Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 27 Ancient House
P.S.: This chapter has been heavily revised. It was banned once, and some gory and horrific scenes have been removed. If the sentences seem disjointed, it's because some content has been cut. *crying*
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Cold, damp, dark, messy, bloody... This is the scene Li Hui saw after arriving on the fifth floor, and also his assessment of this floor.

The walls were peeling, the corridors were collapsed, corpses were scattered everywhere, and black mist filled the air. Li Hui knew the vengeful ghost was on this floor, but he showed no intention of dealing with it.

after all……

The money Li Hui received from Ye Zhen was only for watching plays, not for dealing with paranormal events; there was a huge difference between the two.

Besides, most of the people on this floor are already dead, so in Li Hui's view, it doesn't make a big difference whether the supernatural event is dealt with sooner or later.

But the world is always so strange; most of the time, things don't go as planned.

Tatata!
In the cold, dim environment, a series of heavy footsteps came from the corner at the end of the corridor, and then a terrifying-looking figure walked out from the corner.

It was a middle-aged man surrounded by black mist, exuding a deathly aura.

The man was wearing a black jumpsuit with a retro feel. He was thin and had brown skin covered in lividity.

What's most striking is the man's eyes—eyes that can instantly send chills down your spine.

His eyes were filled with deathly coldness and emptiness, devoid of any vitality that a living person should have, carrying a terrifying stillness.

The moment the middle-aged man appeared, the surrounding temperature dropped several degrees, and an extremely cold aura emanated from him and spread outwards.

"A vengeful ghost?"

Upon seeing the middle-aged man, Li Hui frowned slightly and chose to step back, actively avoiding direct contact with the vengeful ghost.

It wasn't out of fear, but rather because it was unnecessary. Imprisoning the vengeful ghost was Ye Zhen's job; he was merely an observer, even though Ye Zhen's whereabouts were currently unknown...

However, before Li Hui could take a few steps, some kind of pattern belonging to the vengeful ghost seemed to be triggered. The vengeful ghost, which was originally moving slowly forward, suddenly disappeared and appeared in front of Li Hui.

next moment.

Li Hui felt a chilling aura envelop his body, and a very strange sensation came from his eyes, both itchy and painful, as if something foreign was constantly trying to get out of them.

But this feeling only lasted for a moment before subsiding again; the eerie atmosphere of the bus suppressed the curse attack of the vengeful ghost.

The bus supernatural element on Li Hui's body was undoubtedly stronger in the collision of the two.

"They attacked already? What are the killing patterns of vengeful ghosts?"

After escaping the curse, Li Hui was puzzled. He hadn't done anything; he had simply stepped back, yet he was suddenly attacked by a vengeful ghost.

This instantly overturned his previous assumption that 'the killing patterns of vengeful ghosts are related to sound'.

"No, it's not that my previous guess was wrong, but rather that the problem lies with this vengeful ghost in front of us!"

After quickly comparing his actions before and after the attack in his mind, as well as the state of the corpses, Li Hui immediately realized that something was wrong.

“There’s more than one vengeful ghost in this building! The supernatural curse of this ghost is affecting the eyes, and the way it will look after killing you should be completely different from the corpses I saw on the stairs.”

Along the way.

The corpses Li Hui saw all had their necks twisted 180 degrees, mouths wide open, flesh turned outwards like a blood hole, mouths empty, tongues missing, but their eyes showed no abnormalities.

This explains why the supernatural attacks those corpses suffered before their deaths were completely different from what Li Hui had just experienced.

"If the killing pattern of the vengeful ghosts that killed those residents is related to 'sound,' then the killing pattern of the vengeful ghost that attacked me must be related to 'seeing'!"

Li Hui is currently unsure whether the specific rule is that one cannot see vengeful ghosts or cannot be seen by them.

But this guess made him instantly realize that there were at least three or more vengeful ghosts inside the building.

One of them is in the hall, located in some supernatural space. Ye Zhen was attacked by that vengeful ghost as soon as he entered the hall and has not escaped since. There is also a vengeful ghost with a killing pattern related to 'sound', and then there is the middle-aged man who attacked him.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there may be overlap among these three vengeful ghosts.

For example, the vengeful ghost that trapped Ye Zhen is actually the same vengeful ghost that killed most of the residents, or the middle-aged man in front of Li Hui has more than one pattern of killing.

