Chapter 172: The Pursuing Infant
“After… life.”
“You… that… thing… do… you… want…”
A lifeless voice sounded, like a robot stiffly reading an article, but because it was somewhat anthropomorphic, it sounded extremely eerie.
Compared to a robot’s voice, it was more like a dead person speaking.
Listening to this eerie voice, Lin Qian felt uncomfortable all over.
At the same time, he also felt his throat itching a bit.
Something seemed to be flowing out from inside his ears.
Lin Qian suddenly realized that he had been attacked.
His throat itched, and by the time he noticed, his throat had already begun to rot, with a large hole rotting open.
The thing flowing from his ears was undoubtedly blood, and possibly even tainted blood.
Lin Qian reached out to touch his throat and ears, and sure enough, it was exactly as he thought.
The next moment, the injury instantly recovered.
Lin Qian narrowed his eyes slightly.
He kicked the nearby meatball away with one foot.
The meatball shot towards the fierce ghost carrying the things.
But just as the meatball was about to touch the fierce ghost, it eerily paused, then circled around and directly fell into the boiling pot.
The moment the meatball entered the pot, Lin Qian immediately felt a scorching heat.
“Hehe, so that’s how it is.”
His body flickered rapidly.
“Medium.”
The moment a scorching heat appeared on him, he knew what the situation was.
His body tissue, the moment it fell into the pot, produced a medium.
Killer ghost, evading all supernatural attacks.
Lin Qian stepped forward.
He walked out of the door.
The vendor wearing a conical hat slowly lowered the things he was carrying at this moment.
And at this moment, the surroundings visibly turned eerie green.
The scene shifted, and the vendor who had just put down his things was now standing in front of a small stall.
The big pot in front of him was steaming, bubbling inside.
Vaguely, meatballs could be seen floating.
But one of the meatballs was different; this meatball seemed to still be raw.
Next to the stall, there was a small table that could seat four people.
The table was old and looked very dirty.
Four wooden stools, also looking very worn.
They seemed to have been used for a long time.
Lin Qian watched this scene, his gaze flickering slightly.
Had he triggered the fierce ghost’s second killing pattern?
This was the third ghost he had encountered so far.
And this ghost seemed to be connected to the previous one.
Lin Qian exhaled, whatever, deal with it directly, then he’d know this ghost’s killing pattern.
“…”
“Strange, why are these ghosts starting to rush towards one place?”
Fang Shiming, holding a red candle, watched the figures occasionally passing by the edge of the candlelight.
There were too many ghosts here.
Along the way, he had already encountered no less than a dozen.
One street, full of ghosts everywhere.
“Someone lit a white ghost candle?”
Fang Shiming guessed.
“Ye Zhen or Lin Qian?”
Fang Shiming quickened his pace.
This was a dim street, but both sides were brightly lit.
Shops, stores, brothels, inns, all open for business.
On the street, “pedestrians” crossed paths.
Clop clop clop~!
Suddenly, the sound of hooves rang out beside him.
Hooves clopping, Fang Shiming turned his head to look.
A paper horse was being ridden by a groom in red and white clothes.
The groom was strange, his clothes half red and half white.
Even the big flower on his chest was the same.
The paper horse was the same.
Such a bizarre scene was somewhat creepy no matter what.
“Red and white…”
Fang Shiming paused slightly, planning to let this procession go first.
He even stepped aside a bit.
The candle in his hand burned steadily, meaning that so far, he hadn’t triggered any ghost’s killing pattern here.
As he stepped aside, the procession seemed to move a bit faster.
The eerie groom rode the eerie paper horse past.
The procession behind was equally strange, all paper figures, and all half red and half white in appearance.
Fang Shiming narrowed his eyes slightly; this procession gave him a very ominous feeling.
Very dangerous.
He stepped aside further on the road.
Watching the procession gradually enter the darkness.
“This place is getting more and more dangerous.”
As the black cloth on the mirror was removed, all the fierce ghosts here seemed to become active.
Moreover, they appeared in the same place.
Fang Shiming could hardly imagine what would happen if the ghosts here were released.
Once the procession was far away and completely disappeared.
Fang Shiming continued forward.
He planned to follow those fierce ghosts and see where they were going.
“…”
“Trouble, the ghosts here seem to have all gathered together.”
