Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 105 The End
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In the dimly lit room, the eerie old man walked with heavy, stiff steps toward Li Hui's location. His pale eyes stared intently at Li Hui, carrying an inexplicable deathly stillness that was quite terrifying.

At the same time, Li Hui also began his operation.

The ghostly power of the painting surged forth, and at that moment, the entire room began to be filled with a hazy cloud of paper dust. Two figures that looked exactly like Li Hui appeared beside him.

One of them held an old woodcutter's knife, with dried black bloodstains still remaining on the blade—the blood of several kings. The other held a coffin nail as thick as an infant's arm, its surface covered in rust.

Randomness was under Li Hui's control.

Two figures were also walking towards the old man.

At the same time, Li Hui asked Zhang Zhao's head on the ground, "What kind of abilities does this vengeful ghost possess?"

"I don't know."

There was no embarrassment in Zhang Zhao's words. He replied naturally, "From the moment I lay down on the wooden bed, I was restricted. I was unable to test the ghost's abilities at all. I only knew that it was extremely terrifying and had abilities similar to suppressing other supernatural beings and dismembering bodies."

While speaking.

The two figures were about to come into contact with the eerie old man.

The first to make a move was the figure wielding the old woodcutter's axe. Instead of directly slashing at the old man's body, he appeared behind the eerie old man and stepped into the spot where the old man had walked, trying to match the footprints he had left behind.

obviously.

The human figure was successfully created.

The rules regarding the machete were successfully triggered.

In this mirrored room, the eerie old man is no longer an illusion; he leaves behind his own traces as he walks, and these traces are the medium that triggers the curse of the woodcutter.

next moment.

Without any hesitation, the figure expressionlessly swung the machete in its hand and slashed at the body of the eerie old man walking in the media image, not just once, but twice.

The first cut, from top to bottom, cleaved the old man's body in two. The second cut was a horizontal slash, severing the already divided body in half again, thus dismembering the vengeful ghost into four parts.

soon.

The machete-like medium erupted.

The harm depicted in the images had a real-world impact.

The old man who was walking towards Li Hui froze on the spot. Two horrific wounds appeared on his body, almost dismembering him completely, but in the end, his body did not split into four pieces as shown in the media footage.

The old man was extremely terrifying. His own supernatural abilities were fighting against the dismembering power of the old woodcutter's knife. However, the woodcutter's knife had very distinct characteristics, making it almost impossible to dismember the supernatural. It was precisely because of this that the old man was almost completely dismembered in an instant.

The reason the body was not completely severed was because the eerie old man was very special; what was displayed at the wound was not the flesh and blood of ordinary people, but a glass-like object.

The old man looked like a glass statue. The curse of the machete was like hitting a piece of glass, leaving behind a dense crack and many fragments resembling broken glass.

The glass shards stuck together, which prevented the old man's body from being completely dismembered.

And as time went on, the cracks in the wound continued to heal, but the process was very slow, and a cold aura permeated the air, the ghost of the woodcutter's knife, preventing the old man from healing.

That's when.

Another figure also began to act, the coffin nail tightly gripped in its hand stabbing towards the body of the vengeful ghost.

The eerie old man had no intelligence, and the supernatural effects of the machete curse had not yet disappeared, and his wounds had not healed. Therefore, he would not take the initiative to avoid the coffin nails that were stabbing at him.

"Pfft!"

With a sound like a sharp weapon piercing flesh, the pointed end of the coffin nail pierced deeply into the old man's chest.

The seemingly glass-like body failed to stop the coffin nails from penetrating, as if the shadowy figure had only pierced an ordinary flesh and blood body.

All of a sudden.

The elderly man has completely lost his ability to move.

The suppressive power of the coffin nails is too overpowered. Even if the old man is likely a vengeful ghost that was resurrected after the death of a ghost-controlling master during the Republic of China era, he still cannot resist this almost unsolvable suppressive supernatural object.

The wound, which had been gradually healing, stopped healing at this moment, and the supernatural phenomena associated with the old man fell into complete silence.

