Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 87 The Sudden Arrival of Darkness

The haze spread very quickly.

The distance between Dahai City and Dachang City is only about 700 or 800 kilometers. With Simon's ghost domain, which is enough to cover a town, they arrived at a small hill on the outskirts of Dachang City in the blink of an eye.

This is a dense forest.

At this moment, two strange figures stood on a blue stone at the very edge of this forest.

The figure standing on the left is a man, who is completely hidden in the shadows. You can vaguely see that the skin on his palms is an eerie black. The figure on the right is a girl who looks like a doll.

The girl was about ten years old. Her face was deathly pale, without a trace of color. She had large eyes, but her pupils were dull and lifeless.

Sudden.

As if sensing something, the girl, who looked like a porcelain doll, turned her dull, lifeless eyes around a few times and, together with the strange man beside her, looked behind them.

In their line of sight, they could clearly see a dark cloud with a chilling aura spreading from afar, and then Simon and his group of six quietly appeared beside them.

"It seems your operation went very smoothly this time."

The eerie man, whose body remained hidden in the shadows, glanced at Ye Zhen, who was being carried on the shoulders of the terrifying manor lord, and then spoke.

He, like the porcelain doll-like girl beside him, was a king in the King's Organization. His codename was 'Gravedigger,' while the girl's codename in the King's Organization was 'Twin.'

The gravedigger's voice sounded very hoarse, even somewhat stiff, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling.

"really."

The manor owner said in a cold tone, "The operation to hunt down Ye Zhen went more smoothly than we expected. He was too careless and too confident in his own strength. Perhaps he was blinded by the so-called title of Asia's number one ghost tamer."

"You've been staking out here for so long, what's the situation in Dachang City now?"

While talking.

The manor owners and their companions turned their gaze toward Dachang City not far away. Under Simon's control, the gloom that shrouded the entire dense forest did not affect their vision.

The hill where they were located was very close to Dachang City, offering a wide view. Under normal circumstances, it would have allowed them to see a large part of the city. However, at this moment, all they could see was a gray and gloomy scene.

That was a ghost town.

It enveloped the entire city of Dachang.

Within the ghost realm, something could be vaguely seen constantly falling down; it was a mass of paper-ash-like objects, as if it were the ashes left behind after something had burned.

"The paranormal events in that city should have been dealt with. Not long ago, all the staff from the Asian Ghost Tamer headquarters entered the city, which should have started the search and rescue operation."

The gravedigger slowly said, "But for some reason, that person's ghostly aura has been constantly shrouding the entire city, as if searching for something important. Or perhaps this S-class paranormal event is not so simple?"

It was clear that the gravediggers found Li Hui's actions quite strange.

As a demon tamer, he understood the dangers of overusing supernatural powers better than anyone else. In his view, even if the other party was an anomaly, it shouldn't have warranted this.
The girl standing next to the gravedigger remained silent, as if she were unable to speak properly and her mouth was glued shut; she simply listened quietly to their conversation.

Only those dull, lifeless eyes kept turning, staring eerily at Ye Zhen's 'corpse' being carried on the manor owner's shoulder, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"As expected of a Ghost Master who can control the supernatural power of ghost paintings, the unbridled use of the Ghost Domain ability on such a large scale must have already solved the problem of the resurgence of vengeful ghosts."

The manor owner continued, "But he's still going to die. It was his fate all along. Even with our combined attack... um?"

suddenly.

Before he could finish speaking, as if sensing something, he suddenly exerted force on his hand, violently throwing Ye Zhen's 'corpse' off his shoulder, and then took two steps back.

Almost at the same moment the manor lord stepped back, a gleaming sword flashed past him, narrowly missing his body.

The sword also carried an inexplicable chill, as if it possessed some kind of supernatural power.

"Ye Zhen, you're not dead?"

The manor owner said in an icy tone.

"I, Ye, am invincible in this world. Do you think you can kill me with just a few of you?"

Ye Zhen, who had been thrown by the manor owner, did not fall to the ground. Instead, he remained suspended in mid-air, standing there as if floating on air, while continuing to speak:

"I've only been putting on this show to wipe you all out in one fell swoop. You really think you can kill me on your own? You're utterly absurd. Today, I, Ye, will cut you all down with my sword, so that no Tom, Dick, or Harry will dare to run wild in Dahai City in the future!"

As the words fell.

Ye Zhen suddenly slashed his longsword upwards towards the sky.

"I, Ye, should be shining brightly. How dare these mere shadows obstruct my view? Disperse them!"

