Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 82 Starving to Death - The Ghost Goes Offline

"Yang Jian's method in the original work... is most likely not feasible and is not applicable to the current situation."

After thinking for a moment.

Li Hui abandoned his idea of ​​using the Ghost Domain ability and then directly driving the coffin nails into the body of the starving ghost.

The focus now is not on the starving ghost. It is easy to suppress the starving ghost at this stage. Even Li Hui himself is confident that he can dismember and imprison it in an instant.

The problem is that this kind of confinement is useless; the wish ghost's forty-minute range restart is enough to reverse everything.

The situation Li Hui is currently facing is different from the original story. In the original story, the wish-granting ghost had already possessed the starving ghost, and the coffin nails would restrict the wish-granting ghost at the same time as nailing the starving ghost to death, thus ultimately forcing it to leave.

The situation Li Hui is currently facing is that the wish ghost has not yet possessed the starving ghost; they are two independent entities.

Even if the hungry ghost is nailed to death with coffin nails, the wishing ghost will not be affected in any way, and can even use a range restart to change the outcome of the hungry ghost being restricted by the coffin nails.

This is similar to when Li Hui and his group surrounded and killed the starving ghosts on the pedestrian street. They had successfully dismembered and suppressed the starving ghosts, but the restart of the wishing ghosts reversed the outcome.

This means that even if Li Hui successfully uses the coffin nails to restrain the starving ghost, he may still face the same outcome as the previous ambush, and there is even a possibility of losing the coffin nails, which is unacceptable to Li Hui.

As for why the Wish Ghost didn't restart after leaving the Hungry Ghost's body in the original story, or why it didn't reverse the fact that the Hungry Ghost was restricted by the coffin nails, or why it left with the Hungry Ghost's body, Li Hui didn't know. In the end, he could only attribute it to the Hungry Ghost being killed by the plot.

"So the problem ultimately lies with the wish-ghost. To successfully imprison the starving ghost, we must find a way to get rid of the wish-ghost first. Even if we don't imprison it, we must at least make it too busy to care about the starving ghost."

Li Hui's eyes flickered slightly as he quickly considered how to respond.

"In a sense, restarting is just a manifestation of the supernatural. If other supernatural phenomena are powerful enough, they should be able to interfere with the normal restarting process, right?"

Li Hui vaguely remembered that when supernatural phenomena accumulated to a certain degree, they were enough to affect the normal operation of the restart, for example... Zhang Dong!
While thinking.

Li Hui began his operation.

The amount of paper ash falling from the sky became denser, and a hazy rain of paper ash covered the entire city of Dachang, completely suppressing the dark blue-green ghost domain belonging to the starving ghosts.

On the playground inside the north gate of No. 7 Middle School, the starving ghost walked stiffly toward the location of Li Hui and the others.

Black footprints gathered on the ground as it passed, but they quickly disappeared, which seemed very eerie. This was the supernatural manifestation of a vengeful ghost that it had devoured.

The terror of the Hungry Ghost stems from this: it can devour other vengeful spirits, then turn those spirits into pieces of its own puzzle, and it can use the supernatural abilities of the vengeful spirits it devours.

The supernatural influence that Li Hui brought over had clearly attracted the attention of the starving ghost, just like before. The only difference was that before, the ghost walked into Li Hui's ghost realm on its own, but this time, Li Hui actively pulled the starving ghost into the ghost realm.

However, ahead of the path the starving ghost was traveling, more than a dozen figures appeared out of thin air, as if they had invaded reality from oil paintings. Each figure looked exactly like Li Hui.

In the hands of these figures were old, rusty machetes, which looked almost unreal, like objects painted on paper.

"You can deal with the hungry ghosts the same way you did before. As for the other vengeful ghost, if it really appears later, I will try to interfere with its restart."

Li Hui addressed the group of dead souls behind him.

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared from the spot and reappeared behind the dozen or so figures.

At first glance, it's impossible to tell which one is Li Hui's true form. Their figures, appearances, and even their clothing are exactly the same; the only difference is the objects they are holding.

The dozen or so supernatural beings that manifested as 'Li Hui' held old wood-chopping knives, while Li Hui himself tightly gripped a coffin nail as thick as an infant's arm.

This time, Li Hui is prepared to take action himself, and does not intend to quietly watch the situation unfold from afar as he did before.

