Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 235 The Suppressed Ghost

“My name is Wei Jing, and I’m the supporter sent by headquarters this time. You must be Cheng Hao, the person in charge of Zhongzhou City? I’ve seen your file information at the Ghost Rider headquarters base.”

Wei Jing spoke to Cheng Hao on the street.

His tone was indifferent, devoid of any emotion, and his voice was strangely hoarse and unusually cold, as if a vengeful ghost were speaking, giving people an immense sense of terror.

"Wei Jing?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Hao frowned, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

He then said uncertainly, "I think I've heard this name before. It seems you were one of the people in charge of Dajing City before. But according to rumors, weren't you already dead... uh, missing?"

Cheng Hao originally intended to say that Wei Jing was rumored to be dead, but he quickly realized that the real Wei Jing was right in front of him, so he changed his words at the last minute.

However, Cheng Hao was right about one thing.

That means he had indeed heard of the name Wei Jing before.

In general, Cheng Hao can be considered one of the older generation of ghost tamers, but he became a ghost tamer after Wei Jing, belonging to the group of ghost tamers that followed Wei Jing.

When Cheng Hao joined the Ghost Tamer Headquarters and went to the headquarters for training, he had heard of the name Wei Jing, but Wei Jing seemed to have disappeared by then.

For a ghost tamer, disappearance most likely means death, which is why Cheng Hao made the statement he just made.

"But if this person in front of us is really Wei Jing, then given his experience as the city manager of Dajing City and his long survival, his strength must be extremely formidable. Therefore, it seems not surprising that he could be one of the candidates for captain of the Ghost Tamer Headquarters?"

"So this person really could be the rumored Wei Jing?"

At this point, Cheng Hao had begun to believe in Wei Jing's identity.

The most important thing is that paranormal events are currently breaking out in Zhongzhou City. If it weren't for the support from headquarters, which ghost tamer would dare to venture into this city now?
Therefore, after confirming that Wei Jing was a human and not a vengeful ghost, Cheng Hao had already determined Wei Jing's identity even though he had never seen a photo of Wei Jing before.

"Captain of the Guard, what are your thoughts on this paranormal event?" At this moment, Cheng Hao's attitude changed completely, and he tentatively asked Wei Jing for his opinion.

In his opinion.

Wei Jing's strength and experience in handling paranormal events far surpass his own, so Wei Jing's opinion is especially important.

Moreover, with a captain-level ghost tamer involved in the operation, the leaders of ordinary cities could only assist from the sidelines. Therefore, Cheng Hao felt that understanding Wei Jing's attitude from the beginning would greatly benefit their cooperation in the subsequent operations.

"The ghosts on this street are not difficult to deal with; the real challenge is figuring out how to find the source of these ghosts—the Ghost Lake."

While talking.

Wei Jing's gaze also fell on the vengeful ghost on the other side of the street.

At this moment, the vengeful ghost still stood on the other side of the street, without making any movement. Apart from the continuous dripping of murky sewage from its body, it was practically no different from a human sculpture.

"How long have you been here? Have you figured out the killing patterns of that vengeful ghost?" Wei Jing asked Cheng Hao.

He knew that the reason the vengeful ghost was not making any move was because there was no 'target' nearby that could make it act. To put it bluntly, Wei Jing and Cheng Hao's current behavior did not meet the vengeful ghost's killing pattern, so neither of them had been targeted by the ghost.

"It's not clear yet."

Cheng Hao responded, "I haven't been in Huaibin Street for long. I originally wanted to take matters into my own hands and try to imprison that vengeful ghost, but the message from headquarters is for me to wait for support, which means waiting for you, Captain of the Guard, to arrive."

“When I arrived, the vengeful ghost was already standing there, and nothing has changed in all this time.”

"It's worth mentioning that something seems to be hidden beneath the water, so I suspect that the ghost standing still is actually trying to lure us over, and then we'll be attacked by the supernatural forces underwater when we step into the deeper part of the water."

Cheng Hao shared his speculation.

He knew that some paranormal events were not as simple as they appeared on the surface, and that countless traps were hidden in the shadows.

