The Mysterious Recovery of the Forgotten World

Chapter 458
The behavior of Li Leping and Shen Tian standing outside the casino seemed to have aroused the displeasure of something.

Just after the voice of inviting customers sounded for the second time, something creepy happened.

Those paper figurines sitting motionless in the gambling house all stood up as if they were alive.

In the line of sight, five or six paper figurines painted in blue are looking outside the house with a pair of eye sockets without eyeballs. Although the blunt facial features drawn can't make any expressions, they are looking at those strange eyes. The moment it arrived, Li Leping had no doubts that as long as it dragged on, these weird paper figurines would definitely rush out of the casino.

"interesting."

However, compared to Shen Tian's bewildered, his eyes were flustered.

Li Leping stared at those paper figurines calmly, as if he was warning the casino boss behind them through these weird paper figurines.

"Are you... trying to buy and sell by force?"

His eyes were gloomy, and he just stared at these standing paper figurines, his tone was cold, as if he was questioning the ghost who opened his mouth to attract customers.

Words are hard to explain exactly what this kind of thing that knows how to speak is. After all, Li Leping will not jump to conclusions until he sees what is speaking with his own eyes.

However, he didn't intend to admit cowardly at this time.

If you confess to a ghost or something that is neither human nor ghost, there is a high probability that the ending will not be too good-looking, and it is easy to be kicked in the face by the other party.

"Let's take a gamble. Didn't you come here just to get an answer? I'll tell you if I win."

In the bright gambling house, the yellowish candlelight shone on the faces of paper figurines with stiff faces, making them particularly gloomy.

The strange voice continued to come from inside.

But this time, the paper figurine has no new changes.

"He knows what I'm thinking? Or did it use some special supernatural means to predict the reason why I came here?"

Li Leping didn't answer, let alone agree to the voice immediately.

He just watched the gambling house expressionlessly, analyzing the operation rules of the gambling house in front of him.

"What the hell is this place?"

However, compared to Li Leping's composure, Shen Tian's forehead in front of him was already covered with cold sweat. He stared at the eerie paper figurines in the room, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

The weirdness of this place has completely exceeded his cognition.

Although he has dealt with several supernatural events, to put it bluntly, dealing with these supernatural events is fighting with ghosts. How could he encounter such an incomprehensible situation before him?
Can something that can speak and even communicate with people be simply defined as a ghost?

"It's fine to take a gamble, but what's the bet?" Li Leping asked after a moment of contemplation.

"If you win, give you the answer, if you lose, just stay here."

Such a voice immediately rang out in the casino.

"Stay here if you lose?"

Li Leping's expression moved slightly, and he instantly understood the true meaning of this sentence.

To stay here, to put it bluntly, is to give my life here.

It's just that the syntax of the expression is more subtle.

Gambling has always been like this. Both sides make a bet, and in the end, one of the parties loses their fortunes, and no one can stop.

"If I win, I want you to answer the three questions I asked, and you must answer positively, without concealing anything, let alone cheating."

Li Leping agreed to the gambling shop owner's invitation, but he also made his own request.

When you come to this kind of place, if you don't speak clearly and the conditions are not clear, it is easy for people to take advantage of the loopholes and die.

Just like the human skin paper in Yang Jian's hands, he deliberately concealed some key information, just waiting for you to fall into the abyss that was arranged in advance.

At the same time, Li Leping also knows that he cannot be led by the nose.

The other party said that he was only willing to answer one question as soon as he opened his mouth. How could he just agree so honestly?

He is not some kind of idiot on the street, of course he knows that when the other party asks for a price, he will definitely not call out the top price at the beginning.

Bargaining is such a process. Before testing the bottom line of the other party, you must first throw a price that is least likely to be accepted by the other party.

Then, it is a process of talking slowly.

"Bargaining with ghosts?"

Shen Tian, ​​who was in front of him, listened the whole time. He listened to Li Leping's conversation with the casino without missing a single word. At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind.

"Is this really possible?"

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and looked at the brightly lit gambling house with trepidation, for fear that Li Leping would provoke the gambling house to attack them.

"If you negotiate the price, there is a high probability that it will not work. I should be able to."

