After the Skyfall

Chapter 816 A strange world

If possible, Li Yi would like to simply erase this eerie building in front of him. He doesn't want to deal with the supernatural right now, not because he's afraid of ghosts, but because some supernatural things are unreasonable.

"It shouldn't be supernatural power, at least not a remnant of the supernatural from World 36. I'll never forget the supernatural smell of that world—cold, rotten, and dark. But this place doesn't feel like that at all."

Li Yi paused for a brief observation and finally came to a conclusion.

Since we cannot erase this place with our superior strength, the best way is to seal it off and prevent anyone from approaching.

However, out of curiosity, he wanted to go inside the building and find out what was going on there.

Although curiosity can kill, Li Yi felt that with his strength, his previous experience in delivering messages, and the ability to cross realms at any time using the Immortal Warship, there was no way he could be trapped inside and unable to get out.
"Forget it, it's unwise to take such a risk. It's better to play it safe."

In the end, Li Yi suppressed his curiosity, but he didn't leave just like that. Instead, he pointed.

A beam of light from a primordial spirit condensed, and then the surrounding cosmic energy converged, forming a blurry human figure. Li Yi flicked his finger again, and a drop of blood flew out.

The blurry figure then quickly materialized, transforming into a living person.

"Taoist arts and clone techniques, though not very useful, have inherited some of my power, making them perfect for exploring."

Li Yi then closed his eyes; he was about to begin carefully controlling this clone.

Even if his clone dies, he will only lose a portion of his primordial spirit power, which is not a big deal.

After everything is ready.

Li Yi controlled his clone to enter the eerie building.

Despite it being daytime, the old building remained dimly lit, and upon entering, he felt a sense of isolation from the world, as if he were no longer in Tianchang City, but in some incomprehensible place.

"It is nothing special."

Li Yi controlled his clone to circle around the first floor, but found nothing.

It seems the problem lies on one of these floors.

He immediately walked up the old stairs and soon arrived at the second floor. However, everything on the second floor was normal. The doors of two households were open, but no one lived inside, and the place was full of dust.

It seems that all the evolved beings who entered this place before have investigated it.

Li Yi continued upstairs, and the third floor also showed signs of having been searched, so he decided not to waste any more time.

However, when he was about to reach the fourth floor, he suddenly stopped.

"Who?"

Li Yi shouted, and although it was a clone, his voice echoed through the building like thunder, shaking the walls and causing dust to fall in a flurry.

He had just heard the sound of a chair moving and footsteps coming from a room on the fourth floor.

This is very unusual.

Because there couldn't possibly be anyone inside this building, Li Shaoqing had already sealed it off, unless it was an evolved being who had accidentally wandered in before.

However, the probability is very low.

As Li Yi's voice echoed, the people on the fourth floor did not respond.

But the next moment.

Li Yi's figure transformed into a bolt of lightning, passing directly through the corridor, smashing through the door, and swiftly rushing into the room on the fourth floor.

Because it's a clone, it can act so recklessly, without any fear of dying here.

However, when Li Yi entered the room, he frowned.

This place is completely different from the other abandoned rooms downstairs. There are signs that someone has lived here. The sofa, TV, dining table, and even the floor are very clean and tidy, obviously because it is cleaned regularly.

"Is this where the problem lies? So, the evolved beings who came here before disappeared right here?"

Li Yi's eyes flickered as he looked at the dining table beside him.

There was still food on the table. Three bowls of white rice and three dishes.

Braised fish, pan-fried tofu, and stir-fried vegetables.

It was just ordinary home-cooked food, but the food was already cold and the rice had dried out. This suggests that no one ate the food, or that it wasn't meant for human consumption but was intended as a sacrifice for the dead or the departed.
Li Yi looked up at the dim light, then carefully scanned the rest of the room.

The layout of the toilet, kitchen, and bedroom is all normal, like that of an ordinary household.

"I don't understand." He frowned, then took a deep breath, stomped his foot hard, and a terrifying power erupted, with countless silver lightning bolts shooting out from his body.

Li Yi wanted to use this clone to destroy this place from the inside. No matter what was special about it, if he could destroy it, then everything would be fine.

But he did this more than once in this room.

The evolved beings who had strayed into this place before had tried to destroy it, but they all failed.

Although Li Yi's clone displayed considerable power, the outcome was the same as that of the previous evolved beings.

After their strength is exhausted.

The furnishings inside were as usual. The power he unleashed failed to destroy the place, a characteristic exactly the same as when he was outside. It was precisely this strange power that had caused the building to continue to exist.

If others saw this situation, they would definitely lose patience or be unable to think of any solution.

However, Li Yi was originally a messenger, so when powerful force was no longer effective, he had to use his brilliant mind.

"Something that exists before my eyes yet cannot be destroyed, as if it exists in another world. This is very similar to the supernatural. So, am I lacking some kind of medium right now?" He narrowed his eyes slightly.

"So, what is the medium in this room?"

light?

Or is it water?
Or perhaps Li Yi's gaze lingered on those three bowls of rice.

After a brief hesitation, he immediately picked up a chair and sat down at the dining table, but everything remained normal, and nothing unusual happened.

Without hesitation, Li Yi picked up a bowl of rice and shoveled a mouthful into it.

While he was traveling across the world, he remembered a legend: if a person accidentally enters the underworld, they cannot eat anything from there; if a living person eats something from the underworld, they will remain there forever.

The food here is not for the living, but for the dead.

The fact that Li Yi ate this meal means that some kind of aura or power remains in his body, so using it as a medium should be correct.

really.

After he took that bite, something seemed to change around him.

Some things that existed before but were invisible have reappeared.

The first thing that catches the eye is the corpse.

Desiccated corpses lay scattered across the ground, lying haphazardly.

Judging from the appearance of these corpses, they should be evolved beings who were trapped and died here, and were subsequently hidden by this room.

Then, some sounds reached Li Yi's ears.

Although the sound was somewhat distant, he still heard it.

That was the sound of a car horn.

Moreover, this is definitely not in Tianchang City, because Li Yi is too familiar with Tianchang City, and now no one drives cars in Tianchang City anymore.

He immediately stood up and went to the window to look into the distance.

A strange city, no, a strange world, unfolded before my eyes.

"Am I crossing over into a new field?" Li Yi frowned again.

(End of this chapter)