Chapter 101: Ghostly Gambit
Terrifying supernatural instantly assaulted.
Ye Zhen’s hair stood on end, his entire body’s supernatural power fully activated.
The Ability of the Substitute Ghost instantly activated.
At the instant that Lin Qian’s supernatural, overlaid countless times, reached his body, he directly substituted all of it.
Ye Zhen’s entire body visibly rotted, bluish-black skin emerging from the rotting flesh.
Terrifying yin cold accompanied the supernatural appearance, Ye Zhen’s expression instantly becoming deathly numb.
The whole person, his appearance mostly gone, completely lost all features of a living person.
“Can’t hold on?” Lin Qian frowned slightly.
But the next moment, Ye Zhen’s figure flashed, his entire body recovered.
His expression grave, he stared dead ahead.
Under the streetlight, Zhao Kaiming still didn’t know what had happened.
He only saw Ye Zhen abruptly change appearance, then recover.
But the next moment, behind the streetlight, the figure hidden in the darkness abruptly walked out, directly standing in front of Zhao Kaiming.
Space instantly distorted, the surrounding environment visibly beginning to change.
Terrifying supernatural spread toward the surroundings.
“Go!”
Lin Qian’s heart sank, instantly leaving.
Ye Zhen didn’t hesitate, directly disappearing from the spot.
The distorted space rapidly covered over.
In just a blink, the surrounding environment was covered by an extreme yin cold.
In the air.
The two in the Ghost Domain, looking at the street and surrounding buildings that instantly disappeared, felt endless fear in their hearts.
They teamed up to give the other a big one, and the other gave them a big one too.
The street disappeared, the buildings disappeared, that place left only with darkness.
It could be confirmed, not a Ghost Domain.
Nor could it possibly be a Ghost Domain.
The eerie scene made the two silent.
At this moment, Lin Qian had confirmed that without means to restrain Restart and possess Restart, facing this ghost was suicide.
“You still fighting?”
Lin Qian’s voice transmitted from within the Ghost Domain, reaching Ye Zhen’s ears.
Ye Zhen didn’t see Lin Qian, but he knew Lin Qian was nearby, just in a Ghost Domain.
He fell silent, fight?
Fight with what?
He, Ye Zhen, was unconvinced, but now it was no longer about being convinced or not.
Lin Qian’s supernatural overlaid countless times assaulted his body, even he felt pressure, then he doubled it with substitute death.
Such an attack falling on Da Chang City would instantly make Da Chang City fall, everyone die out completely, all ghosts inside would have to go dormant, what bullshit Starving Ghost event, it’s nothing.
But the problem was, the other side followed up, and the erupted supernatural was extremely terrifying.
He looked at the darkness below, suddenly, the darkness disappeared, space distorted, the street reappeared, buildings reappeared.
Everything seemed to return to before the supernatural erupted.
That figure still stood in the shadow under the streetlight.
And that sitting man, at this moment stood up, expression flickering uncertainly.
Nothing happened, the other side intact, even the Ghost Slave still alive.
Their supernatural overlay attack seemed never to have been launched.
“Ye Zhen, if you’re still unconvinced, go fight yourself, I’m definitely convinced.”
“I’m leaving first, if I get entangled by this ghost, I won’t even dare go back to Da Jiang City.”
The words fell, then no longer sounded.
Ye Zhen stood in the air, looking toward the figure below.
Suddenly, under the streetlight, the figure in the shadow slightly raised its head, as if seeing Ye Zhen through the Ghost Domain.
Ye Zhen’s heart sank, without hesitation, chose to leave.
With such a ghost there, solving Da Chang City’s supernatural event would be next to impossible.
Unless that old man at Headquarters acted, otherwise, no way to handle it.
“Finally left?”
Under the streetlight, Zhao Kaiming breathed a sigh of relief, “Good thing my family is all dead, relatives and friends too, otherwise, the price of using supernatural this time, I probably couldn’t pay.”
Without family and friends, he could almost wish without cost.
But he knew clearly, short term yes, long term, he would die.
He looked at the figure under the streetlight, if not for the other side asking him to come here this time, terrifyingly, he himself would become the price.
The transaction was ongoing, during this time, he was actually the safest.
Completely no need to worry about the price of using supernatural.
“Soon, soon, won’t be long, I can see you all again.” Zhao Kaiming gazed in one direction, expression firm, like a believer with absolute faith.
The streetlight’s light slowly disappeared, the figure and him gradually swallowed by darkness.
Da Jiang City.
“With Ghost Controllers’ help, Da Jiang City’s reconstruction will speed up a lot, but in terms of circuits, Ghost Controllers can’t help, not only can’t help, but will damage circuits.”
