Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 150: The Captain's Plan Officially Implemented
The outskirts of Dajing City.

A silver-gray off-road SUV sped along the highway, driving quickly and smoothly on this suburban road.

The SUV itself was nothing special; apart from an unknown logo, it was almost indistinguishable from other vehicles on the road. The only difference was the license plate, which was white with red and black lettering, making it very eye-catching and clearly different from other vehicles on the road.

Aside from the license plate, the SUV's route was even more bizarre. After driving for a while on the suburban highway, it turned onto a small road and slowly headed into the mountains.

If someone were to turn on the navigation in the car at this time, they would find that the mountain road the off-road vehicle was traveling on was not recorded on the map at all.

in other words.

This is a road that is not open to the public!

Apart from a few other SUVs with white license plates like this off-road vehicle, there were no other vehicles on the entire mountain road.

Besides.

As the off-road vehicle continued deeper into the mountains, the number of cameras on the trees along the road increased, and there were also sentry posts hidden in the woods.

"Coming."

In the SUV, Li Hui, sitting in the back seat, glanced at the receding scenery outside the window and thought to himself.

This wasn't his first time at the headquarters. While he wasn't entirely familiar with the mountain road, it wasn't unfamiliar either. Some distinctive tree markers gave him a clear sense of where he was.

As the vehicle continued deeper into the area, the outline of the headquarters base gradually came into Li Hui's view. On the mountaintop, there were many satellite communication devices installed, their lights flashing as they operated. There were also sentry posts nearby, with dedicated personnel responsible for their protection.

Just then, Li Hui's GPS-enabled phone suddenly vibrated.

Sensing something, Li Hui took out his brick-like satellite positioning phone and discovered that his phone mode was changing. The original signal was being blocked, and then it gradually switched to the headquarters base's intranet mode.

[Identity verification in progress... Code name: Ghost Painting, Name: Li Hui... Information verification successful, welcome to headquarters...]

The switch between internal and external network modes does not affect the use of satellite-positioned mobile phones. After the mode switch is completed, all the original functions can continue to be used. Only the signal source has changed, in order to avoid some information being leaked.

soon.

After driving for another three or four minutes, the vehicle stopped in the open space in front of the headquarters building.

At this moment, there were already more than a dozen similar vehicles parked on this open space. Li Hui guessed that the other Ghost Tamers who were attending this headquarters meeting had arrived early, and it seemed that there were quite a few of them.

There were still many headquarters staff members standing in front of the headquarters building, talking to each other, including Li Hui's personal operator, Li Wanyu.

Almost the instant Li Hui got out of the car, Li Wanyu, who had been talking with other staff members, immediately jogged over to greet him.

Today, she was dressed much the same as when we first met. She had the same work schedule, wore light makeup, and had her long, black hair tied back with a hair tie, giving her an overall youthful and beautiful look.

"Captain Li, there are about twenty minutes left before the meeting starts, and we'll be notified beforehand. Shall I take you to the lounge now?"

After a brief greeting, Li Wanyu, who had approached, spoke.

"Let's go."

Upon hearing this, Li Hui nodded, and then, led by Li Wanyu, entered the lounge area of ​​the headquarters building.

Whether it was intentional on the part of headquarters or had some other meaning, the rest room that headquarters arranged for Li Hui this time was the No. 1 rest room located at the very front of the rest area.

After entering the lounge, Li Hui asked Li Wanyu, "Have all the other Ghost Tamers who are attending this meeting arrived?"

Just now, when passing by the rest area, Li Hui noticed that he could faintly hear people talking in most of the other rest rooms. Although the soundproofing of the rest rooms was not bad, Li Hui, who had sharp ears and eyes, still heard some noises.

"I'm not too sure about that either, but most people should have arrived by now, right?"

Li Wanyu responded, "This meeting is very important. Apart from a few Ghost Tamers who can't come due to certain circumstances, almost everyone else should be here. Even those who haven't arrived yet are on their way. Basically, everyone who should be here will be here soon!"

"Is this so..."

