Mysterious Resurrection: The Peddler

Chapter 104: The Ghosts That Keep Appearing
Based on the existing intelligence, Cao Yang made a preliminary assessment of his situation. However, there was still a question before him: How many ghosts should he control to compete with the memory ghost?

"Forget it. There's no point in thinking about this. The worst possible scenario is that all the ghosts attracted by everyone in the entire memory world must be controlled."

After two hours of rest, Cao Yang felt much more energetic and now he was ready to control the two ghosts in the other body bag.

"The essence of a ghost is a memory, and now part of the image of a ghost has been embedded in my memory. Perhaps I can use this part of the supernatural to help me control these two ghosts."

Opening the body bag, Cao Yang dragged out one of the corpses. Then he kept recalling the scene when he encountered the ghost and the image of the ghost in his mind.

The ghost, who was struggling to show signs of revival, suddenly got stuck, with his outstretched hand suspended in mid-air, rigidly fixed.

Fifteen minutes later, a shadow quickly covered the ghost's body, and the ghost's body gradually disappeared, just like words erased by an eraser on paper.

Another half an hour later, the ghost's figure completely disappeared in the memory world, and the original figure in Cao Yang's memory seemed to overlap with the previous figure, and even the image had changed slightly, as if the appearance of two people were combined and pieced together.

"It's still too weak."

Although he became a ghost rider, there are still differences between people. After riding ghosts twice, Cao Yang didn't even feel any changes in himself, and the horror of the ghosts didn't seem to have increased much.

"After controlling the third one, try to develop the ghost's ability. It would be even better if it can have an impact on the memory world."

Cao Yang muttered to himself.

In the memory world, there is no distinction between day and night. Four days have passed in the outside world, but the memory world is basically constructed by ghosts who have seized the memories of countless people. Even the time corresponding to each step is different.

Here, one can't even feel the passage of time, and ordinary people don't feel hungry or thirsty. Little do they know that in reality their bodies have begun to show some physiological reactions, but the time has been delayed.

Under normal circumstances, a person can only live for three days without food or drink, and seven days if they only drink water without food. Ordinary people who were drawn into the memory world only started to have problems after four days. This was the result of being affected by the supernatural, otherwise there would have been a large number of deaths on the third day.

Two hours later, Cao Yang successfully controlled the third ghost. The image of the ghost in his memory became a superposition of the three, and it also became clearer. However, the main body was still blurry, with a grayish and yellowish color, like a deceased portrait.

"Although still very weak, it is not powerless at all."

"The three times I controlled them just now are enough to prove that each ghost exists independently. If a ghost that is attracted by ordinary people triggers the law and is recalled by me again, the ghost will get stuck."

"But I didn't see the ghost's appearance clearly at first. After the ghost appeared, I thought the ghost in my memory looked like this, so I triggered the pattern of the same ghost, which caused the ghost's behavior to go wrong?"

Cao Yang stood there thinking, but this was just a guess. If he wanted to be sure, he had to conduct experiments.

"Try it on an ordinary person."

Walking downstairs, Cao Yang randomly grabbed an ordinary person and guided him to recall the image of a ghost. Although the man was terrified, he had also seen that Cao Yang had a habit of catching ghosts, so he did not have much resistance.

Then, a ghost appeared. Its appearance and clothing were basically the same as the first ghost controlled by Cao Yang, but its appearance was different.

"A new ghost has appeared, and it looks different from the three ghosts I control." Cao Yang stared at the ghost that had just appeared, and the man nervously hid behind Cao Yang.

"If this is the only thing I can do, I still have to control all the ghosts that everyone attracts. This is too inefficient and risky. I would be exhausted to death after controlling the evil ghosts 3000 times, not to mention the dangers involved."

For a moment, Cao Yang felt a headache.

"Perhaps I should start with the part of the supernatural that I control. The memory world is somewhat similar to the dream world. If I can seize some control from the memory ghost, perhaps there will be more room for development."

Cao Yang used the same trick again, constantly recalling the past and causing the ghost to get stuck. However, this time he did not control the ghost, but temporarily imprisoned it in a body bag.

"I have mastered some of the supernatural powers of memory ghosts. If ordinary people recall the images of the three ghosts before, it is my rules that are triggered. What I have to do now is to constantly steal the supernatural powers of real memory ghosts."

"When ordinary people trigger the law, ghosts will be attracted. I need to ensure that the source of the ghosts they attract is the memory ghost, not me."

Chaos, very chaos, Cao Yang himself was almost confused by this logic. But he already understood the essence of the matter, which was to make ordinary people trigger the laws of the memory ghost instead of their own laws.

"But there is still a problem. Every time an ordinary person triggers the law, the ghost he attracts is different. Does that mean there are countless memory ghosts in the memory world? Doesn't that mean I will never be able to truly control the memory ghosts?"

The seeds of doubt took root in Cao Yang's heart, but he was unable to delve deeper into it, nor did he dare to. Stealing the supernatural was the only way he could think of to escape from the memory world, and Cao Yang did not dare to extinguish this last ray of hope.

"Do you remember this ghost?"

Cao Yang put his hand on the shoulder of the man behind him, and the supernatural power of the memory ghost worked on him silently. This was Cao Yang exploring and developing his own supernatural power.

The fusion of the three ghost images was forcibly implanted into this man's mind, but Cao Yang slightly modified the appearance of the ghosts to prevent this man from triggering his own rules.

"It looks familiar, but I can't quite remember..."

For some reason, that person kept thinking of a strange image in his mind. The person's facial features were blurred and it was hard to see clearly, but his clothes and body shape looked very familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before...

"Try to recall. I have already restrained the ghost. You don't have to worry about attracting ghosts again. I will help you."

Cao Yang's voice seemed to have some kind of magic, and the man unconsciously began to search for this person in his memories...

Two minutes later, a strange figure appeared out of nowhere at the stairs. Its body shape and clothing were similar to those in the man's memory, and its facial features were also blurry.

As soon as the strange figure appeared, Cao Yang became alert instantly and discovered its existence.

"The level of horror is already comparable to the part I control. It seems that my previous guess is correct. What really matters is the appearance of the ghost. The appearance of the ghost seen by each person under the same image is not the same, but there is no doubt that they have mastered some of the supernatural powers of the memory ghost."

(End of this chapter)