Mysterious resurgence

late at night.

Outside Taiping Ancient Town.

Feng Quan carried two corpses wrapped in sheets and followed the hotel's boss Liu to a wasteland by the river outside Taiping Ancient Town.

This wasteland is covered with weeds, and the weeds grow extremely lush, taller than a person, and lush and green. On the other hand, the weeds in other places are short, thin, and withered. I don’t know if this wasteland is fertile or because it is close to the river. Because of the abundant water resources nearby.

"Here we are, this is it." Boss Liu stopped.

In the dark night, his reflection stretched far and wide, and the dim oil lamp flickered uncertainly at the moment. Finally, he brought Feng Quan here.

This is a burial ground.

In the past, it was often called a mass grave.

"Dig a hole and bury these two bodies here."

Boss Liu pointed to an open space in front with less weeds.

Feng Quan's numb eyes turned slightly: "Are all the people who died in the town buried here? No wonder the weeds on this wasteland grow so luxuriantly, but people are dying one after another, and some are missing. To attract people’s attention?”

"Don't you know where Taiping Ancient Town is? What do you think ordinary people can find out when they come here?" Boss Liu smiled: "Don't you want to know the secrets here? You help me, I can tell you. Some for you.”

"I'd like to know more about Ghost Lake. How much do you know?" Feng Quan didn't expect that the boss would be so direct, and he would take the initiative to mention it without asking around.

fair enough.

Save time by beating around the bush.

Immediately, Feng Quan threw the two dead bodies on the ground, picked up the old shovel covered with soil in his hand, and dug a hole on the ground, preparing to bury the couple's corpses in this wasteland.

Although these two people are very innocent.

But that's the thing when it comes to the supernatural, someone dies.

Feng Quan was used to seeing life and death. To him, two dead bodies were nothing more than normal. Compared with a real supernatural incident, the death of only two people was already considered a very small number of casualties.

When a supernatural incident breaks out outside, dozens, hundreds or even thousands of people die.

Although the weird shovel stained with soil is a supernatural item, it can be used to shovel soil and will not produce any special supernatural phenomena.

"Ghost Lake."

Boss Liu held an oil lamp and found a place with little grass to squat down. He took out a pack of cigarettes from somewhere, lit them skillfully, and then took a deep breath.

After blowing out a smoke ring, Boss Liu said slowly: "This matter starts with a coffin. It was a black coffin placed in the back hall of the ancestral hall in Taiping Ancient Town. It has been decades since this happened, and it still needs to be done. It has been a long time since I was a kid, but there are still a few things that stick out in my childhood memories."

"That coffin was one of them."

Feng Quan paused for a moment while digging the hole. He looked at Boss Liu and said, "What's so special about that coffin? Is there a ghost trapped in it?"

Boss Liu said: "That coffin has been placed in the ancestral hall since I can remember. I don't know how long it has been there. It is probably an old coffin left over from the Republic of China period, but for such an old coffin I didn’t care too much, after all, in the ancient town at that time, every household had the habit of preparing a coffin.”

"Until one day, I went out to pee at night and accidentally came near the ancestral hall. I vaguely heard the cry of a woman."

"There are many taboos in Taiping Ancient Town. One of them is not going out after dark. The second taboo is not entering the ancestral hall at night. I committed two taboos that day. I was attracted by the crying and climbed over the wall into the ancestral hall, and I was curious. Which girl is crying at night?"

Boss Liu smoked a cigarette and continued, "I followed the cry to the back hall of the ancestral hall, and I saw an old black coffin."

"There is no doubt that the crying came from the coffin, and there was a pool of water around the coffin, which seemed to be the tears of the person in the coffin."

"Maybe I was young and ignorant, or maybe I was curious. I thought there was a girl trapped in the coffin, so I wanted to open the coffin and rescue that person."

"Have you opened it?" Feng Quan put down the shovel and asked.

Boss Liu smiled and said: "No, I tried to lift the coffin lid, but was stopped by someone. It was an unknown person. I still remember the appearance of that person. He was wearing a black gown and his face was full of wrinkles. The lifeless old man stopped me and warned me to leave with a smile."

