Moving into an Abomination City

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After getting off the Gu Xi, Gu Xi looked around. For some reason, the city always seemed dilapidated, desolate, and bleak to him.

The Maple Leaf Park the driver pointed out had twisted trees and gloomy roads. Not to mention at night, even in broad daylight, there were hardly any people in the park.

The nearby guesthouses are all quite old, with white lanterns hanging in the courtyard and shrines in front of the doors, where stones or wooden stakes are offered with water.

As for the abandoned old campus of that unknown school, Gu Xi always had a feeling that dark clouds were hovering over the rooftop.

Gu Xi guessed that such a large campus was abandoned so easily, most likely because something unsolvable had happened.

Based on Gu Xi's many years of experience writing novels, the dead are the most basic element.

What kind of weird places are these drivers taking him to?

Gu Xi was about to turn around and ask a question when the driver raised his left hand.

"Excuse me, I'm about to hand over my shift. I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, he got into a taxi and drove off without waiting for Gu Xi to say anything more.

This ridiculous situation left Gu Xi speechless.

Gu Xi clearly saw that the driver did not have a watch on his hand.

I don't know if he's deliberately sabotaging me or if something's really wrong.

However, having already arrived here, Gu Xi had no intention of wandering around anymore. He thought for a moment, glanced at the nearby guesthouses, and chose the cleanest one to walk over to.

"Don't knock, just come in."

As soon as I arrived in front of the guesthouse, the small loudspeaker installed in front of the door started playing.

Gu Xi paused for a moment, still hesitating, when the loudspeaker said again, "What are you still standing there for? Don't knock, just push the door open and come in."

Hearing this, Gu Xi finally understood what was going on. He pushed open the courtyard gate and went inside.

As Gu Xi stepped into the outer courtyard of the small building, he felt that the surroundings seemed to have become brighter.

At the same time, the ever-present gaze of Great Guanyin was no longer fixed on him.

Before Gu Xi could figure out what was going on, the door of the small building opened, and a woman in her early twenties wearing a kimono walked out.

The woman was fairly good-looking. After seeing Gu Xi, she turned around confidently before asking, "Are you here to rent a guesthouse?"

"Yes, I..."

"I have four rooms in total, but I only live alone, so I only rent out one room."

But don't worry, my guesthouse is relatively cheap, 100,000 a day, which includes three meals a day, daytime security, and nighttime Warring States Guardian.

I take full responsibility for everything, from laundry to going out shopping.

You can just relax and stay here.

Hearing the woman being so enthusiastic, Gu Xi felt a little uncomfortable.

"What, am I not good enough?"

Let me tell you, the price can't be lowered any further. The ghost I keep in my little house is a level 3 Knocking Ghost. Ghosts below level 5 won't enter my yard.

In addition, there are 500 Stone Ancestor Soldiers enshrined in my family's shrine, which can ensure that the battles of the Warring States period at night will not affect the courtyard in the slightest.

"Raising these things costs money, and I absolutely will not lower the price by 100,000."

"Okay, 100,000 it is. I want a room where I can't see the Great Guanyin Statue when I open the window."

Seeing that the woman was getting more and more agitated, Gu Xi quickly said, "I'll stay as long as there's a room like this."

The woman smiled upon hearing this, "Yes, not only do we have them, but we have several rooms. I'll take you inside to see them now."

Gu Xi was not in a hurry. He opened his Briefcase, took out the money inside, and counted it carefully.

"I only have Twenty-Two right now. I'll rent it for two days first, and we'll talk about the rest later."

"Okay, this way please, I'll take you to your room."

After saying that, the woman took Gu Xi's hand and headed towards the front door of the small building.

In the past, the woman introduced herself there.

"My name is Wudou Meina. This is a house passed down in my family. It has been built here for over eighty years. The stone ancestral tablets outside were personally requested and brought back by my grandfather. You can trust their abilities."

These flowers were planted by my father. They also possess a certain spirituality. When the Stone Ancestor could not withstand the enemy, they could transform into city walls and protect us for one night.

My house has two floors. The first floor has a living room, kitchen, a hot spring bathroom, and a guest bedroom. Upstairs there are three bedrooms. Of the four bedrooms, only the one on the east side of the second floor doesn't have a view of the Great Guanyin Statue.

"Okay, then I'll stay in that room."

Gu Xi was now only thinking about not having to look up and see such a huge Guanyin statue.

As for where he stayed or whether the room was comfortable, he didn't care at all.

"By the way, you mentioned before that you're keeping level 3 Knocking Ghost here, and that level 5 and below won't enter the courtyard. What does that mean?"

"Guest, you must be from out of town. You may not know the situation here. There are two kinds of strange things here: one is the strange things that wander around, and the other is the strange things that have a fixed territory."

Generally, wandering monsters don't venture into the territories of other monsters.

Therefore, most families keep a strange creature as a pet. As long as the taboos associated with this strange creature are not violated, it can protect the family's safety.

The Knocking Ghost in my house is just like that. His taboo is very simple: you can't knock on doors. If you knock on a door in his territory, he will appear behind you. After knocking three times, you will be dragged into a door that no one has ever seen before, and you will never appear again.

So please, please don't take taboos lightly. In this city, even the Great Guanyin can't save you if you break a taboo.

Listening to Wudou Meina's words, Gu Xi thought of the Order Mage he had seen in front of the station.

This kind of world is probably the most suitable for this kind of profession, at least during the day.

As for what happens at night, Gu Xi hasn't seen it yet and isn't sure what the view from the room is like.

Thinking of this, Gu Xi asked decisively.

"I won't break this taboo, but I have a question. Are there any strange entities that don't care if there are other strange things in this territory and just invade on their own?"

"Yes, there is, but that would cause Great Weird reaction on the nearby streets, and even make you a common enemy of the strange things on the nearby streets. Ordinary strange things wouldn't do such a thing."

After hearing Wudou Meina's explanation, Gu Xi sighed inwardly.

You know that's just the general case; the extraordinary situation of Order Mage is really hard to control.

It seems that the current Order Mage are all trying to come into contact with different levels of supernatural beings, preparing to absorb these supernatural beings to improve their own strength.

Seeing Gu Xi's uncertain expression, Wudou Meina couldn't help but ask a question.

What are you thinking about?

"Oh, I was wondering where you usually sleep."

Hearing this, Wudou Meina blushed and Gu Xi slightly. "Of course, I'll sleep wherever you sleep!"