I become a god in another world

Chapter 505 The Horrifying Truth

Chapter 505
Generally speaking, it is impossible for a ghost rider to die of natural causes (including death from old age or illness).

The ghost rider has borrowed the power of evil spirits, and in a sense, he is no longer an ordinary person.

Take Zhao Fusheng as an example.

After she controlled the ghost, her physical fitness improved greatly and her tolerance for pain also increased. Many injuries that would be fatal to ordinary people could be survived after she controlled the ghost.

The fate of a ghost rider is the revival of the evil ghost he controls.

Once the evil ghost under one's control gets out of control, it will kill the ghost rider in an instant.

In addition, accidents that occur during the suppression and handling of ghost disasters by superiors in the Demon Suppression Bureau are one of the reasons for the death of ghost riders. Very few ghost riders will die naturally while being haunted by evil spirits, and the evil spirits will revive after their death and they will become ghosts - Zang Xiongshan is a very special example.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fusheng said:

"It seems that something happened to Zang Xiongshan before he died, which led to his successful death and the resurrection of the evil spirit."

Zhu Guangling said calmly:
"I have checked it, but after more than 40 years, some of the details are indeed unclear."

It is already troublesome to record files at this time, especially in such an environment, many things are difficult to preserve and are likely to be lost.

Moreover, this incident of Zang Xiongshan may not have been recorded.

If he doesn't tell others what he did before he died, no one would know - after all, everything related to ghosts is scary in itself.

Especially since Zang Xiongshan had a bad reputation, the people of Shangyang County hated and feared him.

"It's not easy for you to find out that Zang Xiongshan's evil spirit revived after his death."

Zhao Fusheng's thoughts changed:
"We can't trace the past, but we can start with the present."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Guangling asked in astonishment:

"What your Excellency means by this is—"

"You said that the ghost mother had a strange change last night and mentioned the matter of Zang Xiongshan. Could this change be related to the incident when Zang Xiongshan was swallowed by the evil ghost?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

Unexpectedly, her question stumped Zhu Guangling.

"I can't tell clearly."

After hesitating for a while, he shook his head:
"The ghost mother's face has changed——"

Two lines of turbid liquid flowed from his eyes, and he raised his sleeve to wipe them away:
"Master Zhao also saw a human-skinned ghost last night. Did you recognize what it looked like?"

Zhao Fusheng frowned, thinking back to his experience with the human-skinned ghost last night, and said:

"I can't see it very clearly."

She tilted her head:
"It's like human skin is layered on top of each other, with faces overlapping. It's like seeing flowers in the fog, with a lot of afterimages."

Zhu Guangling nodded:
"Your Excellency is quite right."

Zhao Fusheng said again:
"But even though these layers of human skin are not from the same person, they all look like a woman with big eyes, cherry lips and a beautiful appearance."

"Yes." Zhu Guangling responded:
"They are women selected according to the right of virginity originally established by Zang Xiongshan. They are all young beauties who have been carefully selected regardless of their skin color, appearance, and age."

These women died after entering the Demon Suppression Division. Their skins were peeled off and worn by the evil spirits.

Over the past few decades, it has harmed countless women, and the human skin has stuck to each other layer by layer. Therefore, when Zhao Fusheng saw the human-skin ghost last night, he felt that the ghost's face was blurry.

"The situation of the ghost mother is actually similar to that of the ghost minions, but last night - last night its face changed."

"What's the change?"

Zhao Fusheng exchanged glances with Meng Po and couldn't help but ask a question.

Zhu Guangling frowned:
"I lost consciousness last night, but the ghost mother's forehead..." When he said this, he couldn't help but touch his forehead with his finger:

"It's like it's grown an eyeball."

"Eyeballs?!"

"Eyeballs!"

Everyone who heard this exclaimed in unison.

Zhao Fusheng, Meng Po, Liu Yizhen and others said in unison:
"The ghost eyeball that Wu Laocai dug out from the deserted grave in the back hills of Huanggang Village and presented to Zang Xiongshan?"

Zhu Guangling was originally very cautious when mentioning the "eyeball", but after hearing what people said, he became a little curious:

"Master Zhao is indeed well-informed. Do you know the origin of that eyeball?"

Zhao Fusheng nodded.

"My lord, this is a weird thing."

Fan must die.

Liu Yizhen also said:

"Combining these clues, I think I can guess why Zang Xiongshan was able to confront the human-skin mother and child ghosts, die naturally, and revive the evil ghost."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Guangling raised his eyelids stiffly and looked at Zhao Fusheng and others in confusion.

After the evil spirit was about to revive, he lost his curiosity about many things.

But the mother and child ghosts in human skin are different.

This matter concerns the survival of Shangyang County and also his relatives. He must find out the reason for the evil ghost.

