The Mysterious Recovery of the Forgotten World

Chapter 449 Dispute, Doubt

Li Leping saw the strangeness in the old man, and the old man also clearly noticed the strangeness in Li Leping himself.

"My name is Li Leping, the captain of the headquarters. The purpose of my coming here today is because a friend of mine disappeared in this place, and Jiang Hao told me that there is such a place here, so I made this trip myself. I want to know from you why a supernatural event suddenly broke out in Daha City."

Li Leping glanced at Jiang Hao standing next to the old man, and then revealed his identity and purpose to the old man.

"Captain of the headquarters, I've heard Jiang Hao mention this name just now, but I didn't expect that among the ghost masters of this era, there would be an outlier like you so soon."

"My tattoo parlor has been open for so many years. You are the most powerful among the young people in these years. Although you are young, your achievements are already extraordinary. If you are given a few more years to grow, maybe this era will be up to you. Come hand in an answer sheet."

The old man smiled silently and commented on Li Leping.

But Li Leping obviously didn't come here to listen to an old guy praise him, his emotions are almost gone, and he doesn't care about these graceful flattery for a long time.

"I don't need to say more polite words. You are from the older generation. You should know what is most important to me now." Li Leping stared at the old man and said.

"Young people, don't be too impatient. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Come and sit first."

However, the old man still looked calm, waved his hand, and signaled Li Leping and Shen Tian to come in.

The layout of the house is not complicated, and the decoration is even a little too simple.

An ordinary bed with a layer of bedding on it, then a simple table with a few chairs, and some daily necessities such as kettles placed on the table.

Instead, it is the corner of the hall that catches the eye.

The lights in the room are dim, but there is a cabinet in that inconspicuous corner. The cabinet seems to be used as a workbench, and it is full of various tools for tattooing, but these tools look old. , except for the little jars of ink, there are only a few tattoo needles left.

It is not difficult to imagine that the tattooing technique here still uses the traditional old technique, which is to pierce it with needles and then use ink to dye various weird patterns, and finally complete the tattoo.

I don't know how painful this process will be.

There was also a bed next to the cabinet, but that bed was more like a modern folding bed, with the top sloping slightly upwards.

Such narrow beds are generally not used at home for people to sleep, but are more common in places such as beauty salons.

The old man didn't have any objection to Li Leping's behavior of looking around, as if his place was really a tattoo shop, and naturally he would not prohibit customers from walking around at will, let alone prohibiting customers from looking around.

"sit down."

The old man sat on the chair and reached out his hand to signal to the other people in the room.

Before sitting down, Li Leping deliberately reached out to touch the folding chair.

The style of this chair is very similar to the folding chairs used in restaurants before, but this chair seems to have gone through a long time, and the surface has been covered with pulp, which looks smooth and shiny.

"The reception is not good, and I didn't have time to make you a pot of tea. I hope you don't mind."

The old man with tattoos moved his lips slightly. When his mouth opened and closed, the tattoos all over his face were wriggling on his face like living things. Coupled with the shriveled skin, it looked particularly weird.

"Don't mind, don't mind."

It was Shen Tian who spoke. Seeing that Li Leping hadn't spoken, he was afraid that he would offend the old man, so he hurriedly responded.

But at this moment, Jiang Hao who was beside him gently touched her with his elbow.

Looking at it, I saw Jiang Hao shaking his head slightly to himself, as if to indicate that there is no room for them to talk here.

They are just the person in charge of a city, and they may be able to show off their power in their own city and have the absolute right to speak.

But when facing this kind of older generation of ghost masters, only the captain really represents the official attitude.

"Now, you should explain the situation here to us. It is no longer the Republic of China, but many things you left behind have problems in this era, just like this place."

At this time, Li Leping spoke.

"I don't want to talk to you here about how precious life is. You won't believe it when I say it, but something is wrong now, and people I know have been involved again. Now, as a face, I'm willing to sit down and talk about it." , so don't waste my time here."