Li Hui was unaware of the specifics; his speculation was based on the existing situation and lacked conclusive evidence.

The only certainty is that he has been targeted by a vengeful ghost.

"This paranormal event is of a very high level of danger. It involves a ghostly realm and is very complex. The murder patterns of the vengeful ghost are particularly easy to trigger and pose a great threat to ordinary people."

Li Hui's eyes flickered as he gained a new understanding of the paranormal events in the neighborhood, and then he focused his gaze on the middle-aged man.

Although the supernatural activity on the bus suppressed the curse of the vengeful ghost, the source remained. As long as Li Hui was alive, the attacks from the vengeful ghost would continue unabated, wave after wave.

Li Hui clearly knew this; if he wanted to get rid of the vengeful ghost completely, then his only option was to imprison the ghost in front of him.

After all, there's a saying that goes, "If you encounter a problem that you can't handle, then you can deal with the thing that created the problem."

"This trip was a huge loss. After all the twists and turns, I still had to step in. Once we get out, I have to settle accounts with Ye Zhen and make him pay more!"

boom!
A simple, effective punch landed squarely on the middle-aged man, the force of which crushed the ghost's chest, sending it flying backward and crashing heavily into the corridor wall, causing it to dent.

The vengeful ghost was completely embedded in the wall, and it did not fall down. It was unable to move, as if it were asleep and had lost all movement.

The middle-aged man was quite terrifying, possessing a certain inescapable killing pattern, but he couldn't withstand Li Hui's punch, which was equivalent to being hit by a supernatural bus. His supernatural abilities instantly vanished.

See this.

Li Hui stepped forward and reached out to grab the ghost's body. Since he had chosen to take action, he might as well go all the way and suppress and imprison the ghost right here.

pat!

The process was smooth.

Even after Li Hui grabbed the middle-aged man's body, it did not react at all. Its supernatural power was suppressed, and its body went limp, like a pile of minced meat.

At the same time, Li Hui also sensed something was wrong. The moment he grabbed the middle-aged man, he felt a sticky sensation in his palm, and the man's body began to melt.

"Tick-tock", "tick-tock", "tick-tock"...

The man's flesh rotted at a visible rate, turning into pools of black, foul-smelling bodily fluid.

Eventually, all the flesh and blood on the middle-aged man's body rotted and melted away, turning him into a humanoid skeleton.

The bones were an eerie black, with three skulls at the top that were connected to each other, and the tails were joined together, making them look very strange.

One skull only has the outline of a mouth, another only the outline of an ear, and the last only the outline of an eye.

The moment Li Hui saw the three skulls, he realized that the same vengeful ghost had killed the residents and attacked him.

"Mouth, ears, eyes..."

Moreover, Li Hui felt he hadn't even considered the numbers. This vengeful ghost's killing patterns were likely not just two, but three, and that didn't even include the pitch-black skeleton...

Even so, the ghost's supernatural power couldn't compare to the supernatural power of the three-story bus on Li Hui's body; it was completely suppressed and fell silent.

Just as Li Hui was suppressing the vengeful ghost, the surrounding black mist began to gradually dissipate, and the influence of the vengeful ghost disappeared.

The originally dilapidated and pitted ground, as well as the mottled, moldy, and peeling walls, were restored to their original state at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The intensity of the black mist ghost domain is not high, far from being able to completely affect reality. Although the black mist will affect the environment of the community when it covers the community, the community will return to normal once the ghost domain dissipates.

"The black fog has dissipated. Did the boss and the others resolve the paranormal incident?" Fan Jun, who was standing in Building 2 of Unit 3 in the residential area, was the first to notice this phenomenon.

His gaze remained fixed on this side.

When Fan Jun saw the black fog gradually dissipate and the building of Unit 1 was fully revealed, he knew that the paranormal incident had been successfully resolved.

"As expected of the boss, less than twenty minutes have passed since he entered the building, and a paranormal incident has been resolved. If it were any other ghost tamer, they probably wouldn't even have figured out the patterns of the vengeful ghost in twenty minutes."

Fan Jun's face was full of admiration and respect.

He never even considered that the person who would solve this paranormal event might be Ye Zhen.

As for Li Hui, Fan Jun didn't know him. In his eyes, Li Hui was probably a newcomer who had just joined the paranormal forum and was most likely brought here by Ye Zhen to broaden his horizons.

