Everyone's Suppressing Ghosts: Others Contract Divine Weapons, I Contract Blank Paper

Chapter 16 Name-calling for Suppressing Evil

The nameless memorial tablet has not been opened yet.

It already bears Xu Du's name.

On the large screen, the images inside the sealed container were clearly visible.

A black wooden plaque stood quietly in the box.

On the originally blank card, the two black characters are gradually getting darker.

Xu Du.

The next second, a red warning popped up on the monitoring screen.

[An unnamed memorial tablet was detected to be reacting autonomously.]

[Target locked: Xu Du.]

[Delay in the life-giving lamp: 3%]

[Delay in the life-giving lamp: 7%]

[Delay in the life-giving lamp: 12%]

The scene fell silent instantly.

The life lamp is slow to burn.

This is one of the states that the exorcist fears most.

If the life lamp stagnates, the response of the talisman will slow down.

In more serious cases, the protective object may malfunction or the life-saving lamp may go out.

Xu Du's fingertips twitched slightly.

The white paper lantern that was held in my hand lit up a beat slower than before.

Lin Qingzhu's face darkened.

"Xu Du, step back."

Xu Du did not retreat.

He looked at the name on the screen, and the white paper lantern in his hand swayed gently.

Teacher Chen immediately retrieved the file for the nameless memorial tablet.

[Abandoned item: Unnamed memorial tablet.]

[Risk Record: Automatic Name Encoding.]

[Abnormal Behavior: After a person's name appears on the cards, the target experiences mental suppression and their life force stagnates.]

[Mainstream handling record: The Soul-Suppressing Bell was ineffective in interfering with the situation; the Buddha's Light Mirror provided localized isolation; the Thunderfire Talisman posed an extremely high risk of incineration.]

[Original recommended action: Permanently archive.]

The surrounding students turned pale.

"Locked up before even opening the box————"

"12%, bro."

"Whoever's name it writes will suffer?"

"This thing is even more ruthless than that mourning paper figure from before, isn't it?"

"Why isn't Xu Du backing up?"

Lin Qingzhu turned and gave the order.

"Increase the isolation array to four layers."

"Interference from the Soul-Suppressing Bell."

Gu Hanzhou stepped forward again.

He had learned his lesson from the time he made the paper effigy for the funeral, and his expression was even more somber this time.

The Soul-Suppressing Bell rang.

jingle!

The ringing of the bell spread, pressing down on the nameless memorial tablet in the sealed box.

The memorial tablet remained unmoved.

The two characters "Xu Du" above seem even more profound.

Detect screen refresh.

[Soul-Suppressing Bell Interference: Ineffective.]

[Target locked.]

[Delay in the life-giving lamp: 16%]

Gu Hanzhou took a half step back with a grim expression.

"It can't be suppressed."

Qin Zhaoxue immediately stepped forward.

The Buddha's light protective mirror lit up, separating Xu Du from the sealed box.

The moment the golden light curtain fell, the rate at which the life lamp rose did indeed slow down a little.

But it didn't break.

The detection screen continues to refresh.

[Buddha's Light Lens Isolation: Effective in localized areas.]

[Target locked.]

[Delay in the life-giving lamp: 18%]

Teacher Chen pushed up his thin-rimmed glasses, his brows furrowed.

"Thunderfire Talisman"

As soon as a practical training teacher took out the Thunderfire Talisman, an even more glaring warning popped up on the detection screen.

[WARNING: Forcibly burning the target may result in a backlash from the target's life lamp.]

[Current target: Xu Du.]

The teacher's hand froze.

He looked up at Teacher Chen.

Teacher Chen was silent for two seconds, then slowly shook his head.

"receive."

The light of the Thunderfire Talisman slowly extinguished between his fingers.

The atmosphere at the scene became tense.

The Soul-Suppressing Bell is useless.

The Buddha's Light Mirror can only be dragged along.

The Thunderfire Talisman dared not be burned.

Many students looked at the sealed boxes differently.

"What do we do now, bro?"

"It's locking up Xu Du—"

"The paper effigies used to make people cry, but this thing just holds people down."

"No wonder the file is permanently sealed."

"If we don't make a move soon, the life lamp will burn down to half its original size."

Xu Du finally moved.

He took a blank talisman from the box.

I pick up my pen.

The pen tip paused on the paper for half a second.

Write down a single character.

change.

The light from the white paper guiding lamp fell onto the paper.

The paper flew up, passed through the light screen of the Buddha's Light Mirror, and stuck to the surface of the sealed box.

next second.

The nameless memorial tablet inside the box suddenly trembled.

The two characters "Xu Du" on the card began to distort.

It felt like it had been forcibly wiped away by an invisible hand.

The detection screen is refreshing rapidly.

[The white paper guiding lamp intervenes.]

[Target locked and being moved.]

[Delay in the life-giving lamp: 18%]

[Delay in the life-giving lamp: 9%]

[Delay in the life-giving lamp: 3%]

The stagnation of the life lamp has been relieved.

On the big screen, the two characters "Xu Du" on the surface of the memorial tablet completely disappeared.

