Chapter 215: Wang Xiao Ming’s Invention
Xu Zhou and Li Jun’s expressions became serious.
“Xu Zhou, next, we can only rely on you. Li Jun can’t help you.”
“He is the medium.”
Xu Zhou nodded: “Tell me what I need to pay attention to.”
Regarding the Ghost Painting, Xu Zhou knew quite a lot.
At least surviving inside wouldn’t be a problem.
“We will open the door to enter the Ghost Painting from outside. The Ghost Messenger, Starving Ghost, and Ghost Painting inside will briefly form a weird balance.”
“But this balance only lasts fifteen minutes. Once time is up, you must come out.”
“Within these fifteen minutes, you only need to be careful of one ghost.”
“One ghost holding a Coffin Nail.”
Wang Xiao Ming’s expression was serious. “You really need to be careful. As far as I know, so far, no one has escaped after being nailed by a Coffin Nail.”
“Besides the ghost with the Coffin Nail, you need to pay attention as well.”
“After that, you need to find Huang Gang Village inside and bring out Wei Jing from it.”
“After finding Wei Jing, you only have three minutes to head to Headquarters and find Guo Fan’s corpse.”
“The difficulty is a bit high, but there’s a high probability you can complete it. After all, Huang Gang Village might be right at Headquarters.”
Xu Zhou stroked his chin. Professor Wang had said before that there might now be only four ghosts inside the Ghost Painting.
Ghost Painting, Ghost Messenger, Starving Ghost, and one fierce ghost holding a Coffin Nail.
When the door opens, the Ghost Painting, Starving Ghost, and Ghost Messenger will be restricted into a weird balance.
That leaves only one ghost.
That ghost must be very terrifying.
As long as he avoids that ghost, he can basically complete this task.
It sounds quite simple.
But the simpler it sounds, the harder it is to do.
Xu Zhou understood this principle very well.
“It sounds simple, but it’s hard to do.”
“When the door opens, it will open a door inside to leave this place.”
“But you can only open this door at fourteen minutes and forty-nine seconds.”
“You only have ten seconds. If you miss it, it won’t open.”
Xu Zhou was stunned.
Wang Xiao Ming continued to explain, “That door must be turned by you at the same time we turn the door outside for it to open.”
“This is to prevent the ghosts inside from escaping.”
As he spoke, Wang Xiao Ming looked at Li Jun.
Li Jun took out a red door handle.
“This is the Ghost Gate’s handle. As long as this handle is installed on anything, that thing becomes a Ghost Gate.”
“This is also the key item for us to enter the Ghost Painting.”
“To prevent the ghosts inside from escaping, after you go in, we will remove the door handle.”
Hearing this, Xu Zhou understood.
“So, at fourteen minutes and forty-nine seconds, you will reinstall the door handle and briefly open the door’s passage.”
“Right. After ten seconds pass, you won’t be able to get out, and my plan will fail.”
Wang Xiao Ming said with a serious expression.
“Got it.”
Xu Zhou nodded, showing no fear at all.
“Of course, this is under the condition that the mobile phone can’t be used inside. If it can be used, then everything is no problem.”
Wang Xiao Ming said.
If his improved mobile phone could be used inside, coming out wouldn’t be difficult at all.
Although that was the case, he still needed to prepare for the worst.
Wang Xiao Ming looked at Xu Zhou. “The worst outcome is that ghost tailing you, waiting for you to open the door to come out together, or directly nailing you dead and then coming out.”
“If that’s the case, don’t hesitate. Just bring it out with you.”
Hearing this, Xu Zhou’s eyes flashed. “Not afraid of something going wrong?”
“It’s already the worst result. Worst case, we all die here.”
“If that ghost can tail you, it means it has wisdom. Inevitably, it will notice the position you entered from.”
“It will definitely wait there for you to return.”
“Once the door’s position is confirmed, it can’t be changed. You can only exit from where you entered.”
“Ghosts with wisdom are very knowledgeable about supernatural matters.”
“So it will know this clearly.”
Wang Xiao Ming continued:
“When bringing out the fierce ghost, you need to find a way to make it pause for a moment.”
Li Jun suddenly said, “One second. I only need one second to send it back.”
Hearing this, Xu Zhou nodded.
“Of course, this is just the worst result.”
“Supernatural events are unpredictable. You need to act according to the situation.”
“If the mobile phone can connect, then everything will be easy.”
Wang Xiao Ming set a code word. After Xu Zhou heard it, he nodded.
“Remember, if contact is possible, after you say the code word, the door will become openable within three seconds.”
“Got it.”
“Get ready.”
