Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 204 The Old Radio

"Is this the end?"

Inside Villa No. 3 of the 'Binjiang Coast West Garden Hometown' upscale villa community.

Looking at He Yuelian standing below the narrow passage, dressed in a bright red wedding gown that resembled blood, with a red veil on her head, and the eerie oil painting floating in front of her, Zhang Lei's expression became dazed, as if he had not yet recovered from what had just happened.

He didn't expect He Yuelian's actions this time to be more decisive than before. Without even asking, she directly attacked Tang Lin, using some kind of supernatural method that he didn't understand to turn Tang Lin into an oil painting, just like the scene after killing Zhao Longbo.

"Is this the ghost painting's supernatural aspect?"

"This ability is truly terrifying. No wonder it's a supernatural ability like Captain Li's. I wonder where He Yuelian controls this ghost painting supernatural ability."

Zhang Lei looked thoughtful.

In fact, Zhang Lei had only seen the manifestation of the Ghost Painting's supernatural power in Li Hui, but that was limited to the terrifyingly large ghost domain ability. Apart from that, Zhang Lei was unaware of the Ghost Painting's other supernatural abilities.

However, He Yuelian's method of killing, as well as the eerie oil painting created by Zhao Longbo and Tang Lin, made Zhang Lei feel that this was very likely another manifestation of the supernatural power of the ghost painting.

Besides that, what concerned Zhang Lei the most was the supernatural ability that Tang Lin had previously displayed. The constantly flowing murky sewage was very similar to the supernatural phenomena left behind at the crime scenes of missing persons that Li Hui had mentioned.

In addition, Zhao Longbo's suspicion had already been preliminarily ruled out, so it can be basically confirmed that the mastermind behind the mysterious disappearances of those people is Tang Lin.

Think about it this way.

Tang Lin's death was absolutely justified. Even if He Yuelian hadn't killed him immediately, Zhang Lei would have cooperated to take care of him.

The only difference is that he might ask about the whereabouts of the missing persons and Tang Lin's purpose in doing so.

Even though he didn't have time to ask, Zhang Lei already had a premonition that most of the missing people had probably met with misfortune.

Thinking.

Zhang Lei said to He Yuelian, who was still standing in the passage, "Now that everything has been dealt with, and both Zhao Longbo and Tang Lin, the two civilian ghost tamers, have been killed, let's go back to the company now and report the details of this operation to Captain Li."

Upon hearing this, He Yuelian disagreed with Zhang Lei, saying, "Let's not rush back to the Wangting Building. Now that we're here, we should go and see that 'strange' basement no matter what."

As she spoke, He Yuelian turned around to face the passage below. The red hood seemed to have no effect on her vision, and she could clearly see everything below the passage.

At the bottom of her steps was a golden wall with a door in the middle, also golden, looking as if it were made of gold.

obviously.

Behind that golden door lies the basement of this upscale villa.

The main reason why He Yuelian said that the basement was "strange" was because the basement was not in her ghost realm, but in a "blank area" of her ghost realm.

He Yuelian's ghostly supernatural powers failed to invade the basement and envelop everything inside. The grayish paper ash could not continue spreading when it reached the golden wall and was kept outside.

That's why the basement successfully piqued He Yuelian's curiosity, making her want to explore it before leaving.

"A strange basement?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lei was taken aback.

Previously, due to the dark environment and the presence of He Yuelian and Tang Lin, he hadn't noticed the unusual place at the end of the passage. Now, after He Yuelian's reminder, he focused his attention on the wall below the passage.

This look.

Zhang Lei immediately realized something was wrong.

"The wall below, and the door in the middle of the wall, seem to be made entirely of gold?" Zhang Lei's tone was somewhat uncertain. He then went down the steps in the passage, past He Yuelian, and arrived at the bottom of the passage.

"It really is gold. Could it be that this entire basement is made of gold?"

After observing for a while, Zhang Lei was immediately shocked, confirming that the wall in front of him and the door in the middle of the wall were made of gold.

