Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 153 Wei Jing Reappears
"The terms you've offered are very reasonable, and I have no reason to refuse. The ghost coffin is currently placed in the open space outside the experimental building. You can take it anytime if you need it urgently."

Wang Xiaoming looked at Li Hui and said.

His expression was so calm that it was impossible to discern his true thoughts from his facial expressions.

In fact, Wang Xiaoming was not surprised by Li Hui's request to borrow the ghost coffin, and was even secretly pleased, wanting to know the authenticity of the information revealed on the human skin paper.

Moreover, he needs Wei Jing's assistance for his next research direction, as he wants to use Wei Jing's personal experience as a reference, because that will be the most authentic experimental data!

"The open space outside the laboratory building?"

Li Hui was taken aback upon hearing this, and gave Wang Xiaoming a deep look, gaining a new understanding of the ghost messenger incident that had occurred at the training base.

In the original novel, the ghost messenger incident occurred when someone opened the ghost coffin while Wang Xiaoming was talking to Yang Jian. After returning to the laboratory, Wang Xiaoming sensed something was wrong and wanted to completely seal off the laboratory, but Li Jun used the ghost domain to take him away, and the vengeful ghost also left the laboratory building with him.

However, in the original story, only the vengeful ghost left with Li Jun, and the ghost coffin was still stored in the laboratory. But now Wang Xiaoming says that the ghost coffin has been placed outside the laboratory building, which makes Li Hui very suspicious that this ghost messenger incident is a play staged by Wang Xiaoming himself.

"From this perspective, Wang Xiaoming's so-called self-criticism and work mistakes during the meeting just now seem to have really been 'mistakes'..."

However, this matter had little to do with Li Hui, and he had no intention of investigating it further, as it was pointless.

In Li Hui's view, it doesn't matter whether the ghost messenger was deliberately released by Wang Xiaoming or not. As long as he can achieve his next goal, that's all that matters. He wants to get his hands on the ghost coffin, then cultivate the ghost messenger and the starving ghost, let them devour each other, and eventually turn them into a vengeful ghost for him to replicate.

As for those who died in the ghost messenger incident at the training base, it was no different from dying in vain. Although the headquarters would issue some compensation, it was not worth mentioning compared to their lives.

But not necessarily.

After all, most of the dead were ghost tamers, and those were mostly of average strength. They were a group of short-lived ghosts. Before they died, they earned a considerable pension for their families, and their families were able to find safe employment in positions arranged by headquarters. For those people, it might not necessarily be a bad thing.

While thinking.

Li Hui and Wang Xiaoming walked out of the meeting room.

As they walked down the corridor, Li Hui asked, "Professor Wang, judging from your remarks at the meeting, do you plan to continue your research on transforming ghost tamers into vengeful ghosts with the consciousness of living people?"

"Yes."

Wang Xiaoming nodded in agreement, saying, "I have a new research direction for this experiment. If it succeeds, it will be a breakthrough that will definitely overturn the current situation. The problem of the resurgence of ghosts among ghost tamers will be solved, and the frequent occurrence of supernatural events will be curbed!"

Speaking of which.

Wang Xiaoming glanced at Li Hui and continued, "I think you know very well that when a ghost tamer transforms into a vengeful ghost with the consciousness of a living person, without the concern of a vengeful ghost resurrecting, they are even more powerful than real vengeful ghosts, and can greatly increase the frequency of solving paranormal events!"

"Is this so..."

Upon hearing this, Li Hui's eyes flickered slightly, but he didn't say anything about attacking or trying to dissuade him.

He knew that Wang Xiaoming would find it difficult to listen to others' opinions under such circumstances. This was the downside of smart people; once they made up their minds about something, they would try every means to do it.

The only way to bring him to his senses is to wait for Wang Xiaoming's experiment to fail. At that point, he will realize the truth on his own without needing anyone to persuade him.

Moreover, Li Hui had a vague idea as to why Wang Xiaoming would want to continue his research, knowing that the other party had most likely already communicated with the human skin paper in Yang Jian's hand.

The smarter a person is, the harder they are to be fooled. However, the smarter a person is, the more confident they are, believing that they can avoid the traps that may exist in the information, and thus they are easily tricked.

