Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 81 Methods of Confinement
"A second vengeful ghost?"

The sudden appearance of the Wish Ghost not only caught Li Hui's attention, but also the attention of the other wandering spirits on the street.

They immediately thought of what Li Hui had said earlier.

It is said that behind the starving ghost is a concept-level vengeful spirit, which is extremely troublesome. It seems that Li Hui went to retrieve the rusty coffin nail to deal with this vengeful spirit.

The power of the coffin nails is evident to all.

The tall, dark figure in the underground chamber of Hongfa Temple was extremely terrifying, but even such a terrifying ghost was still nailed to the white bone tree by that unassuming, rusty coffin nail, just like a dead dog.

Therefore, in the eyes of the group of dead souls, the appearance of this vengeful ghost could not change the fact that the starving ghost would be directly suppressed by them, and it itself might even be imprisoned here.

Moreover, the siege against the starving ghost had already begun. Even though this vengeful ghost, which Li Hui described as being at the conceptual level, was indeed terrifying, it was not enough to make everyone stop what they were doing.

Under Li Hui's gaze.

The supernatural attacks from everyone erupted on the starving ghost almost simultaneously.

They had no ability to resist.

Faced with the supernatural attack of a group of dead souls, a dozen figures that looked exactly like Li Hui, and even the curse of the Ghost Chopping Knife, the starving ghost's body was dismembered on the spot, and black blood splattered all over the ground.

This is not because the starving ghost was too weak.

In reality, the terror of the Hungry Ghosts is not low. Even looking at the whole world, there are very few new generation ghost tamers who can face the Hungry Ghosts directly.

But it encountered Li Hui.

Especially now that Li Hui has mastered the supernatural ability of infinite derivatives, and has a group of undead assisting him, it is not surprising that the current starving ghosts can be instantly killed.

The dozen or so figures swung their eerie woodcutting knives at extremely tricky angles, splitting the starving ghost's head into several pieces and dismembering its body into dozens of parts.

Especially the bulging belly of the starving ghost; after its dark blue skin was ripped open, a lot of things rolled out of it.

There were rotting human heads, cold, sinister hands, and many other unidentified, eerie things, emitting a nauseating stench.

These things rolling out of the hungry ghost's belly are all vengeful spirits, ghosts that were previously devoured but not fully 'digested,' becoming the supernatural pieces of its puzzle.

"What's happening here?"

"The wish-granting ghost just stood by and watched the starving ghost get dismembered?"

The outcome surprised Li Hui.

He originally thought that the wish ghost would restart the moment the group was about to attack the hungry ghost, but he did not expect that the wish ghost would directly allow them to successfully dismember and suppress the hungry ghost.

But Li Hui did not relax his vigilance in the slightest because of this.

He didn't believe that the Wish Ghost was going to give up on the Starving Ghost. If that were the case, the Wish Ghost wouldn't have shown itself at all, and would have simply allowed the Starving Ghost to be completely suppressed by them.

A 40-minute restart is enough to reverse any supposedly settled outcome.

The moment this thought crossed Li Hui's mind, something unusual began to happen around him. The dim yellow light flickered, and at the same time, a chilling aura spread in the vicinity.

Li Hui's consciousness suddenly blurred for a moment, and at the same time, all the dead souls behind him, including Yang Xiao, experienced the same feeling.

"This is……?"

Some of the spirits sensed something was wrong, especially Yang Xiao, who was extremely sensitive to consciousness, and he was trying to fight against the supernatural phenomenon that was blurring his mind.

But it's clear that Yang Xiao failed.

Even though he had mastered the supernatural power of Ghost Dream and had strong protection over his consciousness, he still couldn't resist the signs of this blurred consciousness.

Just quickly.

Everyone regained consciousness, including Li Hui and the rest of the dead.

As consciousness returned, the scenery before him reappeared in his field of vision.

The dozen or so figures projected by Li Hui disappeared.

The corpses of the starving ghosts, dismembered into dozens of pieces, the bloodstains on the ground, the vengeful ghosts rolling out of the bellies of the starving ghosts... and the wishing ghost standing under the street lamp, all disappeared.

Instead, terrifying figures roamed the streets—ghost infants at various stages, in great numbers, ranging from the first to the third stage.

"what happened?"

"Weren't all these supernatural creatures killed by Li Hui before? And where did the corpses of the starving ghosts and those vengeful spirits go?"