Even the most skilled ghost tamer could be caught off guard and fail miserably if they are not careful!

"What's hidden in the water? There's no need to worry too much. Those aren't real vengeful ghosts, just some supernatural creations."

Wei Jing's tone was indifferent, his voice hoarse, and his gaze was fixed on the murky water, as if he had already seen through everything hidden in the water.

"It's a pity that the supernatural phenomenon here isn't the real Ghost Lake, and it doesn't seem to be connected to the source Ghost Lake at all. It's just a vengeful ghost that ran out of the Ghost Lake. It seems that we'll have to put in more effort to find the real source Ghost Lake."

Immediately.

Wei Jing then began his operation.

Without the slightest hesitation, he strode directly towards the location of the vengeful ghost across the street.

"Is this the confidence of a true top-tier ghost tamer? Completely unafraid of potential dangers, and not taking anything hidden in the water seriously."

Cheng Hao, standing to the side, showed a hint of surprise on his face, but it wasn't unexpected. After all, no matter what, Wei Jing was a captain-level ghost controller at headquarters, so it was unlikely that he would make a mistake in handling a supernatural event of this level.
Cheng Hao didn't react much afterward, just stood there quietly, watching Wei Jing's next move, wanting to see just how big the gap was between himself and those truly top-tier ghost tamers.

Tatata!
Under Cheng Hao's gaze.

Wei Jing, who looked like a vengeful ghost, walked towards the ghost's location through the murky water. Each step he took caused ripples to spread across the murky surface.

Then a strange thing happened.

After Wei Jing walked over, the surface of the water on the ground behind him immediately started to bubble and gurgle, looking as if the water had been boiled, but also as if something was rising from the bottom of the water.

"Captain of the Guard, little..."

Upon seeing this, Cheng Hao immediately shouted, wanting to warn Wei Jing to watch out behind him. However, before he could finish speaking, the scene that followed made him swallow the rest of his words back down.

Suddenly, strangely shaped humanoid corpses began to float on the murky water of the street. They floated motionless on the surface, as if they had lost all their supernatural powers in an instant.

This scene was very strange.

The water, which was only a few dozen centimeters deep, seemed to have turned into a bottomless abyss at this moment, able to hold so many corpses.

Among these corpses were men and women, the elderly and children, but none of them could be identified from their appearance when they were alive.

Because these corpses seemed to have been soaking in the water for a long time, they were severely deformed and swollen, and some had even begun to decompose. The moment they floated up, a stench of rotting corpses spread around them.

"Is this what's hidden beneath the puddles? It's not a real ghost, but it still possesses an eerie aura. It's a kind of supernatural creature similar to a ghost slave."

After only a few initial glances, Cheng Hao drew his own conclusion.

"Even if they are just supernatural objects, with such a large number of them, ordinary ghost tamers would probably be in great danger when they are attacked by them. Sure enough, Wei Jing is indeed the captain of the headquarters and a true top ghost tamer. He has already seen through the dangers under the water."

Cheng Hao sighed inwardly.

What he found most unbelievable was that Wei Jing seemed to have done nothing at all, just strolled over as if taking a leisurely walk, and all the supernatural creatures hidden in the puddles were suppressed by him. Cheng Hao didn't even understand when Wei Jing made his move.

"Is the gap between us ordinary city leaders and truly top-tier captain-level ghost tamers really that big?"

A question involuntarily arose in Cheng Hao's mind.

However, his question is destined to remain unanswered for now.

At this moment, Wei Jing was still walking towards the location of the vengeful ghost.

With each step he took, countless bubbles would rise to the surface of the murky water behind him, and then one after another, bloated and deformed corpses would emerge and float on the murky water.

If an ordinary person saw this scene, they would probably be so frightened that their legs would go weak. But for ghost controllers like Wei Jing and Cheng Hao, it was already commonplace.

After all, no paranormal event is without death. They've seen corpses that are not just swollen and rotting from being soaked in water, and even the most bizarre and terrifying ones, more than once.

that's it.

