Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 258 Robbing a Coffin Shop, Becoming a Law Enforcement Captain!
"Woooooo~"

"Besides, besides, besides~!"

A train emerged from the thick fog.

The ground is shaking.

The entire waiting room fell silent instantly, as everyone's attention was drawn to the train slowly pulling into the station.

The train was not moving fast, especially as it approached the platform, where it began to slow down and slowly entered the platform tracks.

As the train approached, a chilling aura swept over them, causing everyone in the waiting room to shiver involuntarily once again.

At the same time, the appearance of the train came into everyone's view.

"Oh my god, is this train still safe to ride? It should have been scrapped long ago, so why is it still pulling into the station?"

"God, what is this?"

"Why am I encountering this situation? Is this 3D projection technology from some company? I've never heard of it before?"

"..."

The crowd in the waiting room immediately erupted in excitement, and the already noisy atmosphere became even more intense.

What came into view was an old, rusty train with many dents in its body, as if it had suffered some kind of heavy blow.

Also.

Several carriages of the train have been completely destroyed, with a large portion of the carriages missing and the remaining parts exposed to the outside world.

What's even more bizarre is that many parts of the car body are covered in a scarlet color, which doesn't look like paint graffiti but more like bloodstains that haven't completely dried. There are many such areas, giving people an extremely sinister and terrifying feeling.

"I want to go back. I dare not ride on such a train. It's practically scrapped but still running. I'm going to file a complaint against the relevant railway department!"

Some passengers were grumbling that they wanted to leave.

But when they turned around, they found that the main exit of the waiting hall had disappeared, replaced by endless darkness, as if there was an endless abyss outside the waiting hall.

"Huh, what's this?" At the same time, some people also noticed something unusual.

Suddenly, without anyone noticing, something had silently appeared in the pockets of everyone present.

That's a train ticket!
The ticket was old-fashioned and stained with dark red blood, exuding an eerie aura that sent chills down one's spine.

"God, what is going on? Please save me and take me away from this eerie station! I am your faithful follower!"

Seeing this, some people began to pray, hoping that their god could lead them out of danger.

Others muttered in trembling voices, "Is this a demon train to hell? But I've never done anything wrong in my life, why is this happening to me?"

However, no matter how distraught the people in the waiting room were, they could not stop the fact that the ghost train had appeared. What's more, they even had tickets for the ghost train on them.

soon.

An eerie aura emerged.

next moment.

Apart from the bankers, everyone in the waiting room was unconsciously moving closer to the location of the ghost train.

This is an extremely bizarre scene.

Even though no one's feet were moving, the distance between them and the ghost train was constantly decreasing, getting closer and closer to the train's location, as if the whole world was carrying them all away at that moment.

Saw this scene.

The banker frowned, wondering why the other kings were taking so long to arrive. His message had been sent out for so long, yet there was still no movement.

However, the moment this thought crossed his mind, the banker's expression shifted, as if he had sensed something, and he suddenly looked up at the top of the waiting room.

The dim environment suddenly changed, and the ghost train's eerie atmosphere was disturbed by external supernatural forces.

From an external perspective, this is the case.

You will see a pitch-black ghostly realm spreading from the distant horizon, extending above the station's waiting hall.

Subsequently, the black ghost realm collided and neutralized with the ghost train's supernatural presence. In the end, the black ghost realm successfully tore a crack in the ghost train's ghost realm and then successfully invaded the waiting room of the train station.

At the same time, twelve figures suddenly appeared out of nowhere beside the banker.

It was the other twelve kings from the King's Organization who had just arrived!
"Luckily, we're not too late. The ghost train hasn't started moving yet, and we can still get on." A king stared intently at the old train not far away, his eyes filled with a burning desire, but also a hint of fear.

"The Ghost Train is an extremely mysterious paranormal event. It possesses the ability to travel through supernatural places and has a ghostly domain. It is extremely terrifying and dangerous. Even the most skilled ghost riders may never return once they board the train!"

Some kings also described the horror of the ghost train.

Then the king changed the subject and asked the people beside him, "Now, who among you has received a ticket from the ghost train?"

While talking.

The king pulled out an old-fashioned ticket from his pocket, stained with dark red blood and exuding an eerie aura.

This is a ticket for the Ghost Train. Only those with a ticket can board the train. Otherwise, forcibly boarding will result in something terrifying, even for a king.

"And I!"

"I!"

"I!"

"And I!"

"..."

The kings who had tickets on them immediately took them out of their pockets, and a total of six kings received tickets.

This also shows how terrifying that old ghost train was.

