Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 65 Going Downstairs (Please Subscribe)

After collecting most of the oil paintings hanging on the wall into his ghost domain, Li Hui turned around and looked around the fifth floor of the post office.

The overall layout of this floor is similar to the first floor of the post office that Li Hui had seen before, both with a dim and gloomy style, but the fifth floor seems more eerie compared to the first floor.

Because the fifth floor is the top floor of the post office, there is nothing else upstairs except a roof without windows, and below the roof is the lobby on the fifth floor.

The lobby is arc-shaped, just like the layout of the floors in the large shopping mall outside. There are seven rooms surrounding the lobby, and each room has a door number on its door.

The first room's door number is 501, followed by 502, 503... all the way up to 507.

That's how the Ghost Post Office is. Each floor has seven rooms, and there are five floors in total, so there are thirty-five rooms in the Ghost Post Office for the messengers to live in.

At this moment, apart from Li Hui himself and a group of dead souls, there was no living person on the entire floor. The messenger on the fifth floor rarely came here unless necessary, as he lived in the real world.

The delivery schedule for mail is different on each floor of the Ghost Post Office. The first-floor mailman delivers a letter every seven days, the second-floor mailman delivers a letter every month, the third-floor mailman delivers a letter every three months, the fourth-floor mailman delivers a letter every six months, and the fifth-floor mailman delivers a letter once a year.

But that was the normal situation before.

Having read the original novel, Li Hui knew that only the first four floors actually delivered the letters; the messenger on the fifth floor had stopped delivering letters many years ago.

Because all the messengers on the fifth floor conspired to seal the black letter that could have made him the postmaster in room 502 on the fifth floor.

Since then, all the messengers on the fifth floor no longer need to deliver mail. In a sense, they have been freed from the curse of the Ghost Post Office and can now live normally in the real world.

So theoretically, there should be a lot of messengers on the fifth floor, because there is a constant stream of messengers from the first four floors. Even if the mortality rate for delivering messages is high, over time, there will be quite a few messengers who eventually manage to reach the fifth floor.

In fact, it is true.

However, most of the fifth-floor messengers do not survive for long, because those who can successfully reach the fifth floor are basically ghost tamers, and ghost tamers are a very short-lived group. Even without the mission of delivering messages, most of them eventually die due to the resurgence of their own vengeful spirits.

A large portion of the deaths occurred in room 502 on the fifth floor.

There was a peculiar being in that room, neither a living person nor a vengeful ghost, but something in between—a supernatural entity.

He was also a messenger on the fifth floor before his death. In order to free everyone from the fate of delivering letters, he voluntarily sacrificed himself and was buried in room 502 along with that black letter.

However, as time went by, his thoughts changed, and he felt that it was necessary for the Ghost Post Office to continue operating.

Whenever a new messenger from the fifth floor appears, the undead will try to lure him into room 502, hoping someone can take the black letter out. But without exception, every messenger who goes in fails and dies inside.

Li Hui remembers.

In the original novel, after entering that room, Yang Jian saw a floor covered with withered bones, all of which were the remains of messengers from the fifth floor. One can imagine how many people had perished there.

"The administrator of the ghost post office..."

After surveying the interior of the fifth floor of the post office, Li Hui's gaze fell on room 502.

He is thinking.

Should I become the administrator of the ghost post office?

It was a double-edged sword. If you became the administrator of the Ghost Post Office, you would gain an immortality curse, but it would only be useful within the post office. At the same time, you would be able to control the power of the entire Ghost Post Office.

However, there will also be some limitations.

For others, becoming the ghost post office manager would mean being unable to leave the post office, but this restriction didn't apply to Li Hui because he had mastered the supernatural power of the ghost painting.

With the help of the ghost painting's supernatural power, the administrator can leave the post office. In the original story, Zhang Xianguang and Sun Rui once left the post office for Shuangqiao Town using a derivative painting of the ghost painting. Sun Rui, in particular, even led a group of ghosts there.

However, once you leave the post office, the supernatural curse that prevents you from being killed on the post office administrator will also disappear, unless you enter the post office again.

At first glance.

If Li Hui chooses to be the ghost post office manager, it seems there are only advantages, such as not being killed inside the post office, not being affected by activities, and being able to control the internal supernatural phenomena of the post office.

However, the reality is quite different. The Ghost Post Office has many other restrictions, some of which even Li Hui is not confident he can avoid.

