Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 253 The Secret of Ghost Money, Dealing with Ghost Lake!

"By the way, wasn't there a group of ghost tamers around our age who entered Taiping Ancient Town earlier?"

Do you know their whereabouts?

suddenly.

As if he had thought of something, Lu Zhiwen asked Boss Liu in the room.

They had been in Ghost Lake for so long, yet Li Jun and his group were still nowhere to be seen, which made Lu Zhiwen frown slightly.

It wasn't that I was worried about the safety of Li Jun and the others.

Rather, this is simply too abnormal.

Especially for someone like Li Jun, who values ​​efficiency above all else, it's impossible for him to delay for so long for no reason; clearly, he has encountered some difficulties.

You mean them...?

Boss Liu nodded, looking thoughtful. After organizing his thoughts, he said, "Indeed, not long ago, five young men entered Taiping Ancient Town. They were all Ghost Masters, and their strength was not low. They should be the ones you mentioned."

"As far as I know, they seemed to be looking for something in Taiping Ancient Town at the time, perhaps some kind of item, or perhaps some specific location. I don't know exactly what it was, but later they entered Ghost Street."

Mr. Liu continued, "It's a haunted place. You need to have very strong supernatural abilities to get in. Of course, even ordinary people might accidentally wander in, but that possibility is actually not very high."

"Get to the point!" Li Hui couldn't help but interrupt as Boss Liu began to tell his story, even introducing the origin of Ghost Street.

"Ok."

Boss Liu chuckled and continued, "The key point is that those five people went straight to the coffin shop on Ghost Street. According to the information from my companion, they seem to be planning to rob a coffin shop on Ghost Street, and it seems that they had already started their operation when we entered Ghost Lake."

Robbing a coffin shop?
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhiwen, Wang Chaling, and even Li Leping were all dumbfounded, while only Li Hui's eyes flashed with a glint of light.

"But why would they rob a coffin shop at this time?" At the same time, a question arose in Li Hui's mind.

Logically, Li Jun and his group should have entered Ghost Lake immediately based on the clues they provided, instead of robbing the coffin shop.

After all, there is no necessary connection between robbing the coffin shop and dealing with the Ghost Lake incident. Li Jun and his group must know the importance and urgency of these two matters. How could they ignore Ghost Lake and go to rob the coffin shop instead?
Even if they had their eye on the coffins in that coffin shop, they would only take action after the Ghost Lake incident was over.

unless……

A possibility came to Li Hui's mind.

That means Li Jun and his team must have made some kind of discovery, or had other opinions, that they felt the things in the coffin shop were beneficial for dealing with Ghost Lake, which is why this situation occurred.

"You said Li Jun and his gang robbed a coffin shop? And that coffin shop was located in a haunted place?"

Just as Li Hui was deep in thought, pondering Li Jun and the others' actions, Lu Zhiwen spoke up again.

He asked Boss Liu, "Since it's a shop in a haunted place, then that coffin shop must be extremely dangerous, right? Do you think it has the strength to trap my five companions?"

Actually.

Lu Zhiwen wanted to ask about the outcome of Li Jun and his group's robbery of the coffin shop, since he hadn't seen the five of them for so long. However, he remembered that Boss Liu had said that Li Jun and his group only started their operation when they entered Ghost Lake, so Boss Liu probably didn't know the result of the matter either.

So Lu Zhiwen began to inquire about the terrifying nature of the coffin shop.

Hear the words.

After thinking it over carefully, Mr. Liu said, "I'm not sure if we can trap them, but based on my personal assessment, their chances of successfully robbing them are not high."

"Before this, many ghost tamers had their eyes on the shops on that ghost street, and some even took action, but so far there has never been a successful case. All the ghost tamers who tried to rob the shops have disappeared."

"Are they confirmed dead, or did they simply disappear without a trace?" Lu Zhiwen continued to press.

"It's disappeared!"

Mr. Liu replied, "When those ghost tamers take action and start looting, the doors of those shops will close, and the inside will become pitch black, making it impossible for outsiders to see what is happening inside."

