Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 185 The Ghost Without a Physical Form
It was a lifeless, middle-aged man dressed in old cloth, his figure slightly blurred, his overall appearance black and white.

The man appeared to be in his thirties, emanating a chilling aura. After he appeared, the surrounding temperature dropped sharply.

obviously.

Compared to the ghost servants around him, this middle-aged man-like figure was the real vengeful ghost, and very likely the vengeful ghost that was the source of the supernatural event in the 'ghost movie'.

As soon as the vengeful ghost appeared, it walked towards Li Hui's location. No, it would be more accurate to say it 'floated' rather than walked.

Its entire body appeared somewhat illusory and unreal, as if it were formed from a wisp of smoke. The lower half of the ghost's body was even more illusory, with only a rough outline of its feet visible. Therefore, the ghost's movements seemed more like it was floating.

However, the ghost's movement speed is not slow.

It must be faster than those ghost slaves around it.

As Li Hui continued to wave, the supernatural power of the mummified bride's ghostly spell spread, and all the supernatural beings around him were moving towards him. It wasn't just the group of ghost servants and the real vengeful ghost; even the souls of the dead who were traveling with Li Hui were affected.

After all, in a sense, Yang Xiao and the other ghosts were also products of the supernatural, and were themselves representatives of some kind of supernatural phenomenon. Naturally, they could not escape the supernatural influence of Li Hui's ghostly summoning technique.

"It seems that the 'ghost movie incident' that broke out in Dahang City is not the same supernatural event as the vengeful ghost I encountered back then."

At this moment, Yang Xiao spoke up: "Although I did not have direct contact with the vengeful ghost that was the source of that supernatural event back then, I do know some information about vengeful ghosts. The source of that supernatural event was a vengeful ghost that looked like a woman, which is completely different from the vengeful ghost that has appeared now."

As they spoke, Yang Xiao and the other wandering souls were also taking in the suddenly changed environment around them.

Perhaps it was because of the vengeful ghost that looked like a middle-aged man, after it appeared, Yang Xiao and the other ghosts also saw the eerie scene in this ancient town. What they saw was no longer the eerie dense forest they had seen before.

It's unclear which scene, the ancient town or the dense forest, truly represents this black-and-white world, but what is certain is that the vengeful ghost appeared in the ancient town, not in the dense forest they had previously seen.

"It seems that quite a few ordinary people have died in this paranormal event. There are already so many ghost slaves around. It truly deserves to be called a paranormal event that kills indiscriminately."

Some of the deceased also expressed such sentiments.

At this moment, one could see that the street was filled with a dense crowd of people, all of whom were surrounding Li Hui, who was waving continuously.

These people looked extremely strange; their joints were all twisted and deformed, their faces were expressionless, and their eyes were empty and cold, giving people a strange sense of horror.

The group of spirits, being supernatural beings themselves, naturally understood that the dense human figures were neither living people nor true vengeful ghosts, but rather ghost servants with some supernatural power.

"Now that the source of the vengeful ghost has appeared, things will be much simpler from here on out. Perhaps for others, the appearance of the vengeful ghost is the beginning of danger, but for Li Hui, the appearance of the source means the end!"

The departed soul, who had just spoken, sighed again.

No sooner had he finished speaking than another ghost chimed in, "Indeed, Li Hui is the strongest ghost tamer I know so far, far stronger than any of the top ghost tamers of my era!"

As he spoke, the ghost subconsciously glanced at Li Hui, his eyes filled with a hint of confusion. He seemed not to understand how Li Hui could be so strong, so strong that it defied common sense and even exceeded their definition of the term "ghost tamer."

It's no exaggeration to say that, looking at any paranormal event they were familiar with, they couldn't find a single vengeful ghost that could pose a life-threatening danger to Li Hui.

Meanwhile, Li Hui on the other side also began a new operation.

Under the watchful eyes of the assembled ghosts, the vengeful spirit resembling a middle-aged man approached Li Hui. At that moment, Li Hui stretched out his other hand and reached straight for the ghost's body.

