I become a god in another world

Chapter 44 Follow the ghost
Chapter 44

Time passed little by little, and it quickly became dark.

Zhao Fusheng once again forced open a tightly closed door. Under the malicious gazes of the people in the room, which were mixed with shock and anger, she glanced at the scene in the room, and then she heard the familiar sound of gongs.

'clang--'

'clang--'

'clang--'
"Come for dinner." The sound of the gong broke the tranquility of the ghost realm, and Liu Yizhen shouted at the same time:

"Come for dinner."

Zhao Fusheng couldn't tell for a moment whether he was shouting for the survivors or the ghosts.

When the time for giving comes, it means that the time for evil ghosts to hunt is coming.

When the trembling survivors in the room heard this, they were startled for a moment, then their eyes showed despair, and their bodies trembled non-stop.

After a while, he jumped up again, as if he was afraid of being left behind, and rushed out of the house.

Zhao Fusheng also walked onto the street with a disappointed sigh.

She had learned nothing today except to find out the rules of the road here. She could only wait for the opportunity when the ghost went out in the evening.

The streets that were deserted during the day began to appear one after another. People who had been hiding for a day and night rushed out of the house as if they were letting out the wind. They barely took a breath, filled their stomachs, and stayed alive with a bowl of gruel.

These people still don't know that they have been on the "list" of the evil ghosts, and sooner or later they will be killed by the evil ghosts. They are still coveting for life, perhaps imagining that one day the imperial court's Demon Suppressing Division will rescue this place.

Zhao Fusheng couldn't help but frowned when he thought of this.

In front of the Confucius Temple, many people were already standing sparsely. In the alleyway in the distance, there were still many people coming quickly.

A large cauldron was once again placed on the stone table in front of the temple. The cauldron was filled with clear porridge. Liu Yizhen, holding a large spoon, stood in front of the cauldron. The book of names was placed quietly on his right side.

"Come for dinner."

Liu Yizhen shouted again.

Everyone ran fast when they heard the sound of "dinner", but when they got closer, everyone knew who was in the front, and who might be the last bowl of rice to eat.

Therefore, the scene at the beginning before giving alms last night happened again. No one wanted to be the first person to accept alms.

"Ugh--"

Liu Yizhen had a helpless and troubled look on his face. He sighed and put down his spoon again, preparing to get the roster.

At this moment, Zhao Fusheng stepped out from the crowd:

"Get me some food first."

She is the commander of the Demon Suppression Department, and she came here to solve the ghost trouble. After all, running away will not solve the problem.

What's more, she has basically understood Li Gui's killing rules, and any further evasion and delay will only increase casualties.

She is already on the list, and sooner or later she will not be able to escape the murderous ghost, so why spend more time here and watch more innocent people die?
Zhao Fusheng's appearance made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and many people showed ecstasy and joy on their faces.

Liu Yizhen was stunned for a moment, and the hand holding the spoon hesitated:

"you--"

He already knew Zhao Fusheng's identity and why she came here.

But he had explained the reason to Zhao Fusheng. If she was smart, she would know to hide here and wait for the chance of survival.

Do you think you have ghosts to control you when you come forward at this time, and you don't know how high the sky is?Or are you showing useless kindness in an attempt to save souls?

"You also know, this ghost-" He frowned and persuaded, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhao Fusheng:

"fine."

She has made up her mind.

Zhao Fusheng was not a person who hesitated. Once she made a decision, she lost her previous hesitation.

Seeing that Liu Yizhen hesitated and didn't move, she calmly took out a bowl from the side and handed it to him:

"Let's get some food, I'm from the Demon Suppression Department, and I'm here to solve the ghost trouble."

Of course, her purpose is not entirely to sacrifice herself for justice.

The list of gods once reminded her: support justice and rebuild hell.

Whether it is to rebuild hell or restart the list of gods, merit points are required.

And where does this merit value come from?Naturally, it depends on completing the case.