Overall, however, the identity of the Ghost Post Office administrator is more beneficial than harmful to Li Hui, at least for now.

In Li Hui's view.

The most valuable things in the Ghost Post Office are the group of dead souls, some supernatural items, and the vengeful ghosts in the post office. Secondly, there is the identity of the post office manager and the messengers.

Value means profit, but profit is linked to risk. So Li Hui is now considering whether becoming the administrator of the Ghost Post Office is commensurate with the risks he undertakes.

"Forget it, let's put the matter of the ghost post office manager on hold for now."

After thinking for a moment, Li Hui temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​rushing into room 502 and taking out the black letter.

The reason is quite simple.

The returns are not commensurate with the risks!
The post office administrator position was indeed more beneficial than harmful to him, but the dangers along the way out outweighed the benefits it brought.

Li Hui is very strong, there is no doubt about that.

The combination of 30% supernatural elements on the bus and 70% supernatural elements in the ghost paintings is enough to place him among the top ghost controllers. Not to mention now, even in the later stages, he will still be a top-tier captain-level combatant.

But his weaknesses are equally obvious.

He is an ordinary person, without a reboot, without a substitute, and not an anomaly; his ability to survive is too weak.

The danger level in room 502 is not low, but the danger posed by that black letter is even higher. Whether to tear it up or choose to deliver it, the difficulty is very high.

Li Hui wasn't entirely without confidence that he could accomplish it, but he felt that the potential rewards didn't outweigh the risks. If even the slightest unexpected event occurred, things could get really messy.

Think of this.

Li Hui withdrew his gaze, no longer paying attention to room 502, and then turned to look at the staircase next to him.

On the fifth floor of the post office, besides the black letter that could make someone the administrator, the most valuable things are the oil paintings on the walls and the supernatural elements within them.

Li Hui had already collected all the oil paintings he could into his Ghost Domain, and he felt that the black letters were too risky, so staying on this floor was no longer of much use to him.

The walls of the lobby on the first floor were also covered with many oil paintings, not just portraits, but also some landscapes and other paintings. Li Hui wanted to take them all away as well.

As for the identity of the Ghost Post Office administrator, once Li Hui has the ability to restart or otherwise survive, he may choose to deal with that black letter again.

Tatata!
A group of ghosts followed Li Hui downstairs. They were talking in hushed tones, but their conversation had nothing to do with the Ghost Post Office. Instead, they were talking about the real world. Then they quickly stopped talking and silently followed Li Hui downstairs.

Strange to say.

From the moment Li Hui and his companions stepped onto the fifth floor of the Ghost Post Office until they left, the peculiar spirit in room 502 never appeared, as if it had no intention of inviting them into the room to retrieve the black letter...

It is worth mentioning that.

The staircase leading down from the fifth floor is very dilapidated.

The wooden stair railings and steps were all destroyed, revealing gaps in various shapes and sizes, including handprints, teeth marks, and traces left by sharp weapons.

There are many traces, some old and some new. Some traces seem to have been there for more than ten years, while others look like they were just left recently.

Especially the staircase closest to the fifth floor, the steps have been completely destroyed, and it looks empty, with only a dim haze swirling around it.

But Li Hui ignored it all, as if he hadn't seen the gaps in the steps, and stepped onto them directly, as did the group of undead following behind him.

Something strange happened.

Li Hui and his companions did not fall down the empty staircase. It was as if there were invisible steps beneath their feet. They stood steadily on those invisible steps, as if they were walking on air.

The stairs can be destroyed, but that's just a facade, because the steps of the post office stairs aren't real; they're a paranormal phenomenon. The steps can be destroyed, but the paranormal phenomenon cannot be dispelled.

that's it.

Li Hui and the others descended the wooden stairs step by step. No one spoke during the entire process; only their footsteps and the creaking of the wooden stairs echoed around them.

It didn't take long.

The scene in the lobby on the first floor of the Ghost Post Office came into view.

at the same time.

The operation in Dachang City has also begun.

Not long ago, due to Wang Xiaoming and Yang Jian's experiment, the vengeful ghost that was the source of this S-level paranormal event invaded directly from Yang Jian's ghost domain along a Seventh Street that does not exist in the real world.

It was an extremely bizarre and terrifying sight. Yang Jian had never encountered anything like it before, which shocked and unsettled him.

