Li Yi finally managed to get in touch with the other team mbers and heaved a slight sigh of relief.
In this world, to survive, reliable teammates were indispensable. Now that the team leader Zhang Xun and Xu Qiui had both died, if anything else happened to the others, then he truly would be left alone.
During these two days, Li Yi didn’t go anywhere and just stayed on the balcony of the rental apartnt. When he was hungry, he drank nutritional fluid, and when he was tired, he entered into Cultivation.
During this period, Zheng Yaoyao kept seeking him out for conversation, wanting to learn more about the Four Seas and Eight Continents. She seed very interested in Otherworld, but Li Yi didn’t pay much attention, and just briefly humored her with a few perfunctory words.
Thus, ti swiftly moved on to the third day.
Today, Li Yi did not enter into Cultivation; instead, he sat with closed eyes, concentrating on sensing any abnormalities around him.
Because according to the person in charge nad Wang Qiao, today soone would deliver a letter to both himself and the other team mbers. He was eager to know what kind of thod the other party would use to appear and deliver the letter into his hands. What kind of letter was it, and what impact would it have on him?
He felt both curious and uneasy in his heart.
Because Li Yi believed that this was not a good sign.
As ti ticked by, nothing unusual happened until evening, just like any other day.
At this mont, it wasn’t just him waiting for the so-called letter; Qin Bing at the highway service station and Tao Yuan under the suburban bridge were also waiting for the letter. They too didn’t believe that under these circumstances anyone would be able to find them and deliver the letter precisely into their hands.
"Li Yi, are you going to stay on the balcony tonight? Do you want to co sleep in the bed? I’m a very sound sleeper, I won’t disturb you," Zheng Yaoyao suddenly said boldly. She wanted to know if Li Yi was really an ascetic, able to sit on the balcony alone for three days.
Is he even human?
However, Li Yi ignored Zheng Yaoyao’s sowhat tempting words and remained vigilant, watching for any abnormalities around him.
"Hey, Li Yi, are you married? What kind of girl do you like?" Zheng Yaoyao, not giving up, kept on asking.
Li Yi still kept his eyes closed, ignoring her questions. He didn’t want to satisfy Zheng Yaoyao’s curiosity with pointless chatter; he was focused on the appearance of the letter.
And then, at around half-past twelve.
Suddenly.
Li Yi seed to sense sothing, his eyes snapping open, a pair of vertical pupils shining brightly as he instantly looked towards the direction of the door.
Underneath the door, a yellow letter was slowly sliding in.
"How is this possible?"
Li Yi was filled with surprise and confusion; he hadn’t heard any noise at all just now. How did that letter appear outside the door? Setting aside how the person confird his location, if soone really ca to deliver the letter, there would definitely be the sound of footsteps, the sound of breathing.
These noises couldn’t possibly escape the ears and eyes of an Evolver.
So, what exactly was outside the door delivering the letter?
A ghost?
Li Yi’s expressions changed unpredictably, but in the next instant, he surged forward explosively, his Qi and Blood Gang Qi as a Martial Artist in the Refining Realm exploded forth. Like an arrow, he shot out with incredible speed, appearing as a blur before Zheng Yaoyao’s eyes as he flew past.
The loud noise of impact followed imdiately.
The solid door was shattered into pieces by a burst of Gang Qi in an instant.
By this ti, Li Yi had already appeared in the hallway outside the door, his fists clenched, ready for a confrontation.
However, there was nothing outside the door.
The corridor was completely empty.
"How can this be?" He looked utterly bewildered.
From the appearance of the letter to his reaction, it took Li Yi no more than two seconds. In such a short span of ti, it would have been impossible for soone at the door to escape without leaving a trace. But now, after bursting out, he saw nothing outside, only a yellow letter lying on the ground.
"Could the person delivering the letter also be a Ghost Tar? Possessing the ability to vanish instantly, just like that Wang Qiao?"
This speculation crossed his mind.
"Li Yi, what happened?" At that mont, Zheng Yaoyao got a fright. After seeing that everything was fine, she plucked up her courage and ca over to look around.
"It’s none of your business, and I’m leaving," Li Yi glanced at the letter on the ground, hesitated, but still picked it up.
After picking up the letter, nothing terrible happened, which eased his mind slightly.
But the appearance of the yellow letter magnified the unease in his heart. He realized that no matter where he hid in this world, it was useless. It seed as though they were being targeted by a mysterious and unknown force, unable to escape, unless they waited to Cross Border and leave after three months.
"Where are you going this late? If you have anything, just say it tomorrow," Zheng Yaoyao urged.
"I’m going to do what I must," Li Yi said. "Thanks for your care these past few days. I will compensate you once I manage to get so money after a while."
With that, he picked up his things and leapt down from the balcony without looking back. In just a few seconds, he had already disappeared into the darkness.
"Hey, Li Yi, if you encounter any trouble, call . And, I don’t want your money. If you get a chance, tell your story," Zheng Yaoyao hurried to the balcony, leaning over to shout outside.
However, no response ca in the night; Li Yi had already disappeared to who knows where.
