Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 29 Little Li, help me!
An unknown, haunted place.

Old-style buildings.

The second floor.

Looking at Ye Zhen's miserable state, Li Hui couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Ye Zhen was lying stiffly on the floor in the center of the living room, motionless, his face blank, his eyes lifeless and unfocused, and a cold aura emanated from him.

Just now.

Under Li Hui's 'persuasion', Ye Zhen agreed to the suggestion to climb out through the hole in the collapsed roof and immediately began the operation.

He and Li Hui first stacked the black coffins in the living room together to make a simple 'ladder' so that people could easily reach the hole in the roof.

There is a ghost inside the black coffin, but as long as the coffin lid is not opened, the vengeful ghost inside will not come out. This is something Ye Zhen has personally tested.

After doing all this, Ye Zhen took the lead and climbed up the black coffin, preparing to crawl out through the hole in the roof.

But just as his body was halfway out, an accident occurred.

A terrifying figure flashed across the rooftop, and then Ye Zhen fell straight down, crashing to the ground, his body wreathed in the curse of a vengeful ghost.

Under the influence of some kind of deadly supernatural curse.

moment.

Ye Zhen became lifeless, his body rapidly growing cold, and dense lividity instantly covered his entire body, the vital signs of a living person quickly disappearing.

In just a few moments, Ye Zhen became a cold, stiff corpse.

However, in the next moment, the chilling aura that had enveloped Ye Zhen quickly dissipated, his body temperature returned, the lividity disappeared, and the vital signs of a living person gradually returned.

This scene was as if time was rewinding; in just a few seconds, Ye Zhen, completely unharmed, stood up from the ground again.

The vengeful spirit he commands is called the Substitute Ghost.

He can substitute something else for his own death, and he can also transfer all supernatural attacks to something else.

Before Li Hui could ask any questions, Ye Zhen, who had stood up behind him, shouted first: "You cowardly wretch, how dare you plot against me, Ye Zhen! Today, I will kill you no matter what!"

As he spoke, Ye Zhen raised his long sword high, quickly climbed onto the black coffin, and, under Li Hui's gaze, poked his upper body out of the hole left by the collapse.

Suddenly.

A certain supernatural rule was triggered, and the terrifying figure that had flashed by earlier reappeared.

It was an old man with pale skin, wearing a Zhongshan suit. His face was gaunt, his skin loose and covered with lividity, and his eyes were lifeless and empty.

The old man's clothes were still covered in mud, as if he had just crawled out of his grave, looking dirty and disheveled, and he exuded a strange chill.

The old man was merely standing on the rooftop, yet his supernatural presence affected the surrounding environment. The light dimmed instantly, and even the air seemed to freeze.

What surprised Li Hui was...

This time, the old man did not attack Ye Zhen immediately after he appeared. He just stood there quietly, looking at Ye Zhen with his empty, lifeless eyes, as if waiting for something.

"Did Ye Zhen not fully trigger the vengeful ghost's killing pattern this time? Is it still missing some unknown trigger?" Li Hui speculated.

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

Ye Zhen may seem reckless, but he actually has his own reasons. After all, he is just arrogant because he is invincible, so he acts without any scruples, but that does not mean he is stupid.

Stupid people can't survive in the paranormal world.

Ye Zhen remembered that the first time she was attacked, she was only attacked after her waist was exposed, so this time only her upper body was exposed.

as predicted.

Although the vengeful ghost appeared, it did not directly attack Ye Zhen, because he did not yet meet the conditions for being attacked by the vengeful ghost.

But the old man in the Zhongshan suit was indeed terrifying. The moment he appeared, Ye Zhen felt a chilling aura wash over him, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression.

If it were any other normal person in this situation, they would instinctively choose to back down first.

However, Ye Zhen seemed to know nothing of fear. Instead, he leaned out even further, brandishing his long sword and slashing at the old man's body, while saying, "It was you, you devil, who ambushed me just now?"

"Since you're already buried, just lie there obediently. What's the point of crawling out? This isn't your era anymore. I'm not afraid even if you're alive, let alone a corpse. I, Ye, will suppress all enemies in this world!"

Ye Zhen's sword strike carried a powerful supernatural force, instantly cleaving through the darkness in front of the old man. Then, without stopping, the sword continued to slash straight towards the old man's neck.

at the same time.