Zhao Fusheng pondered for a moment, sorted out the whole matter in his mind, and then told the whole story:

"This story starts from Huanggang Village in Wan'an County. There are many old graves behind Huanggang Village, and most of the villagers make a living by robbing graves—"

She started by saying that Wu Laocai was young and poor, but he took the risk of going into the mountains to dig graves. She then mentioned that he dug up a strange eyeball during the sacrificial ceremony.

"The origin of this eyeball is unknown, but it is a strange thing—"

Zhao Fusheng said this and shook his head:

"Now it seems that it may not be a very evil weird thing, maybe it is the decomposed body of a fierce ghost."

As soon as she finished speaking, her heart moved and she turned to look at Mr. Xie.

Mr. Xie from the capital also had lost teeth and eyes. Now it seems that his eyes are similar to the ghost eyes that Mr. Wu dug out back then.

Her expression became meaningful.

Mr. Xie's eyes met hers, and the corners of his mouth raised, revealing a perfect and kind smile.

The eye contact between the two was only for a moment.

Chen Duozi on the side just listened quietly from beginning to end, but most of her attention was on Zhao Fusheng. When she saw Zhao Fusheng's gaze, Chen Duozi's heart sank, and she suddenly remembered that Mr. Xie's eyeballs fell out last night.

When the incident happened last night, Zhao Fusheng was fighting a human-skinned ghost. I wonder if he saw this scene.

She was busy with her mother at the time and had no time to tell Zhao Fusheng about this.

Unfortunately, this was not the time to say this. Once she finished talking with Zhu Guangling, she would tell Zhao Fusheng about this matter.

Thinking of this, when Chen Duozi looked at Mr. Xie again, a look of vigilance appeared in his eyes.

"Evil ghost decomposition?" Zhu Guangling frowned and asked:
"Your Excellency means that the eyeball is part of the evil spirit's body?"

"It's possible." Zhao Fusheng responded.

"If it is just a part of the evil ghost's body, then this matter will be difficult." Zhu Guangling said seriously.

Except for Fan Wujiu, everyone present was extremely smart. After hearing what he said, they immediately understood what he meant.

"Not bad." Zhao Fusheng frowned.
"When Wu Laocai got the eyeball, he felt that it was evil. He tried to throw it away several times but couldn't get rid of it, so he came up with a way to divert the evil away."

Finally, he traveled through mountains and rivers and delivered the ghost eyeball to Zang Xiongshan. Zang Xiongshan exchanged courtesy with him and sent a "ghost letter" from the Wu family.

Both sides were treacherous, but in hindsight, neither side got any good results.

The Wu family did not have a good end and finally died at the hands of Shen Yishu - but after Zang Xiongshan got this item, it actually became of some use.

Zhao Fusheng thought for a while:

"Zang Xiongshan may have used the power of the ghost eyeball to restrain the human-skin mother and child ghosts, so they died naturally?"

She looked uncertain when she said this.

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Yizhen's voice of objection rang out:

“There is also a paradox in this hypothesis.”

Fan Bisi also nodded:

"Sir, you also said that a ghost rider cannot die normally. Even if the ghost eyeball is decomposed, it still belongs to the ghost."

Wu Shaochun then joined the conversation:
"Lord Zhu just mentioned that when Zang Xiongshan died, the human-skinned ghost mother he controlled was at least at the disaster level. If the ghost eyeball wants to form a balance with the human-skinned ghost mother, then the ghost eyeball itself must at least be at the disaster level - equal to the human-skinned mother and child ghosts."

This way, he would have a loophole to exploit.

But no matter how you find loopholes, the basic rules cannot be reversed.

Even if Zang Xiongshan was a man of extraordinary powers and could control two ghosts at the same time, there were only two possible outcomes: either the east wind would prevail over the west wind, or the mother and child ghosts in human skin would devour the ghost's eyeball, or the ghost's eyeball would suppress the evil ghost in human skin;

Either the two ghosts reach a balance at the same time, causing both ghosts to fall asleep at the same time.

"If this is the case, Zang Xiongshan's condition can be like Man Zhou's. He can make full use of the power of ghosts without being attacked by them."

Wu Shaochun said with some envy.

Kuai Manzhou, whose name was mentioned by him, did not even raise her eyelids. She sat against Zhao Fusheng's back, with their backs pressed against each other. She held a flower in her hand and happily tore off the petals of the ghost flower. When one flower was bald, a new flower appeared in her hand.

Zhao Fusheng's eyes flashed:
"Shaochun said so. I think there is another possibility."

"What's possible?" Wu Shaochun was slightly stunned and asked.

Zhao Fusheng said:

"My initial guess may not be true. Is it possible that Zang Xiongshan knew that his evil spirit was about to revive and that he would surely die, so he took a risk and tried to merge the ghost eye with himself, but ultimately failed and turned into a ghost, and was then swallowed by the human-skinned ghost mother?"

