"Awesome, worthy of being a captain-level figure."
Li Leping's calm words filled Shen Tian's heart with emotion.
He also wanted to have the confidence to say such a thing, but judging from the situation when he faced the attack in the haunted house just now, his experience in dealing with supernatural events was still far behind.
When humans and ghosts fight, the winner can often be decided in a matter of seconds.
But just now, at the moment of life and death, he hesitated. Shock and panic replaced his reason, preventing him from taking immediate measures.
If Li Leping hadn't pulled him out in time, I'm afraid he would have been swallowed up by that terrifying haunted house.
A haunted house that can stare at the two people in the will-o'-the-wisp lantern and see through the dividing line between reality and the supernatural must be particularly terrifying.
"I have only been a ghost controller for a few months. Although I have dealt with some supernatural incidents, the level of horror is not at the same level as the current situation. The difficulty of dealing with a ghost is completely different from that of dealing with a supernatural environment.
Comparable to the difficulty of the land."
As he walked, Shen Tian opened the zipper again, covering the red paper attached to his skin, then touched the back of his neck and laughed at himself.
The scene of being stunned by the raid on the haunted house just now really made him feel a little embarrassed.
"Experience and confidence are all tempered, even for people who are born to eat a bowl of food in the supernatural circle. No one can calm down and face all supernatural things calmly from the beginning. It is like letting a person who has just become a ghost control
It hasn’t been long since the captain came here, so I’m afraid their performance won’t be much better.”
Li Leping was both comforting and explaining the facts.
He didn't blame anything, nor did he think Shen Tian was a pig teammate.
After all, the alley in front of him was indeed far beyond the limit that Shen Tian could handle.
"That's what I said, but Captain Li, have you ever encountered such a weird supernatural event before?" Shen Tian couldn't help but curiously asked after finally escaping, and when there seemed to be no problems on the road ahead.
The title Captain of the Headquarters is extremely mysterious to anyone who understands the supernatural world. Even the person in charge of the Headquarters can only know that there is a group of characters under the Headquarters whose strength is obviously beyond ordinary ghost controllers.
Among these people, there are people whose names are so loud that they can scare countless ghost masters just by giving a code name.
Some people keep a low profile, and apart from a code name and name, there is no extra information on their files.
Among these people, the most bizarre one is a guy whose appearance is marked with question marks.
A person who only has a name and a code name, and other than that there are some supernatural incidents that he has dealt with recorded in the files.
Then, there was nothing.
Not even a photo.
Other captains can more or less put an ID photo on their headquarters file, but the space for his file photo is blank.
There is also the least information and intelligence about him, and even the records of the supernatural incidents he handled have not been updated for a long time.
It was as if his existence was deliberately concealed by some mysterious force.
But the more this happens, the more it arouses Shen Tian's curiosity.
Who wouldn't want to know what the experience of a guy who doesn't seem to exist is like?
"I?"
When asked, Li Leping's face moved slightly, as if he was recalling his past.
"I haven't dealt with too many incidents in supernatural places. The most dangerous supernatural incident I have encountered so far is the ghost borrowing incident a long time ago." He thought for a moment and then said.
"Borrowing a ghost?"
Shen Tian was stunned for a moment, as if he had never heard of this incident.
But then, as if he had found a key word in his vast memory, he suddenly realized: "When I was receiving training at the headquarters, I seemed to have heard of such a supernatural incident."
"But the teacher who taught us just mentioned the incident casually, and then skipped it because he said that the level of this supernatural incident was too high, and the incident had already happened a long time ago, and the files had already been sealed. , the confidentiality level is very high, and he has no right to know too much."
"Oh? Is that so? Didn't you fall asleep in class and didn't listen carefully, so you didn't think about it for a while?" Li Leping asked.
"Of course not. Everything I said is true. You can check it. During my training, I received excellent marks in all subjects."
Shen Tian quickly proved himself, obviously not wanting to lose face in front of the captain behind him, especially not to make him feel that he was incompetent.
"That's good. Anyway, I haven't received any special training. I only know my own wild ways." Li Leping said.
