Chapter 153: The Eerie Supernatural Event
Black hair pierced through the ice layer, and just as the thing that emerged was about to touch the mirror.
A hand abruptly extended from the black hair, reaching toward the mirror.
Ye Zhen stared intently from the side.
But even watching that hand about to touch the mirror, Ye Zhen made no move.
Lin Qian and Fang Shiming watched without blinking.
Just a second later, all three fell somewhat silent.
“It seems it’s not in the same space as reality. This ghost is either detained in some strange place, or it’s restricted by its own killing pattern.”
Fang Shiming said.
That hand actually passed through the mirror.
This ghost couldn’t touch the mirror.
“No, if this ghost can’t contact anything in reality, how was Fang Yuanshan controlled by it?”
Fang Shiming frowned; a contradiction had appeared here.
Hearing this, Lin Qian also looked puzzled.
After Ye Zhen tried attacking the ghost and found he really couldn’t hit it, he came right back.
“Medium.”
Ye Zhen said flatly, arms crossed.
The two men’s eyes flickered.
“Where did they go during the day?”
Fang Shiming asked.
Ye Zhen and Lin Qian tilted their heads toward Fang Shiming.
Fang Shiming was stunned, then realized.
He had asked a very stupid question.
“You shouldn’t have killed that girl just now.”
The atmosphere was silent for a moment before Lin Qian spoke.
“It’s too late to say that now. We’re in big trouble.”
Fang Shiming said, looking toward the village entrance. “We can’t get out.”
“Unless using special means, don’t think about leaving here.”
Ordinary ghost domains couldn’t leave here at all.
After the corpse in the coffin disappeared, the village had been in a sealed state.
To be precise, after that pair of newcomers died, the village began to seal itself.
But during the day, they could still use ghost domains to leave.
But now…
“This ghost probably isn’t the source.”
The three stared at the fierce ghost that, after failing to touch the mirror, began slowly retracting.
The hair visibly shrank back.
In just moments, the fierce ghost had retracted back into the pond.
The stream water quickly returned to calm.
But as the stream water calmed, the bones in the water and the girl’s corpse strangely disappeared.
Clearly, that ghost had taken away the remains.
Lin Qian withdrew his supernatural power.
The frozen ground instantly recovered.
If not for the lingering cold air, it was hard to imagine the place had been completely frozen before.
“Honestly, this is the first time I’ve encountered this kind of supernatural event. It’s really tricky.”
Fang Shiming commented.
Ye Zhen nodded; it was indeed tricky. He couldn’t hit the opponent, which was very frustrating.
All his strength had no place to be used.
At this moment, inside the village.
On the asphalt road, a dozen villagers rushed toward the Li Family in terror.
Along the way, more villagers joined, their expressions terrified and despairing.
Soon, the Li Family surged with forty or fifty villagers.
Strangely.
After entering the Li Family, they seemed to gain confidence, feeling much more at ease.
In the hall, two open coffins were extremely conspicuous.
At this moment, a decrepit old man leaned on a cane, sitting on a grand tutor’s chair in the hall.
Behind him were those two coffins.
“Village Chief, how did the thing in there get out?”
“So many of us have died!”
From the crowd, a middle-aged man stepped forward, looking worriedly at the old man.
The old man slightly raised his eyes, glanced at the crowd, and sighed:
“Forty years ago, our Li Family Village suffered a ghost disaster. Luckily, a mysterious man intervened, and we survived.”
“Before that mysterious man left, he said that forty years later, there might be a change, but I didn’t expect the change to come so soon.”
Hearing this, the crowd immediately erupted.
“Village Chief, what do we do now?”
“Did that mysterious man leave any method to deal with it?”
Someone asked anxiously.
The old man paused slightly at this, sorrow in his eyes, but more firmness.
“Yes.”
The crowd immediately perked up their ears.
“Mirrors. The mysterious man said that when the change appears, cover all mirrors completely with black cloth.”
“…”
The crowd listened intently, but the village chief stopped there.
They were shocked and suspicious.
“That’s it?”
“That’s it.”
“…”
Everyone fell silent.
Suddenly, someone said, “No wonder the mirror on Old Bridge was covered with black cloth. So that’s how it is.”
The old man nodded. “I had someone cover that mirror. I was planning to do it slowly, but it turns out I was still too slow.”
“Then should we go back now to cover the mirrors?”
Someone said hesitantly. “But… there’s a ghost killing people. Even your grandson and granddaughter-in-law.”