"After a while, the shop doors will reopen, and the interior will be just as it was before, with no signs of a fight. However, those who went in to rob the shop will not appear; they will all have disappeared."

"Then how do you get the items inside if you want them?" Wang Chaling, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but become interested at this moment.

"After all, there must be a reason why a shop is open. It can't just be a place where people can see things, can it?"

"of course not!"

Boss Liu said, "Everything in the shops on Ghost Street, including the items on the street stalls, can be bought with money, but this money isn't ordinary money; it's ghost money!"

Ghost money?

Upon hearing this, Wang Chaling and the other two instinctively turned their gazes to Li Hui.

As far as they know.

Li Hui had previously taken a lot of ghost money from the Ghost Tamer headquarters!

Such information was top secret to the other ordinary Ghost Tamers at headquarters, but these captains clearly had the authority to know it.

Every paranormal item at headquarters has a corresponding record file. If it is taken away, the information of the person who took it will also be left behind, and the captain has the authority to view this information.

Some ghost money, placed among the many supernatural items at headquarters, was completely inconspicuous and should not have attracted the attention of the team leaders.

However, Li Hui, who was recognized by headquarters as the strongest captain, had a special fondness for that thing, which made it impossible for the other captains not to pay attention, at least they remembered the existence of this thing.

"It seems that those ghost coins have many uses that we are unaware of. No wonder Li Hui took the initiative to ask for them. He must have known the purpose of those ghost coins all along."

These were the thoughts of Wang Chaling and the other two at that moment.

Just then, Li Hui, who was standing to the side, suddenly spoke up:

"Alright, we'll talk about Ghost Street later. Regardless of whether Li Jun and the others are trapped or not, our most important task right now is to deal with Ghost Lake. We can go check on Ghost Street after this is over."

While speaking.

Li Hui turned his gaze toward Ghost Lake.

I don’t know when.

The corpses that had been floating on the lake surface all disappeared and sank back into the water, and the entire lake returned to silence, giving people a gloomy and eerie feeling.

The supernatural abilities possessed by Li Hui and his group combined were truly terrifying.

Previously, when they sank into the lake, most of the ghostly energy of the lake was used to suppress them, which also caused the lake to become 'full', with all the corpses in the lake breaking free from the lake's suppression and floating up.

Now that they have left Ghost Lake, it's as if the interior of Ghost Lake has suddenly become 'empty'. The fierce ghosts that were about to escape the suppression of Ghost Lake were naturally suppressed again and sank into the lake water, which is why the entire lake surface has returned to its original state.

As for whether any vengeful spirits completely escaped Ghost Lake and left for the outside world during this process, Li Hui and the others did not know.

How to deal with the ghost lake?

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Lu Zhiwen and the other two immediately turned serious. Even Boss Liu stared straight at Li Hui, wanting to know what this formidable young man was thinking.

"Li Hui, just tell us straight, how do you need our cooperation?" Li Leping stated at this crucial moment.

Li Hui was originally the leader of this operation.

Furthermore, since only Li Hui possessed the strength to restrain Ghost Lake, Li Leping and the others should obey Li Hui's commands even more.

"We don't need your cooperation!"

Li Hui said, "I can handle Ghost Lake myself, and besides, with your current strength, you can't help me much."

He was telling the truth, but upon hearing this, a hint of embarrassment flashed across the faces of Lu Zhiwen and the other two. After all, this was the first time they had been criticized for being weak, but they had no way to refute it.

However, Li Hui ignored them completely, disregarding their thoughts, and immediately took action, soaring upwards and disappearing from Lu Zhiwen and the other two's sight in the blink of an eye.

Li Hui actually had three options in mind when it came to dealing with Ghost Lake.

The first option is to take Ghost Lake to Zhang Dong's old house from the Republican era and have Zhang Dong erase it; this is also the easiest option.

The second method is to learn from Yang Jian in the original work and use the method of changing the terrain to surround Ghost Lake and limit its spread.

The third option is for Li Hui to imprison Ghost Lake with his own powerful strength, which is not impossible, but it would be too time-consuming and laborious. Therefore, he still prefers the second option.

