Time passed second by second.
According to Liu Yuanyuan's previous statement, different time periods can be distinguished by the different lighting conditions.
After careful observation, Jiang Qiao indeed found this subtle change.
It's a bit darker around here now than before.
Moreover, some strange phenomena seemed to have begun to appear in the corridor.
For example, there are currently bursts of "sizzling" sounds coming from outside, and the black lightning inside his body is resonating with them in some way.
He recalled the power lines that were still running in the village streets and began to speculate.
Reaching the door, he grabbed the doorknob and flung it open!
Then.
He discovered that an astonishing change had taken place in the corridor.
The once narrow passageway has become spacious, and the dusty floor, which used to be filled with a faint stench of decay, is now spotless.
The mottled walls looked as if they had been freshly plastered.
The strangest thing is that there are chandeliers on the ceiling of the corridor, emitting dazzling light!
However, the strange room doors remained largely unchanged.
The door, two meters high and one foot wide, is covered with incomprehensible characters and symbols, and still retains an old-fashioned feel, which seems somewhat out of place with the brand-new hallway!
"Is this the anomaly in this building?" Jiang Qiao looked toward the end of the corridor, but the light gradually dimmed as the distance increased, eventually turning completely dark.
It seems there are still no lights at the end of the corridor.
And his gray vision, too, could not extend inward.
This reminded him of the window the fat young man had drawn, which looked pretty much the same when he opened it.
However, the fact that he has double pupils at least proves that this is not an illusion.
Everything is real.
"Without a comparison, it's impossible to tell what time period it is. However, based on experience, it should be before dawn, because this is the time period when strange things are most likely to happen."
Jiang Qiao said to Li Xin and the others behind him.
He then went to the room across the street, reached out and pushed open the door, wanting to see if Liu Yuanyuan was still there.
However, they discovered that the door couldn't be opened at all.
This surprised him slightly.
"This door..."
Then, he turned around abruptly and found that the door behind him, which had been open, was now closed.
Then look at other locations.
Sudden.
He raised his hand and threw a powerful punch, slamming it against the door!
However, the door was not forced open.
After a large piece of plaster fell off the wall near the door, broken bricks were exposed inside.
"Interesting."
Jiang Qiao murmured.
He never expected that all the doors had turned into painted fake doors!
"Just by leaving the room, they were given a completely different space?"
He reached out and touched the smooth wall, recalling how, in that strange county town, the map had suddenly changed through a strange television.
"Damn it."
Jiang Qiao cursed, but didn't pay much attention to it.
He glanced at the seemingly endless corridor, then simply sat down on the floor, waiting for things to return to normal.
Since the paranormal phenomenon is caused by the change of time.
So, switching to the next time period might allow us to get rid of this situation directly.
However, at this very moment...
He heard footsteps approaching rapidly behind him, as if someone was running frantically.
Who is it?
Jiang Qiao suddenly stood up and turned around.
They saw that the darkness behind them had receded considerably, revealing a crossroads in the corridor.
At the intersection, several bright red footprints appeared.
The footprints were very small, as if a small child covered in blood had just run across the intersection.
"Blood footprints."
Jiang Qiao's eyes flickered slightly.
He recalled the strange tale of rules he had encountered in the shady forest.
Similarly, there were only footprints on the ground.
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Is there any connection between the two?
"Young man, what are you doing standing here all by yourself? Why don't you go back to your room?"
Sudden.
An aged voice rang out behind Jiang Qiao.
Silently.
Jiang Qiao's scalp tingled instantly!
Boom!
With a thunderous roar, he turned around and unleashed a punch!
At the same time, his entire body was engulfed in raging "white bone fire".
But.
There was no one behind me, nothing at all.
Bang--
Bang bang—
Bang bang bang—
Before Jiang Qiao could recover from the chills, he heard something fall to the ground from the intersection behind him.
A ball bounced across the intersection and into the adjacent corridor.
"Looks like I was overthinking it. I was thinking of just waiting quietly for the paranormal event to end."
"I'm afraid I was already being watched the moment I left the room."
"In that case, I'd like to see what kind of devil is causing me trouble."
With that thought in mind, Jiang Qiao pulled out the brick and strode toward the intersection.
Just as we got close.
Huff—
A cold wind swept in, and a ball, seemingly out of nowhere, hurtled towards the river bridge.
However, Jiang Qiao was prepared.
He quickly raised the brick and slammed it down, only to collide head-on with the ball!
Bang!
With a loud bang, the ball was violently sent flying!
The next moment.
A shrill, ear-piercing scream rang out.
After the ball was hit by the brick, it revealed its true form: a rotting human head!
"The ball is just a bunch of heads, huh?"
Jiang Qiao made a complaint, but also felt a slight sense of relief.
Since it can be hit with a brick, it must be a normal vengeful ghost, not a supernatural tale.
Possessing the "Life Substitution Technique," he is not afraid even when encountering a sixth-tier vengeful ghost. If he can't win, at least he can run away.
Vengeful ghosts rarely chase after you and try to kill you. Generally speaking, if they can't kill you after a few tries, they'll give up.
But ghost stories are different; these bastards are like chewing gum!
I'll chase you to the ends of the earth!
Bang bang—
Bang bang bang—
In the darkness deep within the corridor, the sound of the ball rang out again.
Judging from the sound, it must be someone patting it!
Jiang Qiao stood at the intersection, his eyes fixed on the direction of the sound, a current slowly beginning to circulate in his hand.
soon.
A blurry, thin figure slowly emerged from the darkness.
Then.
two.
Three.
Four.
Strange figures kept slowly approaching.
Everyone is holding a ball in their hands, afraid of hitting it, and then—
Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Bang bang bang!
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Jiang Qiao originally intended to wait quietly for time to pass and for the corridor to return to normal.
He did not want to fight against the unknown vengeful spirit.
Within minutes, paranormal phenomena began to occur one after another. And they appeared to be quite dangerous.
First, footsteps were heard at the crossroads at one end of the corridor, leaving behind a long trail of bloody footprints.
Immediately afterwards, the old man's voice came from behind.
Now, one by one, eerie figures bouncing a ball slowly emerged from the shadows.
Without a doubt, this is aimed at him!
"Ghosts don't come knocking on your door for no reason, so the moment I left the room, I was essentially entering the area of vengeful spirits and triggering the supernatural power of this place."
Jiang Qiao held a cleaver in one hand and a brick in the other, staring intently at the figures, constantly analyzing the situation in his mind.
Like animals, vengeful spirits have a designated area to roam.
Under normal circumstances, they will not leave at will.
However, if you venture into their restricted areas, you will be met with their fearless attacks.
As the figures gradually emerged from the darkness, a fierce glint appeared in Jiang Qiao's eyes.
Approaching was a man wearing dirty overalls, his skin deathly pale, but with two patches of red smeared on his cheeks.
It walked while patting the ball in its hand, the movements mechanical.
And that ball, unsurprisingly, was a rotting human head. As it slammed to the ground, the head's face revealed an expression of anger and resentment.
He seems very angry!
The figure behind him was the same, dressed in the same colors, except that a bloody number had been carved into his exposed chest.
one.
two,
three.
They were practicing dribbling in this corridor, just like a team.
"I've never seen anything this bizarre before." Jiang Qiao observed with his double pupils that something seemed to be sealed inside the bodies of these vengeful ghosts.
But it's not very clear.
Unless he activates his third-order double pupils to amplify his gray vision.
"These ghostly things are unpredictable, and it's impossible to tell whether they are vengeful ghosts or supernatural phenomena controlled by vengeful ghosts."
"Let's try a counterattack first."
Jiang Qiao made up his mind and took a small step back.
Immediately afterwards, several blade-like objects appeared behind him, gleaming with a metallic sheen.
These blades are engraved with eerie, blood-red runes.
He retreated while increasing the number of talismans.
Finally, the passageway was filled with countless talismans!
"Alright, let's test their quality." Jiang Qiao squinted slightly.
