Chapter 109: Paper Figure
“Fierce Ghost, or Supernatural Item?”
Zhang Qian glanced at the Giant Wheel. The somewhat dilapidated hull faintly appeared in the smoke, and the massive black shadow was as intimidating as a city.
“This size feels even bigger than the Ghost Post Office. It wouldn’t be excessive to call it a Supernatural Land…”
Although a terrifying Fierce Ghost isn’t necessarily very large, a Fierce Ghost this big definitely isn’t simple.
Moreover, the entire world was in black and white, yet this Cruise Ship retained its original colors like an intruder that had forcefully broken in.
From Yue Linhai’s sudden change in attitude, it wasn’t hard to see the terror of this Ship. Even a Second Generation of Supernatural needed to avoid it, so it was better for a small fry like him to stay far away.
Ignoring the doubts in his heart, Zhang Qian immediately grabbed Xu Zheng and followed Yue Linhai’s footsteps.
Yue Linhai walking ahead had no intention of giving any explanation. He advanced with big strides in silence, without the previous sense of composure.
Even he was afraid of death.
If caught by that Ghost Ship, getting off the ship wouldn’t be that easy. He didn’t want his beautiful new life that had just begun to end here.
As soon as they started moving, another dull Foghorn Sound came from the depths of the Thick Fog.
“Woo——”
Invisible sound waves spread out from the Giant Wheel, crossing this Space in the blink of an eye and reflecting back from the other side of the Space.
The lingering sound echoed continuously, stacking layer by layer, seemingly affecting even the Air, turning it into invisible air waves that made the Lanterns rustle loudly.
This sound had extremely strong penetrating power. Even covering the ears was useless; it could still pass through the Palm and shake one’s Head until dizzy and nauseous.
“What the hell is this Thing!” Xu Zheng painfully covered his ears and shouted loudly.
His physique was no different from an ordinary person’s. If this continued, his Brain Flower would be shaken apart.
“Not sure, let’s get away from here first!” Zhang Qian also raised his voice in response, but his voice remained calm, without any painful Emotions.
Xu Zheng looked up and found that only he looked a bit disheveled here. The others seemed completely unaffected.
Ghost Pushes Person was a Fierce Ghost, and Zhang Qian and Yue Linhai also had ways to cope. After all this, he was the only one the most unlucky?
Under the prolonged shock, Xu Zheng’s Line of Sight gradually blurred, the ground in front of him swayed, and every step felt unsteady.
The nauseous and queasy feeling grew worse. He had to stop, supporting his knees to catch his breath.
Bean-sized sweat drops dripped to the ground. Xu Zheng’s Consciousness gradually became dazed, his Head tilted, and he was about to fall to the ground.
But in the next instant, a somewhat Icy Cold hand pressed against his Forehead, and the surrounding world suddenly became quiet.
Xu Zheng dazedly lifted his head and saw Zhang Qian turn back, pulling him forward.
“This Foghorn Sound should be mixed with Supernatural Power. Just covering your ears won’t help much. You should Control Fierce Ghost to help block the Attack for you, but it’s the same if I do it.”
After slowly regaining his senses, Xu Zheng noticed that Zhang Qian had put on a pair of Earmuffs at some point, though the style of these Earmuffs was special—they looked like two pale Palms.
Sensing carefully, his own ears seemed to be covered by two Icy Cold things as well.
This Thing didn’t affect Zhang Qian’s communication with him, but it greatly reduced the Foghorn Sound. The originally deafening noise was now just intermittent buzzing.
Xu Zheng curiously touched the Ghost Hand by his ear.
Icy Cold and cold, undoubtedly the characteristics of a Fierce Ghost.
Seeing him recover, Zhang Qian released his hand and sped up to catch up with Yue Linhai leading ahead.
Xu Zheng hurriedly chased after, while sighing, “Your Ability is quite convenient. You can actually split off so many Subordinate Bodies. These Things are even better than Ghost Slaves in specific situations. Not many people at Headquarters have this Ability.”
“Not many people?”
Zhang Qian noticed the meaning in Xu Zheng’s words and asked, “So that means Headquarters also has Ghost Controllers with similar Abilities?”
“Of course. Headquarters is after all an Official Organization with many Ghost Controllers in Cooperative Relationship. Naturally, there are all sorts of Fierce
Xu Zheng thought for a moment and said, “Although Ghost Controllers don’t have detailed archive records, I’ve still heard of famous figures like the Paper Figure Liu San.”
“It is said that his ability is to control paper figures, each paper figure is his clone, all carry supernatural power, and they look no different from the main body.”
“Or rather, no one has ever seen his true body at all, because we also cannot distinguish whether the Liu San in front of us is a paper figure.”
Xu Zheng caught his breath and recounted the rumors he had heard.
When he had just joined Headquarters, Liu San was not very famous yet, just an ordinary Ghost Controller with nothing outstanding.
It was only as the number of his mission times increased that everyone gradually discovered that this guy seemed a bit off.
It seems no matter whether the mission is completed or not, Liu San can always come back alive to report every time, and when luck is good, he can even bring back his teammate’s corpse to claim the reward.
Selling out teammate? Escape? Spy?
Various guesses abounded with everyone having their own opinions, yet they disappeared without a trace after one confrontation.
A small group composed of six Ghost Controllers, after actively stirring up trouble, was surprisingly killed to the point of chaos by Liu San alone.
According to some Ghost Controllers’ revelations, that team had killed Liu San more than once. However, when they wanted to confirm Liu San’s death, they discovered that the so-called corpse was just a Paper Figure.
Even if burned clean with a fire, new Liu San would still emerge not long after, launching attacks tirelessly like zombies.
However, although Liu San was stubborn, he was not invincible either. Facing six people, he couldn’t gain any advantage.
So that confrontation lasted a full seven days. Liu San harassed that team relentlessly without sleep or rest, showing no intention of stopping.
During this time, the team had already backed down, and the other Ghost Controllers at Headquarters didn’t want to see the matter escalate, so someone volunteered to act as a peacemaker.
But the next morning, as soon as Liu San flung the heads of those six people onto the mediator’s face, no one dared to say another word against it.
After hearing this, Zhang Qian nodded slightly, “It’s a pretty interesting ability. It’s not impressive enough right now, but paper figures are also humanoid. If paper figures can control fierce ghosts too, that would be very terrifying.”
Liu San had such a hard time killing six ordinary Ghost Controllers, so his ability definitely isn’t too strong, but it’s absolutely disgusting enough.
They can’t be beaten to death, nor shaken off. They’re already very annoying usually, but if they quietly follow into a Supernatural Land and use a Supernatural Event to harm people…
Then, even Ghost Controllers stronger than him would probably meet their end there.
