Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 73 Trading
"Yang Xiao, is that vengeful ghost related to you in some way?"

On the dimly lit commercial pedestrian street, a group of ghosts looked curiously at Yang Xiao, who was standing up, as the eerie figure stood up.

It was a vengeful ghost, who looked seven or eight parts similar to Yang Xiao, but was much younger, probably only eighteen or nineteen years old. It wouldn't be surprising to say that it was Yang Xiao in his early adulthood.

The only difference is that the ghost's face, which resembles Yang Xiao's, has several blank areas, making its face incomplete, as if several parts of a photograph had been forcibly cut out.

"I do not know either."

Yang Xiao also looked puzzled and said, "It is very likely that it was a vengeful ghost that my original body encountered after leaving the Ghost Post Office, or even that he later controlled."

"But I don't know this ghost. My memories of its true form only remain from the moment I left the Ghost Post Office. I don't know what happened to it after that."

The ghost's face foreshadowed many things, but Yang Xiao didn't know the ghost's origin. However, he was certain that the ghost had had contact with his true form.

Nightmare Yang Xiao.

This title was a taboo in the paranormal community back then; it was a title earned through sheer force. A vengeful ghost had 'stolen' his face, and Yang Xiao didn't believe that his physical body in the outside world could tolerate the existence of this vengeful ghost.

The most likely explanation is that this vengeful ghost was controlled by the external "him," and after the death of the original body, the vengeful ghost began to revive and wander in the real world.

As for whether the face of that vengeful ghost might belong to another person, none of the deceased souls considered this possibility, including Yang Xiao, because the vengeful ghost looked exactly like him when he was eighteen or nineteen, with no difference in appearance.

at the same time.

On the other side of the street.

The blood-stained old newspaper in the ghost's hand began to flutter under some supernatural influence, drifting continuously in Li Hui's ghost realm and spreading towards his location.

This newspaper is the real source, unlike the supernatural derivatives that Li Hui sent away before.

The newspaper carried the outline of a human face, exuding a terrifying and sinister aura. As the object drifted, a chilling wind seemed to blow into the gray, ghostly realm.

The blood-stained red newspaper carried a terrifying supernatural power, as if it wanted to tear a hole in Li Hui's ghost realm.

"Do you think my ghost realm is the same as Yang Jian's? Newspapers can block ghost eyes, but they can't block ghost paintings!"

See this.

Li Hui's expression shifted slightly.

He vanished from his spot and reappeared in front of the blood-stained old newspaper. Without hesitation, he reached out and grabbed the red newspaper.

pat!

The process went smoothly, and Li Hui's hand landed directly on the ghost newspaper.

His grab was like being hit by a supernatural bus. In the instant of the supernatural collision, the eerie face on the blood-stained red newspaper twisted and emitted an extremely shrill scream, but it quickly fell silent again.

The screams subsided, and Li Hui steadily held the blood-stained old newspaper in his hand.

Tatata!
Almost at the same time that Li Hui suppressed the supernatural elements contained in the ghost newspaper, the vengeful ghost standing next to the bench realized something was wrong and began to retreat rapidly to the other side of the street.

"That vengeful ghost actually retreated on its own initiative. That's interesting. Was it a ghost with intelligence, or did Li Hui's taking the newspaper change the ghost's behavior pattern?"

The faces of the departed souls who witnessed this scene all showed expressions of surprise.

Normally, a vengeful ghost with only instincts wouldn't act like this. It would only act according to some kind of instinctive pattern, just like a pre-programmed computer program that runs according to a set trajectory. Vengeful ghosts are the same; under normal circumstances, they would never actively try to escape.

The word 'escape' is an action that only beings with self-awareness and intelligence would use.

At this moment, everyone even began to doubt whether the figure at the other end of the street was a vengeful ghost or some otherworldly ghost tamer.

However, none of their inner thoughts could influence Li Hui's actions.

As the newspaper ghost receded further and further away from him, rapidly retreating down the street, Li Hui raised his hand.

next moment.

His palm began to wave in the direction of the newspaper ghost, as if he were drawing in mid-air.

As he did this, the scene on the other side of the commercial pedestrian street changed rapidly. Everything in reality began to blur, and a huge picture frame appeared, erected at the exit on the other side of the street.

This scene is very eerie.

