I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 376: The Threat of Ghost Private School, White Wax Ghost Candle

No, not a classroom, but a private school.

This is no longer the command center of the headquarters, but an old private school. There are many students in this private school, but those students seem to have lost their color. They wear black clothes and look pale, like dead people.

"What's going on?" Cao Yanhua was stunned, but he soon understood and his face turned very ugly. "Paranormal incident? Why would a paranormal incident happen in the headquarters?"

In order to ensure the safety of the headquarters, each area of ​​the headquarters is isolated by walls made of golden materials, and is built inside an air-raid shelter, thus ensuring effective defense to the greatest extent possible when supernatural incidents occur.

Simply put, the headquarters is like a complex, super-large safe house.

If there is any loophole, it is that evil spirits can come through the telephone lines to attack people. For example, the ghost call incidents that broke out abroad may attack the headquarters.

However, the headquarters also has corresponding defense measures for ghost phone calls.

Since the establishment of the headquarters, supernatural events have occurred frequently across the country, but not a single supernatural event has occurred at the headquarters, not even once.

But now it's better.

With the emergence of the Peace Hotel and the "store manager", although the frequency of supernatural events in the country has not decreased, overall there is hope of controlling them.

What I am most worried about is the attitude of the "store manager" towards ordinary people and the headquarters.

But he never expected that before any problems arose with the "store manager", a horrible supernatural incident had already broken out at the headquarters. How could Cao Yanhua not be shocked and angry?
"Minister Cao, we are all in too. This place is not real. It should be a scene constructed by some supernatural being, and it is not in reality, but in consciousness." Li Jun also sat in front of a desk, motionless.

It's not that he doesn't want to move, but that he can't move.

Ah Hong was also nearby. She wanted to struggle but found it was useless. "It seems that our consciousness has been bound by some kind of ghost. I don't know what kind of evil spirit it is and why it suddenly appeared in the headquarters. Besides the three of us, it seems that other operators and logistics personnel have not come in."

Hearing the voices of Li Jun and Ah Hong, Cao Yanhua was obviously relieved. He looked around with all his strength and indeed found that except for the three of them, the rest were all students who looked like dead people.

This private school is not small, and there are at least twenty or thirty weird students sitting around. They seem out of place among them, but they have no way to control themselves here and can only remain motionless.

"There is a supernatural power that selects targets. Are we the only three who have triggered the killing pattern? What is the killing pattern? How is the headquarters now?"

Cao Yanhua was also very familiar with supernatural events. Although he was involved in one, he was still able to think calmly and did not panic like an ordinary person.

Even compared to some ghost riders, he is calmer, more mature and steady.

Only by looking carefully into his eyes could you discover that he was also afraid and frightened in his heart, and not as calm as he appeared on the surface. However, he suppressed it and tried to face it all with a calm attitude.

In supernatural events, the more panicked a person is and the less they know how to control their emotions, the faster they tend to die.

This was the first time Cao Yanhua took the initiative to participate in a supernatural event, but he had already demonstrated considerable potential, which also made Li Jun feel relieved.

He was also worried that if Cao Yanhua acted recklessly, it would cause any negative impact.

Now that Cao Yanhua's performance is so good, he can't help but sigh at the ability of this deputy minister. It turns out that no one who can sit in a high position is a simple person.

"It's possible that we were the only ones who triggered the killing pattern, but the possibility is not high. There are quite a few operators and logistics personnel in the hall, at least sixty or seventy, and we didn't do anything special. The possibility that we were the only ones who triggered the killing pattern is not high. Then there is another possibility, that someone attacked us, and was only targeting us." Li Jun analyzed.

Ah Hong asked: "Is there any way to get rid of this bondage and get out and return to reality?"

Li Jun gave a despairing answer: "This is a consciousness-related supernatural power. The person who is proficient in this aspect of supernatural power is Shen Lin, but he is not at the headquarters now. The supernatural powers of the rest of the people, including myself, disappeared in this kind of scene, and there is no effect at all."

I can’t use my supernatural powers, and I can’t even move. How can I fight against evil spirits?

When the ghost really appears, won’t they have no choice but to wait for death?
"The most troublesome thing is that our consciousness is now restricted. We can't even contact the store manager and can't use our last trump card," said Li Jun.

Everyone knows how terrifying the "store manager" is. It is a power that does not belong to reality and is as deep as an abyss that cannot be seen.

If you encounter a supernatural event in real life, as long as you have a mobile phone with you, you can contact the "store manager" and ask the "store manager" to help deal with the supernatural event.

All they need to do is prepare reasonable arguments and offer reasonable compensation.

