I have a ghost diary

Chu Jiang quickly changed his strategy. A solar flame wheel appeared around him, and a large amount of black flame surged from his right hand, carrying the power of meme infection and rapidly invading the music box.

But then, the thing that Chu Jiang was worried about happened again!

As the black flames seeped in, the chants of "We will live forever in heaven" within slowly subsided; even the music box faintly emitted a soothing, gentle, yet mournful melody, as if a funeral was being held for someone...

Soga Hayayuki watched from the side with some surprise, and even unconsciously stepped back.

She roughly guessed what kind of power it was, but she didn't expect that Chu Jiang would not seal it somewhere and carefully borrow a trace of the naturally diffused hypnotic power, but instead carry it around everywhere and even try to control it in such a simple and crude way.

Seeing that the music box ghost was about to fully revive, Chu Jiang gritted his teeth and had no choice but to take out the ghost diary.

He had almost forgotten how monstrous this ghost was; it could even suppress the power of delirium. Controlling it seemed that it wouldn't be so simple.

"You got off easy." Muttering this, Chu Jiang turned to the latest page and shoved the music box, whose lid wasn't fully open, along with his hand, inside.

This time, Ghost Diary finally got some response, no longer as low-key as before. It was as if the gates of death had been opened in the diary, emanating an invisible and terrifying aura.

Moreover, this time was different from usual. Even though the music box ghost had been swallowed, the melodious music could not only be heard from the diary, but it was even clearer than before.

Chapter 405 Requiem

That's not all. On this page of the Ghost Diary, the ghost drawing of the music box ghost has yet to materialize, which means that the sealing is not yet complete.

Just then, the Ghost Diary suddenly slipped out of Chu Jiang's hand and fell onto the sloping ground.

A thick, dark black blood seeped out from inside the diary, staining the page and seemingly preventing the vengeful spirit within from escaping.

As soon as the blockade was completed, the outline of the music box ghost emerged from the blood.

But along with this, the outline of three hundred and four chains of ghostly iron also appeared, binding the ghost tightly and preventing it from escaping.

Chu Jiang was somewhat surprised by this. It seemed that the Ghost Diary's [sealing] power could, to some extent, counteract the Music Box's [hypnotic] ​​power.

Both of these forces can force other ghosts into a restricted state, resulting in a supernatural confrontation that determines which is stronger.

If both sides are evenly matched, a kind of balance will be formed; or even more extreme, both sides will be stuck in this state.

Furthermore, Chu Jiang was surprised that he and Sister Bei had actually managed to seal this ghost together last time. Was it because it had just broken free from that fragment of the diary and hadn't completely escaped the influence of the false god and the diary...? And that was precisely why it resisted so fiercely when it re-entered the diary.

Soga Sayaka looked at the strange diary and her eyes widened slightly. The information she had read about this man did not mention the existence of the diary.

Of course, the fact that he is using it in front of her without any hesitation proves that he is not afraid of being found out by others.

The music continued to echo, even affecting the demons inside Chu Jiang and Soga Sayaka, but the Demon Diary did not fall silent.

As time went by, seeing that he couldn't put it down for a long time, the pages of the Ghost Diary started flipping rapidly!

Then Chu Jiang saw an incredible scene: more than a hundred ghosts were sealed inside, naturally forming more than a hundred ghost paintings.

As the diary pages are turned, these drawings are transferred one by one to the page that seals the music box demon.

As one eerie, sinister, dark, and filthy painting after another pressed down upon it, the locked music box sank uncontrollably.

Even the music sounded like a rusty machine stuck, choppy and intermittent, and the volume was getting weaker and weaker.

This reminded Chu Jiang of his grandfather's commentary on the Ghost Diary: it spans three realms: sealing, prophecy, and domination.

The diary now uses a force of domination.

Moreover, the old master said that on the day all the pages are sealed, the 306 vengeful ghosts in the diary will become the servants of "Wudu," who will unconditionally control everything.

We've only sealed a little over a hundred of them, and there are already these signs.

The earlier sharing of negative emotions was one thing, and now the suppression of the music box demon is another. The Demon Diary is essentially one demon leading over a hundred henchmen against someone else. Who can win in that situation?