“If we go back now, we might all die.”
Mentioning his grandson and granddaughter-in-law, sorrow thickened in the old man’s eyes.
He was silent for a moment, then waved his hand. “No need to go back. It’s too late. Endure until dawn, and we’ll be safe.”
“Here, it’s temporarily safe.”
“You don’t need to worry.”
The village chief spoke earnestly and confidently.
With these words, the villagers present felt much more at ease.
Villagers kept arriving, but as time passed bit by bit, fewer came, and the intervals grew longer.
“Did you hear that?”
“I heard.”
“This old man definitely knows something.”
“Should we go ask?”
Outside the crowd, at the doorway, three people stood by the door, as if those people couldn’t see them.
No, not as if—they really couldn’t see them.
The three were in a ghost domain.
Ordinary people couldn’t see them.
They had long noticed the villagers’ movements.
From the way they rushed here, they had already guessed they might know something.
“Ask, but they have to be willing to talk.”
Lin Qian stared at the old man.
“The other side isn’t afraid of death.”
“And with his juniors just dead, he’s also a man about to die. The intel we get might not even be accurate.”
“It might even be a trap.”
Fang Shiming stroked his chin. “Among us three, we can’t come up with someone who can spy on memories?”
Ye Zhen also stroked his chin. “Seems like that’s the case.”
Able to spy on others’ memories.
Ye Zhen licked his lips; that ability seemed pretty cool.
Hmm, decided. After this is over, he’ll go find a ghost like that.
“So we just wait?”
According to the old man, they’d be safe by daytime.
But he only said safe, not resolved.
This meant the matter wouldn’t end just because night passed.
“For now, that’s all we can do.” Lin Qian thought about the issues here.
The three hadn’t noticed—or rather, the one who opened the ghost domain hadn’t noticed either—behind them.
Two figures strangely appeared.
They were two people in wedding dresses, hand in hand, with no skin on their bodies.
Their figures flickered, each flicker bringing them closer to the three.
In just two breaths, the two figures appeared behind the three.
But just as the two figures were about to stick to the three.
The three suddenly felt a chill down their spines.
Without hesitation, the three split apart.
Then they turned in a strange pose to look behind.
After seeing clearly what was behind them.
The three were instantly stunned.
“Holy shit!”
Fang Shiming cursed.
But there was no time to think.
At this moment, the three had already been attacked.
Fang Shiming’s skin began to peel off, as if being stripped alive.
Ye Zhen was the same, but the moment he was attacked, the two fierce ghosts were also attacked—by his own attack.
Lin Qian’s whole body flickered once, imperceptibly to the naked eye, dodging this attack.
Fang Shiming turned into dark wind and reappeared, his body restored.
All three had dodged this attack with their own methods.
“Such advanced close-range ability. If not for instinct, we’d really have been successfully sneak attacked.”
Ye Zhen glared angrily at the two skinless fierce ghosts.
“What’s the pattern?”
Fang Shiming stared fixedly at the two ghosts.
Dark wind howled toward them, but he didn’t use ghost pressing human ability.
For fear of hurting Lin Qian by mistake.
Though Lin Qian could evade, it would consume supernatural power.
“Unclear, but the ability is known.”
The two ghosts’ ability was skinning.
That was certain.
“My attack missed.”
Dark wind howled, but passed straight through the two fierce ghosts’ bodies.
No damage to the two ghosts at all.
Again, this situation.
Fang Shiming’s face looked grim.
“We can only attack them after they act.”
Lin Qian quickly determined the situation.
Just now, Ye Zhen had successfully hit them.
“Is that how it is?”
Ye Zhen strode toward the two fierce ghosts.
Lin Qian and Fang Shiming watched quietly.
No intention to act.
The two fierce ghosts stood motionless, their blood-red wedding dresses wrapping skinless, bloody flesh.
They hadn’t triggered these two ghosts’ killing pattern yet.
Ye Zhen reached the fierce ghosts and grabbed out—predictably, his hand passed through.
The two ghosts seemed not to exist in reality.
But the problem was, this place was Lin Qian’s ghost domain!
They had ignored his ghost domain and walked right in.
Ye Zhen withdrew his hand, frowning as he examined the two ghosts.
Then he turned back to the two. “What’s going on? Why hasn’t Ye been attacked yet?”
Fang Shiming and Lin Qian also grew puzzled.
They had been attacked before, so why not now?