It should be noted that none of the kings present were weak; they were all top-notch ghost tamers. Yet, even such a group of people had their tickets silently slipped into their pockets when facing the ghost train.

"Are only the six of us able to get train tickets?"

The gentleman glanced at it and then spoke.

There were thirteen kings present. Excluding the six kings, this meant that seven other kings did not have tickets.

Without a ticket, one cannot board the train smoothly, and even a king would not be willing to take the risk of forcibly boarding.

However, faced with this situation...

The seven kings who had not obtained tickets showed no concern. Instead, they focused their attention on the ordinary people ahead who had obtained tickets but had not yet boarded the train.

Based on their knowledge of ghost trains.

There are two ways to obtain a ticket.

One type is that they randomly appear in people's pockets, like just now; the other type is that they can snatch other people's tickets.

After all, the ghost train is the kind that recognizes tickets but not people; as long as you have a ticket, you can board, and it doesn't care at all how the ticket came about.

next moment.

The seven kings launched an operation.

In just a moment, each of them had a strange ticket stained with blood.

For top-tier ghost tamers like them, snatching train tickets from ordinary people is easier than eating or drinking.

As for the fate of the ordinary people whose tickets they took, let's not even talk about it...

Actually.

Even if all these ordinary people manage to get on the bus, they will eventually die in various haunted places, with almost no hope of survival.

Ordinary people... are just this desperate when faced with supernatural forces!

"Alright, now that we have tickets, let's get on the train. The ghost train should be starting soon. Let's see how we can control this supernatural train!"

The gentleman spoke first.

After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the platform.

behind him.

The other twelve kings also stepped forward and walked towards the ghost train.

at the same time.

Meanwhile, Li Hui began robbing the second store.

This time, he's set his sights on coffin shops!

Compared to the paper-making shop he had robbed before, the coffin shop was located deeper in Ghost Street, where the buildings on both sides of the road had completely disappeared, leaving only a bare bluestone road.

On the other side of the road, the coffin shop stood bare in the darkness, with no other shops around it; it was the only coffin shop in the vicinity.

The coffin shop was open.

Inside the shop, a dim, yellowish oil lamp hung in the air, barely illuminating the entire shop.

A coffin was placed in the middle of the shop.

It was a black coffin, its paint glossy and spotless, looking brand new, as if it had just been made, not a damaged one.

On either side of this black coffin are other coffins, some bright red, others black, and some of them are of different sizes. Some are even made of natural wood and haven't been painted yet.

At this moment, Li Hui stood inside the coffin shop, calmly surveying everything around him.

Just as he was looking around, a creaking sound came from inside the shop, like a coffin lid being lifted, and at the same time, a strange voice echoed: "Young man, buy a coffin, you'll need it sooner or later, only eighteen yuan..."

Just like the mask stalls and the paper shop we robbed earlier, there were also voices hawking their wares in the coffin shop, but the prices were significantly higher than those of the mask stalls and paper shop.

You should know that a mask only costs three yuan at a mask stall, but the paper shop owner is greedy and charges seven yuan for a mask, while the coffin shop in front of you asks for eighteen yuan.

However, Li Hui was not surprised at all. This at least showed that the coffin shop did not discriminate based on the customer's price and the price was set at a reasonable eighteen yuan, unlike the paper-making shop, which charged Yang Jian three yuan per piece in the original story but charged him seven yuan before.

Even so, Li Hui had no intention of giving up robbing the coffin shop.

wrong.

To be precise, the goods were sourced from a coffin shop.

Because this is also a shady shop, they ask for eighteen yuan, but if you really want to buy it, you have to pay twenty yuan, plus an extra four yuan for the coffin-carrying fee. It's definitely a scam by unscrupulous merchants.

However, in order to verify some of his thoughts, Li Hui did not act immediately, but instead said:
"Are these all the coffins you have here? Do you have any more in stock? If so, bring them all out; I'll take them all!"

Li Hui's voice was very grand; anyone who didn't know him would think he was a wealthy man. However, he was actually preparing to buy something for free.

Since we're here to buy goods, the more goods the better.

If the coffin shop has other hidden items, it's better for them to bring them out voluntarily than for him to look for them later, isn't it?

To Li Hui's disappointment, it seemed that the coffins in the shop were the only ones the shop had in stock.

The eerie voice rang out again: "Young man, what you see in front of you is all the goods in our store. Buy a few coffins. You'll need them sooner or later anyway. They're very cheap, only eighteen yuan a coffin."

Hear the words.

Li Hui did not reply.

They immediately started the free purchase performance.

Suddenly, a blank portrait, taller than a person, appeared beside him. Li Hui then reached out and lifted a red coffin, throwing it into the portrait, just as he had done earlier in the paper shop.

