Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 159 Li Hui's Choice
The surrounding environment grew increasingly dark, all light was swallowed up, and the floors of the hotel's top-floor corridor and Li Hui's suite were covered with vermilion coffins, which looked extremely eerie.

At this moment, stiff footsteps could be heard echoing through the darkness.

Those are vengeful ghosts walking around!
There are many vengeful ghosts, dozens or even hundreds at a glance, and all of them look exactly the same, as if they were carved from the same mold.

Their eerie black skin seemed to blend into the surrounding darkness; if it weren't for the scarlet glow emanating from them, they wouldn't even be visible.

These are all vengeful ghosts that emerged from the red coffins on the ground. They are supernatural creations of the ghost messengers' 'infinite restart', and each one is real, possessing the same supernatural abilities as the original vengeful ghost!

At this moment, these vengeful ghosts were surrounding Li Hui, who was standing in the center of the living room, but human figures kept appearing in front of them.

They were young men who looked exactly like Li Hui, holding old wood-chopping knives in their hands, with no expression on their faces.

next moment.

These people made a move.

They raised the old machetes they held and swung them fiercely at the body of the vengeful ghost in front of them.

Although the machetes in their hands are not the real source, they are still supernatural objects with the ability to dismember supernatural beings.

soon.

The figures wielded machetes that struck the vengeful spirits, but failed to dismember them in two.

crucial moment.

The ghost's burial shroud began to dance and rustle without wind, the lifted corner of which blocked the old wood-chopping knife.

Although a crack appeared in the eerie shroud the moment it came into contact with the woodcutter's knife, and the old woodcutter's knife slashed at the ghost's body beneath the shroud, it ultimately failed to cut the ghost's body in two, as it was stopped by a powerful supernatural force.

After all, the machetes in the hands of these figures are not the real source of the machetes, but merely a manifestation of the supernatural. They cannot possibly ignore most supernatural obstacles and directly dismember all supernatural entities in half like a machete.

To put it simply, this is a battle against the supernatural.

Faced with the ghost messengers at this moment, it was clear that relying solely on the supernatural manifestation of the woodcutter's knife was insufficient to successfully dismember them.

The figure continued to move the next moment.

Their other hands were clenched into fists and slammed down hard on the chest of the vengeful ghost in front of them. A cold aura spread from their hands, which was the ability of the supernatural bus and the supernatural power replicated from the ghost messenger!

at the same time.

The vengeful spirits in the darkness also began to react, stretching out their thin, dark hands to grab at the bodies of these figures.

In some ways, these vengeful ghosts are no different from the original source ghosts, and they share the same supernatural characteristics.

For example, the strange, withered finger on their palm is a supernatural element that originally belonged to the starving ghost. It is a product of Wang Xiaoming's research and not only has the ability to suppress vengeful ghosts, but it can even pin down supernatural entities like the Ghost Realm!

"Bang~!"

Because the figure struck first, the shadowy figure's fist landed on the ghost's body first.

The powerful force even caused the ghost's chest to cave in. The supernatural power of the bus also affected the ghost's movements, causing its body to freeze in place. But almost at the same time the figure struck the ghost's body, the ghost's hand also grabbed the people's bodies.

The terrifying force even caused their fingers to pierce into the figures' bodies, but strangely, no blood flowed from their wounds. Nevertheless, the powerful suppressive force subdued the figures in an instant.

It should be noted that the current ghost messengers not only have 35 suppression slots, but also the abilities of the vengeful ghosts they have devoured. With all these incredible supernatural phenomena combined, the supernatural phenomena of the 30% bus alone are simply not enough to resist them.

At this moment, an extremely strange scene unfolded in the suite where Li Hui was.

Whether it was a vengeful ghost or a human figure, the supernatural forces within them fell into a brief silence, forming a strange balance, with each being influenced and suppressed by the other's supernatural power.

But this balance was soon broken.

Because of the characteristics of ghost messengers.

These vengeful spirits restarted the moment they were suppressed, and then more and more ghost coffins appeared, replacing the empty ones on the ground. Terrifying figures were inside the newly appeared ghost coffins.

"Damn it, things are getting complicated." In the center of the living room, Li Hui looked at the extremely familiar scene before him, his face growing increasingly grim.