Li Hui was clearly unaware of Fan Jun's thoughts.

He was carrying a skull when he arrived at the lobby on the first floor, preparing to leave the community and go back to his hotel to rest.

Then, after Ye Zhen emerges from some unknown supernatural space and finds me, I will discuss the price of this incident with Ye Zhen.

"But then again, given Ye Zhen's immature personality, he should be able to kill anything he sees. It's been twenty minutes and he still hasn't come out. It seems that the supernatural space he's trapped in is not simple."

While pondering, Li Hui strode towards the exit of the lobby on the first floor.

However, just as Li Hui stepped out of the hall, the original exit suddenly disappeared, replaced by a door of unknown material, which looked somewhat like a wooden door, but also somewhat like an iron door.

The door was very tall, over three meters high, and there were streaks of blood on it, which seemed to have been there for a long time. The bloodstains had turned slightly black and emitted a strange smell!
The main door was wide open, replacing the building's exit. Li Hui's steps, which were originally intended to lead him out of the lobby, were now equivalent to stepping through the main door.

"This is?"

The moment Li Hui stepped through the door, he sensed something was wrong and immediately turned around to leave, but it was too late.

The scene outside the door had changed; it was no longer the lobby of Building 2, Unit 1 of the Yijiayuan residential complex, but had turned into complete darkness.

Even Li Hui couldn't see through that darkness, which was eerie and ominous. Li Hui could also vaguely see several terrifying human figures flashing by in the darkness, as if someone was hiding in that darkness.

“Unknown paranormal phenomena. This is not the real world, but some kind of supernatural place.” Li Hui immediately realized his situation and began to look around.

He was in the lobby of an old-fashioned building. The surroundings were somewhat dim, but not as dark as the extreme darkness outside the door, and it did not affect his vision.

There weren't many items in the hall; most were wooden household items such as wooden tables, stools, and basin stands.

It seemed like no one had used it for a long time; the wooden furniture was rotten and emitted a smell of decaying wood—not pungent, but still unpleasant.

After only a few glances, Li Hui looked away.

The wooden furniture looked normal, with no signs of anything supernatural. Li Hui then looked at both sides of the hall.

The old-style building has two floors. Li Hui is currently standing in the lobby on the first floor, with a small room on each side of the lobby.

The door to the small house on the left was tightly closed, and it was impossible to know what was inside.

The door to the small house on the right was broken, with fragments scattered all over the floor, covered with sword marks, densely packed, crisscrossing, and of varying depths.

Judging from the appearance, it was obvious that someone had forced their way out of the house with a sword, and even the door had been cleaved open and broken.

Through the broken door, a large pool of dark red liquid, which looked like blood, could be seen on the floor of the room.

"Ye Zhen?"

The moment Li Hui saw the sword marks on the door, the image of Ye Zhen flashed into his mind.

Only he would do that, disregarding everything else, just drawing his sword and slashing, ignoring all supernatural rules, just recklessly charging in.

"It seems that Ye Zhen entered the room on the right after he was trapped in this supernatural place, and what he encountered inside probably prevented him from getting out through the normal door opening method, so he had to cut his way out."

Not only that.

Judging from the pool of liquid on the floor that looked like blood, Li Hui guessed that Ye Zhen had probably suffered a loss and his body had been seriously injured.

However, for Ye Zhen, who had mastered the scapegoat, injury or even death was nothing. As long as the scapegoat's supernatural power was not suppressed, he was not afraid.

"Is there any unknown danger inside the room? Not only can you not come out normally after entering, but you may also be attacked by powerful supernatural forces."

There was no need for Li Hui to test it himself; the traces Ye Zhen had left behind had already clearly told Li Hui this.

What Li Hui was curious about was where Ye Zhen was at this moment.
He was certain that Ye Zhen had not left this supernatural place, otherwise he would have already reunited with him. But if Ye Zhen was nearby, then the surrounding environment was far too quiet.

Given Ye Zhen's personality, if he were in this old building, he would definitely make a commotion and it wouldn't be so quiet. But if he's not in this building, where would he be?

Could it be that we've entered that darkness?
Thinking about it, Li Hui glanced at the open door behind him.

The extreme darkness outside the door gave people a strange sense of dread, as if there was an endless abyss behind the darkness, and standing in front of the door was like standing at the entrance to hell.

(End of this chapter)