Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 77 Hongfa Temple, Coffin Nails!
Cold, dark... this is the most accurate description of Dachang City at this moment. The entire city is covered by a haze, and the light inside the city has become extremely dim.

The gloom took on an eerie bluish-black hue, like the distinctive bruises on a corpse that had been dead for many days, carrying a chilling and eerie aura.

But today, this gloomy, dark blue environment has undergone a new change.

A hazy layer of paper ash drifted in the air.

A much larger and more expansive illusory world appeared in the sky above the city. That world was gray and gloomy, and everything in reality seemed to be assimilated after coming into contact with that gray illusory world.

this moment.

The entire sky seemed to be nothing but endless gray, even the clouds had lost their original colors and become a gray expanse, becoming part of that world.

This is Li Hui's ghost realm.

After reaching an agreement with everyone at headquarters, he began to take action. The hazy ghost domain extended and spread towards Dachang City.

soon.

The grayish-brown paper ash fell, mingling with the dark blue haze that shrouded Dachang City.

This dark blue haze was also a ghost realm, belonging to the hungry ghosts. Its level of terror was not low, and it kept all the ghost tamers from the headquarters who came to provide support outside, preventing them from even entering the city.

However, this very ghost domain, which could block the many ghost tamers at headquarters, proved utterly vulnerable in the face of Li Hui's ghost domain.

The clash between the two ghost realms hadn't even fully begun; it was merely the spreading of paper ash, a manifestation of the supernatural, yet the dark blue-green ghost realm belonging to the starving ghosts already showed signs of being suppressed.

As the gloom began to dissipate, the internal environment of Dachang City began to appear before Li Hui and the Ghost Master who was quietly observing this scene from the open space in the suburbs.

"To suppress the gloom that shrouded Dachang City so easily, Li Hui's ghost domain is even more terrifying than he showed before. He was holding back before."

Cao Yang spoke up.

As he said this, he glanced at Li Jun beside him.

Seemingly sensing Cao Yang's gaze, Li Jun also turned his head to look over. Noticing Cao Yang's gaze and what he had just said, Li Jun calmly said:
“The supernatural power that Li Hui controls is indeed terrifying. I cannot enter Dachang City, but he can easily suppress that gloom. In terms of the ghost realm, I am not on the same level as him.”

“Li Hui did hold back before, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to do even the simplest thing like opening the Ghost Domain.”

Li Jun was very frank, admitting that his Ghost Domain strength was indeed inferior to Li Hui's, but he did not show any unusual expression on his face, as if the person he was talking about who was inferior to Li Hui was not himself.

"He was just lucky."

But at this moment, a ghost tamer made a different statement.

"Any ghost tamer could control the supernatural power of the ghost painting, or even better than Li Hui. It's just a pity I wasn't in Dahai City before, otherwise I might have been the one controlling the supernatural power of the ghost painting."

The man's tone was full of jealousy.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes turned to him. They then secretly memorized the man's appearance, reminding themselves to stay away from this idiot in the future, lest they be tricked and killed without even knowing how.

Anyone with a modicum of sense could sense Li Hui's power.

This power is not only reflected in the Ghost Realm; besides the Ghost Realm, Li Hui has clearly also mastered other powerful supernatural abilities.

Li Hui hadn't used Ghost Domain when he fought Sun Jun before, but even so, Sun Jun was no match for Li Hui. He was instantly suppressed and then, like a dead dog, was grabbed by the neck and lifted up by Li Hui.

This can be seen.

Li Hui at least controlled a powerful ghost with strong suppressive abilities. Even a ghost tamer who controlled two ghosts would be no match for that kind of supernatural power.

With the addition of the almost unsolvable Ghost Domain, Li Hui truly left them all behind, taking a huge lead over everyone else on the path of controlling vengeful spirits. The two were simply not on the same level as ghost controllers.

"That gloom is about to completely dissipate."

suddenly.

Someone in the crowd shouted this.

Everyone's gaze turned back towards the direction of Dachang City.

The hazy, illusory world descended upon Dachang City, colliding with the dark blue-green gloom, and the clash between the two ghostly realms began.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the moment the two ghostly realms came into contact, the outcome became overwhelmingly one-sided.

The area covered by the dark blue ghost domain shrank by half in an instant, clearly unable to withstand Li Hui's invasion. Even inside the gloom, paper ash began to float, indicating that the supernatural power of Li Hui's ghost domain had invaded the ghost domain of the starving ghost.

"Everyone get ready. Once the haze dissipates, we will enter Dachang City. Li Jun will lead the team to meet up with Professor Wang and his group first, and then follow Professor Wang's instructions."

Zhao Jianguo began to speak.

Although Li Hui chose to act alone without bringing the ghost riders from headquarters, it doesn't mean they were really forced to stay put.

Rather than entrusting the lives and safety of the people of Dachang City entirely to Li Hui, an "outsider," Zhao Jianguo trusted his own people more, especially after the previous "misunderstanding," which made this feeling even stronger.