Starlight converged.
Looking at those figures walking out of rooms, onto roads, and towards the street.
Liu Ping’s expression was somewhat grave.
Too many ghosts.
Finish one and another comes immediately, or even seven or eight at once.
So far, he had dealt with nearly twenty ghosts.
All turned into debts for him.
Though it was a drop in the bucket, better than nothing.
Liu Ping stroked his chin, ignoring the fierce ghost passing by him bringing a foul stench.
“Find Lin Qian first; he has restart, ensuring that even if he encounters a ghost with restart, he won’t be held back.”
Liu Ping’s idea was simple; though Ye Zhen and Fang Shiming were very strong, Lin Qian’s abilities were more comprehensive.
Escape, survival, assassination, almost omnipotent.
Especially that ghost on him that was always suppressed.
That thing was unreasonably strong.
“I will reach Lin Qian’s side.”
Liu Ping said in a low voice.
The next moment, his figure slowly disappeared.
At the same time.
The stone door suddenly collapsed.
Terrifying supernatural forces vented out.
A bloody skinless hand stretched out from the darkness.
This seemed to be a ghost’s arm.
But eerily, visibly, this arm rapidly grew flesh and skin.
Then, a figure walked out.
Holding a twisted, maimed old man by the head like a twist.
Cough cough~!
A large mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments was spat out.
“Hehe…”
A cold laugh sounded.
The figure looked up, “Interesting.”
He looked down at the old man in his hand.
“Step on shadow and die, not bad, this ability is mine now.”
Ye Zhen forcibly controlled the terrifying fierce ghost in his hand.
The next moment, he possessed all of this fierce ghost’s abilities.
Ye Zhen strode out and looked up.
At this moment, in the graveyard, a grave suddenly collapsed.
The tombstone directly shattered and fell.
A hand suddenly emerged from the collapsed grave.
Immediately after, a cyan-blue flash passed.
Then, Ye Zhen abruptly appeared in the collapsed grave.
He looked around; this was a graveyard.
Eerie yin energy, mist drifting among the graves.
“Inside the grave.”
He seemed to be inside the mountain.
He saw lights.
“Town.”
Ye Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly.
“So, the source is inside the town?”
Ye Zhen exhaled, whatever, charge down directly, find the source, and smash it with two fists!
Just as he was about to leave.
Eerie sounds suddenly rang out around him.
Ye Zhen turned back sharply, and the next moment, his expression turned serious.
Behind him, between graves, a red-and-white figure stood gracefully.
Half red half white wedding dress, eye-catching and vivid.
Ye Zhen stared at this ghost; this ghost gave him a very terrifying feeling.
Or rather, none of the ghosts here failed to terrify him.
Perfect chance to test the newly acquired ability.
Ye Zhen thought so.
Ghost domain suddenly opened, and the entire graveyard lit up abruptly at this moment.
Shadow appeared.
The eerie bride’s shadow stretched long, directly reaching his feet.
Ye Zhen didn’t hesitate, stepping down directly.
Crash~!
The stall was kicked over directly.
Lin Qian grabbed the conical hat-wearing vendor fierce ghost by the neck.
Scalding soup spilled all over the ground.
Dozens of meatballs rolled onto the ground.
Lin Qian coldly looked at the fierce ghost in his hand.
Terrifying supernatural forces invaded in reverse.
The ghost was trying to take him down.
Simply outrageous!
Instant suppression.
Ghost domain instantly disappeared, and at the same time Lin Qian’s ghost domain opened.
An old opera stage appeared.
Lin Qian directly threw this fierce ghost into the opera stage.
Then the ghost domain retracted, and the opera stage disappeared accordingly.
One fierce ghost acquired.
The old antique’s inventory was truly terrifying.
After the fierce ghost disappeared.
Those meatballs visibly began to rot, including the one that was still raw.
Lin Qian’s body flickered suddenly.
Abruptly, he looked towards the rotting meatballs.
“After detaining this ghost, it can still attack once more, truly insidious.”
The meatballs rotted quickly, soon turning into a puddle of rot.
At the same time, the things the ghost was carrying slowly began to disappear.
Seeing this, Lin Qian narrowed his eyes slightly.
“Interesting, these two ghosts can be combined.”
Lin Qian turned and looked ahead.