Under the dusk, in a natural park’s campsite.
Yan Li, Lu Lin, Wang Xiaoqiang, Ye Feng, plus Lin Qian, five people sat around by an artificial river, lit a bonfire, set up a grill.
After a busy day, after work, called by Lin Qian to come here for camping and barbecue.
River water flowed, ripples swayed, golden afterglow reflected on the water surface, swaying with the ripples.
“I never thought that after becoming a Ghost Controller, one day I’d still have to do 996.”
Ye Feng propped his chin, half leaning on Yan Li, gazing at that setting sun, full of sighs.
“Less sighing, being alive is already pretty good.”
Yan Li munched on a chicken leg, mumbling unclearly.
Lu Lin smoked, gazing at the unending flowing water, gaze profound.
“Alive, indeed already pretty good.”
Seeing Lu Lin agree, Yan Li nodded seriously, then arduously swallowed a mouthful of barbecue.
“President.”
Suddenly, Yan Li looked at Lin Qian.
Lin Qian turned his head, looked at Yan Li.
“My family…”
Lin Qian heard, gaze unchanged, “When supernatural grows strong enough to change reality, anything can be done.”
Yan Li licked the grease on his lips, eyes perfectly calm, but under this calm hid extremely deep hatred.
“I understand.”
After Da Jiang City’s supernatural event ended, the moment he contacted Yang Jian, Yang Jian told him about his family’s situation.
Actually, before he even had Fierce Ghost Revival, his family was already dead.
Yang Jian went the next day, when he arrived, his wife, a pair of children, had already begun rotting.
Very clearly, already dead many days.
Yan Li knew his family was implicated by him.
But at that time, he had no way.
He didn’t dare go back, thought if he didn’t go back, family would be safe.
But he completely misjudged human nature, overestimated those people’s human nature.
“Alright, Yan Li, the President doesn’t lie, at least not in front of us.”
“Since the President says it can be done, it definitely can.” Ye Feng patted Yan Li’s shoulder, handed him a beer.
Yan Li didn’t speak, just took the beer, drank big gulps, beer flowing down from the mouth.
But Yan Li seemed to drink too fast, beer unexpectedly flowed down from the eye corners.
Lin Qian didn’t speak, sighed in his heart, poked at the fire pile.
Tragedy, this was actually tragedy.
Yan Li until death couldn’t let go of family, didn’t dare implicate family.
For this, didn’t dare go back.
But family was already killed because of him long ago, just he didn’t know.
By the time he knew, it was too late.
Even without Little Strong Club, Yan Li still walked the path of family destruction.
If not for him, Yan Li would have long died from Fierce Ghost Revival.
Tragedy, everyone has one, entire Da Jiang City now a large-scale tragedy.
The survivors not heartbroken?
Not despairing?
Of course heartbroken and despairing, but what could be done?
They still had to live on, live on in place of those dead.
“Da Chang City’s situation seems not yet alleviated.”
Wang Xiaoqiang suddenly said.
Lin Qian nodded, “The situation there is actually very complex, external forces can’t interfere.”
“To solve it, can only rely on people inside.”
Wang Xiaoqiang exhaled alcohol breath, “Heard Yang Jian plans to do something, if it fails, let Headquarters abandon Da Chang City.”
Saying this he looked at Lin Qian, “Though don’t know what Yang Jian plans, but surely the other side will succeed, right.”
Lin Qian surprised, somewhat not understanding why Wang Xiaoqiang thought this way.
Although Yang Jian would definitely succeed, only a few people knew, absolutely not including Wang Xiaoqiang.
“How so?”
“Don’t know, a kind of intuition, after I left Da Chang City, I always feel Yang Jian this person, whatever he does will succeed, just like he survived from the Knocking Ghost event, survived from the Huang Gang Village Ghost Coffin event.”
“Moreover, I feel even if you weren’t at Huang Gang Village then, Yang Jian had the ability to bring out that Ghost Coffin, then make the transaction with my brother.”
Lin Qian took the grilled fish handed by Wang Xiaoqiang, Lu Lin and Ye Feng, and Yan Li all looked at the two.
“This also intuition?”
Wang Xiaoqiang nodded, “Inexplicable intuition.”
“Moreover, the moment Ye Feng used Death Robe’s ability to drown me and Lu Lin, I suddenly felt I shouldn’t die in Da Jiang City, but die in Da Chang City.”
Lin Qian’s gaze flickered slightly, “Inexplicable is right.”
“This World is inherently inexplicable.”