Wang Xiao Ming began introducing equipment to Xu Zhou.
“This is a rope hook, made of gold mixed with special alloy.”
Li Jun picked up something like a repeating crossbow and handed it over.
But it was more compact than a repeating crossbow, looking like a small sniper rifle but in the shape of a repeating crossbow.
“Extremely penetrating power. I referenced sniper rifles from abroad.”
“Fired at a wall, it can instantly penetrate it. Its pulling force can lift five adults.”
“Without a Ghost Domain, this thing can get you to the highest point quickly.”
“Of course, it requires great aim and arm strength.”
Li Jun: “Pull the trigger once to fire, pull again to retrieve.”
“This was originally made by Professor Wang for Ghost Controllers to get close to fierce ghosts, but since most Ghost Controllers probably can’t touch fierce ghosts barehanded, it was shelved.”
Xu Zhou took it and felt its weight. Good grief, nearly thirty pounds.
For ordinary people, this thing is very heavy, but for Ghost Controllers, it’s nothing.
“Right, the recoil might be strong. Be careful with it.”
Li Jun reminded.
Xu Zhou nodded, indicating he understood.
“Body bag, portable. The inner layer is woven from gold cut into threads.”
“Previously, this technology was used to make dragon robes for emperors, but now Professor Wang uses it to make the lining of body bags.”
“This body bag can more effectively isolate supernatural intrusion and leakage than previous ones. Also, due to mixed special materials, this thing is bulletproof.”
“However, impact force can still hurt.”
Li Jun picked up a body bag and said.
The body bag had a metallic sheen, faintly showing threads of golden yellow.
It looked very advanced.
“This is Ghost Bag 2.0. Compared to the previous Ghost Bag that could only hold five ghosts, this one can hold fifteen ghosts.”
“At the same time, it improves the defect of not being able to store Ghost Candles and fierce ghosts together.”
Wang Xiao Ming handed the bag to Xu Zhou. “The bag is layered. Reach in; the upper part is for holding fierce ghosts, larger area. The lower part is for Ghost Candles, relatively smaller, but still can hold one fierce ghost.”
“Ghost Bag 2.0 can theoretically hold up to sixteen fierce ghosts at the limit.”
“But it’s best not to do that, as it can easily damage the Ghost Bag.”
Xu Zhou knew the Ghost Bag was a supernatural item made by Professor Wang using fierce ghost skin.
The first-generation Ghost Bag could only detain five fierce ghosts, and their terror level couldn’t exceed A-grade.
Of course, this is when the fierce ghosts are not dormant. When dormant, it can hold A-grade.
Xu Zhou took the Ghost Bag: “Besides the quantity limit, what about the strength limit?”
Wang Xiao Ming pushed up his glasses, somewhat proud: “It can hold five A-grade fierce ghosts.”
“And dormant ones?” Xu Zhou asked.
“Fifteen.”
Wang Xiao Ming said.
Xu Zhou was secretly shocked. This thing was indeed heaven-defying.
“Give me a bit more time and S-grade fierce ghost skin, and I can improve the Ghost Bag again. Maybe even hold S-grade fierce ghosts.”
Wang Xiao Ming said.
Xu Zhou nodded. “If there’s a chance, I’ll definitely get you one.”
“I only brought you ten Ghost Candles. These are improved ones that can withstand three attacks from S-grade fierce ghosts.”
“But not unavoidable death attacks. Unavoidable death attacks can only be withstood twice.”
“But if the ghost’s supernatural power far exceeds S-grade, it can only withstand once.”
“Also, if you encounter a Ghost Blowing Lamp situation, attacks can’t be avoided. Be careful yourself.”
This version of the Ghost Candle can effectively gauge the level of a fierce ghost’s supernatural strength.
It won’t happen again that an S-grade fierce ghost extinguishes the Ghost Candle in one attack.
Xu Zhou nodded. “I’ll pay attention.”
Then he saw Li Jun take out three dolls.
Extremely old and crudely made dolls.
“Substitute Dolls, not yet complete versions.”
“Make do with them for now.”
“Usage method: Drip your own blood on it.”
“Then pull out the nail from the doll, and it will come alive.”
“Next, just throw the doll on the ground, and it will run away on its own. The ghost will chase after this doll.”
“Before the Substitute Doll loses mobility, you won’t be harmed by the fierce ghost.”
Xu Zhou looked at this doll sewn from rags, with three or four gold nails on its body and button eyes.
His eyes flashed. This thing was a lifesaver.
“I’ve tested it. The Substitute Doll lasts 15 minutes before losing mobility on its own if not caught by a ghost.”