Everyone present was stunned.

Teacher Chen slowly released his hand from the testing table.

She stared at the screen, her voice very low.

"—Your name has been changed?"

Lin Qingzhu glanced at Xu Du first, then scanned the "Life Lamp Status" line on the monitoring screen to make sure he was stable before speaking.

"Can we continue?"

Xu Du said, "Yes."

Lin Qingzhu did not hesitate.

"Open the sealed box."

The storage box is opened.

A pitch-black wooden plaque appeared before everyone.

It has no altar, no incense, and no name.

Just standing there, it gave people a chilling feeling of being called out.

The test screen displays:

[Pollution spillover: Low.]

[Auto-lock: Temporarily suspended.]

[Review Status: Under Controllable Observation.]

Lin Qingzhu ordered: "Low-risk wandering demons, roll call test."

Within the core array, fifty low-risk wandering demons were released.

As soon as they appeared, they scattered in all directions.

Xu Du picked up the white paper soul-guiding lamp.

The light shone on the nameless memorial tablet.

He did not write any more names.

Instead, he took out ten blank sheets of paper and wrote one character on each of them.

name.

Ten blank sheets of paper flew toward the nameless memorial tablet.

The cards were suddenly exposed.

The next second, gray characters appeared on the card.

It's not a person's name.

Instead, they are rows of target numbers.

[The first one to be killed.]

【The second part of the game.】

【Three wandering demons.】

[Fifty wandering demons.]

With each number appearing, one of the wandering demons within the core array suddenly halted.

It felt like being pulled by an invisible rope.

When all fifty numbers appeared, all fifty wandering demons froze in mid-air.

Detect screen refresh.

[Target score: 50/50.]

[Slowed action rate: 92%]

[Target out of control: 0.]

[Group control: Successful.]

The scene exploded instantly.

"Were all fifty lit?"

"Ninety-two seconds of sluggishness, brother—"

"Isn't this thing harmful?"

"It's calling out the enemy's names!"

Xu Du raised his hand.

Ten sheets of paper bearing the character "灭" (destroy) flew out.

Because all fifty wandering demons have been marked and locked down, they cannot move, scatter, or pounce.

Ten paper orders fell into the formation.

Bang bang bang bang!

A cloud of gray mist exploded.

Fifty wandering demons were cleared out at the same time.

The detection screen refreshed again.

[To be cleared with paper order: 50/50.]

Clearing time: 3.6 seconds.

[Pollution leakage: 0.7%]

Rating: Excellent.

[This sets a new record for the college's roll call control review for low-risk targets.]

The noise at the scene was completely uncontrollable.

"Another record broken!"

"It has locked up all the wandering demons; once the decree is issued, it's harvest time."

"What harm-suppressing object? This isn't harmful at all, brother!"

"It's a controlling type."

Teacher Chen's fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed the data down one by one.

Lin Qingzhu continued to issue the order: "Mid-level danger, test for illness."

This time, five medium-risk pathogenic spirits were released from the core array.

Medium-risk targets and low-risk roaming targets are completely different.

They are faster, more polluting, and have some resistance to common controlled pollutants.

As soon as the five disease demons appeared, they rushed directly towards the edge of the core-covering array.

Xu Du did not move.

The white paper lantern, meant to guide the soul, shines upon the nameless memorial tablet.

On the cards, the darker gray characters representing the five elements emerge.

[Illness Star One.]

[Illness Demon Two.]

[Illness Star Three.]

[Illness Star Four.]

[Illness Star Five.]

The movements of the five sickly spirits simultaneously froze.

But it didn't stop completely.

They are still struggling.

Detect screen refresh.

[Medium-risk targets: 5/5.]

[Slowed action rate: 61%]

[Target resistance: Medium.]

Xu Du then took out five more blank talisman papers.

The pen tip falls.

The way the words were written this time made one of the teachers unconsciously frown.

This character did not appear in the previous set of characters: "灭", "封", "护", "替", "改", "名".

town.

Five paper orders with the character "镇" (zhen, meaning "to suppress") flew out and stuck to the five sickly spirits.

The rate of sluggishness jumped sharply from 61%.

[Slowed action rate: 91%]

Then five orders to "annihilate" were issued.

boom!

All five medium-risk illnesses have been eliminated.

Detect screen refresh.

[The medium-risk illness demon is being suppressed: 5/5.]

[To be cleared with paper order: 5/5.]

Clearing time: 5.9 seconds.

[Pollution leakage: 1.6%]

Rating: Excellent.

This time, even the teachers couldn't stand up straight.

"Can I get it even if it's medium risk?"

"The delay of ninety-one years means that once the decree is issued, the Qing Dynasty will be over."

"He also has the word 'town' in his name, brother—"

"If the retest goes well—"

"Able to reach the threshold of Class A control."

The forum exploded again.

[Unnamed memorial tablets reviewed! Abandoned talismans with names written on them, intended to cause harm, have been turned into name-calling devices for warding off evil spirits!]

[Low-risk wandering evil spirits: 50/50; Medium-risk illness evil spirits: 5/5!]

