Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 268 The Captain Appears
"what is happening?"

Inside the damaged and deformed safe house.

The king, codenamed Gravedigger, was completely bewildered, clearly not yet understanding why the source of the ghostly painting outside was targeting him so much.

And there is...

"If I'm not mistaken, the source of that ghostly drawing actually spoke just now?"

At this moment, the gravediggers were starting to question the meaning of life.

"Could it be that the woman outside isn't the vengeful ghost that originated from the ghost painting, but rather a ghost tamer like Li Hui, who also controls the supernatural power of the ghost painting?"

The current situation seems to be explained only in this way, otherwise it simply doesn't make sense, because no vengeful ghost would target a safe house like this.

"So she's Li Hui's woman?"

"She has also mastered the supernatural power of the Ghost Painting, even more thoroughly. She looks like the complete source of the Ghost Painting's evil spirit. Could it be that she has completely mastered the Ghost Painting?"

The gravediggers' minds began to race.

The woman outside the safe house was clearly after him, and he hadn't offended her. Therefore, there was only one possibility: she was one of Li Hui's people.

"This is really outrageous. How come the Ghost Master Headquarters is so lucky? First, Li Hui appeared, and now a mysterious woman has appeared who seems to have completely mastered the Ghost Painting. Most importantly, they all seem to want to kill me..."

"No, I can't just sit here and wait to die. The safe house is no way to stop them. I have to get out of here as soon as possible."

It is impossible to fight.

The gravedigger was well aware of his own limitations and knew he could never be a match for the Ghost Master who had mastered the complete Ghost Painting.

After all, the ghost paintings have been wandering abroad for many years, so the gravediggers are very clear about the terrifying nature of the ghost paintings.

Even if he couldn't win, the gravedigger was quite confident in his ability to escape. Even Li Hui's ghost domain couldn't trap him, so the woman outside probably couldn't either.

After all, the gravedigger had been unfortunately caught up in the real ghost painting incident before, but he managed to escape using his own abilities. In his view, the current situation was nothing more than a replay of that scene.

"However, there is one thing to be careful about. Since that woman outside was able to find me once, she can probably find me twice or three times... So I have to find a way to get rid of her completely, otherwise no matter how much I run away, it will be in vain."

Bang!

While thinking.

The gravedigger kicked open the severely deformed door of the safe house and then quickly walked outside.

At this moment, He Yuelian's voice rang out, "I thought you would stay inside forever, but I didn't expect you to dare to come out on your own initiative. This is a bit beyond my expectations. It seems that the kings of your King Organization are not all good-for-nothings. At least you have some guts."

Her voice sounded slightly surprised, as if she hadn't expected that the gravedigger, who seemed to be the most 'cowardly' member of the royal staff, would actually have the courage to open the door and face her at this moment.

After all, back in that sea area, the gravedigger didn't even have the courage to face Li Hui head-on. He didn't make a move and immediately turned and ran away.

Because of this.

He Yuelian made him her first target because the gravedigger was the first king to flee, so she naturally had to deal with the fleeing king as soon as possible.

"Could it be that they think I'm not as good as Li Hui, so they're confident they can beat me?" He Yuelian thought to herself, hiding behind the red veil.

However, what happened next made her immediately change her mind.

"So they were trying to escape..."

The gravedigger who came out of the safe house showed no intention of fighting her and was about to make a run for it.

Suddenly, a pit appeared in front of him. The pit looked like it had been dug by man. It was pitch black inside and bottomless.

The pitch-black pit was like a small black hole, distorting and swallowing all the light, making it impossible to see what was inside.

This was the only thing with other colors in the surrounding gray and white ghost realm. The paper ash that fell in was swallowed up, as if it had entered another time and space.

next moment.

The gravediggers did not hesitate at all.

He jumped straight into the dark pit.

"No wonder I was able to escape from Li Hui's ghost realm before. It turns out that this kind of supernatural phenomenon can largely ignore the blockade of the ghost realm, break through the boundaries of the supernatural, and escape directly."

