Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 188 Black and White Television

Not long after Li Hui and the others left, the darkness in the open space quickly dissipated, and old houses began to appear out of thin air, eventually forming a small village.

This is not over yet.

As time went by, footsteps began to echo in this desolate, uninhabited old village.

One by one, figures dressed in old-fashioned clothing, resembling farmers from the 1980s and 90s, appeared in the village.

There were many figures resembling villagers, numbering in the dozens or even hundreds. Among them were men and women, the elderly and children. Each of them looked lifeless, with no expression on their faces and empty, ashen eyes.

At this moment, all the villagers walked aimlessly along the village roads with numb expressions, looking like walking corpses from a distance, even the children were the same.

However, no one could see this eerie scene, as the ghost realm that shrouded Li Hui and the rest of the dead had long since disappeared from this place.

"Dingling bell~"

suddenly.

At that moment, a strange sound, like the ringing of a bell or the striking of a wind chime, echoed through the village.

The sound wasn't loud, but it was remarkably clear, echoing around and even reaching beyond the village, breaking the deathly silence of the open space.

Then, with a creak, the sound of a wooden door being pushed open rang out, and the door of an old-fashioned house at the very back of the village was pushed open, and a strange figure walked out of the house.

This was a man dressed in a long black robe, completely hidden in the darkness. His eyes were lifeless, and his face showed no emotion, as if he were born without joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness.

The eerie figure carried a square lantern that emitted a red light. There were characters printed on both sides of the lantern: one side had the black character '奠' (diàn), and the other side had the red character '囍' (xi). The whole thing looked extremely strange.

In addition, a string of bells hangs at the bottom of the lantern, and the bells ring out from time to time as the shadow moves.

The sound of the bell seemed to carry some unknown supernatural power. As the sound spread, the villagers, who were originally aimless and with blank expressions, all stood still as if they had been frozen in place, making the scene look extremely terrifying.

The eerie figure then continued walking forward with a lantern in hand. At this moment, guided by the red light, three more figures emerged from the old-fashioned house behind him.

Two men and one woman.

Two of the men were an elderly man who looked to be in his sixties or seventies and a young man in his twenties or thirties. They had appearances that were different from those of people from the East, both with blond hair and blue eyes. However, at this moment, the two men were expressionless and had empty eyes, looking no different from the villagers who were like walking corpses.

Compared to the two of them, the woman appeared even more bizarre. Her eyes were pitch black, with no whites in them, as black as ink, her gaze cold and lifeless, and her face wore a sinister and eerie smile.

Furthermore, the woman's head was upside down. No, to be precise, her head was pieced together later, but it was pieced together backwards. The skin and flesh around her neck were turned outwards and twisted 180 degrees, so that the back of her head was in front of her, and she was facing backwards.

Led by the eerie figure holding a lantern, the four figures passed through all the buildings in the village and eventually headed in the direction where Li Hui's ghost realm had left.

at the same time.

the other side.

Under Li Hui's thorough search of the Ghost Domain, he soon discovered another eerie place. To be precise, he discovered the last eerie place in this supernatural space.

Contrary to his previous assumptions, this supernatural space was not without end.

At this moment, Li Hui and the others arrived at the end of the supernatural space. Beyond that was nothingness. The black and white supernatural space disappeared after extending for more than ten meters in front of them, leaving only endless nothingness, as if this supernatural space was constructed in the void between the real world and the supernatural world.

In addition, what really caught Li Hui and the others' attention was a building at the end of the supernatural space ahead.

It was an old bluestone brick house, with a very outdated style. Due to years of disrepair, several parts of the old house had collapsed, and the bluestone exterior walls were covered with moss.

"It seems that the source of this supernatural space is that old house in front. If the supernatural being itself can create such a supernatural space, then the level of terror of that vengeful ghost must be quite high. I wonder what other abilities it has besides creating such a supernatural space."

At this moment, a female ghost behind Li Hui spoke up, her words filled with curiosity about the abilities of the unknown source of the evil spirit.

Compared to her, there were also wandering spirits with different focuses. Looking at the void at the end of the supernatural space ahead, they said, "I wonder if people can come out again after they go in, or if they will get lost in that void?"

However, no one paid attention to his question. Most of the people present focused their attention on the old house at the end of the supernatural space ahead, clearly more interested in the source of this supernatural space. This included Li Hui.

"So, should we send someone into that old house to investigate?" Yang Xiao asked Li Hui.

Like most people, Yang Xiao also focused his attention on the old house in front of him, his eyes revealing a strong sense of inquiry.

"Need not."

Li Hui said calmly, "With our current strength, we are capable of dealing with any potential danger. There is absolutely no need to be so cautious about a mere ghost."

to be frank.

Li Hui is not a reckless person, completely different from Ye Zhen, who has a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome). But as he said, with his current strength, while there are some supernatural phenomena that he might be wary of, this particular supernatural event is definitely not among them.

While thinking.

Li Hui began his operation.

With a single step, a hazy, ghostly light surged forth, and he vanished from his spot, reappearing in front of the old, dilapidated house.

Seeing this, Yang Xiao and the other wandering souls followed suit.

The reason why he didn't directly use his ghost domain to invade the old house was because the old house in front of Li Hui was extremely eerie. His ghost domain failed to invade it. The gray paper ash was blocked by an invisible supernatural influence when it came into contact with the old house, and could not penetrate it.

Li Hui didn't care about this and prepared to push the door open and go in.

next moment.

