Chapter 360 The most precious treasure in the game: the lost history
Lao Liu entered the thick smoke. This ghost land was not difficult for him, including attacks by ghosts looking for people and sleepwalking ghosts. Same thing.
"Hey, you didn't avoid me?"
Lao Liu was a little surprised, looking at Li Leping in front of him who had completely turned into a ghost, with confusion in his eyes.
He fought against Li Leping last night.
At that time, Li Leping had already used this method, completely handing himself over to the sleepwalking ghost and entering a state of sleepwalking. Using the sleepwalking ghost to control the forgotten ghost, the ghost looking for someone, and the ghost smoke was Li Leping's strongest state now.
But even so, he was not able to get any benefits from Lao Liu, and he was even almost caught by Lao Liu and taken back to the paper shop to make a paper man.
But now, Li Leping stood in front of him again, with no intention of running away.
Li Leping just stared at Lao Liu quietly, and Lao Liu also looked at Li Leping happily. There seemed to be peace between the two, but the terrifying confrontation had already begun.
Man-seeking ghosts and sleepwalking ghosts are attacking Lao Liu all the time.
Lao Liu's strength is indeed terrifying, but it is impossible to be completely unharmed when facing these two fully revived ghosts.
The skin on his body cracked and fell off inch by inch, and finally turned into confetti on the ground.
But after one layer of skin fell off, there was still a layer of intact skin underneath, as if it had not been harmed at all.
Looking at Lao Liu's indifferent attitude, it was obvious that this injury would not have much impact on him.
In my ears, the sound of chewing continued.
Lao Liu looked around, but unfortunately this was Li Leping's ghost domain. Without his permission, others would not be able to see what was going on in the ghost domain.
"There is some trouble. My intuition tells me that you are hiding something terrible. It seems you need to show some real skills."
Made from the skin that fell on the ground. The white paper scraps moved without wind, flying irregularly in the air, and as they danced, they were like sharp blades, cutting through the thick smoke and hardening Li Leping's ghostland. Cut and tear.
Li Leping's pupils shrank suddenly and slowly receded.
However, the white confetti in this area had already flown over, and Lao Liu was in this pile of white confetti, also chasing after Li Leping.
"If you only have this little ability, then stay and make paper figures for me. An accident like last night will never happen again."
Faced with the white paper scraps that can separate the ghost world, Li Leping seemed to have no means to deal with it and could only watch as Lao Liu grabbed his wrist.
The moment his wrist was grabbed, the skin on Lao Liu's hand surged, as if it came alive, and covered Li Leping's body.
The areas covered by this layer of skin turned into white paper.
With just one breath, one of Li Leping's arms had completely turned into a paper man's arm, but in the next moment, the arm returned to normal.
From the normal arm to the paper man's arm, and then from the paper man's arm to the normal arm.
This change has continued, Lao Liu said: "Hangsheng, your explosive power is good, but unfortunately the durability is too low. If you continue like this, you will completely become a ghost, you might as well do it now Let me make you into a paper man, which will at least ensure that you retain some consciousness. And as long as I don’t die, you won’t die either. Isn’t this a win-win situation?”
Li Leping said expressionlessly. : "You are too arrogant. You know that I am stalling for time, but you still dare to waste time here. You are simply desperate."
Old Liu was happy, "So, you are planning to rely on you The companion with a big mouth, or the friend who walks around with a corpse on his back? "
Li Leping didn't speak, but Lao Liu's expression suddenly became serious.
The sound of chewing in the thick smoke stopped at some point, and a sense of danger arose in Lao Liu's heart.
A tall figure appeared silently in the thick smoke behind him.
Lao Liu's face darkened, and he let go of his hand and was about to retreat, but Li Leping caught him with his backhand, and the supernatural confrontation continued, "Now that you're here, don't leave. Zhang Lei, not yet Do it?”
“Let me eat this annoying old guy right away.”
Zhang Lei’s figure completely emerged from the smoke. Compared with before, this time. His skin seemed to be completely ignited, as if something was burning inside, making the skin almost transparent.
To this extent, ordinary people can vaguely see several strange figures under his skin, struggling and wailing, but unable to escape the burning of the flames, and finally gradually turned into fuel and were burned away.
The clothes on the chest have been untied, and a head with a bloody mouth is greedily biting Lao Liu's head.
"So, eating the ghosts of those unlucky ghosts made you grow to this extent? It's really scary!"
Old Liu instantly understood the reason.
