Chapter 999 965 The Invisible Recipient

The atmosphere, which was fairly relaxed just past midnight, instantly became heavy.

Because from now on, this old mansion has officially entered the final day, and the person to receive the letter will appear today. Although many dangers were encountered in the previous six days, those dangers are not important.

If the task of delivering the letter is not completed today, no matter how long Yang Jian and the others have stayed in this old mansion, it will be meaningless.

“It seems, everything is normal.”

In the main hall, everyone remained silent, paying attention to every move around them.

They thought something might happen at this time, but in fact, everything was normal, no different from before; no ghostly phenomena appeared, nor did anything strange happen.

“Indeed, nothing seems out of place,” Yang Jian’s ghostly eye scanned the surroundings.

There was no supernatural interference nearby, and his ghostly eye could see many places.

But despite this, Yang Jian still seemed unable to find any information about the person to receive the letter.

“Maybe it’s too early, and the recipient hasn’t appeared. The post office’s task states that the recipient will appear at midnight after seven days, but this midnight might not be this one; it might be midnight tonight, which means waiting another twenty-four hours,” Yang Xiaohua said.

“That’s indeed what the post office’s task description says,” Li Yang agreed; “At midnight after seven days, the recipient will appear. We must deliver the red letter to the recipient before they leave.”

“It’s only the early morning of the seventh day, not yet nighttime.”

Zhou Deng said, “After all this, was it just a false alarm? Doesn’t this mean we have to wait another day? Well, no problem then, anyone who needs to sleep should sleep. I still have to continue my research.”

But Yang Jian said, “That’s what the information indeed says, but don’t forget, we entered the old mansion before midnight, so if you count the days, then tomorrow is the burial day…”

“Wordplay?” Yang Xiaohua frowned, “It shouldn’t be that way, right.”

“Regardless of whether it’s this midnight or the midnight twenty-four hours later, we shouldn’t be careless. Whether it’s wordplay or not, it’s already midnight now, and if the recipient is going to appear, they will definitely do so in this timeframe, at most just another half an hour wait.”

He didn’t dwell on this issue.

Since they have to spend the day in the old mansion anyway, even if he doesn’t sleep, he must wait for the appearance of the recipient. The task from the post office is very clear about delivering the letter before the recipient leaves.

In other words.

The recipient is in a state of movement, possibly just passing by the mansion, or may only linger in the mansion for a minute or two.

If the opportunity is missed, the letter delivery task is a complete failure.

Yang Jian couldn’t be foolish enough to focus on just one time frame.

“That’s true, let’s wait another hour to see if the recipient appears. If not, then it can be proven that now is not the correct delivery time,” Li Yang nodded and said.

Yang Jian said nothing, just took out the red letter and checked it.

The letter was intact, undamaged, with the red envelope completely sealed and unopened.

“Let’s keep waiting,” Yang Jian casually remarked.

Everyone perked up, paying attention to the slightest movement within the old mansion, awaiting the letter delivery moment.

Minute by minute, time passed.

Soon, it was twelve ten.

The old mansion remained normal, which was a bit different from the task requirements stated by the post office. It explicitly said the recipient would appear at midnight, but ten minutes had passed without any sign, indicating that it might not be this particular timeframe.

“It looks like it really is midnight after twenty-four hours, not now,” Yang Xiaohua said.

“You couriers sure have a hard time delivering a letter; that post office is indeed very peculiar, controlling a large number of people to deliver letters. It’s hard to imagine the purpose of such a special and eerie place,” Zhou Deng remarked casually.

“I’m curious about the answer to that question too, but this Ghost Post Office won’t exist for long. After I deliver this letter, I’ll handle it,” Yang Jian said seriously.

“That’s good then. If you go to the fifth floor of the post office, there’ll be two captains. By then, you guys can team up and take care of this ghostly place, which would be a good thing,” Zhou Deng said.

Yang Jian replied, “Hopefully.”

The few of them chatted sporadically, passing the boring time.

However, when time approached twelve twenty-five at night.

“Creak!”

The sound of an old wooden door opening suddenly broke the silence. Though the sound wasn’t loud, it was exceptionally clear in the quiet old mansion.