Wang Xiaoming in the original novel was just like that. He was tricked by the human skin paper more than once. The most prominent example was when he helped Yang Jian deal with the curse of the music box. Fortunately, Yang Jian's arrangements were sufficient, and he brought the ghost child with him. Otherwise, it is hard to say how things would have turned out.

The thought flashed through Li Hui's mind, and then he and Wang Xiaoming walked out of the passage one after the other.

After greeting Li Wanyu, who had been waiting outside the passage for a long time, he left the headquarters building and got into the car that had picked him up earlier.

"Just drop me off outside the lab building, and your job will be done. I'll arrange the rest of the trip myself," Li Hui said to the staff member in the driver's seat.

"Okay, Captain Li, I understand. Please sit down." The driver nodded, indicating that he understood, and then started the vehicle.

Although the driver, given his position at headquarters, was unaware of the specific meaning of the name 'Captain Li,' it was obvious that he held a very high position.

After all, before he went to the Ping An Hotel to pick up Li Hui to attend this meeting at the headquarters, his superior had repeatedly instructed him to unconditionally obey Li Hui's arrangements, which shows how high Li Hui's status was at the headquarters.

"He looks quite young, but he holds a very high position at headquarters and lives in the Ping An Hotel. He must be a powerful ghost tamer. I just wonder how many vengeful ghosts he has controlled..."

The driver glanced at the rearview mirror while driving and thought to himself after seeing Li Hui's expressionless face.

As a staff member at headquarters, the driver had seen all sorts of people and was naturally familiar with the Ghost Tamers.

After all, these private car drivers, apart from usually picking up some high-level cadres from headquarters, spend most of their time picking up ghost tamers. But among the people he had picked up before, none of them could compare to Li Hui!

This doesn't mean the driver had seen through Li Hui's strength, but rather that the headquarters' attitude towards Li Hui was significantly different from their attitude towards other Ghost Tamers. From this, we can infer that Li Hui either possesses exceptional personal strength, or has a powerful background at headquarters, or both.

But no matter what kind of person they were, they were not people that a private car driver like him could afford to offend. So his best course of action was to follow their instructions and take them wherever Li Hui told him to go.

While thinking.

An unbranded off-road SUV drove away from the headquarters, heading in another direction along the mountain road—the direction of the experimental base…

The experimental base is not far from the headquarters. They are located in different parts of the same mountainous area, or, to put it simply, different peaks in the same mountain range.

At SUV speeds, the journey from headquarters to the testing base takes less than ten minutes.

soon.

The buildings in the experimental base came into Li Hui's view. The first building was the experimental building, followed by the other buildings, and a little further on was the training base.

As the vehicle approached, the scene inside the base became clearer and clearer, especially the open space outside the experimental building, where Li Hui immediately spotted the ghost coffin placed there.

The coffin looked somewhat old, covered in red paint, with a large character for "offering sacrifice" on one side. The coffin lid had slipped off to the side, and there were some dried bloodstains on the ground near the vermilion coffin.

"Just park in the open space next to that coffin," Li Hui said to the driver in the car.

"Okay." The driver readily agreed and, following Li Hui's instructions, drove straight towards the strange red coffin, eventually stopping in the open space next to it.

Then the car door opened, and Li Hui got out of the back seat of the car.

"This coffin is indeed very special. The entire interior is filled with a cold, eerie aura. This is a portion of the Ghost Messenger's essence. From beginning to end, the Ghost Messenger has never been complete..."

Looking at the ghost coffin in front of him, Li Hui couldn't help but smile. Then, ignoring the other staff members who were looking over, he reached out and grabbed a corner of the ghost coffin.

Then a hazy ghostly realm appeared, enveloping Li Hui's body and the ghost coffin he was holding. As the ashes drifted, the hazy ghostly realm quickly spread into the distance. To the astonishment of the staff, Li Hui vanished completely, along with the ghost coffin, its paint as vivid as blood.

Inside the Ping An Hotel.

The penthouse presidential suite.

With a flash of dark, ghostly light, Li Hui appeared in the living room of the room, with the red coffin placed beside him.

Looking through the open coffin lid, all that comes into view is pitch black, an extreme darkness, a kind of eeriness inherent in the ghost coffin itself. In a sense, the ghost messengers are merely a manifestation of this eeriness.

"Now that we have the ghost coffin, we can begin the plan to merge the starving ghost and the ghost messenger into one..."