“Pay attention yourself.”
Xu Zhou nodded, took the doll, and put it into the Ghost Bag.
Li Jun handed over the ten Ghost Candles.
Xu Zhou took them all, stored them away, and also put the body bag and hook lock gun into the Ghost Bag.
“Anything else?”
Xu Zhou waited a moment and saw no new items.
He couldn’t help but ask.
Wang Xiao Ming thought for a moment, then looked at Li Jun.
Li Jun nodded and took out an arm-length nail from the Ghost Bag.
The nail’s color was off.
Green, red, white, and black.
The colors distributed across the nail.
“Imitation Coffin Nail, inspired by the Ghost Messenger’s ability.”
“Made by melting seven dormant A-grade fierce ghosts.”
“This means this nail can suppress seven ghosts.”
“But there’s still a gap. To suppress seven ghosts, they all have to be A-grade.”
“But to suppress just one ghost, it can handle S-grade.”
Li Jun handed the Imitation Coffin Nail to Xu Zhou.
“However, this thing probably won’t work much on the Ghost Messenger, Starving Ghost, Ghost Painting, or even the ghost holding the Coffin Nail.”
Wang Xiao Ming reminded.
Xu Zhou took it. “It’s enough. Close enough is fine.”
“Won’t hurt to lose it?”
Wang Xiao Ming smiled. “No, this thing can be mass produced. It’s just very wasteful of fierce ghosts.”
“I don’t plan to continue producing more later.”
“But if there’s a dormant S-grade fierce ghost, it’s not impossible to try improving it.”
Hearing this, Xu Zhou had an idea.
“That’s good.”
As long as he didn’t mind losing it, it was fine.
Though this thing might not work on the ghosts in the Ghost Painting, a nail that can nail an S-grade fierce ghost should still affect those ghosts somewhat.
Not to mention suppression, at least it can delay them.
“Anything else?”
Xu Zhou asked again.
Wang Xiao Ming: “…”
“There is, but you can’t use it.”
Li Jun took out a special piece of clothing, a black windbreaker.
“Made with special techniques, turning a fierce ghost into threads and sewing it.”
“Ye Feng’s arm. A living person wearing it is equivalent to directly controlling a fierce ghost, and it can be taken off anytime.”
“But the drawback is that if a living person wears it too long, they die immediately upon removal.”
“A Ghost Controller wearing it can directly resist fierce ghost attacks.”
“No side effects upon removal.”
“Very useful for ordinary people, but chicken rib for Ghost Controllers.”
Xu Zhou looked at the windbreaker. “This is the supernatural item from that old woman in Taiping Ancient Town, right?”
Wang Xiao Ming nodded. “Yes.”
“Also, there’s a human skin mask.”
“More precisely, a Ghost Skin mask. Made jointly by Ye Feng and Zhang Han.”
“Same effect, but more extreme.”
Li Jun took out a face.
Yes, a face. An extremely eerie but handsome and effeminate face.
“Compared to the windbreaker, this is very dangerous. Ordinary people can’t remove it once worn.”
“Not exactly unremovable. Once worn, removing it means certain death.”
“Even if just put on.”
“Even for Ghost Controllers, it’s troublesome. Once worn, it protects consciousness but binds to it. Removing it is like attacking your own consciousness.”
Xu Zhou’s eyes lit up. “This could be given to some Ghost Controllers without consciousness protection.”
“Besides these drawbacks, any other defects in normal use?”
Wang Xiao Ming shook his head. “No, it’s just for protecting consciousness.”
“No issues in normal times, but that’s a big flaw.”
“In combat, if someone discovers this weakness and removes your mask, you’re dead.”
Xu Zhou nodded. “That’s indeed a big flaw.”
“Right, this thing is a bit picky. Ordinary people wearing it control a ghost and can use supernatural powers, but Ghost Controllers wearing it can’t use this ghost’s supernatural powers.”
“I’ve researched it, can’t change this characteristic.”
Wang Xiao Ming continued:
“The item is chicken rib. There are some others, but you probably won’t use them.”
Most of his research items were for weaker Ghost Controllers and ordinary people.
Not very practical for anomalies.
Xu Zhou could tell that the things Professor Wang gave him were all usable.
The ones not given were basically useless chicken ribs for him.
Though chicken ribs, if these spread out, they would be fought over by many Ghost Controllers and ordinary people.
Chicken ribs for them, but not for others.
“That’s it then. It’s enough. Facing a terrifying ghost, bringing more things still means death.”
Li Jun put the items away.
Wang Xiao Ming knew the situation too.
“Get prepared. In one hour, enter the Ghost Painting.”
