Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 106 Back to Reality, Hong Kong!
Like the rest of the old house, the kitchen was dark and filled with an indescribable, unpleasant odor, somewhat like something burning but even more pungent, with a faint, nauseating stench.

There were four figures in the kitchen at that moment. The one in the lead was Yang Xiao, and standing beside him were two men and a woman, all around thirty to forty years old, dressed in clothing of different eras.

It is worth mentioning that.

One of the three people standing behind Yang Xiao was Xiao Chengtai. He had not died. After the tall, fierce ghost was suppressed, he gradually recovered and then crawled out of the red coffin in the room on the left.

"Is this kitchen the only place on the first floor of this old house where there's still a vengeful ghost? Or maybe it's not just the first floor. Liu Ye and I went up to the second floor to investigate before, but we didn't find any trace of the vengeful ghost. We also didn't find Li Hui. We don't know where he went."

At this time.

The middle-aged woman standing behind Yang Xiao spoke up, revealing some information about the second floor of the old house.

"The noise is coming from the stove, so the evil spirit is inside the stove?" another middle-aged man said.

As he spoke, the middle-aged man kept his eyes fixed on the stove in front of him.

The entire stove looked very old and dilapidated, built entirely of mud and clay. It seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, with cracks and moss growing in some places, obviously due to the dampness in the kitchen.

now.

Strange noises emanated from the dilapidated stove.

The sound was like someone scratching something with their fingernails, or like someone crawling on the ground, but upon closer listening, it sounded more like the limp sound of muscles wilting when something is being intensely burned.

Besides.

The stove itself presented an extremely terrifying sight.

Thick, black liquid kept flowing out of the cracks and onto the kitchen floor. It looked like a mixture of soy sauce and water, but it was much thicker and had a foul odor.

"This stove wasn't built with ordinary mud; it contained the body of a vengeful ghost. The water used to mix the mud wasn't ordinary water either; it was the corpse fluid from the vengeful ghost. These liquids were the corpse fluid and blood that flowed from the vengeful ghost's body!"

Yang Xiao said with a cold expression.

"When the stove completely collapses, or when the corpse fluid drains away, the vengeful ghost inside will be fully revived and regain its ability to move. Right now, the vengeful ghost is unable to move."

to be frank.

Yang Xiaodu admired the owner of the old house.

In his view, this is an alternative form of confinement. Although he has not yet figured out the specific rules, judging from the current situation, the vengeful ghost in the stove has been successfully confined for at least ten or even several decades!
"So what should we do now? Should we actively release this vengeful spirit to suppress it, or leave it alone and let it gradually revive on its own?"

At this moment, Xiao Chengtai spoke up.

He was one of the fewest of the deceased souls to know about the changes inside the old house.

They were attacked by a vengeful ghost while exploring the room. By the time Xiao Chengtai recovered and crawled out of the coffin, the battle between Yang Xiao and the others and the vengeful ghost had already ended. Only the kitchen was still making noise. He then followed Yang Xiao into the kitchen.

Tatata!
Just as Yang Xiao and the others were talking, a series of footsteps suddenly came from the hall behind them, and they were quite dense, so it was clear that there was more than one person walking around.

"Li Hui?"

Hearing the commotion, Yang Xiao and the others turned around and immediately saw Li Hui leading the way towards them. Behind Li Hui were many other figures, all of whom were ghosts who had come out of the Ghost Post Office, just like Yang Xiao and the others.

What's going on in this room?

Upon entering the kitchen, Li Hui asked a question, and after glancing around the interior, he focused his attention on the stove.

"It's just as you see it."

Yang Xiao responded, "The owner of this old house imprisoned a vengeful ghost inside the stove through some unknown means. Now the stove is gradually collapsing, and the vengeful ghost is reviving."

As Yang Xiao spoke, as if to confirm what he said, a cracking sound rang out, and several more cracks appeared on the stove, with an increase in the amount of black liquid seeping out.

"Release the evil spirit from the stove!"

See this.

Li Hui spoke first.

Currently, the only known vengeful ghost in this old house is the one inside the stove.

All the other ghosts—whether they were the middle-aged woman-like vengeful spirit, the tall vengeful spirit, the terrifying old man, or the vengeful spirit that initially attacked Li Hui and traveled here on the supernatural bus with him—were all restrained and imprisoned in his ghost realm.

Even now, Li Hui has not pulled out the rusty coffin nail, which remains embedded in the old man's chest.

Also.

Li Hui wasn't sure which of the several vengeful ghosts he had imprisoned was the one that was useful to him, as revealed by the human skin paper, but taking in all of them at once was a precaution for him.

Even though the other few vengeful ghosts are not very useful to him, they can still increase the strength of his ghost domain, which can be said to be entirely beneficial.

While thinking.

Li Hui and his group then began their operation.

Although he was indeed curious about this method of imprisoning vengeful ghosts, he did not deliberately delve into it, because there was no need. For imprisoning vengeful ghosts, the ghost realm of the Ghost Painting was a natural container.

"The simplest and most effective method is undoubtedly to destroy the stove directly, so that the evil spirit will be released naturally."

Thinking.

A heavy, old iron hammer suddenly appeared in Li Hui's hand.

This iron hammer belongs to the supernatural weapon of the King Organization's codenamed 'Painter'. After the Painter was killed by Li Hui, this supernatural item fell into Li Hui's hands and was kept by him in a derivative painting in the Ghost Realm.

It was an oil painting specifically for storing supernatural items. Not only this hammer, but also old wood-chopping knives, coffin nails, and other supernatural items belonging to the king were all stored in that painting. They would only be taken out of the painting when Li Hui needed to use them.

boom!
There was no hesitation.

