Altar of Infinity

When Xie Ji woke up, he felt cold all over.

The sky is full of chaos, forming a line with the turbid and winding river in the distance. The color is thick and heavy, making people breathless.

He pressed his temple hard and stood up from the ground.

Xie Quan was discharged from the hospital for a week today, and the time limit that the doctor said he should avoid eating has passed. He finished work early and took people to eat hot pot to celebrate, but on the way back, he collided with a retrograde bus and lost consciousness on the spot.

Looking at the surrounding environment, is he in the legendary underworld?

What about Xie Quan?

Unless there are special circumstances at work, Xie Ji is very lenient most of the time, and is often praised for being calm and tolerant.

But now there is a haze on that face that always smiles.

As a modern person, Xie Ji subconsciously wanted to take out his mobile phone, and when he took out his pocket, he remembered that the mobile phone was in the crashed car. Apart from the clothes he was wearing, only his wallet and watch were left on him.

You can only find it by foot.

He was about to leave when a figure suddenly emerged from the ground.

The man was wearing black clothes and a long black hat, revealing only a pale and long pointed face. After he looked at it, he slowly bared his sharp white teeth.

Xie Ji moved his gaze down, and the other party's robes were dragging on the floor, and it was impossible to see if there were any feet.

The tragic scene of colliding with the bus came to mind again.

The other party may be a ghost.

But he is not necessarily still human.

The ghost waited for a long time, and was disappointed to see that he was not frightened: "Welcome to the half-step Fengdu Four Elephants Sealing Soul and Reincarnation Great Altar of Chaos. You still have one chance to choose to leave."

Xie Ji: "..."

Xie Ji: "What the hell?"

The ghost continued with rich experience: "Half-step Fengdu Four Elephants Seal the Soul and Reincarnation Great Altar of Chaos. Hereinafter referred to as the altar."

"Anyone who is about to die or has a huge obsession in their hearts will have a certain chance to come to the altar. When you pass the highest level of the altar, you will gain a new life and the opportunity to fulfill your wishes."

Xie Ji: "Where is the person who had the accident with me?"

Ghost: "I don't know."

In other words, this altar represents a new life.

Various possibilities flashed through Xie Ji's mind.

Xie Quan's situation is unknown, maybe he escaped a catastrophe, or he didn't have the chance to choose to enter the altar at all.

He is a businessman, and he knows that the big the return, the big the investment, but whether it is for the possibility of Xie Quan being at the altar, or for his own life, he has to go all out.

He asked: "How many floors are there in total, how can it be called passing?"

Ghost: "Including the novice level, there are a total of eight floors. Please find out the specific way to clear the level in the level. You still have ten seconds to consider whether to officially enter the altar."

Seeing that time was running out, Xie Ji chose to enter.

Ghost: "The novice level is beginning, I wish you a happy pass."

·

The faint light projected from the window made Xie Ji barely able to discern the current situation.

It is an earthen house made of mud bricks, surrounded by sundries.

Stuffy is a bit stuffy, but there is no strange smell.

It's just that he doesn't quite understand why he sits on the ground after every teleportation.

Fortunately, the earthen house was not as cool as the place in the underworld just now, and it was even a little soft.

Xie Ji looked down subconsciously.

Then I saw a large pile of white paper money.

? !

He stood up from the paper money, and before he felt offended, he was attracted by the noise outside the earthen house.

"Help ah ah ah ah ah!"

"It's on! It's on!"

"What the hell is this place, I want to go home!"

Xie Ji immediately realized that there were other people in the novice level he was in, maybe Xie Quan was also outside.

Regardless of any paper money, he opened the half-closed wooden door of the earthen house and walked out.

The night was dark, and only a dim light bulb hung in the dilapidated courtyard of nearly a hundred square meters. The shadows of a dozen men and women were blurred.

These people are all between seventeen and eighteen to fifty years old, and most of them are frightened. You push me and I push you to stay away from the easternmost house.

And his sudden movement of pushing the door out triggered another round of screams, and some even jumped up on the spot.

"Damn it ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

"Why is there another ghost here!!"

Xie Ji scanned the crowd, but there was no Xie Quan.