A few kilometers ahead, a town was brightly lit.
A few kilometers outside this village was a town?
Why hadn’t he noticed it before?
When did it appear?
Lin Qian stroked his chin.
Honestly, they still hadn’t seen the source yet.
Whatever, go check it out first.
The source might be inside the town.
Lin Qian’s figure disappeared rapidly, and at the same time a snow-white ghost domain shot towards the town.
The ghost domain seemed unstoppable.
But just as it was about to reach the town.
Lin Qian suddenly appeared in the air.
By the time he reacted, he was already falling.
“What happened?”
“Ghost domain suppressed?”
The sensation of falling from high altitude struck again.
Lin Qian directly activated supernatural forces, instantly stepping onto the ground.
“Can’t use ghost domain inside the town?”
Lin Qian stood at the town entrance, looking up at the plaque.
There were three twisted, bloodstained large characters above.
Huítóu Town.
What kind of godforsaken name was this?
But before Lin Qian could think about what kind of name it was.
His back suddenly sank.
Lin Qian turned back sharply, and a ferocious child’s face met his gaze directly.
“Fuck!”
Lin Qian cursed loudly, his forehead ghost eye instantly opening.
In an instant, this ghost face, along with the entire head, disappeared directly.
At the same time, supernatural forces crashed directly.
Thud~!
A dried baby corpse fell to the ground.
Headless.
Supernatural forces crashed directly.
Lin Qian swallowed, the ghost eye quickly closing.
At the same time, he quickly substituted out the remaining supernatural forces on his body.
“Damn! You triggered my stress response.”
Lin Qian exhaled, reaching to pick up the headless baby corpse, planning to throw it into the opera stage.
But suddenly, Lin Qian paused.
He looked around, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.
“No way, did I crash into a ghost infant nest?”
At the town entrance, Lin Qian held the headless dried baby corpse.
And around him, from all directions, dried bodies but with fleshy heads and ferocious expressions, big-headed infants crawled out.
Lin Qian swallowed, a bad feeling arising.
Sure enough, he suddenly felt his hand loosen.
When he looked, the headless corpse in his hand had turned into mist and disappeared.
And at that moment, countless ghost infants suddenly wailed and cried shrilly.
Then, they pounced directly towards Lin Qian.
“Damn!”
Lin Qian cursed inwardly, turning to run without hesitation.
All derivative ghosts, killing as many as possible was useless unless the source was found.
But with so many ghosts, how to find the source?
Lin Qian ran, fierce ghosts chased.
Thus, a bizarre scene appeared.
Dozens or hundreds of ghost infants crawled into the town at extremely eerie speeds and postures, chasing a young person.
The young person fled in panic, while rummaging in his pocket for something.
Soon, the young person seemed to find what he wanted.
It was a candle, a red candle.
With almost no hesitation, he lit it.
The moment the candle was lit, it flared up instantly and then went out.
Lin Qian saw this and was stunned.
“Holy shit?”
The candle went out directly.
This meant that the moment he lit the candle, he was instantly attacked by a fierce ghost.
But the question was, before lighting the candle, he hadn’t been attacked.
Could it be that candles can’t be lit here?
Lin Qian leaped while running, instantly appearing on a rooftop, then sprinting across the rooftops.
“Trouble.”
From above, Lin Qian saw many fierce ghosts rushing towards one place.
“Ghost Blowing Lamp?”
He had encountered this kind of ghost before.
If so, then here, basically couldn’t light ghost candles to avoid fierce ghost attacks.
The eerie crying sounds still followed closely behind.
Ghost infants still chasing.
“Damn, really troublesome.”
If he could open ghost domain, he could instantly take out these derivative ghosts.
And find the source.
But the problem was no ghost domain.
His ghost domain was suppressed dead tight, even wanting to use the ability of the substitute ghost to open ghost domain was impossible.
This town had almost unsolvable suppression on ghost domains.
Had to think of a way.
Lin Qian’s mind raced.
Soon, he saw a standalone courtyard.
Without hesitation, his figure turned into a shadow, directly merging into the building.
The shadow moved rapidly across the building, then directly entered that courtyard.
The moment he entered the courtyard, Lin Qian knocked on the room door.
Knock knock~! Knock knock~!
Instantly, terrifying supernatural forces covered the room door and even the courtyard walls.