Seeing this, Zheng Yaoyao imdiately felt very disappointed. She had thought that Li Yi would stay for a while, and she wanted to hear more of his stories. Although he was sowhat aloof, she could sense that Li Yi was a good person. After all, there are no bad guys who are handso and skilled in martial arts.
"If he doesn’t call, I’ll call him later."
Then Zheng Yaoyao seed to rember sothing, and her mood instantly improved quite a bit.
"I’ve already received the yellow letter."
At this mont, Li Yi imdiately took out his phone to contact the other team mbers after leaving Zheng Yaoyao’s ho, wanting to know how the others were doing.
"I’ve received the letter, too," Qin Bing imdiately responded, "This thing’s appearance is really bizarre."
"I received it as well, and not just —Zhang Jing also got the letter," Tao Yuan added.
"Gather together, sothing about this doesn’t feel right," Li Yi said.
"Co to my place then, I’m with the injured Zhang Jing and it’s inconvenient for us to move," Tao Yuan suggested.
"Okay," Li Yi and Qin Bing had no objections.
Soon after, the two of them received a location.
Imdiately, Li Yi changed direction and sped towards Tao Yuan’s location.
A short while later.
Under the bridge tunnel of a large river-crossing bridge on the outskirts of the city, the scattered individuals reconvened.
Upon eting, they saw that everyone was holding a yellow letter identical in design, showing no visible special features. However, a sense of unease was curling inside everyone’s heart.
The atmosphere was sowhat somber.
"Turns out that person in charge, Wang Qiao, was right—if we wait three days, a letter would find its way to our hands," Qin Bing couldn’t help wanting to curse, "This thing is no good. I even thought of throwing it away, but I decided to bring it back to discuss with everyone, to see if we could co up with any counterasures."
"The letter is quite peculiar. I studied it a bit on the way here; it’s whole and intact, as if it was naturally ford from a single piece of paper, showing no seams. It seems there’s a letter inside, but I haven’t opened it to see what it is," said Zhang Jing, sounding sowhat pale and weak.
"Should soone tear it open and have a look?" Tao Yuan looked around at the group and suggested.
"It’s better not to. Let’s hold onto this thing for a while and see, if nothing abnormal happens, then it’s not too late to open it. We don’t want to trigger any kind of incident," Li Yi shook his head, advising caution against anyone opening the letter.
"However, I feel like it’s definitely not going to be good news from the sender. That person ntioned Da Han City before, the origin of this letter might be connected to that city."
Da Han City?
Everyone recalled the map they had seen before.
Da Han City was a fair distance from here, at least several hundred kiloters away. If they were going to Da Han City, walking wasn’t feasible, they’d have to drive there.
But they were reluctant to leave Dazhuang City, because the coordinates for the Otherworld gateway were here. If they went too far, they might miss the opening of the gateway. Missing it would an another month’s wait, which would be botherso.
"So what do we do now? Keep hiding sowhere until we can cross back after three months?" Qin Bing looked at the others and said, "Two people have already died. If we encounter another supernatural incident, I fear we might be wiped out."
"Wait, sothing’s off."
Suddenly, Li Yi was startled as he imdiately looked around.
The surrounding light had dimd without anyone noticing, turning pitch black, and a chilling air began to seep into the atmosphere.
The others’ faces changed drastically, realizing sothing was amiss.
But the surroundings only grew darker, and even with the Evolvers’ vision, they couldn’t see through the blackness. Objects around them were vanishing, with the space they could stay in shrinking rapidly.
However, just as they were about to scatter and escape before the darkness entirely engulfed them.
Suddenly.
A winding path appeared within the darkness.
Where the path led was unknown, but at its end lood a historic-looking building, surrounded by neon lights of various colors, giving off an exceptionally eerie vibe amidst the darkness.
"A path leading to an unknown place?"
The group looked at each other, their ti in this world proving that the more they stayed, the more they encountered things beyond their comprehension.
Moreover, with the ergence of this path, the encroaching darkness seed to be eroding everything nearby.
If they didn’t walk along this path, it appeared they would simply vanish from this world.
"It seems everything is out of our hands now, so force is guiding us, wanting us to walk this path, to head towards that building at the end," Li Yi glanced at the pressing darkness around them, suspecting that they truly didn’t have much ti left to hesitate.
"Are we encountering these weird situations without opening the letters, or were we targeted the mont the letters were sent out, unable to escape?" As Tao Yuan looked at the intact letters in everyone’s hands, he couldn’t help but speak up.
"There’s no more ti, we need to go, or we’re in danger. I feel like sothing within that darkness is watching us, sothing terrifying," at this mont, Qin Bing’s Spiritual Sense was frantically warning him.
It wasn’t just him; the others felt the sa.
nace was closing in, leaving them no longer able to stay put safely, forcing them onto this path of no return.
Li Yi gritted his teeth and moved forward, proceeding along the winding path.
"Zhang Jing, are you okay?" Tao Yuan supported his teammate and inquired about her condition.
Zhang Jing shook her head: "I won’t die, I just hope we don’t encounter any more fierce ghosts soon, or I might not live to tell the tale."
Her mood had dropped, and she had beco visibly pessimistic.
Even Qin Bing furrowed his brow, unable to resist lighting a cigarette to ease the discomfort and anxiety.
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