The Beginning

A teleportation array could transport roughly a thousand people at a time.

The transmission was incredibly fast; in the blink of an eye, they were somewhere else.

When he opened his eyes, he saw an enormous mountain range stretching endlessly into the distance.

The mountains were pitch-black.

The sky was pitch-black too.

Whispers drifted ceaselessly through the air, as though countless people were speaking in hushed voices. Yet no matter how carefully one listened, nothing could be made out.

Further away, there was fog.

Vast and dense.

Something seemed to lurk within it. Layer upon layer of shadows could be seen surging through the mist.

A glance around showed that, aside from the sound of breathing, there were only a few scattered conversations.

Most people wore sickly pale expressions, their faces drained of color and filled with fear. Pairs of eyes stared ahead, no one knowing what was running through their minds.

Perhaps they were thinking of the great battle to come—or perhaps the figures on the other side were their future selves?

"Yang Jian?"

Li Su had only been standing there a moment when someone approached. After sizing him up, the person spoke.

"Yes!" Li Su froze for a moment.

"Gloomy expression, looks somewhat older." The other person nodded and handed him a jade talisman. "Take this."

"This is...?"

"Intelligence."

"Intelligence?"

The man said, "Mm. Intelligence on Wandering Ghost Soul-Extinguishing. You know how to use it?"

Li Su nodded and sent a thread of consciousness into it. In an instant, countless thoughts appeared in his mind.

This intelligence...

He could not help but stare blankly. It did not simply introduce what kinds of wandering ghosts there were or what methods they possessed.

Instead, it began with what to kill first, what to exchange after killing them, then what to