Why did the two young men who were chased by him last night to the sky and into the earth without any way out, uncharacteristically come to the old street to die today.
It turns out that this young man named Zhang Lei has such terrible growth potential.
Just a dozen of the Ghost Controller's ghosts being swallowed by him pushed his power to such a terrifying level that even if he was bitten by one with his strength, he would be severely injured.
But he is still being restrained by Li Leping, unable to move at all.
"Hey! I'm so old, and I actually capsized here with two young people. I'm really shameless. But can you stop watching the show, especially you, Lao Liu, in your store? If you can't buy the paper figurine I made, just go clean it yourself."
"Don't say such vicious things, we are all old guys, how can I not save you?"
Old Liu also walked into the ghost realm, which made Li Leping, who had completely handed over his body to the ghost, almost cursed in anger.
Although he does not specialize in ghost realms, his ghost realm strength is not low, otherwise he would not be able to invade the ghost streets of Taiping Town.
But now is better.
His ghost realm is like a piece of paper, which breaks when he pokes it, first the paper shop owner Lao Liu, and then the hotel owner Lao Liu.
From what they said, it seemed that the owners of other stores could easily walk into their own ghost realm.
"Is my strength that bad in front of these people? Is the gap in strength between ghost masters from two eras so terrifying?"
Li Leping was puzzled and couldn't believe it.
Click bang!
This is the sound of the upper and lower teeth of the ghost on Zhang Lei's chest colliding. It clearly bit Lao Liu's head, but it didn't bite at all. It bit directly on the air, biting Lonely.
At this moment, Li Leping felt his hands were empty.
Lao Liu's wrist that he had originally grasped disappeared. He had no time to think about it because a greater sense of crisis was coming.
If you don’t follow through, you may actually be made into a paper man.
"I have earned a lot of points, Zhang Lei, our previous guess was correct. The ghost controller here is the monster, and the shop owner here is the BOSS. The next step is up to you."
Li Leping had already begun to fight hard, but before doing so, he still sent Zhang Lei away in advance.
Lao Liu and Lao Liu tried to stop him, but in front of the desperate Li Leping, they could not keep Zhang Lei and could only watch him disappear.
Li Leping blocked the entrance to the archway, his body having withstood the attacks of the two men, and had become dilapidated.
Most of the body was turned into white paper, and even the power of the Forgotten Ghost could not restore this supernatural change.
“Since you want to die, then I will grant it to you.”
The smile on Lao Liu’s face completely disappeared and he strode over.
The thick smoke dissipated.
Only Lao Liu and a paper man were left at the scene.
The facial outline of the paper man was very clear, and He Liansheng recognized it at a glance. He was one of the four young people who came to Taiping Town last night.
All the dead people on the ground disappeared, not a single one was left.
"Uncle Liu..."
Old Liu was holding the paper man in his hand, and his body had lost weight. "There is a scary young man who ran away, but I have a premonition about him. He should come back and be very hostile to us. Ah Sheng, don't let the people here leave. Please stay here before catching that young man. Otherwise, we will face an extremely terrifying situation. enemy.”
He Liansheng looked startled, "Uncle Liu, were those young people last night so scary?"
"At least the one who escaped was scary, and the scary thing was his ability to grow." Old Liu looked at him with a look on his face He solemnly said, "I have to go back now. It will be hard for you to do things here."
He Liansheng turned to Old Liu and said: "Uncle Liu, please excuse me. I will report this matter to you now." Grandpa."
"Okay, you go, we are here." The "we" that Old Liu said are naturally the owners of these shops on Ghost Street. They may have some conflicts with each other. , but in the face of big right and wrong, he is still very clear about it.
Even though many bosses felt that Lao Liu's words were exaggerated, no one stood up to refute them. Instead, they worked together to persuade the tourists on the ghost street to stay.
So many people died in just half an hour.
And from what I heard, the source of the danger has not yet been resolved. The people who came to the market were also divided into two groups. Some of them were willing to stay and wait until the danger was resolved before leaving.
The other part has a crisis of confidence in Taiping Town and wants to leave immediately.
However, the chaos here has nothing to do with Zhang Lei. Under the escort of Li Leping, he escaped from the ghost street and met Cao Yang on the hill near the expanding puddle. Convergence.
Cao Yang's condition was very bad, and the balance of the ghosts in his body was almost broken. This was the price he paid for escaping Lao Liu's pursuit last night.
“Li Leping’s harvest this time was not small. He directly killed seven ghost masters and got 35 points. Although I didn’t record any points, I also ate eleven ghosts and gained a lot of strength. A small improvement. But this strength is not enough. Compared with the owners of the shops in Ghost Street, there is still a gap and more improvement is needed."