This isn't the first time the ghost messengers have been restarted; to be precise, including this current one, it's the third wave.

"I need to find a way to completely eliminate it!" Seeing the vengeful ghost he had knocked away on the other side stand up again, Li Hui's mind raced as he thought of a way to break the deadlock.

Against this kind of vengeful ghost with the ability to restart infinitely, the ghost-wielding knife's supernatural powers are almost useless, and even coffin nails are ineffective.

Because Li Hui had already tried it, he now held the rusty coffin nail in his hand, with black bloodstains remaining on it—the blood of a vengeful ghost.

In the previous confrontation, Li Hui had already used coffin nails, but the result was not satisfactory. He failed to nail the vengeful ghost to the spot, and it restarted instantly.

This further convinced him of his guess: in the previous confrontation between the hungry ghost and the ghost messenger, the ghost messenger had won. Therefore, what he was facing now was the ghost messenger who had devoured the hungry ghost, not the hungry ghost who had devoured the ghost messenger.

"This can't go on forever. It seems I can't keep him completely under control by myself, and there's even a risk that things will spiral out of control as time goes on. I need to find someone to help me..."

Li Hui's gaze shifted slightly.

At this moment, he thought of Elder Qin. Looking at the entire Dajing City, he was the only one who could help him. This was also the reason why Li Hui chose to 'train' ghost messengers in Dajing City.

In his view, even if he messed things up, there was still a powerful figure from the Republic of China to back him up. It seems that Li Hui's concerns were correct, as the ghost messenger incident was indeed showing signs of getting completely out of control.

Although Li Hui's abilities are replicated by the phone tattoo, and all the side effects of using supernatural powers are borne by the phone tattoo, so he is not afraid of consumption, he is currently unable to completely suppress the ghost messenger. He can only seal it within the Ping An Hotel, and it is already on the verge of getting out of control, with the ghost coffin spreading outside the hotel.

"With Elder Qin's abilities, if I join forces with him, we should be able to deal with the ghost messengers. However, I'm afraid Elder Qin will have to pay a considerable price, since according to the original setting, Elder Qin uses supernatural powers at the cost of his own lifespan..."

Think of this.

Li Hui hesitated again.

Qin Lao's abilities are indeed strong, but they cannot withstand the drain. In the original story, he almost lost half his life just dealing with the ghost painting and ghost messenger incidents. Later, he had to seal himself away to save the ghost ship for the final departure.

The current situation inside the Ping An Hotel is even more complicated than the ghost messengers and ghost paintings in the original novel.

Not only did the vengeful spirits that were the source of the two S-level supernatural events, the Ghost Messenger and the Hungry Ghost, become one, but even the supernatural power of the Ghost Painting was partially controlled by the Ghost Messenger. Otherwise, Li Hui would not have been unable to imprison it.

Bringing Old Qin into the story at this point could very well lead to the same situation as in the original novel: the ghost messenger incident is resolved, but Old Qin will also fall into a state of near exhaustion.

However, if Li Hui does not seek help from Elder Qin, he will be unable to suppress the ghost messengers on his own. If this trend continues, the ghost messengers will soon be able to completely break free from his ghost domain, and the entire Dajing City will be in danger of falling.

"Looks like I'll have no choice but to ask him for help..."

suddenly.

Li Hui's gaze shifted slightly, and after glancing at the group of ghost messengers surrounding him, he made a decision in his heart.

next moment.

Li Hui's figure vanished instantly from the hotel room. Instead of continuing the pointless struggle against the ghost messenger, he wanted to lure it to a certain place.

Soon, Li Hui appeared high in the sky outside the Ping An Hotel.

At this moment, the entire sky was gray, with ashes of paper floating everywhere. The original colors of reality were all swallowed up by the eeriness of this ghostly realm. This was Li Hui's ghostly realm.

Below Li Hui, within his ghost realm, lies another dark ghost realm, the ghost realm belonging to the ghost messengers.

In that pitch-black ghost realm, there were also paper ash floating around, but it was not Li Hui's ghost realm invading, but rather the ghost painting supernatural phenomena controlled by the ghost messenger himself.