Taking advantage of the time when there was no answer from the casino, Li Leping also said this to Shen Tian very bluntly.

Although it sounds a bit sad, it is the truth.

The premise of dialogue must be equality. If Shen Tian came outside the door to clamor and raise conditions, there is a high probability that he will be attacked by these paper figures in front of him in an instant, and then die here.

But Li Leping is different, he has this self-confidence, and he is not willing to be slaughtered like a fat sheep.

One answer just wants him to promise himself to bet with two lives?
Empty gloves and white wolves don't do that.

If this is the case, then it is better to let him rush in and fight desperately with the things in the casino.

If you lose, you die, but if you win, you just ask what you want.

"Two questions, two answers."

At this time, a voice finally echoed in the casino. Although it still sounded cold, it was exactly as Li Leping expected, and the other party took a step back.

The requirements of the three questions were not fully met, but the other party seemed unwilling to really fight to the end, and also added an additional bet on answering the question on the basis of the first bet.

In other words, before the prescribed conditions are met, the casino cannot reveal its true horror.

"Counseled?" Shen Tian said in disbelief.

He didn't expect Li Leping's negotiations to be really effective.

The weirdness in this room is actually willing to give in a step.

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's that before we lose the bet, the gambling shop can't show its most dangerous side, just like the premise that the law of killing is not satisfied, the ghost master is actually a creature whose physique is far superior to that of ordinary people. It has nothing to do with ghosts."

Li Leping directly explained the truth about the other party's seemingly confession.

The reason for the ghosts to attack is very simple, it is because people have triggered the ghost's law of killing.

In the same way, although these supernatural places look like old and dilapidated houses on the surface, many things are actually made of ghosts. It's just that the real appearance of these ghosts has been changed or hidden by special means. The final appearance may be Just a wall, a table, even a jug of water in a glass.

Since it was made by ghosts, it must follow the law of killing.

Before triggering the law of killing, maybe the boss of this casino could use some easily triggered rules of killing to prompt something to attack Li Leping.

However, these things that can be easily used are somewhat insufficient in front of Li Leping.

Both Li Leping and the owner of the gambling shop who hadn't shown up all knew this.

Neither of them is sure to eat the other, so they can only take a step back.

"You are very smart."

There was another sound in the room, but compared to the previous blandness, this time the sound was slightly more displeased.

"Then go in according to the bet you said."

Now that the conditions have been negotiated, Li Leping didn't hesitate, and immediately pushed Shen Tian towards the entrance of the gambling house.

"Ok?"

As soon as they entered the door, the two of them seemed to have seen something, and their eyes suddenly stopped at one place, and their eyes became sharp.

After entering the door, you can see the front desk of the casino at first sight.

The candle burned slowly on the candlestick at the front desk, illuminating a strange figure standing at the front desk.

It was a paper figurine painted with female features and painted pale.

The paper figurine is wearing a light red cheongsam, the cheongsam even outlines the graceful curves of the female paper figurine, but seeing such a scene in such a place, it is really impossible for people to feel the sexiness and temptation from the front desk lady , only feel the scalp numb.

Such a female paper figurine is standing at the front desk like this, and the facial features drawn on her face are also very suitable for her identity. Unlike those paper figurines sitting at the gambling table with a stiff expression, this female paper figurine has a smile on her face Yes, like the professional smile you give when you welcome a guest.

It looks very fake, especially seeing such a smile on such a paper figurine, it really has to make people feel a kind of thought to stay away from here immediately.

The two people who entered the room saw the paper figurine, and the paper figurine also saw them.

At this moment, something that almost made Shen Tian jump off the spot happened.

"What do you want to bet?"

This weird female paper figurine actually spoke at this moment.

Her voice was soft and sweet, which actually made people feel a little pleasant, not at all like the cold voice that was talking to them outside the house just now.

However, just such a sentence shocked Shen Tian so much that he took a step back, subconsciously wanting to stay away from this female paper figurine.

because he saw it.

see clearly.

Just as the paper man's mouth was opening and closing, a corpse hidden under its paper man's skin was also opening and closing its mouth.

