Chapter 158: Strange County, Figures in the Ashes
Chapter 158: Strange County, Figures in the Ashes
After thoroughly studying the changes that the rotten meat ghost would bring to the starving ghost, Zhang Hao began to take action.
The ghost catcher's ability began to suppress the evil spirits around him indiscriminately.
On Zhang Hao's body, pieces of flesh and blood fell down and formed strange babies.
These flesh and blood are basically ghost babies condensed from the three evil ghosts in Zhang Hao's body.
Putting aside their degree of terror, each of these ghost babies has reached the lower limit of the captain level.
And this is just the lower limit. After all, when a ghost baby uses supernatural powers, there is no need to worry about the risks and problems of evil spirits reviving.
Getting three ghost babies of less terrifying evil spirits is the lowest limit for a captain. Getting a ghost baby of a more terrifying level, if it appears in reality, is already an S-level supernatural event.
With Zhang Hao's range suppression, these ghost babies began to devour the evil spirits in the village without any scruples.
While Zhang Hao was studying the cultivation of ghost babies, in the direction of another city.
At this time, a derivative individual of Zhang Hao also came here.
At this time, Zhang Hao was standing on a somewhat shabby platform that seemed to have been abandoned.
He was waiting for the haunted bus. Zhang Hao had now found the red bed, red cloth, and red candlesticks.
But there is still one last thing missing to complete the puzzle of all the red rooms: a groom's doll.
That thing is located deep in the supernatural land, and even Zhang Hao has to use the supernatural bus to get there.
Waiting for the bus didn't take Zhang Hao much time.
After acquiring the ability of foresight, he had already previewed every action he took countless times in his mind.
Through his predictive ability, Zhang Hao has determined that this is where the bus will stop next.
Sure enough, five minutes later, an old bus suddenly appeared at the end of this almost deserted road.
After the bus entered reality, it drove straight towards where Zhang Hao was.
The haunted bus is a special supernatural object created during the Republic of China period.
This bus will continue to travel through various mysterious places.
But as long as it is something related to the supernatural, there is always the possibility of it getting out of control.
The haunted bus got out of control because of two things: it stalled and occasionally entered the real world.
The bus stops had clearly been set up by the seven elders, but the haunted bus would always make a cognitive error every one or two days.
When it passes by some real-world platforms, it will mistake these real-world platforms for its own stations and stop there, thus allowing some evil spirits in supernatural places to enter reality.
"Now that we're in reality, do any of you want to get off the bus? How about forming a team together?"
On the bus, a man looked at the street lights outside and shouted to the others behind him.
He stayed in the bus for a long time, and the evil spirits were temporarily paralyzed by the suppression of the haunted bus.
But after all, he has been out of touch with reality for too long, and now he is unable to confirm the actual situation, so when he leaves, he wants to find a temporary team.
After all, the captains at the headquarters did not have a good attitude towards these ghost riders who got off the bus.
Even if the evil spirits were dead, they would still be in a lot of danger facing these captains.
"Not this time, I'm still a little short. If I get off tomorrow, I can team up with you."
In the back seat of the bus, a man with a pale face and a cold aura spoke in a deep voice.
"Don't talk for now, just look ahead."
At this time, at the front seat of the bus, a ghost rider pointed at the platform ahead and spoke.
His voice attracted everyone's attention, and everyone looked in unison in the direction of the platform ahead.
A man wearing white mourning clothes, a face covering, and a pale complexion, without a trace of blood, was standing on the platform in front.
"Judging from the situation nearby, this platform should have been abandoned in the real world."
"You should have noticed from where we just came that this is an old city area, and a long section of the road has been torn down and is being repaved."
A ghost rider who was always paying attention to the surrounding situation said in a deep voice.
"Under these circumstances, the road is clearly not suitable for the normal passage of buses."
"However, under such circumstances, this person was actually waiting for the train at this platform, and he was dressed so strangely."
He didn't finish his words, but everyone on the bus undoubtedly knew what the other person was thinking.
This is a ghost! And judging from its attire, it is obviously an extremely terrifying ghost.
Although the ghost did not show any supernatural powers, just looking at it was convincing, even with the bus separating us.
Some ghost riders who have strong observation skills due to the influence of evil spirits have begun to show abnormalities in their bodies.
They had a hunch that if they continued watching like this, even with the haunted bus, something extremely dangerous would most likely happen.
Moreover, next to the ghost, even though it had not yet displayed any supernatural powers, the surrounding environment could not help but have a somewhat weird feeling.
"I, I remember now, that ghost is the White Demon from the Red and White Demons."
Suddenly, a ghost rider stood up from his seat and looked at the evil ghost on the platform in front of him with extreme horror.
"The Red and White Devils? Aren't they made up of the Ghost Bride and the Weeping Grave Ghost? Now there's only one ghost."
Some people had expressions of astonishment on their faces. They were certainly familiar with the names of the Red and White Devils.