Hearing this, Li Hui was not surprised, as it was similar to his own guess.

Then the two started talking about other things.

At 8:58 a.m., Li Wanyu, who had just received a text message notification, changed her expression and said, "Captain Li, the meeting is about to start. Captain Zhao just sent a message saying that I should take you to the meeting room."

"Let's go then," Li Hui said, secretly thinking to himself that he was indeed not the kind of protagonist like Yang Jian who would run into trouble wherever he went. At least he hadn't encountered any unexpected situations during his time in the rest room.

"Okay, Captain Li, over here..."

Li Wanyu led the way. Last time Li Hui came to the headquarters, he didn't go to the conference room, but he did go to the underground warehouse used to store supernatural items once.

The meeting was held in an air defense base at headquarters. This base was built by hollowing out a mountain. There was nothing inside the base except for a huge round table and dozens of chairs.

There were no security guards, no communication equipment, and not even any staff members inside; everything was kept to a minimum.

"This is it. I can only take you this far. The content of this meeting is confidential, and I have no right to listen in," Li Wanyu said.

"Okay, I understand." Li Hui didn't say anything after hearing this, and continued walking forward alone.

Because Li Hui was in lounge number 1 and set off immediately after receiving the notification, there weren't many people in the conference room at this time. There were only a few ghost riders sitting there, and Li Hui had never seen any of them before; they weren't anyone he knew.

Upon entering the meeting place, Li Hui glanced at the round table and then walked straight to a chair.

The headquarters had arranged all the seats in advance for this meeting, and there was a nameplate on the table in front of each chair with each person's name written on it.

The nameplate engraved with Li Hui's name is placed in the first position on the left side of the table, so Li Hui's seat corresponds to the first chair on the left side of the conference table.

"Ok?"

Almost the instant Li Hui sat down, the other Ghost Tamers, who had been casually glancing at him, suddenly changed their expressions and scanned the nameplate in front of Li Hui.

"Is he Li Hui, the one codenamed 'Ghost Painting'?"

The first few ghost tamers who arrived all gave Li Hui a few serious looks, then quickly turned their gazes away, as if afraid of being noticed by Li Hui.

The reason they acted this way is quite simple: although they are ostensibly from the Ghost Tamer Headquarters, they are all secretly connected to the 'circle of friends'.

Not long ago, Li Hui personally killed Fang Shiming, the leader of the WeChat Moments, along with several other ghost tamers present. Therefore, although they did not know how Li Hui and the WeChat Moments had become enemies, none of them wanted to be targeted by Li Hui because of their relationship with the WeChat Moments.

Li Hui was naturally unaware of this. He didn't even linger his gaze on these ghost tamers for long, merely glancing at them a few times before turning his attention away.

at the same time.

As time went by, the number of people in the meeting room increased.

Like Li Hui, the first thing they did upon entering the conference room was to find their assigned seats and sit down. Then, they would subconsciously glance at the others, and if they knew someone, they would greet each other and chat.

But everyone looked surprised when they saw Li Hui sitting in the first seat on the left side of the conference table. Then they all looked at Li Hui carefully, obviously having heard of his name.

But it’s no wonder.

After all, looking at the entire Ghost Master Headquarters, only Li Hui has successfully handled an S-level paranormal event, and he has even experienced more than one S-level event. The Ghost Painting Paranormal Event he controls is the paranormal ability of the vengeful ghost that is the source of an S-level paranormal event.

In addition, he is said to have handled many other supernatural events of similarly terrifying severity. Even Fang Shiming from his WeChat Moments was killed by Li Hui. Such an experience is unique not only in the Ghost Master Headquarters, but also in the entire supernatural community of China and even the world.

This is precisely why Li Hui is currently very famous, somewhat like a top celebrity in the paranormal world, easily attracting attention.

soon.

People gradually took their seats on the chairs on both sides of the conference table.

Many of these people were ghost tamers whom Li Hui knew or had met before, such as Li Jun, Cao Yang, Tong Qian, etc.