Zhang Lei told what happened just now.
Cao Yang's face was completely numb, without any expression. "It's a pity. With this attack, the ghost street has already been prepared and cannot do it again."
"We only have one chance. It's great to have such a big gain, but I may have to live up to Li Leping's expectations. And you, you may not get a single point this time." Zhang Lei was helpless.
He can increase his terror level by eating ghosts.
After eating eleven ghosts, his own level of terror has indeed been greatly improved, but this improvement does not have much effect in front of the owner of the ghost street shop, otherwise the paper will be tied The owner of the shop, Lao Liu, would definitely be seriously injured, not just lose weight.
He said with some frustration: "I feel that the difficulty of this round of the game is a bit abnormal. This may be related to our efficiency in obtaining points in the game. We have obtained more points in this round, and next time The difficulty of the game will increase every time.”
“It is possible, after all, it is just a virtual game. However, we have other tasks in the game. Don’t forget that the virtual game is based on reality. , just like the starving ghost incident in Dachang City, the Caesar Hotel incident in ZS City, and the ghost grave incident in Dahai City, they are all scenes reflected in reality in the game. The same is true for this game. If we can collect enough intelligence, You can uncover the secrets of Taiping Ancient Town. Even if you don't get enough points, you are likely to get the previous secrets, which can help reality."
Cao Yang's words completely opened up Zhang Lei's thinking," You are right, this is also a valuable asset. It seems that our previous choice was wrong. We should not confront each other head-on, but should value peace, so that we can get more information."
"No, the price of entering the game is not small. Even for our captain, it is risky to imprison four ghosts. It is easy to encounter extremely terrifying ghosts and ruin yourself. Since there is a chance to gain points, Then we can't give up. As for gathering intelligence, I'll leave it to you," Cao Yang said.
Zhou Deng?
Zhang Lei immediately looked around and saw a ghost in a corner with a supernatural aura all over his body.
No, it’s not Li Gui, but Zhou Deng.
He took off the human skin mask on his face, and the aura of the evil ghost dissipated, revealing Zhou Deng's face, but this face now no longer had the frivolity before, instead it had a dignified look, "Cao You are right, the information here is indeed a valuable asset. Guess who I met in the town?”
Zhang Lei said: "Who, don't tell me it's the store manager."
Zhou Deng didn't say anything, just stared at Zhang Lei, as if to say: How do you know, were you there at that time?
"I guessed it right? Have you really met the store manager?" Zhang Lei was also shocked.
Zhou Deng nodded solemnly, "I should say that I saw the store manager last night, and...when I saw him, everything about him was normal. When I was using the human skin mask, He didn't think he was a gorilla in disguise. There were other people present. I'm sure those old people were definitely aliens, especially the spiritualists of this generation who guarded the ancestral hall, but they all appeared to be normal people in front of the store manager. , did not turn into a gorilla or other animals at all."
"In other words, the Peace Hotel does not appear in modern times, but can be traced back to this era at least, and in this era, forty years? Before, there was no problem at the Peace Hotel. The store manager also appeared as a normal ghost master? So what happened 40 years ago that caused the store manager's terrifying existence to change? Is there even a situation similar to losing balance? ”
The mere appearance of the "store manager" made Cao Yang and others think of terrible things.
“It seems that a lot of things have happened in the past forty years, and there was even a huge catastrophe, which would have affected the terrifying existence of the store manager. There is also Taiping Town, where there are more than a dozen stores. Ten of them, each one is run by someone, and the bosses inside are all very scary ghost masters. But in modern times, there are only four ghost masters of the older generation left in Taiping Ancient Town, and there are definitely extremely terrifying ghost masters among them. Changes." Zhang Lei also used his imagination.
Cao Yang looked at Zhou Deng, "Zhou Deng, your supernatural power has a great advantage in concealment. We have no chance to coexist peacefully with the people in Taiping Town now, so it is up to you to find opportunities to explore the intelligence. , I will help Zhang Lei get enough points. You don’t have to worry about not getting anything. This is a team action. After the game is over, we can divide the points equally.”
Zhang Lei said. : "I didn't mean See you. After all, my growth was also completed with the help of Li Leping, but his points were earned by himself, and we have no right to make decisions for him."
"Li Leping's situation is another matter. , at least this agreement between the three of us is to solve your worries. However, you need to be focused when asking for information, and try to find out as much information as possible from the store manager. I have a hunch that it will cause an earthquake in the supernatural circle."
