I have a ghost diary

Moreover, although it is said to be a choice of three, in reality, Chu Jiang only has one path to choose from: that is to become highly Chu Zombified and gain even greater power.

Since seeking help from the Holy Word Sect has been ruled out, and releasing the zombie from the coffin would mean Chu Jiang would be sent away again, he can only choose option 1.

I picked up the baby again; the little one was still asleep and hadn't woken up. Her little face was rosy and chubby, and she was very cute.

However, Chu Jiang had a headache, because he was about to jump into a mass grave and go through a life-or-death battle, and it was definitely impossible for him to carry a baby on his back.

Hiding it in the dark space on the left is definitely not an option, as that is a supernatural space that cannot store air.

As for Ghost Diary, let's not even talk about whether a diary can seal a person away. Even if it could, there would definitely be no air inside.

What should we do then? We can't just leave it on the ground like that, and it's even less safe to send it back to the previous room.

Unfortunately, Chu Jiang only had one high-end oil-paper umbrella, which he had used earlier. Otherwise, he could have placed the baby under its shade...

Just as Chu Jiang was in a dilemma, he suddenly realized something was wrong. Wait, where's that card? Where's Michiko's card that depicts the ghost bride?

The card that was clearly stuck to the baby's chest has now disappeared without a trace.

Chu Jiang carefully pulled the baby out of the clothes and examined him thoroughly, but he couldn't find the card anywhere. It was as if the baby had been accidentally lost, but how could that be...?

Suddenly! The sleeping baby grabbed Chu Jiang's wrist.

Chu Jiang's body froze instantly as he saw the baby slowly open its eyes; however, the expression in those eyes was not that of a normal baby—it was cold, lifeless, and devoid of any emotion.

PS: Here's an additional picture showing what the ghost bride roughly looks like.

Chapter 261 Erasure of Cause and Effect

Looking at the strange baby in his hand, Chu Jiang remained remarkably calm. The worst-case scenario was that Michiko was already dead, and that her body was now occupied by Oma Toki, or the Demon Bride.

Once you realize this outcome, there's nothing to be afraid of. Chu Jiang was already planning to fight the vengeful ghost to the death, so one more won't make a difference.

But just then, another ominous thing happened. From the mass grave, a "rustling" sound came out, as if ghosts were starting to approach.

This is probably because Chu Jiang and his group stayed in one place for too long. Once they entered this castle, there was no such thing as a "safe zone".

We can't delay any longer, or we'll be attacked from both sides. Chu Jiang looked at the baby, thinking that he had to get rid of her hold first.

But to Chu Jiang's surprise, the baby revealed a strange smile at that moment.

That should be considered a smile; the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, but her facial features remained almost motionless. Combined with that lifeless gaze, it gave off a very eerie feeling.

Then something incredible happened: a dim, indistinct light, reflecting the transition between day and night, illuminated the two of them.

Under the light, the surrounding scenery began to rush past. Chu Jiang and his companion retreated back to room number 5 and saw the skinny man still fighting with fourteen crows.

The skinny man had obviously seen Chu Jiang and the others, but he was only stunned for a moment before he saw the two of them quickly backing away and disappearing from sight.

......

By the time Chu Jiang realized what was happening, they had already retreated back to room number 4, which was in the underground hall of the temple.

At that moment, the light around the two suddenly went out; the baby blinked several times, looking drowsy.

The half-naked goddess statue is still there, right next to Chu Jiang and his companion.

Upon noticing someone approaching, it spontaneously turned around and raised its right hand, attempting to kill both of them.

This made Chu Jiang suspect that the statue was a supernatural being that killed indiscriminately, and once activated, it would kill any living thing it saw.

Facing another life-or-death situation, Chu Jiang had no time to think. He prepared to break free from the baby's grasp and confront the goddess statue.

But to his utter surprise, the baby reached out its other hand and grabbed the hourglass in the statue's left hand.

With that grab, the surrounding scenery began to recede wildly again, and the Chu River, the baby, and the goddess statue all receded together.

This left Chu Jiang somewhat bewildered. What kind of being had taken over Michiko's body?

Moreover, the current situation reminded Chu Jiang of a certain red-clad captain from Research Institute No. 21.

The captain's surname was Yao, and her given name was Yao Ji. She possessed a very strange ability that allowed her to force people to experience a phenomenon similar to "rewinding" time.

In other words, while time continues to flow normally around us, individual time flows backward, like a river flowing backward.

Of course, the abilities of Captain Yao back then were not as terrifying as those displayed by the baby now; they retreated back to the underground hall in almost a few seconds.

That's not all. Room 4, Room 3, Room 2... Chu Jiang was astonished to discover that the baby seemed to be trying to take them back to the time before they entered the castle.

But why did she, or rather it, do that?

Given the radiance that appeared during the time of the Demon King's Appearance, and the fact that the statue is now moving backward with them, Chu Jiang suspects that this supernatural power involving time does not belong to the infant himself.

On the contrary, it possesses a certain dominating power. Just as Ghost Diaries can forcibly borrow the abilities of other ghosts, it also forcibly borrows the abilities of other supernatural beings.

Most incredibly, the goddess statue seemed unable to resist, being dragged backward by the baby without moving.

As we retreated to room 0 and were about to leave the castle, the rapidly receding scenery around us finally stopped.

This was not due to the baby's exhaustion, nor the statue's exhaustion, but rather a gigantic, pitch-black hand that appeared out of nowhere and blocked Chu Jiang and his companions from behind.

At this moment, the baby's eyelids felt even heavier, as if it was about to fall asleep, but it was still trying.