"I was a little confused at the time and left in a daze. Later I found out that there was no girl in the coffin behind the ancestral hall. I heard from the elders that it was an empty coffin that had been left there for a long time. And there are no old people wearing long gowns at all in the ancestral hall."

"And this is the first time I know the secrets of the town and the first time I get involved in the supernatural world."

Speaking of this, Boss Liu actually felt a little emotional.

"What happened next?" Feng Quan continued to dig holes, listening to Boss Liu tell about his previous strange experiences.

Boss Liu said: "Later on, for a period of time, the woman's cry was heard in the ancestral hall. I heard it very clearly every night. I didn't know what it meant at that time. I only knew that one day, Taiping Ancient Town Some old people made a decision to transport the coffin out of the ancestral hall and find a place to bury it just like what happened today."

"Buried? Buried somewhere." Feng Quan was keenly aware that the burial place of the coffin was the source of the ghost lake.

Boss Liu smoked a cigarette and squinted his eyes and said: "It is buried outside reality, a supernatural place that living people cannot enter. The coffin was transported away by a black boat. No one knows where the coffin was transported. All I know is that after that night, there were no more cries in Taiping Ancient Town, and everything became peaceful again."

"The black boat? What is that?" Feng Quan asked.

"The older generation said it was a ghost ship that sent the dead away. If a living person got on the ship, they would never be able to come back. But this is just a story, used to deceive children. I don't believe it." Boss Liu Sometimes a smile appears.

The smile was a bit weird, as if he had thought of something special.

"The reason why the living people can't come back is because they don't want the living people to come back in the boat, because there is a ghost on the boat. As long as you take the boat, you will be cursed by the evil ghost and suffer unknown and dangerous things. There is no way for anyone to avoid it, so Strictly speaking, it’s not wrong that it’s a road of no return.”

Feng Quan's expression changed slightly: "If there is a ghost on the ship, wouldn't it be enough to imprison the ghost and deal with it?"

"Maybe that ship is the ghost."

Boss Liu glanced at it: "Young people always think of things so simply. Do you think a boat that can send away dead people is ordinary? Forget it, we won't discuss the boat thing anymore. Let's talk about the ghost lake that interests you. .”

"Actually, I had already heard the information about Ghost Lake before you came. When I heard the news, I immediately thought of the black coffin that was transported away. After so many years, if there is any situation, It’s probably about to happen.”

"I just didn't expect that the coffins transported by the ghost ship would eventually form a ghost lake and even affect the outside world."

Feng Quan frowned: "So, this is the truth about Ghost Lake? Didn't you say before that the reason why Ghost Lake is out of control is because too many ghosts are imprisoned?"

"I'm talking about the cause of the ghost lake, not the function of the ghost lake. What those people did with that coffin was beyond what I, a child, could know at the time." Boss Liu said.

"I only slowly inferred and guessed the role of the ghost lake in detaining evil spirits later."

"So that's it." Feng Quan nodded.

That makes perfect sense.

Boss Liu is just a witness, not a participant.

"So, finding the coffin and dealing with the ghost in the coffin can solve the Ghost Lake incident?" Feng Quan asked again.

"Things are not that simple." Boss Liu said. He turned his head and looked along the river into the distance.

It was pitch black in the distance, there was nothing, only a little light could be seen vaguely on the river.

"If the ghost in the coffin was so easy to deal with, the old man in the past would not have transported the coffin away. The so-called using the ghost lake to imprison the ghost is definitely not the best choice. Maybe it is just a forced and helpless choice. , otherwise the ghost lake should have formed long ago."

Then Boss Liu expressed his concerns.

Feng Quan was silent. He had dug the hole now. It was very deep and difficult to find.

The rustling sound continued to sound in this wasteland covered with weeds.

Two dead bodies began to be buried.

And in the ghost lake.

Yang Jian, who sank to the bottom of the lake like a sculpture, did not sink into the cold and dark lake forever.

As time passed, the coldness and numbness on his body gradually faded away. This feeling was not a physical feeling, but some kind of supernatural power and suppression that was constantly weakening. No, the supernatural power in the ghost lake did not Weakened, but the impact on oneself is getting smaller and smaller.

