Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 160 Revisiting the Republican-Era Old House
"Professor Wang, are you saying that the vengeful ghost that escaped from the coffin has something very similar to the starving ghost, that it can also devour other vengeful ghosts, and that it is even more terrifying than the starving ghost, and that it can suppress the vengeful ghosts in the ghost tamer's body without any solution, and that for each vengeful ghost it devours, the number of vengeful ghosts it can suppress increases by 1?"

Inside the conference room of the Ghost Riders headquarters.

After hearing Wang Xiaoming's account, everyone who learned about the abilities of the ghost messengers was shocked. Whether they were people who came to the meeting in person or ghost tamers who participated via video call, their expressions changed drastically, and everyone's face showed disbelief.

"Yes!"

Hear the words.

Wang Xiaoming calmly replied, "This is one of the main reasons why I classified that vengeful ghost as an S-class supernatural entity. Furthermore, that vengeful ghost has the characteristic of being impossible to imprison, possessing the ability to restart itself. Within its ghost realm, all conventional methods of confinement can be ignored..."

As Wang Xiaoming continued his narration, the other abilities of the ghost messengers gradually became known to everyone.

Previously, the files related to the Huanggang Village Ghost Coffin Incident were highly sealed by the Ghost Tamer Headquarters. Therefore, apart from Yang Jian and others who personally participated in the incident, no one else in the headquarters knew the specific details of the Huanggang Village Incident. Now that it has been made public, everyone understands how terrifying the Ghost Coffin Incident was.

"Are you kidding me! In a sense, this kind of vengeful ghost is already unsolvable, isn't it?"

One of the ghost tamers couldn't help but complain, "It can suppress other vengeful ghosts, and as the number of vengeful ghosts it devours increases, the number of vengeful ghosts it can suppress also increases. It also has the unsolvable ability to restart. Are these kinds of supernatural events really something that we can handle? Are you sure you're not sending us to our deaths?"

Compared to the person who spoke up to complain, there were quite a few calm-headed ghost controllers attending the meeting. One of them asked, "Professor Wang, is there an upper limit to the number of other ghosts that one ghost can suppress?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room fell silent, everyone clearly waiting for Wang Xiaoming's reply.

I don't know the answer to that question either.

Wang Xiaoming said, "As far as we know, we haven't found any instances of that vengeful ghost reaching its suppression limit."

"Back at the training base, that vengeful ghost could suppress about 15 other ghosts before Li Hui imprisoned it. Now it has erupted again at the Ping An Hotel. As far as I know, it can currently suppress at least 35 other vengeful ghosts!"

As Wang Xiaoming finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room fell silent again, followed by a series of swallowing sounds. After a long while, someone finally couldn't help but ask:
"Professor Wang, are you sure you're not mistaken? That vengeful ghost can suppress more than 35 vengeful ghosts, not just three or five?"

“You heard me right, it’s 35!” Wang Xiaoming said in an unquestionable tone.

If it weren't for Wei Jing's living example appearing before him, Wang Xiaoming wouldn't have been so sure. In such a short time, the number of vengeful ghosts that had been suppressed had more than doubled, and it seemed that they had most likely devoured the starving ghost.

Thinking.

Wang Xiaoming then shared his guess.

"So the good news is that the starving ghost and the vengeful ghost that escaped from the coffin have become one, so we have one less S-class vengeful ghost to deal with. But the bad news is that this is an unsolvable vengeful ghost, and there is a high chance that we will be wiped out if we try to deal with it?"

One of the ghost tamers summarized it this way.

But then he thought of another question and asked, "Since that vengeful ghost already possessed the terrifying power to suppress 15 vengeful ghosts at the training base, and also had the ability to restart itself and not be imprisoned, how did Li Hui manage to imprison it?"

"Moreover, Li Hui's strength is undeniable. It's one thing to be able to deal with that vengeful ghost, but if I remember correctly, the Huanggang Village incident happened near Dachang City. So who successfully handled the Huanggang Village incident?"

Before Wang Xiaoming could even speak, someone else had already spoken up:

"That vengeful ghost can only be contained within its own ghost domain, as it has the ability to restart. However, if a larger and stronger ghost domain is used outside, it can be completely imprisoned!"