The old man also started to move.

It was as if it was because of Ye Zhen's attack, or as if the extra part of Ye Zhen's body that he had extended was enough to trigger its killing instincts.

The old man stretched out his withered, bony hand and reached for Ye Zhen's head, a chilling aura emanating from his hand.

Bang~!

Under Li Hui's gaze.

The twisted, chipped longsword in Ye Zhen's hand collided with the old man's withered hand, producing a metallic sound like iron clashing against iron.

"You've got some skill, no wonder you dared to ambush me, Ye. But that's far from enough. Today, I'll slay you, you wretched thing, and offer you as a sacrifice to my sword!"

Seeing that the old man's hand was not severed as he had expected, Ye Zhen's eyes flashed with surprise, but he quickly regained his confidence.

The next moment, he actually started to compete with the old man in terms of supernatural power.

A deadly curse was spreading across the broken longsword. This was something Ye Zhen had deliberately controlled during the day; it was a curse that meant certain death if touched, for touching it would cause it to shatter!

For an instant.

Cracks appeared on the old man's withered palms, like the cracks on porcelain, densely packed and spreading out like a spider web.

It seemed as if the old man's hand would shatter into countless fragments like fragile porcelain at any moment.

However, this did not happen.

As time went by, the cracks on the old man's palms disappeared rapidly, until only a single crack remained on his palm.

The crack was precisely where it had come into contact with the longsword in Ye Zhen's hand, but the crack could no longer spread or deepen.

The old man himself was extremely terrifying, with powerful supernatural forces spreading from his hands, which was also some kind of deadly supernatural curse.

It was the curse from the one that killed Ye Zhen before.

The old man's supernatural abilities were terrifying. Even though he was Ye Zhen's scapegoat, he couldn't transfer the curse away immediately. Instead, after dying once, the curse's power weakened, and he was able to successfully take Ye Zhen's place and come back to life.

"Ye Zhen is actually at a disadvantage."

below.

Li Hui saw it more clearly.

Under the pressure of the old man's withered hand, the longsword in Ye Zhen's hand began to bend, and the curvature of the bend continued to increase.

This was not a contest of their own strength, but a primal clash between supernatural beings, and Ye Zhen's supernatural power was at a disadvantage.

Finally, with a crisp sound of the sword in Ye Zhen's hand breaking under the strain, it shattered into two pieces.

"Ok?"

Seeing this, Ye Zhen's face darkened. He threw away the broken half of his longsword and punched the old man in the abdomen.

His arm was equally horrifying at this moment; it was completely corroded, leaving no flesh or blood, revealing the clearly visible black bone underneath.

A terrifying vengeful ghost resides in Ye Zhen's hand. The reason his arm has become like this is entirely due to his own intentions. By reviving the vengeful ghost residing in his hand, the intensity of the supernatural power will increase exponentially.

At the same time, the old man's hand reached out to grab Ye Zhen's head, but he failed. At this critical moment, another terrifying figure blocked Ye Zhen's way.

It was a figure whose features were indistinct and whose body was stained with scarlet blood that appeared out of thin air in front of Ye Zhen and blocked the old man's palm for him.

"It's the vengeful ghost in the red coffin! Sure enough, Ye Zhen tried to invade the vengeful ghost in the coffin earlier and briefly controlled it."

the other side.

Li Hui, who was watching all this, suddenly had a thought. He had never seen the vengeful ghost in the red coffin, but he recognized the figure in front of Ye Zhen instantly.

The crimson blood on the figure was exactly the same as the blood flowing from the red coffin on the second-floor living room floor.

Bang~!

The old man's hand gripped the blood-soaked figure, and a certain death curse belonging to him instantly erupted from the figure.

In just a moment, the figure in front of Ye Zhen was suppressed, and the scarlet, viscous blood began to flow backward, returning to the figure's body, and its appearance was then exposed to Li Hui.

She was an old woman dressed in clothes from the Republican era. Her face was aged, her body was thin, and she exuded a strong aura of death, revealing an inexplicable eeriness.

The old woman was quite terrifying. While the old woman was suppressing it, her own supernatural abilities were also somewhat restricted. Her right hand was affected by the supernatural force and she was unable to retract it for a while.

boom!
at the same time.