The next moment.
The overwhelming talismans, like a rain of arrows, shot towards the vengeful ghost!
Meanwhile, Jiang Qiao activated "Stalker" to conceal his presence.
The vengeful ghost did not pause at all when faced with the oncoming talismans, as if it did not see them, and continued to walk forward.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Just two seconds.
The talisman clashed with the vengeful spirit!
Amidst the explosions, both audible and silent, flames and lightning engulfed the area!
From Jiangqiao's perspective.
The vengeful ghost at the very front was instantly torn to pieces, and then, under the terrifying force, it was shredded into nothingness.
"That's it?" Jiang Qiao's gaze shifted.
The second vengeful ghost was also pulverized without any surprise.
Then the third one.
The fourth one.
However, when the talisman rushed in front of the five evil spirits, the damage it caused suddenly decreased sharply.
Jiang Qiao saw that although the vengeful ghost had been torn open with wounds, it was still moving forward.
However, its speed is gradually decreasing.
Finally, when the talismans were exhausted, it collapsed to the ground.
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Jiang Qiao frowned as he watched this scene.
His talisman stopped after eliminating less than a third of the evil spirits.
And most importantly.
These vengeful ghosts seem to possess a built-in taunting ability; the others will not be harmed until one vengeful ghost dies.
Even under his control, the talismans still concentrated on the front row of vengeful ghosts in order.
You can only attack the second one after you've eliminated the first one.
You can only attack the third one after the second one dies.
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. What on earth was this thing?
"I refuse to believe it!"
"If one wave isn't enough, then two waves; if two waves aren't enough, then three waves!"
Jiang Qiao coldly watched the approaching vengeful ghost.
Countless talismans reappeared on his body. Moreover, these talismans were more diverse in type than before.
There are sealing talismans, Five Thunder Talismans, and Purifying Heaven and Earth Incantations.
They come in all shapes and sizes, but they can work together to create a synergistic effect where one plus one equals more than two!
"Again!"
Jiang Qiao let out a low growl.
Like a peacock spreading its tail, the talisman surged forth once more, crashing down on the vengeful ghost!
A strange light began to flicker.
The entire corridor was submerged in a semi-transparent aura.
Everything in my field of vision became a blur, as if I were looking through frosted glass!
"A ghost realm or an illusion?" A gray light flashed in Jiang Qiao's eyes, and he instantly activated his third-tier double pupils.
The eerie vision disappeared.
Instead, a gray haze appeared.
With the third-order double pupils, the Ghost Realm was opened, and at the same time, looking through the Ghost Realm to the other side, everything became clear.
Then, an incredulous look appeared in his eyes!
He saw that there were no corpses at all on the other side of the corridor; they were just a few black paper figures.
Behind the paper figure, a pair of human legs stood there.
No, that's not a human leg!
It looks like the foot of some kind of poultry, only magnified dozens of times, so it looks like a human leg!
And above those legs, there was nothing.
"What the hell is this thing?"
He took a few steps back, and another large wave of talismans appeared behind him.
These talismans began to merge with each other.
Soon, a black talisman the size of a door appeared in front of Jiang Qiao.
"go!"
Jiang Qiao pointed, and the talisman shot out instantly, drawing a twisted path in the air.
However.
When the talisman reached within a few meters of those feet, it vanished.
Immediately afterwards, he felt a chill on his neck.
The next second.
The head of the substitute doll on his body fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, several deep cuts appeared on his chest, as if he had been scratched by something.
A heart rolled out of it.
"curse!"
Jiang Qiao stared grimly at the legs, his body turning completely black again before returning to normal.
In just over ten seconds, he died three times!
This curse could actually be cast through the ghost realm, and even those with double pupils couldn't see the lines representing the curse!
"An unbelievable, bizarre thing!"
"Then let's have a go!"
Jiang Qiao, carrying a kitchen knife, instantly appeared at the forefront of the Ghost Realm.
Immediately afterwards.
A gray haze spread towards those legs!
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Jiang Qiao did not choose to retreat, but instead went to meet him!
The mysterious "life-substitute technique" gave him enough confidence to dare to confront any vengeful ghost!
It's worth noting that during simulations, he even managed to escape from the hands of a real "god" thanks to this talent!
"More than a hundred lives? I don't believe you're more powerful than a god."
Jiang Qiao said in a cold voice.
The next second, a gray aura enveloped the location of those feet, successfully pulling them into the ghost realm!
However, Jiang Qiao could not be sure whether the Ghost Realm had any effect on it.
Because those legs never moved at all.
But that's enough!
In a flash, he appeared in front of those legs, and the cleaver came crashing down!
Bang!
Click!
The immense recoil from the impact nearly caused Jiang Qiao to lose his grip on the cleaver!
Crimson blood flowed from the tiger's mouth.
The incredibly sharp cleaver, for the first time, failed to dismember the vengeful spirit!
The vicious cleaver struck a leg, but only managed to create a crack before it could continue.
"The kitchen knife is a level six attack; being able to block it means you have at least a level six defense."
"However, a crack was still slashed out, so it did not exceed the sixth rank."
Jiang Qiao's eyes gleamed as he continued to analyze.
I am not discouraged.
An unknown vengeful ghost that could pierce through the ghost realm and curse him—he was even prepared that the other party was a seventh-tier being!
Jiang Qiao's knife strike seemed to have enraged those legs!
The next moment.
It actually lifted itself up and kicked Jiang Qiao directly at him!
The slowing effect of the demonic realm has no effect on it.
Jiang Qiao was prepared and instantly arrived at the other end.
The ghost realm exists because of him, and he can move freely within the covered area.
However, as soon as he appeared, his body suddenly stiffened.
Immediately afterwards, a terrifying crack appeared on his body, spreading out like a spider web from his chest!
"Puff!"
A large cloud of blood mist gushed out.
He fell to the ground and his body was smashed to pieces!
But he quickly got up again.
Holy crap!
"I had already dodged, but I still got kicked."
"The realm of ghosts and demons is indeed meaningless to him."
Jiang Qiao's attack not only failed to achieve its goal, but also resulted in his own death once again.
Not only that.
The legs that had been motionless suddenly lifted up and headed towards the river bridge.
The stagnation effect in the Ghost Realm has no effect on it.
Moreover, with each step it took, the ghost realm would fluctuate, as if it were about to shatter at any moment.
"I don't know how long it will be before the next time slot. Besides, I'm already too far into the corridor, and I'm afraid I might encounter other unforeseen events."
The ghostly aura retreated continuously, dispelling the darkness in the corridor.
Jiang Qiao kept retreating through the ghost realm, but the vengeful ghost wouldn't let go.
Although the distance between the two sides is starting to widen, they may be able to get rid of each other completely in a little while.
However, this corridor is too eerie. If we keep dealing with this vengeful ghost, no one knows what other dangers might emerge from the corridor at any moment.
"If that's the case, then let's go all out!"
Jiang Qiao stopped in his tracks.
After thinking it over, he ultimately decided not to take out the dice of fate, nor to use the broken bowl.
"Since you're not beyond the sixth rank, then I'll pay with my life!"
With a fierce look in his eyes, Jiang Qiao picked up the kitchen knife and charged back at the two strange legs.
"Come!"
The blade flashed, as if striking a large tree; a crack overlapped with the previous one, making the wound even larger.
Jiang Qiao's body also turned black instantly.
But he quickly recovered and slashed at the crevice again!
These legs seemed unable to dodge, and Jiang Qiao slashed at the wound again!
The crack began to widen.
Jiang Qiao's body went cold again, his life dissipated, and he became a corpse!
"Again!"
The next second.
Jiang Qiao, whose body temperature had recovered, was cut again!
This situation repeats itself repeatedly.
But the crack grew larger and larger, and black, foul-smelling pus began to ooze from it.
The surrounding space began to distort.
Sensing this change, Jiang Qiao was startled and suddenly understood!
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"So this ghostly space was created by you, you freak!"