Moreover, Li Hui already had some ideas on how to deal with the reactivation of the Wish Ghost, but he wasn't sure if they would work until the final result was in.

Tap, tap, tap...

A slightly muffled sound of footsteps rang out, echoing around them.

Although the hungry ghost appeared stiff, its movements were not slow. It quickly arrived in front of the group of 'Li Hui', and its pupil-less black eyes looked at Li Hui, its eyes lifeless and cold.

"Do it!"

With Li Hui's loud shout, the group of dead souls not far behind him began to move.

This distance will not affect their supernatural effects on the hungry ghosts, except for those supernatural abilities that require physical contact to take effect.

at the same time.

A dozen figures wielding eerie wood-chopping knives appeared beside the starving ghost, but instead of swinging their knives down, they all reached out and grabbed at the ghost's body.

There was an eerie aura emanating from their hands, the kind of eeriness that came from the bus. This superimposed eeriness, combined with the eerie attack from a group of dead souls, was enough to silence the starving ghost.

Furthermore, the world before Li Hui's eyes had also undergone tremendous changes, and a completely different scene appeared in his vision.

What lay before him was no longer the playground of Dachang No. 7 Middle School, but a dark and eerie place.

It was a field, and in the middle of that field was a dirt path that led to the open space in front of the courtyard of an old house.

The house wasn't modern; it was an old-fashioned tile-roofed house with a courtyard. Many parts of it had collapsed, the walls were cracked, and the yard was overgrown with weeds, suggesting it had been abandoned for a long time.

With the help of the bus's supernatural power, Li Hui saw through the boundary between the real world and the supernatural realm. The field and the old house in the style of the Republic of China were not located in the real world, but in the supernatural realm.

Then the field and the old house from the Republican era disappeared again, and the scene before Li Hui's eyes returned to the playground of No. 7 Middle School and the teaching building behind the playground, but soon the playground and teaching building turned back into the scene of the field and the old house...

Scenes from the supernatural world and the real world flashed back and forth in Li Hui's eyes, then overlapped with each other, making him feel somewhat uncomfortable for a moment.

"The reactivation of the Wish Ghost has certain limitations. If the Hungry Ghost is brought into the haunted land and imprisoned, the reactivation of the Wish Ghost will definitely not affect the haunted land, unless it enters the haunted land with it."

This is the simplest way Li Hui has come up with to imprison someone, and he thinks the chances of success are very high. He doesn't believe the Wish Ghost would dare to follow him into that supernatural place.

Because the hungry ghost is not irreplaceable to the wishing ghost, otherwise the original work would not have abandoned the hungry ghost just because it was imprisoned by Yang Jian once.

pat!

A dozen figures simultaneously pressed their palms onto the starving ghost's body. The terrifying supernatural force caused the starving ghost to freeze on the spot, its body limp like a puddle of mud.

There was no need to even use the supernatural attacks of those undead; at this moment, they seemed utterly superfluous.

After the phone tattoo was activated, the supernatural power that Li Hui could control became even more terrifying, especially this kind of superimposed ability.

The supernatural phenomena of more than a dozen "Li Hui" buses overlapped and acted on a vengeful ghost, creating a suppression that was, in some ways, even more terrifying than coffin nails.

At the same time, a supernatural attack from a group of dead souls also erupted on the starving ghost. Although it did not have a significant effect, it was better than nothing and made the starving ghost even more suppressed.

tread!
next moment.

Li Hui and the dozen or so figures like him all took a step forward.

Under the supernatural influence of the bus, the world before their eyes suddenly froze. Then, this frozen world, like a shattered piece of glass, instantly developed countless cracks. Finally, these cracks quickly dissipated, and the world before them shattered as if a mirror had been turned upside down.

But behind the shattered world, a new world has emerged.

It was a supernatural place corresponding to the real world, where the environment was dark and boundless, filled with a cold and eerie atmosphere.

The grayish paper ash seeped into the eerie, supernatural place through the shattered glass-like partition, and then Li Hui and his companions vanished instantly.

Along with him disappeared the already suppressed starving ghost, and together with a host of other souls, they all entered the supernatural realm.

The moment Li Hui and his group entered the supernatural place, the environment of Dachang City suddenly returned to brightness. The dark blue haze had long since dissipated, and the gray, illusory world that had enveloped the entire city had also disappeared. The long-lost sunlight once again shone into the city.

