Chapter 126: This World Needs A Madman
While Jiang Shan was activating his Ghost Domain to probe the Ghost Shopkeeper, the woman’s sudden scream startled everyone in the team.
“Cai Yu died?!”
Qin Xi, who was about to launch a Fierce Ghost Attack, had his pupils contract, and he frowned tightly as he looked to his side.
He saw the woman named Cai Yu lying motionless on the ground, her limbs twisted, her entire body deformed into a Weirdness posture.
For a Ghost Wielder,
this level of damage was actually not enough to be fatal.
But what shocked Qin Xi the most was that Cai Yu’s death matched exactly the Ghost’s Killing Method of the ghost she Controlled in her body!
From what he knew,
the ghost Cai Yu Controlled in her body was called by her: “Dance Ghost”.
The reason for this name was that people killed by this ghost would have their bodies assume a Weirdness posture, just like the flexibility training during dance practice.
However, the ghost’s Killing Method was far more cruel than that training.
Its Supernatural would cause all the bones in a living person’s body to twist and break, with joints snapping apart inch by inch.
“Stop quickly! The Ghost Shopkeeper can Rebound Ghost Attacks, stop it now!”
After analyzing, Qin Xi immediately shouted. After seeing everyone stop, his gaze swept toward Jiang Shan.
At this time,
the Silver Light in the First Floor Hall had already disappeared, and Jiang Shan coldly looked at the Short Old Man standing foolishly behind the counter.
He felt that this ghost was not as terrifying as imagined, and it did not seem to possess the Wisdom as remembered by the “Freedom Fighters” members.
“Ghost Characters’ Suppression doesn’t work either?”
Jiang Shan launched another Attack. Looking at the Ghost Shopkeeper, who seemed restricted in the shadows with no reaction, he thought for a moment and finally gave up on continuing to probe the Ghost Shopkeeper.
After all, a ghost with this “Rebound” ability was nearly unsolvable. Without a specific method, even he could not Handle it.
The feeling this ghost gave Jiang Shan was just like the Substitute Death ghost he had seen in the original work’s Ye Zhen biography back then.
Ghost Characters’ Suppression had no effect.
Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain also could not affect it.
Once the Ghost Attack exceeded one’s own tolerance range, death would follow.
What was there to play?
Jiang Shan, who had not thought of a solution, simply gave up on Detaining this ghost. He glanced at the woman’s Corpse on the ground and then said to the team members:
“The ghost behind the counter should have some kind of Restriction, no need to be trembling with fear one by one.”
With that, Jiang Shan no longer paid attention to the others and continued walking a short distance deeper into the Ghost Hotel.
After turning the corner, he saw a “bottomless” Corridor.
Countless Room Doors on both sides of the Corridor were tightly closed. The Room Doors were wooden, old and mottled, with copper-plated room numbers nailed on them: 1, 2, 3…
Through the dim Lights overhead in the Corridor, one could vaguely see
that this Floor had a full thirty-six Rooms.
The number thirty-six made Jiang Shan’s brows tighten.
Ghost Bus had thirty-six seats including the driver’s seat; Ghost Post Office also had the same number of Rooms.
Although the original work did not explain this number much, various scenes in the original text showed that this Ghost Hotel definitely had some connection with Republic of China Ghost Wielders.
Jiang Shan walked deeper,
Crisp footsteps echoed in the Corridor.
“Creak!”
But at that moment.
Suddenly, a Room Door opened, and the sound of the door echoed in the silent Hotel, sounding exceptionally clear.
“Hm?” Jiang Shan’s gaze sharply turned that way.
Not only him, but even Qin Xi behind him heard the noise, and they all followed the source of the sound and looked over.
In this kind of scene, any movement was worth noting.
The opened Room Door was number 23.
At this moment, a Man with a gaunt face, withered expression, and gloomy eyes walked out of the Room. He held a knife and stared fixedly at Jiang Shan with sinister eyes.
There was surprise mixed with a bit of delight.
The Man’s greedy gaze was as if looking at a chicken or a fish,
a gift from heaven.
Because of the lighting issue, he did not see Qin Xi and the others behind Jiang Shan, so he laughed maniacally:
“Hahahahaha, finally a newcomer again, my Room fee has a landing spot now. Come on, and you even brought me a gift, hahahahaha.”
“Bang~!”
Jiang Shan did not waste words with him and immediately drew his Pistol and pulled the trigger.
Using a Corpse to exchange for Ghost Money at the Ghost Pawnshop—this news he had heard countless times.
In this place without Law or restraints, the evil in human hearts would be amplified to the extreme.
“Qin Xi, didn’t you say you knew how many people took the Ghost Shopkeeper’s Mission? Come, find them all for me one by one.”
Hearing this, Qin Xi’s face darkened. Although he had been extremely vague at the time, he still could not hide it from Jiang Shan’s ears.
Although the Gunshot was loud, due to the characteristics of the Ghost Hotel, people living in the Rooms could not hear any sounds at all.
This was also why that Man was so delighted earlier.
Qin Xi felt bitter inside. He walked to the doors of several Rooms and then knocked on the Room Doors in a special way.
“Hm? Who are you?”
The Man who first came out of the Room Door had his face sink the instant he saw the unfamiliar face of Jiang Shan, and he immediately tried to close the Room Door.
But how could an ordinary person’s reaction speed compare to Jiang Shan, who was a Half-Anomaly.
One hand gripped the Room Door like giant pliers.
“!!!”
Feeling the enormous force on the door, the Man was startled, his expression suddenly turning ferocious as he prepared to activate the Ghost’s Ability in his body.
“Aaaah~!”
But he suddenly knelt on the ground, his face full of Pain.
Not only the Man who opened the door,
Everyone in this Room at a certain instant had their bodies covered in blood-red Ghost Characters, and wails of agony resounded through the entire Corridor for a moment.
Following the same method,
A total of four Rooms, fourteen Ghost Wielders, were all dragged out to the Corridor by Qin Xi’s team.
“Every man for himself and the heavens will punish the wicked—I understand the desire to survive, so I won’t kill you, but you have to leave behind the Missions you took.”
Jiang Shan looked at the pained crowd in the Corridor and said calmly.
He was not having a saintly outburst to complete the Missions for everyone and “rescue” them one by one.
Instead, through the earlier probe of the Ghost Shopkeeper, Jiang Shan made such a bold decision.
“Satellite Phone’s Positioning has failed, Zhang Dongxing’s whereabouts are now unknown. If the Ghost Hotel is truly a core Supernatural here, then start from here and see if a breakthrough can be found.” Jiang Shan thought to himself.
The Information he knew now was still too little.
Even if he knew the method to Escape from here, for him it was better than nothing.
Escaping was simple,
but if this Supernatural Event could not be Handled, sooner or later these Supernaturals would engulf everyone, and everyone would be “characters in the play,” with no one able to Escape.
Inferring the Pattern of the inference ghost was not Jiang Shan’s strong suit. Many times he was more like a gambler. Because he had no attachments, many of his actions seemed like those of a madman to others.
But so what?
This World needed calm gamblers, not cowardly escapers.
Sorry brothers, family member fell ill and was hospitalized, I was busy all day and night accompanying, so the Update is a bit late, please brothers understand more.
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