Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 145 Meeting brought forward?

Inside the presidential suite on the top floor of the Ping An Hotel.

With a flash of hazy, ghostly light, Li Hui appeared directly on the sofa in the room.

As the headquarters used to accommodate and arrange the ghost tamers under its command, the Ping An Hotel naturally boasts the best facilities in all aspects. Whether it's the beds, sofas, dining tables, or bathrooms, all the facilities are top-notch brands in the industry.

Sitting on the soft sofa, Li Hui focused his gaze on the group of things floating in front of him.

Those were several oil paintings with a somewhat dark style, and the objects in the paintings were all very strange.

Some of the paintings depict a black coffin, while others show a gloomy and terrifying old wooden house. There are also many other strange paintings with other objects as backgrounds.

But whatever is depicted in the painting, they all share a common characteristic: they all exude a cold and eerie atmosphere, as if terrifying ghosts lurk within them.

And this is indeed the case.

For example, in the oil painting of the black coffin, a figure can be faintly seen in the slightly illusory, yet pitch-black coffin; in the old wooden house, there is also a tall figure wandering around, and in the middle of the first floor of the wooden house, there is a golden coffin.

In addition, several other oil paintings also depict a nearly identical eerie scene, but instead of a complete human figure emerging, they show chunks of dark blue flesh writhing eerily.

These 'pieces of flesh' are all vengeful ghosts; to be precise, they are parts of the bodies of starving ghosts!

Previously in Dachang City, after successfully suppressing the starving ghost, Li Hui used a ghost-chopping knife to dismember its body into dozens of pieces and then imprisoned them separately in order to prevent the starving ghost from fully recovering and posing a threat to him.

Because the golden container simply cannot imprison it, if Li Hui were to simply trap the starving ghost in the ghost realm, he might even risk being 'killed' in return.

After all, if an oil painting is devoured by a hungry ghost, even if it is just a portrait derived from the supernatural, then given the characteristics of the hungry ghost, it can still grasp the supernatural power of the 'ghost painting'. Whether it is the power of the ghost realm or the power of superimposed supernatural powers, it is possible to grasp it. If this situation really occurs, Li Hui will be in a very passive position.

Therefore, to avoid this situation, the best way is to dismember the body of the starving ghost and lock them up separately, just like Li Hui did. In the original work, Yang Jian dealt with the starving ghost that caused another supernatural event in Da Dong City in this way, and there have been no problems since then.

"It's unclear who will ultimately devour whom after the clash between the starving ghosts and the ghost messengers. The ghost messengers can currently suppress about 12 vengeful spirits. As for the starving ghosts..."

Thinking.

Li Hui glanced at the golden coffin placed inside the old wooden house, then looked at the other portraits floating in front of him, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Based on the overall performance of the starving ghost in Dachang City at that time, Li Hui guessed that the number of vengeful ghosts it devoured should not be less than ten. Li Hui did not know the exact number, but he thought it would not be less than the number of vengeful ghosts that the ghost messengers could suppress at this stage.

In terms of potential alone, both the Ghost Messenger and the Hungry Ghost have extremely high ceilings. They can grow by devouring other vengeful ghosts. In the original work, the Hungry Ghost has already proven itself because of Yang Jian, while the Ghost Messenger is also the strongest vengeful ghost personally acknowledged by the original author. Therefore, if the two were to face off, Li Hui really wouldn't be sure who would win.

But whether the ghost messengers take in the starving ghosts or the starving ghosts devour the ghost messengers, it won't have much of an impact on Li Hui, unless the changes that occur after they successfully devour each other are too great and beyond Li Hui's control. Otherwise, the final outcome will be the same for Li Hui.

After all, his ghost domain could easily suppress the ghost domain of the ghost messengers, and the starving ghost and the vengeful ghosts it devoured were not good at the ability of ghost domains. Therefore, even if the ghost messengers took in the starving ghost, the increase in its ghost domain would not be too great, and it would still be suppressed by the ghost painting supernatural power controlled by Li Hui.

Same reason.