Ye Zhen's fist also struck the old man's body, but the supernatural power contained in his punch had a negligible effect on the old man, merely causing his body to sway slightly.

"Xiao Li, help me!"

Seeing this, Ye Zhen stopped insisting on fighting the evil spirit alone and turned to Li Hui below, shouting loudly.

He had witnessed the supernatural phenomenon of the bus on Li Hui's body. During their sparring session, even the scapegoat fell silent for a moment.

In Ye Zhen's opinion, briefly repelling the old man shouldn't be a problem.

While the old man's supernatural abilities were partially restricted by the old woman from the Republican era, Ye Zhen immediately climbed onto the roof, clearing the hole so that Li Hui could have a place to climb up.

"Want to go up?"

Seeing this, Li Hui hesitated.

In fact, when Ye Zhen was first attacked, he already had the idea of ​​finding another way out. After all, knowing that there was a death curse, he still insisted on going against it. No one but Ye Zhen would do such a thing.

Moreover, judging from the old man's clothing, it is not difficult to see that he should be a ghost tamer from the Republican era.

Judging from the old man's age, Li Hui felt that even if he was not as good as the Seven Elders of the Republic of China, he should still be a top ghost tamer of that era.

Those who are weak have long since died, and those who have lived to old age are all formidable individuals. This can be seen from Ye Zhen's first encounter with such a person, who killed Ye Zhen in a single meeting. How weak could they be?

Most importantly, he is different from Ye Zhen. Ye Zhen's scapegoat is a bug that gives him countless chances to try and fail, but Li Hui only has one life. If the bus supernatural phenomenon fails to sever the old man's inevitable death curse, then he will die completely.

"Xiao Li, don't hesitate!"

Seemingly sensing Li Hui's concerns, Ye Zhen said in a half-hearted, persuasive manner, "To survive in the paranormal world, you must have an indomitable spirit and an invincible heart. Hesitation will only make you die faster. Opportunities are fleeting, so what are you waiting for?"

"Join forces with me, Ye, to slay this vengeful ghost and let these evil things know whose era this truly belongs to!"

Ye Zhen's words, as always, carried a strong air of adolescent angst, but the meaning behind them instantly brought Li Hui to his senses.

Indeed, in this world, looking back and forth is the behavior of the weak, and the weak generally do not have the right to choose their own way of life. All the strong are decisive. Whether it is Yang Jian in the original work or other top ghost tamers, they will not hesitate or look back.

(PS: Please don't criticize. The protagonist has only been here from Earth for less than two days, so his personality can't change instantly. His current personality is the most consistent with the character's image. As for what the personalities of most Earthlings are like, I don't know...)
After figuring all this out, Li Hui immediately took action, climbing up the black coffin.

Of course, being decisive does not mean being reckless! It means acting decisively when you are sure that something is feasible and seizing that fleeting opportunity.

And now is undoubtedly the best time to leave the old house.

The old man guarding the pit had his supernatural abilities partially restricted by the old woman from the Republican era, leaving one of his hands immobile. This was precisely the best time for Ye Zhen and Li Hui to launch a counterattack.

The black coffins were very smooth and not easy to climb, but fortunately, Li Hui and his team had taken this into account when they first stacked the coffins, leaving a foothold between each coffin.

soon.

Li Hui climbed out of the hole in the roof and stood next to Ye Zhen.

It is worth mentioning that.

The moment Li Hui climbed out of the old house, the old man in the Zhongshan suit also set his sights on him and reached out with his left hand to grab Li Hui, but Ye Zhen blocked it, allowing Li Hui to successfully climb up.

The price for resisting was that Ye Zhen just died again...

"Let's join forces and kill him!"

Ye Zhen, who had recovered again with the help of the scapegoat's supernatural power, said, "This ghost is quite terrifying, and it might even be the owner of this old house. If we suppress it, we should be able to get out of here successfully."

There was one more thing Ye Zhen didn't say.

That is, he wanted to try to briefly take control after the old man was suppressed by the two, and then turn this supernatural place upside down and kill the evil spirits here!
Ye, who is known as the number one ghost controller in Asia and is invincible in the supernatural circle, has never suffered such a loss before. Even Xiao Fang in his "friends circle" was easily defeated by him.
After entering this haunted place, I died so many times in a short period of time.

(End of this chapter)