When she was in the Demon Suppression Division, she solved the evil ghosts of the Zhao family and his wife and finally earned 1 point of merit. Zhao Fusheng speculated afterwards whether the amount of merit was fixed.

If it is fixed, then the ghost case is dangerous and terrifying, and the effort and reward are obviously inconsistent.

Moreover, it takes a full 100 merits to open the first divine position on the list of gods. If she wants to open the divine position, she needs to complete 100 cases - in the meantime, she may be affected by ghosts because of using the power of ghosts, which requires a certain amount of merit. Worth suppressing the evil spirits.

In this way, Zhao Fusheng speculated that the merit points obtained after each ghost case was solved were not fixed.

But if it is not a fixed value reward, then is the value of this merit linked to the size of the ghost disaster and the number of lives saved?

This is just like my part-time job performance in my previous life——

But everything is her guess, and the final result needs to be verified by her personally. Now is a good time.

Naturally, Liu Yizhen didn't know what was going on in her mind, but when he heard her say this, the young man's eyes looked a little strange.

After a while, he looked deeply at Zhao Fusheng and moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he did not make any sound.

Zhao Fusheng was not interested in what he was thinking. When he saw him putting the spoon into the pot, he couldn't help but tell him:
"Get something dry. I'm hungry. Give me an extra bowl."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at the people around him:
"I'll be the first to eat. I'll eat more. Is that fair?"

No one around dared to speak out.

"..."

Liu Yizhen's mouth twitched, and he silently prepared rice and handed it to her. She drank two bowls in a row, finally appeasing her hungry stomach.

While eating porridge, she suddenly thought of the old woman who set up a stall selling soup before entering the begging alley.

The old woman's soup also smelled delicious. If she could solve this evil problem, she would definitely have a full meal after she went out - the old woman said she would treat her to a meal.

She finished the porridge in the bowl in a few seconds, put the bowl aside, and turned away with Liu Yizhen's complicated and worried expression.

By wandering around and searching for paths during the day, Zhao Fusheng almost memorized the houses in Beggar Alley.

Some of these houses have been artificially modified - not everyone is sitting still and waiting for death when faced with the attacks of evil spirits, and some people are trying to find ways to fight back.

In some of the few houses she searched, pits were dug and traps made.

Unfortunately, the ghosts are so ferocious that these traps did not trap the ghosts. On the contrary, the people targeted by the ghosts still had to die.

Although the predecessors proved at the cost of blood that traps cannot catch ghosts, the houses they left behind have still become popular places.

When Zhao Fusheng was walking around during the day, he discovered that no matter whether someone had died in these houses or not, there were always people hiding in them.

At this time, the advantage of drinking porridge first was quickly revealed.

The directions of several houses appeared in Zhao Fusheng's mind, he walked straight towards them and quickly selected one to hide.

A hole about two feet deep was dug at the entrance of the house she chose, and several sharpened bamboo thorns were inserted into it.

There was a thick layer of dark brown blood scab accumulated under the trap, exuding an unpleasant odor.

When Zhao Fusheng pushed the door open, he carefully avoided the deep pit and jumped into the house.

Although she had experienced last night's fright, she knew that Li Gui's body was somewhere between tangible and intangible, but she still couldn't help but find a wooden stick to hold the door tightly, and after retracting into the corner, she was ready to start counting her things.

Even though he was mentally prepared to face the evil ghost tonight, Zhao Fusheng was still a little uneasy when it came to the end.

She had just been reborn and didn't have many belongings with her.

A roll of human skin paper, a box of lamp oil, and a half-finished ghost lantern were life-saving items taken from the paper man Zhang.

In addition, there is also a soul book.

As Fan Bisheng said, being in the Book of Souls and Fates, from a certain perspective, is equivalent to 'selling' himself to the ghost controlled by Jia Yi and becoming one of his ghost clones.

"I hope you will protect your own interests and don't give up easily."