But he didn't know whether it was just a layer of gold plated on the surface or if the whole thing was made of gold.

To confirm this, Zhang Lei took out the knife he always carried and slashed at the wall in front of him.

As the cut continued to deepen, what he saw was still gold material, which meant that this basement was not simply plated with gold on the surface.

"It's actually gold! How much gold would it have taken to build this? Does Tang Lin, an ordinary folk ghost tamer, have such power?"

"Moreover, gold can ward off supernatural phenomena, so this is no longer an ordinary basement, but a safe house!"

Zhang Lei silently evaluated it in his mind.

"Why would Tang Lin go to such great lengths to build a safe house under his own villa? What exactly does he want to do?"

If you're just worried about being targeted by paranormal phenomena and want to ward them off, you can simply paint the walls of your room with gold paint; the effect will be the same. There's no need to spend time and effort building a special underground safe house.

Not even an exaggeration.

Among the city leaders across China, not many have built their own safe houses, and many city leaders backed by headquarters are unable to build safe houses, let alone a civilian ghost tamer like Tang Lin.
After all, according to the information files Zhang Lei reviewed, although Tang Lin's family was relatively well-off, it was definitely not enough for him to build a safe house with gold.

"Perhaps there's some unspeakable secret hidden inside."

At this moment, He Yuelian suddenly appeared beside Zhang Lei without making a sound, and then stretched out her cold, pale hand and pushed it towards the golden door in front of her.

The door was not locked.

Just listen to a "crunch".

The door in front of them was pushed open, and the scene inside came into view for He Yuelian and Zhang Lei.

Behind the door was an enclosed space with no windows, only walls and a ceiling. However, the environment was not dark because there were lights hanging on all four walls and the ceiling of the basement, and they were all lit up.

A single light fixture might not be bright enough, but there are lights on all four walls, and the overall space is small, making the environment of this basement almost indistinguishable from a well-lit room outside during the day.

There weren't many things in the basement. On the left, against the wall, there was a container filled with daily necessities such as water and compressed biscuits.

At the very back, there was a table with two desktop computers on it, both with their screens off.

However, because the area was so small, just placing a display case and a table with a computer on it instantly took up more than half of the space. The remaining space was basically occupied by a single bed placed against the wall on the far right, with a urinal and other excretion containers placed under the bed.

Besides that, there's only the small space in the center of the room that can barely fit two or three people. Otherwise, if we put more things in there, we probably won't even be able to open the door.

Overall, this basement looks like an emergency refuge used in the event of a paranormal event. The only eye-catching features are the four walls and the ceiling, and even the floor is made of gold.

"Hey, what is that?"

suddenly.

Zhang Lei's gaze was drawn to an item in the basement.

It was something placed in the innermost corner of the container. It looked a bit like a glass box, but the glass had a pale yellow tint, indicating that gold had been mixed into the glass container during its construction.

However, what truly caught Zhang Lei's eye was not the golden glass itself, but the items placed inside the container.

It was an old-fashioned, dilapidated object that looked somewhat like a radio, but Zhang Lei wasn't entirely sure because it was so broken and its original appearance had been completely destroyed.

Even if it wasn't a radio, it should be something similar.

After all, the overall style is what it is. No matter how damaged it is, the overall framework is still the same. It's just a matter of the degree of damage and missing parts.

"The old object placed in the gold container, could it be a supernatural item?" Zhang Lei wondered to himself.

He then planned to ask He Yuelian.

However, before he could even ask, He Yuelian immediately sprang into action. She vanished from her spot and reappeared beside the container, reaching out to take the glass container.

The moment she pushed open the golden door, He Yuelian's ghostly domain successfully invaded.

Nothing in the entire basement escaped He Yuelian's ghostly perception, so she was certain that the glass container was the most special of all the things there.

Because of this.

He Yuelian immediately prepared to remove the glass containers from the shipping container, leave, and return to Wangting Building to report to Li Hui.

"Clap!"