In an instant.

The chattering group immediately fell silent, all of them looking towards where the sound came from.

That was… the direction of the back hall.

The back door had opened.

“The back door and the front were previously both shut and bolted; it should be impossible to easily push open,” Yang Jian’s expression shifted slightly, “It seems the recipient has arrived.”

“But the timing doesn’t match; it’s twelve twenty-five,” Leuk Qingqing said, “The post office clearly stated the recipient appears at midnight.”

“No, the timing does match; it is midnight now,” Yang Jian said.

Li Yang, Yang Xiaohua, and Zhou Deng looked at Yang Jian, all feeling astonished.

Even as a captain, you can’t just blatantly talk nonsense; all our phones here show it’s twelve twenty-five, even if there is a few minutes discrepancy, it still doesn’t match midnight.

Yang Jian didn’t explain.

He knew why.

Because yesterday, Yang Jian restarted the twenty-five minutes, including the area of the old mansion, so the time for the mansion was affected. Although it’s twelve twenty-five now, if the mansion hadn’t been influenced by the restart, it should only be midnight.

But he didn’t deliberately explain or clarify this at the moment.

Others did not dwell on this issue either, as the backdoor of the mansion had already been pushed open by something, and this anomaly has already emerged, vigilance must be heightened.

Everyone’s gaze focused on the corridor leading to the back hall.

Although feeling uneasy inside.

They were eager to know, on this last day, exactly who would appear in the mansion to act as the recipient.

Soon.

A sound of footsteps emerged from the direction of the back hall, very faint, like someone walking in cloth shoes, with little noise, but enough to judge that something had entered the mansion.

The footsteps appeared in the back hall followed by another sound.

“Creak!”

This was the sound of a door closing, with even the sound of a latch being secured afterward.

“That thing came in and even closed the door,” the minds of those in the main hall all conjured up the same thought.

The slight noise clearly indicated exactly what the person in the back hall was doing.

Yang Jian wanted to take a closer look, his ghostly eye moved, directly looking towards the position of the back hall.

Even if blocked by walls, as long as there’s no supernatural interference, he can still see through the walls to see the situation behind the mansion.

But…..

His ghostly eye indeed ignored the obstruction of walls and saw the back hall.

Yet the back hall was empty, with nothing found, neither the recipient nor any signs of hostile ghosts.

“Another kind of incomprehensible supernatural phenomenon.” Yang Jian pondered, choosing not to forcibly search with his ghost eye.

The footsteps in the back hall continued to echo.

That thing not only came in but was also walking towards the main hall.

Step, step step!

The footsteps were very faint, yet very rhythmic. If you close your eyes, you can really hear someone walking over.

However, your eyes can’t see it.

Not only can Yang Jian’s ghost eye not see it, but other people’s eyes can’t see it either.

“Can hear the sound, but can’t see the person? Wonder if it can be touched.” Zhou Deng’s expression changed slightly. He put on the Human Skin Mask and walked towards the direction from which the footsteps came.

If the recipient exists in this way, logically, it should be possible to touch them.

Although he wasn’t a messenger, he didn’t mind helping Yang Jian complete the delivery task earlier and leave this haunted place as soon as possible.

“Zhou Deng, it’s too risky to do this.” Li Yang said urgently.

“Nothing will happen, I’m not that easy to kill.” Zhou Deng said, still bold and fearless.

He walked towards the direction from which the footsteps came.

However.

Incomprehensible things happened. Even though Zhou Deng opened his arms, trying to touch the invisible ghost, it was as if he touched the air; he didn’t touch anything.

“Can’t touch it either.”

Zhou Deng shrugged, expressing helplessness: “Now it’s your headache. The recipient indeed appeared, but this thing can’t be seen or touched, only heard. I really don’t know how you will deliver this letter. Fortunately, this thing seems harmless, for now, it hasn’t attacked me.”

His exploration this time revealed many things, not meaningless at all.

Thus, the remaining people could basically confirm three pieces of information.

The recipient indeed entered the ancient house and is still there.

The recipient cannot be seen, cannot be touched, only heard.

