A dozen seconds later, the black rectangular space stopped rising and stabilized.
Gao Jianfei hesitated for a second before stepping out of the black space.
Before us was still a passageway, with a large number of painted houses standing on both sides.
8-1, 8-2, 8-3...
"I've reached the 8th level of the Ghost Den!" Gao Jianfei already knew.
Immediately, Gao Jianfei walked slowly to the door of room 8-1.
The door was ajar.
"Dear user, please enter room 8-1. Please remember that you only have one hour to communicate with that level 8 ghost. Please cherish this precious hour! We wish you a pleasant experience communicating with this powerful ghost!" the intelligent program said with a smile.
Now, all Gao Jianfei has to do is push open the door and go inside.
Gao Jianfei slowly reached out and pushed towards the door of room 8-1. His heart suddenly began to pound faster. An inexplicable tension, like an invisible hand, gripped Gao Jianfei tightly.
"Hoo!" Gao Jianfei took a deep breath, catching his breath, and finally pushed open the door. A bright and clear view opened up before him…
This was a room of about 20 square meters, furnished in an extremely antique style. There was a sandalwood eight-immortal table, a large carved wooden bed, rosewood chairs, and even a white marble screen depicting a lady… All of this gave Gao Jianfei a dreamlike feeling! It was so unreal!
"I...I've come to ancient times?" Yes! It's almost like time travel!
In one corner of the room, a fluffy mink pelt was spread out on the floor!
A person, sitting on this mink coat!
Yes, it's "human"!
Logically speaking, Gao Jianfei knew in his heart that everyone in this haunted house, except for himself, the user, was a ghost. However, Gao Jianfei sensed that the one sitting on the mink was a human!
It's a man.
He was completely different from the ghosts like Gou Wei and Zhang Dalin. His complexion and demeanor were unmistakably human, not ghostly!
Gao Jianfei stood outside the door, staring blankly at the man, lost in thought...
He was drinking at that moment. He sat on the mink coat, stretching his legs out for comfort, his expression somewhat languid and cynical. After a few sips, he would cough violently. When he coughed, a sickly flush would rise on his pale face.
He was very handsome, with extremely elegant and refined features, but he was no longer young.
His eyes were lined with wrinkles, and each wrinkle seemed to hide a heartbreaking past, a painful memory.
But his eyes are youthful!
Those were strange eyes, seemingly emerald green, like willows in the spring breeze, gentle and agile; or like seawater under the sun, full of vitality.
He took a few sips of wine, coughed a few times, put the bottle aside, and then, with a flick of his right hand, a small knife appeared in his hand.
An extremely thin knife, thin yet sharp. It gleams with a sharp, cold light.
A piece of wood appeared in his left hand.
He began to carve on the wood with a knife.
The blade flashed, seemingly transforming into a living, serpentine creature! Amidst the flying wood shavings, graceful lines were sculpted. Gradually, the silhouette of a woman emerged.
His gaze became extremely serious, focused, and gentle. His five fingers were long, nimble, and strong, and soon, the wood carving in his left hand was completed.
From Gao Jianfei's perspective, the wood carving vaguely resembled a woman in a long robe. Although Gao Jianfei couldn't clearly see the woman's facial features, he could sense that every line of the wood carving was extremely graceful and lively, almost like a living thing!
Wood carvings seem to be imbued with soul and life by their carvers!
"Ahem..." He put away the knife, coughed twice, and picked up the wine bottle to drink again. As he gazed affectionately at the completed wood carving, he said, "Young man, you've been standing outside for quite a while. Why don't you come in and have a chat?"
This is just a polite remark, like a host inviting a guest inside to rest.
However, Gao Jianfei was terrified upon hearing these words! The way the man spoke them seemed to carry a kind of demonic energy! It left Gao Jianfei no room for refusal or thought! He stepped inside.
"The master of this place brought me here. I haven't seen anyone else in a long time... If you're interested, young man, you can chat with me. Of course, if you'd like, you can also have a few drinks with me." The man carefully placed the wooden carving beside him, then looked up and smiled at Gao Jianfei.
It was a smile as warm and gentle as sunshine.
Gao Jianfei felt a surge of emotion, and his feet moved toward the mink fur as if they were not under his control.
"Please have a seat," the man said with a smile.
Gao Jianfei sat down.
The man handed him a bottle of wine. Gao Jianfei took the bottle and was immediately overwhelmed by the rich aroma of the wine, feeling slightly intoxicated!
"This...this is fine wine!" Gao Jianfei couldn't help but exclaim.
"It's good wine, young man, why don't you give it a try?" the man said kindly.
"Hmm." Gao Jianfei nodded, then took a small sip of the wine in the bottle. Immediately, a rich aroma filled his taste buds! He quickly swallowed the wine, and then a fiery heat ignited in his internal organs!
It's mild on the palate, but after swallowing it, it gets your blood pumping!
When Gao Jianfei worked as a waiter in a hotel, he had secretly drunk leftover Wuliangye and Moutai, and even some foreign liquor. But Gao Jianfei could swear that compared to the liquor he was drinking now, those drinks were practically... swill!
"Glug glug glug..." Gao Jianfei gulped down several mouthfuls of liquor without any hesitation.
"Haha! Young man, drink slowly!" The man laughed heartily. "This wine has a strong aftereffect; if you drink like this, you'll get drunk!"
"Heh," Gao Jianfei said awkwardly, handing the bottle back to the man, and then asked, "Excuse me... who... who are you?"
Subconsciously, Gao Jianfei also used polite language when answering the man's question.
