When 'God' Decides To Start Over
Chapter 257 - 137 The Voice Outside the Door

Chapter 257: Chapter 137 The Voice Outside the Door

The sound of the sea outside slapping against the city gates and walls was terrifying, making people worry that the gates and walls would soon be smashed to pieces.

No one knew what was special about the stone of Black Death City. Even after being repeatedly struck and eroded by the highly corrosive seawater, it still stood firm, showing no sign of black water seeping in.

No matter how fierce the tsunami-like black water outside was, it never managed to collapse the city walls of Black Death City.

It’s strange; it’s understandable that the walls and gates couldn’t be collapsed, but the fact that not a single drop of water spilled over from the top of the walls is quite unbelievable.

Even though the city walls of Black Death City were very high, Li Xiu observed that the height of the incoming tsunami, even if it wasn’t taller than the walls, should have splashed some water in after hitting the walls.

Yet, there was not even a hint of mist within the city.

"This Black Death City is truly an incredible place. I wonder if the other Lands of Trial are as magical as this one," Li Xiu thought, wanting to see the other Lands of Trial.

From outside came the continuous sound of waves crashing, occasionally mixed with strange cries. Those cries had a higher pitch than that of dolphins, lacking the pleasant quality of dolphin calls, and were quite bizarre and piercing, causing one’s heart to shudder.

No one knew how much time had passed, but gradually the strange cries stopped, and the sound of water hitting the gates ceased as well.

"Do you think the demon spirit has left?" Chu Jun pressed an ear against the gate, listened for a while, and looked at Li Xiu uncertainly.

"If you don’t know, how would I know?" Li Xiu said helplessly, spreading his hands.

"I guess it probably left. The demon spirit seems unable to leave the Black Sea. Just now, it only caused a tsunami to attack Black Death City. If it really came ashore, there’s no telling if the gate could withstand its impact," Chu Jun hesitated for a moment before saying, "Should we go out and have a look? I wonder how that ship is doing."

Li Xiu was also concerned about the ship. He was hesitating whether to go out now or wait a bit longer when suddenly he heard a sound from the gate again.

Thud! Thud!

The sudden sound startled both of them; they thought the terrifying demon spirit from the sea was coming back again.

After listening closely for a while, they realized the noise was too small, unlike the terrifying demon spirit returning; it seemed more like someone was pounding on the gate with their fist.

"Who is it? Who’s outside?" Chu Jun shouted through the door.

The only reply he got was the thudding sound, not a human voice.

The two exchanged glances, and Chu Jun said with a strange expression, "I still can’t sense the presence of the demon spirit; could it really be someone from the ship?"

"Although it’s a bit unbelievable, it is indeed possible," Li Xiu said, pondering.

"So should we open the door? If it’s really someone from the ship who survived by a stroke of luck, and we don’t open the door, wouldn’t we be cutting off their last hope of survival?" Chu Jun said hesitantly.

"Let’s wait a bit longer. If they managed to survive in such extreme conditions till now, a little more time won’t matter," Li Xiu mused.

The two stood inside by the door, staring at it, with the thudding sound continuously echoing in their ears.

"Are you human or ghost? Say something, or even if you beat yourself to death outside, we won’t open the door," Chu Jun couldn’t help but shout again.

After this shout, the knocking sound outside suddenly stopped.

The outside turned deathly quiet. After waiting for a while, the knocking sound truly disappeared, and it never came again.

"Could it be that the person outside died?" Chu Jun said, somewhat panicked.

If there really was someone outside, injured and unable to speak, knocking the door for help, but ended up losing the chance to live because of his cowardice, Chu Jun would find it hard to accept such an outcome in his heart.

"Let’s wait a bit more." Li Xiu pressed his ear against the gate, listening carefully.

"What if there’s really someone outside waiting for our rescue..." Sympathy stirred in Chu Jun.

"Since the knocking stopped, I haven’t heard any sound outside," Li Xiu said.

"Maybe they already passed out," Chu Jun suggested.

"Impossible." Li Xiu directly negated Chu Jun’s claim and explained, "Judging from the height of the knocking sound just now, if there really was a person outside, they’d have to be standing to knock the gate at that position."

Chu Jun immediately understood Li Xiu’s implication. If that person had been standing while knocking, whether they fainted or left, there should have been some sound.

But from then till now, there had been no noise at all. There was only one explanation for that: either it wasn’t a person, or whatever it was is still standing outside motionless.

Upon closer thought, Chu Jun broke out in a cold sweat instantly. "You mean to say that whatever is outside is trying to trick us into opening the gate?"

"That’s a possibility," Li Xiu said, staring at the gate. "Maybe it’s attached right outside the gate now, just waiting for us to open it and then rush in immediately."

After hearing Li Xiu’s words, when Chu Jun looked at the gate again, he felt as if something terrifying was staring at them from outside, giving him a chilling sensation.

"If that’s the case, then let’s not bother with it. Let’s just blow out the light and leave Black Death City," Chu Jun said.

"No rush, let’s wait a bit more." Li Xiu kept his ear against the gate, listening to the sounds from outside.