He didn't know whether to be grateful or disappointed.

However, before he could think about it, his body instinctively felt the danger, and he retreated instantly amid another raised tone from someone who didn't know.

The next moment, a group of black shadows popped out from the east room where everyone avoided, and hit him with a "dang".

The black shadow could barely see that it was a man before he was born, the neck was only covered with a layer of skin at the back of the neck, and all the bones of the neck were broken, leaving only shriveled and rotten flesh.

Not only the neck, but the whole body of the corpse was shriveled, as if the blood had been sucked dry, the limbs were shriveled and stiff, and the eye sockets were protruding.

Xie Ji: "..."

Does this altar have any objections to him?

If someone else was almost covered in corpses, he would have howled a few times, not to mention scared to death, but Xie Ji had traveled to many places alone, and even worked as a reporter on a real battlefield for a few days, facing too much blood and blood. die.

It's just that no matter how many times you've seen it, it doesn't mean you like it.

Xie Ji frowned.

Where exactly is the altar.

"Everyone has seen it. This is what happens when you want to leave the level. If you want to leave the altar, you have to complete the task well." A plump middle-aged fat man stood out from the crowd. Instead of panic, his face was amiable, "Look They are all newcomers, this little brother is handsome and stable."

The young man next to the fat man rolled his eyes and said flatteringly: "No matter how good your mentality is, you can't compare with Brother Wang, you and Sister Wang. Just now we were scared to death. You two have experienced many battles, so you are a man who is not immovable in the wind and rain." An Rushan."

The fat man obviously took advantage of Xiaonian's words, and his smile deepened a bit.

But the woman next to him was not very impatient with the fat man: "Okay, there are not many people who don't see anything in the altar."

As he spoke, he glanced at a figure by the wall, and seemed a little apprehensive, and quickly changed the subject: "They all just arrived at this level, so hurry up and look for any clues."

Xie Ji found it quite interesting to hear that he had been reduced from an excellent rookie to a worthless person within 1 minute.

The fat man obeyed the woman's words, and led a few newcomers who could still stand up from the ground to wander around with the woman in other rooms.

As soon as the people dispersed, Xie Ji saw the figure of the woman who had just peeked at him just now. Even though Xie Ji was used to seeing all kinds of beauties at home and abroad, he couldn't help feeling amazed.

The young man standing by the wall should be less than 20 years old, and the aggressive beauty mixed with the remaining greenness creates a strong sense of impact.

It's just that his face is too pale, and his thin lips are almost bloodless.

But what attracted Xie Ji was not the young man's face, but the long knife on the young man's waist.

The scabbard is simple and exquisite, out of tune with the dilapidated country courtyard, and most of it is something that comes with it.

Like the fat man and the woman, this young man is probably not a newcomer entering the checkpoint for the first time.

But according to what the ghost said, he was sent into the novice level.

Generally speaking, the novice level is a teaching level for newcomers to adapt to. It seems that the composition of the novice level in the altar is complicated.

There were several rooms in the yard, and Fatty and the others tacitly avoided the east room where the dead body was ejected.

Xie Ji is very interested in Dongwu.

Seeing the dead as soon as you enter the checkpoint, this chance of rebirth is by no means so good.

He is new here now, his eyes are darkened, at least he has to figure out what he is going to face.

At the same time as he moved, the young man also moved.

They walked to the east room together.

Xie Ji has been in the business world for many years, so he approached him familiarly: "Do you know those two people?"

It happened on the way back from eating hot pot with Xie Quan. He was not wearing formal clothes, but a set of dark casual short-sleeved trousers. He spoke in a natural tone, and the corners of his lips with a natural smile made people feel close unconsciously.

The youth shook his head.

Xie Ji said casually: "You look about the same age as my brother, eighteen?"

Youth: "Nineteen."

Xie Ji: "Then you are one year older than him, my name is Xie Ji, what's your name?"

The young man was finally willing to look sideways at him, blinked his pale eyes, and said slowly, "Jiang Jichu."

Xie Ji probably has a judgment.

He is not very talkative, but he is quite polite, and he has seen many of this type.

