Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 254 Li Hui governs the lake
"The origin of the Ghost Realm is Zhongzhou City?"

"The overall appearance is gray and gloomy?"

Hear the words.

Vice Minister Cao Yanhua's anxious expression faltered, and a possibility immediately came to mind. To verify his guess, he immediately reached out and took the stack of photos from the reporting staff member.

The photo shows a modern city that appears to be abandoned, with towering buildings but not a single person in sight.

The most bizarre thing is the background of the photo, which has no extra color, only endless gray, as if the city in the photo has lost its original color.

Cao Yanhua then looked at the second photo, then the third, the fourth...

The background of each photo is Zhongzhou City, but the shooting angles are different. Some photos were taken by staff, while others were taken by satellite.

However, although the photos were taken from different angles, they all had one thing in common: the background of the photos was only a monotonous gray, with no other colors.

"Could it be Li Hui's ghost realm?"

Cao Yanhua frowned slightly.

Judging from the photos alone, this dark ghost realm is very similar to the hazy ghost realm scene in Ghost Painting. In addition, the source of this ghost realm happens to be in Zhongzhou City, and Li Hui and his group also went to Zhongzhou City for their operation, which made Cao Yanhua unable to help but connect the two.

Cao Yanhua then picked up the satellite-positioned mobile phone on the table, found Li Jun's number, and dialed it.

He didn't call Li Hui directly because, in Cao Yanhua's view, regardless of whether the master of that ghost realm was Li Hui or not, he was currently in a 'busy' state, so it would be better to call the other team leaders of this operation.

The phone rang for a long time before being answered. After a burst of noise, Li Jun's voice finally came through: "Hello, Minister Cao."

"Li Jun, where are you located in Zhongzhou City right now? Is the dark ghost realm that just appeared Li Hui's ghost realm?"

Cao Yanhua ignored the initial noise and went straight to the point, asking about the things he cared about.

"I'm currently in a small town outside Zhongzhou City. As for whether this ghostly realm that just appeared belongs to Li Hui, I can't be sure. We split up shortly after entering Zhongzhou City. I'm currently with Liu San, Shen Lin, Jiang Shangbai, and Cao Yang."

"As for Li Leping, Wang Chaling, and Lu Zhiwen, they acted with Li Hui, so I don't know their situation at the moment."

Li Jun continued on the other end of the phone: "The only thing that can be confirmed is that Li Hui and his group have definitely entered Ghost Lake. Their method of action is very risky. They found and entered Ghost Lake by actively triggering the killing patterns of Ghost Lake."

"Is this so..."

Cao Yanhua frowned slightly, then said, "Okay, I understand. Be careful from now on."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Then Cao Yanhua searched through his phone's contacts and dialed the number saved as 'Lu Zhiwen'.

However, the call was not answered this time.

After a busy signal, the phone displayed a message saying "The other party is not in service area".

"As Li Jun said, Lu Zhiwen and Li Hui have already entered Ghost Lake ahead of us?" Cao Yanhua thought to himself.

It should be noted that satellite-positioned mobile phones are made of special materials, which can ignore paranormal influences to a certain extent and can make calls normally in most paranormal events. The current message that the other party is out of service area is exactly the same as Wei Jing after he disappeared, which means that he has obviously entered the Ghost Lake.

"With Li Hui and his group's abilities, handling a Ghost Lake incident shouldn't be a big problem, right?"

Cao Yanhua was naturally very confident in Li Hui's abilities, but when he saw the gloomy colors in the photo, he couldn't help but hesitate.

Well known.

When a ghost tamer uses their ghost domain to deal with vengeful ghosts or other ghost tamers, they usually don't expand their ghost domain too much. But right now, that dark ghost domain has covered thousands of kilometers and encompassed more than a dozen cities. This is obviously abnormal!

Judging from the spread of the ghost realm, it seems more like a terrifying vengeful ghost has been resurrected.

"So that dark, ghostly realm wasn't Li Hui's ghostly realm? Or perhaps... he's already fallen victim to the Ghost Lake incident, and the vengeful spirit he controls is now beginning to awaken?"

The more you think.

Cao Yanhua's mind became increasingly confused.

He believed that Li Hui was quite capable, but at the same time, Cao Yanhua also knew a principle: anything can happen in supernatural events, and even the most powerful ghost controllers can be caught off guard and fail miserably!

Even Cao Yanhua couldn't imagine who would be able to collect Li Hui's body after his death, given the strength Li Hui had displayed.

Looking at the entire headquarters, perhaps only Elder Qin has a slight chance?
"Um...wait...Old Qin?"

suddenly.

As if he had just thought of something, Cao Yanhua quickly got up and walked towards a location in the headquarters. This matter seemed to have gotten out of control, and even if there was only a slight possibility, he was determined to find a way to salvage it.

At present, the only person at headquarters who could possibly do this is Elder Qin.

……

the other side.

Taiping Ancient Town.