Just as the real street scene has been completely altered, the original exit has become the entrance of an oil painting, and the frame is seamlessly connected with the buildings on both sides of the street, without any sense of incongruity, as if it should have been this way all along.

Faced with this sudden change, the newspaper ghost seemed completely unprepared, plunging headfirst into the huge blank oil painting, as if it had walked in on its own.

After the newspaper ghost entered the oil painting, images appeared in the previously blank painting.

The painting depicts the newspaper ghost, still in a brisk walking posture, with the background showing the pedestrian shopping street where Li Hui and his group are currently located.

"That solves the problem."

Some of the spirits sighed, but there was little surprise in their words. They had all witnessed Li Hui's strength and did not believe that he would be defeated when facing a ghost that was not particularly terrifying.

As for how to judge the level of terror of that vengeful ghost, one can tell from the overwhelming situation Li Hui was in.

the other side.

As Li Hui continued to wave his hand.

The huge oil painting that stood at the end of the street suddenly disappeared, and the scene in the street returned to normal. The blurry and distorted world began to become clear again.

In this process.

The pedestrians on the street did not stop for a moment, going in and out of the pedestrian street as if they were not affected at all, and did not notice anything unusual about their surroundings.

The reason is simple: Li Hui's ghost realm only pulls in beings with supernatural powers. Ordinary pedestrians do not enter his ghost realm and continue to move about in the real world.

After doing all this, Li Hui looked at the blood-stained old newspaper in his hand.

The bloodstains on it were mottled and old, seemingly having been there for a long time, staining the newspaper red in patches.

The newspaper also featured the outline of a face, indistinguishable between male and female, with a strange, eerie quality that sent chills down your spine, as if the face itself was looking back at you as you scrutinized it.

This newspaper is a good thing; it can be used to modify other people's memories, even the instincts of vengeful ghosts.

After glancing at it a few times, Li Hui folded the blood-stained old newspaper without hesitation and put it into his shirt pocket.

The eerie atmosphere of the bus enveloped his entire body. He kept the ghost newspaper close to his body to suppress it. Even though the ghost newspaper was quite supernatural, it still couldn't escape Li Hui's control.

"Dingling bell~"

at the same time.

A cell phone rang from Li Hui's other pocket.

Subconsciously, Li Hui took it out and saw that the caller ID showed a special number from headquarters, a string of English characters with numbers, and that this number had called him before.

It was a call from Cao Yanhua, the deputy director of the Ghost Riders headquarters.

"What do you want by calling at this time? Are you still trying to invite me to join headquarters? But isn't this happening a bit too frequently?"

Li Hui was somewhat puzzled.

But after thinking for a moment, he pressed the answer button.

"Li Hui, I'm sorry to bother you with another call so soon."

After the call was connected, the voice of Vice Minister Cao Yanhua came from the other end of the line. He sounded very polite and immediately apologized, but to be honest, Li Hui did not feel much remorse from Cao Yanhua's tone.

"You must be very busy at headquarters lately. As the deputy minister, you didn't call me just to chat. So what brings you here this time?"

Excessive small talk was pointless, so Li Hui cut straight to the point, wanting to know Cao Yanhua's purpose.

"So, you're in Z City right now, right?"

Cao Yanhua on the other end of the phone did not state the reason for his call, but instead asked this question.

"Mm," Li Hui replied.

There's no need to lie about this. Even if his ghost realm is hidden and cannot be filmed, headquarters can still locate him through other means, such as this phone on his phone, or other methods.

Moreover, Li Hui had a vague idea of ​​the meaning behind Cao Yanhua's phone call, and looked up at the Caesars Hotel not far away.

The sky above appeared very dark, with the light blocked, making it look as if a layer of dark clouds had gathered above the Caesars Hotel.

But in Li Hui's eyes, it was a different story.

The dark shadows above the hotel weren't clouds at all, but rather hundreds of human heads gathered together, floating eerily in the air like balloons.

Li Hui guessed that Cao Yanhua's phone call was probably related to the "human head balloon" incident.

as predicted.

Cao Yanhua quickly spoke up on the other end of the phone: "It's like this, a paranormal event has apparently occurred over Z City, and a plane has already crashed."

"The person in charge of Z City was an Interpol agent named Tong Qian, but she has now been transferred to Dachang City for support..."