There was an open coffin lying in the middle of the room, and Xie Jifu groaned when he saw it clearly.

Slide left and right.

The three regular characters "Niu Ku Yin" are engraved on the coffin lid, which is the name of the deceased inside.

Judging from the appearance alone, Niu Kuyin is around sixty years old. Although he has age spots, his flesh and bones are well-proportioned, so that he does not appear mean, but rather kind.

If you ignore the fresh blood at the corner of your mouth.

The fat man had already led someone to check a room, and when he came out, he saw the newcomer standing next to the coffin, exchanging glances with the woman.

They were afraid that the things in the coffin would attack again, so they didn't go there. Now it seems that there is no aggressiveness, so the woman continued to search elsewhere, and the fat man led the two newcomers to the side of the coffin.

"The one inside should be the boss of this level." Fatty educated the few newcomers attached to them, "As long as you have a brain in the novice level, the survival rate is not low."

"Some levels will specify the clearance conditions, and some will not, but no matter what the level is, there is a panacea way to clear the level-to complete the wish of the level boss. Therefore, try to respect the level boss."

Xie Ji heard the words and looked at the fat man.

Complete the wish of the level boss...

But if the coffin is the boss, isn't the boss already dead?

wrong.

Xie Ji looked back at the blood at the corner of the old man's mouth in the coffin.

Perhaps for the level boss, this is a kind of "life".

The fat man still wanted to win over, so he took out a can of eight-treasure porridge from his bag and handed it to him: "My name is Wang Dan, what's your name, little brother?"

Xie Ji answered his name.

Wang Dan: "Did you find anything here? We are all to pass the checkpoint. We are teammates who should unite as one. We can exchange clues and help each other."

Wang Dan opened the lid of the eight-treasure porridge while talking, and took a sip happily.

Xie Ji stroked the body of the can with his thumb.

In a completely unfamiliar environment, Wang Dan is willing to share food, which is a blatant gesture of favor.

If there is really no conflict of interest, he doesn't mind teaming up with Fatty.

"For the time being, I only know that the old man lying down is named Niu Kuyin." Xie Ji smiled, and opened the lid of the eight-treasure porridge in front of Wang Dan.

But before he could enter, an impulsive force suddenly hit him from the right side.

The force came unexpectedly and hit Xie Ji's waist.

He couldn't stand still, and the eight-treasure porridge came out of his hand, all of which were sprinkled on the face of the old man in the coffin.

Xie Ji: "..."

other people:"……"

Wang Dan's words "Try to respect the boss of the level" still rings in my ears.

I don't know if the old man's ruddy complexion is due to the soup of eight-treasure porridge, or something else, the red is white, and the white is black.

Xie Ji felt that what he threw out was not eight-treasure porridge, but his own life.

He watched the culprit slowly straighten up from his waist. The young man whom he had praised for being polite just now was still polite, and said in a low voice with a little embarrassment: "I said I didn't do it on purpose, do you believe it..."?

Chapter 2 Niu Kuyin, the voice is not loud, but in this quiet night, it is like a thunderbolt on the ground.

Xie Ji glanced at the smooth and neat concrete floor: "It's a coincidence that it fell on the flat ground."

Jiang Jichu: "I didn't stand firm."

Xie Ji: "Do you think I believe it?"

Xie Ji said to Wang Dan again: "What will happen if you pour eight-treasure porridge on the boss?"

And just now Wang Dan, who kept saying that he was a good brother who helped each other, wished to stay eight hundred miles away from him, seeing him as if he was looking at a dead person: "There has never been such a precedent."

There are very few people who break through the level and even face the boss directly, let alone pour eight-treasure porridge on the boss? !

Xie Ji was cheated only 10 minutes after he came in, and countless possibilities flashed through his mind.

The young man who bumped into him knew he was in the wrong, gripped the long knife at his waist, raised his chin slightly while facing him, but lowered his eyes to the ground: "Tonight, I will protect your life."

Xie Ji did not report any expectations to Jiang Jichu.

The other party's face was pale, and even his breathing was weaker than ordinary people. If the fall just now was not intentional, then he didn't stand still. No matter what the reason is, it's good to protect yourself, and protect him?