"What's going on? The ghost realms of the starving ghost and Li Hui have both disappeared. Has this supernatural incident been successfully resolved?"

This scene quickly caught the attention of the headquarters personnel stationed on the outskirts of Dachang City.

Zhao Jianguo picked up the satellite-guided phone next to him, opened the dial pad, entered Li Hui's phone number, and dialed it.

Cao Yanhua gave him this number.

After all, Zhao Jianguo was in charge of this rescue operation, and Li Hui, as an outside helper invited by the Ghost Riders headquarters, would naturally be given contact information by the headquarters.

But this call was destined to fail.

Soon, Zhao Jianguo's phone emitted a notification tone.

"Sorry, the user you are trying to reach is temporarily unavailable..."

"Out of service area?" Zhao Jianguo frowned, somewhat puzzled. According to Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua, Li Hui's supernatural abilities did not affect the cell phone signal and the call could be made.

"Could it be that something else has happened?"

The uncertainty of the situation made Zhao Jianguo hesitate for a moment, unsure whether he should send reinforcements into the city.

But after thinking for a moment, Zhao Jianguo made a decision.

He said to Li Jun beside him, "The disappearance of the Ghost Domain is undoubtedly a good thing for us. This support operation will be led by you and a group of Ghost Tamers into Dachang City."

"Ok."

Li Jun did not refuse. His military instincts made him choose to obey orders immediately, since Zhao Jianguo was the person in charge here at the moment, and could be considered his superior.

Most importantly, Li Jun felt that Zhao Jianguo's choice was correct.

The main reason why the previous support operation was delayed was that they could not enter the ghost realm of the starving ghosts. Now that the ghost realm has dissipated, it is the best time for them to act.

As for the hungry ghost, it might not have been imprisoned yet, and entering at this time would be dangerous, but Li Jun didn't see it as a problem. As ghost controllers, their job was to face fierce ghosts.

soon.

The support from headquarters then entered the city.

However, there were only a dozen or so people who entered Dachang City this time, all of whom were ghost tamers, led by Li Jun.

Meanwhile, the rest of the headquarters staff remained on standby in the open area on the outskirts. All rescue personnel and supplies would only enter the city after Li Jun and his team confirmed that it was safe within Dachang City.

the other side.

In a room inside the teaching building of Dachang No. 7 Middle School, a figure stood quietly by the window, looking at the empty school playground. The figure then turned to look at the wall next to him.

On the wall, a tall figure was vaguely reflected, with human features, but they were indistinct.

"So even you, you ghost, can feel fear. You've been letting that vengeful spirit roam free for so long, and it was almost time to reap the rewards. But it was just imprisoned and taken away by others, and you just stood by and watched?"

The person standing by the window spoke.

This is a middle-aged man.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his face had an almost crazed look. He was staring at the tall figure on the wall, talking incessantly, and finally cursing angrily.

The tall figure on the wall did not react to the middle-aged man's words, as if it were just an ordinary shadow, incapable of responding.

at the same time.

An unknown, haunted place.

This is a vast expanse of fields, but there is no rice growing in them, only weeds; it is a desolate wasteland.

In the middle of this field, there is a muddy path that leads to an old house from the Republican era.

At this moment, in this strange place, gray paper ash kept falling from the sky, and then a group of people appeared in the field.

"So the wish-granting ghost didn't follow us in after all?"

Li Hui quickly glanced around. He couldn't see the Wish Ghost anywhere. He only had himself and a group of dead souls, as well as the Hungry Ghost, who was surrounded by more than a dozen figures like a dead dog and whose supernatural power was suppressed and he fell into silence.

"Intelligent ghosts are indeed different from those ghosts that only act on instinct. They already know how to avoid risks. The wish ghost in the original story is like this, and so is this one."

Li Hui sighed inwardly, then turned his gaze to the starving ghost.

Then, with a thought, the dozen or so figures that looked exactly like him quickly swung their supernatural woodcutting knives.

next moment.

The hungry ghost's body was dismembered again, just like it had been on the pedestrian street before.

Actually, while writing this chapter, I suddenly discovered a bug in the previous content—a bug in my book. I'm not sure if any of you have noticed it, but by the time I did, it was too late. This bug is also very difficult to fix. However, since no one has pointed it out yet, it's likely that it hasn't been discovered yet, hehehe...ξ(＞)


(End of this chapter)