Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 37 The Knocking Ghost Realm and the Soul-Suppressing Ritual
Then, countless villagers screamed in agony!
The lanterns in their hands, for reasons unknown, instantly rotted and became moldy, and a strong stench began to fill the air.

Upon hearing the "thump, thump, thump" sound, countless people felt as if the knocking was striking their hearts!
Jiang Jin, meanwhile, was looking at the old man in black knocking on the door, and he was keeping in mind the specific introduction that the Reincarnation System had given him.

The old man knocking on the door is now his "ghost servant." However, he is only a Level 1 hunter, and if he is not careful, he may be drawn into the old man's "ghost realm"!
However, this ghostly realm is now clearly hindering the red-clad woman's movements considerably! She hasn't been able to get over there for quite some time!
"Have someone open the door! Now!" Jiang Jin stared at Huang Yongxiao's head with a gun: "Don't you understand me?"

"Open the door! Open the door!"

Then, the people next to them could only come up and look at the old man knocking on the door with trepidation before opening the ancestral hall door!

As Jiang Jin entered the ancestral hall, he said to the old man, "Hold on for another thirty seconds and help me stop that woman in red, but don't drive her away completely. When the time is up, climb back into the golden chest and don't come out again!"

Then, Jiang Jin pulled Huang Yongxiao into the ancestral hall! He didn't close the door, but he asked everyone not to come in or touch the golden chest at the door!
Inside the ancestral hall, it was pitch black. Huang Yongxiao was also puzzled. So many candles had been lit here, how... how come they've all gone out now?
At the same time, the outer walls of the ancestral hall began to crack continuously, quickly covered with a large amount of mold, and then began to weather and collapse piece by piece!
In this way, Jiang Jin can solve the problem of mission 2. Not to mention that the night patrol performance team outside can no longer perform under this situation, even if they could perform, Jiang Jin's eyes would always be looking outside. After the wall breaks and collapses, he can continue to watch the "performance" outside!
"What...what exactly are you trying to do?!" Huang Yongxiao's crotch was soaked.

At that moment, the knocking continued, as if striking his heart!
He had no idea what the knocking meant.

Jiang Jin took out the bloodstained bandage, released Huang Yongxiao, and handed him the bandage, but still pointed the gun at him. He stretched out his other hand and said to Huang Yongxiao, "Wrap this around my arm! Now!"

"You're not hurt?"

"Bandage me up right now!"

Finally, the time came. The old man who had been knocking reopened the golden chest, climbed inside, and then closed it!
With that, the old man's ghost realm was also withdrawn.

But Jiang Jin knew that everyone who heard the "thump, thump, thump" at the door, except for himself, was doomed.

"it is good……"

At this moment, Deathstroke had already brought the bracelet over. Jiang Jin took the bracelet and put it into the Reincarnator's Watch!
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Jin's hands were bandaged, and his SAN value had returned to 60%!

Then, he took out two pieces of char siu and put them in his mouth.

He chewed while keeping his eyes fixed on the front, activating Hunter Vision!
She is coming!
As long as his SAN value remained in the Mysterious Layer, he was confident he could contend with the red-clad female ghost!

To be honest, Jiang Jin is now walking a tightrope, and if he is not careful, he will die without a burial place!

Hunter instincts compelled him to draw his boning knife, which he began to imbue with his incantation!
Spellcasting is one of the most important additional abilities of the Spellblade Hunter!

Finally, he sensed the location of the woman in red!
The boning knife slashed fiercely forward!

However, the red figure quickly retreated, and the hunting curse blade only severed the tip of her right middle finger!

Jiang Jin felt like his heart was about to jump out of his chest!
He got it!

The Hunting Curse Mark of the Hunting Curse Blade...Activate!!!
With the Hunter's Mark, even with Hunter's Vision disabled, he could still sense the location of the woman in red at all times!
She has already entered the ancestral hall!

Once we're inside the ancestral hall and have confirmed our location, everything's fine!
Jiang Jin kept his gun pointed at Huang Yongxiao and said, "Remember! Don't run away!"

He needed Huang Yongxiao to stay here! And he had to keep him alive! So he ordered Deathstroke to guard Huang Yongxiao and make sure he didn't die!

At this moment, the Hunting Curse Seal was fully activated. He sensed the location of the female ghost, then quickly took out a piece of red cloth from his pocket and retrieved the bronze mirror from the Reincarnator's Watch!

The dead man's finger bone arrow pierced the female ghost's chest, and it took her at most 2 seconds to regain her mobility!
Thank goodness Deathstroke acted quickly!

Soon, he sensed that the woman in red was rushing towards him at an astonishing speed!