Compared to the cost of dealing with terrifying supernatural events, these things are actually very easy and relatively affordable.

But now?

In this special scenario, they cannot move, cannot sense any supernatural powers, and their cell phones are not with them. They cannot touch the "store manager's" business card and cannot notify the "store manager". How can they borrow the "store manager's" power?

"There are indeed evil spirits in the world that kill people indiscriminately, but in a complex scene like this, there should be certain patterns. Even if it's a gamble, we should have a chance to escape, so don't despair, observe carefully, the ghosts haven't appeared yet."

The person speaking was Cao Yanhua.

An ordinary person like him began to comfort ghost riders like Li Jun and Ah Hong.

Ah Hong nodded, and it was obvious that she was in a much better mood. However, Li Jun did not react much, because he was strong enough and did not despair because of the current predicament. Naturally, he did not need this so-called comfort.

Just as he was speaking, the door of the old private school creaked open and a cold breath rushed in.

Footsteps were heard, and a strange man in old clothes and lifeless look walked in, holding a rusty machete in his hand.

This person looked very unfamiliar. His face was full of wrinkles and had black or blue spots. There was no life in his body, as if he was a corpse that had been dead for seven days and had come back to life again.

"The ghost is coming!"

Li Jun, Ah Hong and Cao Yanhua were startled and this thought instantly popped up in their minds.

The ghost walked in with a knife, and everyone was unable to move, like fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.

Cold sweat broke out on Cao Yanhua's forehead. After all, he was just an ordinary person and had never really experienced any supernatural events. He was just holding on.

The ghost stopped briefly at the door, then walked in one direction, but it stopped after only a few steps. It then suddenly raised the machete in its hand and chopped off the head of a student next to it.

The strange student sat there motionless. After his head was chopped off, his body began to disappear rapidly, and finally nothing was left.

A seat was vacated.

The ghost continued walking, and just like before, after taking a few steps, he raised his knife and chopped down. Another strange student disappeared, leaving a vacant seat.

"There is almost no pattern in the actions of this ghost, as if it is completely random. Maybe it is really based on luck?" Li Jun's eyes flickered as he frantically thought about the ghost's killing pattern.

After the Dahai City Ghost Grave Incident, everyone knew that if they were killed by ghosts in the world of consciousness, they would also die in reality, but they were powerless to resist in this situation.

At this moment, a student with a pale body and wearing black clothes suddenly spoke up, "It seems that your analysis ends here. But as an ordinary person, Deputy Minister Cao, you are in a good mood. If you can become a ghost rider, you must be a person with great potential."

Everyone's eyes focused on him, and Cao Yanhua asked in a deep voice: "Who are you? Are you attacking us? Is this your ghost?"

"Three questions, a bit troublesome. But it doesn't matter, I can respond to you patiently. Anyway, the ghosts here kill people randomly. If you want to survive here, you have to rely on luck. There is no other way to survive. I hope your luck will be better. After all, they are monitoring me. You must be a person with great luck." The man said slowly, with a calm tone, as if he was reminiscing with an old friend.

monitor?

Cao Yanhua's heart moved, "Are you Zhang Xianguang?"

"Minister Cao is indeed very smart. I am indeed Zhang Xianguang. I just wonder if Minister Cao has any ideas while monitoring Shuangqiao Town during this period, or if he has any ideas for the future?" Zhang Xianguang asked.

Cao Yanhua said, "It is you. You are a ghost rider who has lived for seventy years. You have lived too long and have been hiding in the dark. I don't know what you have planned. After knowing your situation, it is reasonable for us to monitor you. And this kind of monitoring is also very good for your descendants. At least if there are any supernatural events, the headquarters can quickly send people to deal with them."

"So, I still have to thank you?"

Zhang Xianguang tilted his head slightly, and his deep gaze fell on Cao Yanhua, causing Cao Yanhua's whole body to stiffen slightly.

While they were talking, three more students were killed by the ghost. One of them was sitting next to Li Jun, which means that the ghost missed him when it was choosing between two options.

The machete fell right beside his ear, with a strong whistling sound.

Ah Hong couldn't help but scream out in surprise, but Li Jun still had no expression, as if the knife was not cut at him.

"Zhang Xianguang, you came to the headquarters to find the three of us. Are you here to call for punishment? With the strength you have shown now, if you really want to vent your anger, you don't need to do such a troublesome thing."

Zhang Xianguang said, "You are also very smart, that's right. Normally, I don't want to make enemies with the headquarters, and I don't even want to say hello, but your surveillance makes my daily life very troublesome. I have no choice but to come to Beijing to talk to you. I also hope that you can look away."