Wei Jing quickly arrived in front of the vengeful ghost.

As he approached, the vengeful ghost that had been standing at one end of the street, resembling a human-shaped sculpture, began to react.

"Click, click-click..."

A sound of bones and joints rubbing against each other rang out.

The vengeful ghost straightened its slightly hunched body and faced Wei Jing. With this action, a terrifying supernatural curse began to spread.

"Is this the supernatural ability of a vengeful ghost? Is it that you can't make it stand upright, or that you can't make it face you?"

Upon seeing this, Wei Jing's eyes flickered slightly, but his movements did not stop at all. He took a step forward and arrived directly in front of the vengeful ghost, then stretched out his palm to grab the ghost's body.

"Clap!"

No surprises.

Wei Jing grabbed the ghost's neck with his hand, and a tremendous force surged up, lifting the ghost's entire body off the ground.

"Splash!"

As soon as the ghost's body left the puddles, murky water immediately began to gush out from its body.

The water carried a terrifying, eerie aura. Most of it flowed down the ghost's feet and onto the ground, but a small portion of the water surged towards Wei Jing's body.

But soon.

The murky water stopped flowing from the ghost's body.

Wei Jing's own supernatural abilities instantly suppressed the vengeful ghost.

moment.

The ghost's body went limp, like a lump of mud, and was held up in mid-air by Wei Jing's neck, motionless.

With over thirty suppression slots, Wei Jing could easily suppress not only the vengeful ghost in front of him, but even if the number of vengeful ghosts he faced increased several times over!
"Is this the end?"

It all ended so quickly that Cheng Hao didn't even have time to react before Wei Jing had successfully suppressed the vengeful spirit.

"Without any probing or hesitation, he simply grabbed the vengeful spirit with his hand and suppressed it so easily?"

obviously.

The current situation has exceeded Cheng Hao's initial expectations.

Although he never doubted Wei Jing's ability to handle the current paranormal event, he never expected the final result to be so 'brief', which left Cheng Hao, who had originally planned to learn how Wei Jing dealt with vengeful ghosts, with no way to learn.

"It's unbelievable. If Wei Jing is already this powerful, how terrifying must Li Hui, who is known as 'China's No. 1 Ghost Tamer' and 'Headquarters' Strongest Captain,' be?"

At this moment, Cheng Hao was at a loss for words to describe his feelings.

In fact, he had tried his best to imagine the gap between himself and the truly top ghost tamers, but judging from the current situation, his understanding of himself and the truly top ghost tamers like Wei Jing was clearly still insufficient.

Take this paranormal event as an example.

Putting aside the vengeful ghost that Wei Jing had suppressed in his hand, even dealing with the densely packed corpses floating on the water would be extremely troublesome for him.

After all, Cheng Hao hasn't yet resolved the issue of his own vengeful spirit's resurgence.

If one uses the supernatural power he controls too many times, then there's no need to wait for other supernatural attacks; the vengeful spirit he controls alone can take his life, and the vengeful spirit will directly revive.

But when dealing with those supernatural creatures hidden underwater, Wei Jing didn't even give them a second glance. He simply walked through the murky water, and all the underwater corpses were suppressed and floated to the surface.

Even when facing a real vengeful ghost, Wei Jing easily suppressed it, as if it were as simple as an adult crushing an ant.

This gives you an idea of ​​just how vast the gap is between Cheng Hao and Wei Jing...

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the other side.

A large city thousands of miles away.

Li Hui used his Ghost Domain ability to take Li Leping directly into the Mingyue Residential Area, arriving at the 3rd floor of Building 7.

At this moment, the entire corridor was dimly lit, but this dimness was different from Li Hui's ghost domain. Li Hui's ghost domain was more of a gray color, while the environment in the corridor was pure darkness, making it extremely difficult to see.

However, this dim environment had no effect on either Li Hui or Li Leping; they could still clearly see everything in front of them.

I have a high fever of 41.4°C that hasn't gone down. I'm updating while sick, and my condition is a bit poor; I'm feeling quite groggy. Please point out any grammatical errors or typos.

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