Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 240 The Captains Gather, Elder Qin Reminds Us

"What did you say?"

"Another large-scale paranormal event codenamed 'Ghost Lake' has broken out in China?"

"Wei Jing, one of the headquarters captains, is already caught up in it and has completely lost contact. There's still no news of him. Headquarters is going to hold a captains' meeting, wanting the remaining captains to act together and deal with the Ghost Lake incident?"

Anning Building in Dadong City.

Inside the top-floor office.

Upon receiving the news, Wang Chaling habitually adjusted his glasses with his finger and then asked, "Can I refuse to attend this captain's meeting?"

We need to handle a large-scale paranormal event.

If you can refuse.

Wang Chaling naturally didn't want to attend the team leader meeting held at headquarters.

Although he knew that at this moment, the possibility of headquarters agreeing to the absence of a captain was very small, Wang Chaling still chose to ask.

"No way."

Almost the instant Wang Chaling asked the question, the voice of his personal operator came through the satellite positioning phone on the desk next to him.

"Headquarters' attitude is very firm this time. Captain Zhao had already explained that this was the intention of Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua, and... this matter has even alarmed the higher-ups."

The operator's words were tactful, but the meaning was clear, conveying all the key points.

above?

Minister?
Even……

Upon hearing this, Wang Chaling frowned.

He then said, "Okay, I understand. The meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m., right? I will be there on time."

Done.

Wang Chaling then hung up the phone.

The same scene is playing out in several other major cities in China.

In Otsu City.

Cao Yang also hung up the phone with a furrowed brow, his face showing strong displeasure, seemingly dissatisfied with the content of the call he had just received.

"I really don't know what the Ghost Rider Headquarters is up to. I've only been a captain for a short time, and the corresponding business trips are coming one after another, without even letting people rest."

It's no wonder Cao Yang complained.

After all, he had just finished dealing with the aftermath of the Ghost Temple incident, and now headquarters had notified him to hold a team leader meeting, saying that they were to handle a paranormal incident codenamed 'Ghost Lake'.

Such frequent business trips would make anyone dissatisfied.

Said without politeness.

This is already far beyond the frequency of his actions when he was just an ordinary city leader, giving people the feeling that he might as well not be a team leader at all.

But grumbling aside...

After hanging up the phone, Cao Yang still prepared to head to Dajing City to attend the team leader meeting.

Immediately.

He then dialed his assistant's number.

After the call was connected, Cao Yang went straight to the point and gave his instructions: "Arrange a private jet immediately. I need to go to Dajing City to attend the captain's meeting this afternoon."

Done.

Without waiting for his assistant's response, Cao Yang hung up the phone.

soon.

All departments in Otsu City were gearing up for Cao Yang's trip.

the other side.

Within the territory of DaQ City.

The top floor of a 100-meter-tall building.

This is Liu San's office, codenamed 'Paper Man'.

As one of the team leaders at headquarters, Liu San naturally received a notification from headquarters, instructing him to arrive at the headquarters base in Dajing City before 5 p.m. today to attend this team leader meeting.

Like Wang Chaling and Cao Yang, Liu San naturally inquired about the main reason for holding this team leader meeting.

Upon learning that they were to deal with a major paranormal incident, and that the incident might have even resulted in the loss of a team leader, Liu San also considered refusing to participate.

However, he eventually agreed to go.

As for the reason... after he agreed to go to Dajing City to attend this captain's meeting, the reason no longer mattered.

Besides the three team leaders, the remaining team leaders, including Li Leping, the head of Da* City, Shen Lin, the head of Daxia City, and Jiang Shangbai, Li Jun, and others who were already in Dajing City, also received the meeting notice.

Even Lu Zhiwen, who was the Ghost Tamer Headquarters' 'secret weapon' and had never appeared in front of the other captains, received a notice of this captains' meeting.

It can be said.

Apart from He Yin'er, the head of Dayuan City who is still out of contact, and Zhang Jun, who is 'undercover' abroad, the other nine team leaders at headquarters have all received the notification.

The reason there are nine is because Wei Jing is trapped in Ghost Lake and has lost contact, so they can only contact the other team leaders to participate.

This naturally includes Li Hui.

He also received a call from his personal operator, which coincided with Li Hui's plan, so he didn't refuse.

After all, Li Hui originally planned to go to the headquarters base, because his target was Elder Qin at the headquarters.