Chu Jiang shook his head. He pried the baby's hand off his and hung her on the stone statue's hand, then looked at the giant hand.

This thing was the one that captured the bald guy who ran back to Room 0 before everyone started exploring.

It did not fully reveal its true form, or rather its entire body; only one hand was visible.

This hand looks very much like a human hand, with flesh and blood, but it is extremely large and its color is an abnormal pitch black.

This made Chu Jiang wonder, could this be the mastermind behind the castle? Is it a black giant?

"Whoosh!" Suddenly, the black palm slammed down with an irresistible force.

"Bang!" Chu Jiang stretched out his dark blue hands and blocked the opponent's attack with all his might, without retreating even half a step.

He managed to catch it, but then something strange happened: Chu Jiang disappeared.

His body disappeared from this world inch by inch, from his head, to his neck, to his chest, then to his limbs, and finally his lower body...

It was as if the "concept" of Chu Jiang did not exist in this world. This mysterious and eerie hand erased both the cause of Chu Jiang's past birth and the result of Chu Jiang's future.

Since cause and effect have been eliminated, Chu Jiang's physical body will naturally disappear as well.

Moreover, if he were truly and completely erased by cause and effect, it would mean that this person would never exist again in the world, and no one would remember anything about him.

In less than a few breaths, Chu Jiang disappeared, leaving only a pair of bluish-black half-arms, stiffly suspended in the air, maintaining the posture of resisting the giant hand.

During this process, Ghost Diary also came out, because Chu Jiang once again entered a near-death state.

But then another large black hand appeared. Within this hand, there seemed to be an entire dark lotus world, which took in the diary that had burst forth with 304 chains.

Although it's unknown how long this world can hold off Ghost Diary, it doesn't have time to gnaw on Chu Jiang for the time being.

On the other side, the large hand from before was still advancing step by step, seemingly trying to erase the baby girl hanging on the goddess statue's arm, nodding incessantly, almost asleep.

But at that moment, the bluish-black zombie arm exerted its power once again!

The presence of zombies is spreading; what was originally just a pair of half-arms resisting the giant hand.

Now it's different. Those bluish-black arms seem to grow on their own. First, new bones are rapidly built and regenerated, and then fascia, veins, blood vessels, muscles, and skin quickly follow along with these black bones.

Chu Qi's body gradually grew from his elbows to his shoulders, and it was still spreading further.

Chapter 262 A Terrifying Existence

After the presence of Chu Jing spread to half of his chest, Chu Jiang's other body parts returned one by one, becoming like a normal human body.

However, Chu Jiang's face looked terrible, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

In the instant he vanished, he vaguely saw a gigantic figure, seated cross-legged, imposing and awe-inspiring, instilling a sense of despair and fear from the depths of his soul...

What exactly is that? Why does its outline look like a black Buddha statue, a ghost Buddha?

Chu Jiang had no idea that he had even lost consciousness for a period of time, and it was only the power of Chu Zang within his body that kept him going. Otherwise, he would have been completely annihilated. This Ghost Buddha was definitely an extremely terrifying existence.

I don't know if it's the final boss in Room 7 that Ghost Diaries foretold.

The crisis they are facing now is even more terrifying than Chu Jiang imagined.

He had been wondering where Ghost Diary had gone, but now that he had regained his senses and consciousness, he realized that Ghost Diary had fallen into a supernatural space like the "Buddha Kingdom in the Palm of Your Hand".

We must fight our way out and escape from here first. Otherwise, Chu Jiang might very well be killed by the Ghost Buddha after completing his half-body transformation, just as the prophecy foretold.

Of course, Chu Jiang could also back down and release the zombie ghost from the coffin now, in which case, according to the rules, he should be sent away.

But if that happens, Michiko will be left behind.

But regardless of what's currently occupying Michiko's body, at least it wants to take her out...

Chu Jiang didn't want to abandon her; he wanted to at least take the baby out first, and then deal with her problems later.

Oh, and the red hydrangea!

Chu Jiang suddenly exerted force with his left hand, temporarily blocking the large black hand. Then, with his right hand, he took out an old, dark red embroidered ball from inside his left hand and threw it forcefully behind him!

This stuff should be useful, right? It worked on the black sun before.

Chu Jiang can no longer control whether Ghost Buddha will chase him out of the castle. If this drags on any longer, people will really die at any moment, and even Ghost Diary can't save him.

As the red embroidered ball was tossed from Chu Jiang's hand, the unseen, terrifying being seemed to subconsciously shift its gaze.

Moreover, the hand that had been blocking Chu Jiang and the others disappeared, and instead reached out from the door of room number 1, grabbing the red embroidered ball that had bounced against the door and then landed on the ground.

At that perfect moment, Chu Jiang turned around and ran back to hold the baby's hand.

Then, as expected, the baby continued to reverse the surrounding scenery, and in a very short moment, Chu Jiang and Michiko broke through the invisible restrictions of the castle and appeared outside the heavy metal gate.

Moreover, the goddess statue did not come out with it; it seems the other side cannot come out.

The baby fell into a deep sleep immediately after being born, even stopping breathing for a moment. Chu Jiang's heart sank. He immediately grabbed the baby and rushed out. If the Ghost Buddha emerged from the castle, they would truly be doomed...

Even the Ghost Diary was temporarily put aside by Chu Jiang; he was more worried about his own life than about that thing.

"Here! Here!" Outside the iron gate of the castle, Paul, a firefighter wearing a top hat, was jumping around and waving at Chu Jiang.

Although Chu Jiang was surprised, he immediately transformed into a ghost and flew out of the castle's range.