"That's true. Generally speaking, the Red and White Devils will never leave each other's side." The man said in a deep voice.
"It is also because of this reason that I didn't recognize it right away. This thing is the White Demon from the Red and White Demons."
"But when I was at the headquarters, I read about the Red and White Devils, and the White Devils were wearing something like this."
Perhaps it was because he encountered such a dangerous and evil ghost that the ghost rider's words became a little urgent.
"And look at his pale skin. That's because Baisha's body has no color."
"Although the environment around the ghost is not obvious, I think you should have noticed it."
"Where the ghost stood, everything around him looked older and darker than anywhere else."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked towards the red and white evil spirits in front of them.
The facts are similar to what the man just said. There is indeed an older feeling near the place where Bai Sha is standing.
While everyone was talking, the bus quickly arrived in front of the booth.
The car door opened, and a cold wind rushed in from outside the car, followed by a chilly breath.
The evil ghost hadn't boarded the bus yet, just as the bus door opened, everyone could already feel the evil ghost in their bodies falling into silence.
This kind of silence is not the silence that comes from being on a bus and suppressing evil spirits.
This kind of silence is more like the silence that a ghost feels when it encounters its natural enemy, unable to resist and wanting to escape.
The evil spirits in their bodies instinctively retracted their spiritual aura to avoid being noticed by the ghost.
At this moment, the horrible evil ghosts in the ghost handlers' bodies were like frightened lambs, and a strong sense of uneasiness was transmitted from their bodies into the minds of these ghost handlers.
"Crench!"
As the haunted bus came to a complete stop, the pale ghost in front slowly walked towards the bus.
The footsteps of evil spirits seemed to echo in the hearts of these ghost riders at this moment. Each step, which was almost identical in intervals, seemed dull and depressing.
Some brave ghost riders, feeling extremely uneasy, looked at the other ghost riders and evil spirits on the bus.
He was surprised to find that not only the ghost rider, but even the evil ghosts on the bus completely lost their movements when the ghost got on the bus.
Although these evil spirits will be suppressed and will not attack people after getting on the bus, that is only true when the bus is moving.
When the bus stops at the station, these evil spirits will also take certain actions, but they will not kill people.
However, at this time, even these evil spirits seemed to be instinctively afraid of Bai Sha.
"What kind of a thing is this that even ghosts are afraid of?"
Under the fearful, cautious, or upright gazes of all the ghost handlers, the evil ghost walked to the front door of the bus.
"tread!"
Along with the heavy sound of footsteps on the bus, a cold atmosphere spread throughout the car.
The moment the ghost walked onto the bus, even the lights inside the bus seemed to dim a little.
"Beep! Beep! Beep!" As the evil ghost walked onto the bus, the passenger display board inside the bus made a beeping sound.
Before the evil ghost got on the bus, there were seven evil ghosts on the bus. However, after the evil ghost got on the bus, the number on the passenger board began to rise sharply.
"Eight! Nine! Ten! Fifteen, twenty, thirty"
The number of passengers on the bus continued to rise to thirty-six, but this seemed to be just the limit of the display card, not the limit of the number of evil spirits represented by this ghost.
In the bus's perception, this ghost has obviously surpassed the thirty-six evil ghost passengers.
The beeping sound continued to be heard from the display board, and every time the beeping sound was heard, the number on the display board would flash once.
However, the number above has been fixed at thirty-six.
The bus seemed to have some kind of confrontation with the ghost. After Bai Sha got on the bus, he stared at the passenger display board without moving.
It was not until five minutes later, when the bus was about to depart, that the number of evil spirits on the passenger display board changed.
The number thirty-six kept decreasing and soon dropped to eight.
"Did Baisha lose?"
Some people were curious. They looked at the seat where Bai Sha was carefully, but dared not move, for fear that any noise would make Bai Sha aware of their presence.
In fact, Zhang Hao certainly did not lose.
He had deliberately stopped at the bus door before, and just now he was just trying to figure out why the bus made such a judgment about him.
At first, Zhang Hao thought it was because he had eaten too many evil spirits.
However, Zhang Hao used his foresight and did not notice this situation. No matter how many evil spirits he had eaten, as long as they were not out of body, it would not affect his judgment of the bus.
The main reason that really affected the bus's judgment was actually because Zhang Hao superimposed countless periods of himself into the same individual.
This resulted in that when the bus checked the number of passengers, the supernatural power was shared by countless Zhang Haos, so naturally the bus mistook Zhang Hao for countless people.
The reason why Zhang Hao stopped at the bus door was very obvious and simple, because he needed to recover his own spiritual power.
The bus indicates that the number of passengers exceeds the carrying capacity, which will cause the bus to actively recover.
This matter was the information Zhang Hao obtained from one of the predicted futures when he just had the foresight.
Zhang Hao was sitting in his seat at this time, and did not pay attention to the thoughts of the ghost riders behind him.