The old man in front of him is obviously a living ghost master from the Republic of China period.

As for whether he was the top existence at that time, Li Leping didn't care.

Because the ghost masters in the period of the Republic of China were all withering, from the old lady in 301 to the old man in that ancient house, although the ghosts they controlled were extremely terrifying, they could not escape the end of death.

And the old man in front of him is no exception.

He is also a dying man.

"It seems that there is still a problem here."

I don't know if it's because of Li Leping's serious attitude, or because the old man doesn't want to put on an amiable appearance anymore, in short, the old man is finally willing to get down to business.

And he was not surprised by the supernatural events that broke out in Daha City.

"Fortunately, you came at the right time. If it was later, no one would be able to tell you about this ghost alley."

The old man looked at Li Leping, and sighed slightly, as if lamenting that he was already in decline, and also lamenting that the place where he had lived for many years could not escape the end of being out of control.

"It looks like you're the only one left in this place."

Li Leping looked at the old man carefully, and it was not difficult to analyze some information from his words.

This place was called Ghost Alley by the old man, and since the old man would say that no one could tell him about the Ghost Alley when he came later, it meant that the old man was not alone in this place before.

It's just that with the passage of time, this ghost alley still has problems.

"Many years ago, this place was considered a gathering place for ghost masters. The so-called ghost alley is an alley connecting various spiritual places. When you came to my place, the alleys you walked through were just these A certain branch of the ghost alley is only because I am still alive, so the location of this branch is still fixed in reality, and you can go directly to the tattoo parlor through the real location."

"A lot of people have come to my place before, some by accident, some just came here specially, but I will tattoo a tattoo on anyone who can come to the third floor, whether they want to or not."

Whether you want to or not, you will forcibly leave a tattoo on someone's body.

This kind of behavior can be regarded as a crime in anyone's eyes.

You know, this method is weird, the tattoo of the old man who has countless tattoos all over his body is not an ordinary pattern, but a tattoo with a ghost.

If a normal person is forcibly tattooed with such a ghost tattoo, his lifespan will be greatly shortened, and he may not even be able to live for a year.

However, there was still a smile on the face of this depressed old man, as if he didn't care about his previous behavior.

Li Leping's face moved slightly, and there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes: "It's not very polite for you to buy and sell like this."

At the same time, he stretched his hand backwards, holding the short stick that he had just put away.

He didn't want to settle old scores with a dying person here, especially since the old scores had nothing to do with him.

He was just afraid that the old man in front of him would suddenly go crazy and want to get a tattoo on him abnormally.

This is not impossible.

These ghost masters who have lived for too long may have become abnormal in their brains under the subtle influence of the ghost's instinct, and will unintentionally make some actions that they think are reasonable but are completely incomprehensible to outsiders.

"Young man, don't be too nervous. It's all in the past. Besides, I did this out of human thoughts, not because of the influence of ghosts on my consciousness." The old man explained calmly.

Li Leping said slowly: "Let me guess, you will put on a majestic look, and then explain to me how those ghost tattoos you have made those people survive in this supernatural world ?”

"Yes, there are ghosts on their bodies. Although they will die faster, danger is often accompanied by opportunities. At least they can have a way to resist a little when they encounter ghosts."

The old man did not refute, and continued: "In my opinion, it is not a bad thing to create more ghost masters. It is like planting seeds that will grow into towering trees one day. The next tattoo is tantamount to planting a seed for them, let them try to blaze an unprecedented path on the road of controlling ghosts."

"Maybe one day in the future, one day after my death, a certain ghost master who has been tattooed by me will rely on the ghost tattoos on his body to walk out a successful path."

Hearing this sentence, Shen Tian couldn't help but wanted to say something, but just as he straightened up, Jiang Hao held his shoulders by the side.

Don't be impulsive.

Jiang Hao shook his head at him, the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.

Shen Tian's face was a little gloomy, but he still shrank his body with a dark face, pretending that nothing happened.