"No wonder my demonic arts had no effect on you!"
"Since that's the case, I can't let you live any longer!"
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Jiang Qiao died again and again, but he didn't care. The kitchen knife in his hand became faster and faster, covered with terrifying lightning and flames.
He felt that he was not only slaying evil spirits, but something inside his body was also awakening.
It feels like a steel wire being stretched to its limit.
"This is a fourth to fifth tier barrier!"
Jiang Qiao suddenly realized something and became excited.
"kill!"
The murderous aura on his face grew stronger, and the light in his eyes grew brighter.
He forgot how many times he had died, and no longer cared about the dangers around him.
He heard footsteps behind him.
I heard the old man coughing next to me.
He even heard something crawling on the ceiling.
But none of this could stop him from using every single strike with all his might!
His knife moved faster and faster, and black pus gushed out like a spring from the ghostly foot that was about to break off!
"Die!"
Jiang Qiao's eyes were bloodshot. After dying more than forty times, the evil spirit cleaver in his hand seemed to be unable to withstand the pressure any longer. With a piercing metallic sound, it shattered without warning!
Click!
Meanwhile.
One of those terrifying legs was finally severed!
Rumble!
The entire corridor suddenly shook violently, and the lights on the ceiling began to explode!
The paint on the walls is peeling off, and the floorboards are flying everywhere.
The entire corridor shattered like a mirror in an instant!
All the paranormal phenomena disappeared.
Jiang Qiao stood once again in the narrow second-floor corridor.
Apart from the broken leg on the ground and the shards of a kitchen knife scattered everywhere, there was nothing else in front of him.
"call--"
"Whoosh—"
"You're back?"
Jiang Qiao was panting heavily.
"A sixth-tier vengeful ghost is truly terrifying; it has died more than forty times, and even its cleaver has broken."
His gaze swept over the wolves scattered on the ground.
After resting for a while, I reached out and picked up the broken leg.
The leg looks like it's made of wood, and it even has patterns on it.
Its shape resembles a chicken foot!
"Chicken Foot God?"
For some reason, this term suddenly flashed through his mind.
But then he immediately rejected that idea.
"Let's not even talk about the fact that Chicken Foot God is a legend on Earth. Even if it existed in this world, it would be a ghost or god from the underworld, so how could it be so weak? This thing may be sixth-tier, but it's at most a bootleg."
He shook his head.
He threw the thing on the ground.
The supernatural power within that leg had already been absorbed by his freeloading talent, "everyone gets a share."
This talent hasn't been helpful to him for a long time as his level has increased.
After all, the quality of the ghost energy he needs now is very high.
Moreover, in the past, when confronting terrifying supernatural phenomena, either the opponent was a strange tale that could not be absorbed, or it was directly taken away by that large bowl and turned into coins.
This is the only time recently that a true head-to-head clash between teams of different levels has occurred!
Thanks to the evil spirit kitchen knife and the "life-substitute technique"!
One can deal level 6 damage, and with the boosts of "critical hit" and "armor penetration", it even approaches the peak of level 6.
Another option is to keep working incredibly hard.
This was truly a desperate act; he died more than forty times, risking his life entirely!
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This was truly a desperate act; he died more than forty times, risking his life entirely!
But it was all worth it!
After this battle...
His "Lightning Thunder Fist" has been upgraded to the fifth level!
"Critical Strike" has been upgraded to Tier 5!
Not only did the critical hit rate reach 100%, but the critical hit damage also increased from two times to three times!
"Defense Penetration" has been upgraded to level five!
The armor penetration rate has reached 100%! Anyone standing in front of Jiangqiao will be completely vulnerable!
Right now.
Even without the Ferocious Spirit Knife, he can still fight against a sixth-tier opponent!
Moreover, it was based on his own strength!
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Although Jiang Qiao paid a heavy price in this battle, he successfully advanced his strength to a higher level ahead of schedule!
He now has three talents that have reached the fifth level.
I glanced at the system panel:
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Name: Jiang Qiao
[Level]: Tier 5
[Combat Strength Assessment]: Tier 6
[Talent 1]: Lightning Strike Fist (S) (Tier 5)
[Talent 2]: Bone Fire (S) (Tier 4)
[Talent 3]: Double Pupils (SSR) (Tier 3)
[Talent 4]: Land-based Key Immortal (SSR) (Tier 4)
[Talent 5]: Heavenly Talisman (SSR) (Tier 4)
[Talent 6]: Stalker (S) (Tier 4)
[Talent 7]: Super Armor (S) (Tier 4)
[Talent 8]: Counterattack Storm (SS) (Tier 4)
[Talent 9]: Substitute Life Technique (SSR) (Tier 4)
[Talent 10]: Critical Hit (SS) (Tier 5)
[Talent 11]: Armor Penetration (SS) (Tier 5)
[Talent 12]: Demonic Possession (SSR) (Tier 4)
[Talent 13]: Everyone Who Sees It Gets a Share (SSR) (Tier 4)
[Talent 14]: Fate Dice (SSR) (Tier 4)
[Talent 15]: Wish (SSR)
[Talent 16]: Frankenstein (SSR) (Tier 4)
[Talent 17]: Ghost Story Chef (S) (Tier 4)
[Talent 18]: Live Streaming E-commerce (SS) (Tier 4)
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Of the eighteen talents, all except the "Wish" talent, which is a special supernatural talent and has no level, were originally all at the fourth level.
As his three talents, "Lightning Thunder Fist," "Critical Strike," and "Armor Penetration," reached the fifth tier, his strength quietly reached the sixth tier!
Lightning Strike Fist is an S-rank talent, making it extremely formidable among talents of the same rank.
After being tripled, the damage is now almost at the sixth tier!
Once the opponent's defense is reduced to zero under the "defense breach" effect, even a sixth-tier opponent can be put to the test!
"To think that entering this village would yield such a discovery."
Jiang Qiao's eyes flickered slightly.
"I wonder if we can find the remaining leg."
Holding a blue brick in his hand, he began to patrol the corridor.
If it can further enhance our strength, it would be worth it even if we had to destroy another forty puppets!
"Forty-three puppets were used up. Because of the upgrade to the fifth tier, more than fifty third-tier puppets are no longer usable."
"So now there are fifty puppets left, fifty lives."
He surveyed the area while calculating the family's assets.
The substitute dolls can be at most one level apart; a level three doll can only be used as a substitute for a level four doll.
Only a fourth-tier puppet can take the place of a fifth-tier powerhouse.
"It seems I need to catch some more vengeful ghosts to make puppets. The discarded puppets don't need to be thrown away; they can be modified slightly to transfer damage."
During the simulation, Jiang Qiao gave Yang Lulu a doll as a token of his gratitude.
That doll can't be used to take someone's life, but it can transfer damage!
However, it is different from the life-for-life exchange in the case of a life-for-life substitution.
There is a possibility that damage transfer may overflow.
For example, if the opponent's damage value is 100, and the doll only needs to bear 20% of the damage before it is destroyed, then the doll still has to bear the remaining 80%.
Comparatively speaking, it is much less useful.
Even if you prepare a large number of dolls, you still have to deal with some terrifying beings.
For example, an eighth-tier attack could very well result in you and a whole bunch of your puppets shattering together.
"I don't need the damage transfer doll, but I can give it away as a gift."
"In the real world, there are a few awakened individuals with good potential who can be recruited as teammates."
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"Although I am not afraid of any enemies, once things settle down, I will need someone to help me with the trivial matters."
"It's impossible to do everything personally."
Jiang Qiao recalled some information from the simulation.
Yang Lulu, Shen Yingning, Uncle Qin, the little monk Fahai, and others are all trustworthy.
Unfortunately, he came to the supernatural world and didn't go to find the little monk, so we don't know if he's still alive.
Grandpa Qin had the same problem.
This old man is in a refugee camp in Bincheng, and he will only wake up after more than ten days, so it is unlikely that he will escape the human skin ghost incident on the seventh and eighth days.