After taking a few glances, one of the spirits expressed confusion about the eerie scene before him.

Just a second ago they had successfully dismembered the hungry ghost, and the next second this happened: the dismembered hungry ghost disappeared, and instead, a group of ghost infants that had been killed earlier appeared on the street.

And their current location.

They were standing in the middle of the street before, but now they are all standing at the entrance of the pedestrian street, which has left many of the dead confused.

"It's a reboot!"

Li Hui said, "The vengeful ghost that was standing under the streetlight earlier had the ability to restart. It was an extremely terrifying supernatural power that could restart an entire area."

"According to your understanding, it can also be called rollback, time rewind, etc., which all mean the same thing: it can make time in a certain area go back forty minutes. In that case, everything that happened in this area will be reversed."

"I don't know exactly how big the area it can restart is, but it obviously won't exceed two streets, otherwise we would be back in that secret room under Hongfa Temple by now."

Li Hui said calmly.

He had actually anticipated this situation, so when it actually happened, Li Hui wasn't surprised by the scene after the restart.

And behind him.

Many of the dead stared at Li Hui with disbelief and disbelief, finding it hard to believe. But reality told them that Li Hui was right; the entire area had indeed restarted, and time had returned to forty minutes earlier.

"Are you kidding me? You can rewind and save forty minutes? There's no way to keep such a terrifying ghost locked up!"

Many of the spirits present were shocked to learn that the vengeful ghost possessed the ability to restart.

Some people have even issued a death ultimatum to the city in their hearts, not believing that the vengeful ghost can be imprisoned by them, even if Li Hui has coffin nails in his hands!

The ability to restart is simply too unsolvable.

Even though many of them were ghosts who had never encountered this ability before, they realized how terrifying it was simply through Li Hui's explanation.

If.

If it's common knowledge that vengeful spirits cannot be killed, then now, the fact that vengeful spirits with the ability to restart cannot be imprisoned has become another common knowledge in the hearts of most wandering souls...

"It's unbelievable that the vengeful ghost could do that. No wonder you said the vengeful ghosts in Dachang City are difficult to deal with. The complexity of this supernatural event is indeed high."

Even a top figure like Yang Xiao expressed such a sentiment.

He knew about the reboot, so his understanding of this ability far surpassed that of other undead. But precisely because he knew, Yang Xiao was even more aware of the terror of this ability.

“Yes, the ability to restart is almost beyond my understanding of the supernatural,” a woman among the spirits echoed.

"We have no need to fight against such a vengeful ghost."

She spoke to Li Hui, seemingly advising him to give up on dealing with the paranormal incident in Dachang City, as she felt it was simply impossible.

The ability to restart is like cheating. They had just successfully dismembered and suppressed the hungry ghost, but as soon as the vengeful ghost under the street lamp restarted, everything went back to how it was forty minutes ago.

Moreover, unlike ghost tamers, vengeful spirits can use their supernatural abilities an unlimited number of times.

The repeated restarts meant that the vengeful ghost was invincible from the very beginning, possessing countless opportunities to try and fail. But if any of these people lost even once, their fate would be utter death.

This is an unequal confrontation.

Even though these souls are products of the supernatural, they are fundamentally different from real vengeful ghosts; they too will perish.

Upon hearing this, Li Hui said, "We don't need to defeat that vengeful ghost, we just need to successfully intervene in its restart, even if it's only once."

"That vengeful ghost with the ability to restart is not my target. The starving ghost is. As long as I can successfully imprison the starving ghost, that will be enough."

"Moreover, the vengeful ghost under that streetlamp is not without weaknesses. As long as it is a ghost, it will follow certain rules. That vengeful ghost is also bound by certain rules. In fact, it cannot attack us at will."

Li Hui revealed some more information about the Wish Ghost.

Although the Wish Ghost is a powerful and intelligent ghost, and one that even normal people might not be able to outsmart, one still has to follow the rules of powerful ghosts.

As he spoke, Li Hui's ghost domain began to rapidly expand to the other side.

Grayish paper ash continued to fall, and the ghost infants of various stages that had been wandering the streets were all killed, just like before, their bodies turning into blackish-blue gas and dissipating before everyone's eyes.

"That's... the direction outside Dachang City."

Some of the more directional spirits recognized the direction in which Li Hui's ghost domain was spreading.

"We entered the city from that side before. The people from the Ghost Riders headquarters are stationed in that open space on the outskirts."

