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Chapter 112 The Music Box and the Liar (25th update, please subscribe!)

"I've made my choice. Give me the music box."

Lu Ming did not change his original plan and still chose to take the music box.

The music box he was referring to was a small box placed on a table in a room.

The music box has a similar effect to the ghost candle, but its effect is much stronger.

The music box is designed to work on the user's consciousness.

Once turned on, eerie music will echo in your mind.

The music box will continue to protect the user's consciousness until the music stops.

In the original timeline, Yang Jian survived even after his head was cut off by Fang Shiming from his WeChat Moments, thanks to the protection of the music box curse.

However, like the ghost camera, this music box also has terrifying side effects.

According to the headquarters archives, any demon tamer who has opened the music box will be killed by the music box after the curse ends, without exception.

So when Cao Yanhua heard that Lu Ming wanted to take the music box, he frowned and said, "President Lu, this supernatural item is far too dangerous. Using the power of ghosts comes at a price, and the price of using the music box is to pay with your life."

Cao Yanhua's words were very pertinent.

But how could Lu Ming not know what he was saying?

To make a deal with Ghost Chef, you need to meet Ghost Chef's conditions.

Making a wish to a wishing ghost will cause the death of a loved one.

Using the Ghost Dice to save your life carries the risk of being killed instantly by the dice...
However, Lu Ming didn't care about the side effects of the music box.

Because he has no plans to open the music box for the time being.

They came to headquarters specifically to retrieve this supernatural item, just to prepare for the upcoming wedding.

"I already understand the danger of this supernatural object, so it's not a big problem."

"Alright... Mr. Lu, please be careful."

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Lu Ming came to headquarters this time and took away both the Deceitful Ghost and the Music Box.

As for the ghost coffin, he temporarily stored it at headquarters.

Since, according to the prophecy on the human skin paper, Lu Ming's attempt to control the ghost coffin would be suicide, there's no need for him to rush to take away this strange entity.

"Is this the legendary music box?"

Lu Ming carefully examined the square wooden box in his hand.

The music box looked very ordinary and old. The wooden shell was covered with a layer of red paint, but the paint did not emit a pungent paint smell. Instead, it had a bloody smell mixed with the stench of corpses.

"The red paint on the outer shell and the material of the music box are very similar to the haunted cabinet in an old house from the Republic of China era."

"This also proves that the music box is indeed related to that wedding."

Lu Ming dared not open the music box rashly.

In his memory, the first time Yang Jian opened this thing was extremely dangerous; he was almost killed by the music box's curse.

In the end, they took Wang Xiaoming's advice and used a ghost tablet to let Guo Fan die in his place, which allowed him to survive by sheer luck.

However, this operation is extremely difficult to replicate.

Even if the same person were to repeat the same operation at a different time, Yang Jian might not survive.

If it weren't for preparing for that bizarre wedding, Lu Ming wouldn't have even considered getting his hands on this thing.

boom!
With a loud bang, Lu Ming opened the gold box, and the room was immediately filled with the stench of rotting corpses.

What lay inside the box was even more terrifying: a corpse, curled up in a bizarre position—a position no living person could possibly assume. Lu Ming became extremely serious, not relaxing his guard in the slightest; he was well aware of the ghost's unusual nature.

Gao Zhiqiang's charlatan has no physical form; it is more like an idealistic existence.

Sure enough, the moment the gold box was opened, Gao Zhiqiang's inhuman corpse began to move on its own, as if struggling in pain or convulsing.

"This ghost has come back to life, but its first act wasn't to kill, but to try and restore Gao Zhiqiang's body..."

In other words, the ghost fooled Gao Zhiqiang, and it also fooled itself.

The ghost now even believes that he is Gao Zhiqiang, which is why he is so eager to restore his body.

pat!

The gloomy, stagnant water dripped onto the ground, forming a shallow puddle.

Sadako used this eerie pool of water as a medium to invade reality.

Following Lu Ming's instructions, she reached out and grabbed Gao Zhiqiang's corpse.

The body, corrupted by the ghostly fingernails, quickly collapsed, turning into a pile of bones and bits of flesh scattered on the ground.

The rate at which Gao Zhiqiang's body decomposed was abnormal.

Only a few days have passed, and it already looks like a rotting corpse that has been decaying for several years.

This is also due to the influence of the supernatural.

After Gao Zhiqiang's body completely collapsed, the real ghost was revealed.

What appeared before Lu Ming was a blurry ghostly figure with a human-shaped outline; this was the real deceitful ghost.

If Yang Jian hadn't intervened and defeated Gao Zhiqiang, his ultimate fate would have been to merge with the real ghost and be completely replaced by the vengeful spirit.

"This ghost can affect everything around it. With my current mental strength, although I cannot directly control this ghost, I can use the Deceitful Ghost as a tool for the time being."

With this thought in mind, Lu Ming's Ghost Domain enveloped the entire surrounding space.

The sound of flowing water mingled with the soft rustling of falling paper ash, and the blurry ghostly figure being held by Sadako began to twist and turn, changing shape at will like a swaying shadow.

As the surrounding environment gradually becomes blurred, the eerie stagnant water seeps into reality.

The fifth level of the ghost realm.

This is Lu Ming's current limit.

Only a ghost realm of this intensity can directly affect reality.

The deceitful ghost's body was mostly covered by the ghost domain, leaving only a tiny black dot outside.

Then Lu Ming put the liar, which was now just a black dot, into the teru teru bozu (a Japanese doll-shaped ornament) hanging from his waist.

The teru teru bozu, stained with blood on its neck, emitted a foul, putrid stench.

If you look closely, you'll also notice a tiny, barely noticeable black dot on the white cloth covering the teru teru bozu.

From this moment on, Lu Ming could use the supernatural abilities of the Deceitful Ghost to a certain extent without paying any price.

However, this shortcut has certain limitations.

The supernatural power of the Deceitful Ghost is not very high.

Moreover, as the number of times the "Deceptive Ghost" supernatural phenomenon is used increases, the small black spot on the Teru Teru Bozu will gradually expand, eventually taking over the entire doll and turning it into a resurrected vengeful ghost.

"This is only a temporary use of the Deceitful Ghost's methods. To truly unleash the Deceitful Ghost's potential, we must wait until the day when the spiritual power undergoes a complete transformation."

(End of this chapter)