What was the killing pattern?
“Just now we were facing away from these two ghosts. Why don’t you try that?”
Lin Qian said.
Hearing this, Ye Zhen decisively turned his back to the two fierce ghosts.
Lin Qian and Fang Shiming waited.
Suddenly, the fierce ghosts moved.
The two men’s eyes lit up.
Were they about to act?
But the next moment, they were stunned.
“What the hell?”
Ye Zhen saw their changing expressions, frowned, and looked back.
Then he was also stunned.
The two fierce ghosts actually turned and left, disappearing into the ghost domain in just a few steps.
“What happened?”
The three stared at the departing fierce ghosts, completely baffled.
No, hadn’t they triggered the killing pattern?
Then what was that earlier attack?
The two ghosts had left them totally clueless.
This place was getting weirder.
Meanwhile, at this time.
Outside the village, where Lin Qian and the others had gotten off earlier.
Five strange people got off at the same spot.
“Following that road leads to the destination?”
A woman with a backpack pushed up her goggles and asked.
“Barring accidents, yes.”
“The ticket seller just said, follow this road straight, no turns, and you’ll reach Da Chan Yatou Village.”
A skinny man with skin and bones rubbed his somewhat blackened neck and said in a hoarse voice.
The man’s neck was purple-black, the skin and flesh irregular, as if someone had been choking it for a long time.
“Five-person mission. If we’re not careful this time, maybe only a few will survive.”
A middle-aged man with a rusty butcher knife at his waist said in a low voice.
“Cut the crap, let’s hurry.”
A young man with a tall hat grinned uglyly: “Survive or not doesn’t matter. Every extra moment is a win.”
The other four glanced at the young man, said nothing, and silently walked off the highway toward the cement small path.
The five quickly headed toward Da Chan Yatou Village.
Passing the ruined temple on the way, the five paid no attention and instead quickened their pace.
“Captain, another five people entering the village. Should we stop them?”
On a mountain, a man with night vision binoculars watched the five on the small path.
“Ordinary people?”
“Uncertain, can’t see clearly from here.”
“But from this side, two of them have very low body temperature.”
“Not normal human levels. Probably not ordinary people.”
“Got it. Let them pass. They might be able to get in.”
“Yes, Captain.”
Deep in the big mountain, a young man narrowed his eyes at the village nearby yet unreachable.
That place was illusory; they simply couldn’t enter.
“This place is getting livelier.”
The young man felt some worry.
Was his city about to be done for?
The heads of three organizations had come here one after another.
And more people after.
From the moment he got the report from below about the strange death, he knew there was a supernatural event here.
And it was highly likely those three had already arrived.
Normally, based on his understanding of those three, this supernatural event wouldn’t require him at all.
Not even worth watching.
But after so long—a day and night—those three hadn’t come out, and the event persisted.
This explained a lot.
This supernatural event was very troublesome.
“Don’t destroy Dachuan City for me!”
The young man looked gravely at the village.
A supernatural event requiring personal action from three big shots—its harm level and terror level were imaginable.
“…”
Beep beep~!
Yang Jian joined the group chat.
Ghost Eye Yang Jian: “What group is this?”
Ghost Eye Yang Jian: “@Wang Xiao Ming:”
Wang Xiao Ming: “Look at the group name.”
Ghost Shouyi Ye Feng: “Yo, isn’t this Yang Jian?”
Ghost Blood Yan Li: “Yang Jian, you’re here too.”
Ghost Staring Lu Lin: “Newcomer? And a headquarters reserve captain, tsk tsk, not bad.”
Melting Ghost Man Xu Zhou: “Didn’t headquarters get wiped out?”
Ghost Fire Li Jun: “Uh… actually, it can still be salvaged.”
Ghost Tattoo Zhang Han: “Yang Jian, how’ve you been?”
Ghost Eye Yang Jian: “Not bad. Occasionally handle a supernatural event, otherwise just resting.”
Ghost Eye Yang Jian: “After headquarters fell, supernatural events seem more frequent. I’ve handled no less than seven or eight this month, highest harm level A-grade.”
Desolate Club President Lin Qian: “Normal. As time passes, supernatural revival will intensify. Eventually, the whole world might be ghosts.”
Melting Man Ghost Xu Zhou: “President, you finished handling things?”
Desolate Club President Lin Qian: “No, the matter’s troublesome. Watching the situation.”
Seeing Lin Qian say it was troublesome, the group immediately erupted.