However, Li Hui's behavior clearly violated the biggest taboo in the coffin shop.

Robbing a coffin is undoubtedly going against the entire coffin shop. Even if the coffin shop is not as prosperous as it used to be, it is absolutely impossible for them to just stand by and watch Li Hui take away a red coffin without paying.

"boom!"

Suddenly.

The old coffin shop door was shut shut, and even the bolt was automatically lowered, clearly indicating that they did not intend to let Li Hui leave.

At the same time, the shop owner's voice rang out again from inside the coffin shop: "Young man, peace brings wealth. Return that coffin and compensate the shop ten yuan, and you can leave."

"I'm sorry, but I'm taking the coffin here today, and I won't pay a single penny. If you're so capable, then feel free to leave me here."

Li Hui spoke with disdain, but his hands didn't stop moving for a second. In the meantime, he successfully snatched two more coffins.

"Young man, return the coffin and pay me ten yuan. That's your money to save your life. If you insist on not doing so, you will be buried here today." The eerie voice appeared again, but this time it was particularly sinister, like a vengeful ghost whispering.

"Go ahead and try," Li Hui said, unmoved, continuing his zero-yuan purchase activity.

This thoroughly enraged the owner of the coffin shop.

next moment.

The walls around the coffin shop had all disappeared, replaced by endless darkness, as black as ink, from which came a creaking sound, like the sound of coffin boards rubbing against each other.

This means that many vengeful spirits are gradually awakening at this moment.

And indeed, things turned out exactly as Li Hui had guessed.

Under his gaze.

One by one, chilling and terrifying figures appeared in the darkness, all of them converging together and surging towards the coffin shop.

Obviously.

Li Hui, who violated the coffin shop's trading rules, became the target of those vengeful ghosts.

However, upon seeing this, Li Hui not only did not restrain himself at all, but became even more arrogant, stuffing all the coffins in the shop into the portrait next to him.

They even went so far as to take the unpainted, unfinished wooden coffins.

Seeing this, the coffin shop owner's furious voice rang out again in the dim environment: "Robber, you're a complete robber! You'll die here, you definitely will!"

As the shop owner's voice rang out, old and terrifying corpses seemed to appear out of thin air, crowding the entire shop and surrounding Li Hui, almost swallowing him up.

At this moment, Li Hui successfully sent the last coffin away and looked up at the densely packed, terrifying old corpses beside him.

Each old corpse was a vengeful ghost, and they stretched as far as the eye could see. Apart from the ghosts that had already entered the shop, countless figures were still moving about in the endless darkness.

This scene made Li Hui frown, and he also understood why Yang Jian in the original work did not choose to confront the coffin shop head-on, and he also understood the reason why Shen Lin and the others said they were fighting desperately.

Faced with so many vengeful ghosts, even the most skilled ghost tamers might be defeated, because if the fight continues, no one can predict what might happen.

When supernatural attacks accumulate to a certain extent, even the most skilled ghost tamers cannot withstand them and will die instantly.

This is also the source of the shop owner's confidence.

However, the coffin shop made a mistake in one aspect.

Li Hui is not Yang Jian from the original story, nor is he comparable to Liu San and the other five. The sheer number of these vengeful ghosts poses no challenge to him whatsoever.

The next moment, Li Hui took the initiative to attack.

Without any unnecessary movements or fancy moves, he simply charged headlong into the horde of vengeful spirits.

Instantly, all the sinister ghosts were sent flying by Li Hui's impact.

During this time, the old corpse also attacked Li Hui, but it had no effect whatsoever.

Putting aside the question of whether these old corpses could actually touch his body given the current level of supernatural power Li Hui possessed, even if a few vengeful ghosts did attack Li Hui, he would instantly transfer them away in their place.

After all, Li Hui now possesses not only an extremely strong ghost domain and powerful attack suppression capabilities, but also excellent survival skills.

Putting aside the supernatural obstacles on the bus, the substitute ghost supernatural ability he replicated from Ye Zhen was enough to allow him to ignore most attacks from vengeful ghosts.

not to mention.

Li Hui also controls the true restart ability.

And there's more than one!
In this situation, the number of vengeful ghosts is meaningless to him.

With a mere wave of his hand, Li Hui could send the vengeful spirits flying and suppress them. Even when he charged wildly, he could knock down a large number of vengeful spirits and prevent them from recovering for a while, causing his own supernatural abilities to fall into complete silence.

"You bandit, how can you have such great strength? Are all the young ghost tamers in the outside world this powerful now?"