Xie Ji smiled politely: "It sounds like the worst situation. So before the worst happens, is there any remedy?"

Wang Dan tentatively said: "Most of the bosses in the novice level are growth-type, and the longer you drag it, the harder it will be. Today is the first day, maybe there is a chance of survival. Try closing the coffin lid?"

Xie Ji: "Is it useful?"

Wang Dan: "At least it's a comfort to my heart."

Xie Ji thought about it for a while and thought it was also an idea.

The coffin lid might not be able to block Niu Kuyin, but if such a heavy lid was opened from the inside, there would definitely be some commotion, allowing him to make preparations in advance.

Before closing the coffin, he found a paper towel and roughly cleaned up the eight-treasure porridge inside.

It's too late to fix it now, but it's better to wipe it than not to wipe it, at least it won't drip when Niu Kuyin comes to him, and he is also covered in eight-treasure porridge.

That was too ugly.

After wiping Niu Kuyin, he was about to pull back the sliding coffin lid. Jiang Jichu went to the other side of the coffin to accompany him to push and pull.

Xie Ji often works out, Jiang Jichu is still an adult man no matter how weak he is, but even if the two of them work together, it is very difficult to push.

Xie Ji: "It seems that the pulley inside is rusted."

Jiang Jichu didn't answer, but pushed the lid harder.

When the coffin lid was about to close, Xie Ji subconsciously glanced inside.

Niu Kuyin may have just died, lying in the coffin as if sleeping.The already dim light bulb was blown by the wind, and the light swayed and shone on the half of his face that was only visible, creating a ferocious and vivid illusion.

The gap became narrower and narrower, and when it was only palm width, Niu Kuyin suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Xie Ji.

The whites of the eyes are cloudy and the pupils are out of focus.

But Xie Ji knew that Niu Kuyin was watching him.

And looked at him resentfully.

Although Xie Ji is not afraid of ghosts and gods, but suddenly being stared at by something neither human nor ghost, his back also feels a little numb.

But the thrill hadn't come up yet, and a drop of eight-treasure porridge juice hanging from Niu Kuyin's eyelashes rolled slowly down the end of his eyes.

……

Can't be scary.

Niu Kuyin felt the humiliation brought by the eight-treasure porridge, bared his bloody yellow teeth, and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab Xie Ji.

Xie Ji stepped back immediately, using both arms to pull the coffin lid directly.

Unexpectedly, the inner pulley got stuck badly. After swallowing his strength, he could barely roll forward half an inch, and then bounced in the opposite direction.

Jiang Jichu, the general on the other side of the coffin, didn't know what happened, so he bumped into him.

Jiang Jichu: "What are you doing?!"

Xie Ji: "Run! Niu Kuyin is coming out!"

Jiang Jichu: "Isn't it lying down well?"

Xie Ji stopped.

Niu Kuyin's hand in the coffin was put back to its original position at some point, and even his expression returned to calm.

Hallucination

No, Niu Kuyin did move just now.

He frowned, put his doubts back into his stomach, and said to Jiang Jichu who was bumped: "Are you okay?"

Jiang Jichu was wearing a solid-color T-shirt and a sun protection suit, and he was lowering his head and rolling up his sleeves.

The moment the sleeve was rolled up, a metal object fell from the wrist.

The luxurious men's watch barely bounced on the concrete floor, and then lay there quietly again.

After all, it was Xie Ji's sudden force that caused the coffin lid to bounce back to Jiang Jichu, and he was a little embarrassed.

Xie Ji: "Sorry." As he said that, he bent down to pick up the watch and wanted to return it to Jiang Jichu, but before he picked it up much, the other part of the watch fell back to the ground again.

Xie Ji: "..."

Jiang Jichu was so angry that his face and lips became even whiter. He picked up the half watch on the ground and snatched the one from Xie Ji's hand.

Xie Ji rubbed his nose: "I said I didn't do it on purpose, would you believe me..."

Jiang Jichu said harshly, "Do you think I believe it?"