Zhao Fusheng held the soul book and talked to himself.

At this time, the ghost spells in the soul book were all over her hands. Not only was she not surprised, she was actually a little happy.

It would be great if the Soul Book of Life could also perform its extraordinary work when the evil ghost seeking her life arrives. Only when the two ghosts fight can she successfully save her life.

But she can't just rely on these two things. What she actually relies on the most is the ghost she controls.

According to the prompts on the list of gods, the ghost she controlled has reached the evil level. Logically speaking, it is on the same level as the ghost in the begging alley - if this evil ghost has not been promoted due to too many killings, the two are competing, and she once took action. Chance.

After making up his mind, Zhao Fusheng took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

People who had finished eating porridge and water outside quickly returned to their places and found rooms to hide, and night fell little by little.

In the middle, there was a push at the door of Zhao Fusheng's room.

After experiencing the murderous incident last night, when Zhao Fusheng heard the knock on the door, his scalp went numb, and he shouted:

"roll!"

When people outside heard her voice, they wondered if they thought of her, so they left quickly without any further entanglement.

After he calmed down, Zhao Fusheng held his chest that was beating wildly and remembered the scene when he entered the begging alley yesterday and knocked on the door. No wonder the people in the house refused to open the door at that time - there were people behind him who couldn't bear to give up the room. I'm afraid He was on the verge of a mental breakdown. From this point of view, yesterday's survivor did not curse, which was a very good behavior.

In the state of shock, time passed quickly.

I don’t know how much time passed, and everything became dead silence.

In the extreme silence, the familiar oppressive feeling from last night came again.

A weird and terrifying atmosphere passed silently through the black mist in the air, and the heavy footsteps of 'ta, tap' sounded again.

The four-black mist gradually turned black.

The evil ghost is here again.

'Bah bah——'

Although Zhao Fusheng had been prepared for it, his heartbeat surged to the extreme at this moment.She clutched the items in her hands almost subconsciously.

Before the sound of the ghost's footsteps sounded, she couldn't tell which direction the ghost came from, so she couldn't tell where the ghost was hiding.

It seemed to appear out of thin air on the street not far away, heading in this direction.

The blood all over Zhao Fusheng's body almost froze. She stuffed the jade book into her mouth and bit it tightly with her hands almost stiff.

Whether it was the headless ghost in the rumors or the ghost that entered the house and killed people last night, they all held their heads in their hands after killing people. She had to protect her head first to avoid being snatched away by the ghost.

The ghost spell quickly covered her lips and cheeks, and she felt a chill in her head. At the same time, the evil spirit hidden in her body seemed to be sensing the ghost breath, and it was faintly reviving.

But fortunately, the curse quickly faded away, and the ghost's residual will was suppressed.

Zhao Fusheng took out the human skin lantern, quickly shook it open, and placed the lamp oil box inside as well.

While she was doing all this, the footsteps outside were getting closer and closer. From the footsteps, it seemed that the ghost hunting at night was heading in the direction of Zhao Fusheng.

She forced herself to calm down and held the human skin lantern that she had barely put away in her hand. Before she could take the next step, she suddenly heard the footsteps of the evil ghost.

Zhao Fusheng felt anxious, sat up, and cautiously crawled towards the door.

'Clang——'

No matter how slight her movements were, there was still a harsh and abnormal sound the moment the door was opened.

Zhao Fusheng held his breath.

The ghost stood still in the street. After a while, it slowly turned around, revealing its cold and cold face made of green and white.

The ghost's eyes have lost their luster, but wherever it sees, everyone hiding in the house feels an inexplicable sense of horror.

Endless chill and resentment rushed towards his face. Affected by this ghostly intention, Zhao Fusheng felt that the evil ghost hidden in his body was ready to move.

Can't wait any longer.

She thought about it and took out the fire folding piece. Sparks flashed in the air several times. Before the fire could light up, something strange happened again.

