Altar of Infinity

It was nine o'clock in the morning when Xie Ji entered the second checkpoint, but it was dark the day after he entered.

The big clouds are extremely low, and they are dark and heavy at first glance, as if they will turn into bricks and hit people's heads at any time.

The village is dilapidated and desolate... Maybe it is not a village at all. A dirt road stretches straight from the foot of Xie Jiji to the distance. There are a few old brick houses scattered on both sides of the dirt road, which are more old-fashioned than the houses in Niujia Village.

He frowned almost imperceptibly.

Looking at the weather, I want to rain again.

"Is this the second level?"

"It feels so weird, there seems to be no one in the village."

"The sense of oppression on the second layer is different from the first layer."

Xie Ji glanced sideways, counting him and Jiang Jichu, there were thirteen people in this level, and each of them carried a bulging schoolbag on their back.

The time on his watch will automatically adjust with the checkpoint after entering the checkpoint, and now it shows [-]:[-] p.m.

After simply observing the environment, everyone flipped through their schoolbags, and those who looked at the book of life and death looked at the book of life and death.

Xie Ji and Jiang Jichu stood at the side of the team, he turned slightly sideways to block the sight of others, and called out the book of life and death first.

It was too dark and there were no street lights, so they could only get a rough look.

Owner: Xie Ji

Level Name: High Tower · Borderlands

Checkpoint level: second floor

Level score: 5000-10000

Number of participants: 13

Points earned:

Remaining points: 4000

Owner: Jiang Jichu

Level Name: High Tower · Borderlands

Checkpoint level: second floor

Level score: 5000-10000

Number of participants: 13

Points earned:

Remaining points: 3700

Xie Ji first noticed the small dot behind the tower and the word Fengjiang.

He used a plate of food as the price before and read Jiang Jichu's book of life and death. Although he didn't read much under Jiang Jichu's supervision, he had never seen such a situation where a dot was added after the name of the level.

Xie Ji looked up at the end of the dirt road, in the depths of the night, stood a tall tower with a simple shape.

The "high tower" in the name of the level should be that tower, but what about "Fengjiang"?

He pointed to the word Fengjiang and said, "Have you seen this form of level name before?"

Jiang Jichu's face darkened slightly, as if he wanted to get closer to the sky: "No."

Xie Ji and Jiang Jichu looked through the schoolbag again, which contained food, compressed biscuits, bread, instant noodles, and ham sausage.

Could it be that the identity assigned to them in this level is a field outing team?

The remaining eleven people are discussing the abnormality of the level name.

"Why is there a little black spot?"

"'Front border'? What do you mean?"

"I don't know, I've never seen it before..."

While everyone was discussing, a thunderbolt flashed not far away.

The night sky was briefly illuminated, and the sound was deafening.

Standing out of the team was a young man who had just grown up. He was very clever and cute. He clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention: "I think everyone has seen the book of life and death. There is a tall tower over there. It is now a tower." It's night, and it's going to rain, let's hurry over."

Everyone had no objection, and walked towards the tower under the leadership of the young man.

The altar does not require that every time you pass through a level, you must be higher than the level of the previous level. Those who are willing to break through the second level are more or less courageous, and their quality is higher than the first two levels that Xie Ji experienced.

Everyone on the way introduced themselves briefly.

The leading young man is named Ran Yuanfei. Surprisingly, Ran Yuanfei has passed the fourth floor. He wants to go through every commandment. Considering the difficulty of "killing", he came to the second floor to pass the "killing" .

Except for Ran Yuanfei, six of the other ten people had gone through the second floor and wanted to accumulate experience and points to re-flash the second floor, and the remaining four had just passed the first floor.

Xie Ji is used to dealing with people, and he can get acquainted with them in a few words and grasp their basic situation.

At the same time, he did not neglect Jiang Jichu.

Summer is not over yet, Jiang Jichu is still dressed in short sleeves and a jacket.

Xie Ji remembered that his body was cold and his injury was not completely healed, so he asked casually, "It's a bit cold, are you cold?"

Jiang Jichu was silently treating himself as an invisible person, but he was stunned when asked by Xie Ji: "It's okay."

Xie Ji nodded: "It will be better to enter the tower. What do you think of that Fengjiang?"

Jiang Jichu's eyes sank, and his beautiful facial features showed a bit of killing intent, and the fingers holding the long knife unconsciously tightened.

He had an uncertain guess in his mind, but since he was 'killing', the possibility was greatly increased.

They can't stay in this level for too long, the longer they stay, the more dangerous they will be.

If it was daytime, or even with a street lamp, Xie Ji would have been able to spot Jiang Jichu's abnormality, but the darkness perfectly covered all of this.

In just a short moment, Jiang Jichu returned to normal. He said calmly: "The name of the level is related to the level itself. The tower refers to the building, and the frontier may be the hidden meaning of the level. Just like the novice level, it can also be called Niujiacun Shouren .”

Xie Ji: "Then this level can be called Fengjiang."

Jiang Jichu: "'Jiu' is in charge of the checkpoint, you can ask when you meet."

Xie Ji: "Okay, when I see 'wine', I will say that the kids in the team have opinions on naming your levels."

Jiang Jichu looked sideways at Xie Ji, the man who planned to sue with a smile on his face, even though he was in the dark, and he didn't know what kind of danger was ahead, he was still calm, as if there was nothing to be afraid of.