This change is so strange that it's hard to explain.

But at least, Yang Jian can now open his ghost eyes and peek at everything at the bottom of the lake, and his hands and feet are gradually able to move.

I believe that as long as this change continues, Yang Jian can still regain his ability to move in the lake.

"I can wait, but A Hong and Li Jun can't wait any longer. This operation has just begun, so we can't suffer too much loss. The top priority is to find a way to save A Hong's life. As long as A Hong doesn't die, Li Jun won't." If you die, this operation will not be considered a failure."

Now that Yang Jian was feeling a little better, he was thinking about how to reverse the situation.

He felt that he had to find a way to protect A Hong.

But what can I do now?

Ghost eyes turn.

At the bottom of the lake, Yang Jian not only saw the black coffin with a corner opened, but also saw a cupboard covered in red paint in the mud in an inconspicuous corner.

That's the ghost closet.

The ghost cabinet is now sinking sideways in the mud, as if it is trapped in it and cannot get out.

"What on earth is this ghost cupboard? Its curse can actually extend to the ghost lake." Yang Jian was surprised.

It seemed that the appearance of the ghost closet reminded him that even in a place like this, transactions could still continue.

"Do you want to take advantage of the situation and let me start a new round of transactions at this time?"

He gradually understood the idea of ​​​​this ghost closet.

In such a desperate situation, it is indeed easy for people to urgently seek help.

But Yang Jian was very calm and didn't even panic at all.

Even if he is trapped here, he can survive here for a long time, and there will be no threat of death in a short time.

now.

Yang Jian's hands and feet regained some movement again, and he found that he could slowly walk underwater.

After being able to move, his mind became active again.

"I don't need the ghost closet to protect myself, so it is very irrational to start the transaction. But if I use the ghost closet, I may be able to save A Hong now. As long as I save A Hong and Li Jun, I will wait until I resume operations. Everything will get better. Without Li Jun's will-o'-the-wisp connection to Ping An Building, it would be difficult for me to leave here."

Yang Jian's ghostly eyes continued to stare at the ghost cabinet not far away.

After thinking briefly, he came up with a special method.

A way to use the ghost closet to help him save A Hong without starting a transaction.

Yang Jian couldn't move his hands and feet flexibly, but his body was light underwater and he still had some mobility.

He tried his best to get closer to the ghost closet, and at the same time he took out a sticker on his body.

This is a wish sticker. Write your wish on the sticker and your wish will come true. It was obtained from the little girl named Zhao Ya before.

"The effect of the wish sticker will most likely be ineffective in the ghost lake, but if I write down the wish to save A Hong and then send it to the ghost cupboard, then the ghost cupboard will be able to block the influence of the ghost lake, and then the wish sticker will be It works, and once the wish sticker works, the wish sticker will conflict with the ghost closet transaction."

"When the time comes, will the ghost closet deal work, or will the wish-fulfilling sticker work? Or will both be affected and not work?"

This is a supernatural hedge.

It was also the only way Yang Jian could think of to save A Hong.

As long as this step is successful, he can wait quietly for himself to completely resume action, then get rid of the influence of the ghost lake and return to the lake.

"As for the coffin, I can't take care of it for the time being. I don't have the ability to touch the coffin that is suspected to be the source of the ghost lake."

As he approached the ghost closet, Yang Jian's ghostly eyes glanced at the black coffin again.

A certain connection and resonance is getting deeper and deeper.

He knew that he was only able to resume his actions due to the influence of the contents of the coffin, otherwise Yang Jian would be floating in the water like everyone else and unable to recover.

Actually.

What Yang Jian didn't know was that he was not being influenced by the ghost in the coffin.

But in the world of memory, he defeated the evil ghost that invaded the memory, and was currently controlling the evil ghost in the ghost realm.

No.

Strictly speaking, this is not considered control, because the ghost is still in the ghost lake and not on Yang Jian.

But Yang Jian is gradually possessing the supernatural power of Ghost Lake.

Therefore, it is more appropriately called stealing.

Yang Jian is constantly stealing the supernatural power of Ghost Lake in a way that even he himself doesn't know.

As for what the limit of stealing is, no one knows.