However, before Cao Yanhua could finish speaking, Li Hui interrupted, "Dachang City is less than a thousand kilometers away from Zshan City. At the speed of a helicopter, we should be able to get back quickly, right?"

"That being said, it would take two to three hours to get back to Z Mountain City from Dachang City, even by helicopter. It's hard to say what kind of changes might occur during that time, and it could very well increase the number of casualties."

Cao Yanhua was not annoyed by Li Hui's interruption and continued, "So I hope that if you are confident, you can handle this paranormal event."

"You haven't joined the Ghost Tamer Headquarters yet, so this operation can be considered as an external aid invited by our headquarters. As for the reward, one red ghost candle and two white ghost candles, what do you think?"

"not so good."

Li Hui's eyes flickered slightly as he stated his conditions: "It's not impossible for me to be an outside helper once, but the compensation needs to be increased a bit: two red ghost candles and two substitute dolls. As for whether or not to give me white ghost candles, that's not important."

Li Hui didn't think much of white ghost candles, which were used to attract ghosts, but he was quite interested in life-saving items like red ghost candles.

Especially scapegoat dolls.

That thing is similar to Ye Zhen's scapegoat, but its function is even better than the red ghost candle. It can be considered a consumable supernatural item with strong life-saving ability in this world.

"This is impossible!"

Cao Yanhua refused Li Hui's request without hesitation.

"The headquarters doesn't have many red ghost candles in stock, but we can give you a few more white ghost candles. As for the substitute doll, we don't release those to anyone outside the headquarters right now, unless you join the headquarters, it's impossible."

"Moreover, you're asking for far too much. At this cost, headquarters would rather transfer Tong Qian back to Zshan City from Dachang City."

Hear the words.

Li Hui said calmly, "A transaction must have an equal price. Since I dare to ask for so much, I must have my reasons."

After saying that, without waiting for Cao Yanhua's response on the other end of the phone, Li Hui continued, "My benefit is that I guarantee you can handle it. I promise to take care of the paranormal events over Z City. In addition, I'll give you an extra piece of information."

"Handling paranormal events is a minor matter; this news is what truly justifies the reward. It concerns a paranormal place, a place established by a ghost-controlling master during the Republic of China era. The vengeful ghosts over Z Mountain City invaded the real world from there."

"Moreover, there are many vengeful ghosts in that haunted place. Do you think this information is worth the price?"

Li Hui proactively revealed some information.

He had already taken the machete from Li Qingzhi's hand; the vengeful ghost in the haunted hotel would eventually invade the real world.

Although Li Hui wasn't exactly a good person and couldn't suppress the haunted hotel himself, he could still leak the information to headquarters.

In his opinion.

The best approach right now is to simply create a golden gate, like in the original story, to block the supernatural passage connecting to the Caesars Hotel. And it would be best to leave this task to the well-funded headquarters.

"Are you serious?"

As soon as Li Hui finished speaking, Cao Yanhua's voice came from the other end of the phone. His voice was much louder than before, as if he was very shocked.

at the same time.

The headquarters of the Demon Tamers in Dajing City.

In the vice minister's office, Cao Yanhua stood up abruptly from his seat, his expression shifting between light and shadow, seemingly pondering the credibility of Li Hui's words.

Knowing the significance of the matter, which involved haunted places from the Republican era, his mind raced.

After a long time.

Cao Yanhua then said, "If what you said is true, I will grant your requests on behalf of headquarters."

He didn't think Li Hui would lie about this, because there was no need; there was no point in telling a lie that could be exposed so easily.

Headquarters wouldn't just let Li Hui say whatever he wanted; they would definitely send someone to verify it. If the information was wrong, then the promised reward would naturally be forfeited.

However, once the news is confirmed, and everything Li Hui said is true, there is a haunted place left behind by a ghost tamer from the Republican era in Z City. The impact behind this will be far more than just the two red ghost candles and two substitute dolls that Li Hui mentioned.

The choice between the various options is clear.

Cao Yanhua believes that whether it is the minister, Wang Xiaoming, or others with a certain degree of decision-making power, they will all choose the same answer as him.

"Everything I said is true. Since you think my information is worth the compensation I offered, then I wish us a pleasant cooperation in advance."

Li Hui's voice came through the phone.

(End of this chapter)