Mysterious Resurrection: The Peddler

Chapter 158 Dead End
"Stopped?"

Zhao Tong and Lin Ye were suddenly shocked, and a feeling of uneasiness quickly began to spread in their hearts.

In the traditional folk funeral culture, there are many complicated rules and taboos in funeral processions. One of them is that the coffin must never fall to the ground, unless there is an accident within the wedding procession, or in other words, an evil person is blocking the way!
But Cao Yang and the other two had already infiltrated the entire team, so they knew very well whether there were any problems within the team. Therefore, there must be something terrifying ahead that could force even ghosts to stop their steps to escort the bride and the funeral.

It was a road that was forking. Yes, the road was forking, but this time it was no longer a three-way road. Instead, there were countless forks, and each fork was accompanied by a supernatural phenomenon, and the distance between them was constantly getting closer.

Behind them, the three coffins of Ghost Play, Ghost Wall and Fu Lu Shou were still approaching. The forked roads at both ends sandwiched them, and now they had no way to retreat.

"Captain, what should we do now?"

Zhao Tong came closer and said in a deep voice.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The coffin and the wedding sedan in the procession also began to become restless. The evil ghosts inside them slapped them desperately. The dull and suppressed sound made Cao Yang very annoyed.

Dead end. Even the protagonist Yang Jian in the original novel had never experienced this level of danger. He just counted and found that there were seventeen forks in the road ahead, which corresponded to the seventeen people in the funeral and wedding processions...

Including the three roads behind him, and the wedding sedan and coffin beside him, there were a total of twenty-one supernatural phenomena. Cao Yang really had no idea how to survive.

"Are you going to die here?"

Cao Yang felt a bitter feeling in his heart, and a feeling of powerlessness filled his whole body.

"I tried my best. I really tried my best. I haven't reached my limit yet, but it's useless. Even if I fight until the three dead ghosts are revived, even if I survive this journey, what will happen next? What about the fork in the road after that?"

"Ghosts can never be killed. They are endless. It seems that humans control ghosts, but in fact, humans are just a puzzle piece of ghosts."

He was confused. Even when he saw the five golden hourglasses and the sixteen-character mantra in the haunted house, Cao Yang still chose to fight against fate to the end. He resolutely took Lin Ye and Zhao Tong on the fierce ghost road. At that time, he did not hesitate. Although he was horrified in his heart, he remained determined.

Suddenly, Lin Ye shivered all over, another cold feeling quickly spread throughout his body, and an inexplicable curse broke out.

Cao Yang took out the ghost scissors sadly. In his vision, there were several strange silk threads. These threads started from himself and Lin Ye and extended to some unknown direction for an unknown distance.

There is a curse line on Lin Ye's body, and there are three on Cao Yang's body. One of them is an ordinary black curse line, and the second line is strangely as thick as a human finger. No one knows where it is connected to or which ghost it is connected to.

The third one was even more bizarre. It was almost as thick as a baby's arm. This curse line actually went vertically upwards and seemed to be related to something in the world above.

"Click~!"

With a crisp sound, Cao Yang picked up the scissors and cut the air in mid-air, at least that was what happened from Zhao Tong's perspective, but in fact he cut off the curse that Lin Ye was infected with, which instantly made Lin Ye's situation better.

"Captain, you can't be so depressed. There must be a way."

Cao Yang's decadence was seen by Lin Ye and Zhao Tong. Although they were equally desperate, they also knew that Cao Yang, as the core of the team, must not get into trouble. Cao Yang was their only support. "You gave up already? You're still the captain? I think it's better for me to stay in your Otsu City. You recruited me into the group but didn't care whether I lived or died. Is this the captain chosen by the headquarters?"

Lin Ye's words were full of sarcasm. Although Zhao Tong knew that this was a provocation, he was really worried that Cao Yang would suffer a greater blow and do something more outrageous, thus completely destroying the last glimmer of hope.

Hearing this, Cao Yang was not angry. He just smiled bitterly, stroking the human skin pocket on his waist, and said calmly:
"I'm sorry, but I've harmed you by asking you to join me. It's my fault as the captain. To put it more bluntly, I'm incompetent. I don't have the ability and courage to turn the tide."

As he spoke, Cao Yang took out two ghost candles and a scapegoat doll from his human skin pocket and handed them over. These were his last stocks, but he didn't expect that they would be used up after just one mission.

"If that's not enough, I have a string of wind chimes here. The sound of the wind chimes can temporarily dispel evil spirits. A single small wind chime can also help repair physical injuries and even temporarily relieve the restlessness caused by the resurrection of evil spirits. However, after using it, you will be forced to be contaminated by an unknown curse."

Lin Ye did not answer it, but just stared at Cao Yang with his deep eyes. Zhao Tong stood aside, but he didn't know whether to answer it or to persuade him.

"This is not your limit. Why don't you take us for a gamble? Zhao Tong and I are not that fast as the resurrection of evil spirits. We still have hope of getting out."

His voice was a little anxious. Doesn't Lin Ye understand those principles?
No, he understood, but people always have to give themselves hope, a reason to live. They can't stop living now just because they will die eventually. They can't be afraid to gamble just because they will still face more and greater dangers after winning this time.

"boom!"

There was another loud bang, and the blood-red wedding sedan was forcibly pushed open by the thing in the coffin. The sedan fell to the ground, and even the door was tilted. The female corpse in the black raincoat also walked out of the sedan, but the coffin lid was still tight and had not been opened.

"Zhao Tong, take the ghost candle and rag doll that Captain Cao Yang gave us, and join me in a big gamble. I have a feeling that we are not destined to die."

Lin Ye had a cold face but was very confused in his heart. He couldn't understand why Cao Yang suddenly chose to give up. It was obvious that he still had strength left. It was not an exaggeration to say that he had more means left than he had used. But why was he unwilling to fight to the death?

"Is he afraid, or has he glimpsed the future?"

Zhao Tong awkwardly picked up the ghost candle and the doll. He agreed with Lin Ye's words. These were life-saving supplies. What if they really got out? What if they were just missing a doll and a ghost candle?

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

The banging sounds in the coffin continued, but Lin Ye turned a deaf ear to it. He didn't know what would happen next. If a ghost approached, he would fight it. If he couldn't fight it, he would use supplies. Anyway, everything was just for survival, so it didn't matter what it was.

After the raincoat-clad female corpse came out of the sedan chair, she just stood there without any movement. A turbid and strange liquid continued to seep out of her body. The liquid was mixed with an unpleasant corpse odor, as if it could even corrode the air.

At the same time, the air began to become humid, and soon it began to drizzle. Lin Ye frowned slightly, and very boldly snatched two hats from the people in the funeral procession. After putting one on himself, he did not forget to hand the other one to Zhao Tong.

"Wait, why does the ghost bride in the wedding sedan chair in the wedding procession have the supernatural power of rain? And the funeral procession just happens to be wearing bamboo hats and straw raincoats?"

Suddenly, Lin Ye seemed to understand something.

(End of this chapter)