Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Li Zhi slowly retracted his gaze and turned to look at Fang Jie beside him. There was a strong sense of vigilance in his eyes. After a moment of silence, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?"

Fang Jie was obviously stunned when he heard this, with a hint of surprise on his face. Then, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he said with a smile: "I thought you would hold it in and not ask seriously, why do you suddenly think of asking me now?"

Fang Jie was obviously not surprised by Li Zhi's question.

"You seem to be very familiar with the ghost den, and even though you are in the ghost den, I don't feel you are nervous at all. You know, even the Shushan disciple Li Yuqing was nervous for a moment just now, but you... I didn't feel it from beginning to end."

Li Zhi stared at Fang Jie's eyes, as if trying to find out something from them.

However, Fang Jie still smiled nonchalantly. He just said calmly: "You don't need to care who I am, nor do you need to guess my purpose. You just need to know that I am here only to solve the incident here, not to deal with you people."

Li Zhi's pupils shrank when he heard that. Fang Jie's words were extremely overbearing and arrogant, as if he didn't care about the eleven people present combined.

At this time, the three people from Shushan also walked out of the hall. After Fang Jie and Li Zhi looked at each other, they closed their mouths tacitly.

When the Shushan female disciple came out, she saw Li Zhi and Fang Jie still outside the hall. She thought they were afraid to move forward, so she couldn't help but sneer, "You two grown men are so scared that you don't even dare to walk?"

Fang Jie turned his head and said with a flattering smile: "We are waiting for you. With you three heroes of Shushan here, we feel safe."

Li Zhi was surprised by Fang Jie's face-changing stunt.

If Li Zhi had not seen it with his own eyes just now, it would have been difficult for him to connect the domineering man just now with the man with the lewd smile on his face now.

Looking at Fang Jie's flattering face, Li Zhi thought to himself: I want to see who you really are!

Although he was thinking about something, Li Zhi did not forget what he had decided from the beginning, which was to curry favor with someone powerful.

But Li Zhi really couldn't lick that Shushan bitch. However, he could see that Li Yuqing was also a newcomer in the world and had not yet experienced the hardships of society. He still had a youthful and chivalrous spirit.

So he said to Li Yuqing: "Young Master Li, you are very powerful and knowledgeable. I would like to trouble you to lead the way. I just came here and I don't know anything."

Li Zhi spoke politely and gently praised Li Yuqing. Li Yuqing was shy and naturally didn't want to refuse. He didn't say anything, but just nodded, which was considered as agreement.

And when the Shushan female disciple looked at Li Zhifangjie and the others, the look of disdain and ridicule in her eyes became even stronger.

But Li Zhi and Fang Jie ignored her.

Although Li Zhi seemed to be following Li Yuqing calmly on the surface, he never relaxed his guard and vigilance against him in his heart.

After all, he doesn't want to fall into the same pit twice!

Once is carelessness, the second time is death!

Therefore, when he followed closely behind Li Yuqing, he took every step carefully, as if treading on thin ice. He silently calculated Li Yuqing's pace and rhythm in his mind, and then deliberately maintained the same rhythm and pace as Li Yuqing. Even the position and distance of Li Yuqing's feet were exactly the same, because he was afraid that if he took a wrong step, he would fall into danger and be doomed.

No one spoke. Li Yuqing led them along the way and skillfully avoided some very obscure dangers. When faced with some maids and servants who were rushing towards them, Li Yuqing would also tell them to avoid them in time. They walked and stopped along the way, and no accidents occurred.

However, Li Zhi knew in his heart that even such a short distance was built at the cost of human lives through trial and error.

After a while, several people arrived safely at the west wing.

The others who had arrived earlier were hiding behind a rockery next to the west wing. When they saw Li Yuqing and Li Zhi coming, Chen Fan quickly waved to them, motioning them to come over.

Although Li Zhi was reluctant to deal with them, he knew that now was not the time for him to do whatever he wanted. Besides, Li Yuqing had already walked over, so Li Zhi followed him.

After Li Yuqing walked over, he asked directly: "What stage has it reached?"

Wang Qi stuck his head out and looked at the closed door of the west wing. He said, "The midwife hasn't come yet."

Li Yuqing seemed to be relieved when he heard this, and his expression eased a little.

Then, he saw Li Zhi looking at him in confusion. He knew that Li Zhi had just arrived and didn't know much, so he patiently explained to Li Zhi: "This ghost den will evolve events by itself. We must be present when these events evolve. In other words, only the place where the events evolve is temporarily safe. If we are not here when the events evolve, we will be attacked by the rules in the ghost den."

Li Zhi asked doubtfully: "Then we just need to hide here and observe?"

"Of course not! This can only allow us to temporarily avoid the rules of the ghost den and let us survive for a short time. Moreover, it does not mean that the attack of the ghost den rules will not be triggered during the evolution event. If we want to truly break the ghost den and leave here, we still need to find the source!" Li Yuqing said.

Li Zhi lowered his head and pondered. After listening to what Li Yuqing said, Li Zhi felt that this den of ghosts was just like entering a plot copy in a game, but Li Zhi knew that things would definitely not be that simple.

"Is the development of events fixed?" Li Zhi asked.

Li Yuqing nodded and said, "Basically it's fixed."

Li Zhi understood a little after hearing this, because the ghost den is formed by the obsession of the ghost after death, so it will only follow the rules within the ghost den. It is also because the evolution of this event is fixed that these people can survive after the ghost den is triggered many times.

So Li Zhi asked again: "What will happen next?"

Chen Fan on the side stepped forward and said: "Next, the lady in the west wing is about to give birth, and then the midwife will come..."

"Midwife?"

Li Zhi secretly remembered it in his heart. He felt that this midwife would definitely not be simple.

Chen Fan continued, "When the midwife comes, she will help the lady inside to deliver the baby... and then it will randomly generate a boy or a girl."

Li Zhi was a little surprised when he heard this, but he keenly noticed a problem, and he immediately asked: "What is the difference between a boy and a girl?"

Chen Fan showed a look of fear on his face, and his body was even trembling slightly. He said, "If it's a girl, when she is taken out...she will open her eyes and take a look. Anyone who is seen will be killed."

Li Zhi was also shocked when he heard this. No wonder all of them hid here in the rockery. It turned out that they wanted to avoid the girl's killing rule first.

"What if it's a boy?" Fang Jie next to him also asked.

Chen Fan's body trembled even more violently, as if something terrible had happened to scare him so much.

Seeing that Chen Fan was too scared to speak, Li Zhi turned his gaze to Li Yuqing.

Li Yuqing looked back at Li Zhi before saying, "If it was a boy... he would be buried there..."

Li Yuqing pointed and saw that it was an ordinary osmanthus tree, but the soil under the tree seemed to have been turned over.

"The boy is dead?" Li Zhi asked with a frown.

"He's not dead! He was buried alive!"

Chen Fan spoke in a low growl.

Li Zhi was even more confused. Since ancient times, men have been favored over women. He had heard of girls being abandoned or sold, but burying a newborn boy alive was simply unimaginable for Li Zhi. However, this was not the time to question this. The hurried and anxious voice of a maid could be heard outside, as she seemed to be saying something like the midwife was coming.

Time was running out, and Li Zhi had no time to think about anything else. He could only ask hurriedly: "Then what? What will happen after the boy is buried!"

Li Yuqing's face also showed a trace of solemnity at this moment. He slowly said: "Then... this place will become hell!"