Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 67 Headquarters' Sincerity, Captain's Plan (Please Subscribe)

Dahan City.

Walking on the bustling streets of the city, the faces of the group of dead souls revealed an uncontrollable excitement. They were looking around at everything, especially those people with old-fashioned clothing. The cityscape of skyscrapers was very different from the cities they remembered.

The painted world inside the Ghost Post Office is like a prison. Some of them have been trapped for years, some for decades. Now, leaving the post office and entering the real world is like being reborn.

same.

Li Hui was also taking in the city.

He hadn't originally planned to stay in the city for long, but he couldn't resist the requests of the group of dead souls who wanted to see this modern city, so he led them along Jianshe Road.

In terms of economy alone, Dahan City is obviously not as good as Dahai City, but it is equally prosperous and thriving, with a large area and a large population, much more prosperous than Xiaozhou City that Li Hui had seen before.

on the street.

Bustling with traffic.

The flow is continuous.

However, none of the passersby cast surprised glances at Li Hui and his strange 'group,' as if the public couldn't see them at all.

that's the truth.

Li Hui and his group appeared to be walking on the streets of Dahan City, but in reality, they were in a deep ghost realm, which they did not reveal themselves to ordinary people.

Let alone watching it.

Even if pedestrians collide with Li Hui and his group, they will pass right through them, as if they were in two different time and space.

In other words, unless someone can see through Li Hui's ghost realm or directly enter his ghost realm, it is impossible to see or touch the souls of the dead.

This is also why Ghost Domain is considered one of the most unbeatable abilities in the early stages of the mysterious resurrection world. The opponent can't even touch it, so how can they fight it? It has an absolute advantage from the start, and Ghost Masters without Ghost Domain are directly inferior.

"Li Hui".

Just as Li Hui continued to survey his surroundings, a young man's voice came from his left rear side.

Without turning around, Li Hui already knew who was speaking.

The Ghost Realm is like his eyes; nothing that happens within it escapes his perception. In some ways, the Ghost Realm is even more useful than his eyes, because it can make things invisible to the naked eye visible.

The speaker was Yang Xiao.

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "The current situation in Dachang City..."

Yang Xiao didn't say what he was going to say next, but Li Hui clearly understood that he wanted him to go to Dachang City.

Li Hui guessed that Yang Xiao was thinking that even if he couldn't handle the starving ghost incident, he hoped to get his relatives out of trouble.

However, Li Hui did not want to go to Dachang City at the moment. The city was a murky place with many parties vying for power, and he did not want to get involved until the final outcome was in.

It wasn't that Li Hui was afraid, but he felt that being familiar with the plot was also a kind of advantage.

Yang Jian's rise to power actually began with the Starving Ghost incident. His hanging was inevitable; if anything had changed, everything that followed would have been unknown.

the most important is.

At this moment, Elder Qin should also be paying attention to Yang Jian's situation. Before Yang Jian officially became an anomaly, he was still in the novice stage and under his watchful eye.

and……

Li Hui felt that if he took a group of dead souls to Dachang City now, there was a high probability that Yang Jian would not choose the suggestion of the human skin paper. In other words, he might not hang himself. He couldn't very well help Yang Jian save face then, could he?
So Li Hui's plan was to go to Dachang City after Yang Jian hanged himself, since that city did have a lot of good things.

For example, the coffin nail under Hongfa Temple, if given directly to the starving ghost as in the original story, would be too much of a waste.

Think of this.

Li Hui said, "I will go to Dachang City, but not now. I cannot tell you the specific reason."

"Don't worry, although Yang Jian and the others are not in good condition, they can hold out for a while. Although that vengeful ghost is terrifying, its range of activity is very limited."

Li Hui appropriately revealed some information, telling Yang Jian and the others that they were not in any danger. As for whether Yang Xiao believed it or not, Li Hui did not know.

"really!"

However, what Li Hui didn't know was that his response confirmed Yang Xiao's previous suspicion that Li Hui possessed some kind of ability similar to predicting the future.

However, even if Li Hui knew, he wouldn't care. He would even be grateful for Yang Xiao's imagination, because it perfectly explained why he knew so many secrets.

"Dingling bell~"

Just then, Li Hui's phone rang; it was the default ringtone.