"If we want to limit Ghost Lake by changing the terrain, then we must collect the water from the nearby Ghost Lake!"

High in the air, Li Hui's eyes flickered slightly as he recalled the method Yang Jian used to gather the Ghost Lake in the original story.

It was a method that seemed incredibly impressive to others. It was as if they were creating mountains and raising cities, dividing land into rivers, splitting waterways, and reversing the terrain, thereby gathering the dispersed lake water back together.

Li Hui is doing something very similar right now.

The area covered by his ghostly domain was expanding rapidly at an incredible speed, tens of kilometers, hundreds of kilometers, thousands of kilometers...

With Zhongzhou City as the core area, in the blink of an eye, Li Hui's ghost domain spanned dozens of surrounding cities, encompassing all of these areas.

Everything in the world lost its original color and turned gray, a scene that immediately attracted the attention of countless people.

For ordinary people, it was nothing special; this bizarre scene only sparked a series of discussions, such as doomsday predictions and talk of a spiritual revival. But for those who control ghosts, they were the ones who truly felt fear.

……

Xiaozhi City.

As the city's head, Zhou Haoyang, having just dealt with a paranormal incident, looked at the gloomy surroundings, his face filled with fear, and he couldn't help but mutter to himself in a trembling voice:
"Damn it, how could a ghost realm suddenly appear in Xiaozhi City? And it's so vast, you can't even see the end of it. This must be an S-class paranormal event!"

Dalu City.

Sitting in his private office, Chu Yang immediately stood up, his eyes fixed on the window, scanning back and forth, trying to figure out where the source of this ghostly realm was.

Dachang City.

Guanjiangkou (Guanjiang Residential Area).

Yang Jian, who had just returned home from Shangtong Building, suddenly changed his expression. All the ghost eyes on his body opened at the same time, but they closed again in a flash and went silent, completely beyond his control.

"This feeling...this is the supernatural power of Ghost Painting! No, there are many other kinds of supernatural power as well. This is Li Hui's Ghost Realm!"

"Why did he suddenly open his ghost domain? And judging from his posture, it's obviously not for traveling. Could it be that he's encountered some trouble? But with his strength, who or what kind of person would be worth such a big fuss?"

Yang Jian's face clearly showed confusion.

……

It's not just them.

At this moment, all the ghost tamers in the cities covered by Li Hui's ghost domain became somewhat uneasy, unable to understand how such a terrifying ghost domain could appear in the cities under their jurisdiction.

In addition, there were the civilian ghost tamers, who were even more terrified. Some of them were so frightened that they set off to leave the city, hoping to escape the city shrouded in ghosts.

However, none of this mattered to Li Hui. He didn't care about other people's opinions at all, and he had already begun the next round of actions.

Under his ghostly perception, he found all the water sources that had been supernaturally polluted by the Ghost Lake, including rivers, lakes, and even groundwater that showed signs of erosion by the Ghost Lake.

These marks were invisible to ordinary people, but Li Hui could see them clearly.

next moment.

Li Hui had a sudden thought.

Suddenly.

The thousands of kilometers of area covered by his ghost domain, encompassing dozens of cities, have undergone earth-shattering changes.

The earth is shaking, rivers are flowing backward, lakes are overflowing, plains are rising into mountains, and city floors are tilting...

Everything in the ghost realm began to become bizarre and strange, and this eerie scene shocked countless people.

The news is spreading like wildfire, reaching every channel.

The phones in some departments were immediately ringing off the hook.

The Ghost Riders headquarters was quickly alerted.

"What did you say?!"

"A ghost domain has appeared within China, covering an area of ​​over a thousand kilometers, and directly or indirectly affecting dozens of cities?"

In the vice minister's office, Cao Yanhua's first reaction upon receiving the news was that the paranormal events were starting to spiral completely out of control, but the staff member's next words made him overturn that idea.

"Yes, Minister Cao, after investigation, the source of that ghostly domain is Zhongzhou City. It appears as a dark gray area. These are some on-site photos uploaded by city officials..."

talking.

The staff handed over a bunch of photos.

(End of this chapter)