After the Skyfall

Chapter 819 The Strange Temple

Li Yi didn't understand why a person would inexplicably appear next to him after the paper umbrella was opened, but he was certain that the person was definitely not alive, but should also be a dead person, and also invisible.

However, it is certain that the immediate crisis has been temporarily averted. The sounds of slashing and hacking inside the house have ceased, and the family of three living in this haunted house has regained their composure.

"Take this opportunity to leave this building as soon as possible."

Li Yi didn't linger at all. He felt that this was an opportunity. Although there was an unseen person close to him inside the paper umbrella, it was still better than being hacked to death with a kitchen knife here.

He had only experienced this extraordinary and bizarre power in World 36.

He moved very quickly, like a gust of wind sweeping by. In just a second or two, he had already rushed out of the room, walked down the corridor to the first floor, and then headed straight out of the corridor.

A bizarre thing happened.

Li Yi successfully exited the building and was no longer trapped.

This shows that he found the right method.

Only after the family of three returns home at night and holds up a paper umbrella from inside the house can they leave the building.

Seemingly simple.

In reality, it trapped and killed one evolved being after another. If Li Yi hadn't had extensive experience in delivering messages, he probably would have ended up like everyone else, hacked to death in the room by that invisible dead man with a kitchen knife.

It's not that the other evolved beings are bad, but rather that they are limited by their experience. If they were to also take a trip to World 36, they would probably be able to successfully leave this building as well.

Without thinking twice, Li Yi immediately put away his paper umbrella. He didn't want to get too close to the unseen dead man under the umbrella.

But after he put away the paper umbrella, he found that the invisible dead man beside him did not disappear. Instead, he could clearly feel that a heavy dead man was lying on his shoulder.

The discomfort was severe, and Li Yi tried to get rid of it, but to no avail.

"Is she trying to cling to me?" He probably realized.

The reason I was able to walk out of that haunted house was not because I had become dead, but because I was accompanied by a dead person. In the words of World 36, I walked out with a ghost.

Now this ghost has haunted him.

However, Li Yi didn't have time to pay attention to the invisible dead man lying on his shoulder. His gaze was fixed on the distant city.

Although this place was dark and lifeless, the distant view was filled with the lights of thousands of homes, creating a stark contrast between the two places.

Li Yi walked along the quiet path.

Just as he had observed before, the residential buildings here were all uninhabited, with deep darkness revealed through the empty windows, surrounded only by weeds and dust, as if they had been forgotten.

As Li Yi walked out of the residential area, he quickly stopped.

He saw a large tree next to the residential area, which looked somewhat like a banyan tree, and under the tree was a small temple, similar to a local earth god temple, except that it did not enshrine an earth god, but rather a charred little figure.

The little figure was contorted, its head drooping on its shoulders, and its green eyes seemed to be looking in Li Yi's direction.

In front of the small temple, there were many burnt incense sticks and ashes of burnt paper, indicating that people had been worshipping at the temple all along.

This thing looks so sinister, why would people in this world worship it?

If it were Li Yi, he would definitely not worship such a thing.

"Is it staring at me?" As Li Yi walked along, he noticed that the green eyes of the charred little figure in the small temple were slightly moving, and the eyes moved to the same position as him.

Their gaze remained fixed on Li Yi.

No.

Perhaps this eerie, charred little figure wasn't looking at Li Yi, but rather at the unseen dead man lying behind Li Yi.

With a bit of curiosity.

Li Yi walked towards the small temple.

As he approached, the charred little figure inside the temple suddenly shook its drooping head, drooping to the other side of its neck. Its green eyes glowed eerily in the night, like two flickering will-o'-the-wisps.

"What does it mean to shake your head?" Li Yi stared at the small temple, frowning.

However, the charred little figure inside the temple did not respond at all, but just shook its head again, its eyes still fixed on Li Yi.

He observed for a moment.

He discovered that this thing had no other use besides shaking his head, and it posed no immediate threat to him. However, Li Yi understood that it was because he was new to the place and didn't know much about it. This little temple must be very important.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for people to keep worshipping, offering sacrifices, and taking care of it.

