Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 74: Dealing with the Strange Case of Starving to Death?
"The vengeful ghost invaded the real world from a hotel."

After receiving an affirmative answer from Cao Yanhua, Li Hui selectively revealed some of the information he knew.

"The hotel is called Caesars Grand Hotel, and it's located directly below the location of this paranormal event in Z City."

"Actually, there is nothing wrong with the hotel itself, but it overlaps with the location of a haunted place, which was built by a ghost master during the Republic of China period."

"The corridor on the fourth floor of the Caesars Hotel is connected to the corridor of the haunted hotel. The vengeful ghost invaded the real world through that passage."

"That hotel isn't for ordinary people. The guests are either ghost tamers or real vengeful spirits, but that's not the point. You just need to know that there are a lot of vengeful spirits in that hotel, and their complexity and terror are beyond the reach of ordinary ghost tamers."

talking.

Li Hui put forward his own ideas.

"My suggestion is to build a golden gate to block the ghostly passage directly. Ghosts cannot affect gold, so they can keep out most of the evil spirits. Then, we can completely seal off the Caesars Hotel."

This was something he had planned from the beginning.

In the original novel, Yang Jian and his group dealt with the haunted hotel in the same way, and the effect was surprisingly good. At least the paranormal events at the Caesar Hotel in Z City were effectively contained.

"Is there no other way besides a lockdown?"

Cao Yanhua on the other end of the phone seemed unwilling to give up, and said, "Can't we just get rid of that damn hotel completely?"

"Basically impossible."

Li Hui responded, "At least I can't do it now, and neither can Ye Zhen in Dahai City. If I had to choose, the best way would be to do what I said and completely seal off the Caesar Hotel and the Ghost Hotel."

He did not reveal that he knew any information about Elder Qin at headquarters.

Moreover, Li Hui felt that even if headquarters really let Elder Qin handle it, the final result would not be much different, except that the method of blockade would be different.

the most important is.

The haunted hotel isn't completely out of control yet. Unless the headquarters has lost their minds, they won't just let Old Qin handle it. At most, they'll ask for his opinion, since Old Qin is an old man who survived the Republic of China era.

"You should be confident in handling this paranormal event over Z City, right?" Cao Yanhua continued to ask on the other end of the phone.

"The problem isn't too big. I'm fairly confident in handling this paranormal event. But don't forget to prepare your reward: two red ghost candles and two substitute dolls."

Done.

Just as Li Hui was about to hang up the phone, Cao Yanhua's voice rang out again.

"Don't worry, the headquarters' reputation will definitely not let you down. I wonder if you're interested in other deals, also related to foreign aid. If you can handle it, the reward might be even higher than this one."

"Are you referring to the incident in Dachang City?" Li Hui asked before Cao Yanhua could even state the specifics of his request for assistance.

It's not hard to guess.

At this point in time, looking across the entire country of China, the only uncontrollable large-scale paranormal event is the starving ghost incident in Dachang City.

"Yes."

Cao Yanhua said, "The paranormal events in Dachang City have a great impact. If you are confident that you can handle the paranormal events in Dachang City, you can name your price. As long as it is within the tolerance range of the Ghost Tamer Headquarters, we will never refuse."

Upon hearing this, Li Hui's expression shifted slightly, and he said, "For an S-level paranormal event, are you sure headquarters can afford the corresponding reward?"

He didn't refuse outright, but wanted to sound out Cao Yanhua's opinion.

He was going to Dachang City sooner or later. If he could get some benefits from headquarters in addition to what he wanted, Li Hui would have no choice but to accept it reluctantly. After all, who would complain about having too many benefits?

"So you're really confident?"

Cao Yanhua keenly noticed the flaw in Li Hui's words.

Instead of directly refusing, Li Hui asked about the reward. This behavior made Cao Yanhua feel that Li Hui had something in common with him, roughly meaning that he could solve the starving ghost incident as long as the reward was high enough.

"Who dares to say they have absolute confidence in handling an S-level paranormal event?"

Li Hui said, "I'm just curious about what kind of compensation headquarters would offer if they wanted to invite me as an external aid worker for Dachang City."

"You should know that the price for inviting me to take action is very high, especially when it comes to dealing with an S-class supernatural entity. I'm afraid headquarters can't afford the corresponding compensation!"