A way must be found to contact the recipient to deliver the red letter.

“The last day to send the letter, didn’t expect it to be like this.”

Leuk Qingqing frowned: “Although there’s no danger, it’s really hard to deliver the letter easily, and the recipient might leave at any time. If we can’t think of a way before they leave, this delivery task will fail.”

“Captain, what to do now in such a situation?” Li Yang looked at Yang Jian, seeking advice.

Yang Jian said: “The recipient is not unseen because they do not exist, but rather because of a lack of means. Perhaps the recipient and we are not in the same time frame, maybe lacking some connecting medium, or perhaps some method is needed to make the recipient appear.”

“Methods need to be tried one by one until successful.”

While speaking, footsteps continued to echo in the main hall, and at this time, the sound had some changes; a heavy sigh echoed in the empty main hall.

It seemed the recipient saw the changes after entering the ancient house, and was remembering and lamenting.

The sound was very close, just in the middle of the ancient house, about one or two meters away from them.

But at just this one or two meters position, they couldn’t see the recipient.

“We need to quickly find a way; I feel the recipient won’t stay in the ancient house for long.” Yang Xiaohua suddenly felt an urgency.

She worried that if the recipient left soon, the letter delivery task would fail.

“Don’t rush, everyone’s trying to find a way.” Li Yang shouted lowly.

They were all thinking, attempting to come up with a good idea to complete this delivery task.

“Would Ghost Domain interference work?”

Yang Jian also immediately tried it. Yang Xiaohua was right; the letter must be delivered before the recipient leaves, or the delivery task would fail.

The next moment.

Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain opened layer by layer, overlapping.

Opened from the first layer to the sixth layer of Ghost Domain.

However, the result was.

Even in Ghost Domain, the recipient was not visible.

That thing is just like a past recording, leaving the sound, not really existing.

“If not Ghost Domain, then there are only two possibilities: either the recipient can’t be delivered due to interference with the ancient house’s time after I previously restarted it, or a medium is needed to contact the ghost.”

“The only thing here that connects the ancient house’s establishment to its decline is just one thing.”

Yang Jian looked at the four black Taishi Chairs placed in the middle of the hall.

These four chairs are witnesses to the rise and fall of this ancient house.

Moreover, Zhou Deng previously investigated that these chairs are indeed special, possessing some kind of eerie ability that needs to be excavated and discovered.

With a trial mindset, he immediately sat on one of these black Taishi Chairs to see if they worked.

But unfortunately.

It had no effect.

Sitting on it was just like sitting on an ordinary chair, nothing special.

“No use, I tried it before, everything is normal when sitting on the chair.” Zhou Deng said: “I tried not only the chair you sat on but each of the other chairs as well.”

“Listen, the recipient’s footsteps are moving away…” Yang Xiaohua exclaimed.

The footsteps in the main hall echoed again, seemingly leaving, heading towards the courtyard.

“When the recipient leaves, if the delivery fails, the post office curse will descend, and we’ll surely die.” Leuk Qingqing followed quickly in high heels, also trying to touch the unseen recipient.

Yet it was equally futile.

No matter who it was, they couldn’t touch the person, only listen to the footsteps gradually getting distant.

“Can’t touch means can’t intercept, if this ghost wants to leave, there’s nothing that can be done.” Li Yang said with a tense face: “Methods are key, your actions are meaningless.”

“Have to try.”

Leuk Qingqing gritted her teeth: “The delivery task is almost complete, if something goes wrong now, it would be too bad.”

“The black chair is the key.”

Yang Jian’s eyes flickered: “Remember when the ghost invaded the ancient house during the night? There was a ghost pushing the black Taishi Chair over, this black Taishi chair could block an invisible ghost.”

“The black Taishi chairs are the medium. If you want to stop the recipient from leaving, the only chance is to use the black Taishi chair to intercept.”

“Four chairs set in four directions, just enough to leave space for one person to stand, can trap a person or a ghost tightly in the middle.”

“The post office says to deliver the red letter before the recipient leaves, but didn’t say the recipient can’t be detained.”

A plan immediately formed in his mind.

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