This last sentence was directed at Zhou Deng.
Zhou Deng nodded solemnly, "I know, and I am also very interested in the history of these forty years and the store manager's past. I prefer to collect the lost supernatural items rather than the supernatural items stolen by evil spirits. It feels more fulfilling to steal history from the long river of time.”
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Cao Yang actually saw a strange brilliance in Zhou Deng.
"I'm leaving. Before this game is over, I won't come to you again unless necessary. I will use another identity to integrate into Taiping Town. If you have a chance, you can also go to Ghost Street. Check out the mask stall, there are many masks there, maybe you can hide your identity."
Zhou Deng left without using the ghost realm.
But both Zhang Lei and Cao Yang couldn't understand how he left. It should be the supernatural power of his human skin mask, which was weird and bizarre.
"My condition can't last long. With the Li Leping incident, it's impossible for the seniors in Ghost Street to give us another chance, so I'm going to talk to them." Cao Yang said.
Zhang Lei hesitated and said: "Isn't this to die?"
"It can be said to be to die, but they should be very curious about our origins, and even more suspicious of the forces behind us. So even if If they attack me, they probably won't kill me directly. Zhou Deng shouldn't be the only one to find out the information. I can also use other methods. You can stay outside the town for the time being. If the ghost master leaves, as long as you. If you are sure, just hunt them down. The ghost street is a market and it is impossible to force everyone to be detained.”
The cold wind blew by, and Cao Yang and Zhang Lei disappeared.
As Cao Yang thought, Ghost Street is a market, and it is impossible to force everyone who comes to the market to stay, otherwise the reputation of Ghost Street and Taiping Town will be completely ruined.
However, these people who forcibly left were not stupid. Basically, they did not choose to leave alone. They all traveled in groups of twos and threes.
There is only one main road in and out of Taiping Town. Cao Yang put Zhang Lei on this road, which is about one kilometer away from the entrance of Taiping Town.
This distance is just right, so it is not easy to touch the sensitive nerves of the ghost masters in the ghost street.
"Next, it's up to you."
"Don't worry, if I can't even deal with these people, then it will be a waste of Li Leping's sacrifice, and it will be a waste of the two ghosts I control. ”
Cao Yang is still very relieved about Zhang Lei. This is the sense of trust established in the previous rounds of the game.
At this time, Taiping Town has returned to its former peace. What happened in the ghost street does not seem to have much impact on the ordinary people outside.
When Li Leping invaded, he did not attack the ordinary people outside.
However, Cao Yang's arrival still attracted attention. As soon as he entered the town, he noticed something was wrong. It was only a few hundred meters away, but he seemed to never reach the end.
There is a problem.
Cao Yang stopped and looked back, only to find that he was still standing at the entrance of the town. Under the eaves not far from him, a young man who looked somewhat familiar was looking at the same person he met last night. He Liansheng stood together and looked at him coldly.
"Uncle Liu guessed right, and you will come again." He Liansheng said coldly.
Cao Yang glanced at him and said expressionlessly: "I have no hostility in coming this time, but I want to have a good talk with you."
"If a wild wolf came to your house and bit someone, and the wolf turned around and said it was not hostile but wanted to have a good chat with you, what would you do?" He Liansheng asked.
Cao Yang said: "I know you won't believe it, but this is indeed the purpose of my coming here. I can not go into the ghost street, but exchange information with you here. For example, who is behind us and who came here Purpose, I believe you are all very interested.”
Exchange information?
He Liansheng was a little moved. These four people, including Cao Yang, were too mysterious. Whether it was their clothes or their behavior, they all felt out of place with this era, as if they were visitors from another world. .
It would not be a bad thing if we could communicate and understand each other's information.
But...
"Your proposal is good, but your companions hurt many people. I need ten questions as compensation." He Liansheng said.
Cao Yang said: "Three."
The two looked at each other with no intention of giving in. Instead, Boss Liu on the side spoke, "Each of us take a step back, seven."< br>
"I took a step back, but I can agree. I hope your question won't be too excessive." Cao Yang agreed.
He Liansheng nodded, "Okay, but wait a minute, I want to invite an elder to come over. Just watch him and kill him if he dares to do it."
"You really think highly of me."
Boss Liu looked helpless. You must know that in this world, he is just a newcomer to control Li Gui, and he will be squeezed by He Liansheng.
Recalling the past forty years...
Okay, get used to it.
(End of this chapter)