As he pondered, several more portraits appeared beside Li Hui. One of them was a portrait of Huanggang Village in the form of a ghost messenger, while the others were portraits related to starving ghosts.

"It's not just that. After the starving ghost and the ghost messenger successfully devour each other, they can also 'feed' other fierce ghosts in my ghost realm to them. This way, the intensity of the replicated supernatural phenomenon will be higher, but correspondingly, the risk will also be greater."

Li Hui frowned slightly; he was thinking and weighing the pros and cons.

"However, before we begin the operation, we need to get Wei Jing out first, otherwise he will most likely die. Although I don't mind, since I promised Wang Xiaoming, there is no need to go back on my word. After all, it's very simple for me."

As this thought crossed Li Hui's mind, his gaze fell upon the portrait whose background resembled a rural village.

As he gazed upon it, a terrifying, supernatural power surged forth.

The amount of paper ash floating in Huanggang Village increased several times in an instant. The supernatural power of the ghost painting became even more effective in suppressing the supernatural power of the ghost messengers. Huanggang Village, which originally looked like a rural village, became somewhat illusory at this moment, vaguely resembling a coffin.

As Li Hui's supernatural influence deepened, the entire Huanggang Village became devoid of any secrets in his eyes.

"found it!"

In this situation, Li Hui quickly discovered Wei Jing's whereabouts. It was in a closed lobby where a stiff, eerie figure showed a surprised expression when he saw the ashes of paper drifting in.

The person looked exactly like the ghost messenger Li Hui had seen, but the surprised expression on the figure's face was something that a vengeful ghost would not possess, so the identity of this figure was obvious.

"It seems that everything that happened at the training base is different from the original story. Yang Jian is probably not the first target of the ghost messengers. He did not lose the ghost rope in his hand, so Wei Jing was not tied up and hung up by the ghost rope as in the original story. Instead, he was trapped in the hall."

Thinking.

Li Hui began his operation.

A hand appeared out of thin air and grabbed Wei Jing's shoulder, at which point Li Hui's voice rang out in the hall:
"Don't resist, I'll get you out!"

Instead of going in completely, he used a hand to pull Wei Jing out, just like Yang Jian did in the original story.

next moment.

Wei Jing and the hand on his shoulder both disappeared, leaving only a hazy layer of ashes floating in the air.

"This is where?"

Inside the penthouse suite of the Ping An Hotel, Wei Jing looked at the suddenly changed environment and couldn't help but ask a question.

His voice sounded very low and hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken in a long time, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling.

"This is the Ping An Hotel. You should be familiar with this hotel," Li Hui replied expressionlessly.

"Then who are you?"

Wei Jing stared intently at Li Hui, his face filled with vigilance, while inwardly he was extremely shocked by Li Hui's strength.

Not only was it able to rescue him from the ghost's domain, but it also completely suppressed the terrifying ghost. This was incredible to Wei Jing, because he knew all too well how terrifying the ghost was. If a file were created, it would definitely be classified as an S-level supernatural phenomenon!
"Me?"

Li Hui glanced at Wei Jing and said, "My name is Li Hui. Like you, I am a Ghost Tamer belonging to the Ghost Tamer Headquarters. If you are curious about me, you can check my file information after you return to headquarters, so there is no need to talk too much here."

As for whether Wei Jing had the authority to access his own information at headquarters, Li Hui felt that this question was completely unnecessary to consider, because the last captain's spot was clearly reserved for Wei Jing.

And the captain... has the right to access the information and files of other captains, even if it's just the most basic files, it's enough for them to get to know each other.

"Are you also from the Ghost Tamer Headquarters? I really have to thank you this time. If it weren't for you, I really don't know if I would have had a chance to escape successfully." Wei Jing thanked Li Hui, but his deep, hoarse voice was really unpleasant to listen to.

Upon hearing this, Li Hui continued, "Saving you this time was a transaction, a deal between me and Wang Xiaoming, so you don't need to feel grateful to me. I think Wang Xiaoming will tell you this when you get back to headquarters."

the other side.

Upon hearing Li Hui utter the name 'Wang Xiaoming,' Wei Jing's wariness vanished completely. In his view, Li Hui had absolutely no reason to lie.

Most importantly, Wang Xiaoming had every reason to send people to bail him out!
(End of this chapter)