The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 366 - 258 Accidentally Involved_2

Chapter 366: Chapter 258 Accidentally Involved_2

"Is there such a thing?" Zheng Yaoyao’s eyes widened, "Then I have to hurry and pack up to go back to my hometown to hide. Wait, if I go back home, what about you? Don’t you have nowhere to live?"

"I’m leaving in a couple of months too," Li Yi said.

"Where are you going?" Zheng Yaoyao asked.

Li Yi glanced at the sky outside and said, "The sky here is too bright, the sunlight is very dazzling, I’m not used to it, so I’m going home."

"Are you going to travel through time again?" Zheng Yaoyao asked in surprise, "But aren’t you unable to return?"

"I never said I couldn’t go back, just that the time wasn’t right," Li Yi said, "Moreover, in this world, I see no future or hope. I believe it won’t be long before supernatural events are everywhere. By then, you better be careful, try to go to places with fewer people, stay away from big cities, and if possible, build a safe house with gold... Forget it, that’s not very realistic for you."

"Can you take me with you when you travel?" Suddenly, Zheng Yaoyao asked excitedly.

Li Yi smiled, "To abandon everything and leave this world, are you ready to make that decision?"

This question stunned Zheng Yaoyao immediately.

She blurted out those words on impulse, but upon careful consideration, she realized she couldn’t do it—after all, she had parents, family, friends. How could she leave everyone behind and travel through time alone?

"Live your life well, don’t think too much," Li Yi said, "Also, I don’t have much money with me. For the costs of lodging and meals during my time here, I can only give you ten thousand."

He didn’t like taking advantage, and always tried to resolve things with money to avoid owing favors.

In the following period, Li Yi’s life was calm yet dull, just continuously passing the time, waiting for the Cross-border Gate to open.

Just like that, half a month passed in a blink.

During this period, Li Yi received only one call from Guo You, who said that the old Messenger, Wang Chuan from the second floor, seemed to have died, as they had been unable to contact him and he hadn’t appeared at the Ghost Post Office, probably having had an accident while delivering a letter.

Wang Chuan died?

Li Yi fell silent for a moment.

He still owed Wang Chuan a favor and had intended to find opportunities to earn some money to repay him, but just half a month had passed, and the man was already dead.

Beyond that, a new messenger had arrived on the second floor named Qin Bing.

This news somewhat delighted Li Yi because Qin Bing was his teammate in this Cross Border, already having successfully reached the second floor, though no one had sent him the third letter, so he was destined to stay on the second floor for a while. But this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing; delivering letters on the second floor was at least less dangerous, and if all went well, Qin Bing might also make it until the time to leave the Cross Border.

As for the first floor of the Ghost Post Office, Guo You heard that a new batch of people had arrived, but the death rate was still very high, with not many surviving.

Li Yi thought he would continue to live this monotonous and dull life.

Until one evening, when something astonishing happened.

On the balcony.

Amidst the enveloping darkness, a path leading to the Ghost Post Office appeared in front of him again.

"How could this be?" Li Yi’s face instantly darkened.

According to his calculations, he shouldn’t have had a delivery task, so why had the path to the Ghost Post Office appeared during this time?

There was nothing for it.

He had to bite the bullet, follow the winding path, and return to the Ghost Post Office, back to the third floor to find out what was happening.

Not only was Li Yi back, but Liu Qingqing and Guo You were also forced to return to the Ghost Post Office.

"Li Yi, what’s the situation? If the third floor only sends one letter every three months, why is there still a delivery task?" Guo You was very surprised and immediately asked upon seeing Li Yi.

"I’m not sure, I also just arrived," Li Yi said with a stern face, "Liu Qingqing, do you know what’s going on?"

Liu Qingqing shook her head, "I’m not sure, I’ll ask a friend about it later, he should know what’s going on, but there’s no signal here, I need to go outside to ask."

"It’s simple, because this time it’s not your mail delivery task, but ours. You were just unlucky to get rolled into the group mail delivery task in room 34." Suddenly, at that moment, the door to room 34 opened, and several unfamiliar Messengers walked out.

It seemed that they were the old Messengers from the third floor, who had just received a mail delivery task.

"Are you joking with me?" Li Yi glared at them.

"This is the reality, blame yourselves for entering the wrong room. If it had been a room with fewer people, it would definitely be one letter every three months, considering you all went to the third floor together, and the mail delivery times are roughly the same. But the Messengers in room 34 are not few, sometimes other people’s mail delivery tasks will involve others in the room, I have been involved once," said that unfamiliar third-floor Messenger.

Li Yi coldly said, "If we killed you, would we no longer need to be rolled into a mail delivery task?"

The other unfamiliar Messengers were stunned, then laughed, "If we die, the task would fall onto you, feel free to try if you want to take action."

"Li Yi, calm down," Liu Qingqing advised, "If killing them really makes the mail delivery task fall onto us, then it would be even worse. With more people, even if there really is a mail delivery task, it’s easier to complete. There’s no need to destroy everything."

"You don’t understand," Li Yi said, looking at Liu Qingqing, "You are here to deliver mail to escape the Ghost Post Office, but I am different."

He knew Liu Qingqing didn’t oppose delivering mail, for her, the more times she delivered, the faster she could leave the Ghost Post Office, whereas Li Yi didn’t need to deliver mail, he only needed to wait another month and a half to leave through the Cross Border.

"Even if you have other considerations, killing them now would be pointless," Liu Qingqing said, "You know how cruel the Ghost Post Office is, we don’t get to choose."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi slightly lowered his eyes, understanding that the moment the path of the Ghost Post Office appeared, he lost any choice.

"Do whatever you like, I won’t exert any effort for a mail delivery task that isn’t mine, unless all these irrelevant people die off..."

At this moment, he felt a sense of powerless confinement.

If he had known it would be like this, he might as well have stayed on the second floor of the Ghost Post Office.

With a helpless sigh, Li Yi turned and walked back into the room: "Don’t bother me anymore, I’m in a really bad mood..."

And just as he said.

In the following period, Li Yi lacked his usual zeal, he didn’t care about the mail delivery tasks at all, indifferent even if other Messengers died, only taking action when a real crisis emerged and involved him.

In a month and a half, Li Yi, Liu Qingqing, and Guo You were rolled into two mail delivery tasks.

The first task was completed by other Messengers, Li Yi chose to lie low and win, but the second task was too dangerous, nearly all the Messengers from room 34 died, and owing Liu Qingqing a favor, Li Yi had no choice but to help and complete the second task.

Thus, Li Yi toughed out the three months.

Leaving through the Cross Border was just a few days away.

But that day, Li Yi received a text message from Qin Bing, saying that there was something he needed to pick up, it was at the place where they had crossed borders before.

After rushing over, Li Yi got a backpack.

The backpack contained few items: a GPS device, a lighter, a pack of cigarettes, and a will.

"Li Yi, if you can get this stuff, it means I’m already dead. I didn’t have much to leave behind, if you can make it back across the border, please deliver this letter to my family, thank you."

Qin Bing’s message was brief, as if he had long anticipated such an outcome, thus he had made such preparations.

If Li Yi also didn’t survive, then Qin Bing’s belongings would be buried in the river, disappearing forever.

"He died too..." Li Yi looked at those few belongings, a bitter smile appearing on his lips.

Of the six people who crossed the border, now only he was left.

After securing Qin Bing’s belongings, Li Yi sat by the river, looking at the familiar Cross Border site, waiting for the signal to appear.

He just hoped that in these few days, the Ghost Post Office wouldn’t come after him anymore, letting him leave peacefully.