After walking for almost 10 minutes, everyone came under the tower.

The tower seems to be built of solid wood, the walls are uneven, and intricate patterns are carved everywhere.

Ran Yuanfei knocked twice on the double door, but didn't get any response, so he tried to push the door.

But the wooden door was too heavy and looked in disrepair. He didn't have enough strength alone, so Xie Ji stepped forward to help push it open together.

There was a grinding sound of machine bars on both sides of the door, a bit like a beast grinding its teeth.

The space inside the tower is larger than Xie Ji imagined. The first floor is an empty hall. Except for a set of tables and chairs, there is only a spiral staircase in the center. The handrails of the stairs are very special, like two rows of winding slide.

Each row of slides has a high and narrow slideway and a short and wide slideway. On the short and wide slideway are lighted oil lamps, while the high and narrow slideway is full of lamp oil, and there are thin holes protruding towards the lamps to fix the lamps. The frequency of the lamp oil is injected into it to ensure that the oil lamp will never burn out.

Xie Ji looked up along the stairs.

Counting the floor he was on, the tower has seven floors in total.

This reminded him of the altar in the main city.

After the last man entered the tower, the rain poured down.

Ran Yuanfei: "In the days to come, we may all be staying in the tower."

Just as he was talking, there was a trivial movement from behind the stairs, and he turned around vigilantly: "Who!"

"Ahem...ahem...who are you..."

The old man's hair and beard are gray, his loose skin has several layers of wrinkles on his face, and there is only a thin slit left in his eyes, and his back is slightly bent due to his age.

Ran Yuanfei pulled the bag of his schoolbag. He was cute and had a natural advantage: "Hi, we are tourists. It rained heavily outside suddenly. I hope I can stay with you for one night."

As soon as the old man's beard blew, he took small steps with a cane to chase people away: "No, no! No one can live in this tower, everyone get out!"

Ran Yuanfei: "Grandpa, it's really raining outside, just let us stay for one night, we can pay."

Old man: "It's just raining outside, but living in this tower will kill you!"

Everyone was shocked, but not too surprised.

The name of the level in the Book of Life and Death says "High Tower". This tower is the main activity location of this level, and everyone is ready to meet death.

Ran Yuanfei took a few steps closer to the old man: "Grandpa, there are girls in our team, and they really can't stand the cold, so just let us stay for a day, and there are very powerful people in our team..."

He pointed at Xie Ji: "So tall and mighty."

Pointing to Jiang Jichu again: "There are still armed ones! We will protect ourselves! Just let us stay for a day~"

Xie Ji was cueed inexplicably, but he still cooperated and said: "Yes, just let us stay for a day. We are all adults, and we will take responsibility for anything that happens."

Others also spoke kindly to the old man.

"There are still those who are looking for death." The old man couldn't hold them back, and sat on the chair with a swing of his arms. "It's up to you if you want to live! It's just right, there are fourteen rooms on the second and third floors! I live in the east side of the second floor." Time, the rest you share among yourself!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it was already close to ten o'clock, and one or two people might die if they lived in the tower, but they would be wiped out if they lived outside.

Xie Ji naturally sat next to the old man and said, "Grandpa, my name is Xie Ji, what's your name?"

Old man: "My surname is Wu, and I have the word "Kang" in my name."

Xie Ji: "Grandpa Wu, why do you say that people will die if you live in the tower?"

Wu Kang sighed: "You don't know, this tower is called the Tower of Suppressing Evil, and it houses a bloodthirsty evil spirit. It's not dead yet. You young people are all popular, and it can feel it."

Xie Ji: "Since it's so dangerous, why are you still in the tower?"

Wu Kang: "The Suppressing Evil Tower needs someone to guard it. All the young people in the village have gone to work in the city. Only my old bones are left. I can't last long. I don't know what to do with the Suppressing Evil Tower after I die. ..."

After chatting with Wu Kang, Xie Ji and Jiang Jichu went to the third floor and chose an empty room to live in.

Tonight is the first night, it is safer for two people to live together.

The tower is ring-shaped, and the walls of the room also have a smooth curvature. If you arrange it a little near the window, it will form a very beautiful bay window.

But the tower is not for people to live in, and it is already a miracle to have guest rooms.

The style of the last century in the room is even more obvious than that of the altar slums, and the furniture and bedding are covered with a thin layer of dust.

Xie Ji went to the window. Although he didn't like rain, he didn't like this dead smell even more.

He tried to open the window, but found that the window was welded to the wall. The emerald green water pattern glass was so thick that he could only vaguely see the raindrops splashed on it.

We can only make do with it first.

Fortunately, the bed was a double bed, which was more than enough for the two of them to sleep.

There is only one washroom on each floor. Xie Ji and Jiang Jichu took out new bedding from the cabinet and changed into it. After a simple wash, they both lay down.

The long knife is placed between the two of them, like a clear boundary, so that it is convenient for whoever has something to do at night to use the weapon.

The clues haven't come out yet, they plan to wait until tomorrow to have a look, and they just chatted a few words before closing their eyes and going to sleep.

The night is getting deeper and deeper.

Xie Ji's sleep quality has always been good, but he remains alert enough.

The moment he noticed the top of his head, he woke up immediately.

His eyes were not open, but his mind quickly became clear.

Not an illusion.

Something was reaching out from the direction of the wall to grab his hair.