Li Hui's series of actions seemed to surprise the coffin shop owner, whose tone carried a hint of helplessness, as if he had realized that he probably couldn't do anything to Li Hui.

However, Li Hui did not reply upon hearing this, but continued with his actions.

He continued to take the initiative, but this time he used the supernatural power of grave soil. Suddenly, grave mounds appeared in the shop, containing the vengeful ghosts of the coffin shop.

The terrifying ghosts in the grave, along with the bus, ghost messengers, and other supernatural phenomena that could suppress other vengeful spirits, were fully and thoroughly displayed at this moment.

The terrifying supernatural abilities rendered the group of horrific old corpses utterly defenseless, and they were buried by Li Hui in an instant.

At this moment, Li Hui was like the reincarnation of Luo Qian, the graveyard owner, burying all the supernatural phenomena before him.

At this moment, Li Hui was even more powerful and terrifying than Luo Qian, the real owner of the graveyard.

After all, even Luo Qian did not possess the terrifying abilities that Li Hui had. Therefore, in a true comparison, Li Hui's strength was clearly superior to Luo Qian's at this moment.

"Wait, young man, that's enough. Stop burying them. You win. I admit the coffin shop can't do anything to you." At this moment, the coffin shop owner's helpless yet urgent voice came from the darkness.

Unlike before, this time he was begging for mercy, not wanting Li Hui to continue burying the vengeful ghosts belonging to the coffin shop.

This scene is amazing.

If other ghost tamers who knew anything about coffin shops knew this, they would be absolutely shocked, because the coffin shop owner actually admitted defeat, which was unprecedented.

In the past, there have been ghost tamers who coveted the coffins in the coffin shops.

But without exception, they all failed.

Apart from Shen Lin and his group who successfully snatched the coffin and escaped unscathed, everyone else was caught in the coffin shop.

They either obediently paid the money to save their lives and slunk away, or they died completely in the coffin shop and became a vengeful ghost among those terrifying old corpses.

So far.

Li Hui was the only one who could make the coffin shop admit defeat.

Even so, Li Hui was still not satisfied. He paused his burying of the ghost and said, "You cunning businessman, what's the use of just admitting your mistake verbally? We're all adults, you should know what to do."

obviously.

At this point, he still wanted to extort another sum of money.

Upon hearing this, the coffin shop owner immediately understood and said, "I understand, of course I understand. How about this, I'll compensate you, and you can leave the shop now?"

While talking.

A stack of colorful banknotes drifted out from the darkness and finally settled neatly in front of Li Hui.

There are three-yuan notes and seven-yuan notes, and there are many of them. The initial estimate is that there are at least two or three hundred yuan.

"In that case, I shall accept your offer." Li Hui smiled slightly.

Faced with the coffin shop owner's 'smooth talk', he naturally had no reason to refuse and simply reached out and took all the ghost money.

Again.

Regardless of whether I'll need it in the future, it's something I got for free, so having it is always better than not having it.

"Alright, you've taken the coffin from the shop and the money. Now you can leave, right?"

Seeing that Li Hui had accepted the money, the coffin shop owner immediately started to chase him away, as if afraid that Li Hui would suddenly change his mind and continue to extort money from him.

At the same time, the shop door quietly opened, and outside the shop was no longer endless darkness, but the scene of the ghost street in Taiping Ancient Town.

Clearly, the coffin shop has returned to Ghost Street from some haunted place.

From an external perspective

The coffin shop remained unchanged, but the interior was quite different. In addition to the fact that all the coffins in the shop had been looted, there were also mounds of graves of varying sizes inside, where terrifying ghosts were buried.

The coffin shop was filled with graves.

This scene is so weird.

After taking a quick look around, Li Hui spoke to the air in front of him, "Don't worry, I, Li Hui, always keep my word. If I say I'll take the money and leave, I definitely won't stay here."

Done.

Li Hui actually vanished into thin air from the coffin shop.

Along with him disappeared the densely packed graves, and the hordes of vengeful ghosts buried beneath them!
Immediately, the coffin shop owner flew into a rage and began to curse: "You damned robber! You broke your promise! Not only did you steal the coffin and take my money, but now you're even harassing the vengeful spirit in my shop! You deserve to die!"

"It's all gone...it's all gone now..."

"The coffin is gone, the money is gone, and now even the vengeful ghost has been stolen. How can there be such shameless people in the world..."

"..."

However, Li Hui ignored the coffin shop owner's cursing and went to another shop on Ghost Street.

at the same time.

the other side.

The headquarters of the Demon Tamers in Dajing City.

The team leader meeting convened by Vice Minister Cao Yanhua was also drawing to a close.