The fierce ghost stood still for a long time, and then took a few steps forward with a heavy pace.

'Huff————'

Heavy breathing came from the room next door, and Zhao Fusheng was surprised to find that someone lived next door to her.

The people hiding in the room at this time may not be as bold as her and dare to spy on the ghost's whereabouts.

But where the ghosts walk, evil spirits are everywhere. That person should have sensed something bad, but he probably hasn't thought that he will be in disaster.

Zhao Fusheng didn't expect this either.

Liu Yizhen also mentioned that the beggar ghosts in the alley claim their lives according to the life book. Logically speaking, his name is in the life book, and he eats first when the meal is served. Zhao Fusheng's name bears the brunt. The ghost should be the first to eat tonight. Just find her.

Could it be that Li Gui kills people randomly and does not rank them according to the order of giving?
Just as she was thinking wildly, the evil ghost approached step by step, the ghost shadow pressed over, and the black energy penetrated through the crack in the door into the next door.

The chill spread and made people tremble.

The "ta, ta" footsteps disappeared, and instead, the ghost raised his arms stiffly.

'Knock knock knock. '

A familiar knock on the door rang.

But it wasn't Zhao Fusheng's door that was knocked, but the person next door to her was chosen by the ghost and became a sacrifice to the ghost tonight!

Zhao Fusheng simply didn't know whether to lament that the people next door were unlucky or whether he was extremely lucky.

The people in the next room were shocked, and a desperate and helpless scream sounded.

The ghost pushed open the door and entered.

The tightly pressed door was vulnerable to the fierce ghost. The door shattered and the ear-piercing screams resounded through the night sky.

Under the darkness of night, Zhao Fusheng could see the wall shaking slightly, and the person chosen by the ghost was struggling violently.

But the next moment, a strong pressure came down, and she could clearly hear the crisp sound of the bones being twisted.

What followed was a numbing sound of bones and flesh being violently torn apart, and the screams ended abruptly.

The rich smell of blood penetrated through the cracks in the wall, which meant that another human life had been harvested by the evil ghost.

There is no more life next door, but the movement has not stopped.

In the extremely weird silence, a sticky and slippery sound came, as if someone was devouring food.

Compared with the previous sounds of the murderous ghosts, this voice was delicate and small, but it made people feel hairy all over.

Blood gurgled in along the cracks in the mud wall, soaking the soles of Zhao Fusheng's shoes.

Only then did she wake up from the fright and realized that at that moment, the evil ghost did not find her as she originally thought, but killed someone else.

At this time, the ghost slowly exited the house after killing the person.

The sound of "ta, tap" footsteps was accompanied by the sound of "pattering" blood dripping down.

The ghost is leaving!

As soon as this thought entered Zhao Fusheng's mind, it immediately stimulated her nerves. In the darkness, a look of struggle appeared in her eyes. After a while, she gritted her teeth and roughly put everything back into her arms. The door opened with a bang.

The sound of the door opening in the extremely quiet Beggar Alley was like a thunderclap on the ground.

But Li Guize, who had completed the killing rules tonight, was not alarmed by her.

Just like last night, after killing someone, the evil ghost pulled out the intestines and hung them around his body. A human head that it had forcibly wrenched off was held in its hand.

Blood dripped down the broken neck, spreading all the way as the ghost moved around.

At this moment, a crazy and bold idea appeared in Zhao Fusheng's mind - she wanted to follow the ghost and see where it was hiding.

With this thought, Zhao Fusheng suddenly couldn't suppress his inner impulse.

At first glance, Zhao Fusheng's idea was nothing short of whimsical.

The evil ghost is walking around, and ordinary people have no time to avoid it. How can anyone take the initiative to get close to it?This is tantamount to asking for death!

But after thinking about it carefully, Zhao Fusheng felt that it was feasible.

Evil ghosts have their own rules for killing people.