Li Jun and his group carried seven coffins to a dock deep in the ancient town. They had just snatched these coffins from the coffin shop on Ghost Street. There were four black coffins and three red coffins in total.

"It seems that Li Hui and the others have encountered a big problem. The Ghost Domain is so vast that they must have used all their strength. We need to hurry up and build these coffins into a ship that can withstand supernatural invasion, and then enter Ghost Lake to help them."

Although it cannot be 100% certain, Jiang Shangbai and his group believe that this dark and ghostly realm is most likely Li Hui's ghostly realm.

"But how should we build the ship?"

But then everyone looked at the coffin placed to the side and began to worry.

Each coffin here possessed incredibly powerful supernatural properties. The five of them expended a great deal of effort, even resorting to desperate measures, to successfully rob them. They almost ended up losing everything in that coffin shop.

"How about we throw the coffin into the water and see if it sinks?"

At this moment, Cao Yang suggested, "Although these coffins can be considered products of the supernatural, in the end, their structure is no different from that of ordinary coffins. They can generally float in water, just like ordinary small boats, and can even support the weight of a person!"

"Most importantly, precisely because these coffins possess supernatural properties, and may even be able to resist the erosion of the Ghost Lake's supernatural influences, they are simply the best vehicles to enter the Ghost Lake."

Upon hearing his words, the expressions on the faces of the others present varied, but they all ultimately agreed with Cao Yang's suggestion and prepared to give it a try. If it really didn't work, they would think of other methods.

"Ok?"

"and many more……"

However, before the group could even throw a coffin into the river that had been corrupted by the ghost lake, an extremely bizarre scene unfolded before Li Jun and his four companions.

Before them, the river, corrupted by the ghostly lake, began to flow backward. In the distance, mountains split apart, the ground collapsed, and underground rivers emerged, with all the water contaminated by the supernatural flowing into the depths of the river.

"What's happening here?"

Everyone present was taken aback by this sudden scene, but they quickly came to their senses.

"Was this Li Hui's doing?"

"He plans to use the power of the Ghost Domain to gather the water sources tainted by the Ghost Lake's supernatural influence, and then imprison them completely in one fell swoop?"

Those present were all captain-level ghost tamers, and with a little deduction, they all uncovered the truth, realizing that Li Hui had already begun to take action to imprison Ghost Lake.

But that's precisely what made them even more surprised.

After all, how much time has passed?

Before they even officially entered Ghost Lake, Li Hui had already begun to imprison them, and judging from the situation, he was very likely to succeed in restraining them.

This means that the S-class supernatural ghost lake incident, which involved nine of their captain-level ghost tamers and had previously caused one captain to fail miserably, is about to come to an end, while the five of them have done almost nothing.

"Is this Li Hui's true strength?"

The group was shocked by Li Hui's strength.

Even though they already knew how powerful Li Hui was and that there was a gap between them and Li Hui, they did not expect the gap to be so large.

Then another idea popped into their minds.

So, is it still necessary for them to enter Ghost Lake now?

obviously.

With Li Hui's full efforts, this paranormal event is basically coming to an end. Whether they help or not makes little difference. In fact, their entry into Ghost Lake might even backfire and cause some unexpected changes in the situation.

Thinking of this.

Li Jun said, "Let's rest here for now and see how things develop. As for these coffins..."

"Let's leave these coffins alone for now. We'll decide how to deal with them once the Ghost Lake incident is completely over."

seriously.

The surrounding coffins gave Li Jun an inexplicable sense of pressure, especially the four black coffins, which inexplicably reminded him of the supernatural incident that had occurred at the headquarters base.

"I hope I'm just overthinking it..." Li Jun thought to himself.

The others had no objections to Li Jun's arrangement, so the five captain-level ghost tamers stood on the dock of the ancient town, watching the earth-shaking changes before them.

at the same time.

Above Ghost Lake.

Li Hui hovered there silently, sensing the changes within his ghost realm.

Under his control, the water flowing out of Ghost Lake, as well as the water sources outside that had been polluted by the supernatural power of Ghost Lake, were all gathered back into Ghost Lake.

The water flowing back into Ghost Lake not only caused the once lifeless lake surface to ripple, but also caused the overall water level of Ghost Lake to rise sharply.

This scene was very strange.

Logically, with the water level of Ghost Lake rising so much, it should have already flowed outwards, and even the entire Zhongzhou City would have been submerged. But strangely, there is no sign of it flowing outwards at all.

This situation is like someone pouring water into a glass. Even though the glass is already full, they keep pouring water in, and the water level keeps rising, but it doesn't flow out. Instead, it just keeps rising in a strange way, as if there is an invisible barrier in the air.

"It should be almost done."

Seeing the last part of the river water, imbued with the ghostly power of Ghost Lake, flowing back into Ghost Lake, Li Hui felt that he could proceed to the next step.

In his perception within the Ghost Realm, all the supernatural phenomena related to the Ghost Lake in dozens of cities across thousands of kilometers around had returned to the Ghost Lake. This also indicated that the Ghost Lake's influence on the outside world had been reduced to almost zero at this moment, even more thoroughly than what Yang Jian did in the original work.