Simon's ghost realm was affected by the supernatural influence of Ye Zhen's sword strike.

The gloomy atmosphere, carrying a chilling aura, began to dissipate gradually. A gap was directly cleaved open in the Ghost Realm, and sunlight streamed down from the gap, shining on Ye Zhen.

This light was not just ordinary sunlight from the sky, but also a supernatural manifestation of Ye Zhen's ghost realm, which had a deeper impact on Simon's ghost realm.

Ye Zhen's Ghost Domain is very powerful, enough to completely affect reality, but its weakness is also obvious: the range of his Ghost Domain is not large, and it can only cover a small area around his body.

"It seems we underestimated you a bit."

Simon looked at Ye Zhen and said that his face showed no anger and he appeared very calm, but his gaze was unusually cold and his eyes were slightly narrowed. His green eyes looked particularly strange at this moment.

at the same time.

The anomaly here quickly attracted the attention of the Ghost Riders headquarters personnel stationed on another open space on the outskirts of Dachang City.

Upon hearing the commotion, Zhao Jianguo stepped out of the makeshift tent and looked toward the hilltop.

"That's... a battle between ghost tamers? That figure looks a bit like Ye Zhen from the paranormal forum, but why is he here?"

Looking at the figure shrouded in sunlight in mid-air, Zhao Jianguo recalled the other person's identity information.

The open space in the suburbs where he was was not far from the hill where Ye Zhen and the others were, so he was able to see Ye Zhen's face clearly. The only thing he couldn't understand was why Ye Zhen would suddenly come to the outskirts of Dachang City from Dahai City.

"And those people who are going up against Ye Zhen..."

Because of Ye Zhen's supernatural influence, Simon's ghost realm was affected. The gloom was dispelled by the dazzling light, and Simon and others' figures appeared in Zhao Jianguo's sight within the ghost realm.

"Foreign ghost tamers?"

Upon seeing this, Zhao Jianguo was initially stunned, but his expression immediately darkened, as Simon and the others' Western-style facial features were too obvious.

"Why would ghost tamers from other countries appear on the outskirts of Dachang City? Could it be that they're here because of the starving ghost incident?"

At that moment, Zhao Jianguo thought of many things.

Those ghost tamers certainly wouldn't be so kind as to help them deal with the starving ghost incident, so Zhao Jianguo felt that the other party was very likely there to cause trouble, or even to make the starving ghost incident completely out of control and spread its influence further.

"No, we must inform Li Jun and the others about this, and also report it to headquarters. This is a big deal; they might have some secret plans."

Thinking.

Zhao Jianguo took out his satellite-guided mobile phone and dialed the number of Vice Minister Cao Yanhua.

The call was connected soon.

Zhao Jianguo quickly reported the situation on his side to Cao Yanhua.

His report had barely finished when Cao Yanhua's voice came through the phone:

"Notify Li Jun and the others to find a way to keep those foreign ghost tamers here, and then find out their purpose. Whatever their conspiracy, make sure they can't carry it out smoothly."

Cao Yanhua's tone was very firm.

The headquarters' ghost tamers frequently clash with ghost tamers from other foreign organizations, especially in a place like Dachang City where S-level paranormal events have occurred, so extra vigilance is needed.

"Okay, I know."

Zhao Jianguo spoke, then hung up the call with Cao Yanhua, and then found Li Jun's satellite phone number and dialed it.

As the person in charge of this rescue operation, Zhao Jianguo did not enter Dachang City with the group of staff. Instead, he set up a command post in this temporary location and reported the real-time situation in Dachang City to senior personnel at headquarters.

After a while.

Having successfully conveyed the situation and headquarters' instructions to Li Jun, Zhao Jianguo hung up the phone again and observed how things were developing.

Under his gaze.

The confrontation between those foreign ghost tamers and Ye Zhen has begun.

The first to make a move was not Ye Zhen, but a petite figure, a girl who looked like a porcelain doll. She appeared mysteriously behind Ye Zhen.

And when she reappeared, she went from being one person to two.

The two girls were identical in height, appearance, and even clothing. It was impossible to tell them apart from each other. Holding hands, with their empty eyes, they silently and quickly moved closer to Ye Zhen's back.

Also.

The manor owner, Simon, the missionary, and several other kings also planned to work together to kill Ye Zhen here.

But in the next moment.

Everyone stopped moving, even the twins who had attacked first gave up. Then everyone, including Ye Zhen, looked up at the sky.

do not know when.