Although they hadn't revealed themselves before, they knew about what Li Hui had experienced, including the conflict between Li Hui and the Ghost Tamers at headquarters, which they had witnessed.

"What is Li Hui trying to do? Is he planning to ask the Ghost Tamer headquarters for help?"

"Although the number of Ghost Tamers sent by headquarters is quite large, their strength is generally not strong, not even comparable to ours. What's the point of bringing them here?"

Many of the deceased expressed their incomprehension of Li Hui's actions.

Li Hui clearly had no intention of explaining.

The hazy, ghostly domain spanned a vast area, extending directly from the urban area of ​​Dachang City to the open space where the headquarters personnel were stationed on the outskirts.

His ghostly domain made no attempt to conceal itself, spreading out in a vast and unrestrained manner, turning the entire sky into a hazy gray.

Li Jun and the others sensed the anomaly immediately and all came out of the tent, looking towards this ghostly realm where ashes were falling.

"Li Hui, what's going on?" Zhao Jianguo, who was in charge of this operation, also came out of the makeshift meeting room and asked loudly in front of this ghostly realm.

"I've already come up with a plan to imprison that vengeful ghost, but I'm still missing a golden container to hold it, preferably a large enough one."

Li Hui did not appear, but his voice came from the other side, echoing in the open space.

"So you're already confident in capturing the vengeful ghost?"

Upon hearing this, everyone at headquarters showed slight changes in expression. Then Zhao Jianguo spoke up, saying, "Headquarters has already prepared a container for imprisoning vengeful ghosts. A coffin made of gold should meet your requirements, right?"

As he spoke, he gestured to the staff member next to him.

The staff member lifted the curtain of a tent, revealing what was inside: a pure gold coffin.

"can."

Li Hui's voice echoed in the ghost realm.

Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone at headquarters, the golden coffin inside the tent floated up and flew towards Dachang City at an incredible speed.

If you look closely, you'll find a wooden plank and a large patch of soil and pebbles at the bottom of the coffin.

Supernatural phenomena cannot affect gold.

Li Hui didn't move the golden coffin directly using the Ghost Domain; instead, he moved the wooden plank and the soil and stones beneath it. However, this action caused the golden coffin on the plank to move along with it.

at the same time.

Li Hui, along with a group of dead souls, also began their operation in Dachang City.

This time, instead of waiting for the hungry ghosts to come to him as before, he took the initiative to find them. The hazy ghost domain spread, and Li Hui led Yang Xiao and the others directly into the Seventh Middle School of Dachang City.

He killed all the ghost infants he encountered along the way. He didn't need to do anything himself; the supernatural power contained in the ashes caused the ghost infants' bodies to disintegrate.

"Gold can ward off supernatural phenomena. If the hungry ghost is imprisoned in a golden container before the wish ghost restarts, then even if it restarts, the fact that the hungry ghost has been imprisoned cannot be changed."

Li Hui's idea was simple: to imprison the starving ghost in a coffin. He didn't have such a strong desire for the wishing ghost.

His desire to imprison the starving ghost was not for a deal with headquarters, nor for the people of Dachang City, but for his own sake.

Few supernatural phenomena in the world can compare to the terror of the starving ghost.

Although the current Hungry Ghost is considered the lowest of the S-class supernatural entities, its potential is too high. If it were to fully develop, even Zhang Dong wouldn't be able to handle it.

Yang Jian, at the end of the original novel, is the most qualified to speak on this point.

Zhang Dong may not be inferior to Yang Jian in terms of supernatural abilities, but if the two were to really fight, Zhang Dong would most likely be the one to die, because the two are fundamentally different.

So Li Hui thought that he should keep it imprisoned by his side, in case he could later replicate the ghostly phenomenon...

While thinking.

The north gate came into Li Hui's view.

The school gate was open, and a terrifying figure could be clearly seen wandering around the playground inside the gate. It was the starving ghost that had been dismembered earlier.

However, the hungry ghost was completely unharmed at this time, with no wounds left on its body.

Just as Li Hui's hazy ghostly aura spread into the school again, the starving ghost's stiff body moved, its head turned mechanically, and its pupil-less eyes looked in the direction of Li Hui.

See this.

Li Hui's gaze shifted slightly. He first looked down at the rusty coffin nail in his hand, then looked behind him. He could clearly see a golden object moving rapidly toward him.

(End of this chapter)