Although this is Daha City, it is also an unknown supernatural place. It is someone else's territory, and it is not suitable for causing trouble.

"Your approach is too extreme. Forcibly tattooing a group of people who don't know anything about the supernatural, there is a high probability that you will not be the successful person in your fantasy, but it will only increase the number of poor people who revive ghosts. And these The wretch that the ghost has revived will trigger a series of supernatural events, which will eventually make the outside world more and more chaotic."

Li Leping spoke at this moment, he didn't have any scruples, and directly expressed his dissatisfaction, but the words were not so harsh.

At this moment, the old man stubbornly shook his head: "No, you are wrong."

"It should be said that you are still too young to understand the desperation of us who have come to the end and then find that the way forward is blocked, the pain and helplessness of the ghosts who have no possibility of moving forward and will eventually die in the body, yes You can’t feel it right now.”

"Maybe in your opinion, my way is too cruel, but at my age, I don't care about many things anymore. For me, hope is the most important thing. Create more ways to control different ghosts." The ghost master, under the collision of layers, may be able to give birth to a special existence."

The old man sighed, but when the word "hope" was mentioned, his eyes were dull, like a dead person's eyes lit up for a moment.

Like countless ghost masters of the older generation, he is eager to see the person who represents hope appear, even if many innocent people will be sacrificed on the way, it is nothing to him.

However, Li Leping said coldly at this moment: "I have not only heard this kind of rhetoric from you, but many ghost masters of the older generation often say this sentence, always talking about hope. There are pioneers who appear, hoping that there will be some kind of unpredictable special changes in the ghost master in the collision of supernatural events, and finally give birth to a perfect ghost master, one who will not revive ghosts, will not be trapped The life span of the body, and the special existence that will not be eroded by the spirit."

"But, is your approach really correct?"

"Stubbornly erase the traces that once existed, and say that you don't want to leave the method of controlling fierce ghosts in order not to interfere with the subsequent ghost masters. I hope that the new generation of ghost masters will explore new roads and create some Make an exception."

"But it turns out that after so many years, the answer sheets handed in by each era are no different from those of the previous era. The top group of ghost masters can only live with this era for a century, and they can't go any further. Pursue that ethereal, special case that has never appeared before."

Li Leping expressed his thoughts at this moment, or he questioned the ghost masters of the previous era, or even every era.

Is it really pointless to dwell on the past?
It is said not to be confined to the past, but in fact, each generation of ghost masters is repeating the same mistakes. After many people died, the way out is no different from the previous generation.

Just like Li Leping never believed that a ghost master like himself who influences ghosts with his consciousness would be the only special case.

In the last era, or even earlier, there must have been ghost masters who walked a similar path.

But so far, they have all failed.

Maybe one day in the future, I will also fail.

But what's next?
Before he died, like the older generation of ghost masters, he used supernatural means to erase the traces of their past existence?

This can be said to be a piece of cake for Li Leping.

Let the Forgotten Ghost erase the world's memory of ghosts, as long as he has enough time, he can do it.

But the question is, does this really make sense?
"The so-called special case has not appeared among the ghost masters of your generation, and even in the longer period, so shouldn't you reflect on it, temporarily calm down the supernatural incidents in this way, and then clean up the behavior of suppressing ghosts in the past? Why aren't you following the old path of your predecessors?"

"Human civilization can be measured in thousands of years, but it has been around for half a day. I don't know how many times this so-called reincarnation has been repeated."

"Temporarily stabilized for half a century, at most a century of safety, and then there is a spiritual recovery, and then a large number of people will die because of this in an unprepared era. After these people die, a group of top ghost masters will calm down. This era, and then erased the traces of what once existed, going round and round, like reincarnation, repeating the same tragic thing forever, and killing a batch of innocent people, and all this is just for the pursuit of the so-called "special existence" .”

"It doesn't make any sense to me."

Li Leping's voice was cold, not so much telling the past history, but rather questioning whether the behavior of the older generation of ghost masters was correct.

　BLG is too top!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)