Take it out and take a look.

The caller ID number is a string of digits plus some special symbols.

Li Hui was familiar with this number; it belonged to the Ghost Riders headquarters and was very likely the personal number of Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua.

I thought about it.

Li Hui pressed the answer button.

really.

After the call was connected, Cao Yanhua's voice came through. He first greeted Li Hui, and then got straight to the point, asking the questions he wanted to know.

"You were the one who wielded the supernatural power of the ghost painting in Dahai City, weren't you?"

Cao Yanhua's tone carried an inexplicable certainty.

"Why do you think that?" Li Hui's expression shifted slightly, but instead of answering directly, he asked back.

Li Hui wasn't surprised at all that headquarters had traced him back to him; in fact, he felt the timeframe was a bit too slow. Even so, he was still curious about how headquarters had determined that he was the one who had controlled the ghost painting's supernatural power.

After all, his figure was hidden deep within the ghost realm from beginning to end, with paper ash floating around, and no one could see his appearance clearly.

Since he started replicating the ghost painting's supernatural aspects, only two people have actually seen his face: one is Ye Zhen from Dahai City, who experienced the ghost painting incident with him.

Another one is Old Qin.

Back in Xiaozhou City, Elder Qin had driven the supernatural bus past before. With Elder Qin's abilities, he was definitely able to see through Li Hui's ghost realm.

If it was communicated through someone, then it must be one of these two people, but Ye Zhen is unlikely to be the one. Judging from the original work, he doesn't care about the people from the Ghost Rider Headquarters.

Therefore, considering all factors, it seems more likely that it is Old Qin. However, Li Hui felt that it wasn't Old Qin who told Cao Yanhua, so the result must have come from other factors.

Subsequently.

Before Li Hui could continue speculating, Cao Yanhua proactively responded, "I reached this conclusion through manual investigation."

"At that time, there were only so many male demon tamers in Dahai City. After eliminating the wrong answers, the one that remained was the correct answer."

“There are other demon tamers who are similar in stature to you, but they have all appeared in Dahai City, while you have remained unseen.”

“At the time, I wasn’t sure. In order to verify the authenticity of this answer as much as possible, we also screened ordinary people in Dahai City, but the final result still pointed to you.”

"In addition, you have shown considerable strength before, being able to fight Ye Zhen. So in my opinion, the results of this investigation are enough to prove a lot of things."

"I see." Li Hui understood. It wasn't hard to understand. The principle was just as Cao Yanhua had said: after eliminating all the wrong answers, what was left was the correct answer.

However, Cao Yanhua's explanation did not stop, and his voice could still be heard on the phone.

"In addition, we also investigated your cell phone signal. Through location tracking, we learned that you had been abroad before, and the places you visited were exactly the same as those of the mysterious person who controlled the supernatural power of the ghost painting. This completely confirmed to us that you are the one who controlled the supernatural power of the ghost painting."

As he spoke, Cao Yanhua explained, "Don't misunderstand, the reason we are investigating you is entirely out of concern for the safety of the public. The supernatural aspects of the ghost painting are of great importance, and we must be cautious."

Then Cao Yanhua changed the subject and revealed his true purpose: "Here, I would like to invite you to join the Ghost Tamer Headquarters!"

"Our headquarters is an official Chinese organization with abundant resources and our understanding of the paranormal is among the best in the world."

“You should know Bruce P., right? He’s internationally renowned. His paper on how gold can imprison evil spirits had a huge impact on the paranormal community. He’s one of the people in our headquarters.”

"In addition, Professor Wang has also made considerable progress in his research on balancing supernatural phenomena within the body, as well as his research on the success rate of controlling a second or third vengeful ghost, and even a plan for perfectly controlling vengeful ghosts."

"The ghost painting is very powerful. If you use it like this, you will soon face the problem of the revival of vengeful ghosts. That's why you should join our headquarters. We have extensive research in this area."

"..."

Cao Yanhua spoke rapidly, drawing a large, round pie, while Li Hui's face grew increasingly gloomy.

He saw it.

Cao Yanhua is simply fooling him when he first entered the paranormal world.

"Stop with the nonsense, just tell me what benefits I'll get if I join the Ghost Tamer Headquarters. Will I get dozens of red ghost candles, or can I pick ten or eight supernatural items at will?"