Li Hui slammed the heavy iron hammer in his hand directly onto the stove.

The moment the hammer struck the stove, a shrill scream rang out. The sound was extremely piercing, like the scream of a vengeful ghost, terrifying and eerie.

At the same time, the cracks on the stove increased several times over, densely covering the entire stove like a spider web, as if it would collapse completely at any moment.

Not only that.

Black liquid was seeping out of every crack at a rapid pace, so fast that it could even be heard trickling.

"It didn't collapse?"

See this.

Li Hui frowned slightly, but then swung the iron hammer in his hand again and smashed it hard against the stove.

For a while.

Mud and rocks scattered, dust flew everywhere, and black liquid was splashed up directly from the impact.

The already dilapidated stove collapsed completely at this moment, and a large amount of black, viscous liquid flowed out from the collapsed stove, spreading a strong stench.

Immersed in this pool of black liquid was a horrifyingly twisted and deformed corpse, which looked like a miniature baby, just like an embryo.

At this moment, the ghost infant struggled a few times in the black liquid, and then stood up in a strange way, its neck turned 180 degrees, and its dark eyes, with no visible pupils, looked at Li Hui, who was in the lead.

next moment.

The ghost baby opened its mouth and let out a piercing, shrill scream that echoed throughout the kitchen, carrying an eerie atmosphere that made everyone who heard it feel disoriented.

However, this kind of supernatural attack was ineffective against Li Hui. The supernatural power of the bus directly blocked the supernatural invasion of the ghost baby. Although the shrill scream was very jarring, the supernatural power contained within it could not affect Li Hui.

In addition, the black liquid on the kitchen floor seemed to be controlled by some supernatural force, flowing rapidly toward Li Hui's body.

But this change soon stopped, and the baby ghost's screams also came to an abrupt halt.

Li Hui's hand directly grabbed the ghost infant's body. Originally, he wanted to strangle it by the neck, but the ghost in front of him was too small, like an infant embryo, and Li Hui's hand directly grabbed most of its body.

Immediately following, the supernatural phenomena on the bus subsided, and the supernatural phenomena belonging to the ghost baby itself fell silent, unable to resist, and were instantly restrained by Li Hui.

Then Li Hui waved his hand, directly flinging the ghost baby in his hand away. However, it did not fall to the ground, but instead disappeared into an oil painting that appeared out of thin air.

Along with the ghost baby, a large pool of black liquid on the ground also entered the painting. It was as if the ghost baby was one with it, and as the ghost baby was thrown away, the black liquid on the ground was also thrown back.

After successfully imprisoning the ghost baby, Li Hui led Yang Xiao and the others back to the second floor of the old house, to the room he had previously explored.

Then he had the spirits lift up the black sandalwood bed and the old dressing table in the room and put them into the oil painting he had prepared.

This old house from the Republican era is very eerie and has a great influence on Li Hui's ghost domain. Everything inside the old house cannot be detected by the ghost domain, so naturally, he cannot directly bring these things into the ghost domain.

But that dressing table was clearly a supernatural object, and Li Hui naturally couldn't let it go, so he had this method in mind from the beginning. As for the wooden bed, that was just a side effect...

After doing all this.

Li Hui once again conducted a thorough search of every room in the old house. After confirming that there were no supernatural occurrences missed, he led Yang Xiao and the other wandering spirits out of the old house.

The desolate village outside the old house was exactly the same as when Li Hui first arrived, unchanged. It seemed that the only ghost in the entire village was the old house behind them.

Li Hui clearly had no intention of exploring this deserted village again.

He searched very carefully when he arrived, not only in every corner of the village, but also in the old houses, but he did not find any trace of the evil spirit.

The same is true now.

Li Hui's ghost domain covered a vast area, enveloping the entire deserted village in a hazy, illusory world. Apart from the old house behind him, all other buildings were within the perception of his ghost domain. Despite this carpet-like search, no trace of the vengeful ghost was found.

next moment.

The scene before Li Hui's eyes suddenly changed.

What came into his view was the scene of another village, which was very different from the dilapidated and abandoned village in the haunted land. The village that appeared in his sight was full of modern atmosphere.

The village is full of buildings, some two-story, some three-story, and some Western-style villas.

This ability of the supernatural bus allowed Li Hui to see through the boundary between the supernatural world and the real world at this moment.

Every haunted place has a point of intersection with the real world. They seem unrelated, like two different worlds, but in reality, all it takes is a trigger for the scene of the haunted place to completely merge with the real world.

"It's time to leave!"

The words fell.

Li Hui and the others vanished instantly.

……

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real world.

Hong Kong.

This is an archipelago city with a highly developed economy, located in the southern part of China, adjacent to Da Dong City. Although its overall area is not large, its population is considerable, and its economy ranks among the top in the entire country.

at this time.

Something vaguely appeared out of nowhere in the sky above the city and then began to drift down. It was a bunch of grayish objects that looked like the ashes left behind after something had burned.

At first, there was very little paper ash drifting down, but as time went on, the sky above the entire city turned into a hazy gray, with paper ash drifting down as if it were raining.

However, this strange sight failed to attract the attention of ordinary people in Hong Kong, not only because it was late at night and many people were already asleep, but also because even those who were still awake could not see this hazy scene while wandering the city streets.

Because in their view, the city is still the same city, the night sky is still the same night sky, and the scene has not changed at all!

Li Hui's ghost realm did not actually have a significant impact on the real world, nor did it manifest itself, so ordinary people could not see the scene of paper ash floating everywhere.

The ghost tamers in the city vaguely sensed something was wrong, but even with their strength, they couldn't see through Li Hui's ghost domain. They only sensed something amiss, and the fierce ghosts they controlled were warning them at this moment.

(End of this chapter)