size as they moved toward the corner of the hall, until they became half their prior size by the time they reached the spot designated by the faceless man, where they then stood motionless.

The four Papermen lined up in a row, standing in the corner with their heads lowered.

”They’ve become smaller?” Du Yuyi frowned once more, clearly sensing the shrinking process of the Papermen, but...

Why?

She looked at the entire stage setup, feeling as though she had grasped at something, but at this moment she did not have the spare time to scrutinize further, for the magic act was still ongoing.

”However, if you treat them as your friends, they can be your greatest helpers,” Jiang Shu’s voice came through, ”They can help you do many things.”

”Look.”

As his words spread, the faceless man also stretched out a hand toward the coffin at the center of the hall.

A piece of white paper, which had appeared atop the coffin at an unknown time, then stood up, slowly bending and swiftly folding itself into a Paperman that could firmly stand.

As if receiving a signal, a row of such Papermen stood up and floated towards the faceless man, circling around him.

”For instance, today is a special day. Today, I can use a special method to open the gate to another world.”

”However, opening such a gate requires the sacrifice of precisely twelve people.”