Li Jun said, "It's impossible that what you're asking for is just this little thing, but now you are qualified to propose conditions, and I personally agree. Deputy Minister, what's your opinion?"

Cao Yanhua glanced at Li Jun. He knew that Li Jun was not someone who would compromise because of the danger to his life, otherwise the headquarters would not have transferred him in, and he would have become Wang Xiaoming's personal bodyguard.

Not to mention how strong he is, even if facing an absolutely powerful enemy, as long as it is the person or thing he has chosen, no accident will happen before he dies.

Now he still didn't know why Li Jun did this, but he believed Li Jun, "Okay, I answered."

"Very straightforward, and I believe you won't do anything stupid. Well, that's all for today, and I hope we won't meet again."

Zhang Xianguang's voice gradually became ethereal and unreal.

At the same time, the entire old private school suddenly became blurred, including the ghost who had walked up to Ah Hong and raised a machete to chop people, who was also disappearing quickly.

As soon as his eyes blurred, Cao Yanhua felt himself back to reality.

He suddenly opened his eyes and saw the familiar command center hall. The hall was still bustling with people, operators and staff were all busy. No one noticed anything unusual about him, as if he had just taken a nap and had a bizarre dream.

But is it really a dream?

He looked back at Li Jun and Ah Hong, and especially after meeting Li Jun's gaze, he immediately said seriously, "Seal off the headquarters immediately, and put on level one supernatural alert."

The sudden change surprised everyone at the scene.

However, it was a well-trained headquarters after all. Although they did not understand Cao Yanhua's orders, they still carried them out meticulously. Soon the entire command center became a large safe house.

Cao Yanhua glanced at Li Jun, and Li Jun nodded.

Eerie ghost fires suddenly appeared and spread everywhere. These flames had no temperature and did not feel hot. Instead, they made people feel extremely cold. Some weak operators even shivered.

No one moved in such a strange scene. Everyone knew that this was Li Jun's will-o'-the-wisp and it would not hurt them.

The horrifying will-o'-the-wisp fire soon enveloped the entire command center. Everyone, including Cao Yanhua, was shrouded in the will-o'-the-wisp fire, as if they were living in a world of fire.

"Without supernatural powers, Zhang Xianguang should have passed away."

Li Jun's ghost fire burns supernatural power. Even the ghost painting, which is known as the strongest ghost domain, can suppress the ghost domain of people like Yang Jian, but the ghost fire can be used normally in the ghost painting.

This is the restraint between the supernatural and the spiritual.

Under his control, Ah Hong was not harmed, and no supernatural collisions occurred in other places. It was obvious that there were no other ghost riders or evil spirits here.

Cao Yanhua said with a cold face: "Contact Yang Jian, I need to know what's going on with Zhang Xianguang, what's wrong with his banquet, and why he came to the headquarters specifically for this matter!"

No wonder he was so angry.

The headquarters is responsible for supernatural events across the country and is the overall hub. If even the headquarters is no longer safe, how terrifying would that mean?
Liu Xiaoyu is Yang Jian's operator, so she is naturally responsible for this matter. However, Yang Jian's call cannot be connected now, so she can only try again and again.

There is no doubt that Yang Jian must still be in the mysterious place, most likely still in the Peace Hotel.

Cao Yanhua had already contacted Wang Xiaoming. Seeing this situation, he said directly to Li Jun: "I'd like to trouble you to go to the Peace Hotel. It would be best if you could bring Yang Jian directly to the headquarters."

"What about the headquarters?" Li Jun was a little worried.

Zhang Xianguang's actions just now have proved that he is a lawless guy.

He dared to rush directly to the headquarters to attack them, even though it was just a simple warning, it also proved Zhang Xianguang's terrifying strength.

Just that shabby private school was enough to make Li Jun, the team leader, helpless.

If a war really breaks out, without the corresponding conscious spiritual power, won't the headquarters just be able to do whatever they want?
Cao Yanhua sighed, "There's nothing we can do about it. Even if you stay here, it's useless, but don't worry, as long as we stay in the safe house, he won't be able to do anything to us again."

Li Jun was relieved, "Ah Hong, I'll trouble you here."

"Don't worry, I will wait for you here and won't let you down." Ah Hong smiled gently, but her tone was unusually firm.

Li Jun nodded. He could feel Ah Hong's belief.

Unfortunately, Ah Hong’s strength...

There is no other way. Most of the captains at the headquarters went to the Peace Hotel to explore tonight's virtual game. Their strength has been greatly reduced, so Ah Hong has to take charge temporarily.