Having witnessed all the gravediggers' actions, He Yuelian's tone grew cold.

Although she lacked extensive experience in dealing with the supernatural, she had mastered the supernatural abilities of the Ghost Painting and the Mummified Bride perfectly, and had also inherited a portion of the memories of 'Republic of China Moon Lotus', thus instantly seeing through the gravedigger's supernatural abilities.

"You have a pretty good ability to escape, but if you think you can get away from me like that, you're seriously underestimating me!"

He Yuelian immediately took action.

She raised her pale, cold arm and waved it toward the dark pit where the gravedigger had just jumped into.

As He Yuelian made this move, a chilling, eerie aura began to spread, and at the same time, there was an immediate response from the pitch-black pit.

A muffled groan came from the darkness.

Seeing this, He Yuelian's hands did not stop at all, but instead quickened their pace.

Then an even stranger scene unfolded.

Suddenly, a second strange woman dressed in a red wedding gown appeared on the open ground around them, followed by a third, a fourth... In the blink of an eye, the area was filled with red figures.

Then all these figures did the same thing as He Yuelian, waving towards the dark pit.

All of a sudden.

A terrifying supernatural curse began to spread, and supernatural phenomena with the ability to summon ghosts continued to emerge and accumulate, reaching an extremely terrifying level in an instant.

next moment.

The darkness in the pit began to surge and boil like boiling water, and then a figure flew out from it.

It was a strange figure, filthy all over, hidden in the darkness, with only a pair of dirty, withered, and cold hands showing.

The figure was the gravedigger who had just jumped down.

Under the influence of the ghost, he failed to escape as he had expected, and was instead summoned back by the ghost.

obviously.

The gravedigger himself is an anomaly, and He Yuelian's ability to summon ghosts and supernatural beings can be most effective on him.

"What a joke! How could you possibly control such a supernatural entity? I could even escape from Li Hui, how could I possibly..."

The gravedigger looked terrified; at that moment, he truly sensed the approach of death.

He had never felt so close to death, not even when he was becoming an outcast.

"You overestimate yourself. The reason you were able to escape from Li Hui wasn't because you're so capable, but because he wasn't paying attention to you at all. Otherwise, you wouldn't have even had a chance to escape!"

He Yuelian, under the red veil, wore a mocking expression, seemingly laughing at the gravedigger's arrogance.

Then, just as the gravedigger was uncontrollably moving closer, He Yuelian stretched out her other hand and reached for the gravedigger's dry, cold hand.

"Clap!"

The next moment, He Yuelian successfully held hands with the gravedigger, which also meant that the prerequisite for a certain rule of certain death had been met.

moment.

The supernatural powers belonging to the grave digger were suppressed.

at the same time.

Li Hui, on the other side, also entered the cabin of the ghost ship.

He was walking down a dark, bottomless passageway. On either side of the passageway were many rooms, some of which were abandoned, while others were intact but closed.

This scene was very familiar, giving Li Hui a sense of déjà vu, like the scene at Caesars Palace.

However, compared to the Caesar Hotel in Z City, the ghost ship that Li Hui is currently on is obviously much more dangerous, because there are countless vengeful ghosts on this ship. Even the most skilled ghost controllers could easily capsize here if they are not careful.

of course.

This situation will not happen to Li Hui.

With his current strength, he can obviously disregard the dangers on the ghost ship, and he is confident that he can even contend with the ghost ship itself.

His goal for this trip was even to take control of the ghost ship.

And before that.

He obviously needs to get rid of the real captain on the ghost ship first, because only then can he possibly take control of the ghost ship.

“But it’s really well hidden. I’ve already dealt with the ‘captain’ outside, and it still hasn’t shown up.” Li Hui’s eyes scanned the surroundings.

Logically, since he had successfully dealt with the captain outside, he should have been targeted by the real captain by now. However, so much time had passed and there was still no movement, which left Li Hui speechless. He thought to himself that intelligent ghosts were indeed different.