"Captain Li, you are already in Versailles. If you are acting wildly, wouldn't I just become a heretic?" Shen Tian teased.
"Okay, stop chatting after you adjust your mentality. Looking at you still alive and kicking, it seems that your red paper just didn't work?"
Seeing that Shen Tian still had the energy to tease, Li Leping was able to fully confirm his current state.
"It's not that the red paper didn't work, but because I haven't encountered danger yet, so the red paper won't work. Even if the ghost is right next to me, as long as the ghost doesn't target me or attack me, In the case of an attack, there is not much difference between red paper and a piece of waste paper." Shen Tian replied.
He was very aware of his current state, and he was also very aware that the attack just now did not trigger the lucky red paper to protect him.
This shows that the haunted house has not really exerted supernatural power on them.
"It's also good for you to avoid one consumption."
Li Leping nodded slightly, and then said: "The next supernatural place should not be far from us, so be prepared."
He didn't like to talk much. He only wanted to relieve the tension in Shen Tian's heart and the fright he had just received, so he chatted with him for a while so that he could relieve his tense nerves.
And now that Shen Tian has recovered, meaningless chatting has lost its effect.
Shen Tian also knows the importance of the matter. Not only are the two not far away from danger, but they are still getting deeper into danger.
Suddenly, he shut his mouth and stopped talking, and his eyes became alert again.
The whole journey was silent.
Along the way, the two of them also saw many strange figures passing by.
Some ghosts' bodies were broken, and blood continued to leak out from the broken wounds. However, even though the blood flowed all the way to the ground and even formed a long blood-red strip, the ghosts still struggled to crawl forward on the ground.
Some ghosts were covered with thick quilts. The red quilt looked festive, but it also highlighted the terrifying color of the corpse whose face was covered by it.
Some ghosts simply carried a large sack. It was unknown what was inside the bulging sack, and they were dragged along like this.
However, these ghosts seemed to be passing by and did not notice Li Leping and Shen Tian walking past them at all.
"The will-o'-the-wisp lantern is still functioning. It just stretched my hips a little when we were in the amusement park, but there's nothing we can do about it. The difference in terror levels is too big, and relying solely on the power of the lantern is still too much."
Li Leping, who was walking behind, looked at the will-o'-the-wisp lantern in his hand.
The faint blue fire seemed to be alive, jumping and jumping in the lantern, emitting light tenaciously.
The extent of the burning was greatly suppressed here, which not only forced the range that the lantern's fire could illuminate to be weakened, but also prevented Li Leping from having to bear too much of a cost for use.
Along the way, after such a long time, he only felt that his palms were a little warm, and there was no burning feeling at all.
I continued walking forward for who knows how far.
Another supernatural place connected by ghost alleys appeared.
It was the outline of a building hidden in the darkness. Compared with the previous two supernatural places, the unknown supernatural place in front of us seemed older and older.
Because there were no electric lights around the building, but two red lanterns were hung on the door beams.
The firelight produced by the lantern was more dazzling than the will-o'-the-wisp lantern in Li Leping's hand, and the two bright red firelights illuminated the outline of the building hidden in the darkness.
It has gray walls and black tiles, and the whole building has only one floor. The windows are not modern glass windows, but windows made of paper from the old era.
Looking through the window, there seemed to be no light at all.
However, right in front of the door of this strange building, a pole inserted on the roadside is particularly eye-catching.
Because there is a flag with a red edge and a yellow background hanging on this wooden pole.
Li Leping looked at the flag hanging on the pole beside the door of this place. The place name written on the flag immediately made his eyes move slightly.
Gambling Room No. 444.
"This is it."
After walking for a long time and seeing two mysterious supernatural places along the way, they finally came to the gambling house that the old man mentioned.
The door of this gambling house is open, and there is a couplet posted on the door.
First couplet: You will win every time you gamble, and your house will be full of gold and silver.
Second line: If you encounter a gambling situation, you will definitely win, and if you win, you will gain money.
Horizontal comment: Don’t go where there is no profit.
"It seems that I have done enough for my joy."
No matter what he said, Shen Tian's expression was scornful.