The hungry ghost has a physical form, and this remains unchanged even after it devours the ghost messengers. It will still be suppressed by the coffin nails. The only change might be that its speed of devouring the coffin nails will increase significantly.

As long as the changes in the ghost messengers and the starving ghosts are not significant enough to ignore the suppression of the ghost painting's ghost domain or the suppression of the coffin nails, then it doesn't make much difference to Li Hui who devours whom.

Thinking.

Li Hui superimposed the bizarre oil paintings depicting different body parts of starving ghosts imprisoned, making the dark blue-green lumps of flesh writhe in the same direction.

"Dingling bell~"

Just then, the satellite-positioned cell phone that Li Hui had placed on the table next to him rang. When he picked it up, he found that the caller was a landline number from the hotline department. In other words, the caller was either his personal hotline operator or Zhao Jianguo and other managers from the hotline department.

After thinking for two seconds, Li Hui pressed the answer button.

The moment the call was connected, a sweet female voice came from the other end. Clearly, the call was from Li Hui's personal operator, Li Wanyu.

"Captain Li, I just received a notification that a headquarters meeting will be held at 9:00 AM tomorrow. In addition to the captain's plan, there are some other important matters to discuss at this meeting. I heard that some of them are related to you, so Captain Zhao asked me to inform you. He hopes that you can attend on time tomorrow."

On the other end of the phone, Li Wanyu quickly stated the purpose of her call, getting straight to the point without any beating around the bush, and recounted all the important information she knew.

Is there a headquarters meeting tomorrow?
Upon hearing this, Li Hui was taken aback.

To be honest, this time was too early in his opinion. According to his estimation, the headquarters meeting would start in about a week, which was already ahead of schedule. If we follow the timeline in the original work, the first headquarters meeting would start in about half a month.

While pondering, Li Hui asked, "Who are the Ghost Tamers attending this headquarters meeting?"

"There are many!"

Li Wanyu replied on the other end of the phone: "Many of our colleagues in the call center have received notices inviting the Ghost Tamers under their charge to attend this headquarters meeting. As far as I know, there are already eight or nine, many of whom are city managers."

"Besides the person in charge of Dajing City, there is Li Leping from Dachuan City, Cao Yang from Dajin City, and others from Dahang City... and so on. In addition, there are some powerful ghost riders who did not choose to become city leaders."

On the other end of the phone.

Li Hui listened quietly without interrupting until Li Wanyu finished speaking on the other end of the phone. Then he calmly said, "Okay, I understand. I will attend the headquarters meeting on time."

"Okay, I'll arrange it. A car will pick you up tomorrow morning. I'll wait for you outside the headquarters building. Is that alright, Captain Li?"

Almost every Ghost Rider attending a headquarters meeting is greeted by their own dedicated operator, so Li Wanyu was seeking Li Hui's opinion.

Upon hearing this, Li Hui hummed in agreement with Li Wanyu's arrangement. After they chatted for a few more minutes about the arrangements for the headquarters meeting, Li Hui hung up the phone.

After the call ended, Li Hui's face showed a thoughtful expression as he pondered what Li Wanyu meant by the content of tomorrow's meeting that was related to him.

to be frank.

In fact, Li Hui didn't think attending this headquarters meeting was very meaningful. If Li Wanyu hadn't said that part of the meeting's content was related to him, Li Hui wouldn't have planned to attend at all.

After all, judging from the original plot and the list of people attending the headquarters meeting, most of the pre-selected captains did not attend.

Neither Wang Chaling from Dadong City, nor Shen Lin from Daxia City, nor Lu Zhiwen, Zhang Jun, nor He Yin'er, who had already been sunk into Ghost Lake, attended this meeting. It was possible that the headquarters had only notified them, and it probably didn't even count as an invitation.

After all, they were already the designated captains, and they didn't care at all about the so-called upcoming captain plan. No matter how things developed, their fate was already sealed, and whether they attended the meeting or not was completely unimportant.

of course.

More likely, headquarters invited some of them, but they chose not to attend the meeting.

While thinking.

Li Hui once again focused his gaze on the oil paintings floating in front of him.