Furthermore, with Wang Xiaoming also in Dachang City, given his intelligence and the abilities of Li Jun and the other ghost tamers, the possibility of imprisoning that source ghost is not low.

Unfortunately, Zhao Jianguo's idea was destined to fail.

Before the cyan-black ghost domain of the starving ghost could be completely suppressed, and before the headquarters could begin its operation, Li Hui's gray ghost domain suddenly disappeared without any warning.

After the gray, ghostly realm disappeared, the dark blue haze was no longer suppressed and once again enveloped the sky above Dachang City.

"What's going on? Did Li Hui's suppression fail? Or did something unexpected happen?" Zhao Jianguo looked bewildered upon seeing this, not understanding what had happened.

Just when it seemed that the ghost realm of the starving ghost was about to be completely suppressed and the rescue operation of the headquarters team could proceed smoothly, Li Hui's ghost realm suddenly disappeared at this critical moment.

Furthermore, even Li Hui was nowhere to be seen, which puzzled Zhao Jianguo, who couldn't understand what had happened.

"Li Hui entered Dachang City alone."

Li Jun frowned slightly and said, "At the last moment, he gave up suppressing the gloom that shrouded the entire city and instead chose to invade that dark blue ghost realm."

Li Jun, who also possessed the Ghost Domain, was very clear about what had just happened. Although he couldn't see it clearly, he knew what had happened in the end.

"But why would Li Hui do this?"

Knowing is one thing, understanding is another. Li Jun clearly did not understand Li Hui's behavior. If he could not suppress it, that would be one thing, but he clearly had the ability to suppress that ghost domain, yet he still chose a riskier approach and invaded it alone. This really left Li Jun puzzled.

But there was one thing Li Jun was very clear about.

A powerful ghost tamer like Li Hui must have his own reasons for doing everything, so even if he doesn't understand Li Hui's actions, he won't make any rash judgments.

at the same time.

Inside Dachang City.

Tatata!
Li Hui's figure appeared on the city street, surrounded by ashes, and a hazy ghostly aura enveloped the surrounding area.

Amidst the swirling ashes of paper, several figures stood tall—the spirits he had brought out from the Ghost Post Office. There were more than thirty figures in total, with Yang Xiao, codenamed Nightmare, leading them.

"Is this what Dachang City will look like in a decade or so? The buildings look prosperous, but there is no vitality in them, like a dead city."

Yang Xiao quickly glanced around at the surroundings and then gave his assessment.

The city of Dachang was eerily quiet at that moment, with no sound except for the occasional screams and the cries of babies.

The once bustling city is gradually dying due to the starving ghost incident, leaving Li Hui and others feeling no vitality. Death is spreading throughout the city, and fear is pervasive.

At a glance.

Many corpses lay in the streets.

Most of them were female corpses, their abdomens ripped open with large holes, the insides a bloody mess, the internal organs no longer visible, as if they had been eaten by something.

Besides.

In the distance, figures could be seen walking through the gloom, but their steps were stiff, their forms terrifying, their skin bluish-black, their eyes cold and lifeless...

Those are not living people, but ghost infants, and there are them at every stage.

There are first-stage ghost infants that look like babies, second-stage ghost infants that look like children, and there are also quite a few third-stage ghost infants that look like young adults.

They roam endlessly, and anyone who triggers the ghost infants' killing pattern will be killed instantly, their corpses then consumed as nourishment for their growth.

"A byproduct of the supernatural, similar to ghost slaves, existing by relying on the supernatural power of the source. Those ghostly things are not the point. As long as the source ghost is imprisoned, they will naturally disappear. Are we going to deal with the source of this supernatural event next?"

After observing the wandering ghost infant for a few moments, one of the spirits came to a conclusion and asked Li Hui.

These spirits were all top-tier ghost tamers. Even though they only retained a part of their original supernatural abilities, their perception was still there. Despite not having made any formal contact with them, they were able to guess the state of those ghost infants with great accuracy.

"The hungry ghost is not difficult to deal with, but there is a troublesome guy behind it. It is a concept-level vengeful ghost. Before facing the hungry ghost, I need to get a strategic item."

Li Hui spoke up, revealing the existence of the Wish Ghost.

He was just trying to suppress the Hungry Ghost Domain when he was discovered by the Hungry Ghost, who was the source of the ghost, and the Hungry Ghost directly invaded his ghost domain.

This surprised Li Hui greatly.

Given the strength of the ghost realm displayed by the hungry ghost, it was clearly impossible for it to do this, so Li Hui suspected that the wish ghost might have already possessed the hungry ghost.

A hungry ghost possessed by a wish-granting spirit is like an unkillable cockroach. Its ability to restart forty minutes is too unsolvable. Facing a hungry ghost head-on will only lead to your own downfall.