It wasn't because the vengeful ghost was particularly terrifying—after all, Yang Jian had never actually clashed with a starving ghost—but rather because the vengeful ghost's abilities were too bizarre. It forcibly altered the internal landscape of his ghost realm, and the vengeful ghost even directly invaded from that false illusion.

This made Yang Jian feel very incredulous, and he truly realized that the level of terror of this incident, codenamed 'Hungry Ghost Incident', could reach an unprecedented level.

Because these kinds of ghosts have completely deviated from common sense and evolved into a truly idealistic existence.

Without hesitation, Yang Jian led Wang Xiaoming and the others to evacuate. He then sent out a distress signal, which brought all the remaining Ghost Tamers in Dachang City to the scene.

at this time.

More than a dozen people gathered outside the hospital, some of whom were staff members and others were ghost tamers.

There were seven ghost tamers present: Yang Jian, Zhang Han, Sun Yi, and Zhao Kaiming, who arrived last, was lame and leaning on a cane.

"Everyone's here? Great, let's get started. I lost something in the hospital, and finding it will be of great help in imprisoning the evil spirit."

Seeing that all the surviving ghost controllers in Dachang City had rushed over, Wang Xiaoming said calmly, "Although I am not sure yet whether the vengeful ghost in the hospital is the source of this paranormal event, according to my speculation, if we can imprison it, there is a high probability that it will change the current situation."

"Professor Wang, isn't it a bit too risky to just go straight into the hospital like this?" Upon hearing this, Zhao Kaiming stepped forward with his cane and asked Wang Xiaoming.

"The situation in the hospital is currently unclear. If we proceed without sufficient information, we are likely to suffer significant casualties."

It's not hard to tell from his words that Zhao Kaiming doesn't really agree with the suggestion to go directly to the hospital.

"Yes, Professor Wang, I also think that this action is a bit too risky."

Looking at the hospital ahead, which had already been cordoned off, Zhang Han, who was standing to the side, also chimed in.

The hospital environment was quite eerie.

It was dark and gloomy, shrouded in a dark blue aura. There was no sound inside; no light came out, and no cries for help could be heard. The silence was eerily quiet.

However, Wang Xiaoming remained calm in the face of Zhao Kaiming and the others' questions, and said, "When facing supernatural events, you have to fight to the death. If you don't want to, you can leave here. No one will force you."

"But this major paranormal event has already enveloped the entire Dachang City. As long as the vengeful ghost is not imprisoned, you will always have a moment to fight back."

Finally, Wang Xiaoming added, "There are many things that I can hardly explain to you with your current intelligence, but this operation has absolute significance."

“I will participate in this operation myself. The situation is deteriorating rapidly, and there is no time to proceed step by step. Those who are willing to participate can come in with me, and those who are not will not be forced.”

After saying that, Wang Xiaoming took the lead, crossed the cordon outside the hospital, and walked towards the hospital gate.

behind him.

Yang Jian's eyes flickered slightly. After thinking for a few seconds, he followed. In truth, he didn't want to face the vengeful ghost, but the impact of this supernatural event was too great to avoid.

Following closely behind were Sun Yi, Zhang Han, and others. Although Zhang Han had just questioned Wang Xiaoming's suggestion, he knew in his heart that he couldn't avoid this matter at all.

Zhao Kaiming was the last to act.

With a cold face, he leaned on his cane and limped after him.

Soon, a group of eight people entered the dimly lit hospital building through the main gate.

The hospital was unusually dark, with a dark blue haze that obscured everyone's vision. Even though someone had prepared a powerful flashlight, the light couldn't penetrate the persistent haze and could only reach about five or six meters away. Beyond that, all that could be seen was a blurry outline.

The hospital lobby was deserted at the moment, with only the footsteps of Wang Xiaoming and his group echoing clearly in the surroundings.

Tap tap, tap tap tap...

As Wang Xiaoming led the way, they gradually ventured deeper into the hospital, but soon Wang Xiaoming noticed something amiss and said, "It seems we have entered the ghost realm of that vengeful spirit."

"I've calculated in my mind that I've taken a total of 176 steps since then. According to normal distance calculations, I should have already walked out of the hospital lobby, but we're still in the lobby now."

"Seriously? We just came in and this is already happening." One of the ghost tamers couldn't help but complain.

The area of ​​a hospital cannot suddenly increase. If this situation occurs, it can only mean that it has been affected by the supernatural. The most likely possibility is the ghost realm that Wang Xiaoming mentioned.

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Let me ask you, if you were in this situation, would you take on the job of managing this awful post office?

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