Then something unexpected happened to all the departed souls.

Li Hui missed his target.

His palm passed directly through the ghost's body, as if the ghost before him was merely a projection, not a real entity, but an illusion.

"Is some kind of special medium needed to truly touch this vengeful ghost?" Li Hui frowned slightly upon seeing this, but his expression showed no surprise.

He had already tried before to completely pull the vengeful spirit into his ghost realm, but he failed again.

The vengeful ghost seemed to exist outside of this space and time. Apart from the supernatural summoning of ghosts, no other supernatural force could touch it.

"Logically speaking, I now actually conform to the killing patterns of vengeful ghosts, and the vengeful ghost will most likely turn from illusion to reality at the moment of attacking me. This means that I can seize that moment of opportunity!"

At this moment, Li Hui's mind raced as he considered how to respond.

Similar situations have occurred more than once in the original work, such as the red bench that appears in Daito City.

The vengeful ghost on the red stool also has no physical form; someone needs to sit on the stool to see it. Furthermore, to imprison the vengeful ghost, one must trigger its killing pattern and then imprison it the instant its body transforms from ethereal to real when it commits murder.

At this moment, Li Hui was making his own plans. He had actually met the pattern of the vengeful ghost's killings, so he wanted to imprison the vengeful ghost the moment it attacked him.

However, there was something else to deal with before that: the vast, densely packed ghost slaves around them.

Based on previous information, it is speculated that many of the people involved in the ghost movie incident in Dahang City died at the hands of ghost servants, rather than from actual attacks by vengeful ghosts.

Considering the current situation, Li Hui felt that even if a vengeful ghost wanted to kill someone, it would first control its ghost servants to launch an attack.

This doesn't mean that the vengeful ghost has acquired considerable intelligence and knows how to command the ghost servants under its control; rather, it's that its vengeful ghost instincts drive it to do so.

Think of this.

The amount of paper ash falling around them became denser and denser, and the intensity of the hazy ghost domain rapidly increased. At this moment, the surrounding space seemed to be distorted, and things in reality were being affected and modified. The dense ghost slaves around them were being 'sent away' by Li Hui's ghost domain.

With Li Hui's current strength in his ghost domain, he could easily send away not only a group of ghost servants, but even a truly vengeful ghost.

soon.

The streets of this ancient town became 'empty' once again.

Besides Li Hui and his group, there was only the middle-aged man-like vengeful ghost left. As for the other ghost servants, Li Hui had already wiped them all out.

That's when.

Li Hui stopped waving, wanting to see if the vengeful ghost would attack him immediately after regaining its mobility.

At the same time, Li Hui also had something else in his hands that didn't exist before: a coffin nail covered in rust.

In terms of suppressive power alone, the supernatural abilities that Li Hui possessed at this point had already surpassed those of the coffin nails. After all, the supernatural abilities of the bus and the ghost messenger combined were so terrifying that almost no vengeful ghost could ignore them.

However, when it comes to mindless suppression, the coffin nail is the most eerie item.

This is a supernatural item that truly ignores the strength of supernatural phenomena. As long as a single vengeful ghost has a physical form, there is almost no chance of it being suppressed!
Just as Li Hui finished doing all this, the vengeful ghost, now 'free,' began to react. Just as Li Hui had expected, the vengeful ghost was indeed eyeing him.

Those cold, empty, lifeless eyes looked at Li Hui.

Then the vengeful ghost began to act.

Its hands, which appeared somewhat ethereal and were predominantly black and white, rose up and reached out to grab Li Hui's body.

That's when.

A strange phenomenon occurred.

As the vengeful ghost reached out to grab Li Hui, its body began to solidify, and the illusory feeling disappeared, as if the vengeful ghost that caused this moment was invading from another dimension.

Seeing this, Li Hui was not surprised but pleased. He did not respond immediately, but waited for the evil spirit to take further action.

"Clap!"

soon.