Because of him, Yang Lulu successfully went to Ancheng.
Although Shen Yingning was in Bincheng, it was certain that she was still alive twenty days after the supernatural resurgence.
"After returning to the real world, I will first go to find Yang Lulu and head to Hualong Mountain to level up."
"Then let's see if we can find the little monk."
"Old Master Qin from Bincheng is probably dead. Shen Yingning could try to go and look for him."
Sudden.
Jiang Qiao stopped in his tracks, a question on his mind!
"What exactly is that damned thing on Hualong Mountain?"
He frowned, the information from the simulator flashing through his mind.
The simulation showed that it was a rainbow of light, with a faint human face inside.
When you see that light, you will be killed.
However, if you can escape its influence the instant it appears, you can use the talent "Everyone Who Sees It Gets a Share" to steal its power and level up!
He once thought it was an eighth-level vengeful ghost.
But now doubts have arisen.
Is an eighth-tier being that strong?
Can you really send him to the sixth tier just by taking advantage of him?
And most importantly.
In the simulation, he encountered beings that resembled gods and was even attacked. He would have died if it weren't for the Life Substitution Technique.
However, he did not steal any power from the gods!
"The deity is not like a deity, and the ghost is not like a ghost."
"Moreover, I remember that thing seemed to have left Hualong Mountain once and headed north to the capital."
A chilling feeling rose in Jiang Qiao's heart as he thought about it more closely.
"When I get back this time, I must have a good talk with the Illuminati; they must know something."
...
Jiang Qiao wandered around the corridor for a while, but found no trace of the vengeful ghost.
During this time, they also knocked on the door of the room where Li Xin and others were.
Everyone was safe and sound.
"I'm going for a walk outside. Be careful and don't go out."
After giving the order, he left again, walked down the corridor to the end, and climbed the stairs to the third floor.
There isn't much difference between the third floor and the second floor.
A narrow corridor with closed rooms on both sides.
Jiang Qiao smashed a door with a single punch.
The rooms inside are exactly the same as those on the second floor.
After looking around without finding anything, he went up the stairs to the fourth floor.
"There is still no difference."
Jiang Qiao stood in the middle of the aisle with a frown on his face.
This time he smashed several doors, but still got nothing.
The room was empty.
There was nothing there except for the musty smell and dust that had settled in.
"That Liu Yuanyuan has also disappeared."
"She said she would go out to explore before dawn, which means she must have gone to the fifth floor or above."
Jiang Qiao recalled his previous conversation with Liu Yuanyuan.
The other party claimed to have encountered ordinary people and that during the investigation, they found an open door on the fifth floor.
"In that case, I'll go up and take a look too."
Jiang Qiao's face was cold as he stepped onto the stairs leading to the fifth floor without hesitation.
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As soon as Jiang Qiao went up the stairs, he clearly sensed that something was wrong.
Because the stairs were changed from cement slabs to wooden planks, they creak and groan when you step on them.
Not only that.
The higher you go up the river bridge, the darker the staircase becomes.
When we got halfway up, we could still see the road in front of us, but the sides of the stairs turned pitch black, and there seemed to be smog rolling around.
Even in gray vision, all that could be seen was a hazy, misty expanse.
Jiang Qiao paused, reached out and touched the wall, but found nothing there.
This made him change color slightly.
Then, he took out a can and threw it over.
The canned food was instantly swallowed by darkness without making a sound.
It was as if the two sides of the stairs had turned into a bottomless abyss.
"Interesting."
Jiang Qiao gave a cold laugh.
Keep going.
Soon, a small door appeared at the end of the stairs.
We've reached the fifth floor!
However, when Jiang Qiao passed through the door, he discovered a peculiar scene.
An old man's body lay quietly on the ground by the door.
The old man looked serene, and there seemed to be a smile on his wrinkled, dark face.
"Someone died?" Jiang Qiao squatted down and gently moved the body, finding it to be extremely stiff.
"The rigor mortis is still present. Could it be that this person hasn't been dead for long?"
Under normal circumstances, after a person dies, they will experience a stiff state where their muscles contract and their joints cannot bend; this is called rigor mortis.
However, this state will not last forever.
Generally speaking, the symptoms will begin to ease in about two days, and will be completely relieved in three days to a week.
The body was still in a state of complete rigidity, so theoretically it hadn't been dead for long.
However, supernatural forces often cause certain changes to corpses, such as emitting a putrid stench immediately after death, or remaining as if asleep for a long time after death.
"Liu Yuanyuan never mentioned this body."
"Did she conceal something? Or was there no body when she came up? Or perhaps, this person was killed by her?"
Looking around, Jiang Qiao noticed that the layout of the fifth floor was somewhat different from that of the ground floor.
At the end of the corridor, a T-junction appeared.
"Don't leave the corpse for now."
Jiang Qiao took out a sealing talisman and stuck it on its face, then walked around it and continued forward.
The corridor wasn't long.
Soon, he arrived at the T-junction.
However, after just one glance, his expression turned serious.
"This road... is very similar to that eerie corridor we encountered downstairs."
This extra road is impossible to have from the building's exterior perspective, because there is no space for it.
Moreover, it is twice as wide and tall as the narrow corridor, so much so that the river bridge feels somewhat visually disorienting.
Many rooms still line this corridor.
But something's off about these rooms.
Some doors were slightly ajar, letting in light and the shadows of people moving about.
Some rooms had their doors wide open, but were pitch black inside.
Through the gray screen, Jiang Qiao could see that the interior was decorated very warmly, with sofas, chandeliers, carpets, plush toys, and even an on television!
Some rooms had their doors tightly shut, with talismans pasted on the doors and peach wood nails driven into them, as if something was being imprisoned in the room.
But what worries Jiang Qiao the most is...
The floor of the corridor was covered with messy footprints of different sizes and shapes.
He recognized the small, bloody footprints he had seen downstairs!
"The room with the open door that Liu Yuanyuan mentioned, could it be the one in this corridor?"
"They are quite reserved in their speech."
Jiang Qiao made a comment.
However, he didn't think Liu Yuanyuan had done anything wrong.
We've only met by chance; we're not even friends. They have no obligation to tell you that.
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"Open one of the rooms and take a look first."
After observing for a while, Jiang Qiao chose a room that looked very ordinary.
Walk over there, raise your fist, and punch me!
Boom!
With the fifth-tier Lightning Thunder Fist tripled in power, the door was torn open as if it were made of paper, revealing the scene inside.
"Compared to downstairs, the rooms on the fifth floor have a lot more furniture and appliances."
Jiang Qiao strode in and looked around the living room.
The house has air conditioning, a TV, a refrigerator, and a sofa—it has everything, but they all look rather old.
Some of them look like items from forty or fifty years ago.
For example, Jiang Qiao had only seen that nine-inch black and white television in photos.
He found nothing strange in the living room. Finally, he turned his attention to the bedroom, whose door was tightly shut!
"Click"
"Click"
Jiang Qiao gripped the handle and turned it a few times.
The door lock seemed to be stuck; there was a sound, but it couldn't be opened at all.
Fuck you!
He raised his fist and smashed it!
Boom!
Bang--!
With a loud bang, the door was blasted open!
As the door shattered into pieces, a gaunt figure flew out.
"Is anyone there?"
He strode into the bedroom.
Jiang Qiao ignored the room's layout and went straight to the figure.
"Another corpse."
He squinted, his gray vision constantly peering out, trying to discern something.
Unfortunately, it was just an ordinary corpse.
If there's any difference between this body and the one in the corridor, it's that this body is now dry and yellowed, and the subcutaneous fat seems to have disappeared.
In other words, it became a mummified corpse!
Jiang Qiao turned his head and glanced at the damaged door. It must have been this corpse blocking the door, its fingers stuck in the lock.
"Some things still don't make sense."
"How could an ordinary corpse possibly block me from opening the door?"
There was nothing unusual about the room, but Jiang Qiao had a feeling that something was wrong everywhere.
