Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 142 The Horror in Progress
"You mean, a vengeful ghost has escaped from the experimental base where Wang Xiaoming is located, and that ghost is now heading towards the headquarters training base?"

Inside the penthouse suite of Ping An Hotel,
Li Hui frowned slightly, then continued to ask, "Do you have any detailed information about that vengeful ghost?"

Although he already had an answer in his heart, he was not completely sure, so he wanted to learn more about what had happened.

"some!"

Li Wanyu continued on the other end of the phone, "I have sent the relevant files to your phone. You can take a look."

Almost the instant Li Wanyu's voice rang out, Li Hui's satellite-guided phone vibrated. It was the vibration signal that the phone had received a text message. Li Hui then opened the message and began to read it.

really!

Just one glance.

Li Hui had already confirmed his suspicion.

Because the information in the file was indeed about Huanggang Village, or more accurately, about the Ghost Coffin, and there was a link below the information, which Li Hui clicked on and found several pictures.

All the photos were taken from above, some with villages in the background, and others showing a black coffin.

What truly caught Li Hui's eye was the last photo, a dark space shaped like a coffin. Li Hui immediately realized that it was the ghost realm of the ghost messengers.

"So why did headquarters send you to call and tell me all this?"

After reviewing the photos and file information, Li Hui said, "They wouldn't be trying to send me on another business trip, would they?"

"Personally, I have no problem with it. As long as the travel expenses are sufficient, I'm willing to take a business trip if I have the time. But surely I can't be the only Ghost Rider in the entire headquarters? Where are all the other city managers?"

Li Hui's tone was blunt, directly pointing out that the headquarters was suspected of being short-staffed and was frantically recruiting him as a laborer.

He wasn't complaining to Li Wanyu. He believed there was someone else next to Li Wanyu at that moment, though he didn't know who it was, but it was most likely the person in charge of the switchboard.

as predicted.

next moment.

A man's voice came through the phone: "Hello, Captain Li, this is Zhao Jianguo. I never expected that after we parted ways in Dachang City, we would be working together under headquarters again."

"Zhao Jianguo? You're back from Dachang City?" Li Hui asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, the work in Dachang City is almost done. There are only a few finishing touches left, so I don't need to stay and direct them. On the other hand, there's a headquarters meeting coming up soon, and the Captain Plan is about to be launched. All of these require manpower, so I came back."

Speaking of which.

Zhao Jianguo suddenly changed the subject and continued, "I wonder if Captain Li would be interested in going on another business trip. After all, the capable should do more work. I suppose you've already seen the information on that vengeful ghost that escaped from the lab, Captain Li."

"To be honest, that vengeful ghost is a bit special. There aren't many ghost tamers at headquarters who are fully capable of handling it, and most of them aren't in Dajing City. So if Captain Li is interested, that would be best. Lock it up again."

Hear the words.

Li Hui began, "Business trips are fine, but what about the travel expenses..."

Honestly, even if the people at headquarters didn't come looking for him, he would have taken the initiative to act after learning about the situation of the ghost messengers. Now that the headquarters is practically begging him to take advantage of it, how could he possibly let such a good thing pass him by?

After all, he was different from the other captains. His relationship with headquarters was more of a cooperative one. Although he had the authority of a captain, he was still not as good as the other captains when it came to mobilizing supernatural items from headquarters. Headquarters still kept some secrets from him to some extent.

"Travel expenses are easy to discuss. Team Leader Li, just ask for it. As long as it's within the headquarters' budget, there won't be any problem."

Zhao Jianguo's voice came through, revealing an air of wealth and arrogance.

For other ordinary ghost tamers, the headquarters would naturally try to keep the travel expenses as low as possible. However, when facing a top ghost tamer like Li Hui, the headquarters would naturally try to appear as wealthy and powerful as possible.

"In that case, I won't be polite."

A smile appeared on Li Hui's face.

soon.

The two reached an agreement.

.........

at the same time.

The headquarters training base on the other side.

Having just finished a lecture, Yang Jian left the base building alone and went to the playground outside the building.

The entire training base is very large. According to Yang Jian's estimation, the area of ​​the entire training base is about two to three times the size of the No. 7 Middle School in Dachang City where he previously studied.

The base is fully equipped with all kinds of facilities, including not only the base building, but also dormitories, canteens and other buildings with other uses.

of course.

The largest area is the playground.