Just now Jiang Jichu bumped into Xie Ji, causing him to pour all the eight-treasure porridge on Niu Kuyin, and his life was in danger, but now Xie Ji looks like revenge.

Seeing Jiang Jichu's backhand, Wang Dan wanted to draw his sword, and began to act as a peacemaker: "Hey, little brother, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive."

A newcomer next to him tugged at his sleeve: "I saw that watch in a magazine, seven figures."

Wang Dan swallowed the words back.

Xie Ji has an identical watch, which is lying on the second floor of the watch cabinet at home.

Seven figures indeed.

Xie Ji took off the buckle of the watch he was wearing: "I'll give you this one first, and I'll pay you a new one when I go out."

The newcomer who just made an offer: "This piece is nearly eight figures."

Jiang Jichu gritted his teeth: "This is a birthday present from my brother."

Xie Ji silently put the watch back on.

He can't afford to pay Jiang Jichu an older brother.

Xie Ji: "Then I will be responsible for finding someone to fix it for you."

Jiang Jichu still wanted to say something, but just as he was about to open his mouth, he heard someone pushing in at the gate of the courtyard, still muttering non-stop.

Listening to the voice is over sixty years old, not in their team.

Several people in the east room went to the gate of the courtyard on their own precautions.

The visitor dressed up as a villager and called himself Uncle Niu. He was about the same age as the one in the coffin, but with a stooped back and only as high as Xie Ji's chest.

Uncle Niu: "It's the middle of the night, what are you fussing about, you still don't sleep!"

Wang Dan hurriedly bowed to Uncle Niu and smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Uncle Niu saw that his attitude was quite sincere, and his anger subsided a lot: "Hurry up and sleep, tomorrow I have to prepare for Niu Lao's funeral, how can I not rest well?"

The little girl next to Wang Dan straightened up suddenly: "Funeral...funeral, can we go back as long as we finish the funeral?"

Uncle Niu: "As long as you finish the funeral and stay here for three days, of course you can leave."

Three days after completing the funeral, it should be the condition for passing the novice level.

The clear conditions gave hope to everyone present, and the oppressive atmosphere suddenly became more active.

Someone asked: "So what exactly do we need to do?"

Uncle Niu: "People in the city really don't know anything. I will teach you tomorrow morning."

Wang Dan: "Thank you."

Uncle Niu responded and walked out. Before leaving the house, he turned his head and said, "Go to bed quickly, it will be twelve o'clock soon, don't disturb the peace of the deceased."

Wang Dan seemed to have heard the reminder, and hurriedly asked the crowd: "Who brought the watch, what time is it?"

Xie Ji raised his watch: "47:[-]."

The expressions of Wang Dan and the women accompanying him changed drastically.

The woman arranged: "Hurry up and go back to the room to sleep. There are three rooms in the yard that can sleep people. We are divided into three groups."

Just as the woman was about to point at someone, Wang Dan pressed her hand down: "Women share a room."

Wang Dan pointed at Xie Ji and Jiang Jichu again: "You two live in the same house, and the others follow me."

Woman: "The two of them..."

Before the woman could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Wang Dan, and she thanked Ji for her heroic practice in a few words, causing everyone in the room to retreat.

As soon as I entered the checkpoint, I splashed rice pudding all over the boss's face. If I don't go to the boss tonight, who can Xie Ji look for?And Jiang Jichu, as an accomplice, might not be able to escape punishment, who would dare to let these two people share the same room with him.

Xie Ji has no objection to this arrangement, if Niu Kuyin really wants to find him, he will not pull others to take the place of the dead ghost.

And Jiang Jichu...

Seeing Jiang Jichu's expression, Niu Kuyin came to trouble him, Jiang Jichu probably wanted to help Niu Kuyin.

Twelve o'clock was approaching, time was running out, and the 11 people quickly found a room to lie down.

Before parting, Xie Ji had cared about the corpses in the yard, but Wang Dan said that there was no need to worry about them, they would usually be dealt with at dawn tomorrow, which made the rest of them tremble again.

The house Xie Ji was assigned to was quite old. There were a few rough beams on the roof, layers of straw, and a big hole in the east where adults could come in and out freely. You could see the night sky when you looked up.