He threw the body into the living room and glanced around the bedroom.
Finally, they arrived at the bed next to the wall.
"According to the plot, there should be quite a few things under the bed."
Jiang Qiao revealed a cold smile.
He grabbed the edge of the bed and with a sudden jerk, lifted the entire bed off the ground!
However, he was disappointed.
The ghost story, where a vengeful spirit lies under the bed, never actually happens.
Apart from a few pairs of tattered shoes, there was nothing else.
final.
Jiang Qiao decided to look for another room, so he turned around and prepared to leave.
It was at this moment that he caught a glimpse of something flashing past the bedroom door out of the corner of his eye.
"Who goes there!"
Surrounded by lightning, Jiang Qiao shot out in an instant.
There was nothing in the living room.
But at that moment...
A pair of bloody hands suddenly reached out from the empty room behind him and landed on his shoulders!
"Young man, we meet again..."
An aged voice rang in Jiang Qiao's ears.
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This building is anything but ordinary.
When the period before dawn arrives, a large number of strange events begin to emerge.
First, he encountered a supernatural event on the second floor. The ghostly thing that looked like a counterfeit chicken-foot god made him level up.
Then, after going up to the fifth floor, they found a corridor similar to the one in the paranormal incident on the second floor.
This corridor is filled with many mysterious rooms.
He wanted to investigate, but he was attacked by a vengeful ghost in just the first room.
The pair of bloody hands behind his back pressed on his shoulders, instantly giving him the feeling that his upper body was about to lose sensation.
Not only that.
The aged voice was somewhat familiar, much like the voice he heard downstairs telling him to go back to his room.
Jiang Qiao's expression turned slightly serious, but he did not turn around.
Instead, he ignored the hands on his shoulders and walked straight ahead.
Something incredible happened.
Those hands made no attempt to stop him; they seemed to be simply resting on his shoulders.
As he walked forward, it slowly fell off.
Jiang Qiao walked all the way to the door before turning back for a glance; the room was empty.
"Just as I guessed, if I turned around, I would either see nothing or be attacked."
He gave a cold laugh.
This ghost or monster should not have a physical form; it should be some kind of spiritual entity.
Without a physical form, it means it cannot be made into a doll.
So he doesn't intend to waste time.
Looking around the entrance to the fifth floor, the corpse was still lying there quietly, without any movement.
He wasn't sure if the voices of the common people behind him were related to the old man's corpse.
Let's keep looking ahead.
Jiang Qiao carried the blue bricks and walked a few steps forward, arriving at the door of another room.
This room seems much stranger than the previous one.
Not only was a large black cross drawn on the door, but it was also splattered with a lot of red blood, giving off a strong fishy smell.
"Is this to prevent things from getting out?"
He walked over, turned the handle, and pushed it a few times, but nothing happened.
It seems to have been locked from the inside, or blocked by something.
"They had to force open every room, making it look like a home invasion robbery."
Jiang Qiao shook his head, raised the brick in his hand, and slammed it down, smashing it against the door lock.
Bang!
The door handle immediately bent, the lock area was dented, and there were signs of evasion around the door.
Bang!
Another one!
The handle was smashed flat, and the lock inside the door became detached from the door.
The door started to shake, and it wouldn't take long before it was smashed open!
However, just as he raised it for the third time...
Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from inside the room.
"Who's causing trouble outside!"
Amidst the angry shouts, the door was opened a crack, and a double-barreled shotgun emerged from the gap, aimed at Jiang Qiao's head.
"Oh ho, there are still people inside."
Jiang Qiao chuckled, but his gaze was icy cold.
The next moment.
He kicked it out directly!
Bang!
He kicked the door open forcefully.
At the same time, he reached out and grabbed the gun barrel, bending it with a "crack"!
This series of movements is very fast.
When Jiang Qiao entered the room, the man standing by the door was still in the position of wanting to pull the trigger.
"Some people said there were ordinary people living in this building, and I didn't believe it at first."
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Jiang Qiao glanced around the living room and found that there were quite a few people hiding there.
There were seven or eight of them, both men and women.
This doesn't even include the two bedrooms; there are probably people hiding inside.
Who are you?!
Upon seeing Jiang Qiao swagger in, the others immediately glared at him and drew their guns!
However, these firearms are all very old.
They were carrying either double-barreled shotguns or single-action revolvers, and one of them was even holding a rusty machete!
The style of this machete is similar to that of the broadsword used to cut off Japanese soldiers' heads, and the handle is wrapped with red silk.
This made Jiang Qiao feel a little dazed, wondering if he had traveled into a fantasy drama.
However, although these weapons looked like antiques, he sensed a strong supernatural aura about them.
It's clear that these seemingly ordinary guys are anything but ordinary.
"I'm just a tourist who wandered into this village by mistake, there's no need to be nervous."
Jiang Qiao smiled.
"I just encountered some paranormal events downstairs, so I came up to check them out."
At this point, he plopped down on the bench next to him.
"I advise you to put away your weapons; it will be in your best interest."
Jiang Qiao glanced at the woman closest to him and smiled kindly.
The woman was wearing a faded white shirt, floral trousers, and two long braids, giving her a vintage look.
"court death!"
"You destroyed our safe house and forced us to lay down our weapons!"
Jiang Qiao's casual attitude immediately aroused public anger.
Two young men immediately wanted to take action.
But just then, the bedroom door next door opened, and a voice came out: "Don't do anything rash, you are no match for him."
The voice is magnetic and alluring, yet it also has a sweet quality; this blend makes it highly recognizable!
"Liu Yuanyuan?"
"I didn't expect to see you here."
Jiang Qiao said quietly.
soon.
Two figures appeared at the bedroom door.
One was an old woman, frail and hunched over, who looked to be eighty or ninety years old, with an unnatural dark aura on her face.
The other woman was graceful, sexy, and beautiful, but her feet were bare and covered in mud. It was Liu Yuanyuan!
"You've been hiding quite a bit from me before."
Jiang Qiao stared at Liu Yuanyuan and said slowly.
The woman had previously said that this was her first time entering the building, and that she had discovered strangers and open rooms, so she wanted to explore it thoroughly.
But now it seems that she is quite familiar with the local indigenous people.
At least, when she walked out of the bedroom, Jiang Qiao saw a trace of respect in the eyes of these people.
This is absolutely not the expression she would have after claiming to have "tortured" these people!
Although he could understand Liu Yuanyuan's concealment, it didn't mean he would express his understanding in the same way he encountered her.
Those who deserve accountability must be held responsible!
Liu Yuanyuan smiled and said, "Mr. Jiang, you and I are actually the same."
"You entered this world because of a mission. I am here for my own reasons."
"We can definitely cooperate and each get what we need."
"After all, danger is everywhere here."
"It's hard for a person to survive alone."
In Nightmare City, she witnessed Jiang Qiao display five abilities: "Talismans," "Invisibility," "Protection," "Thunder," and "Flame."
She wasn't sure if this was the limit for Jiangqiao.
But just five talents were enough to amaze her!
Because in the supernatural world, the most she knew of that possessed any talent was only four types!
That's why I wanted to join forces with Jiang Qiao back in Nightmare City.
I was simply rejected.
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Liu Yuanyuan kept trying to persuade Jiang Qiao to cooperate with her.
Jiang Qiao's performance on the ghost train left a very deep impression on her.
Moreover, she is now facing a very big crisis and needs to win over more powerful people to advance and retreat with her.
However, Jiang Qiao remained unmoved.
"You want to cooperate with me?"
"I still have no idea why you're here."
"You haven't even answered the questions I asked you, such as why you call this place the underworld?"
"How can cooperation take place if there is no basic trust between people?"
Jiang Qiao said with a smile.
This woman is really interesting; she never mentions her purpose, only talking about survival.
Why would I need to cooperate with you if I wanted to survive?
What a freeloader!
"I'm sorry, Mr. Jiang. Because of the rush, we didn't have a proper discussion before."