Although the ghosts in the beggar alley are fierce, Zhao Fusheng has been here for two days and has figured out the rules.

The ghost randomly confirms the list of victims according to the destiny book, and then in the evening, after everyone receives alms of porridge and water, they parade through the streets and knock on doors. After killing people, they immediately carry the 'trophies' and leave. The following time is a certain safety period.

If the evil ghost does not break his own laws, then after the evil spirit kills people, there will not be much danger for him to follow.

Even if an accident occurs in the end, Zhao Fusheng is mentally prepared.

She originally came here to solve the ghost trouble, and she was mentally prepared to face the ghost tonight. If she met the ghost head-on, it would just postpone the time.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs!" Zhao Fusheng encouraged himself. How could he solve the crisis without entering the danger?
Thinking of this, she took advantage of this burst of courage and ran out of the house quickly. Without giving herself a chance to get scared or retreat, she chased after the ghost holding the head.

The hunting of Li Gui was over, and the other people in Beggar Alley were lucky enough to survive and survive for one more day.

But then, all the survivors heard the sound of the ghost's footsteps on the street, mixed with another running sound.

At night, the begging alley has become the territory of ghosts. Especially after ghosts kill people, who dares to travel risking their lives?
It's also possible that it's not a human, but another ghost.

Many people were frightened out of their wits by their own guesses. At this time, Zhao Fusheng stepped forward quickly and chased away until he was two or three feet away from Li Gui, then stopped.

She was holding a human-skin lantern in one hand and a fire stick in the other.

If the evil spirit suddenly rioted, she would immediately light up the lantern and escape from the evil spirit's sight.

But Zhao Fusheng was lucky.

Her initial guess was right. After Li Gui completed the killing rules, he didn't react at all to the people following him.

It seemed that it couldn't hear the footsteps behind it, nor could it sense Zhao Fusheng's prying eyes. Instead, it held the head and moved forward step by step.

The intestines hanging from its body were intertwined and swaying, making a creepy sound. It walked heavily across the street and headed straight to the middle of the street.

The further he walked, the more Zhao Fusheng realized that something was wrong.

In order to have an extra chance of saving her life in this confrontation with the evil ghost, during the day, she walked around the begging alley shrouded in the ghost domain and explored every lane.

Because no one stopped her, she ran several times and became familiar with this area.

At this moment, she recognized the direction Li Gui was heading in, which was exactly where the Confucius Temple was.

"It's impossible—it's impossible—"

"How can a mere Confucius Temple accommodate three ghosts?"

She murmured to herself, her scalp tingling when she thought of that possibility.

Confused, Zhao Fusheng plucked up the courage to get closer to the ghost.

The ghost was unaware of her approach and just silently carried the bleeding head forward. Zhao Fusheng held his breath and concentrated, closing the distance with the ghost, and followed the ghost slowly.

In the thick ghost mist, the streets of Beginning Alley, shrouded in the ghost realm, were deserted.

But on the street, one person and one ghost were walking quietly side by side.

Amidst the heavy footsteps of "Ta, Ta, Ta", Zhao Fusheng tried his best to restrain his voice and walked quietly behind Li Gui.

Everyone was hiding in the temporarily invisible house, still feeling the joy of surviving the disaster, but no one witnessed this horrifying scene.

Zhao Fusheng seemed to be dancing on the tip of a knife.

Her spirit was so tense that her consciousness seemed to be separated from her physical body.

The body's instinctive fear made her steps extremely heavy, but the more nervous she became, the calmer she became, and she walked with the ghost without making any sound.

The outline of the Confucius Temple in the distance became clearer and clearer even in the thick ghost fog. The ghost lights dispersed the darkness. Under the slightly blackened wood that had been corroded by the years, the three words "Confucius Temple" with black characters on a blue background were in the middle. The characters looked extremely dazzling under the light of the lanterns on both sides.

"It really is here!"

Zhao Fusheng's heart sank.

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