The bed was similar to a Datong bunk, Xie Ji and Jiang Jichu had more than enough sleep.

But Tongpu is near the window at one end and facing the door at the other end, neither side is safe.

Jiang Jichu took the lead in sitting by the window, instead of lying down to sleep, he was looking at the watch that was broken in two.

Xie Ji sat over and said, "I really didn't do it on purpose. I'll definitely find someone to fix it for you when I get out. You hit me once, and I hit you once. We're even?"

Jiang Jichu's eye circles were red, and the veins on the back of the hand that was not holding the watch were bulging, as if he was trying to restrain himself from punching Xie Ji.

Xie Jixin had a bad idea.

So sad, the watch could not be Jiang Jichu's brother's... relic, right?

Then he has committed a great crime.

Jiang Jichu's eyes were red, like a ferocious wolf cub: "I bumped into you at this level, and I will be responsible. After I get out, I will never finish with you." After finishing speaking, he carefully put away the watch, lifted the quilt and lay down Fall asleep with your back to him.

Only Xie Fang was left with a thin and thin back.

·

Xie Ji carefully sorted out the clues about the altar before going to bed, and it took him a long time to feel sleepy.

It was always difficult for him to sleep soundly, not to mention that he was in a crisis-ridden environment where Niu Kuyin might come to his door at any time, so he slept lightly almost all night.

So when there was a sound from the window, he woke up immediately.

Xie Ji didn't open his eyes, but concentrated on feeling the other person's movements, and noticed that Niu Kuyin slowly moved to the side of the bed and then remained motionless.

Niu Kuyin was staring at them.

Xie Ji waited for a long time, but did not wait for Niu Kuyin's second move.

But he knew that Niu Kuyin did not leave.

Why not do it?

On a dark and windy night, a monster that can suck human blood climbed out of the coffin just to watch them sleep?

The wind blows into the house from the window, passes by Niu Kuyin and comes to Xie Ji's nasal cavity.

His sense of smell was many times more sensitive than others, and he smelled the smell of inferior eight-treasure porridge again.

The fragrance is quite long lasting.

Hanging a knife over your head that can fall at any time is the most annoying thing, sometimes you can't wait for the knife to cut directly.

But Xie Ji didn't act rashly, even the frequency of his heartbeat didn't change.

Before he went to bed, he kept thinking about why Niu Kuyin didn't just drag him into the coffin to kill him in the east room, and why the novice level was less difficult than the later levels.

Then he thought of Uncle Niu's words about not disturbing the peace of the deceased after twelve o'clock, and Wang Dan's panic-stricken urging.

is the rule.

If Niu Kuyin wanted to suck blood, he could just wipe them out, but Niu Kuyin didn't. Even if he was angry when he threw eight treasure porridge all over his body, he just stretched out his hand to scare him.

Because the rules don't allow it.

The man in the yard was sucked to death by Niu Kuyin because he forcibly left the checkpoint and violated the rules.

And their current rule is that after twelve o'clock, Niu Kuyin's peace cannot be disturbed.

As long as he and Jiang Jichu don't make any big disturbances, they will be able to pass safely tonight.

Sure enough, after standing by the bed for a long time, Niu Kuyin began to pace back and forth impatiently, stepping on his feet very hard, as if he wanted to wake them up deliberately.

Xie Ji only thought that someone was doing tap dancing, anyway, with his eyes closed, he could not see and his heart was quiet.

After tap dancing for nearly 10 minutes, Niu Kuyin didn't even get a look, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and turned back to the door.

Climb the window when you come, and walk through the front door when you leave.

Xie Ji reckoned that he would have to slam the door hard when it was over.

He heard Niu Kuyin walking to the door step by step, and deliberately loudly opened the latch, the night wind poured into the house, fortunately it was summer, but it wasn't cold at all.

The first night at the altar was about to come to an early end, Xie Ji's guess about the rules came true, he flapped his eyelids, and planned to sleep a little longer.

However, the moment Niu Kuyin stepped into the courtyard, Xie Ji's stomach growled untimely.

The sound was not loud, but in this quiet night, it was like a thunderbolt on the ground.