Li Zhuiyuan, a corpse retriever, travels through a mysterious resurrection.
Chapter 5 Bloodstained Old Newspapers
Inside the dimly lit house, only the computer in Yang's bedroom emitted a faint light.
As soon as Li Zhuiyuan finished speaking, the ghost who had stood up from the sofa actually stopped in his tracks.
The old newspaper slowly turned, its center facing Li Zhuiyuan.
"Interesting, this ghost can understand human speech." Li Zhuiyuan clearly told Yang Jian to stop, but he didn't expect the ghost on the sofa to actually stop.
Recalling the information I saw on the Ghost Tamer website, most ghosts only act according to specific killing patterns and cannot be communicated with.
The ghost before them was clearly different; it was a special being.
"Li Zhuiyuan?" Yang Jian asked, frowning in confusion.
He was somewhat confused as to who Li Zhuiyuan wanted to stop.
"Yang Jian, haven't you realized something's wrong yet?" Despite being stared at by a ghost through an old newspaper, Li Zhuiyuan remained remarkably calm and continued to prompt him, "Who in their right mind would read a newspaper in such dim light? And with the newspaper practically pressed against your face, how could you possibly see anything? And how could you follow behind you without bumping into anything?"
"Most importantly..."
"Have you forgotten that your father is dead, Yang Jian?"
"My father is dead?" Yang Jian felt something was wrong. He subconsciously looked into his room and saw a black and white portrait of his father hanging on the cabinet door.
A memory flashed through his mind: his father had died in a car accident when he was in the fifth grade of elementary school, and his mother had been taking care of him ever since.
Who is that person in the living room?
Even after realizing that his father had died long ago, Yang Jian still naturally assumed that the person in the living room was his father.
The memory of the conflict left Yang Jian stunned and rooted to the spot.
"This ghost alters memories silently, but it doesn't completely change a person's memories and cognition. Currently, this ghost's methods have flaws." Li Zhuiyuan quickly analyzed the current situation in his mind.
Li Zhuiyuan could not continue analyzing the sofa ghost's reaction.
After he gave Yang Jian a hint, the sofa ghost began to reveal his eerie nature.
The newspaper covering the face was the first to show abnormalities; a corner of the newspaper suddenly turned scarlet, as if blood was being poured in.
Soon, the entire newspaper looked as if it had been stained red with blood!
What normal person would look at a newspaper stained with blood? Only at this moment did Yang Jian confirm his memory: his father had died long ago.
Yang Jian was immediately terrified. He had no idea when this ghost had come to his house, started changing his memories, and become his father.
He didn't even know how long he had been living with this ghost!
If Li Zhuiyuan hadn't reminded him today, he would have continued to believe that a ghost was his father.
"Run!" Yang Jian shouted.
The sofa ghost moved even faster; the newspaper fell off the moment it was completely stained red with blood.
A faceless, featureless body of flesh was presented before the two of them.
The sofa ghost turned its head and looked at Yang Jian.
Then he suddenly appeared in front of Yang Jian, holding a blood-stained newspaper, and covered Yang Jian's face with it.
"The target has changed; it's not me." Li Zhuiyuan was startled.
The sofa ghost moved too fast; before he could react, the ghost had already succeeded.
"Covering Yang Jian's face with blood-stained newspaper must be this ghost's way of killing him. I must stop it as soon as possible." Li Zhuiyuan made a decision in his heart; he was going to save Yang Jian.
This ghost's abilities are too bizarre, and it seems to have its own thoughts.
Yang Jian, a ghost tamer, has had his memories altered. If he runs away now, being targeted by this ghost later will be a huge problem.
The better option would naturally be to save Yang Jian and allow him to use the power of the Ghost Eye before the ghost has an unsolvable method of killing.
With a burst of power from his leg muscles, Li Zhuiyuan, carrying the ghost baby, took a few steps to the side of the sofa ghost.
With a flick of his arm, the ghost baby swept out and crashed into the sofa ghost.
"Bang."
A dull thud sounded, like two long-stiff corpses colliding.
The sofa ghost took a step back.
Seeing this, Li Zhuiyuan continued to wave the ghost baby, knocking the sofa ghost back several steps.
Then, he glanced at Yang Jian out of the corner of his eye.
At this moment, a scarlet ghost eye appeared on the back of Yang Jian's hand, and the ghost eye was moving uneasily.
The hand struggled to tear the blood-stained newspaper, ripping it off bit by bit.
Li Zhuiyuan grabbed the ghost baby's hand and ripped the blood-stained newspaper off.
Just as the two were preparing to fight the ghost, the entire house was already empty.
Apart from the blood-stained newspaper, there was no trace of the Sofa Ghost.
"Hurry up and go!" Yang Jian was very flustered. The shock of recognizing a ghost as his father was extraordinary.
Shortly after the two left, a faceless, featureless person suddenly appeared. He walked to the sofa, sat down, raised his arm, and made a gesture as if reading a newspaper.
An inexplicable change occurred; the flesh on his face twitched, revealing indistinct facial features that vaguely resembled Yang Jian.
However, Yang Jian's face was incomplete, as if an accident occurred during the pasting and copying process.
......
Inside a public restroom.
Yang Jian was rinsing the blood off his face with water; it was blood-stained newspaper that had been left on his face.
It has a fishy, foul odor and is sticky.
Fortunately, there was no one else in the public restroom at the time. Otherwise, seeing Yang Jian with his face covered in blood and Li Zhuiyuan carrying a dark blue-green child who looked like a dead child would have scared them so much that they would have called the police.
The cool water soothed Yang Jian's uneasy heart. After regaining his composure, he looked at Li Zhuiyuan beside him and said gratefully, "Li Zhuiyuan, thank you. You saved me again."
Li Zhuiyuan said, "That ghost is very strange; it can alter people's memories. But when it attacked, it covered your face with this bloodstained newspaper, so its method of killing must be related to this newspaper."
As he spoke, Li Zhuiyuan opened the newspaper, and Yang Jian's facial features were vaguely visible on it.
"Look, your facial outline is already in the newspaper. If I'm not mistaken, if this newspaper covers your face long enough, your face will be fully visible in the newspaper."
"If a living person's face is taken away by a newspaper, can that person still live?"
Yang Jian felt a wave of fear after hearing this, and his breathing became heavy again.
Seeing Li Zhuiyuan constantly flipping through the blood-stained old newspapers, he said with lingering fear, "These are things used by vengeful ghosts. Do you want to study how to use them?"
"I have a feeling this newspaper isn't as simple as it seems," Li Zhuiyuan said calmly. "The information on the Ghost Tamer website already indicates that there are more and more vengeful ghosts in this world. With this ghost infant who might wake up at any time, it's impossible for me to protect myself from vengeful ghosts every time."
"We should try to master the power of vengeful spirits before we encounter any too terrifying ones, so that we can survive better."
"So what do you want to do now?" Yang Jian looked at the incredibly handsome young man in front of him with surprise. The other man's gaze had a foresight far beyond his age.
Li Zhuiyuan calmly said, "There is a way to find out the purpose of this newspaper."
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