With a tooth-grinding creak, Li Hui pushed open the wooden door of the old house.

Similar to the style of the entire old house, this door has been there for a long time. Due to years of disrepair and the damp environment, many parts of the wooden door have begun to rot, and Li Hui found it quite difficult to push it.

After the wooden door was opened, a gust of cold wind blew out, and the interior of the old house was then revealed to everyone.

The first thing they saw was the main hall of the old house, which was very simple. Apart from a few pieces of wooden furniture that were covered in dust and had begun to rot, there was nothing else.

Beyond the main hall lies the kitchen of the old house. Standing at the door and looking inside, you can vaguely see the outline of an old-fashioned wood-burning stove.

In addition, there is a room on each side of the hall. The door of the room on the left is open. The room is small and filled with a lot of clutter, making it look a bit like a storage room.

The door to the room on the right was tightly closed. Although it was also a wooden door, it was much better than the main gate of the old house. It was painted red, but the paint had peeled off in many places, making it look old and mottled, but it was not rotten.

Tatata!
Seeing this, Li Hui didn't hesitate at all and stepped in. He only glanced at the kitchen at the back of the old house and the storage room on the left before heading straight to the door of the room with the door tightly closed.

"boom!"

This time, Li Hui didn't try to push the door open with his hands. Instead, he kicked it open with a powerful kick, which kicked open the tightly closed door. The dust he kicked up affected everyone's vision, and the force of the kick even made the entire old house shake.

Once the dust settled, the interior of the room was revealed to everyone: an old wooden table, chairs, a faded black bed, a decaying dressing table, and so on.

The room contained many items, but most were made of wood, and many of them were severely rotten. A musty smell, mixed with the stench of decaying wood, permeated the room from all directions.

"That is……"

Among the old furniture and items, Li Hui immediately spotted something very special: an old-fashioned television set placed on a wooden table against the wall next to the bed.

In this eerie space, in an old house that has no electricity, an old-fashioned television set appears. This seems abnormal and is full of incongruity.

"Zi~Zi~"

next moment.

Something strange happened.

Even though it wasn't plugged in, the screen of that old-fashioned television suddenly lit up, followed by strange electrical noises emanating from the black-and-white screen.

Then, an image appeared on the old-fashioned television screen. It was a slightly dimly lit room with a group of people standing in it. It was the same room where Li Hui and his group were currently located.

The scene was quite strange. The room where Li Hui and his group were located, and even the figures of the group, were all reflected in the old television. Moreover, their movements were synchronized, making it look like a real-time surveillance video.

"Look, a vengeful ghost has appeared!"

suddenly.

A ghost from the crowd shouted a warning.

On the screen of the old-fashioned television, a strange figure appeared out of thin air in the center of the room.

It was a strange figure with a slightly ethereal appearance, whose features were not clearly visible. It wore a white dress, had long hair that covered its face, and its body was hunched over.

It is worth mentioning that.

A vengeful ghost appeared in the room shown on the TV screen, but no vengeful ghost appeared in the old house where Li Hui and his group were. The room remained the same as when they first entered, except that the temperature seemed to have suddenly dropped a lot.

"It seems the source of the paranormal activity is related to that old-fashioned television set. A black and white television set creates a ghostly space entirely in black and white. That makes sense..."

Li Hui frowned slightly, quietly watching the images on the black and white television, wanting to see what would happen next. The other spirits did the same.

Under their gaze.

Soon the vengeful ghost on the black and white television began to move.

Its slightly ethereal form lunged straight at Li Hui, who was closest to it in the room. Upon seeing this, Li Hui instinctively threw a punch, and the Li Hui on the television screen synchronized his movements, throwing a powerful punch at the ghost's figure.

However, his punch missed the ghost.

Just as Li Hui outside the TV screen punched thin air, Li Hui on the TV screen also felt no force, as if his punch had hit nothing at all.

However, Li Hui on TV failed to hit the vengeful ghost, but the ghost successfully pounced on him, its slightly ethereal hands directly gripping Li Hui's neck.

next moment.

The illusion is reflected in reality.

In the real room, Li Hui felt as if an invisible hand was gripping his neck, and a feeling of suffocation instantly surged into his heart.

But this feeling only lasted for a short while before receding quickly like a tide. The supernatural presence of the bus emerged, isolating Li Hui from other supernatural influences.

Then Li Hui launched a counterattack.

He stretched out his already fair hand and waved in the direction of the old-fashioned black and white television.

All of a sudden.

A chilling aura spread.

The ghost-summoning effect of the mummified bride was applied to the old-fashioned television set. This supernatural phenomenon caused the images on the television screen to freeze, as if the television signal had suddenly been interrupted.

"It's that kind of beckoning ghost again. The first time it summoned the vengeful spirit that was the source of the ghost movie incident. The second time was in that open space, but because there was no vengeful ghost, it was unsuccessful. I wonder if this third time will be able to lure out that vengeful ghost."

Some of the dead looked curiously at Li Hui's fair hand, which was constantly waving.

As Li Hui continued to wave, the body of the vengeful ghost on the old-fashioned television screen grew larger and larger; more accurately, it began to crawl out of the television.

The ghost-summoning ritual belonging to the mummified bride gradually brought out the illusory, malevolent ghost from the black-and-white television.

"Judging from this, Li Hui's operation is likely to succeed. He truly deserves to be called a top-notch ghost tamer. He only needs to wave his hand, and the vengeful ghosts will come to him on their own."

The souls of the dead who witnessed this scene were filled with emotion.

(End of this chapter)