Bang bang--
Hu Jiu ignored the pleas for mercy from the slovenly man in the bag and beat him with great enthusiasm.
He didn't stop until he was sure the monster's limbs were completely smashed.
A agonizing wail emanated from the bag, but Hu Jiu wasn't the kind of person to show mercy; the wail only excited him more!
"Who are you? And where is this place?" Hu Jiu asked.
"No, I don't know," the strange man replied weakly.
Bang--
Hu Jiu gave him another hard blow with the stick. "You're really dishonest. You dare not tell the truth now that you're in my hands?"
The scruffy, strange man shouted, "I'm not lying! I don't know anything!"
Hu Jiu frowned. "Tell me your name first?"
"Have no idea."
"You dare to lie to me?"
Bang bang--
Another beating ensued.
But the slovenly eccentric insisted that he knew nothing.
He said he has lived here ever since he can remember, his mind is blank, he has no concept of time, he doesn't know why he can talk, he just always thinks about eating.
Seeing that he couldn't get any more information from him, Hu Jiu simply ended the conversation cleanly.
After that, Hu Jiu wandered around the building, going up and down everywhere.
The space here is indeed disorienting; when you go down one floor and then go back, the scene changes.
Walking in the same direction, you might end up back where you were before.
Ares said that once the number of Fierce Ghost active in the building is reduced to a certain level, they can leave.
However, judging from the current situation, this method seems to be completely unworkable, because we don't know how many floors the building has, and we might get lost while walking around.
Eliminating the Fierce Ghost within is an enormous undertaking, as simple as counting grains of sand!
Fortunately, Hu Jiu hasn't reached the point of desperation yet; he still has many trump cards up his sleeve.
A Supernatural aura surged, and something suddenly appeared in his palm.
--It was a key, its surface covered in rust, like dried bloodstains.
Looking out the window, Hu Jiu had deliberately drawn a door on the wall next to it.
The master key slid in immediately.
Click--
The door was pushed open a crack.
The resistance to pushing the door was immense, and the scene behind it was indescribable—a pitch-black space filled with a suffocating sense of oppression. There was no light, as if one had fallen into a bottomless abyss.
Suddenly, a deep voice reached Hu Jiu's ears, echoing in all directions, yet seemingly not existing in this world. It was indescribable, filled with eeriness and chaos.
Hu Jiu stepped through the door.
I don't know if I'll be able to leave this strange building, but as long as something changes, it's better than wandering around in this endless loop.
Soon, the darkness disappeared.
What appeared before Hu Jiu was a gray, monotonous expanse, empty and silent.
He seemed to have arrived in an unknown place; the outside world he had seen through the window of the building earlier was not like this at all!
Hu Jiu cautiously observed his surroundings. Everywhere his eyes fell, there were many... ghosts!
These ghosts are all quiet. Some are in human form and move in a certain direction for unknown reasons. They only change when they occasionally encounter a vengeful Fierce Ghost whose rules conflict with their own.
Some ghosts have bizarre and indistinct forms, while others take the form of objects.
Hu Jiu's arrival did not disturb these Fierce Ghosts, after all, he himself was no different from Fierce Ghost.
Most Fierce Ghosts are mindless and foolish creatures. What harm is there in being surrounded by hundreds of ghosts if Hu Jiu doesn't actively trigger their patterns?
However, although he was tempted, he suppressed it and did not take the opportunity to cause trouble.
Ghosts capable of movement are all inexplicably moving in the same direction.
Hu Jiu pondered for a moment, and his appearance changed rapidly. His clothes became tattered, his body became emaciated like a dried corpse, and his face became ferocious and terrifying.
He mingled among the ghosts, carefully following them as they traveled.
The surrounding scenery was always gray and hazy, with only occasional glimpses of strangely shaped buildings in the distance.
We kept walking like that, for a long time.
Finally, Hu Jiu saw a patch of darkness appear ahead.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a massive black door!
Another door?
Hu Jiu looked astonished; he found it difficult to describe his feelings upon seeing the massive, pitch-black door.
The gate is about 30 to 40 meters high and 20 to 30 meters wide, equivalent to a ten-story modern building.
The door appears to be made of wood, painted black, but the black paint is now mottled, with visible cracks and signs of decay.
Such a door is probably not for human use, unless it belongs to a giant.
The closer they got to the giant black gate, the more awe they felt. Standing nearby, Hu Jiu appeared extremely small in comparison.
Countless Fierce Ghost roamed near the massive black gate.
Hu Jiu stared at the door for a moment, and a strange feeling suddenly arose in his heart.
It was as if something was hidden behind the door; the feeling was vague, an indescribable and mysterious sensation, as if one could see behind the door through its surface.
Hu Jiu did not Neglect this feeling. He cleared his mind and tried to connect with the information conveyed by that inexplicable intuition.
Such a colossal gate standing in the Ghost World is certainly no ordinary object. A normal human brain, out of self-protection, might refuse to receive the information and wouldn't even dare to look at it.
But Hu Jiu was different. He observed carefully, afraid of missing even the slightest bit of useful information.
If you listen closely, you can faintly hear the soft sound of a breeze blowing by, like breathing.
Hu Jiu's senses were amplified at this moment, and his line of sight stretched infinitely.
Through the decaying cracks in the door, he saw...
Door!
Behind the mottled, decaying black gate, there was still another black gate!
It just looks newer, and the signs of decay aren't as pronounced.
Upon seeing the second door, Hu Jiu's strange intuition intensified; he felt there was something else behind it!
His vision was already weakened and blurred as he passed through the first decaying black giant door.
The decayed cracks in the second door had narrowed, making it harder for Hu Jiu to see through, but he could still barely make it...
Behind the second door...
It was still a massive black door!
The third door looked newer than the second, but it still showed some signs of damage.
"Won't there be a fourth door, a fifth door, and so on, like an endless nesting doll?"
Just as Hu Jiu was thinking this, his gaze was suddenly abruptly interrupted, and his vision vanished.
At the same time, a sharp pain shot through his eyes, and he quickly closed them.
After a while, once the pain subsided, a mirror appeared before Hu Jiu, and he saw... his own eyes were bloodshot and red.