Liu Yuanyuan looked apologetic.
"I heard Mr. Jiang mention before that you heard some information about this world from your friends, such as that it imprisons some very evil creatures."
"But what you may not know is that these extremely malevolent creatures actually entered this world on their own initiative."
"Take the initiative?" Jiang Qiao raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, proactively."
Liu Yuanyuan nodded firmly and said slowly:
"Mr. Jiang, think about it. If the humans in this world could really fight against those things, how could they have ended up like this?"
"Human beings have always been lambs to the slaughter."
"These malevolent beings came to this world for unknown reasons and then entered the Nether Sea. However, some of them are exceptionally powerful and seem to be gods."
"They possess the ability to resurrect both vengeful spirits and humans."
"But these resurrected beings are peculiar; they cannot leave this space. If they do, they will die again."
"Moreover, this resurrection is very peculiar; humans will become vengeful ghosts, while the vengeful ghosts will become human."
"Does this ability sound familiar?"
Liu Yuanyuan smiled as she looked at Jiang Qiao.
"Indeed, it's very much like the legendary reincarnation."
Jiang Qiao nodded.
"Yes, reincarnation." Liu Yuanyuan sighed.
"But this is completely different from true reincarnation. Because after they are resurrected, they still retain their original memories and bodies. They were children when they died, so they are children after they are resurrected."
"If you are an old person when you die, you will be an old person again after you are resurrected."
"Moreover, as time goes on, whether it is a vengeful ghost or a human, it will quietly develop in the direction of ghost stories."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qiao suddenly had an idea.
"When I entered the village, I saw many people who looked like farmers emerging from the bushes. They had strange features. Could they be resurrected?"
"If that's the case..."
Jiang Qiao suddenly remembered a name and asked, "Have you heard of the Water Official Emperor?"
However.
The moment the name was uttered...
The room suddenly fell silent.
The villagers who stood nearby, looking wary, revealed expressions of fear in their eyes.
Liu Yuanyuan, who was about to continue speaking, was also stunned.
How do you know about the Water Official Emperor?
Liu Yuanyuan asked in a deep voice.
"I heard from a friend that he sometimes comes to Crow Ferry?"
Jiang Qiao asked calmly.
"The Crow Ferry is a no-man's land. The god who was there has already fallen. It's not surprising that he appeared at the ferry."
"But what I find surprising is that, Mr. Jiang, your friend might not be all that powerful, right?"
"You even know this."
Liu Yuanyuan's smile faded, and she spoke earnestly.
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"oh?"
Seeing the other person's expression, Jiang Qiao suddenly broke into a bright smile.
He didn't respond to that sentence, but instead glanced again at the villagers standing in various corners of the room.
I have a guess.
Jiang Qiao suddenly spoke, his tone filled with keen interest.
He remembered a story he had heard when he was a child.
In the previous dynasty.
There was once a death row inmate who was being led to beheading, and the executioner happened to be his friend.
Because he was too nervous before his death, his friend wanted to ease his emotions.
So he whispered in his ear, "When I count to three, I will cut the rope binding you with one stroke, and then you must run away quickly and never look back."
The death row inmate nodded hastily.
soon.
It was noon, time for the execution.
The condemned prisoners strained to hear the executioner's count.
When the count reached three, he took off running at top speed and disappeared from the execution ground in an instant.
About ten years later.
The executioner has changed careers and taken up other jobs.
One day, while traveling to another province, I encountered a death row inmate.
The death row inmate was now married, and his children were old enough to run errands.
He happily invited the executioner into his home, saying that if it weren't for the executioner's help, he wouldn't be alive today.
However, the executioner was already stunned.
He said, trembling, "Brother, you died ten years ago. I was the one who hired the mortician to collect your body."
The death row inmate was stunned upon hearing this.
Then, he vaguely remembered something, and some images he had never seen before appeared in his mind.
It was a perspective of soaring into the sky, then crashing to the ground and tumbling continuously.
With a thud.
The death row inmate fell to the ground and slowly disappeared from sight.
His son, who had been standing next to him, suddenly turned into a pool of pus and blood.
Only the sighing executioner and the death row inmate's wife, crying her heart out, remained.
...
In Jiang Qiao's eyes.
At this moment, the ordinary people in the room may be similar to that death row inmate.
Time is disordered in this underworld.
Not only is time disordered in this building, but space itself has also undergone unbelievable changes due to the influence of various vengeful spirits.
In this situation, these ordinary people may not even know that they are dead.
In their hearts, this is the place where spirits are worshipped, and the safest place in the entire village.
So when the disaster broke out, they rushed in immediately.
It's a pity that they eventually died.
It's unclear whether they were killed by the catastrophe or by the "sacrifices" in this building.
It's unusual for a place where so many vengeful spirits reside to be located.
"However, all of this is just my speculation, and it's not certain yet."
"The best way is to give it a try."
"But we can't let them all die for now."
Jiang Qiao pondered this in his mind while scanning the surroundings.
Soon, he looked to his left at a middle-aged man holding a gunpowder gun.
This person was extremely hostile towards him; he almost shot him!
"Brother, let's talk in private."
"I have something important to discuss with you."
Jiang Qiao said with a smile.
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What do I have to talk to you about?"
The middle-aged man spoke with a wary expression, his eyes filled with distrust and hostility.
"With so many of you, are you afraid of me?"
Jiang Qiao smiled.
"It's obvious you have ill intentions, and I don't need to talk to you. I advise you to leave; you're not welcome here."
The middle-aged man remained unmoved, instead gripping his musket even tighter.
It looks like they're about to fire at any moment!
This is difficult...
Jiang Qiao shook his head helplessly.
Sometimes he hates violence because it makes him seem too simplistic and crude.
But it cannot be denied.
In this situation, violence is the best solution.
Then, he took a step and disappeared before everyone's eyes. To everyone's astonishment, he reappeared and placed a "sealing talisman" on the middle-aged man's forehead.
"If I tell you to cooperate, then you should cooperate properly."
Jiang Qiao grabbed him by the neck, lifted him up, and prepared to walk outside.
"Put Yang Yong down!"
What are you doing!
"Court death!"
Shouts rang out, and all the weapons were pointed at Jiang Qiao.
It felt like a major battle was about to break out at any moment!
However, since Jiang Qiao had already decided to take a hard line, he was no longer going to give them any preferential treatment.
The next second.
Blade-like talismans above appeared the heads of everyone in the room.
"I have no interest in arguing with you. Let me be clear: I'm borrowing his life today. If you dare to stop me, I won't hesitate to kill you all."
The cold light and fleeting murderous intent in Jiang Qiao's eyes sent a shiver down everyone's spine.
Hey!
He glanced one last time at Liu Yuanyuan, who stood expressionless in the corner, then picked up the middle-aged man, opened the door, and walked out.
He then left the corridor and went straight down the stairs to the first floor.
They threw the man to the ground and removed his "seal."
The man, who had just gained his freedom, raised his hand to punch Jiang Qiao, but his arm was grabbed.
Click
His right hand turned into a twisted rope.
"Ouch! That hurts!"
A scream rang out.
"What's the point of someone who's just barely clinging to life, living in their own memories?" Jiang Qiao said coldly.
"Don't be so smug! This is the Temple of Sacrifices. No matter if you hurt me or kill me, you won't leave this village alive!"
The man, enduring the pain, shouted loudly.
"The village? Your village has been extinct for who knows how many years."
Jiang Qiao sneered.
"Think carefully about why you're in this building."
"Since you came in, have you left? Has anyone else come in?"
Jiang Qiao stared into the man's eyes and said, word by word.
"Nonsense!"
The man's eyes were bloodshot.
Large beads of sweat kept seeping from his forehead due to the pain.
"Then take a look outside the door."
Ignoring the man's attitude, Jiang Qiao led him back to the building entrance at the end of the corridor, pointing outside and saying:
"Take a closer look, what has become of the altar outside?"