The glass container was quite heavy, and He Yuelian's attempt to lift it failed; it only caused the glass container and the old objects inside to sway slightly.

The main reason for this is that the surface of the glass container is too smooth, making it difficult to hold with one hand due to insufficient leverage. Furthermore, there are no handles or recessed or protruding parts, which is why it is difficult to pick it up.

Then He Yuelian stretched out her other hand and lifted the entire glass container up by holding it in her arms.

Then He Yuelian said to Zhang Lei, "Alright, we can go back now. The rest of the things here are all ordinary items. Apart from the gold, which is worth some money, the rest are useless."

The words fell.

Without waiting for Zhang Lei's response, she used her Ghost Domain abilities to take Zhang Lei back to the Wangting Building, located in the bustling city center.

It was already past 5 p.m., and the staff inside the building had all left for the day, leaving the entire building deserted.

In the office on the top floor of the building.

He Yuelian, dressed in a red wedding gown, and Zhang Lei, dressed in a work uniform, came into view. They then immediately looked at Li Hui, who was sitting behind his desk.

"Has the matter of the folk ghost tamers been resolved?"

Seeing the two people who suddenly appeared, Li Hui's expression did not change at all, as if he was not surprised at all by the speed at which the two had completed their actions.

Furthermore, Li Hui's question was quite meaningful.

He asked whether the matter of the folk ghost-controlling people had been resolved, not the outcome of the cases of mysterious missing persons.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lei's expression shifted slightly as he recalled what He Yuelian had told him before. He then replied, "Yes, Captain Li."

"Zhao Longbo and Tang Lin were both dealt with because they refused to cooperate with the investigation and even tried to resist."

Li Hui remained noncommittal on this matter.

He knew that He Yuelian was intelligent enough to understand his meaning, and given her and Zhang Lei's strength, Li Hui had long anticipated the fate of Zhao Longbo and Tang Lin.

That's why he didn't even pay attention to the process of this matter, and simply waited for news from He Yuelian and the others in his office.

Li Hui then focused his gaze on the glass container that He Yuelian was holding and asked, "What is this?"

"These were found in the basement of Tang Lin's house," He Yuelian's cool voice came from under the red hood.

Hearing this, Zhang Lei added, "Tang Lin built a safe house in gold under his villa. The thing He Yuelian is holding was taken from that safe house. I suspect that the glass container contains a supernatural item!"

"The glass material mixed with gold is somewhat similar to a gold container. Such a thing is very likely to contain a supernatural item."

After examining the pale yellow glass container and the radio-like object inside for a few moments, Li Hui continued:
"Let's open it and take a look. Whether it's a supernatural item or not, the fact that it can be sealed in a container made of gold suggests that it's not as simple as it seems on the surface."

As for whether opening it without authorization will cause any danger.

Li Hui didn't care about this at all.

joke.

Even setting aside his own abilities, He Yuelian herself is capable of handling the vast majority of paranormal events.

How terrifying could something that could be imprisoned and sealed away by a ghost-controlling person like Tang Lin, even if it were a supernatural object?
If it weren't for some curiosity, Li Hui wouldn't have even glanced at that item.

soon.

At Li Hui's suggestion.

He Yuelian directly opened the pale yellow gold glass container.

The moment the glass container was opened, it was as if some kind of seal had been broken, and strange phenomena immediately began to occur.

First, the light in the office dimmed, and then a rustling sound came from the old, worn-out object inside the glass container.

The sound was like the hissing of an old radio that suddenly lost signal or had poor reception.

See this.

Li Hui and He Yuelian remained motionless, quietly observing what was happening, wanting to see what kind of strange phenomena that supernatural object, which resembled a radio, could produce.

As for Zhang Lei...

Although his strength was far inferior to He Yuelian and Li Hui, he had no intention of speaking up to stop it.

After all, he finally had two top-tier ghost tamers to back him up, so he naturally wanted to know what kind of abilities that supernatural item possessed.

(End of this chapter)