A gray gloom descended upon the mountaintop where they were.

then.

Some faint, indistinct things began to drift down from the air; they were clumps of paper-ash-like matter.

At first, there was very little paper ash, but in the blink of an eye, a rain of paper ash began to fall around us, and the original colors of the sky faded away, leaving only a hazy gray.

As the ashes of the paper fell...

Both Simon's ghost domain and Ye Zhen's ghost domain were affected; the gloom dissipated, and the sunlight shining on Ye Zhen also disappeared.

"This is……"

"The ghostly drawing?"

None of those present were newcomers to the paranormal world; they were all top-notch ghost controllers.

The kings, who lived abroad, were already very familiar with the supernatural manifestations of the ghost paintings, and the city of Dahai had just recently experienced a ghost painting incident, so Ye Zhen was no stranger to it either.

next moment.

Everyone looked in the direction of Dachang City.

as predicted.

The source of the darkness was the ghost realm that had originally shrouded Dachang City, and it was now rapidly spreading towards this place. Paper ash drifted, and supernatural phenomena invaded. Everything along the way seemed to be assimilated by that hazy, illusory world.

"We haven't even gone looking for him, and he's already delivered himself to our doorstep? Perfect, let's kill him and Ye Zhen right here!"

See this.

Simon's face was cold, and although there was a hint of apprehension in his eyes, it was not much. He clearly believed that with seven against two, the advantage was still theirs.

"Don't be careless. Let's kill Ye Zhen first, and then deal with that person together. Ghost Painting's supernatural abilities are not simple, and the other party may also control other supernatural abilities."

The missionary holding the book sensed something was wrong. He growled at the others while flipping through the pages of the book, making a rustling sound.

And on the other side.

Li Hui, the source of this ghostly realm, had just come out of the old Republican-era house deep in the Guanjiang residential area. In his hand, he was holding a piece of paper with writing on it and a photograph.

There were many writings on the paper, indicating that Li Hui had a lot of conversations with the Ghost Chef.

Most of these were information that Li Hui was trying to trade, but they all failed to reach an agreement due to unequal interests. He then continued to probe, as if he were bargaining.

Until the final result is acceptable to both parties.

At the very end of the paper was a line of crooked black writing, written in an unknown material, which exuded an ominous aura.

"Give me the vengeful ghost in the photo, and I'll give you what you want."

There weren't many characters; there were only 17 in total.

“It’s fair to exchange one vengeful ghost for another.” Thinking this, Li Hui glanced at the photo in his hand again.

The photo shows a woman.

The woman's appearance was indescribable; she was both stunningly beautiful and eerily strange, because her open eyes were empty, without pupils. Yet, despite this, she smiled gently at the camera.

However, upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the smile was extremely stiff, like a puppet, revealing a lifeless feeling, while the hands placed in front of him were pale and stiff, already covered with patches of lividity.

Without a doubt, this woman is dead, or perhaps even a ghost.

Besides.

The woman, dressed in a red cheongsam, sat on a wooden bench. In the background was an old wooden door with two red lanterns hanging from its corners. The surroundings were dim, as if a thick black fog was encroaching.

"The photo of the mummy bride is somewhat similar to the deal between Yang Jian and Gui Chu in the original novel, but there are also significant differences. In the original novel, Gui Chu wanted the whereabouts of the mummy bride, while his deal with me was to bring her here."

"But that's normal, after all, the deal I proposed far exceeded the demands Yang Jian made in the original story..."

Li Hui's eyes flickered slightly, and then he put the photo into his pocket.

After doing all this, Li Hui looked into the distance.

He was looking in the direction of the suburbs.

"A clash between ghost tamers, one of whom is Ye Zhen, and the others are all ghost tamers from abroad. Moreover, their attire suggests they are the king of the King's Organization, a missionary, Simon, the twins, the painter, and the noblewoman..."

Each king in the King's Organization has a very distinctive physical appearance. Even though he had never met them before, Li Hui recognized several of them instantly.

However, there were also some he didn't recognize.

For example, gravediggers.

In the original work, he was just a minor character with no physical description, so Li Hui naturally couldn't recognize him.

"During this period, several kings joined forces and even appeared outside Dachang City. It seems to be related to me. Is it because I lured the Ghost Painting abroad before, or because I controlled the Ghost Painting's supernatural power?"

"But in any case, their arrival is definitely related to me, so let them all stay."

Thinking.

Li Hui's figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

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(End of this chapter)