Mysterious Resurrection: The Peddler

Chapter 10: The Inverted Devil's Den
This was not an idea that Cao Yang came up with out of thin air. Cao Yang could not think of any other possibility except the ghost den for the ability to make ghosts lost.

"Hoo~! Hoo~!"

It seemed as if something was twitching, cutting through the air with a loud noise.

The gravity disorder became even more serious. All the objects in the room were turned upside down and pressed against the ceiling. The whole villa was completely turned upside down.

Cao Yang and Shang Zhicheng were not spared either. After painstaking adjustments, they finally achieved this difficult move of standing upside down with their feet on the ceiling.

Even the ghost carrying the man was lifted up to the ceiling, becoming an ink-like shadow under Cao Yang's feet.

The whole process lasted about ten minutes. After ten minutes, the interior of the villa seemed to have been turned inside out. The ceiling became the floor, and the floor was above people's heads.

Standing upside down was really uncomfortable, and both of their expressions became strange.

This is an upside-down world, no, to be precise, this is a real villa!

The feeling of being upside down disappeared, and Cao Yang felt as solid as if he was standing on flat ground. However, this in itself meant that it was unusual. The fact that he was upside down did not change, but his subjective feeling was affected.

Shang Zhicheng said in a deep voice. Cao Yang looked forward when he heard the voice, but found that everything in front of him looked very harmonious. There was no feeling of chaos and disorder that was turned upside down at all. This villa really began to show its terrifying side.

But when Cao Yang blinked again, he found that he could no longer see the city. Everything that had just happened seemed to be just an illusion.

"The ghost carrying people started to get agitated, which means that a ghost that triggered the pattern appeared nearby. But letting the ghost carrying people attack was a very stupid choice. Without the ghost carrying people, I would have completely lost the capital to face the supernatural."

Cao Yang did not respond, but just looked at the real villa silently.

The space in the villa was not large, but Cao Yang could not see the end at a glance. There was only endless darkness in his sight.

But the ground beneath my feet was completely solid, as if I was walking on flat ground.

"Brother Cao Yang, maybe this is the real villa."

"We have entered a den of ghosts. Or rather, the den of ghosts is below and the ceiling is reality."

The city is constructed entirely of blue-gray bricks and tiles, presenting a retro style. There are no tall buildings. It looks like the filming location of an ancient drama, a small city built in an antique style.

"Wait, there seems to be something deep in the ghost cave?"

Cao Yang's pupils suddenly shrank. He rubbed his eyes and looked from afar. It seemed to be an upside-down city!

He was calculating in his mind that he had been in the villa for almost two hours now, and had found nothing, not even a ghost. The two people were getting deeper and deeper into the trap, and now he couldn't leave, so he could only go on.

“Tap~tap~!”

The strange footsteps sounded in the dead silence, which was creepy.

"Bang!" Then there was another loud noise, as if something heavy fell to the ground.

It was a headless corpse, with a smooth cut surface on the neck, as if the head had been chopped off by a guillotine. The corpse was covered with dried blood, and a scarlet wooden sign was stuck on the chest. There were a few black words written crookedly on the sign, but they were not clear in the dim environment. The corpse kept raising its hands and moved forward with both feet. This posture reminded Cao Yang of the shackles and fetters that prisoners used to wear in ancient times.

Ghost appeared!
Shang Zhicheng always adhered to the principle of quick victory. Since the ghost appeared, he would try to imprison it at once with all his strength. Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are determined by heaven. At this moment, he was ready to do so.

"Cao Yang, I'm ready to take action. Although I don't know if the headless corpse is the source of the incident, we can't let it wander around here. It's better to strike first."

This time, Cao Yang agreed with his point of view. It would be best if the unknown ghost could be imprisoned as soon as possible.

Shang Zhicheng gritted his teeth and took off the glove on his left hand again, and the rancid smell filled the air again. But this time, Shang Zhicheng also took off the glove on his right hand, and it turned out to be a ghost hand!
Unlike his left hand, Shang Zhicheng's right hand was charred and withered, as if it had been burned by a raging fire, and it emitted a burnt smell. Shang Zhicheng endured the discomfort and covered his mouth and nose with his right hand. The ability of the charred ghost hand is to cover the mouth and nose, which can temporarily isolate the evil ghost from sensing, and it will not be easily discovered by the ghost, but the ghost hand will continue to rot the whole body starting from the five senses until death.

The charred ghost hand concealed Shang Zhicheng like an invisibility cloak. Now the evil ghost could only sense the other pale and swollen left hand and Cao Yang.

As soon as his left hand extended, the headless corpse was instantly attracted and turned towards Shang Zhicheng.

Cao Yang stood behind Shang Zhicheng again. Shang Zhicheng saw this scene, but in order to completely cover himself, he had to stay as still as possible. He could only watch Cao Yang use him as a shield.

"For some reason, gravity has returned to normal. The headless corpse has become the new target of the ghost carrying people. If we can cooperate well with Shang Zhicheng, it will not be difficult to imprison the headless corpse in one fell swoop."

The ghost carrying a human is ready to go, and now all he needs to do is wait quietly for the headless corpse and Shang Zhicheng to hold hands successfully.

The headless corpse is approaching.

Finally, Shang Zhicheng's pale and swollen left hand was grasped, and the terrifying power carried by the headless corpse instantly spread to his whole body. Shang Zhicheng's facial features were twisted together in pain, and the rot and erosion of the charred ghost hand made him look as hideous as a real ghost.

"Success!"

The moment the headless corpse grasped the ghost's hand, the ghost carrying people quietly came behind the corpse and successfully carried the headless corpse on its back. As imagined, the ghost fell into a brief silence, and even the strength of its grasping hand instantly decreased a lot.

Cao Yang held the golden body bag in his hand and put it on very skillfully.

The detention process went extremely smoothly, and it took Cao Yang less than a minute to zip up the body bag. But Shang Zhicheng made a strange "woohoo" sound.

Looking back, Cao Yang discovered that Shang Zhicheng, who used to be strong and muscular, had lost a lot of weight in just one minute. His exposed skin turned pale, as if he had lost too much blood.

And on Shang Zhicheng's chest, the scarlet wooden plate that was originally inserted into the headless corpse moved onto Shang Zhicheng's body.

"The headless corpse is not a ghost, the wooden sign is!"

Cao Yang immediately realized that his judgment was wrong.

But the wooden sign was gradually absorbing the blood from Shang Zhicheng's body like a vampire. The addition of the scarlet wooden sign broke the balance of Shang Zhicheng's two ghost hands. He was losing vitality and would soon die. Once Shang Zhicheng died, there would be two more ghosts in the villa, and the situation would instantly become more unsolvable.

(End of this chapter)