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Chapter 151 A Risky Plan (3.2k)

This time, there weren't even any walls; the images projected by the projector simply appeared in mid-air.

Countless snowflakes float on the black and white screen, forming a series of images.

The scene shifts from a woman dressing in front of a mirror, to news of a volcanic eruption, to a woman on the beach, and finally settles on a dry well.

Sadako's curse has been triggered, but Sadako is unable to climb out of the well in the picture.

It appears that Oni-i hanged Sadako, but in reality, Oni-i effectively sealed and suppressed one of Lu Ming's abilities.

Fortunately, this suppression was not complete; Lu Ming could still release the videotape curse through the medium, although there was no movement in the dry well.

Sizzle!!

A series of noisy electrical sounds followed.

The image projected on the projector flickered, and the scene changed.

The well in the picture is surrounded by thick fog, and you can feel the cold atmosphere in the air even through the picture. It seems that this is not a false image, but has been connected with reality.

"Is this... the well in the ghost temple?"

Lu Ming compared the image projected by the projector with the Ghost Well in his memory and realized that the scene had changed.

If Sadako's supernatural power hadn't been suppressed by the Ghost Well, she could have used this scene to invade Lu Ming's location.

Now, however, Lu Ming is able to counter-invade the past.

"Let's go."

Before Ye Zhen could react, Lu Ming had already grabbed him with one hand and walked into the scene.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, Xiao Lu, what are you doing?"

"Put me down!"

"..."

Lu Ming, along with the ghost bride and Ye Zhen, invaded the image. Their bodies were swallowed up by the black and white images, and then they reappeared.

From the outside, the Ghost Well, shrouded in mist, appeared gray and white, but Lu Ming, who was inside, saw only normal things.

The next moment, a feeling of weightlessness came over him, and Lu Ming felt his feet dangling in mid-air, and he actually fell headfirst into the Ghost Well.

The cold well water was imbued with an eerie quality, almost seeping into one's very bones.

In clean water, opening your eyes won't have much of an impact.

But the water in the Ghost Well was murky and foul-smelling, and a woman's long hair was floating in it. As soon as Lu Ming opened his eyes, he felt a sharp pain, as if he had been affected by a supernatural phenomenon.

A suffocating feeling arises, and the ghost tamer will feel mental oppression when placed in it.

Not only that, but in the deeper part of the well, countless ghostly servants resembling female ghosts surged up. Their hair was disheveled and tangled like seaweed. They stretched out their pale arms covered with corpse spots, grabbed Lu Ming and Ye Zhen, and tried to drag them to the depths of the well.

Although he couldn't understand the specific supernatural forces contained in the well water, Lu Ming could sense that these ghost servants hadn't launched any terrifying supernatural attacks and posed no threat to him.

Therefore, Lu Ming did not resist, but let these ghost slaves carry him down.

In the eerie well water, Lu Ming's perception of distance had become blurred.

He thought he had entered a very deep well, but in reality, he was probably only separated by a very thin layer of water.

When I came to my senses again, the scene around me had changed to the narrow passage at the bottom of the well.

The somber well water seeped from the stone wall above, dripping down with a pitter-patter sound.

Ahead lay an impenetrable darkness.

"As expected, I guessed right. The Ghost Well might be the only way out of this supernatural place. Entering the well won't kill you immediately."

Lu Ming experienced Sadako's supernatural power once again.

It remains under restriction.

Or rather, Sadako's supernatural presence is fighting against the demon well.

"I can't let Sadako's supernatural powers be locked here forever, that would be a huge loss for me. Besides, if Sadako remains silent for too long, the balance between the Red and White Demons will be broken, and that would be a real problem."

Lu Ming was considering a possibility.

One possibility is that Sadako could control the Oni Well, or rather, that Sadako could merge with the Oni Well.

Doing nothing and just waiting like this is definitely not going to work.

Moreover, even if you find the right method, you are not guaranteed to succeed.

There are great risks involved in using ghosts to complete a puzzle. The same method might succeed the first time but fail the second time.

To put it bluntly, it all comes down to luck.

"If we consider Sadako and the ghost rope's current state as a balance, and add new supernatural elements to change this balance, could it have an effect?"

"No, no."

The idea was rejected by Lu Ming as soon as it came to mind.

Regardless of feasibility, the premise of this idea is flawed.

The Oni Well did not balance out with Sadako's supernatural presence.

The Ghost Well used only an old rope to hang Sadako, and at the same time, the well could also generate other supernatural forces, sealing off the Ghost Temple and interfering with Lu Ming and Ye Zhen as they entered the well.

The gap between the two is too large, so creating conflict to cause a system crash is definitely not a viable approach.

"Sadako's level of terror is too low. Unless the terror can be increased through layering, and not just simple layering, but continuous enhancement..."

Lu Ming's expression kept changing.

I seem to have some ideas, but I don't have any concrete plans yet.

at this time.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
The dull, oppressive sound of the clapper rang out again, echoing endlessly in the passageway beneath the Ghost Well. The balloon with the human head that had found the clapper launched another supernatural attack.