It was precisely because of this that Li Hui's ghost domain failed to completely suppress the ghost messenger's ghost domain; in fact, as time went on, the ghost messenger's ghost domain continued to expand.

This is why Li Hui's ghost domain initially only enveloped his suite, but now it not only covers the entire hotel, but also the streets outside the hotel and the sky above.

Then a bizarre scene unfolded.

A second Li Hui soon appeared in the sky, followed by a third, a fourth... until the entire sky was filled.

Then Li Hui did the same thing, waving at the pitch-black ghost realm below.

This is a ghost-summoning supernatural event associated with a ghost bride!

Although the ghost messenger's ghost domain is still inside Li Hui's ghost domain, Li Hui's ghost domain can no longer completely suppress its ghost domain. Therefore, if they try to take it away with their ghost domain, they might fail. However, if they add the supernatural power of the dried corpse bride's ghost, they can be sure of success.

And indeed, things turned out exactly as Li Hui had imagined.

As the group of 'Li Hui' waved, the black ghost domain, shaped like a coffin, immediately spread towards his location.

that's it.

Li Hui enveloped the ghost messenger's ghost domain with his own, and then used the supernatural power of summoning ghosts to control the ghost messenger, carrying it rapidly towards the distant horizon.

However, Li Hui did not head towards the mountainous area where the Ghost Tamer headquarters was located, but in another direction, towards Dazhou City...

.........

at the same time.

The meeting at the Ghost Riders headquarters also began.

Because the meeting was held so hastily, not many people actually attended in person.

Apart from Cao Yanhua, Zhao Jianguo, Wang Xiaoming, and a few other people who were in charge of the meeting, only a handful of ghost tamers, including Li Jun, were present. Everyone else participated in the meeting via video call.

"Vice Minister, is something wrong at headquarters that's so urgent?"

Guo Fan's voice rang out in the conference room. He was not present in person; his voice came from the large screen.

"The thing is like this..."

Cao Yanhua began, "Everyone is familiar with the starving ghost incident, right? And there was also the paranormal incident at the training base not long ago."

"Weren't both of these paranormal incidents successfully resolved? And it seems that they were both handled by Li Hui, oh no, Captain Li, right?"

No sooner had Cao Yanhua finished speaking than a ghost tamer chimed in.

The speaker was Zhong Shan, who, with a hint of curiosity in the video, continued, "Speaking of Captain Li, it seems he didn't attend this meeting?"

Hear the words.

Cao Yanhua said with a grim expression, "This meeting is related to Li Hui. Indeed, he successfully handled both the starving ghost incident and the paranormal events at the training base. He also kept those two vengeful ghosts under his control. But now it seems they've lost control, and even Li Hui might have already fallen..."

"..."

Cao Yanhua shared what he knew and their speculations.

"Minister Cao, are you saying that a supernatural event occurred at the Ping An Hotel, Li Hui went missing, and then Yang Jian, the person in charge of Dachang City, saw a starving ghost and a ghost from the training base in the hotel?" Liu San asked in a serious tone in the video.

"Yes."

Cao Yanhua said, "Before the meeting started, I tried to contact Li Hui, but the call didn't go through, so I concluded that he was out of contact, or even had died at the hands of a vengeful ghost."

Upon hearing this, Liu San asked, "So the purpose of this meeting is for us to handle the paranormal events at the Ping An Hotel?"

"And not only will we have to face the starving ghost that is the source of the S-level paranormal event, and another paranormal event of unknown level, but we may even have to face the ghost painting paranormal event that belongs to Li Hui?"

"Does that mean we'll have to face at least two S-level or higher paranormal events?"

Speaking of which.

The expressions of all the ghost tamers attending the meeting changed. Whether they were present in person or participating via video call, their faces all turned extremely grim.

However, the next moment everyone's expression turned even more grim.

Wang Xiaoming then said, "To be precise, if Li Hui really falls, then you will be facing at least three S-level supernatural sources of vengeful ghosts!"

“I conducted the experiment on the ghost coffin. I understand the terror and potential of that vengeful ghost better than any of you. It is no less terrifying than the starving ghost and the ghost painting, and may even be more terrifying.”

Then Wang Xiaoming recounted what he knew about the abilities of the ghost messengers.

"..."

(End of this chapter)