It is worth mentioning that.

The moment the coffin nails pierced the old man's body, the whole world seemed to collapse. The scene before Li Hui's eyes changed rapidly, and the old and dilapidated bedroom shattered like a mirror.

But this change soon disappeared again.

When Li Hui came to his senses, he found himself back in the bedroom on the second floor of the old house. The scene inside was unchanged, with the old dressing table next to him.

The only difference was that there was an old man in the room.

It stood motionless in the center of the room, with two terrifying, penetrating wounds on its body, as if it were about to completely dismember its body. But strangely, no blood flowed from the wounds; instead, there were many glass-like fragments left behind. In addition, a rusty coffin nail was stuck in the old man's chest.

In addition, Zhang Zhao's headless corpse was also found on the wooden bed in the room, and his head and arms were on the floor next to the bed.

"Is this solved?"

the other side.

Zhang Zhao, who witnessed the whole process, showed a hint of surprise on his face.

In fact, he had never doubted Li Hui's strength. He knew that Li Hui was capable of dealing with and suppressing the strange old man. This was why he was willing to cooperate with Li Hui to test the ghost. He just didn't expect Li Hui to handle it so easily.

Without even making a move, it merely manifested some kind of supernatural phenomenon to completely suppress the eerie old man.

"Is it because of that nail?"

On the floor beside the wooden bed, Zhang Zhao's head turned strangely, and his eyes looked at the strange old man's body.

From his perspective, he could only see the old man's back, but that did not prevent Zhang Zhao from knowing exactly why the old man had fallen into complete silence.

"Even such a vengeful ghost could be restrained instantly. It seems that the terrifying power of that nail is far beyond imagination. No wonder he is someone who can control the supernatural power of the ghost painting..."

Zhang Zhao's eyes flickered slightly, and the following thought came to mind.

Immediately afterwards, a strange black shadow appeared and connected Zhang Zhao's head to the wooden corpse on the wooden bed. Under these circumstances, his head began to move strangely, moving towards his own corpse.

It wasn't just Zhang Zhao's head; the two severed and missing arms on the ground were also moving toward the wooden bed.

The eerie old man was completely suppressed, and his supernatural influence dissipated. The suppressive power on the wooden bed disappeared, and Zhang Zhao was able to use his own supernatural abilities at this moment. He then immediately recovered his original state.

A ghost like him wouldn't die from such an injury. Like a vengeful spirit, he would 'resurrect' and return to his original state once his body recovered.

And on the other side.

Li Hui's attention was focused on the old, faded dressing table with peeling paint, or more precisely, on the bronze mirror.

He reached out towards the bronze mirror, but this time his hand did not penetrate directly into the mirror as before. Instead, it touched the surface of the mirror, as if the supernatural space that the mirror connected to had completely disappeared.

"The world in the mirror, the peculiar ghost... Could this old man be the ghost that Lin Bei controlled in the original story?"

suddenly.

The idea popped into Li Hui's mind, and the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

the reason is simple.

Later on, Lin Bei displays the ability of a mirror ghost, which manifests as a nearly complete mirror world. This ability was not shown in the early part of the story when Lin Bei and Yang Jian first encountered the ghost bus and the vehicle stalled. It is clear that he only mastered this ability later.

The original novel mentioned that Lin Bei took a long bus ride, and he might have passed by this haunted place several times along the way...

of course.

This was just Li Hui's personal opinion, and he wasn't sure if the actual situation was as described.

But one thing Li Hui was clear about was that the eerie old man was no less terrifying. Even in the Republican era, he would be considered a first-rate or even top-notch ghost tamer!
This can be seen from Zhang Zhao's previous experience; a ghost as strong as him doesn't even have the qualifications to fight back.

Li Hui seemed to subdue the old man very easily, but in reality, he was relying on the supernatural abilities of the old wood-chopping knife and coffin nails.