The overlapping oil paintings were completely transformed into one, with chunks of bluish-black flesh writhing within the image, all converging towards the center.

It seems that because their flesh and blood were part of the body of the starving ghost, or for some other reason, all the flesh and blood were successfully pieced together without any accidents, and in the end, it became an extremely incomplete body.

obviously.

These pieces of flesh and blood, pieced together, were still not complete starving ghosts; many body parts were missing, imprisoned in the golden coffin, and in other paintings.

At this point, Li Hui had no intention of fully restoring the starving ghost to its original state and then confronting the ghost messengers. He was simply making some preparations in advance.

Li Hui plans to fully restore the starving ghost, so that the confrontation with the ghost messengers will take place after he obtains the ghost coffin.

Thinking.

Li Hui waved his hand, and all the oil paintings floating in front of him disappeared. Then Li Hui looked towards the door.

Almost at the same time.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, accompanied by a man's voice: "Captain Li, are you there?"

Hear the words.

Li Hui remained seated on the sofa, but amidst the drifting ashes, the door to the presidential suite clicked open, revealing a figure standing in the hallway outside.

The man was of ordinary appearance, with a slight smile on his pale face, but it looked stiff and unnatural. He stood outside the door like a corpse.

"Captain Li, what's going on...?"

Looking at the ash-filled, gloomy scene inside the room, Zhang Lei's smile froze, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

"It's nothing, just a small experiment."

Li Hui, who was inside the room, didn't seem to care. He looked at Zhang Lei outside the door and said, "Alright, come in and sit down. You've come to see me at this time because you've thought it through and are willing to join my Ghost Tamer team?"

"Yes!"

Zhang Lei nodded and said as he walked into the room, "I've thought about it for a long time. With your strength, Captain Li, there must be countless Ghost Tamers who want to join your team. I'm honored that you think so highly of me, Captain Li. I really can't find a reason to refuse to join!"

After speaking, Zhang Lei walked to the sofa opposite Li Hui and sat down at Li Hui's gesture.

Then Li Hui continued, "It's a wise choice. Looking at the entire Ghost Tamer Headquarters, there's no Ghost Tamer team more suitable for you to join than mine."

As he spoke, Li Hui suddenly grabbed at the air beside him.

next moment.

Under Zhang Lei's questioning gaze, his physical condition began to improve at a visible speed. The stiffness that had been like that of a corpse disappeared, and his body was recovering its health.

"This is?"

Zhang Lei's eyes were filled with shock. Then he noticed that the air next to Li Hui suddenly twisted strangely a few times, which made him realize that there was something invisible to the naked eye next to Li Hui at this moment, namely a vengeful ghost!

"An unknown vengeful ghost? Captain Li is controlling that vengeful ghost, using its supernatural abilities to restore my body..."

obviously.

Zhang Lei wasn't stupid. Although Li Hui didn't explain, based on the situation at the scene, he immediately pieced together the whole truth.

"how do you feel?"

At this moment, Li Hui spoke up and asked.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lei responded with gratitude, "I feel exceptionally good right now, my body feels very relaxed, just like before I controlled the vengeful spirit. Captain Li, thank you, I..."

Zhang Lei was about to express his gratitude, but before he could finish, Li Hui interrupted him.

"No need to thank me. I already said before that as long as you join my team, I will help you delay the resurgence of the vengeful spirits."

Then Li Hui changed the subject, saying, "But there's no such thing as a free lunch. We're all grown up now, and I'm sure you understand that what you gain is proportional to what you give."

"My requirements are not high. Since you have chosen to join my Ghost Tamer Squad, you must obey my orders from now on."

"If your performance is good enough in the future, I will help you not only to delay the resurgence of the vengeful spirits, but also to completely solve the problem of their resurgence. Conversely, if your performance is too poor, I will not hesitate to kick you out of my team!"

Li Hui's tone was very calm, devoid of any emotion, and the content of his words was extremely realistic.

However, Li Hui himself thought this was perfectly normal. After all, he wasn't running a charity. If the other party couldn't demonstrate enough value, why should he help them?
(End of this chapter)