“If you hadn’t met me, you Wang Xiaoqiang, Ye Feng, Yan Li, Zhang Han, all would be in Da Chang City, you’d definitely encounter this supernatural event.”
“Starving Ghost event, a ghost that can eat ghosts, you without current strength, could you resist?”
“Of course not, definitely die.”
“Yan Li probably dies from Fierce Ghost Revival, Lu Lin… probably dies in Da Jing City.”
Everyone hearing this didn’t feel anything wrong, nodded.
Indeed so.
If not for Lin Qian, they now might be the endings Lin Qian said.
To survive, could only rely on luck.
Bad luck, dead.
“Forget it, no more of this, things that didn’t happen are all illusory.”
Lin Qian waved his hand.
Several people hearing this, smiled knowingly, Yan Li drank big gulps, tore at the chicken rack in hand, “Ye Feng, too much salt, next time less.”
“Damn, having food is good enough, eating ready-made don’t be picky.” Ye Feng rolled his eyes.
Yan Li sniffed, “Just saying, just commenting.”
Wang Xiaoqiang smiled knowingly.
Lu Lin looked at Ye Feng and Yan Li, and smiling Wang Xiaoqiang and Lin Qian.
He too couldn’t help but smile.
Really good, under the dusk after surviving disaster, the living people sighing at calamities, chatting future, joking.
But suddenly, Lu Lin stroked his chin, “We… haven’t forgotten someone, have we?”
“Who?” Ye Feng stunned.
Yan Li blank.
Wang Xiaoqiang blinked.
Lin Qian began recalling.
Then, they fell silent.
“What about Manyue?”
Lin Qian asked.
Instantly, Wang Xiaoqiang and Ye Feng remembered, then all looked at Lu Lin.
Yan Li seeing them look at Lu Lin, also looked over.
Lu Lin frowned, carefully recalled, “Before we fell, Manyue reported going to handle a supernatural event in an old building.”
“That supernatural event was like this, every certain period, someone walks out from inside the old building, then the next day jumps off the building.”
“But the jumper, before jumping, limbs intact, but after death, always missing some limbs, like hands and feet, some torso, some even just a head left.”
“We judged it a supernatural event, but because harm caused small, let Manyue handle, if couldn’t handle call for support.”
“If couldn’t call, around that time, we’d go find her.”
“But because we fell, no one went to find her.”
“Moreover, recently we’ve all been busy…”
Lu Lin finished, several people exchanged glances.
“So…”
Wang Xiaoqiang fell silent.
“If no accident, she’s trapped inside that old building.”
Ye Feng scratched his head, Yan Li looked around.
Lin Qian rubbed his face.
“Go together?”
Lin Qian asked.
The others all nodded.
Lin Qian stood up, instantly, figure disappeared from the spot, and the others similarly.
Lu Lin directed, Lin Qian opened Ghost Domain, straight to that old building.
At this moment, inside that old building.
In one room, lights dim.
A young man desperately looked at the card game on the table, turned head to look at the woman leaning against the wall nearby, lost hands and feet.
“Big Sister, how long until your President comes, I can’t hold on!”
The young man’s expression exhausted, dark circles extremely heavy.
He had sat at this card game for a whole four days, four days without eating or drinking, no sleep, he was almost unable to persist.
He only felt very sleepy, very much wanted to sleep.
The woman who lost hands and feet, became a human pig, looked at the young man, “Hold on a few more days, otherwise, you’ll definitely die.”
The young man hearing this, mouth twitched, stiffly turned back, looked at the opposite side, that numb expression, wearing Death Robe old man.
The other extended dry hand, flipped open the three old poker cards in front.
Three 7s.
Leopard in Zha Jin Hua.
Then, the old man with that numb expression looked at the young man.
The young man powerlessly reached out, flipped open the cards in front of himself.
235.
Just right to eat the Leopard.
He won again.
A pair of arms shrunk to palm size pushed in front of him.
The young man picked up the poker cards, began shuffling, then dealt.
Then continued the new gambling table.
The woman, that is Manyue, dead stared at the Fierce Ghost at the gambling table, the other side had not much chips left in front.
At most two more hands, the other side would lose out.
No chips left, how to play this gambling table?
“The other side about to lose finish, last chips are my hands and feet, win them back, give back to me, I’ll try to detain the other side.”
Manyue said with firm expression.
The young man rolled his eyes, “Don’t nag, you lost, don’t you know why in your heart?”
Manyue’s words stalled, instantly didn’t want to speak.
She looked at the young man, silent for a bit, turned head, muttered, “I wouldn’t cheat anyway.”
The young man: “…”