After all, it is in the original work.

After Yang Jian successfully imprisoned the captain outside using coffin nails, he was spotted by the real captain the moment he boarded the ghost ship for the second time.

"Could it be hiding because it's afraid?" At this moment, Li Hui thought of a possibility: "Its intelligence has suppressed the ghost's instincts, which is why it hasn't made a sound..."

This is not just wild speculation by Li Hui; it is a very likely event.

When vengeful spirits truly possess intelligence comparable to that of the living, they too will be able to assess situations, know fear and the urge to flee, making them virtually a different species from those vengeful spirits who only act on instinct.

Clang, clang, clang...

Sudden.

As Li Hui pondered and continued to delve deeper, a strange noise suddenly came from the room in front of him.

Then the door opened, and under Li Hui's gaze, a figure walked out of the room.

It was a cold corpse, still resembling its appearance in life. It was a foreigner, but judging from its clothes, it shouldn't be someone from before. It was most likely a vengeful ghost sent onto the ship by the King's organization. But now, this corpse was very strange. It actually showed Li Hui a strange smile and slowly walked towards him.

And as the distance closed, something bizarre happened: as the ghost got closer, its already tall figure appeared even larger, as if it were constantly expanding. Moreover, not only was the ghost's body getting bigger, but the entire passageway was also getting bigger.

"This supernatural phenomenon... Is this the strange puppet that Ye Zhen subdued in the original story?" Li Hui frowned as he sensed the change in the surrounding scenery.

He then acted without hesitation.

He thrust the machete in his hand forward with a sudden thrust, as if using it as a sword, and plunged it directly into the stomach of the vengeful ghost before him.

Suddenly, a strange and shrill scream echoed through the dark passageway of the ship's cabin.

The next moment, the tall body disintegrated, breaking into many pieces like building blocks, each piece representing a vengeful ghost, and the core was actually the vengeful ghost's belly.

The belly was also a ghost, and as the belly writhed, a real scene quickly unfolded before Li Hui's eyes.

It was a corpse with broken limbs and covered in wounds. The body was small, about the size of a seven or eight-year-old child, and looked very delicate, like a rag doll. There was no sign of decay on the body, nor did it emit any stench of death.

But without a doubt, this thing was the core of that vengeful ghost; it could control other vengeful ghosts to gather into an even more terrifying one.

Moreover, as soon as the corpse appeared, its head immediately and strangely turned around from front to back, then opened a pair of large, dark eyes and stared motionlessly at Li Hui in front of it, while its mouth was slightly open, as if it wanted to say something.

"It seems that only Ye Zhen can talk to it."

Li Hui waited for a long time, listening intently, but he heard nothing. This shattered his original plan to get the captain's position from the puppet.

"Since you're of no use at all, then stop getting in the way and get out of here!" With that, Li Hui kicked out.

The immense force instantly sent the doll at his feet flying, tracing an arc in the air before crashing back into the room it had just emerged from.

Tatata!
Almost at the same time, a series of slightly dull and stiff footsteps came from the other side of the corridor.

"Ok?"

Hearing the noise, Li Hui looked over.

Soon, the owner of the footsteps came into Li Hui's view.

The newcomer was a figure with a rotting face, a numb expression, dressed in a captain's uniform, and who looked sinister and terrifying, like a vengeful ghost.

"captain?"

Upon seeing the other person's appearance clearly, Li Hui's eyes flickered slightly, revealing a hint of surprise. He had thought the other person had already hidden away, but unexpectedly, the other person had taken the initiative to show up and find him.

"It seems I overestimated it. I thought it had completely suppressed the ghost's instincts and dared not come out to see me, but I didn't expect that instincts would win in the end. Sure enough, a ghost is always a ghost and can never truly escape the shackles of instinct!"

Li Hui felt a mix of emotions, but a smile appeared on his face.

(End of this chapter)