Where was the paper figurine that made the sound, it was clearly the corpse covered by the paper figurine.

This is the corpse of a woman. Because most of the body is covered, Li Leping and the others cannot see the appearance of the corpse, but the exposed mouth area of ​​the corpse can roughly judge that the corpse is dead. It shouldn't be long, even the skin color hasn't changed much, it looks very fresh, as if it just died.

"Boss, the front desk lady in your store is quite unique."

Although there was no living person beside Shen Tian, ​​Li Leping still said this sentence, as if he was chatting with someone.

"Hey, it's just a bunch of unlucky bastards. If they lose the bet, they all stay here. Some of them are good-looking. Before their bodies rot, it's not bad to be the front desk."

The familiar and indifferent voice echoed in his ears again, and it was this voice that made Shen Tian's hands and feet feel cold and he broke out in a cold sweat.

A strange being who can clearly communicate, but behaves like a ghost, treats human life like a doll, what kind of existence is it?
"Lost the bet? According to you, these people are the ones who were pulled in by the ghost alley, and then forced by you to gamble?"

Li Leping is not surprised by the methods of the gambling shop owner. He has roughly analyzed the situation of this place. In his guess, this so-called gambling shop owner should be a person who has been entangled with ghosts for too long, and then was eroded by ghosts. A mutated ghost master.

That is to say, a freak who can no longer tell whether he is a human or a ghost, behaves like a ghost, and possesses the wisdom of a living person.

While being able to communicate with people, he is a different kind who is on the side of ghosts.

A alien whose consciousness is controlled by ghosts.

"They were not drawn in by me. There are always unclean things wandering in the alley. They were afraid, and then some people ran into my gambling house, but I am not an orphanage, and I do not provide white goods. If you want to live here, you will naturally have to gamble with me."

"But it's too boring to bet with a group of ordinary people, so I let them choose a representative. If they win, they can stay in my gambling workshop together for a day. If they lose, they can go to heaven together."

The boss's voice seemed to spread all over the casino, coming from all directions, and every word he said sounded very normal, but after listening to what he said, it would only make people feel creepy.

"Okay, according to the rules, newcomers who just come in will enjoy a free chip, but I don't like chips here, it's a waste of time, so I take these words as a welfare for you newcomers, hurry up and choose gambling tools Well, one game will determine the outcome."

The boss's voice continued, but this time it sounded a little hurried, as if urging the two of them.

At the same time, the staff-like paper man standing behind the reception also moved at this time.

She moved strangely, while bending down to take things, her limbs were extremely stiff, all parts of her body had no coordination at all, and the joints of her limbs did not have the flexibility of a living person at all.

Soon, a piece of gambling equipment that was stored under the front desk was placed on the table by her.

Solitaire, Mahjong, Pai Gow...

All kinds of common gambling equipment outside were put on the table, but every seemingly ordinary gambling equipment exuded a cold atmosphere, and blood stains that had not been wiped clean could be clearly seen on each gambling equipment.

The traces that cannot be wiped clean seem to imply how many lives these gambling tools have taken away.

There is even a circular turntable, which is divided into twelve areas, and the words "death" or "life" are written on each area separately, interlaced with each other.

It is not difficult to imagine that this is a gamble with a half-to-half probability.

People who turn to life can live on, and people who turn to death will really die.

"choose one."

It was not the "lady" at the front desk who spoke, but the boss who never showed up but was everywhere.

"Which one to choose?"

Shen Tian looked at the many gambling tools placed on the front desk, and was a little uncertain for a while.

However, there was no fear in his eyes, but rather confidence.

"It looks like you have a plan in mind?" Li Leping noticed the confidence in Shen Tian's eyes.

"Captain Li, to be honest, although I am not as good as you in mastering supernatural powers, when it comes to gambling, I have never lost anyone. After you go out, you can go to Daxing Entertainment City in Da'ao City to find out who People don’t know the name of Shen Tian, ​​who I’m betting against? Boss He there called me Mr. Shen when he saw me.”

When he said these words, Shen Tian's body straightened up, with a confident appearance that could be trusted, and even a little bit of complacency.

(End of this chapter)