After all, if you don’t say all the good things first, how can you do the bad things next?
Li Leping didn't care about Shen Tian's comments. When he came to the door, he immediately looked inside the gambling house.
It was pitch dark inside, no lights could be seen, and I didn't know if the place was still in working order.
"Captain Li, what should we do?"
Shen Tian stretched his neck forward, and after seeing the dead silence in the gambling house, he couldn't make up his mind.
In such a dark environment, who knows what the situation is like in this gambling house?
When the situation is unknown, it is obviously unwise to dive in headfirst.
But at this moment.
The two people's behavior of stopping outside the door seemed to attract the attention of something strange.
"Whoosh——!"
Suddenly.
A cold breath came to my face, and the flag in front of the door also fluttered, making a "clattering" sound.
Immediately afterwards, a light suddenly lit up in the dark gambling house, as if it had reopened for business.
That kind of light is not the light of an electric lamp, but more like the light of a candle when it burns.
One of the burning candles was behind the wall, so that the two people in front of the door couldn't see how the candle was burning.
But even so, they could clearly see the situation inside the gambling house through the light of these burning candles.
Immediately, Shen Tian opened his eyes as he looked inside the room, as if he saw something creepy.
There are many gambling tables placed in the house. They are called gambling tables, but they are actually many old round tables. These tables are large and small, and they seem to be adapted to different number of gamblers.
On each gaming table, a burning candle is placed.
What made Shen Tian feel numb the most was that there was a person sitting next to every gambling table in his sight.
No, that's not a person.
To be precise, it was not a living person.
They were paper figures painted blue. The faces of the paper figures had facial features drawn with pen and ink, and a layer of bright blush was deliberately applied on both sides of the cheeks, making them look extremely weird.
The paper figures are all wearing a black mandarin jacket and a black round hat on their heads, just like the boys in the gambling houses during the Republic of China.
The paper figures on the table and the burning candles all seemed to imply that these candles were lit by these paper figures.
"Damn, that's a little scary."
Shen Tian subconsciously took a step back.
Because he always felt like those vivid paper figures were looking at him.
"Go in and have a look."
However, at this moment, a strange voice behind him urged him to go to the store.
"Are you sure? Captain Li."
Shen Tian stared at the people made of paper, feeling a little embarrassed.
What he fears most is this kind of thing that looks like a human but is not human.
I don’t know who came up with the idea to make these damn things.
It looks normal, but nothing is normal at all.
Li Leping also felt the weirdness of this place.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He looked at these motionless paper figures sitting on the stools beside the table, and an indescribable strange feeling suddenly emerged in his heart.
It seems that these paper figures all contain some kind of terrifying supernatural power. Just because they have not yet triggered the taboos of gambling houses, these paper figures look relatively normal.
But once the taboos of the gambling house are touched, these paper figures will definitely reveal their horror.
But even so, Li Leping still had no intention of retreating.
We have already arrived at our destination, how can we be frightened away by some mysterious things?
But just when he was about to push Shen Tian forward with force in his palms.
"Let's take a gamble."
A voice that sounded like a hawker suddenly came out of the gambling house strangely.
It's like the owner of a gambling den is trying to drum up business.
However, when this strange voice surrounds the ears, it only makes people feel an unusual cold feeling, as if there is a corpse lying on their shoulders and whispering in their ears.
"Are you kidding me? The ghost spoke?"
Shen Tian also heard this voice, and his whole body tensed up instantly, with a look of horror as his cognition was subverted, and his eyes were fixed on the paper man in the gambling room.
But soon, he was frightened and jumped on the spot.
Because at this moment, the motionless paper figures sitting next to the table seemed to have been summoned, and they turned their paper heads at the same time and looked at the two people outside the door.
The drawn eyes seemed to be staring at the two of them at the same moment.
"Let's take a gamble."
Soon, the voice appeared again, still sounding so cold, and the tone did not change at all.
"thump!"
But at the moment when these words were spoken, all the paper figures in the casino stood up at the same time, their movements were stiff and lacked the flexibility of human limbs.
A pair of eyes that were not human at all stared at Li Leping and Shen Tian outside the room.