The speaker was Wei Jing, who continued, "Back at the training base, this is how Li Hui imprisoned the vengeful ghost!"

"Li Hui's code name is Ghost Painting. He has mastered the S-level supernatural Ghost Painting ability. Both the strength of the Ghost Domain and the range that the Ghost Domain can cover are enough to suppress that vengeful ghost. As for why it is out of control now, it can only mean that the terror level of that vengeful ghost has increased significantly."

"Just like Professor Wang just mentioned, that vengeful ghost has most likely already devoured the starving ghost."

"If I'm not mistaken, Li Hui imprisoned both the starving ghost and the vengeful ghost in his own ghost realm. So when the vengeful ghost devoured the starving ghost, the situation gradually spiraled out of control, and even Li Hui himself fell into crisis, until he completely lost contact..."

Wei Jing then shared his speculation.

Although he didn't know much about the details of the starving ghost incident, this was probably the most likely explanation based on his current situation, since he was the one Li Hui 'rescued' from the ghost's realm.

Besides.

Wei Jing had one more guess he didn't mention.

That means the incident was intentionally caused by Li Hui, because he clearly saw the ghost coffin in Li Hui's room at the time, so it's not hard to guess that Li Hui had some purpose for the vengeful ghost in that coffin.

Wang Xiaoming also knew this, and his information was even more comprehensive than Wei Jing's guess, but he didn't say anything because it was meaningless. The issue now was not the beginning of the incident, but the solution!

"You are...Wei Jing?"

Almost as soon as Wei Jing finished speaking, someone recognized him and said in shock, "You're still alive? Aren't you the one involved with Professor Wang..."

However, he stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence, as if he had thought of something. Then, he changed the subject and said, "It seems that what Professor Wang just said was true. You are the evidence. That vengeful ghost devoured the starving ghost and has more than 35 suppression slots."

The speaker was Cao Yang.

As the team leader of the headquarters, he had just reviewed the files on the ghost coffin incident in Huanggang Village and the paranormal events at the previous training base. Furthermore, as the nephew of Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua, Cao Yang himself knew many secrets of the Ghost Tamer Headquarters, such as Wei Jing being the test subject of the ghost coffin experiment...

Now that Wei Jing is in the conference room, many things are clear at a glance. Even just guessing is enough to know a lot of information.

Other ghost tamers who also knew Wei Jing's identity and the Ghost Coffin experiment also thought of this point. However, most of the ghost tamers did not know the specifics of the Ghost Coffin experiment, so they did not focus their attention on Wei Jing, but instead discussed the supernatural events in the Ping An Hotel again.

soon.

A noisy discussion broke out in the conference room, but everyone's opinion was surprisingly unified at this moment: this paranormal event was far beyond their ability to handle, yet no one dared to openly say that they would ignore it.

After all, this is Dajing City, and even the headquarters of the Ghost Tamers is located here. If it falls, the impact will be too great and unbearable for everyone. If it really happens, the whole world will probably be shaken.

"and many more!"

"Professor Wang, I think things are not as bad as we think."

At this time.

A man's voice rang out.

The speaker was Jiang Shangbai. He spoke again, saying, "Just now, the ghost domain that enveloped the Ping An Hotel moved away into the distance, and judging from the way it looked, it was obviously being controlled by someone. So I think it's very likely that Li Hui is not dead!"

at the same time.

In his office on the top floor of the Ping An Building, Jiang Shangbai stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, gazing into the distance.

Given the height of his building, the view from the top floor is extremely high, encompassing a large portion of the city, including the Ping An Hotel located in the bustling area of ​​Dajing City.

The dark ghostly domain that had enveloped the Ping An Hotel and the surrounding streets was seen to be leaving at a visible speed. It did not spread towards the densely populated city center, nor did it drift towards the Ghost Masters' headquarters. Instead, it flew into the sky and headed towards the distant horizon.

This was clearly not the ghost's own doing; someone was manipulating it in the dark. And the only person who could control that ghost realm was undoubtedly Li Hui, the master of the ghost realm.