Unable to bear it any longer, Li Hui interrupted, and he felt that he had already shown some restraint by not hanging up the phone.

Having your name listed at headquarters isn't a big deal.

The situation is different now than before. At headquarters, he has already demonstrated sufficient strength and value.

In Li Hui's view, the 30% of paranormal events on buses and the 70% of the ghost paintings already gave them the power to negotiate with the Ghost Masters headquarters, or even to overturn the table.

As soon as Li Hui finished speaking, the other end of the phone fell into a deathly silence.

"Cough cough~"

After a while, a sound came from the other end. Cao Yanhua coughed violently a few times, as if he had choked on water halfway through drinking it.

"You actually know about ghost candles?"

Cao Yanhua sounded quite surprised.

The Ghost Candle is considered a strategic weapon of headquarters. There are not many of them, and very few people are qualified to come into contact with it. Even the leaders of many cities do not know about it.

"Don't worry about how I know about Ghost Candle. Just tell me the headquarters' conditions. Get to the point. If you keep saying the same old things, I'm hanging up now."

Li Hui spoke first.

And at the same time.

Dajing City.

At the Ghost Riders headquarters, in the deputy minister's office, Cao Yanhua looked at the evaluation report in his hand with a surprised expression.

The report's contents are related to Li Hui; they were derived from his recent actions and analyzed by a group of think tank members.

Judging from Li Hui's actions, he is completely a newcomer to the paranormal world.

It was one thing to deal with the ghost painting before, but to continue using the Ghost Domain to travel after successfully luring the ghost painting abroad is a mistake that only a newbie would make, in everyone's eyes.

Well known.

The more times one uses supernatural abilities, the faster one's own vengeful spirit will revive.

Especially with ghost paintings, the more powerful the ghost, the fewer times it can use supernatural powers.

That's why Cao Yanhua started by making empty promises to Li Hui, because he considered Li Hui a newbie in the paranormal world.

As for Li Hui's previous display of strength, which allowed him to fight Ye Zhen, the think tank believed it was just a coincidence. They thought Li Hui had gotten lucky, and that he must have just been controlling an extremely powerful ghost at that time.

It's actually quite normal to come to this conclusion.

Because Li Hui had never appeared in the paranormal community before, and judging from the photos and videos obtained, his condition was exceptionally good, with virtually no signs of paranormal intrusion, this conclusion was ultimately reached.

When Li Hui mentioned 'ghost candles and supernatural items,' Cao Yanhua knew that the headquarters' assessment was wrong. Li Hui was not a novice and knew quite a bit about the headquarters.

Thinking.

Cao Yanhua began by saying:
"Currently, the headquarters doesn't have many red ghost candles. If you're willing to join the headquarters, I can give you three at once without any additional conditions."

"Besides that, there are some other practical items. I don't know if you've heard of surrogate dolls?"

Regardless of whether Li Hui knew or not, Cao Yanhua directly explained, "The substitute doll is also a consumable supernatural item, and its function is to allow someone to die in your place once."

"Just a drop of blood on the substitute doll will transfer any attacks you suffer to the doll. You will be absolutely safe until the doll dies. In some ways, that thing is even more precious than the red ghost candle."

"If you join, I can also arrange for you to be a substitute."

This time, Cao Yanhua offered what he considered to be very sincere terms, a stark contrast to what he had initially said.

But it’s no wonder.

There is a big difference between inviting a complete novice ghost tamer and inviting a true top ghost tamer.

The former can rely on the art of language, but the latter requires real money, especially since the headquarters is currently short of top-notch ghost tamers, so Cao Yanhua is not stingy at all.

"It's more than that."

Before Li Hui on the other end of the phone could respond, Cao Yanhua continued, "Headquarters is currently implementing a special program for Ghost Tamers called the 'Captain Program.' There are quite a few people nominated for this program, but there will only be twelve captains in the end."

"As long as you join, your previous act of luring the ghost painting out of the country and preventing an S-class paranormal event from breaking out in the country will be considered your achievement, and you can be directly nominated for the captain plan."

"You may not understand the significance of a captain. Let me put it this way: I hold the position of deputy minister at headquarters, and the status and power of every captain are above mine!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)