"Look further ahead, is this really the village you remember?"
The man was about to retort when he saw the open space outside, but he suddenly froze.
"This...this is..."
The altar outside was completely different from what he remembered.
In my memory, the altar should have been bustling with people, filled with the aroma of incense, and surrounded by villagers maintaining order.
But now it's not only deathly silent, but also completely deserted.
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Moreover, two of the bronze incense burners used for sacrifices were broken and overturned on the ground, ignored by everyone.
That's absolutely impossible!
The man's gaze went beyond the wall, looking into the distance.
Sudden.
He let out a scream and crouched down, clutching his head.
Immediately afterward, under Jiang Qiao's gaze, the middle-aged man's vital energy disappeared.
Only a cold corpse remained on the spot, and a faint stench of decay began to emanate from the man.
Jiang Qiao was very familiar with this smell; he had been smelling it ever since he entered the village.
"As expected, these people are not real living people at all, but ghosts who are still breathing and do not know that they are already dead."
"The so-called stench in the village is probably from similar corpses."
Jiang Qiao sighed.
Without a doubt, the group of dead people blocking the corridor that we encountered before and these so-called ordinary people are probably from the same source.
However, if that's the case, then there's still one problem.
"There are ghosts in this building, and the ghosts will attack the living."
"The fact that they were hiding in their rooms, and that there were crosses drawn on their doors and blood splattered on them, shows that they could not avoid paranormal attacks."
"They called that house a safe house."
"How did they manage to survive? Logically, even if there were many people, they should have all been killed by the vengeful ghosts after so many years."
"Unless, these people can be resurrected. Or, they usually switch between being dead and alive."
Jiang Qiao frowned in thought, his eyes darting around unconsciously.
Suddenly, a woman in a long red dress walked past the gate of the temple, leading a small child.
Jiang Qiao's eyes narrowed slightly at this sight.
"A female ghost in blood?"
Does this village even have something like this?
And she even brought a child with her?
However, the female ghost did not enter the area; she merely passed by, so Jiang Qiao did not take any action.
at the same time.
He also heard faint singing coming from somewhere outside the courtyard wall.
This village revealed its most eerie scene before dawn.
"The identities of these ordinary people have been revealed, but many mysteries remain."
"For example, when was the village established, and what were the reasons for its destruction..."
"For example, the Water Official Emperor!"
"Judging from their expressions just now, they clearly know something."
With that thought in mind, Jiang Qiao turned around and stepped onto the stairs again, preparing to go to the fifth floor once more.
He wasn't afraid that these people would run away.
Now, ghosts are everywhere, and they have nowhere to run.
The facts have proven that these people are just ordinary people.
As for the weapons they possessed—
Jiang Qiao glanced at the gunpowder gun he had snatched from the middle-aged man.
With its rusted barrel and stiff trigger, it should be kept in a museum display case.
However, the gunpowder in the chamber was quite interesting, as it was mixed with a lot of white bone ash.
These ashes carried a strong ominous aura, suggesting they were obtained from some vengeful ghost.
But that's about it.
It has little effect against powerful monsters.
...
The stairs were damp and smelled musty.
Jiangqiao leads up the steps.
First floor.
Second floor.
Third floor.
Everything was normal except for the darkness.
But he remained vigilant, because evil spirits always seem to appear when you think it's safe.
really.
When he reached the stairs leading from the third to the fourth floor, he suddenly stopped.
He heard a rustling sound behind him.
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Am I being followed by a ghost?"
He turned around and saw a figure at the turn of the stairs.
But half of this person's body was embedded in the wall, with only half of the body showing outside.
"I didn't see it when I passed by just now, so it just appeared?"
Jiang Qiao walked down the stairs in a few steps.
What appeared before him was a cold corpse.
Its face was bluish, and its chest and arms were covered in purple patches, but it didn't smell bad, suggesting it had just died.
Jiang Qiao pressed it; its skin was even still elastic.
However, judging from the tattered clothes, this person must have been dead for a very, very long time.
Besides, where would any new and living people come from in this place?
"Half of its body is inside the wall. Judging from this gap, it doesn't look like it was stuffed in, but rather like it was squeezed out."
Jiang Qiao touched the raised edge, then suddenly grabbed the corpse's shoulder and pulled hard!
Clang!
With his brute force, the corpse was forcibly pulled out from inside.
Several bricks and stones fell to the ground due to inertia, revealing a crack.
A foul, musty smell wafted towards us.
Through the gap, Jiang Qiao could see that there seemed to be more than one corpse inside the wall, crowded together.
Without any hesitation.
Jiang Qiao immediately raised his fist and smashed it!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
In the narrow stairwell, deafening sounds of hammering against the walls could be heard incessantly.
Dense cracks spread continuously across the wall.
Boom!
More than ten seconds later.
The wall could not withstand the force and collapsed with a loud bang.
In the dust that rose in an instant, Jiang Qiao clearly saw the terrifying scene hidden in the darkness.
"hiss--"
Even though he was used to seeing big scenes, he couldn't help but gasp.
Behind this wall was a space roughly the size of two basketball courts!
This is simply incredible.
Because it even exceeds the building's length-to-width ratio.
However, that's not the point.
Right now.
Jiang Qiao stared intently at the layers upon layers of corpses in this space, a look of horror on his face.
He finally found out where the bodies that had been burned earlier came from.
He originally thought these ghostly things were hidden on higher floors, like the sixth or seventh floor.
I never imagined it was hidden inside the wall!
The corpses were piled up neatly, one layer on top of the other, but they were standing upright.
In other words, the corpse above was standing on the shoulders of the corpse below.
One layer after another.
It's at least four or five layers high!
And they all face the direction where the river bridge is located!
"Where did all these corpses come from?"
Jiang Qiao's expression was solemn.
The corpses included men and women, young people and old people, and their clothing and appearance varied.
Some were wearing shirts, some were wearing casual clothes, and some were wearing the short jackets and long gowns that were popular a hundred years ago.
Jiang Qiao even vaguely saw several corpses dressed in ancient costumes!
They seem to come from different eras!
But he remembered very clearly that the "Land God" had said that the villages in this world were all built after the great catastrophe in the supernatural world.
Since that's the case.
Logically speaking, they should all be "modern people"!
How can people from different eras appear?
If only one or two people have different styles, you can say that it's just their personal style.
But that's clearly not the case now.
For example, those wearing long gowns included both elderly and middle-aged people, numbering at least hundreds!
"Is that local deity lying to me?"
"Or are there more corpses than just those in the village?"
Jiang Qiao squinted.
He actually had a question all along.
The supernatural and reality are clearly two different worlds, so why are their clothes and appearances so similar?
What exactly is the relationship between these two worlds?
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Suddenly, he turned around and punched the wall on his right!
Clang!
The sound of bricks falling rang out.
Like the left side, the right side also reveals a space, but it is much smaller than the left side, about half the size of a basketball court!
It was also filled with countless corpses.
The foul-smelling liquid was flowing all over the ground.
"The number of corpses in these two locations alone is already over ten thousand."
Jiang Qiao frowned.
If the walls of an entire building were filled with corpses, how many would there be?
Unbelievable!
Just as Jiang Qiao was examining the body.
Suddenly, he heard a series of "creaking" sounds, much like the sound of a steel cable dragging something.
Immediately afterwards.
A "ding-dong" sound.
A faint light emanated from the back of the space on the left.
A dangerous intuition welled up from the bottom of my heart.
"What is that?"
Jiang Qiao's eyes suddenly shone brightly with gray light, and he directly activated the third-level double pupils!
A gray, ghostly aura enveloped them.
The layers of corpses were instantly revealed, exposing the elevator hidden under the wall at the end!
"There's even a hidden elevator in this building, but I don't know where it leads."
Jiang Qiao stood in the corridor, not making any rash moves.
After the elevator doors opened, a blurry figure stood there, seemingly watching him.
"Are we about to be attacked?"
He produced a broken earthen bowl used for begging in his hand and stared coldly at the shadow.