The entire playground occupies two-thirds of the entire training base area, and the landscaping is also quite good, after all, the base itself is built in the mountains, so there is no shortage of green plants and trees.

The overall construction of the base gave Yang Jian the feeling of entering a university campus, even though he had never actually attended university...

"I never thought I'd be attending classes again after graduating from No. 7 Middle School, even though the story that 'Professor Bai' told was rather far-fetched..."

Standing on the playground, Yang Jian's eyes flickered slightly as the content explained by the 'Professor Bai' earlier echoed in his mind.

The other party explained the origin of the supernatural from a mythological perspective, saying that evil spirits have existed since ancient times, and that there were ghost controllers and city leaders in ancient times who dealt with supernatural events that emerged from all over the world.

According to Professor Bai, the person in charge of controlling ghosts in ancient times was called "City God". Depending on the size of the area they managed, they could be further divided into City Gods of a village, City Gods of a town, City Gods of a city, and so on.

In addition, Professor Bai also said that the gods and immortals people talked about in ancient times could also be called ghost controllers. Because the supernatural possessed all sorts of incredible abilities, according to the thinking of people in ancient feudal society, they naturally regarded those people as 'gods and immortals'.

Furthermore, those so-called divine titles are equivalent to the code names of ghost tamers in modern society.

Professor Bai even used Yang Jian as an analogy, saying that the mythical figure Erlang Shen Yang Jian has a heavenly eye, which is very similar to Yang Jian's ghost eye. In the eyes of ordinary people who are unaware of this, his ghost eye may well be mistaken for a heavenly eye!
Yang Jian was astonished when he heard Professor Bai's remarks. He hadn't expected that headquarters would have such talent, who could even force the supernatural resurgence to be associated with mythological stories.

However, upon closer reflection, Yang Jian quickly realized that this was a setup by headquarters, a pre-prepared excuse in case the existence of supernatural events and vengeful spirits could no longer be concealed.

After all, people are more likely to accept something 'reasonable and well-founded' than something completely unknown. Although Professor Bai's story was indeed quite far-fetched, in some ways, it does make it easier for ordinary people to accept the facts about the supernatural.

This made Yang Jian realize that knowledgeable people are indeed better at making things up; they can even turn black into white...

But speaking of black...

Why did the sky suddenly become so dark?

Is it going to rain?

Yang Jian looked up at the sky and saw that the originally clear sky had suddenly become dark. Before he could think further, the surrounding environment suddenly became pitch black, so dark that he couldn't see his own hand in front of his face.

This situation is like a sudden total solar eclipse, except that the darkness seems very abnormal.

"Could it be some kind of emergency? Surely not? After all, this is the headquarters training base; how could we encounter something supernatural here?"

Yang Jian frowned.

next moment.

A strange, scarlet eye suddenly burst through his skin and flesh, emerging from his forehead.

As soon as the ghost eye appeared, it began to move restlessly, its gaze scanning back and forth as if it were searching for something.

Upon noticing this, Yang Jian's face darkened, clearly realizing his current predicament.

"Damn it, this really is a paranormal event. Is it a ghost that suddenly revived from one of the ghost tamers in the base, or is it a ghost from outside?"

Yang Jian was in a terrible mood. He never expected that he would encounter such a thing just because he followed the headquarters' advice and came to participate in this seven-day training.

Moreover, this darkness felt very unusual to him, because not only were his own eyes affected, making it impossible to see through the darkness and rendering them pitch black, but even the vision of the ghost eye on his forehead was also affected!
In pitch-black surroundings, even the Ghost Eye can only see things within five meters.

Five meters away, you can barely make out an outline, and you can tell whether it is a person or a building. But if you get to ten meters away, you really can't see anything clearly. Even the ghost's eyes will become completely blind.

"No, we have to leave immediately. This paranormal event seems to be more than it appears. Staying any longer will be extremely dangerous!"

Having made up his mind, Yang Jian immediately began to take action.

For an instant.

All the ghost eyes he controlled opened at that moment, and red light emanated from them, enveloping Yang Jian's entire body and then spreading in all directions.

However, things did not turn out as Yang Jian had anticipated. His Ghost Domain did not successfully spread outwards but was instead suppressed within a distance of less than one meter around him.

This is not over yet.

What truly alarmed Yang Jian was that his Ghost Domain had been severely affected, rendering its abilities completely unusable.