In this way, the Ghost Diary's desire to seal the Ghost Bride becomes understandable; if the Ghost Bride is sealed inside, it is estimated that an absolute supreme ruler of the [Domination] domain will be born.

While Chu Jiang was starting to worry, the Ghost Diary had already completely sealed the music box ghost, and lifelike patterns appeared on the diary.

Of course, there are no prophecies; there is only one per day.

Chu Jiang picked up the diary and patted it. He looked up at Suwo Zaoxue, but before he could say anything, she nodded repeatedly and made an X-shaped gesture with her index fingers to her lips, saying, "I will keep it a secret."

This made Chu Jiang shake his head helplessly. "I told you to step back a bit. You don't need to do anything else. Just keep an eye on things, prevent any accidents, and be ready to run away at any time."

Soga Hayashi nodded again.

After she left, Chu Jiang touched the diary with his right hand and borrowed the power of the music box ghost.

Upon hearing this, Chu Jiang experienced a strange feeling: sorrow, solemnity, and nostalgia. He was surprised that he could sense such vivid emotions simply by borrowing the power of a ghost.

Then Chu Jiang opened his mouth and a soothing melody came out of his mouth; it was a requiem.

While the music box ghost was still active, the voice came from a small white princess figure inside, also speaking through her mouth, and had a distinctly mechanical quality.

The words coming from Chu Jiang at this moment carried a more natural human quality; moreover, he sang the lyrics corresponding to the melody, which belonged to Mozart's K626, Mozart's last work.

“Requiem aeternam (Lord, grant them eternal rest)”

“et lux perpetua luceat eis (and may the radiant light shine upon their bodies forever)”

"..."

As Chu Jiang held the book in his hands, immersed himself in the emotion and chanted with focused concentration, the sound traveled farther and farther, beginning to echo throughout the entire Ghost Abyss.

Even more miraculously, as the music grew more melodious, snow began to fall throughout the Ghost Abyss, as if the surroundings had suddenly transported them to the snowy lands of the North.

The music initially provoked a strong reaction from Ghost Abyss, and one after another, shadowy Yamata no Serpents emerged from the walls of the abyss from all directions!

It was the same giant black snake that Chu Jiang saw when he first wanted to take Sister Bei away from Ghost Abyss.

The sighting of snakes was so numerous that there were probably hundreds of them, which made Soga Hayashi immediately nervous.

She planned to immediately step forward to stop the snake shadows once they began attacking Chu Jiang, and absolutely not allow these giant snakes to interrupt Chu Jiang's chanting.

However, Hayayuki was clearly overthinking things, or rather, she underestimated the power of this music box ghost.

The emerging snake shadows, which were originally rushing towards Chu Jiang, slowed down halfway through their flight and their size continued to shrink.

When they pounced on Chu Jiang, they turned into tiny snake shadows, and when they hit Chu Jiang's body, they posed no threat whatsoever; they simply shattered upon impact.

Furthermore, as the requiem continued to be sung, the ocean of negative emotions beneath the abyss gradually changed from swaying and restless to calm and peaceful. Even the faces of the people were filled with a blank expression, no longer in as much pain as at the beginning.

Even more incredibly, Soga Hayate could sense that the ground beneath their feet was shrinking and closing in, and even the headless Jizo statue that had been far away was being passively pulled closer to them.

As for the enormous head of Ksitigarbha, it showed no change for the time being; it still had its eyes closed and floated on the black ocean, only no longer rising and falling with the tide.

Chu Jiang's face was already pale, but it became even paler, and his whole body gradually began to show signs of freezing.

This is normal; borrowing the abilities of the ghosts in Ghost Diaries comes at a price.

At first, Chu Jiang was very careful when using ghosts of the small theater and the imitation ghost level, fearing that he might overdo it and be corrupted and die; it was only later, when he became stronger, that he used them somewhat recklessly.

But this music box ghost is different; its level is significantly higher than the previous ones, so the side effects have become obvious again.

Finally, Chu Jiang cannot use it for an extended period of time, otherwise the ghost will escape from the diary on its own, no longer bound by the rules of the Ghost Diary.