Moreover, this time was different from before. The sound no longer came from a distant, ethereal place; the source of the clapper sound seemed to be very close to Lu Ming and Ye Zhen.

It's right here in the tunnel below the well.

As the distance increases, the intensity of the supernatural attack also increases.

Fortunately, the simple sound of the clapper could not kill Lu Ming and Ye Zhen. The two were on guard and relied on their respective supernatural abilities to protect themselves.

Ye Zhen straightened his head and said, "Xiao Lu, is the ghost that has been attacking us from the shadows hiding here?"

"good."

Lu Ming nodded, a smile appearing on his stiff face.

Having confirmed that the human-shaped balloon was underground, and that the sound of the clapper wouldn't kill them, it was his turn to make his move.

According to the elderly man from the island nation, imprisoning human head balloons or ghost wells can help one leave the ghost temple and prevent the dense fog from spreading further.

The only thing to watch out for now is whether the human head balloon that has merged with and interacted with the Ghost Well has any other patterns of killing.

Lu Ming led the ghost bride through the passageway.

The passageway had no forks and seemed to have no end, much like the extra corridor on the fourth floor of the Caesars Hotel—a non-existent, haunted place.

Lu Ming and Ye Zhen walked around for a while but found nothing.

Until the next clapper sounded.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
Not far ahead, in the thick darkness, the figure of a headless ghost flashed by.

It appeared abruptly, and then disappeared just as abruptly.

"Can even the perception of the supernatural be blocked?"

Lu Ming roughly understood the current state of the human head balloon.

This ghost is very cautious and will not easily reveal its true form. It only kills people through the medium of the sound of a clapper.

Normally, those who control ghosts have no way to deal with this situation and can only passively take the beating, especially when they are in a well, the domain of vengeful ghosts.

That being said, Lu Ming had his own plans.

He took out the red ghost scissors, hoping to see something that ordinary people couldn't see by touching them.

While in the courtyard of the ghost temple, Lu Ming used ghost scissors to cut off the murderous curse of the ghost cleaver.

That time, the handle of the ghost scissors was covered with a dense mass of women's hair, making it look severely haunted by the supernatural.

Fortunately, Lu Ming did not intend to use the Ghost Scissors to cut off any curse; he only needed to see where the hidden human head balloon was located.

The moment the ghost scissors were picked up, layers upon layers of ghostly figures appeared around them. These ghostly figures were not necessarily real vengeful ghosts; most of them were supernatural derivatives.

At the end of the ghostly shadows, there was a corpse standing upright in place.

The corpse was originally headless; a head that was later found somewhere was pieced together onto the severed neck, creating a very jarring effect.

He held a clapper in one hand and a stick made of mulberry wood in the other.

Several faint, thin threads connected the vengeful ghost and Lu Ming, serving as the medium for the curse formed by striking the clapper.

"found it."

Lu Ming seized the opportunity and immediately cast a deadly curse on himself, then used [Transfer Misfortune] to transfer the curse to the source ghost of the human head balloon.

However, the curse disappeared inexplicably before it could be transferred through the medium.

It wasn't suppressed or interrupted by a stronger supernatural force, but rather it vanished into thin air for a moment, as if it had lost its target.

Unable to find a target for transfer, the high-level ability transfer unfortunately failed, resulting in the inevitable death curse of the ghost call erupting on Lu Ming himself.

In such a short moment, Lu Ming didn't have time to transfer the "misfortune" onto the ghost bride.

When he came to his senses, he discovered that his body had been severely eroded by supernatural forces, with his skin and flesh constantly peeling away, revealing parts that had long since rotted.

This attack further worsened Lu Ming's already weakened physical condition, which had lost the protection of the teru teru bozu doll.

He was covered in blood and reeked of a foul stench of death. If one didn't know the situation, they might think he was about to be resurrected as a vengeful ghost.

Fortunately, in order to minimize the pre-cast delay, Lu Ming did not use stacking to increase the terror of the ghost call, but instead released it directly.

Otherwise, just enduring the attack of the ghostly phone call would have been enough to give Lu Ming a hard time.

Ye Zhen didn't see the vengeful ghost that caused the human head balloon; he only saw Lu Ming being inexplicably attacked by a supernatural force. So he asked, "Little Lu, what happened? Is it my turn to take action?"

Lu Ming shook his head.

The human head balloon is in a very special state right now. Not only can we not see the evil spirit that is the source of it, but even ordinary supernatural phenomena cannot reach the place where the human head balloon is located.

"As long as it remains hidden in the shadows, there's no way I can contain it... I can only try to lure this ghost out."

Lu Ming's expression turned serious as he took out a rotting human head.

On the front of the head was a hideous and terrifying ghost face, which was the thing that the old man who committed suicide had entrusted to Lu Ming for safekeeping.

Making this decision is undoubtedly taking a risk.

If it succeeds, the ghost temple incident will basically be resolved.

If it fails, the balloon with the ghost head will become even more terrifying.

At that time, Lu Ming and Ye Zhen will most likely be left in the Ghost Temple forever.

The dense fog spread even faster.

Even the entire island nation could fall.

　One more chapter

　　
　
(End of this chapter)