Because the hungry ghost with the ability to restart has countless chances to try and fail, but Li Hui only has one.

Trying to outlast a vengeful ghost with the ability to restart is probably a joke.

Therefore, Li Hui abandoned the idea of ​​suppressing the starving ghost and instead chose to invade Dachang City, wanting to get his hands on the coffin nail under Hongfa Temple first.

The grayish ash spread rapidly forward, and then, Li Hui and his group of dead souls vanished from the spot in an instant.

Throughout the entire ordeal, they failed to attract the attention of the ghost babies on the street.

Li Hui and his group were in a deeper level of the ghost realm, and those wandering ghost infants obviously did not have the ability to invade the 70% ghost painting supernatural world.

.........

"This is it."

As Li Hui's voice rang out, their figures appeared directly on the steps outside a temple. Above the temple gate hung a sign with the three large characters "Hongfa Temple" written on it.

The starving ghost incident affected the entire city, and Hongfa Temple was no exception. The temple gates were tightly closed, and there were no monks to be seen inside.

"There's nothing wrong with the temple itself; the real haunted place is a secret room underground at Hongfa Temple."

Having read the original novel, Li Hui completely ignored the Hongfa Temple in front of him, only glancing at it a few times before looking away.

"I remember that secret room was built of gold, which could isolate the supernatural and even the ghost realm could not invade it."

"But that's precisely why the secret room is easier to find. Spread the ghost domain over there, and wherever the ghost domain can't reach, that must be the secret room!"

As Li Hui pondered this, he simultaneously manipulated his hazy ghost domain to rapidly spread towards Hongfa Temple in front of him.

With the strength of Li Hui's Ghost Domain, covering a temple was very easy; in the blink of an eye, the Ghost Domain enveloped the entire temple.

"Found it!" Li Hui's eyes lit up. A blank area appeared in his ghost realm. Below Hongfa Temple, there was a strange place that isolated his ghost realm.

With one step, Li Hui led everyone directly into a basement of Hongfa Temple.

The basement doesn't look like it was built in modern times; judging from the decor, it seems to be from the Republican era, using those old-fashioned blue bricks.

At the far end of this basement was an old wooden door covered in gold leaf, which was tightly shut, as if some ferocious beast lay behind it, or as if it led to an endless abyss.

At this moment, Li Hui and his group were standing in front of the wooden door, quietly examining it.

"A wooden door sealed with gold leaf—is a vengeful ghost imprisoned behind this door?" a wandering spirit asked curiously.

“Supernatural powers cannot affect the gold, and the evil spirits inside cannot appear outside. However, the only way to get in is to open the wooden door physically.”

Yang Xiao, standing beside Li Hui, said.

Clearly, these departed souls were well aware of the value of gold.

Almost at the same time Yang Xiao was speaking, Li Hui reached out and tore off all the gold leaf from the wooden door, then gently pushed it open.

There was a "crunch".

The wooden door was opened.

The moment the wooden door was opened, a chilling wind blew out from inside, instantly dropping the surrounding temperature by several degrees. Even the drifting ashes of paper seemed to be scattered by the wind.

"Ok?"

Upon seeing this, Li Hui's face showed a look of surprise and uncertainty.

"What's going on? Could it be that only Yang Jian can pull out that coffin nail without any problems, and anyone else might be attacked by the Lord of Ghost Eyes if they try to pull it out?"

He couldn't help but have such doubts; he remembered that in the original story, Yang Jian didn't experience any supernatural suppression like he did.

After a moment's thought, Li Hui stepped through the wooden door, followed closely by the rest of the dead.

Behind the wooden door was a desolate, lifeless, dark space, surrounded by moldy, moss-covered green walls.

"Tick-tock~ Tick-tock~~~"

Faintly, Li Hui heard the sound of dripping water coming from the dark space ahead. The sound was very faint, but it was so obvious that it was particularly clear in the dark environment.

Li Hui and the others looked in the direction from which the dripping water was coming, and a chilling scene came into their view.

A strange, eerie tree, its branches bare and white, took root in the ground. Many bizarre things hung from its branches: dried-up human heads, old, tattered rags…

On the trunk of this bone tree, there is a huge black figure more than three meters tall.

The figure seemed to be formed from darkness, hanging motionless upside down on the bone tree, head facing the ground.

The shadowy figure's head had no facial features, only a notch, which was supposed to be where the shadowy figure's eyes were, but now it was empty.

Even more bizarrely...

A rusty coffin nail pierced through the chest of this tall, dark figure, and it was this coffin nail that pinned its body to the tree.

The coffin nail on the chest of the tall figure had been driven into the tree for who knows how many years; it was rusty and looked as if it might break at any moment.

The "drip-drop" sound that Li Hui and the others had just heard was the sound of black blood dripping continuously from the wound of the tall, dark figure.

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Q: What do you think are the chances of Li Hui and his group defeating the Lord of Ghost Eyes?

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