"It seems that your humanity has not been completely lost."
After hearing Li Leping's calm and firm words, the old man nodded slightly.
Then, the old man's skinny palm turned slightly, and an old alarm clock appeared in his hand.
"Tick tock, tick tock."
The metallic luster on the surface of this seemingly old alarm clock has become extremely dim, but even so, its hour and minute hands are still changing tenaciously with the rotation of the second hand.
Four fifty-three.
This is the time displayed on the alarm clock, which also corresponds to the real world.
"What does it mean?"
Li Leping took out a golden pocket watch, glanced at the time on it, and then focused on the old man again.
"Every hour, the supernatural places connected by the ghost alleys will change, and the corresponding places in reality will naturally change, so if you want to take action in the ghost alleys,
Five o'clock is the time when you should start your activities. During that hour, the supernatural places connected by the ghost alleys are temporarily fixed, which is the most convenient time period for you to find people."
The old man told a rule about this strange alley.
As soon as these words came out, Li Leping and the other three were stunned for a moment.
Every hour, the supernatural place connected by ghost alleys changes.
This means that the best time to take action is five o'clock, and if Li Leping wants to find He Xueyan in the ghost alley as quickly as possible, he must end everything before six o'clock.
"It's almost five o'clock, and you know you don't have much time, so just keep it short and tell me how to locate someone here."
Li Leping understood some of the rules of the operation of ghost alleys, and took another look at the minute hand that had reached fifty-four minutes. Naturally, he would not want to continue delaying here.
"Keep walking along this ghost alley. As long as you are not killed by any ghosts wandering in the alley, you will definitely find a place called Gambling House No. 444 after passing many weird places along the way. You
All you have to do is find this gambling house, go inside, and then bet on the things inside. The bet is also very simple, just what you said, ask the other party to provide the location of your friend," the old man said.
"A gamble?"
When he heard this word, Li Leping was startled.
He never expected that the old man's method of confirming He Xueyan's location was to use a supernatural place in a ghost alley.
But when I think about it carefully, I think it makes sense.
Only ghosts can fight against ghosts.
In the same way, if you want to find He Xueyan in this ghost place, you can only use special supernatural means.
"This place is out of control. What might I encounter along the way?" Li Leping asked seriously.
Although what this old man did in the past was very cruel, he also had many disagreements with Li Leping.
However, he didn't mind revealing the information he knew to Li Leping.
This is not a contradiction. After all, there is really no need for a dying person to deliberately make things difficult for the ghost controllers of the new era, especially since this ghost controller is still the most top existence in this era.
"You can encounter anything. There are many supernatural places connected by alleys. As I said before, there are movie theaters, gambling houses, amusement parks... there are too many. I don't know what is in these places.
Things run out after losing control, and due to the restrictions of ghost alleys, these escaped things will always just wander in the alleys."
Li Leping, who was listening carefully, couldn't help but twitch his face as if he was frozen when he heard what the old man said.
What the old man means is that he is likely to encounter anything along the way, and what he encounters is not just one or two ghosts, but a group of terrifying ghosts who escaped from various supernatural places and wandered in this strange alley.
"Although this place is called a ghost alley, it is connected in all directions, and there are ghosts wandering everywhere. Even a captain-level ghost controller cannot resist the attacks of so many ghosts."
Li Leping's eyes narrowed, obviously thinking about whether there was any way to avoid these evil spirits wandering in the alleys.
"Young man, don't be confused. Look at the thing hanging on your waist."
The old man smiled and tapped the ball of gold foil Li Leping hung on his waist with his skinny fingers.
"Do you know this thing?"
Li Leping took off the lanyard connected to the gold foil. He did not uncover the gold foil. He just picked up the lanyard and revealed the gold foil wrapped in something to everyone's sight.
Shen Tian and Jiang Hao on the side were also secretly looking at the gold foil that was rounded by the contents inside, and secretly guessed what the packaging of this ball of gold foil was.
"Captain Li, are you carrying a dead man's head with you?"