Li Jun, of course, needs no introduction; Li Hui has met him many times. As for Cao Yang, Tong Qian, and the others, they had met before in Dachang City, and the two sides even had a 'conflict' on the outskirts of Dachang City, although the source of the conflict was caused by that ghost tamer named Lin Long...

Besides these ghost tamers, the one who surprised Li Hui the most was Yang Jian.

Yes.

Just before the meeting was about to begin, Yang Jian arrived late, walked into the conference room, and sat down in an empty seat at the back of the middle of the conference table.

to be frank.

Li Hui was genuinely surprised to see Yang Jian attend this headquarters meeting.

After all, before Yang Jian could even be resurrected from hanging, the Hungry Ghost had already been dealt with by him. Without the Hungry Ghost, an S-level supernatural event that made Yang Jian famous, and without any other events that allowed him to showcase his abilities, Li Hui thought that Yang Jian wouldn't be invited to this headquarters meeting.

But now it seems he was overthinking it.

Almost at the same time Yang Jian sat down, Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua and Wang Xiaoming walked into the conference room one after the other. Behind them were an elderly man wearing a gray coat, leaning on a cane, and slightly hunched over, as well as Zhao Jianguo from the switchboard department!

After Wang Xiaoming and Elder Qin took their seats, the headquarters meeting officially began.

First, Vice Minister Cao Yanhua gave some rather uninformative opening remarks, followed by Zhao Jianguo's account of the handling of recent paranormal events and a work summary.

Li Hui didn't pay any attention to these meaningless remarks, and neither did the other ghost tamers present.

It wasn't until Cao Yanhua finally steered the conversation towards Li Hui that everyone's attention was drawn to him. After glancing at Li Hui, everyone's eyes shifted to Cao Yanhua, eager to know what he was going to say next. This included Li Hui himself.

obviously.

His curiosity was piqued.

Before attending this headquarters meeting, his personal operator, Li Wanyu, had mentioned that part of the meeting's content was related to him, but she hadn't specified what it was. Now that Cao Yanhua had brought the topic to him, Li Hui couldn't help but be curious.

Cao Yanhua, who was standing at the front of the stage, said, "As you all know, not long ago, two S-level paranormal events occurred in our country: the ghost painting incident in Dahai City and the starving ghost incident in Dachang City!"

"Li Hui ultimately resolved both of these S-level paranormal incidents. The ghost painting incident was taken abroad again, while the starving ghost was completely imprisoned. However, what people don't know is that before and after successfully dealing with the starving ghost incident, Li Hui had also successfully handled many other paranormal incidents."

"With the minister's approval, the Captain Project will officially begin today. In view of Li Hui's performance and achievements during this period, headquarters has unanimously decided that Li Hui will be the first captain!"

Hear the words.

The entire conference room fell silent.

Each person had a different expression on their face, but almost no one showed any surprise, as if they had long expected Li Hui to become the captain.

However, not everyone knew what the Captain's Plan was. For example, Yang Jian, who was sitting at the back, was completely bewildered, his expression showing a lack of understanding.

at the same time.

Many people turned their attention to Li Hui, wanting to see his reaction.

However, Li Hui's performance was destined to disappoint them. Li Hui's face was expressionless, as if Cao Yanhua was not talking about him and that the matter had nothing to do with him.

that's the truth.

His captaincy had already been decided internally, and he knew it all along. Now, Cao Yanhua's public announcement has solidified his captaincy, but this is not enough to cause him emotional distress.

What really intrigued Li Hui was Cao Yanhua's next words. Simply revealing his identity as the team leader wouldn't have been enough for Cao Yanhua to specifically instruct Li Wanyu to inform him that part of the meeting's content was related to him, and that Li Hui should try his best not to miss it.

as predicted.

Soon Cao Yanhua continued, "Li Hui, you have only recently joined the Ghost Riders Headquarters and have not yet become a city manager. Therefore, after discussion, the headquarters has decided to make you the manager of Dahang City. We hope you will not refuse."

"This is the right and responsibility of every team leader at headquarters. To establish a Ghost Tamer squad, there must be areas that need to be managed..."

(End of this chapter)