Li Jun left the command room and the air-raid shelter, then took out the business card of the "store manager", and then stepped onto the road in the white mist where the business card came from, and finally disappeared together.

"Every change in the Peace Hotel is very significant, and every change has a greater impact on reality. I don't know if what we are doing now is just drinking poison to quench thirst."

Sitting in the wheelchair, Wang Xiaoming looked emaciated. He was extremely thin and his eyes were cloudy, but he seemed to be in good spirits.

He was accompanied by a team of medical staff and a young ghost rider.

He pushed the wheelchair, turned his gaze away from where Li Jun disappeared, and looked at the coffin lid on Wang Xiaoming's back.

"If Professor Wang is worried, you'd better stay alive. Otherwise, when you die, there won't be anyone as smart as you in the world who can compete with the store manager."

"Lin Long, stop talking."

Cao Yanhua also walked out of the room. Hearing the words of the young ghost rider, he couldn't help but give a reminder.

Lin Long smiled and shrugged. It can be seen that he is in good condition and his every move is still very much like a normal person.

Cao Yanhua took the wheelchair handle and pushed Wang Xiaoming into the command center. "The headquarters' defense is still a big problem. Zhang Xianguang from Shuangqiao Town sneaked in and attacked me and Li Jun. His strength is terrifying. He has a private school-type consciousness-type supernatural power. There, even a captain-level existence like Li Jun is useless. There is no way to resist. He is completely restrained."

"Gold can limit the use of supernatural powers, there is no doubt about that. The supernatural powers of consciousness are indeed hard to defend against. If you want to fight against the supernatural powers of consciousness, in addition to using gold, you can only use the supernatural powers of consciousness to fight against them. Ordinary people are still too vulnerable to such supernatural powers. But there are ways. It just so happens that the laboratory has some new things recently. The current output is not high, mainly because there are too few raw materials. As long as the materials are sufficient, mass production can be carried out. Of course, you can see the effect first."

At Wang Xiaoming's signal, Lin Long took out a suitcase.

"As expected of Professor Wang, he always surprises us."

Cao Yanhua took the suitcase and opened it. He was stunned for a moment. "Isn't this a white ghost candle? It is very effective against evil spirits, but it has basically no effect on ghost riders. And its burning time should not be very long. If used for a long time, it will consume too much energy. So I think that what you can take out, Professor Wang, should not be an ordinary white ghost candle, right?"

There were two white candles in the suitcase.

Wang Xiaoming nodded, "This is using the wax from the wax corpse as an additive. When there is no supernatural power, normal burning can last for two hours. It only takes twelve candles to burn completely in a day, and in addition to attracting evil spirits, it can also resist the supernatural and prevent the supernatural from invading. Of course, the disadvantage is also obvious. Under the confrontation of the supernatural, the burning speed will increase exponentially, regardless of the strength of the opponent's supernatural power. In addition, any supernatural that enters the range of the candlelight, even if it is one of our own ghost riders, will also resist."

Cao Yanhua's eyes lit up, "Good stuff, especially for ordinary people. What about the consumption of raw materials?"

"One ghost can be exchanged for a hundred pieces of corpse wax, which means it can continue to burn for more than eight days."

"it is good!"

……

At the Peace Hotel, the last haunted bus had already left. Meng Xiaodong, who had gone out to collect materials, and Li Qingzhi from the Caesar Farm, had also returned to the Peace Hotel.

When Li Jun arrived, it was already 5:30 in the afternoon.

He was holding the business card of the "store manager". The hungry ghost's "Welcome~" had no supernatural effect on him, but it was a little irritating.

There was no one in the ghost taxi on the roadside, so Guo Fan also went to the Peace Hotel.

We hold a small meeting at this time every afternoon to talk about the day’s business, identify problems discovered today, and discuss how to make changes to provide better service and attract more customers.

As he stepped onto the bluestone path, Li Jun saw the commemorative coin exchange hut on the side of the road.

Liu San and others had brought out relevant information before, so he naturally knew where this place was. What surprised him was that at this time, there seemed to be someone standing at the counter in the exchange hut.

Shouldn’t Liu Qingqing go to the meeting?

Or a puppet?
Li Jun was a little curious, but he remembered the purpose of his visit and walked towards the Peace Hotel. He passed the fish pond, Ghost Lake and the vegetable fields that had not yet been opened, and finally arrived at the entrance of the Peace Hotel.

The Hungry Ghost and the Knocking Ghost were still squatting at the door. Yang Jian just happened to come out of the store. "Li Jun? Why are you here at this time?"

(End of this chapter)