This also means that as long as Ghost Lake is restricted at this moment, it will truly be confined to this area.

and this.

This is exactly what Li Hui wanted to achieve!
The next moment he made his move.

He first raised the surrounding terrain, then controlled the area containing the Ghost Lake to continuously sink, in an attempt to artificially create a huge basin, like a water basin, with the Ghost Lake being the water in this basin.

Although Ghost Lake is not a lake in the true sense, but a manifestation of the supernatural, the basin that Li Hui created was not made of ordinary soil, but rather used supernatural grave soil!
under these circumstances.

His blockade of Ghost Lake will be unprecedented, far exceeding Yang Jian's in the original work, and will truly confine Ghost Lake to this area.

"Are we close to success?"

below.

Wang Chaling and his companions, standing on the dilapidated black boat, were undoubtedly witnesses to all of this.

They were right there in Ghost Lake, and they knew better than anyone what had just happened, and they also understood Li Hui's intentions.

"It's unbelievable that he could think of such a way to limit the spread of Ghost Lake. As expected of Li Hui, his strength and the way he handles paranormal events are always so unexpected and so awe-inspiring!"

Li Leping was equally astonished.

Under their watchful eyes, something resembling a dam rose up around Ghost Lake, enveloping the entire lake.

"Wang Chaling?"

That's when.

A hoarse, deep voice rang out.

The people on the boat looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Wei Jing, who had been unconscious, had woken up at some point and was now standing quietly behind them.

"Wei Jing, you're awake?"

Upon seeing this, Wang Chaling greeted him.

"It seems quite some time has passed since I entered Ghost Lake. Are you here to deal with Ghost Lake? What's going on here? Is Li Hui taking action to restrict Ghost Lake?"

Wei Jing's memory stopped at the moment he was attacked, and he didn't know what happened after that, but based on the current situation, he quickly deduced a lot of things.

"Yes."

Wang Chaling responded, "After you went into Ghost Lake and lost contact, headquarters urgently convened a team leader meeting and asked us to come and deal with Ghost Lake. This time, all the team leaders from headquarters were dispatched, including me, making a total of nine. Five of them are in Taiping Ancient Town. Li Hui is currently dealing with Ghost Lake."

"As you can see, Li Hui probably wants to restrict the Ghost Lake by changing the surrounding terrain. Before that, we saw that many rivers outside were flowing back, which means that the water sources were probably polluted by the Ghost Lake's supernatural influence."

"Is this so..."

Upon hearing this, Wei Jing frowned slightly, but did not continue to speak. Instead, he stopped and watched, just like Wang Chaling and the others, waiting for the final result.

This continued for about half an hour before the changes around us stopped, and the lake surface, which had been rippling, gradually returned to its original deathly stillness.

"Success?"

Upon seeing this, Wang Chaling and the others felt a chill and looked up at the sky, waiting for Li Hui to appear and give them an answer.

soon.

Li Hui's figure then appeared in everyone's sight.

Before the others could ask, Li Hui spoke up, saying, "The supernatural phenomena of Ghost Lake are too unique to be completely contained. For now, this is the only way to deal with it, confining it to this area. Although there is a possibility that it may get out of control again later, this is the best outcome at present."

Without waiting for a response from the others, Li Hui continued, "Alright, the matter of Ghost Lake is over, and we should leave now."

While talking.

The ghostly aura enveloped Wang Chaling and the others, taking them all with it and disappearing from sight. Only Boss Liu from Taiping Ancient Town remained standing on the deck of the dilapidated boat.

"Taiping Ancient Town is completely finished now. I never expected Old Man He to be killed like this. We must discuss this with Old Yu and see if we can find a way to get Old Man He's granddaughter out of Ghost Lake..."

Mr. Liu thought to himself.

However, what he didn't notice was...

Just after Li Hui and his group left, a coffin suddenly floated up silently not far from the black boat.

It was a black coffin!

The coffin was very large, and most importantly, the lid had already been opened, revealing a disheveled female ghost dressed in white standing inside.

next moment.

The coffin moved silently toward the dilapidated black boat, and at the same time, a faint red light emanated from the female ghost's body.

The light was somewhat similar to the red glow emitted by Li Hui's phone tattoo, but the color was not as deep, only a pale red.

at the same time.

Li Hui led Wang Chaling and the others directly to the abandoned dock in Taiping Ancient Town.

"Li Hui, you guys came out of Ghost Lake?"

The sudden appearance of the group immediately caught the attention of Shen Lin and his companions.

Cao Yang spoke up, saying, "It seems you've successfully handled the Ghost Lake incident. This must be the fastest S-class paranormal event ever resolved, right?"

Jiang Shangbai chimed in, "Yeah, we haven't even entered Ghost Lake yet, and this incident has already been dealt with. Looking at the entire headquarters, I guess only you, Captain Li, have the ability to completely disregard an S-level paranormal event."

……

The sick ghost has recently resurfaced.

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