This sounded like someone pointing a finger at your forehead and saying you weren't qualified, but Cao Yanhua on the other end of the phone showed no anger whatsoever and continued:

"The resources at headquarters are beyond your imagination. As I said before, if you are willing to become an external aid, you can make any request you want, as long as it does not exceed my authority, I will approve it for you."

Cao Yanhua expressed great sincerity and genuinely wanted to invite Li Hui.

According to news from Dachang City, the gloom that shrouded the entire city was a ghost realm, but Li Jun's ghost realm could not invade it. This prevented the headquarters' rescue operation from proceeding, and if it continued to drag on, who knows what kind of changes might occur.

Especially since Wang Xiaoming is still trapped in Dachang City and his situation is not optimistic, Cao Yanhua urgently wants to find a ghost tamer with a powerful ghost domain to provide support.

The ghost painting technique controlled by Li Hui is known for its powerful ghost realm.

In recent years, Ghost Painting has been wandering abroad. The hazy ghost realm is like a world, capable of easily enveloping a city, and is even more complex and terrifying. In terms of ghost realm alone, it is definitely stronger than the ghost realm of the starving ghost.

Even though Li Hui only mastered a part of the Ghost Painting's supernatural abilities, Cao Yanhua believed that infiltrating Dachang City should not be a problem, which is why he was determined to invite Li Hui as an outside helper.

Even if Li Hui fails to handle the starving ghost incident, he should at least be able to get Wang Xiaoming and the others out, right?
The value of Wang Xiaoming and his companions is clearly incomparable to a few ghost candles or surrogate dolls.

"What is the current situation inside Dachang City?" Li Hui asked.

Almost the instant he asked the question, Cao Yanhua's voice rang out: "The ghost tamers in Dachang City organized an operation to imprison the vengeful ghost, but it failed."

"Yang Jian, who is in charge of the internship, has proposed a plan. We don't know the specifics yet, but he said that if he succeeds, there is a high chance that he can imprison the starving ghosts. However, it sounds very dangerous, and even he himself doesn't seem to be very confident."

To further demonstrate his sincerity, Cao Yanhua revealed some internal information about Dachang City.

This also tells Li Hui that the headquarters is not without people. Yang Jian, the person in charge of Dachang City, has a plan to deal with the starving ghosts. Even if there may be great risks, it is normal to have some risks in supernatural events.

"Is this so..."

"Let me think about it some more."

Li Hui continued, "I'll give you an answer after I've dealt with this paranormal incident in Z City. Then, have someone prepare to seal off the paranormal passage on the fourth floor of the Caesar Hotel as soon as possible."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

"It seems Yang Jian is planning to hang himself." After the call ended, Li Hui did not take immediate action but fell into deep thought.

Cao Yanhua's words just now have revealed a lot of information.

Others might not understand what Yang Jian meant by the risky plan, but Li Hui knew very well.

That was the method that the human skin paper revealed to Yang Jian; it was a special way to control vengeful ghosts.

The gist of it is that Yang Jian merges the headless ghost into his own body and then hangs himself with a ghost rope in front of the ghost mirror.

This is a method similar to exploiting a bug, and it exploits the bugs of several vengeful ghosts at the same time. The collision and confrontation of several supernatural forces can create an anomaly.

Yang Jian in the original novel did just that and succeeded. It was after that he took off and gradually entered the ranks of the top ghost tamers of the contemporary era.

In Li Hui's view, the real Yang Jian likely died around that time, and what was resurrected was merely a vengeful ghost with Yang Jian's consciousness.

Since then, Yang Jian's personality has changed drastically. He has become indifferent and gradually lost his human emotions. The silly high school student he once was is no more. At least that's how Li Hui felt when he read the original novel.

Of course, this is just his speculation. It is more likely that Yang Jian died when he sacrificed himself to the ghost child at the end.

But there is no doubt that Yang Jian is indeed dead; that is beyond question.

Human skin paper cannot lie; this is the rule of vengeful ghosts. It can set traps in words, but it cannot lie. The rules restrict it. Therefore, when the human skin paper says that Yang Jian is dead, it is not cursing him, but stating a fact.

However, Li Hui did not intend to interfere with Yang Jian's hanging.

This is Yang Jian's path, and also a crucial turning point. Knowing the general direction of the future can be considered a kind of golden finger, so Li Hui is happy to see it happen.