The ghost's hand grabbed Li Hui's body, and almost at the same time, its body completely transformed into a tangible form, looking no different from an ordinary body with flesh and blood, no longer having any illusory feeling.

next moment.

The sound of something cutting through the air rang out.

The coffin nail that Li Hui was holding suddenly pierced out, heading straight for the vengeful ghost that looked like a middle-aged man.

"Pfft!"

This time, Li Hui's hand and the coffin nail he was holding didn't pierce through the ghost's body, but instead made solid contact with it, with the rusty coffin nail penetrating more than halfway into it...

.........

at the same time.

In Dachang City, thousands of miles away, several uninvited guests from the island nation arrived at the Shangtong Building, where Yangjian Company is located.

"You mean the door-knocking ghost incident has now spread to the island nation, causing considerable casualties there, so your company president sent you here to find out what's going on?"

Looking at Wang Xin, who claimed to be a member of a Japanese exorcism society, Yang Jian's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked in a calm tone.

"Yes, Mr. Yang."

Wang Xin responded, "According to the records, Mr. Yang, you have encountered this paranormal event and survived. Therefore, President Mishima hopes that I can obtain some useful information from you."

As he spoke, Wang Xin handed a file to Yang Jian's desk. The file was unsealed, and the paper containing the information inside was placed outside the file bag, making the information easily visible to anyone who looked at it.

"This is……"

On the other side of the desk.

Upon seeing the information, Yang Jian's expression shifted. The entire file was written in Chinese, and the first page contained the code name for a paranormal event: Ghost Knocking on the Door!

The accompanying image is of a terrifying old man wearing a long robe, with a face covered in lividity and lifeless eyes.

Yang Jian recognized the photo; it was taken through a glass window and was likely from a forum he had browsed before. He had assumed the post had been deleted, but it turned out the information had been unearthed.

"Where is this vengeful ghost now?" Yang Jian asked directly after only a cursory glance, without choosing to look at the rest of the information.

Kobe City.

Wang Xin stood up and said solemnly, "Mr. Yang, you are well aware of the dangers of this paranormal event. On behalf of the Exorcism Society, I sincerely hope that we can get your help with this ghost knocking incident, even if it's just a little bit of information support. Please."

In closing, Wang Xin bowed deeply in the direction of Yang Jian, and his subordinates in black suits behind him also bowed.

"Of course, we won't let Mr. Yang help for nothing. In the end, we will pay you a corresponding reward based on the importance of the information you provide. If you are willing to go to the island country on a business trip to personally participate in handling this paranormal event, then the exorcism society will also pay a large sum of travel expenses."

Wang Xin then offered even more: "How about 500 million? As long as the information you provide is true and valid, Mr. Yang, our exorcism society will give you 500 million as a reward, which will be directly deposited into your company's account afterward."

"Then tell me, what kind of information is considered true and valid?" Yang Jian looked at Wang Xin with a cold gaze.

He continued, "Besides, money is of little use to me anymore. If you really want to learn about the knocking ghost from me, that's fine too. I'm not an unreasonable person."

"How about this, we'll exchange information related to the paranormal for paranormal items, and your island nation will use paranormal items as payment for the information?"

“Supernatural items? I’m sorry, Mr. Yang, I can’t make decisions on that. If you’re not satisfied with the amount of the reward, then we can talk about it again. If you think 500 million is too low, how about 1 billion?” Wang Xin raised the price again.

However, Yang Jian lost interest in continuing the conversation. He realized that Wang Xin was not a person who could make decisions and was trying to deceive him, trying to find out Yang Jian's bottom line step by step. Yang Jian felt that there was no need to continue arguing.

Think of this.

Yang Jian said coldly, "Since you don't have the authority, then let the person who truly has the authority come and talk to me."

The words fell.

Yang Jian immediately issued an order to leave.

"You can leave now. Don't waste my time here. If you want information about the knocking ghost, fine, but I've already stated my conditions. It's up to your exorcism club to see if you can afford the price I want!"

(End of this chapter)