"I need to find someone who knows a lot about these strange things and ask them." Li Yi didn't want to guess. Since these strange things exist in this world, there must be people who deal with them.

Just like the demon tamers of World 36.

Once you encounter one, all your questions will be answered, and you might even find a way to destroy the haunted house that's trapping you.

Without lingering, he left the small temple and walked outside. The charred little figure inside the temple, with its pair of green eyes fixed on Li Yi, no longer shook its head and acted menacingly as before, but instead returned to calm.

Despite the darkness of the road, it had no effect on someone with cultivation like Li Yi. Moreover, he moved slowly because he wanted to observe the situation more closely.

soon.

The lights came on at the intersection ahead.

A yellowish streetlamp appeared in front of him. After crossing this intersection, he could walk a little further to reach a road where vehicles passed by. However, there was a cordon set up near this intersection.

However, the design of the cordon was very strange. It was made of white paper, which was crisscrossed to form a blockade line, with bells hanging on it to serve as an early warning system.

Clearly, this kind of cordon is not meant to protect against living people, but rather against the dead.

Li Yi glanced at his back.

My back still felt heavy, and with each step forward, the sound of my toes dragging on the ground was very unpleasant.

He was carrying an unseen dead body on his back.

Fortunately, it was Li Yi; an ordinary person would probably have fainted from fright long ago.

He ignored the blockade in front of him and easily leaped over it.

However, after Li Yi landed, he hadn't taken more than a few steps when he suddenly realized something and abruptly stopped.

boom!
A gunshot rang out in the distance, and a bullet whizzed past his eyes and landed on the concrete ground beside him.

"Sniper rifle?"

Following the direction the bullet was fired, Li Yi quickly locked onto a house close to the road in the distance. On the roof of that house, a person was lying prone, holding a sniper rifle. Beside him was a companion, looking in this direction with binoculars.

His attention was focused on the dead man lying behind him, and he didn't pay much attention to his surroundings.

However, when danger approached, his instincts as an evolved being made him subconsciously avoid the opponent's shot.

Li Yi's action of dodging the shot also startled the two people on the distant rooftop.

"How lucky they were! They actually stopped when we opened fire." The man observing through binoculars was somewhat surprised.

However, the person responsible for firing the shot frowned. As a sniper, he felt that the person hadn't just been lucky, but had sensed the danger and stopped in advance to avoid his shot.

But how is this possible?

The straight-line distance between us and the other party is at least 800 meters.

"It's normal for the other party to be a bit strange since they came from the dead zone." This was the only way the sniper could console himself, but his mission was to kill the person who came from the dead zone.

Because these people often bring the dead into the world of the living, which is not allowed.

Without the slightest hesitation.

The sniper pulled the bolt again and aimed at Li Yi in the distance.

boom!
Another gunshot rang out.

The opponent is already standing still, so there is absolutely no possibility of making a mistake.

But the next moment.

Something unexpected happened.

Li Yi, who was some distance away, simply shifted his body slightly, and the shot missed again, landing on the ground beside him and splashing up a cloud of cement.

"Dodge? He dodged it? Are you kidding me? The enemy can dodge bullets?" The sniper who fired the shot was shocked, and the observer holding binoculars next to him was also dumbfounded.

This is simply impossible.

"An unusual person has appeared in Huaimu City, Dead Zone No. 3. Requesting backup. Requesting backup."

After a brief moment of surprise, the observer hurriedly picked up the walkie-talkie and made a call, but before he could finish speaking, he was abruptly stopped.

The people in the distance had already disappeared.

A tall figure appeared behind the two of them, instantly making their hair stand on end, their bodies stiffen, and cold sweat involuntarily streamed down their foreheads.

They tried to turn their stiff necks to look behind them.

However, they were also gripped by fear and dared not make any rash moves.

One second, no, less than one second.

How did they get onto the roof?

Even the living dead aren't this terrifying.

(End of this chapter)