During the final summary of the meeting, Cao Yanhua suddenly stood up and said, "You should all remember that at the last meeting, headquarters decided to establish an enforcement team leader, right?"

"Ok?"

Hear this.

The team leaders, who had initially been indifferent to the meeting, suddenly perked up and looked up at Cao Yanhua, waiting for his response. Only Wei Jing, who had not attended the previous meeting, looked puzzled, wondering what Cao Yanhua meant by "enforcement team leader."

However, at this point, no one had the patience to explain things to Wei Jing; everyone's attention was focused on Cao Yanhua.

They know.

Cao Yanhua could not have let the matter go unpunished without a reason.

Since the enforcement captain has been mentioned, it's clear that headquarters already has a candidate in mind, and they're about to announce it.

"It seems you all still remember."

Seeing the reactions of everyone present, Cao Yanhua was not surprised. He smiled slightly and said, "Indeed, headquarters has already selected a candidate for the enforcement team leader, and that person is Li Hui!"

"boom!"

The moment those words were spoken, the entire conference room erupted in chaos.

Although everyone present had anticipated this, they were still deeply moved when it actually happened.

The appointment of the enforcement captain is a good thing for headquarters, but not so friendly for these captains who have become accustomed to lawlessness.

to be honest.

The position of enforcement captain is specifically used to manage these ordinary captains.

From being completely unrestrained to suddenly having someone ride on their head, even though that person's strength was indeed terrifyingly unparalleled, none of the captains present could be happy.

However, everyone can understand this.

After all, if you really think about it, only Li Hui is qualified to manage these team leaders.

Otherwise, if it were anyone else in the same position, they would not be convinced.

"Does Li Hui know about this?" one of the team leaders asked.

Upon hearing this, Cao Yanhua responded, "I haven't told him yet. I'm just informing you now. The relevant information will be made public throughout headquarters later."

"The enforcement captain is special. From now on, the entire headquarters' work will revolve around the enforcement captain, and all corresponding actions will be managed by the enforcement captain. Even I will have to listen to Li Hui from now on!"

This is a very surprising signal.

Even the deputy minister Cao Yanhua has to be subordinate to the law enforcement captain, which means that the Ghost Tamer Headquarters has changed hands today. Li Hui will become the real person in charge, and he will call the shots at the headquarters from now on!

"Indeed, in terms of strength and achievements, Li Hui is probably the only one in the entire Ghost Tamer Headquarters who is qualified to be the enforcement captain. Under his leadership, the headquarters' forces will be united as one, which is obviously a good thing."

Li Jun was the first to express his opinion.

After.

The other team captains also expressed their approval.

After all, in the supernatural world, strength still reigns supreme. Even if Li Hui were to hand over the position of law enforcement captain to them, what qualifications or abilities would they have to manage Li Hui in return?
that's it.

At the end of this team leaders' meeting, the appointment of the enforcement team leaders was finalized.

Once headquarters distributes this order to all relevant parties, it will cause a huge shock throughout the paranormal community in China.

But this is all for later.

The meeting is now over.

After receiving their respective trip pay, the team leaders returned to the cities they were responsible for.

At this point, Li Hui had also completed his sweep of the shops on Ghost Street.

Besides the initial paper-making shop and coffin shop, he robbed several other shops in succession. Eventually, it seemed as if the entire Ghost Street knew of his existence, and all the shops and stalls stopped operating.

In the end, Li Hui left Ghost Street and used his Ghost Domain to head towards Dajing City.

It was at this moment that the two remaining original residents of Taiping Ancient Town met: Yu Hui, the faceless man, and Mr. Liu, the owner of the inn.

"You mean, Old Man He and the woman were all killed, and it was a group of young people from outside who did it?" Yu Hui waved his finger in the air, expressing his doubts.

"That's right!"

Boss Liu said, "Actually, to be precise, it wasn't the fault of those young people. They came because of the Ghost Lake incident, but Old Man He and the woman wanted to kill them. Who knew that in the end they were no match for them and were the ones who got killed instead."

Speaking of which.

Mr. Liu sighed and continued quietly, "If we had managed Ghost Lake properly and done our part as residents of Taiping Ancient Town back then, things probably wouldn't be like this now."

"Right now, I plan to rescue Old Man He's granddaughter, the girl who was buried in Ghost Lake and intends to control its supernatural power, but I can't do it on my own. What do you think about this?"

Done.

Boss Liu turned his attention to the faceless man, awaiting his decision.

Upon hearing this, the faceless man Yu Hui did not say much, but simply wrote a powerful character in the air with his finger.

"go!"

.........

(End of this chapter)