Chapter 116: Conflicting Thoughts
“Pa!”
Yue Linhai suddenly closed the photo album and said casually, “No problem, the last passage has been destroyed by me, and the things inside have no way to come out anymore.”
Now the photograph world has been completely locked down, turning into a cage with entry but no exit.
Losing the path to restore time, not only the fierce ghost imprisoned inside, but even Yue Linhai himself, once entering, would have no possibility of coming out.
“You’ve worked hard.” Zhang Qian glanced at Yue Linhai and sighed, “This time without your help, Xu Zheng and I would probably have died there.”
Although the fact that they two encountered danger was Yue Linhai’s fault, now they still had to go find his father to deliver a letter, so it definitely wasn’t the time to blame him.
Moreover, his current strength wasn’t quite up to par, so he could note it down in the notebook first, and settle accounts with that guy from the post office together when his strength was sufficient later.
“Peh peh peh—”
Xu Zheng, who looked somewhat disheveled, also crawled out from the grass, or rather, Ghost Pushes Person carried him out.
“Yeah, yeah, look at your hair all white, the consumption must have been huge, right.”
Xu Zheng sat on Ghost Pushes Person’s waist and sighed, “I misjudged you before, you could have escaped on your own, but unexpectedly you risked injury to save us, from now on…”
He was still chattering nonstop beside him, completely failing to notice that Yue Linhai’s expression had stiffened.
Hair all white, what did that mean?
Taking a step forward, Yue Linhai instinctively wanted to stop time, but then thought of the possible backlash and forcibly suppressed that impulse.
Helplessly, he could only look at Zhang Qian, “Do you have a mirror on you? Lend it to me for a bit.”
“I have a mobile phone, do you want it?” Zhang Qian replied.
He had considered bringing a Bagua Mirror before, but a Bagua Mirror made by normal means had no effect on supernatural things, so he eventually gave up on it.
“Give it to me.”
Zhang Qian nodded gladly, and worried that Yue Linhai wouldn’t know how to use it, he thoughtfully opened the camera and switched to selfie mode.
Taking the mobile phone, the screen showed an ordinary-looking youth with pale skin, the gaze under the monocle somewhat deep, inspiring fear at first sight.
“…”
Looking at the person in the image on the screen, Yue Linhai incredulously touched his own temples.
The self in the image wore a round top hat, most of his hair covered by the hat, but the temples peeking from the gaps looked somewhat gray.
Backlash after using the ability?
Such a situation had never occurred before.
At least Yue Linhai had stopped time many times and never felt the existence of side effects.
Clearly just the pre-ability of vision, yet it was far more useful than vision, which consumed hugely with no improvement.
Ever since obtaining the time stop ability, Yue Linhai had never restrained himself, trying all sorts of ways to play with it. He would habitually stop time even when walking normally, making it seem like teleportation.
Facing the joint attack of Zhang Qian and Xu Zheng before was the same; although there were many ways to resolve it, Yue Linhai unhesitatingly chose time stop, and in the end truly toyed with Zhang Qian and the others until they were disoriented.
So, was the problem still with the target?
“Looks like my father didn’t lie to me, the more powerful the ability, the more terrifying its backlash often is. The stronger the object the ability acts on, the greater the price to achieve the same effect…”
Sighing faintly, Yue Linhai handed the mobile phone back.
Just losing lifespan, compared to the price he had imagined, it was already much lighter.
That old man had used so many abilities, yet hadn’t he just died recently?
As long as he restrained himself a bit, the problem shouldn’t be big.
“You…”
“Woo—”
Before Zhang Qian could ask, a suddenly ringing foghorn sound interrupted what he wanted to say.
“Again?” Xu Zheng’s face instantly turned pale.
Just hearing this sound made him feel nauseous.
The rumbling sound started very faint, but soon began echoing and overlapping in the surrounding space, even the calm water surface nearby rippling in circles.
“Didn’t you say the ghost ship couldn’t come out?”
Zhang Qian immediately locked onto the source of the sound, and if he sensed correctly, it seemed to be coming from that photo album.
“Impossible… there was no such precedent before…” Yue Linhai murmured.
He hurriedly flipped open the photo album.
The image in that photograph had already undergone a eerie change.
The cruise ship that was extremely far away just now was now approaching close, its broken bow facing the lens, as if wanting to rush out from inside.
“This imprisonment is merely spatial separation, more importantly it’s temporal closure. How could a fierce ghost from the past possibly, and on what basis, invade our current world?”
“Don’t think about whether it’s possible or not first, is there any remedial measure? For such a large old house, there must be some methods to imprison fierce ghosts, right? If nothing else works, stuffing it into gold is better than facing it directly like this.”
Zhang Qian summoned two ghost hands to cover his ears, staring gravely at that black-and-white photograph.
Even inheriting various methods, a second generation of supernatural was ultimately inferior to a true Republic of China Era big shot, not even able to maintain the safety of a supernatural land.
How long had the old house owner been dead? Qing Yi Ancient House actually had such a major flaw, even the previously imprisoned fierce ghost wanting to escape amid the chaos.
“There is… a method.”
Yue Linhai didn’t hesitate much, gritted his teeth, and tore that photograph from the photo album.
“Since it wants to come out, then let it come out. As long as we throw it far away, the place that suffers first won’t be us.”
For him, his own safety was far more important than those strangers he had never met.
“No other way?”
Zhang Qian frowned tightly and retorted, “You know better than me how dangerous this thing is. If placed in Dadong City, how many casualties, how much loss would there be?”
Outside the old house wasn’t some desolate wasteland, but a genuine top-tier international city, with population density and numbers top-notch worldwide.
Given the ghost domain area of the ghost ship, once out of control, the casualties absolutely wouldn’t be countable in tens or hundreds of thousands.
It might even expose the supernatural to the public eye, causing a total collapse of the situation.
“How much preparation time is left now? If we can gather some people with strength similar to yours or even stronger, can we seal it back?”
Wang Cha Ling definitely counted as one, the old ghost by his side was a genuine Republic of China Era big shot, with strength likely not inferior to the old house owner.
Headquarters should also be able to produce some trump cards; leading nationwide wasn’t just a title, there must be certain stronger ones backing it.
At worst, Luo Wensong shouldn’t stand by idly, right.