The supernatural ability to communicate with one's future self is something no one could ignore.

Actually.

At this moment, Li Hui had already quietly entered the territory of Dajing City.

The hazy, ghostly aura spread outwards, extending towards the headquarters location, without disturbing the residents of Dajing City.

Because Li Hui's ghost domain, though seemingly vast and overwhelming, was actually hidden, making it impossible for ordinary people to detect.

Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary ghost tamers cannot see through it; the difference in supernatural abilities between them is simply too great.

Unless someone tries to open their own ghost domain in Dajing City at this time, because although Li Hui's ghost domain cannot be seen, it is real. Under the suppression of the supernatural, other ghost tamers cannot open their ghost domains at all.

However, nothing is absolute.

Li Hui's ghost domain hadn't even spread to the headquarters base before it was discovered.

He was an old man with a hunched back, wearing a gray long gown, leaning on a cane, and with wrinkles and age spots on his face.

It was none other than Old Qin, who was known as the "Headquarters Mascot" and the "Number One Ghost Tamer in Dajing City"!
At this moment, Old Qin was sitting in an old building deep in the headquarters base, gazing quietly at the distant horizon.

From an ordinary person's perspective, the sky is still the same sky, no different from usual, but in Old Qin's eyes, everything around him has changed.

Li Hui's disguise in the Ghost Domain seemed to be nothing to Qin Lao, and was easily seen through, and Qin Lao even found the location where the real body was hiding.

Because the direction Qin Lao was looking at was precisely where Li Hui was located, and he was rapidly approaching Qin Lao.

"The moment has finally come."

suddenly.

Old Qin, sitting in the courtyard, sighed softly.

It seemed as if he had anticipated the current situation, just as if Old Qin had known all along that Li Hui would come to him, or even that he knew Li Hui's purpose in advance.

So you were waiting for me?

Almost the instant Qin Lao finished speaking to himself, Li Hui appeared in the courtyard and asked Qin Lao, "With your abilities, you should have known this moment would come, right?"

"I'm curious when exactly you found out. Did you already know when we first met, or did you find out later?"

What seemed like a meaningless question was actually very important to Li Hui.

Because this would confirm some of his conjectures.

After all, in Li Hui's view, the future is not static. So-called foresight of the future or dialogue with one's future self can only be considered as one possibility of the future.

Because the future is not certain!

in other words.

If we already know the future in advance, can it still be considered the future?
Take Xiong Wenwen and his friends from the original story as an example. In the future that Xiong Wenwen foresaw, he and Yang Jian and the others had already died countless times, but because they knew the danger in advance, they were able to avoid it every time.

Therefore, Li Hui was very curious as to when Qin Lao realized that he would be replicating his supernatural abilities at this time.

You should know that he never had such a thought at first. It was only as various things happened and his abilities became stronger that this idea came to him.

However, when faced with Li Hui's question, Old Qin did not choose to give a direct answer, but instead talked about other things.

"When I found out is no longer important. Sometimes, not knowing the answer is far better than knowing it. Instead of dwelling on this, I should think more about how to deal with the crisis ahead."

Old Qin's tone was aged and meaningful, and his slightly cloudy eyes held a strange light as he looked at Li Hui.

Upon seeing this, Li Hui frowned slightly.

Then he asked aloud, "What crisis are you referring to?"

"Ghost Lake?"

"Although Ghost Lake is indeed not simple, especially after Wei Jing's fall, it will become even more terrifying. However, you should be very clear about my strength. Ghost Lake should not be considered a 'crisis' for me right now, right?"

This is not because Li Hui is arrogant.

But that's just the truth!

Even if Ghost Lake 'learns' Wei Jing's supernatural abilities, it would be absolutely impossible for it to do anything to Li Hui now, and it might even be easily 'pacified' by him.

After all, Wei Jing wasn't a ghost messenger!

The two are fundamentally different.

Wei Jing does not have unlimited potential for growth!

to be honest.

Wei Jing's suppression ability is fixed at 35, and he cannot increase it on his own because he does not have the ability to contain other vengeful spirits.

The original work clearly states that from the moment Wei Jing was freed from the ghost messengers until the very end, the number of ghosts he suppressed remained unchanged.

of course.

The situation is different when Wei Jing, with the help of Luo Qian's spirit and Feng Quan and others, successfully controls the ghost messenger.

