The Cliffs of Death (2)

The air almost froze.

"You have come to the edge of the underworld, and this pool of warm water is the pool of death!" The Black Snake announced their death. There was a smile in his voice, but it did not feel intimate or gentle, only fearful. "Are you afraid? I see you are trembling!" The Black Snake looked at them and said.

Anna said with trepidation, "It does scare me, I never ... thought snakes could speak human!" She leaned into Alexandre's arms as she said this, but the leaning did not lessen her fear in any way, for Alexandre's arms were now as much air to her as they were to him.

Despite this, Alexandre held her close. He looked at the black snake and, despite his fear, mustered up the courage to ask, "Who are you ... a snake? Are you a human? Are you a ghost? Are you a demon?"

The black snake said, "I am in the form of a snake, I am not a ghost or a demon, I am half a god and I am here to manage this life-threatening immortal pool."

Alexander followed up by asking, "If the water of this pool is life-threatening, why is it still called the Immortal Pool?"

"This pool is enveloped in immortal energy, so of course it is called the Immortal Pool. You two chose to jump, and you fell into this life-threatening pool of your own free will. The black snake answered the question while taking in their intimacy and said with a sigh.

"Do you know anything about our past?" Anna ventured to ask.

"Of course, I know a little bit about the past of every creature that comes here." The Black Snake stated naturally, without the slightest hint of showboating.

"Can you read our minds?" Anna was a little alarmed.

"Not really, but I can learn something about your past by the way you look and talk. Then I can give you guidance on where you will go according to your different circumstances. ..." The black snake paused, looked at the two of them seriously and added: "But not all of them I have told, some spirits have done so much evil that they do not have to come here at all, they are simply caught and put into They were caught and put into hell. As for you, the fatalistic thing has too deep an influence ..."

"Predestination?" Anna asked, puzzled.

"It is the destiny that you love each other, but you cannot be together." Black Snake shook his head, helplessly.

"The first second I jumped into the water, all I felt was ecstasy, not only was the scenery great, but there were hot springs to soak in. But after a short while I started to get anxious: why can't we feel each other's presence anymore?" Anna asked cautiously.

"Haven't I already told you? This is a life-threatening pool, as the name implies. How can you feel each other if you don't have a life?" The black snake explained seriously.

"Then how can we see each other? And how can we hear each other?" Alexandre, who had been silent for a long time, could not hold his breath.

"That is only a shadow. What you see and hear now is only an illusion. After seven days and forty-nine days, if you have not found a suitable place to go, then your shadows will be scattered. ..." The black snake said without hiding anything, not looking like he was telling a story.

"The soul is scattered? Then we'll disappear into the air, and we won't have a chance to see each other. ... You're lying, aren't you?" The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you're doing.

"The fact is that your future has nothing to do with me. Many souls have been scattered before my face, look there! The black snake's head nodded and pointed out a place to them.

...

Before, there was no one in sight. But now they saw illusory figures drifting through the air from time to time, and then they disappeared in a flash of fire. The look reminded Anna of fireworks, but without the beauty and romance of fireworks. It was only terrifying. Just the thought that she could disappear like that at any moment made Anna feel sorry for herself. Because she didn't want to be separated from Alexandre, let alone disappear in front of him forever.