Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 31 [Terror Resurgence] Dimension

Hunter vision automatically turned off after a second, but Jiang Jin became wary as he looked at the golden chest in front of him.

Even without Li Ruoxi, the forensic doctor, by his side, as a police officer, Jiang Jin could tell from the lividity on the old man's face that it was definitely a corpse.

A corpse inside a golden box was stuffed into a special storage paper bag supposedly produced only by the system.
"Is this a hidden part of the dungeon's storyline? Or are other reincarnators stored here?"

Why was it sealed in a gold box? And what about the old man's body?

Suddenly, he looked at the death knell.

"Deathstroke, why did you eat this?"

Deathstroke tilted its head, and Jiang Jin could sense its consciousness: Deathstroke seemed to be drawn to the contents of the golden chest.

"strangeness?"

At this moment, the text prompt reappeared in my left eye:

"Reincarnator Jiang Jin, you have obtained the special dungeon item [Golden Chest of Ghost Eye Yang Jian]."

This special dungeon item can unlock access to the hidden dungeon, "Terror Resurgence."

This hidden dungeon item currently seals the "Knocking Ghost" from the "Terror Resurgence" dungeon. The "Knocking Ghost" has undergone forty-nine days of soul-refining by a Soul Reaper, transforming it into a ghost slave. The first reincarnated being this ghost sees will become its master. However, you are only level 1, and the risk of this ghost slave turning against you is very high.

Additionally, you can use this golden chest to accept the hidden dungeon quest: Ghost Eye Yang's Wish, which will take you to that dimension.

The reward for completing this hidden quest is:

First, in the future, you will have three chances to summon Ghost Eye Yang Jian in all the horror dungeon trials.
Secondly, obtain one [Coffin Nail], a special item dropped in this instance.

After completing this instance quest, you can decide whether to accept the new quest. "Yes/No"

Jiang Jin was stunned.

It seems that this golden chest comes from another terrifying dungeon world.

A knocking ghost? Yang Jian with ghost eyes? Coffin nails? What are all these?
However, there was one thing that Jiang Jin was very concerned about.

"After forty-nine days of soul refining, the first reincarnator the ghost sees will become its master!"
Jiang Jin looked at Deathstroke beside him.

"You've really brought me something incredible, Deathstroke."

That night, Jiang Jin lay in bed with the boning knife beside him.

The gold box has been put back into the paper bag, which at least confirms that the old man inside is sealed and cannot get out for the time being.

The death knell lies at the doorway, its ears perked up.

just now……

Jiang Jin has obtained the most important information about the Soul Suppression Ritual.

To complete the soul-suppressing ritual, three conditions must be met:
First, the female ghost is wearing red clothes; second, the female ghost is wearing a bracelet; third, the female ghost is in a temple.

If Jiang Jin can do these three things at the same time, then he can leave this instance world.

Of course, this is on the premise that his SAN value was above 10% at that time and he had not fallen into the so-called "interdimensional layer".

"So... what I need to do now is..."

First, the bracelet must be removed from the blue-clad female ghost.

Then, he was to put the bracelet on the arm of the red-clad female ghost (actually the same female ghost).

It also had to be done inside the ancestral hall, in front of a group of villagers, each carrying a gun.

“First, according to that guy…” Jiang Jin pondered a solution: “Once the female ghost changes from blue to red, the bracelet will disappear from her wrist. So, to complete the soul-suppressing ritual, we need to find a way to remove the bracelet while the female ghost is still wearing blue and the bracelet!”

At that moment, he immediately thought of... the finger bone arrow of the dead!

The benefits of this thing are now becoming apparent! Whether the target is an ordinary evil spirit, or this ultimate vengeful spirit in the pool, or whether the vengeful spirit is from the Mysterious Layer or the Lost Layer, once it hits, it will stun the target for 1.5 seconds! With the addition of the Vengeful Moss Ointment, it's 5 seconds!
And in those 5 seconds... Jiang Jin could take the bracelet away!

"Next, the blue-clad female ghost will surely come after me, so I'll escape into the ancestral hall..."

The next plan still needs to meet three conditions.

First, the blue-clad female ghost's clothes must be transformed into red.

Secondly, the female ghost must immediately chase after him to the ancestral hall.

Third, he had to put the bracelet on the female ghost inside the ancestral hall.

Jiang Jin deduced that although the blue-clad female ghost also killed people, it was still within the villagers' acceptable range—a few deaths were exchanged for the lives of the majority. But if she transformed into the red-clad female ghost, she would likely go on a killing spree, and the entire village would be sent to the underworld.

"The villagers the blue-clad female ghost points at will become sacrifices. If I want the ghost to turn red, perhaps I can choose to save the villagers she's pointing at. Hmm..."

So, the second condition is... how do we get the female ghost to break into the ancestral hall?

"As for the villagers... there might still be hope of winning them over as allies. After all, once the soul-suppressing ritual is completed, this female ghost will be permanently suppressed, and we share a common ground on that point."

Could it be... that we should choose to cooperate with the villagers?

Finally, Jiang Jin drifted off to sleep.

The sun rises in the east.

Jiang Jin was awakened by the noise outside.

Judging from the sounds, there was a constant commotion outside, and it seemed that people from the ancestral hall had arrived.

Was that person's body discovered yesterday?

But as he listened carefully to the noise outside, it seemed that the person was not dead, but missing!

Jiang Jin's original plan was to use Deathstroke to kill the man, and afterwards people would deduce from the canine tooth wound on his neck that the vicious dog had killed him.

He had thought that since he had already killed him, there was no need for the female ghost to further desecrate a dead body, right? But judging from the commotion outside… it seemed the female ghost had still made her move. After all, killing just a vicious dog didn't require such a grand display.

The fact that no body was left behind and the person disappeared would indeed puzzle them, since these people were used to escaping the female ghost's killings by following the rules.

It's highly suspicious that I came to stay at their place in the early hours of last night.

"That's exactly what I'm worried about."

Although the people in this village are just ordinary folks, with so many guns, Jiang Jin alone can't handle them. With a boning knife and a hunting dog, how many people can he kill?
"It seems the only option is to try to negotiate with the village committee members, or even the village chief." Jiang Jin knew that it was only a matter of time before they found out about him. "If I cooperate with them, it might actually be a blessing in disguise for me."

Although they loathe the people of this village, they do have a common enemy at the moment.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

This is an eternal truth that remains unchanged throughout the ages.

Finally, a commotion arose outside, with people demanding to see the list of recently arrived out-of-towners.

I am undoubtedly the prime suspect.

Jiang Jin gripped the boning knife tightly and looked at Deathstroke.

At this time, you must not panic. The calmer you are, the more you can intimidate the other party.

Not long after, hurried footsteps came from the doorway.

"Open the door!"

(End of this chapter)