Suddenly, Shen Tian on the side suddenly became enlightened.
The more he looked, the more likely his guess was.
This round thing is not that big, but if compared with an adult's head, it seems to be only a little bit smaller.
"Young people, don't let your imagination run wild and scare yourself."
But at this moment, the old man smiled and waved his hand, denying Shen Tian's conjecture for Li Leping.
Then, he added: "The thing inside is just a lantern."
The old man directly told Li Leping what the gold foil-wrapped item was.
"You recognize this thing? It looks like it came from here?"
Li Leping looked directly at the old man and guessed.
"Absolutely. I put the human skin on the outside of this lantern with my own hands, and the stick you are carrying on your back was also taken out of this ghost alley." The old man did not hide it, but said in a shocking way.
.
"Oh? This stick?"
Even though he was mentally prepared, Li Leping couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard the old man mentioning that the black short stick was also in the ghost alley.
"To be precise, the lantern and the stick should have been connected together. In the past, when the ghost alley was operating normally and was considered prosperous, in addition to the many supernatural places connected by the ghost alley, there would be another
People who patrol the ghost alleys."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "He is just like you now, holding a short stick with a lantern hanging on the top of the stick, walking in the alleys like a night watchman,
To prevent trouble from happening in a supernatural place connected to a ghost alley, and some unclean things escaping."
"Unfortunately, the night watchman has been dead for a while, but I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to see these two things again today."
The old man squinted his eyes slightly, and a glimmer of light shone in his cloudy eyes, as if he was recalling the past time with sadness.
That was the most prosperous period for him and his generation.
It's a pity that as time goes by, everything has become a thing of the past, the dead people no longer exist, and the corpses after death have turned into dangerous ghosts, wandering around here.
"So it turns out that, according to you, the lanterns are made of human skins that have been left to dry outside?"
After being surprised for a moment, Li Leping quickly recovered and continued to guess.
"Of course not. How can the best thing be hung casually in the yard to be exposed to the sun? The lantern in your hand is the hard work of us people, and there is no room for carelessness."
The old man shook his head and denied Li Leping's conjecture.
"So this thing can protect me when walking in this alley?"
Li Leping glanced at the alarm clock on the table and saw that time was passing little by little, so he did not continue to ask about the specific production process of this lantern, but chose to go straight to the topic.
"Probably. You will wrap this thing with gold foil, which means you must have roughly discovered some of its abilities." The old man said.
"When you are in the ghost realm, the fire of the lantern can illuminate the ghost realm. Everything within the scope of the fire is the corresponding place in reality, and what is outside the fire is the ghost realm itself." Li Leping said.
"Yes, but in this ghost alley, the ability of the lantern is the best protection tool for people walking in this out-of-control alley."
"Oh? What do you say?"
"It's very simple. As long as you use the lantern a little more often, you will find that the illuminated range of the lantern's firelight will also change in the ghost realm of different intensities. Facing the stronger ghost realm, the range that the lantern can illuminate will
The smaller it becomes, and the ghost alley itself is a powerful ghost domain. In this ghost domain, the range that the lantern can illuminate is only so small, and such a small range can just accommodate a few people standing in it.
in."
"I don't know how much you know about ghost realms, but ghost masters who can survive to this day should be able to sense it to some extent. The more powerful the ghost realm is, the more it can isolate ghosts from reality."
"And if you are holding a lantern and walking in the ghost realm, then you within the range of the firelight are equivalent to being in reality, and the ghosts who are deep in the ghost realm will naturally not be able to see you in reality.
People among them, but you can observe their figures, provided that you don’t let the ghosts step into the range illuminated by the light. This is equivalent to you actively pulling the ghosts into the realm of reality, and the ghosts see them.
You are very likely to be targeted."
"But this also has a premise, that is, you should not be unlucky enough to encounter some ghosts that are too dangerous, or that can just see through the fire. Otherwise, if you are targeted by the ghost, once the ghost walks into the fire around you,
It can reach you and kill you."