The man didn't answer. He took the bottle Gao Jianfei handed him and gulped down several mouthfuls. He seemed to be a heavy drinker as well. He coughed as he drank, as if he was trying to choke on the wine in his mouth.
Gao Jianfei quickly started massaging his back.
"Ha, who am I? Just a wandering ghost, not worth mentioning!" The man put down the wine bottle and smiled slightly.
At that moment, out of the corner of his eye, Gao Jianfei saw a small knife next to the man and the lifelike statue. Suddenly, Gao Jianfei remembered someone!
A legendary figure!
A mythical legend!
"I know! You! You are Li Xunhuan!" Gao Jianfei stood up excitedly and shouted.
"Hehe," the man chuckled nonchalantly, "A name is just a label. No matter how glorious or brilliant one is in life, after death, it is just a label."
The man did not deny Gao Jianfei's guess.
Li Xunhuan!
"Damn it! Just now... just now I was actually drinking with Li Xunhuan?!" Gao Jianfei was unusually excited, or rather... impulsive!
Chapter Twenty-One: Transmission
Chapter Twenty-One: Transmission
The person before me was none other than a legendary figure, a figure deified by the world... Li Xunhuan!
Gao Jianfei felt increasingly lost in a fog, in a dream! Everything seemed so unreal, so unbelievable!
However... the intelligent program had already explained to Gao Jianfei from the beginning that the Super Ghost Device could not only contain ghosts in the real world, but also ghosts in fictional novels!
This time, Gao Jianfei truly witnessed it...
It's amazing!
It's truly amazing!
Li Xunhuan's detached and elegant temperament also captivated Gao Jianfei.
"Young man, please sit down and talk to me. I've said before, it's been a long time since I've chatted with anyone." Li Xunhuan smiled calmly.
His words possessed a magic that Gao Jianfei couldn't refuse. Gao Jianfei tried to calm himself down and sat down next to Li Xunhuan.
At this moment, Li Xunhuan suddenly gave Gao Jianfei a meaningful look, and then smiled, "Young brother, I see resentment in your eyes, and some... murderous intent." Li Xunhuan's eyes seemed to possess a terrifying power that could see into people's hearts. "What major event have you encountered recently? If you don't mind, young brother, you can tell me about this incident."
Li Xunhuan immediately concluded that Gao Jianfei had encountered a major upheaval!
Facing Li Xunhuan, Gao Jianfei seemed to have no intention of hiding his inner thoughts. Moreover, sitting next to Li Xunhuan, Gao Jianfei actually felt an urge to confide in him!
then……
His mother was hit by Zeng Jian's car and became a vegetable. He bought a dagger and prepared to fight violence with violence, kill Zeng Jian and die together... Gao Jianfei told Li Xunhuan everything.
Li Xunhuan listened silently, without interrupting Gao Jianfei, and his strange eyes occasionally flashed with a deep and wise light.
"Your murderous aura is too strong." After listening to Gao Jianfei's account, Li Xunhuan handed the wine bottle to Gao Jianfei.
After describing this nightmarish experience, Gao Jianfei was quite emotional. He quickly downed several mouthfuls of wine to calm down. "Master Li, are you saying that I shouldn't have killed Zeng Jian, that I shouldn't have avenged my mother? But I'm not convinced! Zeng Jian ruined my life, ruined my family, ruined my simple happiness. I'm not convinced!"
"No, seeking revenge is a man's duty!" Li Xunhuan patted Gao Jianfei on the shoulder. "After hearing what you've said, I can conclude that the world you live in is actually the same as mine... governed by the law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak! Zeng Jian's father, Zeng Shiji, was a tyrant of a city, and his son disregarded human life and acted recklessly. The so-called 'law' had no binding force on him! If you want revenge, you can only do it in a primitive way! However..."
Before Li Xunhuan could finish speaking, the intelligent program reminded Gao Jianfei in his ear, "Dear user, I must say, you are very... very foolish! I have already told you, you only have one hour! One hour! What a precious hour! And you are here, having heart-to-heart talks with this high-level ghost? Discussing life? You have half an hour left, please cherish it! Please cherish it!"
The voice of the intelligent program carried a sense of disappointment and frustration.
"Huh?" At this moment, Gao Jianfei suddenly woke up as if from a dream!
"The developer of this super ghost device, Zhuoyue, designed a feature that allows users to experience advanced ghosts first, not so that users can chat with advanced ghosts, but rather... to learn! To learn the skills of advanced ghosts!"
Gao Jianfei immediately understood.
"Can I...can I learn the skills of Level 8 Ghost Li Xunhuan?" Gao Jianfei asked the AI program, his voice trembling.
"You absolutely can! However, because your level is too low, you cannot fully learn all of Ghost Li Xunhuan's level 8 skills; you can only learn a portion. Would you like to activate the software's learning space for you now?" the intelligent program inquired.
"Start!" Gao Jianfei exclaimed excitedly.
What are Li Xunhuan's skills?
Throwing knife!
Li Xunhuan's flying dagger never misses its mark!
If you could learn even the slightest bit of Li Xunhuan's Flying Dagger technique, that would be incredibly impressive!
"Super Ghost Instrument Learning Space Open!"
Suddenly, the background of the room changed, and Gao Jianfei and Li Xunhuan (or rather, one human and one ghost) found themselves on a protruding rock.
It's by the sea.
The sky was overcast, with thick, dark clouds hanging low, creating a suffocating feeling.
The waves crashed and surged. Some fish rose and fell with the waves. Sometimes they leaped up in parabolic arcs, and sometimes they disappeared into the spray, as if they could not be found.
Li Xunhuan stood with his hands behind his back, his robes billowing in the sea breeze, exuding an air of detachment and elegance.