However, the shadow seemed to have merely passed by.
They did not exit the elevator.
Soon, with a "ding-dong," the elevator doors closed again.
Jiang Qiao saw that the elevator was descending continuously from the third floor until it finally stopped displaying "basement 18".
"Holy crap, does this elevator lead to the eighteenth level of hell?"
Jiang Qiao felt a chill run down his spine.
Sun Yi said this underground world is hell, and this statement was even endorsed by the "Land God".
Liu Yuanyuan, however, called it the underworld.
But regardless of what it's called, this doesn't seem like a place for the living.
If humans could still survive on the surface of the supernatural world.
The terror displayed in this underground world was so profound that it seemed like no living person should venture there.
"Is that extra corridor on the fifth floor connected to this elevator?"
He had originally planned to test the waters by bringing out a few more corpses to take a look, but he has now given up on the idea.
Just then.
Jiang Qiao suddenly noticed a change in the light.
"The time period has started to change."
He understood.
The "pre-dawn" period has lasted for about two hours.
The change in time period is not surprising.
He stopped going upstairs and instead quietly looked at the morgue in front of him.
soon.
An incredible change has occurred.
The wall that he had blasted down was slowly beginning to return to its original state.
This restoration is somewhat like a transparent lens in a movie, slowly becoming real.
As the walls were restored, the brickwork and plaster on the ground gradually disappeared.
Just a few minutes.
Only the body that had been pulled out remained on the ground.
"The light is a bit brighter now than when we arrived this afternoon."
"It should represent daytime."
Jiang Qiao silently made comparisons in his mind, experiencing the subtle changes.
Suddenly, he raised his hand and threw a powerful punch!
Bang!
A loud bang.
The wall shattered and collapsed again, creating a large hole.
However, no space was found to store the bodies.
Opposite the wall is the ceiling of a room on the third floor near the stairs.
All the abnormalities seemed to have disappeared.
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As time passed, all the strange occurrences disappeared.
Only the river bridge remained standing on the stairs.
After waiting for a while and confirming that there were no other abnormalities, he went up to the fifth floor again.
On the stairs between the fourth and fifth floors, he deliberately touched the walls on both sides. They were cold and hard, and there was no abyss like the one he had encountered the first time he went upstairs.
When he entered the fifth floor...
The corpse that had been lying at the door was also gone.
I don't know if it was cleaned up or disappeared over time.
However, that strange corridor did not disappear.
However, the doors that Jiang Qiao had smashed have been restored to normal.
These river bridges were all prepared.
After all, if the wall downstairs that was punched through can be restored to its original state, then several doors can be restored as well.
What truly sent a chill down his spine was that the room where the ordinary people had been hiding was gone!
When Jiang Qiao left, he made a point of glancing at the room number: Room 555.
However, standing in this mysterious corridor that seemed to have no end in sight, he could only see numbers 554 and 556.
That room vanished into thin air!
"That group called it a safe house, and it really is safe. I wonder if it only appears before dawn."
Jiang Qiao looked around and opened several rooms, but found nothing.
Ultimately, he decided to venture further into the corridor.
So far, apart from those mysterious ghost feet, I haven't had any dealings with any vengeful spirits.
He now desperately needs to find vengeful ghosts to replenish the number of his substitute puppets!
...
The further you walk into the corridor, the dimmer the light becomes.
The ceiling lights were flickering incessantly, as if the voltage was unstable and they might go out at any moment.
The doors to the rooms on both sides looked much older than those at the entrance, and some were even covered in moss.
However, this corridor was not damp and appeared dry and clean compared to the stairwell.
Jiang Qiao squatted down and touched the red carpet; his fingers were spotless.
"There are problems with both the rooms and the hallways."
He squinted, scanning his surroundings.
"The corridor is too clean; it's not something that can be achieved by cleaning every day. It's a bit like the meditation rooms in Luohan Temple."
"But what we should really be wary of are these rooms."
"The moss on the door is either used to seal the door, or something inside the house is affecting the outside, causing these strange things to grow."
"Since we're already here, and our goal is to find the ghost, let's give it a try."
Jiang Qiao calmly walked to the door of a room, grabbed the doorknob and turned it, but there was no response.
He reached out and punched the door.
Bang!
A dull sound rang out, and Jiang Qiao felt as if he were facing a wall rather than a wooden door.
But he did not give up.
A black lightning bolt began to swirl in his hand.
With the enhancements of "critical hit" and "armor penetration", the fifth-tier Lightning Thunder Fist is enough to rival a sixth-tier expert!
Boom!
With a deafening clap of thunder, the door shattered into pieces under the powerful electric current!
Then, Jiang Qiao stepped into the house.
The room's layout was unremarkable; under the dim lighting, the sofa, coffee table, and television were arranged in an orderly fashion.
On the mottled walls, there are still some distorted landscape paintings, all depicting strange places.
For example, there is a painting of a waterfall hanging in the air, with a bottomless abyss below, and in the waterfall, there is a blood-red eyeball that can be vaguely seen.
There's another painting that, if you look closely, appears completely black, like ink smeared on paper; it's not a painting at all.
However, if you shift your attention and observe out of the corner of your eye, you can glimpse a vague human silhouette and a blurry little house in the darkness.
It's incredibly strange!
Jiang Qiao stood in the living room, glancing repeatedly at the black painting, hoping the human figures within would become clearer.
However, after trying for a while, the expected supernatural attack did not occur.
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It seems to be just an ordinary painting!
After searching the house again and even making several holes in the walls, Jiang Qiao finally gave up.
There were indeed strange things going on everywhere in this house.
For example, a hole a meter deep was made in the wall, but it didn't penetrate to the next room; all that appeared in front of you was still bricks.
For example, the chandelier at the top of the ceiling can still emit light even though it is not powered on.
However, if you remove it, the light will immediately turn off.
However, apart from these anomalies, no actual vengeful ghosts appeared.
final.
Having gained nothing, Jiang Qiao left the room.
Continue walking forward along the corridor.
The house number rose higher and higher with each step he took.
No. 567.
No. 568.
No. 569.
No. 570.
No. 572.
When Jiang Qiao arrived at room 572, he stopped again.
Because there are also instances of skipped numbers here.
"Is house number 571 also a so-called safe house? Why don't people appear there during the daytime?"
Jiang Qiao pondered.
But he always felt that something was wrong.
The literal meaning of a safe house is to protect safety, but the danger level is not high during the daytime, so why hide it?
If it's really for security reasons, then they should hide during times like midnight!
"Could something be more dangerous during the day than at night?"
"Or did these old bastards cheat me?"
He wasn't quite sure.
After all, he hadn't had a chance to have an in-depth conversation with that group of people before the darkness before dawn vanished.
Based on the current situation, we are currently in the early morning.
This is also the time when you are least likely to encounter ghosts.
Therefore, when people in the supernatural world enter abandoned towns, they usually rest in the morning.
Because relatively speaking, this is the safest time.
Even someone as brave as Jiang Qiao wouldn't dare to sleep at night.
Because that means you could very well lose your life without any warning!
After noting down the numbered rooms in the corridor, Jiang Qiao continued walking forward.
soon.
A crossroads appeared before him.
To the left and ahead of the intersection, there was still a corridor leading to who-knows-where.
However, the right side ended there.
About thirty meters away, a wall blocked the way.
There was also a half-open door on the wall.
Jiang Qiao walked into the dead-end road, stood outside the door, and looked inside.
"Is this the entrance to the sixth floor?"
He saw a staircase leading upstairs and downstairs.
On the walls of the staircase, there are arrows that glow faintly, seemingly pointing the way.
It is very similar to a safety passage in the real world.
"Going upstairs from this position likely means that there are no more ordinary corridors and rooms upstairs."
"But where does this downward staircase lead?"
There is no third exit downstairs.
"unless..."
Jiang Qiao's eyes flickered as he recalled the elevator he had seen in that warehouse of corpses.
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