Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 62 Supernatural Tides
Li Hua was stunned at this moment.

What does it mean to go out for a meal and then get married on the side?

Was Teacher Liu just joking around to lighten the mood?

Cheng Mi, who was standing next to her, was reading the book she had borrowed from the library the whole time, so she was completely unaware of what had happened.

The last class ended close to 4:30 PM, so Liu Yan had locked all the doors and windows and drawn the curtains. At No. 7 Middle School, none of the classrooms, whether front or back, had windows anymore.

Next, the broadcast began.

"Huh? This?"

The school song "Radiance," which was supposed to be played, suddenly had its intro distorted into... ear-piercing electrical noise!

Before the students in the classroom could react, Liu Yan had already slammed her hand on the table and stood up abruptly:

"Everyone! Lie down! Close your eyes! Now!"

Article 10 of the Student Code of Conduct: The school song "Radiance" will be played over the loudspeaker at the end of the last class each day. If the music played is not the school song, all students must lie face down on their desks and close their eyes until the loudspeaker resumes normal broadcasting.

The students obeyed instinctively, but Cheng Mi, sitting in the last row, was so engrossed in the novel's plot that she was completely unaware of what was happening.

"Cheng Mi! Lie face down on the table! Close your eyes!"

Li Hua tugged at his sleeve, and Cheng Mi finally realized what was happening.

He subconsciously looked up and saw a bluish-black liquid slowly seeping from the black mesh of the loudspeaker, as if something was corroding the metal from the inside.

"Cheng Mi!" Li Hua grabbed him and forcibly pushed him down.

The static on the radio gradually formed a certain pattern, like...

The sound of a baby crying.

Inside the guardhouse.

On Jiang Jin's left ring finger, the crimson gemstone of his wedding ring glowed faintly.

At this moment, Jiang Jin sensed that the [Hunting Gu Symbiosis] skill had been activated!
He and Liu Yan simultaneously felt a connection on a soul level—

With the shared vision of the ghostly blue flames and gray nematodes in its eyes, Deathstroke "saw" the previously invisible supernatural flow—the broadcast sound waves forming solidified bluish-black patterns in the air, slowly eroding the entire teaching building.

Liu Yan's Gu worms, carrying the resentful ashes of Deathstroke, swelled in size, and their carapaces revealed the same bronze-colored runes as Deathstroke's fascia.

"The tide has begun..." Liu Yan whispered.

At 16:30 PM, the light outside the window dimmed.

It's not dark, it's summer!

A thick, oppressive haze seeped from the ground, engulfing the playground, corridors, and staircases like a tidal wave...

Jiang Jin rushed out of the guardhouse. The ghost realm within the Lost Layer was overlapping with reality!

"They've actually started infiltrating the Mysterious Layer? Alright, let's give it a shot!"

Jiang Jin shouted sharply, and at the same time, the safety on the Death Cry shotgun was released. Jiang Jin noticed that the SAN value on his watch was starting to drop!
The baby's cries over the loudspeaker grew clearer and clearer, but what was even more terrifying was that the sound wasn't coming from the loudspeaker, but from the desk drawers of every student!
"Don't open the drawer!" Liu Yan shouted, surrounded by gray nematodes and spirit-eating bees. "Don't open your eyes, lie face down on the table!"

The first stage of the ghost baby is killing those who see it, the second stage is killing those who touch it, and the third stage is killing those who hear it...

But it's too late.

A girl tremblingly pulled open the desk drawer—

Inside, a bluish-black baby was curled up, smiling at her!

Countless waiting Soul-Eating Bees swooped down, fiercely plunging their stingers into the eyes of the bluish-black infant! A ghostly blue flame instantly appeared, and the bluish-black infant was immediately incinerated! In a flash, the bluish-black infant was reduced to ashes and returned to the Lost Layer!
But the girl was gone.

She has entered the Lost Layer!
Liu Yan rushed forward, slammed the drawer shut, and then shouted, "Nobody open your eyes! Don't move! No matter what you hear, stay where you are! Otherwise, I'll report you to the academic affairs office, and you'll all get demerits!"

At that moment, gray nematodes poured down like a torrential rain, instantly covering the entire classroom ceiling.

At this moment, Jiang Jin's voice appeared in Liu Yan's mind through the telepathic link of the wedding ring: "I'm coming up to the fifth floor, how is the situation?"

“One student has already died,” Liu Yan replied. “Be prepared, the dark blue haze is starting to creep in. If we can’t survive this wave, we’ll be spending our wedding night in the Lost Layer.”

Deathstroke's newly acquired [Swarm Vision] can provide Jiang Jin with firsthand intelligence. Simultaneously, countless Soul-Eating Bees fly around Jiang Jin, creating [Insect Armor Protection] for him!
At this moment, the wailing sound constantly emitted flashing runes, reminding Jiang Jin that a terrifying evil spirit was lurking nearby!
"Activate the [Rust Iron Hunt] class skill!"

Jiang Jin and Liu Yan had this thought at almost the same time!
"Jiang Jin, go and help Class 7 of Grade 11 on the third floor!" Liu Yan suddenly reminded him, "Some students over there have also opened their desk drawers!"

Just then, Jiang Jin rushed to the third floor. The infrared sight of the shotgun instantly pointed him in the right direction. Jiang Jin immediately activated Hunter's Vision and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

The Soul-Devouring Bullet pierced through the wall without damaging the material layer. It pierced through the opened drawer, and the moment the baby was blasted to pieces, Deathstroke pounced and passed through the wall. Its sharp teeth, imbued with the Gu poison effect, tore the remaining spirit into pieces.

However, on different floors, more students began opening their desk drawers after hearing the sound of a baby crying inside…

Jiang Jin finally activated his [Rusty Iron Hunt] class skill. The bullet he fired suddenly carried with it corrosive bees, striking another target in a classroom. Then, [Insect Bomb] activated, casting a corrosive toxic mist over the front row of desks. The bluish-black infant's movements slowed abruptly, rust-like spots appearing on its skin. He couldn't care less about accidentally injuring students; with these ghost infants infiltrating the Mysterious Layer in large numbers, even more people would die.

Fortunately, it wasn't just the two of them working at the school; the ghost tamers finally began to take action to deal with the supernatural tide.

For every ghost infant that Deathstroke crushes, Liu Yan's natal Gu evolves one step.

At this moment, dozens of crawling figures had emerged from the gloom in the corridor in front of Jiang Jin, while the crying from the loudspeaker continued to intensify.

Jiang Jin fired again, and this time, the [Insect Bomb] detonated all the Gu worms parasitizing the ghost infant!

"Go to the broadcasting room!" Liu Yan instructed. "The broadcasting room is upstairs; the sound source must be turned off!"

Jiang Jin broke through the encirclement of the ghost infants and arrived on the sixth floor, only to encounter the most terrifying sight at the stairwell entrance—

At the entrance to the broadcasting room, a dark blue-green figure, shrouded in gloom but still vaguely discernible, was gripping the doorknob.

"Tomie?!" Jiang Jin raised his gun.

He was ready to fire, but he also knew... that what stood before him was an immortal, indestructible ghost whose body could infinitely split!

For Jiang Jin and Liu Yan, the fact that Tomie became a demon slave was the worst possible outcome!
(End of this chapter)