Chapter 406 The Solution Given by the Dream

The soothing melody echoed gently, while in sync, the Ghost Abyss underwent a dramatic transformation.

Since Chu Jiang and his group entered this forbidden area, the Seireitei has been observing the situation here, both through aerial satellite observation and through several sentry posts set up near Ghost Abyss.

They noticed that Chu Jiang had rescued a mysterious woman during their journey; they also noticed that giant eight-headed serpents were dancing wildly above the abyss, which made them worry for those who ventured deeper...

Once Chu Jiang and his team went deep inside, the outside world could no longer contact them, so they could only silently pray that the operation would succeed.

The observation lasted for about seven or eight hours. As dusk fell, an unbelievable scene unfolded in the Seireitei's war room!

Ghost Abyss is shrinking!

To be precise, the abyss, which was originally at least 10,000 meters in diameter, is now gradually shrinking inward, as if the earth's crust has changed and is filling the gap that originally had a huge hole.

The old man in white robes from the Soga family, who is also the current supreme leader of the Seireitei, stood up excitedly, leaning on his cane, and even his face became a little rosy.

The others were also surprised or excited, and they started discussing among themselves, "Is this going to be a success? Is Ghost Abyss going to disappear?"

"It seems so. Continue to observe and don't let your guard down."

"Wait, they're still down in the Ghost Abyss, aren't they? If the abyss continues to shrink until it completely flattens out, won't they be buried underneath?"

In short, everyone in the meeting room was discussing the matter. At this moment, the old man made a decisive decision: "Let the Ghost Master troops waiting for orders advance to the edge of Ghost Abyss, but do not go deep. Be ready to provide support and rescue people at any time."

......

Inside Ghost Abyss, Chu Jiang's strategy did indeed achieve great success, which was also related to the special state of Ghost Abyss itself. Its "body" was not yet fully formed, with only its head floating in the negative ocean.

If Chu Jiang delays coming for another year or two, he'll probably be attacked before he even has a chance to start chanting.

In fact, the current situation is not as optimistic as Chu Jiang initially imagined.

Although the Eight-Headed Serpent Shadow could not pose a threat to him for the time being, as the chanting continued, Ghost Abyss shrank to a certain extent and then stopped shrinking inward.

This doesn't mean the hypnotic effect suddenly disappeared; it simply means that after a certain point in the hypnosis, the effect began to diminish, making it impossible to truly put Guiyuan into a complete slumber.

After all, the Ghost Abyss now contains a massive amount of negative emotions, unlike when it first began to recover.

Moreover, Chu Jiang himself was under considerable pressure, with the Music Box Ghost continuously eroding his body; the Black Sun, Blood Hand Ghost, and Dark Left Hand all showed signs of dormancy and were unable to help him fight the erosion.

Fortunately, Chu Jiang was not greatly affected by the ghost Chu Ji, which allowed him to persevere; otherwise, relying solely on his willpower, he would probably be teetering on the brink of death.

On Soga Hayashi's side, she also noticed that after Onibuchi shrank to about one-tenth of its original size, it stopped moving much.

Chu Jiang's body was already half frozen, and if he continued to be locked in a stalemate with the S-class ghost, his situation would be very dangerous.

Therefore, she cautiously said in a low voice, "How about we stop here? We, the Seireitei, will continue to find a way to seal off this place."

However, Chu Jiang shook his head. He was quite certain that if he stopped now, Gui Yuan would recover quickly.

If things go smoothly, Ghost Abyss can be restored to its original state within half an hour. Wouldn't this be a waste of effort?

Just then, a hoarse, magnetic female voice came from Chu Jiang's left hand, "The Lord can help you, you don't even need to swear to believe in Him, you just need to do as He provides."

Chu Jiang frowned slightly. It was Belfast's voice, speaking to him through that flyer again.

Soga Sayuki, who was standing to the side, seemed not to have heard the voice and was still waiting for Chu Jiang's reply.

Seeing that Chu Jiang did not respond, Sister Bei continued, "The specific operation is not difficult. You just need to take that ghost out of the diary, then throw it into the black ocean below, and quickly get away from it."

"This ghost will instinctively hypnotize other ghosts nearby, and if it fails, it will keep trying."