Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 61 Midnight Ritual
[Tip: This ritual has certain risks. In essence, it is a fusion of two forces, which will inevitably involve consumption.

From the perspective of the world itself, there is no essential difference between power and cost. Good and bad, negative and positive are all definitions given by us humans to certain things. But to the world itself, there is no difference in nature between the two, so the final result of the fusion is not something we can control.

Although we use rituals and prayers to make the fusion process go as far as we want, it is still possible that things will go wrong in the end.

There is a certain probability that new skills will appear, which may even lead to extreme cases with no positive effects at all and only negative costs.

Of course, there is also a very small probability that there will be no negative effects, only positive effects.

Therefore, before performing the fusion ceremony, you must be mentally prepared. If it is a very important core skill, do not perform the fusion casually. 】

[Second tip: This ritual process may be interrupted by someone, but you don’t have to worry about it. Just remember to interrupt the ritual immediately if Alice reminds you.]

This is the preface hint given in the notes, and further below are the detailed steps of the fusion ceremony.

Xia Shou was originally planning to sleep, but after seeing the fusion ceremony appear, he decided to perform the ceremony immediately.

For him, depth is life. Although he won't sink much after a good sleep, by getting rid of the burden of skills as soon as possible and increasing his buoyancy, he can greatly reduce the sinking depth, which is equivalent to increasing the time in disguise.

He ran out at night and went to the night market to buy various props needed for the ceremony.

Perhaps because the primary fusion ceremony itself is not complicated, the ceremony does not require many props and they can be easily purchased.

The notes state that first you need a piece of black cloth that is thick enough and a white candle.

After the purchase was completed, Xia Shou took a taxi to leave Jiangbo City and arrived at the outskirts of the city.

According to the instructions in the notes, he needed to find a place that was secluded enough and undisturbed, preferably in a natural environment, and not in a city or man-made room.

"My dear boy, it's not easy to get a taxi here in the middle of the night. You won't get any orders if you don't raise the price!" the enthusiastic driver kindly advised.

"Thank you, sir. I'll just get off here."

"Why are you here so late? Do you want me to wait for you? Anyway, we have come here once, and we will go back together later. The price will be based on the price we paid here." The driver said to attract business.

Xia Shou smiled and said, "Maybe I have to stay a little longer. Driver, you can go back by yourself. I think we can finish it tomorrow morning."

The driver wanted to persuade him again, but he suddenly saw the white candle and black cloth in Xia Shou's arms. He seemed to have associated something with him. All the scenes from the moment Xia Shou got on the car until now came to his mind.

He was shocked to find that from beginning to end, the young man had never turned his head!
Along the way, he saw the other party take out a mirror more than once and observe the scene outside the car window through the reflection of the mirror.

This reminded the driver of the stories about ghost hitchhikers he often heard on the radio.

No way……

How can there be ghosts in this world?
Seeing Xia Shou getting off the bus, the driver suppressed his pounding heart. When Xia Shou turned around completely, he called out, "Little brother, did you forget to bring anything?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Shou turned around stiffly.

When the driver saw Xia Shou turning around, his hair stood on end and he felt a chill down his spine.

He couldn't explain his exact feeling, but he knew that it was definitely not an ordinary person's subconscious action of turning back.

When an ordinary person is called, he or she will definitely coordinate the neck and waist and slowly turn around. However, this person's neck was very stiff, and it seemed that he could not even turn his head 60 degrees!
He was turned completely around, like a manipulated, stiff-jointed puppet!
"Fuck!" the driver yelled, stepped on the accelerator, and sped away.

The driver looked at Xia Shou in the rearview mirror, turned stiffly again, and headed in the direction he drove away, which confirmed his guess. He immediately entered their driver chat group and started to complain: "Fuck him! Brothers, you will never guess that I just pulled a ghost when I was pulling the car!"

One stone can cause a thousand ripples, and the group soon became lively.

Lao Zhang: [Lao Li, you are stupid again. In this modern society, no one uses a mobile phone. I advise you not to listen to that damn radio station in the middle of the night. You are so crazy!]

Ah Qian: [That’s right, Brother Li, you just scared yourself. This time…]

The voice was suddenly interrupted before it was finished.

"Zizzizi-!!"

"Zizzi!!"

A slightly harsh electrical noise suddenly came from the car's center console.

Li Qiang frowned and pressed the touch screen hard.

"Damn it, I just bought a new tram and it's like this after only two years of use?"

[Welcome to listen to the midnight radio station. The story I will tell you tonight is: A ghost takes a ride at midnight~]

For some reason, the channel suddenly jumped to the radio station that Li Qiang often listened to, but the volume system seemed to be malfunctioning and the volume was turned up to the maximum. Now the entire car was filled with the host's voice.

"Fuck you! I'll be an idiot if I buy a domestic car next time!" Li Qiang cursed angrily and turned the volume knob frantically, but to no avail.

And on the radio, the host is still telling stories.

[Tonight, driver Li was driving his car, picking up passengers on the street as usual. He was in a bad mood because he and his wife were getting divorced, and their child was only three years old. The reason for the divorce was because of his online gambling habit.]

Li Qiang was stunned and slammed on the brakes to stop the car on the road.

"Fuck you! You guys are playing like this, right? Qian, I lent you my car for a few days last time, and you put this kind of thing on the center console, right?
You are playing such a joke on me, I have nothing to do with you, brother!"

Li Qiang yelled in the car, but cold sweat ran down his body.

Because the protagonist in the story has the exact same background as him, he is also an online gambler, he is also about to get divorced, and even his last name is the same.

But when Li Qiang got angry, he didn't really think his friends were playing a trick on him.

A Qian and he used to go to high school together, and now they drive an online ride-hailing car together. They have a very good relationship, so there is no need to tease him like this.

Moreover, we are all ordinary people, not hackers, and we have no ability to do such things as inserting viruses into the car's central control system.

But Li Qiang still couldn't help but roar like this. He had to say to himself: These things were all done by A Qian. Everyone was just playing around with him and making fun of him because he always refused to listen and went to gamble.

...He tried his best to restrain himself and not think of another possibility.

That possibility is countless times more terrifying than being played a trick on by friends!
The volume of the radio station was still at the highest setting, and the host was still telling a story, which made Li Qiang's ears hurt.

(End of this chapter)