The old man didn't hold back or conceal anything. It can be said that he told everything he knew.
"So, using the strength of the ghost realm, can people use lanterns to move around safely under the noses of ghosts?"
Li Leping couldn't help but be surprised by such a crazy idea.
Until now, he had only used the will-o'-the-wisp lantern as a tool to open a path.
But he didn't expect that the will-o'-the-wisp lantern could have such profound uses.
But such crazy usage is actually possible.
On one side are the ghosts who are in the ghost realm, trapped in the ghost realm but have not yet invaded reality.
On one side are people who, although they are in a ghost land, are grounded in reality because of the will-o'-the-wisp lanterns.
Under this situation, most of the evil ghosts will naturally be unable to detect the existence of humans.
Even if a person is standing in front of a ghost, as long as the ghost does not step into the coverage area of the will-o'-the-wisp lantern, the ghost will always be in the ghost domain and naturally cannot affect living people in reality.
Unless this ghost can break the barrier between the ghost realm and reality, after targeting someone, it will directly break through the ghost realm, invade into reality, and launch an attack.
But it is better to face an extremely scary ghost attacking you than to face a scary ghost with many less scary ghosts attacking you.
"But this method may only be suitable for use in ghost realms with high enough strength. At least it must be in a place comparable to Yang Jian's fifth-level ghost realm. This evil method can only be used in ghost realms that are strong enough to affect reality.
In the ghost domain, ghosts will be truly isolated by the ghost domain, and only under the intensity of the ghost domain, the coverage area of the will-o'-the-wisp lantern will be greatly reduced, and ghosts will not be easily involved."
"And this method is not suitable for fighting attacks from the ghost domain itself. After all, in the ghost domain, the source of the ghost domain is always the highest level. It is impossible not to notice that there is a gap in one's own territory."
Soon, Li Leping combined the information provided by the old man and further analyzed a lot of information.
The old man did not disturb Li Leping at this time, but allowed him to think slowly.
For a person who will be in a coffin in a few days, he is the one who does not need to worry no matter what.
"Now that the question has been answered, I won't bother you any more."
When Li Leping saw that the minute hand of the alarm clock had stopped at fifty-seven minutes, he immediately stood up.
"What are your plans?"
He looked at Jiang Hao and Shen Tian sitting behind him.
Although these two people have never had a chance to speak, they are not Li Leping, so they will not be easily ignored.
"I have to stay here. The old man doesn't have much time. He can only help me complete a tattoo today."
Jiang Hao's eyes moved, and after thinking for a moment, he spoke. He even looked apologetically at Li Leping, as if he hoped that Li Leping wouldn't mind that he couldn't go with him.
"up to you."
Li Leping didn't care about it either.
He is used to walking alone, not to mention that the road ahead is indeed very dangerous. Even if he has a key supernatural item in his hand, it does not mean that he can use it to fight against all dangers.
After all, the will-o'-the-wisp lantern is just a tool that provides protection, and this tool may not necessarily be able to block all dangers for people.
Sometimes having one less person to go with you is actually a good thing for a team whose strength gap is too large, as this can avoid many meaningless sacrifices.
"Team Li, let's act together. After all, I am the person in charge of Daha City. If there is a problem here, I still have to investigate. At least I can't let the headquarters think that I am slacking off."
Somewhat unexpectedly, Shen Tian did not stay here with Jiang Hao at this time, but took the initiative to get up and ask for help, wanting to continue exploring this weird alley.
Li Leping glanced at him, his eyes moved slightly, but he still nodded without objection.
"That's it. After the matter over there is resolved, I will come back here." Li Leping looked at the old man and said.
If everything goes well, Li Leping will of course return to the tattoo parlor.
He needed a way out of this weird alley.
However, although Li Leping expressed his intention to leave,
The old man did not say goodbye to him immediately.
Suddenly, the old man looked at Li Leping, or to be precise, at the stick behind Li Leping: "You can keep this short stick with me for the time being, and I can help you tattoo something on it. Just think of it as a stick."