[The white paper lantern flipped through three discarded talismans!]

[Just as the paper figures of mourners were making a comeback, are the nameless memorial tablets about to be overthrown as well?]

[The abandoned town's inventory isn't a junkyard, it's a hidden equipment warehouse!]

Teacher Chen pushed up his glasses, took a deep breath, and began entering the review results.

[Abandoned item: Unnamed memorial tablet.]

[Original rating: Discarded.]

[Original recommended action: Permanently archive.]

[Review result: Under control.]

[Function Tags: Target Selection, Lantern Delay, Crowd Control, Coordinated Elimination.]

[Test Log: Refreshed low-risk target roll call control review record.]

[Test Log: Mid-Risk Illness Strike Successfully Compressed.]

Recommended rating: Special Class B control device.

[Rating Notes: Approaching Grade A control standards; further retesting is required.]

[It is recommended to cancel the permanent ban.]

[It is recommended that this be included in the list of controlled objects under observation.]

When these words appeared on the big screen, the entire area outside the training building erupted in chaos once again.

"The second one, flipped over again!"

"The paper doll used for mourning assists in controlling the memorial tablets."

"Also, remove that stack of white paper from Xu Du's pile."

"—Doesn't this look like a fighting style, bro?"

"Whoever said the abandoned warehouse was full of garbage before, come out and get a beating."

"To be able to touch an A-grade item that's permanently sealed away, is that really audacious of them to even think about it, or are they really capable of doing it?"

On the other side of the crowd, a student looked back at the sidelines.

"—Where's Cheng-ge?"

"I was standing there the whole time, but I can't see him now."

"Don't even mention it."

Lin Qingzhu looked at the screen and said, "Record it."

"Unnamed memorial tablet, review successful."

"Xu Du, who assisted in the investigation, is hereby awarded additional merit for his role in the review."

The electronic screen is refreshed.

[The verification of the abandoned town structure was successful.]

[Subject of review: Unnamed memorial tablet.]

[Rating revised: Decommissioned and upgraded to Special Class B Control Item.]

[Assisted reviewer: Xu Du.]

[Reward: 300 Merit Points]

Xu Du's student account popped up again.

[Current Merit Points: 1600]

The crowd was numb.

"It's 1600, bro!"

"His earnings today are more than many graduates earn in a year."

"The key is that he's not even a formal exorcist yet."

"They've only been enrolled for a few days."

The staff put the nameless memorial tablets back into the sealed box.

This time, the permanent storage label on the container was torn off.

The new label was affixed.

[Unnamed memorial tablet.]

Status: Review passed.

[Rating: Special Class B Control Item.]

[Note: This item must be used in conjunction with a white paper soul-guiding lamp or a similar old paper talisman.]

The scene fell silent for a moment.

The two consecutive review notes both end with the same line of text.

It needs to be used in conjunction with a white paper soul-guiding lamp.

Lin Qingzhu turned to look at Xu Du.

"Xu Du".

"From now on, the priority of the abandoned town property review plan will be raised."

"You will be added to the official assistance list."

Xu Du nodded.

Before he could even speak, the communication icon on Teacher Chen's end suddenly lit up.

She glanced down at it but didn't move.

A few seconds later, the communication symbol lit up again.

This time, the light is red.

She picked it up, scanned a line of text, and her expression changed.

"Director Lin."

"The Jiangcheng Municipal Bureau of Manpower has assigned me a temporary intern assistance task."

Lin Qingzhu frowned.

"Now?"

Teacher Chen nodded and projected the task onto the big screen.

[Temporary assistance mission from Jiangcheng Municipal Bureau of Cemetery.]

[Mission Location: Anmin Residential Area, Nanqiao Old Town]

[Event Type: Outflow of Yin Energy from the Group.]

[Number of buildings involved: 6]

[Estimated number of Yin Sha: 300+]

[Current Status: The trainee team's handling of the situation has failed, and the contamination is spreading.]

[Task Requirements: Crowd control, building lockdown, resident protection.]

[Suggested Assistance Provider: Xu Du]

Everyone fell silent in front of the big screen.

Six buildings.

More than three hundred Yin Sha.

The trainee team's handling failed.

Group clearing, building lockdown, resident protection.

Just now, in the complex ghost realm, Xu Du cleared out the entire building.

Now, the real thing is happening.

Lin Qingzhu also looked at Xu Du.

"You've had enough work to do today."

"You can push it."

Xu Du glanced at the mission reward section.

[Basic Merit Points: 500]

[Add more based on the number cleared.]

[Additional funding will be provided based on the number of residents protected.]

He didn't reply, but just looked up at Teacher Chen.

Teacher Chen immediately understood and said to Lin Qingzhu, "Director Lin, the supplies for the temporary mission of the Spirit Management Bureau—"

Lin Qingzhu replied, "Follow the rules."

Soon, a new supplementary explanation popped up on the big screen.

[Necromancer Bureau mission supplies: Fully reimbursed.]

Xu Du then picked up the white paper soul-guiding lamp.

"catch."

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