However, even without these two items, Li Hui was still confident that he could suppress the eerie old man. The 70% ghost painting brought not only a ghost realm, but also the top-notch ability of 'overlay', which can be considered one of the most top-notch supernatural abilities.

Moreover, it also possesses 30% of the supernatural bus's power. Especially after the supernatural supernatural supernatural superimposition through 'infinite derivation', this power will become even more terrifying. The suppression formed after the superimposition is no weaker than being hit by that complete version of the supernatural bus!

While thinking.

Li Hui waved his hand.

The eerie old man's figure vanished, leaving behind an old oil painting. The painting quickly blurred and eventually disappeared from the room.

The old man was the second vengeful ghost that Li Hui imprisoned after entering this old house. The first was the vengeful ghost that arrived at this haunted place with him on the bus. It was a vengeful ghost with a slightly illusory figure and the appearance of a middle-aged woman. Shortly after it was suppressed, it was also made into a portrait and became part of his ghost realm.

at the same time.

Zhang Zhao on the other side also recovered.

The old wooden bed wasn't actually a supernatural object. The previous supernatural manifestations were all due to the old man's own supernatural abilities. Lying on the bed triggered the vengeful ghost's killing pattern, which is why Zhang Zhao's own supernatural abilities were suppressed.

At this moment, the vengeful ghost was restrained by the coffin nails, all supernatural phenomena fell silent, even the world in the mirror was shattered, and the old wooden bed naturally returned to normal.

An ordinary bed obviously cannot suppress supernatural phenomena, which is why Zhang Zhao was able to use his own supernatural powers.

"Should we leave now, or imprison the other vengeful ghosts in this old house, or what?"

Once recovered, Zhang Zhao immediately went to Li Hui's side and asked him questions.

"Let's go down and meet up with Yang Xiao and the others," Li Hui replied.

As he spoke, Li Hui strode towards the bedroom door, and Zhang Zhao immediately followed.

At this time, all the doors in the old house were open, so Li Hui and his companion went directly out of the bedroom and into the hall on the second floor.

The second-floor hall was also dimly lit, but it was noticeably better than the bedroom. However, the hall was much more chaotic, with puddles of black liquid emitting a faint stench of death on the floor.

That was the corpse fluid flowing from the body of a vengeful ghost, carrying an eerie aura. Although it was not as powerful as a real vengeful ghost, it was still fatal to ordinary people if they touched it.

However, there were clearly no ordinary people inside this old house from the Republican era at this moment.

It's either a wandering soul like Zhang Zhao, or a real vengeful ghost. Among them, Li Hui, who seems normal, also wields the most advanced supernatural abilities. With the supernatural barrier of the bus, this corpse water, which only has residual supernatural power, has no effect on him at all.

The layout of the second floor of the old house was similar to that of the first floor. In addition to the main hall, there were three rooms. Besides the room that Li Hui had entered earlier, the scenes of the other two rooms also came into Li Hui's view.

The room was empty, there was nothing inside. It was unclear whether the evil spirit had wandered out after the door was opened, or whether there was never any evil spirit in the two rooms to begin with.

Then Li Hui turned his gaze to the first floor.

The scene in the hall on the first floor of the old house was immediately apparent, with two figures lying on the floor.

One of the figures was very familiar to Li Hui; it was the middle-aged woman in white. The other was a tall figure with a bare upper body covered in scars.

Both figures were vengeful ghosts!

It was clear that they had been successfully suppressed by Yang Xiao and the other group of dead souls.

Then, as the gray ashes drifted by, Li Hui and Zhang Zhao appeared directly in the first-floor hall of the old house.

Most of the dead souls were gathered in the hall, but a small number of them were nowhere to be seen, including Yang Xiao.

"In that kitchen?"

Li Hui looked toward the small room at the far end of the lobby on the first floor, where strange noises were coming from.

The influence of the old house from the Republican era on his ghost realm still exists, severely interfering with his perception. Therefore, Li Hui needs to observe many things himself; otherwise, as the ghost realm spreads, everything inside the old house will be within his perception.

(End of this chapter)