As time went on, the surrounding darkness grew increasingly intense, and the red ghostly light belonging to Yang Jian was eroded by this darkness, becoming like a candle flame in a storm, as if it might be extinguished at any moment.

"What the hell is this?! My Ghost Domain has been completely suppressed! How is this possible?!"

Yang Jian suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, a strong sense of urgency washing over him.

next moment.

Footsteps sounded around him, but they were dull and stiff, clearly not the footsteps of a living person, but the footsteps of a vengeful ghost.

obviously.

At this moment, the vengeful ghost had already appeared and was wandering around the playground where Yang Jian was.

All of a sudden.

Yang Jian's eyes widened, and at the same time, his ghost eyes looked in the direction from which the footsteps came, trying to see the appearance of the vengeful ghost clearly.

But in the end, it failed.

The surrounding environment was too dark, and the distance between them was too great, so he could only see a human-shaped outline walking forward from the other side of the base toward the training building.

"Is the vengeful ghost not targeting me because I don't meet its conditions for attacking? Also, the direction the vengeful ghost came from—if I remember correctly, that direction seems to be the location of Wang Xiaoming's research building?"

Seeing that the vengeful ghost wasn't targeting him but was heading towards the training building, Yang Jian's mind immediately became active, his brain racing as he considered everything.

"Ah~!"

soon.

A piercing scream echoed from inside the training building.

This seemed to be the fuse that ignited the whole thing, and then screams rang out one after another, stimulating Yang Jian's already tense nerves.

"What a joke!"

"Is that vengeful ghost really that terrifying? There have been so many victims in such a short time since we went in? You know, the building is basically full of ghost controllers. Even a bunch of pigs couldn't be killed this quickly..."

Hearing the commotion, Yang Jian tensed up and rushed toward the base's exit, wanting to take this opportunity to escape. He had no intention of going inside the building to deal with the supernatural event or to imprison the vengeful ghost.

at the same time.

The people inside the base building were in a state of panic.

Clearly, the moment darkness enveloped them, they all realized they were caught up in a supernatural event.

However, before they could think of a way to escape or imprison the vengeful ghost, a series of muffled footsteps came from the darkness. Startled, the group scattered and fled, trying to get away from the ghost's location.

But no one expected that it was precisely because of their actions that they themselves were put in danger.

Because people panic and flee in complete darkness, many will inevitably become separated from the crowd and end up alone.

And if they are alone, they will be targeted by the evil spirits in the darkness, because the ghost messengers' killing pattern is to kill when they are alone!
That's why screams echoed throughout the base building.

The most terrifying thing is that every time a ghost officer kills someone, it will take away the vengeful spirit inside them, and then its own level of terror will increase, and the number of vengeful spirits it can suppress will increase by 1.

As one side gains and the other loses, the ghost messengers become increasingly terrifying, while the survivors in the base face ever-increasing danger.

At the same time, as the number of vengeful spirits that the ghost messengers can suppress increases, even if two or three people walk together, they will still be in a 'lonely' state and will be targeted and attacked by it.

The only way to escape this crisis is to gather more ghost tamers together. As long as they don't meet the condition of being 'alone', they won't be attacked by vengeful ghosts.

However, those inside the base were unaware of this, and they were all busy running away. As a result, more and more people died at the hands of the ghost messengers.

Among them are not only ghost tamers, but also ordinary staff members. Because they do not have vengeful spirits inside their bodies, they are all in a 'lone' state, meeting the conditions for being attacked by vengeful spirits!

"what!"

Another scream sounded.

At the corner of the third floor of the base building, a ghost tamer's body was pierced by the hand of a ghost messenger. As the ghost messenger withdrew his hand, the vengeful ghost inside the ghost tamer was also brought out.

At the same time, the number of vengeful spirits that the ghost messengers can suppress has increased by one!
For a while.

The situation for everyone inside the base has become even more dangerous.

However, it was at this very moment that...

Everyone's GPS-enabled phones vibrated a few times, clearly indicating that their phones had received a notification, including Yang Jian, who was trying to escape.

Instant time.

Yang Jian picked up his satellite-guided phone, opened the message interface, and glanced at it. The message content clearly stated:

"Everyone, don't separate, stay together so you won't be targeted by the vengeful ghost. Meanwhile, support from headquarters is on its way, led by Li Hui, codenamed 'Ghost Painting.' We hope everyone will fully cooperate with Li Hui's imprisonment operation..."

(End of this chapter)