"Ah, this-"

After hearing what she said, Wu Shaochun and others were speechless for a moment.

At first everyone wanted to refute.

There is a difference between humans and ghosts, how can they be connected?

Just as Fan Bisi was about to speak, Meng Po raised her eyelids and said:
“It may not be impossible.”

Zhao Fusheng's idea was not just nonsense. She thought of the strange head of the paper man Zhang, which gave her inspiration.

"But I'm just guessing. It's been many years since the incident, and the people who knew about it are now dead."

Zhao Fusheng suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind:
"But judging from the current clues, Zang Xiongshan must have used this ghost eyeball to do something, and this ghost eyeball was swallowed by the human-skin ghost mother. According to Lord Zhu, the human-skin ghost mother grew this eyeball right between her eyebrows last night."

"Correct."

After talking for a long time, Zhu Guangling finally made his point clear. He raised his sleeve and wiped the water off his neck:
"Sir, since Zang Xiongshan lost control 44 years ago, the Human-Skinned Ghost Mother has actually been in a dormant state."

He never stopped talking until he was shocked. "In fact, in the past few decades, it was the evil ghost's minions who were active. Including the dozens of ghost-controlling generals who were devoured, all died at the hands of the human-skinned ghost minions."

Zhu Guangling said:

"I didn't understand why the ghost mother didn't move, but the devil moved--" He paused, and looked at Zhao Fusheng with a pair of gray-brown eyes:

"I thought this was a special law of human-skinned ghosts, similar to an ant colony."

The queen ant sits in the nest and the ants are responsible for hunting.

"Now it seems that I was wrong. The reason why the human-skinned ghost mother didn't move is most likely because she was restrained by the ghost eye."

In this way, Zang Xiongshan’s plan before his death was correct.

Before his death, this person used the ghost eye bead to restrain the ghost mother herself, causing the ghost mother and the ghost eye bead to fall into a deep sleep. This was a disguised way of buying Shangyang County a few decades of respite.

"But last night, an eyeball grew out of the ghost mother's forehead, which shows that the balance has been broken. My lord, the situation in Shangyang County is more difficult than we originally expected."

At this point, Zhu Guangling pressed his hands on the table:

"I'm changing my mind."

"What do you mean?"

Fan Wujiu raised his eyebrows and asked.

Zhu Guangling said:

"I originally asked Dijing to help because I wanted to suppress the human-skinned ghost."

There are dozens of ghost minions in human skin in the Demon Suppression Bureau of Shangyang County, and each of them controls a disaster-level or above evil ghost.

Because the Human-Skin Ghost Mother had been in a deep sleep for more than 40 years and had never killed anyone, before this, every general of the Shangyang County Demon Suppression Division only regarded the Human-Skin Ghosts (ghost minions) as the top priority and did not take the Human-Skin Ghost Mother seriously at all.

"Including me."

Zhu Guangling said:

"But after meeting Lord Zhao today, I realized that my speculation was wrong."

The human-skin ghost mother is not unable to move, but she was unable to move before.

Now that the 'seal' of the ghost eyeball has lost its effect, once the human-skinned ghost mother revives, Shangyang County will be doomed!

"No wonder I suddenly lost consciousness last night—"

Zhu Guangling was already in a semi-recovered state, his cheeks were stiff, and he could no longer make flexible movements or expressions.

But when he mentioned this, fear suddenly appeared in his eyes:

"It is still in the stage of sudden recovery, not the stage of complete recovery. Even if I borrow the power of the 38 counties of Shangyang County, I still can't control it—"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly said:
"Lord Zhao, you must leave Shangyang County immediately today."

As soon as he finished speaking, he stood up suddenly:

"Leave immediately, don't take anything with you. I'll have someone prepare a carriage. Leave immediately while I'm still conscious, to Shangjing—"

He hurriedly drove people away:

"You can only bring two followers with you. The others must stay and guard Shangyang County with me."

Zhu Guangling swept away his previous weak attitude and his tone became much stronger:

"I can't handle it alone."

Zhao Fusheng paused and looked at him steadily. He also had a cold look in his eyes and refused to give in even a step.

After a while, Zhao Fusheng laughed softly:
"Which one do you want me to take with me?"

Her attitude made Zhu Guangling want to frown, as if she disagreed with what he said.

Zhu Guangling was filled with anger.

Even though his body had long been hollowed out by the evil spirit and was on the verge of reviving, for some reason, his sanity was like a stubborn line of defense that still bound him tightly, preventing him from being bewitched by the evil spirit and completely losing control.

It's just a dispute of pride.

He has already bowed his head. For the sake of his sister-in-law and her family, he is not afraid of death. So what does it matter if he is bullied, scolded, and ridiculed?
Thinking of this, Zhu Guangling suppressed the resentment and anger in his heart.