Mysterious Resurrection: What If

Chapter 51 The Butterfly Dream of Zhuangzi (Part Six)

The moment Yang Xiao stepped into the dream.

The ghost's head in his hand immediately disappeared, and at the same time, a pale corpse suddenly appeared, standing silently behind him.

Yang Jian shouted, "Watch out!"

Without turning his head, Yang Xiao plunged a shard of glass into the ground behind him, and the corpse fell to the ground.

Upon seeing this, Yang Xiao immediately said, "It works! Your judgment is correct. In a dream, even the physical form of this ghost can be killed."

However, something strange happened: the ghost's fallen body suddenly vanished into thin air.

At the same time, another ghost emerged from the rain.

It stared intently at Yang Jian, as if it had already confirmed Yang Jian's authenticity and was now about to kill him to complete its killing pattern.

Yang Jian looked at the ghost and pondered to himself.

"Reboot? It reappears every time it dies? No, no ghost in the dream possesses supernatural abilities; this seems more like a characteristic of this ghost..."

"Because of Lin Bei, this ghost cannot distinguish which side is real. It can only rigidly follow the established killing rules and kill me, the target who has been confirmed as real."

Between Yang Jian and the evil spirit, there was a large black dog lying across the room. It seemed that the dog had grown a little bigger because of the rain.

Yang Jian keenly noticed this subtle change.

Is the medium rain? Or water?

Yang Xiao immediately said, "Bite him to death!"

"Woo woof!!!"

The black dog lunged and pounced on the ghost, biting its neck so hard that it bit off its head.

The torrential rain in the sky became increasingly intense, and Yang Jian and Yang Xiao were as if they were soaking in a water tank.

There were already more than a dozen corpses lying in front of me, each with the same face, as if they were forcibly pieced together from the facial features of different humans, which looked extremely unnatural.

That black dog seemed to have fought like that before, swiftly and accurately pinpointing the location of every ghost before pouncing and biting it to death.

In this dream, nothing is supernatural; it's all about who's stronger. Clearly, the black dog completely overwhelmed the vengeful ghost on a physical level.

Ghosts that only follow the rules of killing are too rigid. Yang Jian just stood under the eaves and did nothing. The ghost didn't take a detour and just walked straight over. Then it was bitten to death by the dog without even putting up any resistance.

At this moment, a change occurred.

In the pouring rain, two identical corpses emerged.

Upon seeing this, Yang Xiao's expression changed, and he said to Yang Jian, "There's a problem with your friend. The ghost is superimposing itself through the mirror."

Yang Jian had already thought of this step. Now that he had made a plan, he would not allow it to go wrong.

He said without changing his expression, "If I'm not mistaken, because of the ghost dream, Lin Bei should be trapped in that mirror world and unable to get out."

"The ghost can use the mirror to superimpose itself through anti-intrusion, and the dog can do the same. Let the dog enter the mirror as well. This dream has an upper limit. As long as the dog keeps attacking the ghost, one day the dog will completely replace the ghost and fully control this dream."

“By superimposing the mirrors, the contest can be reduced to a very short time.” Yang Xiao pondered for a moment and looked at Yang Jian. This plan was indeed feasible, but it was unfair to the person who controlled the Buddha statue. There is always a limit to how a living person can control a vengeful ghost. Under the invasion of two ghosts, Lin Bei might die.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiao said, "A sudden accumulation of these factors could cause your friend to die on the spot."

Yang Jian's eyes narrowed. The situation didn't allow the two to delay any longer. He said coldly, "Any ghost tamer is prepared to die when they embark on this path. Trump cards? Backup plans? They're just dregs that your generation inherited from your predecessors."

"Now I finally understand why our predecessors didn't leave behind any solutions for controlling evil spirits. It's because your path is wrong. Precisely because of the lessons learned from the past, you are hesitant and timid, afraid to take a chance."

“In our time, anyone who faces the supernatural is risking their life. There are no miracles, no traditions, only the risk of one's own life to explore the origins of evil spirits. Just do it. The fact that Lin Bei has come this far shows that he was already prepared for this.”

"In the realm of the supernatural, it's either life or death. Don't you understand that?"

Yang Xiao looked at Yang Jian. Although Yang Jian's words were somewhat one-sided, and ghost tamers in any era would risk their lives when facing the supernatural, Yang Jian was right about one thing: their path was wrong. That's why they didn't pass down some methods of controlling evil spirits. They wanted people of this era to explore and find a completely different path.

Yang Xiao said, "I'm sorry, I underestimated the ghost tamers of this era. In the face of vengeful ghosts, those who fight against them in every era deserve respect."

After speaking, Yang Xiao turned to look at the black dog:
"come over!"

The black dog immediately stopped biting and ran to Yang Xiao, but still glared fiercely at the vengeful ghosts that kept emerging from the rain.

Yang Xiao took out a lens from his clothes and gently slipped it onto the black dog. Instantly, the dog disappeared from the spot.

Almost at the same time the black dog disappeared, several barks suddenly rang out in the downpour.

Before Yang Jian could confirm the number, more than a dozen large black dogs suddenly burst out of the torrential rain and attacked the ever-increasing number of vengeful ghosts.

Ghosts keep dying, but at the same time, new ghosts emerge from the rain.

Whenever a ghost arrives here through Lin Bei's supernatural superposition, a vicious dog will follow closely behind and bite it to death.

A battle between vengeful spirits has begun. It's a clash between two identical supernatural puzzle pieces, and thanks to Yang Jian's plan, the big black dog is gradually gaining the upper hand.

Yang Xiao stood beside Yang Jian, speechless with surprise. Yang Jian had truly cornered an intractable vengeful ghost into a deadly predicament.

Although the final replacement process was similar to his plan which he had been preparing for over a decade, Yang Jian accomplished it as an ordinary person after exploring, analyzing, and summarizing the supernatural abilities of this vengeful ghost.

Furthermore, based on the intervention of other supernatural entities and the characteristics of ghost dreams, Yang Jian compressed the time that would normally take a long time to complete to the extreme.

The torrential rain is subsiding, and the number of black dogs is gradually surpassing that of the vengeful ghosts.

In this supernatural clash, Onimu is about to be completely replaced by the black dog.

There was no fierce confrontation, no glamorous scene; everything seemed so natural, but the confrontation between the supernatural is often that simple.

With the death of the last ghost, the sky cleared.

Yang Xiao looked up at the sky, which had completely cleared up, and said, "It's a success. Your plan went even more smoothly than you imagined."

Yang Jian nodded: "There's nothing to be surprised about. That's how the supernatural works. Explore its patterns, utilize its patterns, and then use those patterns to fight against the supernatural itself."

Looking at this unusual person who possessed his father's memories, Yang Jian continued:
"Now it's time to fulfill your promise and help me control that dog. I still don't trust you, so just in case... you have to die after this is over."

(End of this chapter)