The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 354 - 247: The Intelligence on the Second Floor_2

Chapter 354: Chapter 247: The Intelligence on the Second Floor_2

"You mean to say, if the letter is intercepted, then once that person successfully delivers it, he’ll be caught by the Ghost Post Office and it will be judged as him, allowing him to move to the second floor?" Li Yi was not stupid and understood immediately.

Wang Chuan nodded with a smile, "Your comprehension is strong, yes, that’s exactly it. It’s a loophole. If you’re eager to go upstairs, hijacking the third letter could let you go straight up."

"What happens to the Messenger whose letters get intercepted?" Li Yi asked.

Wang Chuan explained, "They will be judged by the Ghost Post Office as newcomers and have to start again from delivering the first letter, but on the same floor as before."

"Why do you know this so clearly?" Li Yi was surprised.

Wang Chuan took a sip of his beer and said, "Because I’ve done it myself. I’ve delivered the third letter more than once, and several Messengers have been sent by me to the third floor, so I stayed on the second floor for a long time."

"Hmm?" Li Yi’s eyes flickered. "Why would you do that? Aren’t you just trapping yourself on the second floor?"

"It’s my choice. The second floor is different from the first. Messengers on the second floor get a delivery task only once a month. I can take a month off after delivering one letter, and I’m well aware of my own capabilities. It’s nearly impossible to survive leaving the Ghost Post Office because the further up you go, the harder the delivery tasks become. I don’t have the confidence to deliver the letters on the third or fourth floors," Wang Chuan said with a self-deprecating smile.

He had accumulated a wealth of delivery experience on the second floor, where each risk, though significant, remained within a manageable range. Going to other floors could suddenly increase the difficulty, potentially leading to his immediate death.

"I see," Li Yi understood and then inquired further, "If it’s one letter per month on the second floor, how often is it on the third floor?"

"One letter every three months," Liu Qingqing interjected.

"Are you certain about that?" Li Yi asked.

Liu Qingqing coldly responded, "I have a friend who is a Messenger on the third floor right now. I have his contact and can confirm it with absolute certainty."

At that moment, Li Yi’s eyes sparkled.

If it was true that one only needed to deliver a letter every three months on the third floor, then reaching the third floor meant he could effectively escape the control of the Ghost Post Office, because the gateway to Cross Border would open after just over two months and he could simply slip away without needing to deliver any letter.

Conversely, if he stayed on the first floor, he’d have to deliver at least two letters, and if unlucky, possibly even three...

"I’ve heard there’s also a type of red letter. The entire floor has to participate in the delivery task, and once completed, everyone gets to move up one floor," Wang Chuan said as he swayed his beer bottle with a laugh. "Unfortunately, I’ve never seen this so-called red letter. The most special one I saw was a blue letter, but the person who went to deliver it never came back, so the information was cut off."

"Besides delivering, there’s another extreme way to complete the delivery task."

At this, Guo You immediately asked excitedly, "What way?"

"Tear the letter apart," Wang Chuan downed another gulp of beer and said. "Destroying the letter means sabotaging the delivery task, but it comes at a cost. It will attract the attack of a fierce ghost, and if you can survive that attack, then the Ghost Post Office will judge that you have successfully completed the delivery task."

"Tearing up the letter, attracting a fierce ghost attack?" Li Yi listened with his hair standing on end, "That’s even worse than delivering the letter. Delivering the letter might not necessarily encounter a ghost, but tearing up the letter will definitely get you targeted by a ghost."

"That’s true, but if you can find some special way to avoid the ghost’s attack, then tearing up the letter becomes cost-effective. I once met a city official who told me that at their Ghost Tamer headquarters, there is a Mysterious Item called the Death Replacement Doll. It means it can die once in your place. If you use the Death Replacement Doll before tearing up the letter, then the ghost won’t attack you but will instead attack the doll."

"Once the Death Replacement Doll has died, the ghost’s attack ends, and you successfully deliver the letter."

"Death Replacement Doll? There’s such a Mysterious Item?" Li Yi felt amazed. This world indeed had many odd and bizarre things, each revealing something creepy and sinister.

Wang Chuan said, "What I’m talking about is just one possibility, of course, there are other methods to evade the ghost’s attack. For example, if you are wealthy, you can use gold to build a safe house. After tearing up the letter, you hide inside the safe house. As long as you outlast the ghost attack, you’ll be fine as gold safe houses have become a very simple and effective way to preserve life in the supernatural realm."

"Gold safe house?" Li Yi heard another very useful piece of information.

Building a safe house out of gold, how much money would that cost?

No wonder the world’s gold prices were surging; it turns out it was all being used for construction.

In his own world, the price of gold was not high and was even decreasing. If he could cross back, he would also build a safe house to avoid having no place to hide when encountering a ghost... But then if he really went back, he wouldn’t need a safe house, after all, the ghosts in this world were special.

In his own world, even if there were ghosts, they could be easily killed.

"Besides evading ghost attacks, there’s a tougher method, which is to confront the fierce ghosts," said Wang Chuan, glancing at Liu Qingqing. "Ghost Tamers possess supernatural powers, and supernatural powers can combat fierce ghosts. If you tear up the letter and then repel the attacking ghost, you can also complete the delivery task."

"But, this depends on your personal ability. It is said that the more letters you tear up, the more terrifying the attacking ghosts become."

Liu Qingqing said, "I haven’t torn up a letter up until now, but I will try your method if I have the chance."

She was confident in combating ordinary fierce ghosts and believed tearing up one letter wouldn’t be difficult.

"Right, apart from that, you must take every opportunity to deliver letters when you’re on the first and second floors because the tasks on these floors are relatively easy. During these times, you should try to acquire Mysterious Items or even supernatural powers. If you haven’t got any protective supernatural items by the time you reach the third floor, and the difficulty of delivering letters increases, the Messengers will be in trouble."

Afterward, Wang Chuan reminded everyone with these words.

Li Yi remained silent because Wang Chuan was right; he had this suspicion before. Initial delivery tasks had some hidden benefits. If obtained, they would be beneficial for subsequent survival. He had obtained a bottle of Corpse Water during his first delivery task, which allowed him to see some invisible fierce ghosts.

However, the second letter, which invited people into the Ghost Post Office, did not offer a chance to acquire Mysterious Items.

But the third letter was sent to a Ghost Tamer named Song Jin... Li Yi felt that he might have missed something.