However, Wei Jing at this time definitely does not possess the characteristic of unlimited growth suppression.

This also explains.

Even if Ghost Lake learned Wei Jing's supernatural abilities, it only made its waters more oppressive; it couldn't artificially increase the intensity of the supernatural suppression it learned from Wei Jing, even though the number of vengeful ghosts soaking in its waters was indeed very large...

This doesn't mean that Wei Jing's supernatural abilities didn't enhance the terror of Ghost Lake at all; in fact, they made Ghost Lake much stronger.

The 35 slots for suppressing vengeful spirits will increase the upper limit of Ghost Lake, allowing it to accommodate more vengeful spirits than before.

Furthermore, the lake's suppressive power will be enhanced on an epic scale!
After all, facing Wei Jing's ability to suppress others with as many as 35 slots, there are few people in the entire paranormal community who would dare to say they can ignore him.

However, this does not include Li Hui.

Therefore, even after learning that Wei Jing had been caught up in the Ghost Lake incident, he still did not take Ghost Lake seriously.

Because he truly has the right to be confident!

However, Qin Lao's words made Li Hui doubt himself again, wondering if he had made a mistake in his judgment and if Wei Jing actually had unlimited potential for growth.
If that's really the case, then after learning Wei Jing's supernatural abilities, wouldn't Ghost Lake become invincible and take off on the spot?

Even Zhang Dong, who faces one of the ceilings, can try to stage an accident?
But soon.

Old Qin's words dispelled Li Hui's self-doubt.

"It's not a ghost lake!"

"That lake is somewhat special, but it's not something to be overly concerned about. What I'm referring to is something else. Once you successfully replicate my supernatural abilities, you should be able to find out more."

Old Qin's tone was calm and aged, but it revealed his disdain for Ghost Lake. It seemed that a supernatural event that was highly valued by the entire Ghost Tamer Headquarters was no different from an ordinary event in his eyes.

This behavior also confirmed another suspicion that Li Hui had in mind.

That means the potential of Ghost Lake is not high.

Even if it can suppress the learning of other supernatural abilities, there is a limit; it cannot truly be limitless.

Take Yang Jian from the original novel as an example.

He had clearly sunk to the bottom of the lake, and the supernatural phenomena of the Ghost Lake had affected his body, even to the point of mutual control, but it was not necessarily that the Ghost Lake had learned the supernatural power of the Ghost Eyes from Yang Jian.

It's important to know that the Tenth Layer Ghost Domain is also one of the top-tier abilities. If Ghost Lake could learn it, he would also take off immediately, and it wouldn't be any worse than learning the Ghost Messenger's ability.

However, the Ghost Lake in the original work clearly cannot do this. Even the Ghost Cabinet and the Wish Ghost can ignore the Ghost Lake's supernatural power. In addition, there is a limit to the number of vengeful ghosts it can accommodate. Therefore, it can be seen that the growth of the Ghost Lake's supernatural power has actually reached its peak.

It looks like a ghost drawing.

It looks incredibly terrifying at first glance.

In reality, their supernatural potential has already reached its limit.

Therefore, Li Hui highly doubted whether, if a real ghost messenger were sunk into the lake, given the supernatural intensity of the Ghost Lake, he could successfully learn the ghost messenger's infinitely growing suppression ability.

When the ability to suppress supernatural phenomena reaches a certain level, even Zhang Dongxiang would find it difficult to ignore, because his own ability to erase supernatural phenomena is ultimately just that—a supernatural phenomenon...

.........

Li Hui's mind raced, and his hands continued their work without pause. A dazzling, eerie red light began to emerge from the phone tattoo on the back of his hand.

The red light was very bright, a scarlet expanse. It was very faint when it first appeared, but it illuminated the surroundings in the blink of an eye.

Subsequently, he came under Li Hui's control.

The eerie red light began to envelop Qin Lao's body.

At the same time, Li Hui spoke up, "I'm a little curious. If Elder Qin isn't referring to Ghost Lake, then what could it be?"

While talking.

The eerie red light had already spread to Qin Lao's front.

Seeing this, Old Qin did not resist or make any extra movements. He remained seated and quietly watched the scene unfold.

His expression suggested that he was intentionally pushing this matter to happen.

soon.

The red light covered Qin Lao's entire body.

This book is expected to be completed next month.
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(End of this chapter)