After the bus's passenger display board returned to normal, it resumed normal operation.
The bus kept traveling, passing by one haunted place after another.
Zhang Hao's calmness also made the several ghost riders behind him breathe a sigh of relief.
At least Bai Sha has not ignored the rules of the bus and started killing people, which is a good thing for them.
While everyone was thinking different things, the scenery outside the car window changed again.
Before anyone knew it, the haunted bus had already entered a county town.
This county town looks like a very ordinary small county town, but it reveals something unusual.
Because it was too quiet, there was no one on the streets or roads. It was empty, like a dead city.
Moreover, the architectural style of this county town does not look modern at all, but rather looks like the style of the 1980s and 1990s.
However, the street lights were on in the deserted county town, and some shop signs also had lights on. The streets were clean and tidy, without any overgrown weeds, and were obviously well maintained.
But if no one lived here, this small county town would not be so intact, so the integrity of the county town is the biggest anomaly.
After the county town appeared, Zhang Hao raised his head, attracting everyone's attention.
"Is this place Bai Sha's destination? This ghost thing is finally leaving."
When everyone saw Zhang Hao raise his head and look at the scene outside the county town, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
However, as the bus continued to move towards the county town, their expressions quickly changed.
The platform location appeared.
It was at a street intersection.
The intersection is wide and well-connected, connecting the county town.
What is even more incredible is that there is an old copper basin placed in the middle of this intersection.
The copper basin was filled with paper ashes, as if someone had burned paper at this intersection before to commemorate the dead souls.
The ashes were still fresh, as if something had burned on them just before, and there was some unburned yellow paper nearby.
"Yellow paper, gray paper"
Everyone stared at Zhang Hao at the same time.
Whether it is yellow paper or paper ash, according to the information known to everyone, they are both closely related to the Red and White Devils.
The ghost den of Hongsha is a ghost den painted by ghosts, a gray ghost den with paper ashes constantly falling.
There is a special kind of paper money called Hebaisha, which will turn into ashes when burned.
Moreover, Baisha's image is that of an evil ghost in mourning clothes, which is obviously closely related to the concept of dead soul.
As everyone was waiting anxiously, the bus arrived at the station and stopped steadily at the intersection.
The car door suddenly opened.
Something unusual suddenly happened at the intersection. A cold wind suddenly arose and swept around.
The paper ashes in the copper basin placed in the middle of the road were blown all over the sky, and the air was filled with a burnt smell.
Moreover, there were still a lot of unburned yellow papers left in the copper basin.
These yellow papers were flying all over the sky, lingering at this intersection and never leaving. It seemed very unusual, as if someone was standing there scattering these yellow papers.
After the bus arrived at the station, Zhang Hao stood up and walked towards the back door of the car.
While walking, Zhang Hao was also looking at the ghost rider in the bus.
However, he did not attack these ghost riders in the end, but got off the bus directly.
Zhang Hao had just got off the bus when the gray-black paper ash outside the bus spread towards him.
A strange knocking sound was heard near the copper basin, and a figure covered in black paper ash was vaguely standing next to the copper basin, and seemed to be approaching it.
Black paper ashes had invaded the carriage and were blown all over the floor, and the burning smell became stronger.
But at this moment, some invisible supernatural power came into play. Although the gray-black paper ashes still remained floating in the air, no new paper ashes were floating up.
As Zhang Hao stepped forward, a gray-black figure completely revealed itself near the copper basin.
This is a figure covered in paper ash, the figure is a little blurry, as if it does not exist in reality.
After Zhang Hao got out of the car and used the mindless spiritual suppression to suppress it, the ghost disappeared on the spot not long after it was exposed.
"Is it a reboot? Or some kind of paranormal phenomenon?"
Inside the bus, the ghost riders looked at this scene with some surprise.
They were surprised that the moment Baisha got off the bus, they suppressed the supernatural phenomena outside the bus.
At the same time, he was also surprised that this evil ghost suppressed by Bai Sha actually disappeared.
Zhang Hao looked at the direction where the evil ghost disappeared, his face still remaining calm.
He walked forward calmly, approached the copper basin, and picked up the thing.
This is a copper basin specially used for burning paper money. It is of some help to Zhang Hao. At least it is the one thing missing in the funeral series.
With this thing, the paper copper coins that Zhang Hao has not used for a long time may have a second chance to be developed and used by Zhang Hao.
But before that, we need to find the source of these yellow papers.
These yellow papers and paper coins exist in a similar way and can both be burned as ghost money.
Perhaps the two sides can be considered as complementary pieces of a puzzle.
Yellow paper can make a living person temporarily enter the state of the living dead, but its effect on evil spirits is currently unknown.
Paper coins can erode other people's vitality and leave nails in other people's dens to fix them.
Once these two things are combined, perhaps some miraculous effects can be achieved.
(End of this chapter)