blogombal Chapter 31 The Vengeful Ghost of a Crashed Machine
Chapter 31 The Vengeful Ghost of a Crashed Machine
Sun Rui, who had been dead for an unknown number of days, miraculously came back to life.
"What on earth is going on?" Sun Rui stiffly turned his head.
"It feels like there are three vengeful ghosts inside me. Two of them are too calm, almost like they're dead..."
As he moved, large patches of the black substance on his body began to fall off.
His skin was deathly pale, the sallow complexion on his face had disappeared, replaced by an unhealthy pallor, devoid of any color, and the original lividity had vanished.
Sun Rui then realized that he was completely naked.
"Did the vengeful ghost crash inside my body?" Sun Rui carefully sensed the condition of his body.
The next moment, a white mist instantly billowed out, enveloping the entire village.
"This is ghost haze." Sun Rui stared expressionlessly at the grayish-white mist in front of him.
Sun Rui withdrew the ghost haze, then lifted his left foot and vanished from the spot in an instant.
"Is this the ghost realm of the burned ghosts?" He stepped on the black earth and could feel that any place covered by this black substance was under his control.
Sun Rui raised his right hand, and sparks began to fly from the entire black earth. A second later, a raging fire broke out. This time, however, he did not feel the heat wave; in fact, he felt very comfortable.
His body began to become transparent until it disappeared, but upon closer inspection, his reflection could be seen in the flames.
"After using the power of the vengeful spirits twice, there's still no sign of recovery. It seems both vengeful spirits have crashed... Was it Li Qingzhi who did this?" Sun Rui said stiffly.
He could see that the color of the flames was not as deep as before, and was now the same as the normal color of flames. Moreover, the range seemed to be much smaller. He could now only ignite one-third of the original area affected by the burning ghost.
"Moreover, my ghost domain cannot spread to the underground or the sky," Sun Rui analyzed.
When he uses the Ghost Domain, he must come into contact with black soil or supernatural flames, and his flames cannot be conjured out of thin air.
"It seems I'm not controlling the complete Burning Ghost. Then what is Ghost Haze's ability?" Sun Rui released a grayish-white mist that instantly enveloped the entire village. He could sense that this was not his limit.
The fog continued to spread until it covered an area of ten kilometers in radius before stopping.
He could expand the area if he wanted, but he could sense that expanding it further would cause the vengeful ghost, which was in a state of malfunction, to revive.
"The Ghost Haze doesn't have a ghost realm; instead, it possesses an ability similar to illusions," Sun Rui said.
The scene of the top-floor office of the Donghan Building appeared around him. He sat in the chair, quietly looking at everything around him. These could not be considered fake. As long as they were within the range of the ghost haze, they could temporarily become real.
"So that's why I was able to return to that small town from the Republican era?"
Ghost Haze must have replicated Li Maolin's memories before, which is why it felt so real.
He looked at the safe house next to him, and there it was. Sun Rui went up and looked at it carefully. He found that it was very illusory, just a simple illusion, not a real existence. Sure enough, the ironclad rule that evil spirits could not affect gold had not been broken.
Sun Rui withdrew the ghostly haze, and the office beside him gradually disappeared, as if it had never existed.
"The starving ghost incident has broken out, and everyone in the village is dead." When Sun Rui released the ghost haze just now, he realized that there were no living people left in Luoshan Village, only a few bluish-black children and babies, and even a starving ghost that looked like a young man.
Sun Rui recognized that this was a supernatural product of the starving ghost, which was divided into four stages: infant, child, youth, and a fourth stage whose existence was uncertain, because the fourth stage was very likely the source of the starving ghost.
Each stage corresponds to a different pattern of killing: the infant stage kills everyone he sees, the child stage kills everyone he touches, the adolescent stage kills everyone who makes a sound, and the fourth stage kills everyone who inhales the bluish-black haze.
"So now I've become the only target." Sun Rui glanced at the young man with bluish-black skin on his side.
The third-stage hungry ghost slowly approached Sun Rui. The black mud left by the burning ghosts on the ground affected the hungry ghost's ghost domain; otherwise, the third-stage hungry ghost could have reached him in an instant.
"Let me show you my supernatural powers."
The fog rolled in, and Sun Rui's figure disappeared, but his words had repeatedly triggered the killing pattern of the Hungry Ghost, so it was clear that the Hungry Ghost would not let him go so easily.
The hungry ghost's forward-moving body stiffened for a moment, then it turned around and continued walking.
"As expected, it knew my location." The moment Sun Rui released the mist, he used the Ghost Domain to switch locations.
"Then let me show you what fire tastes like."
Flames ignited, but they couldn't set fire to the young, starving ghost's body.
The burning ghost controlled by Sun Rui is different from the furnace fire in the Caesars Hotel. The burning ghost cannot ignite supernatural entities, but it can stimulate the ghost controller to revive the vengeful spirit. The temperature generated by the flames can restrict the vengeful spirit's movements to a certain extent.
The young starving ghost seemed oblivious, stepping onto the flames. The flames shrank slightly, but a bluish-black haze began to emanate from the young man. The supernatural power of the burning ghost had taken effect; this was how the infant-like starving ghost had been dispelled.
"It's too slow. Let me try Ghost Haze's abilities." Sun Rui suddenly thought of something.
As the ghostly haze appeared, Sun Rui immediately used his illusion ability, and the flames suddenly burned even brighter. This was not an illusion, but a real change.
The enhanced flames dispelled the ghostly aura within the youth's body in less than ten seconds, and the youth vanished completely.
"As expected, supernatural phenomena can be superimposed," Sun Rui said.
The simple experiment allowed Sun Rui to master even more terrifying supernatural powers, which was worthwhile. He also wanted to try whether Ghost Haze could simulate other abilities, or even expand the scope of Ghost Domain.
Just then, his satellite phone rang.
When Sun Rui picked it up, he discovered that his satellite phone had many missed calls and messages, all from a week ago.
"I am Sun Rui."
"You're really alive! That's great! How's the situation on your end?" Zhao Jianguo was very excited on the other end of the phone. The command center had just received a message from the mobile phone company, and he immediately tried to make the call. He didn't expect that Sun Rui was really alive.
"Not so good, is there something wrong?" Sun Rui asked.
"Headquarters hopes you can go to Guanjiang Community in Dachang City. If any special circumstances arise, you must protect Professor Wang Xiaoming's safety. There is also another plan that we hope you can cooperate with. This is related to the safety of Dachang City. Oh, I forgot to tell you..." Zhao Jianguo introduced Yang Jian's plan, and his words showed that he had a very high opinion of this ghost tamer.
"I understand. I will try to get there, but Dachang City is not under my jurisdiction. I will protect Professor Wang and ensure his safety. Afterwards, I want two red ghost candles," Sun Rui said.
"One candle, that's the highest I can offer. You'll also have to cooperate with Yang Jian's operation. If the operation succeeds, Professor Wang will give you another one. I've agreed on his behalf," Zhao Jianguo said through gritted teeth. He didn't have enough authority to use two red ghost candles, but if things went smoothly, Wang Xiaoming wouldn't be stingy. He could just owe him one for now.
Sun Rui was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay, I agree."
Since the starving ghost incident has to be resolved anyway, why not take two red ghost candles for free?