But the target wasn't him, but the person behind him... Huang Yongxiao!

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Jin completely covered the mirror with the red cloth!

The air inside the ancestral hall seemed to freeze instantly.

The figure of the female ghost in red suddenly appeared.

Her severed fingertip has been fully restored.

But at this moment... her movements came to an abrupt halt, as if bound by invisible chains, completely still!
Jiang Jin quickly took out the bracelet from his watch!
He strode towards the female ghost, grabbing the bracelet—

He suddenly pulled the red-clad woman's wrist back!
“Almost a hundred years…” Jiang Jin stared at the female ghost’s empty face. “It’s time to end this.” The moment the jade bracelet returned to its place—

The female ghost's red clothes tore apart inch by inch, revealing the corpse inside, bloated from being submerged in the pool water.

She slowly raised her head, her long hair parted, and finally revealed an extremely ferocious face.

She looked at Jiang Jin, her lips slightly upturned, as if she were smiling, yet also as if she were crying.

Then, it turned into ashes and vanished without a trace.

Outside the ancestral hall, the sound of the suona horn, which was patrolling at night, suddenly stopped.

The night finally fell silent.

……

Huang Yongxiao watched this scene in utter horror, while Jiang Jin's gun was still pointed at him.

Of course, he couldn't let Huang Yongxiao die; he had to keep him as a hostage.

"How did you do that?" he asked incredulously.

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you."

Of course, Jiang Jin wouldn't tell him.

He modified two rules in total. In order to accumulate the SAN value required to modify the rules, he went to Chen's Roast Meat to repeatedly cut char siu, and yesterday he had already used up a roll of bloodstained bandages.

The first rule was changed yesterday afternoon.

Villager Code of Conduct, Article 8: The Cantonese opera "Picking Up the Jade Bracelet" must be performed at least once a month during the nightly parade. During the performance, the actress in blue must always appear. When the actress in blue appears, regardless of what happens, the actress playing the female lead must immediately leave the stage, and the villagers must continue watching as usual; otherwise, the actress in blue will immediately turn into the actress in red.

Jiang Jin changed "Everyone must leave immediately" to "None of them can leave!"
There was another rule that was changed this morning. Because of tonight's performance of "Picking Up the Jade Bracelet," the village collectively collected all the bronze mirrors that had leaked black liquid and replaced them with intact ones. He took one of the mirrors that had leaked black substance but hadn't yet liquefied, and then modified the following rule.

The third rule of the villagers: A bronze mirror issued by the ancestral hall must be hung at the door. If you see an abnormal reflection of yourself in the mirror, it means that [the spirit/person] has targeted you and will immediately come to haunt you and take your life. You must immediately cover the mirror with a red cloth to seal it away, after which the bronze mirror will return to normal. If the bronze mirror shatters and turns into black liquid, go back to the ancestral hall to get another one.

He changed "your shadow is abnormal" in the rules to "black substance seeps out", and then... changed "can seal her" to "can freeze her"!
only……

The revised Article 8 of the Villager Code only applies to Li Ning, who plays Sun Yujiao (Jiang Jin can easily find out her name)!
Article 3 of the revised village code of conduct only applies to Huang Yongxiao!

They themselves were naturally unaware that the rules had been changed!
In this way, once Li Ning leaves the scene, the woman in blue will turn into the woman in red!

Once Huang Yongxiao sees the bronze mirror with black substance seeping out, it will trigger the female ghost's curse of seeking death!

If he then takes Huang Yongxiao into the ancestral hall, he can lure the red-clothed female ghost in to take Huang Yongxiao's life!
Then, by simply covering her with the red cloth, according to the modified rules, he can immobilize the red-clad female ghost, rendering her unable to move! At this point, Jiang Jin can successfully put the bracelet on her wrist!

"Jiang Jin, the reincarnator, you have completed the soul-suppressing ritual."

You have completed the third main quest of the dungeon.

Your SAN value is greater than 10% according to the test.

You are about to leave this instance!

Jiang Jin rushed to the entrance of the ancestral hall, picked up the golden box, and put it back into the Reincarnator's Watch!
Goodbye! This terrifying village whose name I don't even know!
Qingtan Residential Area, Apartment 31, Room 708.

At this moment, the space in the living room begins to show obvious distortion!

Wu Qin and Liang Qin, who had been waiting there for a long time, immediately showed joy!

"coming!"

　Volume One has ended, and the first chapter of Volume Two, "Strange Tales of Dachang City No. 7 Middle School," will be released tonight!
　　The protagonist is about to enter the [Terror Resurgence] dimension! The story will unfold at Dachang City No. 7 Middle School after the "Knocking Ghost" incident.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)