Therefore, Jiang Shangbai can confirm that Li Hui is not dead at this moment, and is using the power of the Ghost Domain to try to take the vengeful ghost away from Dajing City.

"It's unbelievable. Faced with the source of two S-class paranormal events, Li Hui is still alive and even has the ability to take the vengeful ghost away. How did he do that?"

Jiang Shangbai's eyes were filled with shock.

After Wang Xiaoming and Wei Jing explained, it was confirmed that the starving ghost and the vengeful ghost that ran out of the coffin had merged into one, and it had at least 35 suppression slots and many other abilities such as restart. Even so, Li Hui had not been killed, which he found incredible.

Quite literally.

If he were to switch places with Li Hui, Jiang Shangbai felt he would die in the blink of an eye, with no ability to resist.

"We're both captains at the Ghost Tamer Headquarters, is there really such a big difference between us...?"

There was resentment in Jiang Shangbai's eyes.

He knew that many people at headquarters were saying behind his back that he had only risen to his position because of his connections and that his own abilities were far inferior to those of the other team leaders at headquarters, but Jiang Shangbai himself did not think so.

Although he may not be as powerful as the others, in Jiang Shangbai's view, everyone is a ghost tamer, and even if there are differences between them, the differences should not be so great.

But now it seems that his idea was completely wrong. They were both ghost tamers and both captains of the headquarters, but their strengths were actually worlds apart.

.........

at the same time.

the other side.

After leaving the Ping An Hotel, Li Hui's ghost domain, along with his ghost messengers, traversed several cities and rapidly spread towards Dazhou City. The ghost domain made no attempt to conceal itself along the way, which truly terrified the ghost tamers in those cities.

Yes.

Compared to going to the Ghost Masters headquarters to ask Old Qin for help, Li Hui felt it was more worthwhile to send the ghost messengers to Zhangdong Ancient House.

After all, asking Elder Qin for help would mean owing a favor to headquarters, while throwing the vengeful ghost into the haunted place where Zhang Dong was located would be much easier and less troublesome.

After all, the reason Zhang Dong chose to stay in that haunted place and build the ancient house was to suppress the evil spirits, and that's why the haunted bus sent the evil spirits to him.

Given that a vengeful ghost like the Ghost Messenger poses a significant threat to the real world and is on the verge of spiraling out of control, Zhang Dong would likely be happy to leave it forever in that old house.

While thinking.

Li Hui crossed another city and arrived at his destination.

The Zhongtian Building is located in the center of Dazhou City!

"This is it."

Looking at the Zhongtian Building in front of him, Li Hui's expression changed slightly.

At that moment, the scene before him suddenly changed. The skyscrapers of the modern city vanished instantly, replaced by a dark and gloomy old forest.

In the middle of that old forest stood an old house in the style of the Republic of China era. Red lanterns hung on both sides of the gate, and the dark environment gave people a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere.

The location of the old house overlapped with the Zhongtian Building in the real world. The supernatural phenomenon of the bus allowed Li Hui to see through the boundary between the real world and the supernatural place.

Then Li Hui took a step forward, intending to take the ghost messenger with him into the supernatural place before him.

As Li Hui did this, everything in front of him began to blur, and the entire world around him suddenly froze. Then, this frozen world, like shattered glass, instantly developed countless cracks. Finally, these cracks quickly shattered, and the world before him seemed to have broken like a mirror.

But behind the shattered world, a new world has emerged.

That was a supernatural place corresponding to the real world, where the environment was dark, boundless, and filled with cold and eeriness.

next moment.

Li Hui's figure appeared in this dim world, and he stood directly in front of the wooden Chinese-style old house.

At this moment, the gate of the old house was not closed, but open, and the faint sound of conversation could be heard from inside, indicating that Zhang Dong was not the only one in the old house at this time.

the most important is.

The voices of conversation in the old house sounded familiar to Li Hui, as if he had heard them somewhere before. Soon, the image of the people who were talking appeared in his mind.

One of them was undoubtedly Zhang Dong; his voice was very distinctive, and his words carried a powerful aura. As for the other voice, its owner was…

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(End of this chapter)