A vintage calendar hung on the wall.
The calendar showed the date as July 14th, 1994.
No wonder the entire hallway was filled with red candles and paper money.
Apart from the vintage calendar, Lin Yi also spotted a photo wall.
The wall was pasted with portraits of all the residents in the building.
In the sixth row, which corresponded to the sixth floor, Lin Yi saw "himself."
It was the lifeless face of a middle-aged office worker.
Previously, Lin Yi had seen that sa face in the rear-view mirror of a bus driver.
That was the person he was role-playing in this replica.
His "ho" was on the sixth floor.
So if he chose to get off at Lingshan Park...
would there also be a tombstone with his picture on it?
Lin Yi shook his head.
To shake off the wild thoughts in his mind.
He ca to clear the level quickly.
No more "what ifs."
Walking to the base of the apartnt building, Lin Yi looked up.
This building, with the top floor being the sixth, seed to host his ho at the highest level.
Walking into the entrance.
Lin Yi followed the stairs all the way up.
Reaching the second floor, Lin Yi saw a red-painted wooden door, in front of which were two wreaths.
In the center of the wreaths was a morial portrait.
An elderly woman with a kind smile looked at him from the portrait.
The red candles were bright, and three incense sticks were placed in a censer.
It seed they had just been lit not long ago.
Lin Yi was accustod to such sights by now.
The paper money downstairs seed endless, like a perpetual motion machine, never burning out.
Lin Yi continued upstairs.
Arriving at the third floor.
Lin Yi stopped in his tracks.
The familiar red-painted wooden door greeted his sight again.
Next to the door were two wreaths.
Could it be that on July 14th, every household in the building lost soone?
Lin Yi stepped closer.
Looking at the center of the wreaths.
In the center was a portrait of a kind elderly woman.
It was identical to what he saw on the second floor!
Only now, what was chilling was that the smile in the portrait had vanished.
The once kindly eyes were now staring intently at Lin Yi.
Lin Yi felt a chill snake around his neck like a venomous serpent.
Was it... a coincidence?
Or were the second and third floors just one family, displaying the sa portrait of a deceased elderly woman?
Lin Yi, a little skeptical, continued upward.
Reaching the fourth floor.
He hadn’t even fully ascended the stairs when Lin Yi sensed sothing was wrong.
The red-painted wooden door, wreaths, and portrait... nothing different from the third and second floors!
Moreover, as Lin Yi approached the portrait to take a closer look...
He discovered that the kind face of the elderly woman in the portrait had twisted into a hideous expression.
Glaring angrily at Lin Yi.
To be honest, despite Lin Yi’s past experiences with countless horror movies and gas.
Encountering such terrifying and bizarre situations in reality was still frightening.
Lin Yi pondered, harboring a few suspicions.
This ti, he didn’t continue upward.
Instead, he turned back and began descending.
On the third floor, the red-painted wooden door, wreaths, and portrait remained.
But Lin Yi didn’t even glance at them.
He continued downward.
Only after descending several floors did Lin Yi realize.
No matter how he walked.
The floors he passed through were all identical.
He was likely experiencing the "ghost wall" phenonon told in folklore.
What to do when encountering a ghost wall?
Lin Yi once actually searched the internet for this question.
Of course, the answers were either ambiguous or attacking the very premise of the question itself.
Not many practical solutions.
The only reliable thods Lin Yi could think of were waiting until dawn, or using black dog blood or virgin urine, none of which were applicable now.
Thus, only one thod remained.
Lin Yi closed his eyes, and the gravitational field rapidly expanded from him.
Then, he clenched his right hand abruptly.
Accompanying Lin Yi’s grip, all the stone and soil in the corridor were instantly deconstructed!
Cent, steel, bricks...
All were ground into fine powder!
Gravity Tier Six—Gravity Crush!
[Gravity Crush]
[Type: Active Skill]
[Tier: Tier Six]
[System: Gravity System]
[Effect: Upon releasing a gravitational field, focus all directional gravity within the field to a minuscule area, performing a gravity crush on all targets within that area, causing substantial physical damage. This damage is shared among all targets in the area.]
[The effect and power of this skill depend on the strength and controllable multiple of the gravitational field.]
[Damage dealt by Gravity Crush to any target marked with gravitational resonance by you won’t be shared with other targets within the Gravity Crush area. That target will bear the full damage independently.]
[Current Maximum Gravity Multiple: 999 tis]
[Current Gravity Crush Area: 10 ters]
[Note: As mountains crumble and earth sinks.]
In the gravity system, the concept of tiers is often blurred.
The true core is always the size and strength of the gravitational field and the controllable gravity multiple.
And the best feature of this skill is its ability to concentrate all directional gravity in the gravitational field into a small area.
The pressure in this area becos terrifying.
At this mont, Lin Yi applied 10 tis gravity, directing the crushing force at the four walls of the corridor.
This resulted in the entire exterior of the apartnt building being pulverized to dust!
Ghost wall?
I’ve demolished your walls entirely!
After Lin Yi tore down the four walls...
He was astonished to find that the entire apartnt building seed unaffected.
It did not collapse or pour down.
Not scientific at all.
But speaking of science here, Lin Yi thought, was the funniest thing.
Continuing upward.
Lin Yi found no significant change on the second floor.
Still the red-painted wooden door, wreaths.
And a portrait.
Lin Yi frowned.
The ghosts in this building, are they that formidable?
Even with the walls demolished, they still manage to confound him?
Yet, as Lin Yi prepared to ascend to the third floor.
A sigh reached his ears from behind.
Turning back, he saw that the portrait had sohow turned its back to him.
Lin Yi, montarily dazed.
It was as if he saw a kindly old lady advising him one last ti before his departure.
But the advice was in vain.
Only ending in her sigh.
At this mont, Lin Yi had a flash of insight.
The ghost wall he just encountered was likely because this elderly woman didn’t want him to continue upward.
This was a Sealed Ghost Nest.
And upstairs, it was likely the entrance to the ghost nest.
This old lady wanted to help him.
Lin Yi suddenly recalled a saying.
Encountering a ghost wall might not be a bad thing; there could indeed be a good ghost protecting you.
Danger lies ahead.
To turn back when facing insurmountable odds.
A good ghost sees you off.
An evil ghost opens the door!
Lin Yi sighed.
In his heart, he thanked the elderly lady.
Reaching what was genuinely the third floor.
Lin Yi found that things indeed seed different.
The ghost wall had vanished.
The lights in the corridor flickered for a few monts before going out completely.
Continuing upward.
Reaching the fourth floor.
Under Lin Yi’s feet, the hard floor turned soft.
Seemingly transford into a writhing pool of blood.
Within the pool, nurous strange strands swam about.
Suppressing his inner fear, Lin Yi pressed on up the stairs.
Reaching the fifth floor.
The pool of blood had reached up past his calves, nearing his knees.
anwhile, from the ceiling, strands of black hair dangled down.
Brushing against the back of Lin Yi’s neck.
The air was thick with a foul, bloody stench.
The entire space no longer felt like a corridor, but like stepping into the belly of a demon.
Continuing upward.
Until Lin Yi stepped onto the final stair of the sixth floor.
A door woven from countless blood, flesh, and black hair burst open with a boom.
Lin Yi knew he had reached his "ho."
The Sealed Ghost Nest now opened wide!
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