While thinking.

The hazy, ghostly aura began to spread upwards at great speed, with ashes drifting in the air, reaching the airspace above the Caesars Grand Hotel in the blink of an eye.

Many things are gathered in the clouds here.

Those were human heads.

Below the head, the area was empty; the corpse had vanished, floating in the clouds like balloons.

There were many, hundreds of them, gathered together and blocked out all the light, looking like a small dark cloud from the outside.

Above the head was a deathly pale face, devoid of any color, with its eyes closed and motionless, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.

These heads didn't look unusual at all; they seemed to be just ordinary dead heads. But that was obviously impossible, because ordinary dead heads wouldn't float in the sky above the city like that.

Li Hui did not appear in the sky as the ghost realm extended; he remained standing on the commercial pedestrian street on the ground.

The ghost in the "human head balloon incident" wasn't particularly terrifying; even the ghost realm of the "knocking door ghost" was able to successfully take it away. There's no reason why the supernatural elements in "70% Ghost Painting" couldn't do the same.

The grayish ash drifted continuously, carrying a chilling aura; it was the eeriness spreading from the bus.

The moment the ashes from the burning paper came into contact with the human heads, a pressure was created, and the heads fell from the sky like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

But it didn't fall to the ground.

A huge blank portrait appeared below the heads, and all the fallen heads entered the painting.

In fact, if Li Hui wanted to, he could have sent away the extra heads just like he had sent away the supernatural derivatives of those blood-stained old newspapers before, leaving only the source ghost.

Even if the ghost isn't terrifying enough, it can be sent away directly.

But Li Hui did not do that.

While the terror of the human head balloon might not be that great for him, it could be quite different for others.

Especially for those ghost tamers who only control one vengeful spirit, hundreds of heads imbued with supernatural power will be exhausted to death if they cannot suppress the source of the vengeful spirit in a short period of time.

Although Li Hui might not need to rely on other supernatural forces to deal with such a ghost tamer, being able to recruit him, even if he's a bit useless, is better than sending him away directly, since he doesn't need to pay any price for it anyway.

Li Hui processed the heads very quickly.

Almost instantly as the ashes spread, the scene became one-sided, with hundreds of heads falling into the enormous oil painting.

Soon, only a human head remained floating in the clouds, which was also the vengeful ghost that was the source of the human head balloon incident.

But in the next moment, the oil painting surged up on its own and enveloped the head.

The originally blank oil painting has been transformed into a bizarre portrait composed of hundreds of human heads. The painting style is dark and exudes a chilling aura, making it immediately apparent that something is amiss.

Dealing with the human head balloon incident was a piece of cake for Li Hui.

He didn't even go there himself; it was merely a supernatural extension that suppressed the vengeful ghost, ultimately forming a portrait that became part of his ghost realm.

Almost the instant Li Hui locked those heads in the oil painting, Cao Yanhua, who was thousands of miles away, received the news.

"Minister Cao, the paranormal events in Z City have dissipated. These are the latest satellite images; all the human heads that were gathered in the clouds have disappeared."

"Also, here is the information about the Caesars Hotel that you asked me to gather."

The Ghost Riders Headquarters.

Inside the deputy minister's office, a staff member handed over a document and several photos.

"Is it resolved so quickly?"

Cao Yanhua was taken aback.

But then he took the photos from the staff and looked at them. The photos were taken from above, and the content of several photos was similar, only the shooting angles were slightly different.

He was very familiar with the background in the photo; it was the sky above Z Mountain City.

On his desk were several other photos with the same background, but those photos looked very eerie and strange, with many floating heads in the picture, enough to trigger trypophobia in anyone who looked at them.

The photo in his hand showed a scene of blue sky and white clouds, with the city below clearly visible, and no human head floating in the clouds.

"Li Hui's actions are indeed swift, and his speed in handling paranormal events is almost breaking the record for the fastest speed in handling paranormal events, right?"

Thinking.

Cao Yanhua picked up the phone next to him, ready to dial again.

He remembered Li Hui saying that he would give him an answer after dealing with the "human head balloon" incident, whether or not he wanted to go to Dachang City as an outside aid worker.

While making the phone call.

Cao Yanhua picked up the information about the Caesars Hotel and began to read it.

Q: Are you looking forward to Li Hui going to Dachang City?
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