Chapter 33: The Basement
Chapter 33: The Basement
Su Qin hid inside the body bag and dared not come out.
He had been hiding in the body bag for an hour, during which time the bell rang three times, twice each time.
"Once every half hour, two rings each time."
Although it is unknown whether there are any other conditions, hearing the bell will definitely lead to death. There are probably no living people outside now, and it is very likely that everyone died when the bell first rang.
What should we do? We can't just stay hidden here; we have to find a way to get out of here.
Su Qin planned to go out after the next bell rang.
This would give him half an hour to see if he could find a chance to escape this hellish place.
As for imprisonment, that's not very realistic.
These two ghosts are terrifying; he can't fight them right now. It's more important to escape first.
Thump~ Thump~
Two muffled chimes rang out in succession, and Su Qin opened the body bag and crawled out.
Su Qin, clutching the body bag in one hand, did not emerge from the ground but continued to move underground, wandering around.
Hiding underground was basically safe, and it didn't trigger the old ghost's killing pattern. He wasn't clear about the other ghost's killing pattern.
However, he was also carrying a body bag, and if things went wrong, he would immediately hide inside the body bag, so the ghosts couldn't do anything to him.
Although the unknown vengeful spirit launched indiscriminate attacks across a wide area, it also had loopholes that could be exploited.
It's highly likely that he would only die after hearing the second chime of the bell; Su Qin had heard it once and was unharmed.
Of course, there is another possibility: Su Qin would die immediately if he heard another sound.
Therefore, he planned to control the timing of the operation and, no matter what, hide in the body bag within thirty minutes.
Su Qin continued to travel underground, searching for the boundaries of the ghost realm, hoping to find a way to escape it.
However, he was still being too far-fetched. The Ghost Realm seemed endless, with even distance and space distorted, making it impossible to find the so-called boundaries of the Ghost Realm.
One second they're traveling underground, the next they can be burrowing onto the ground, or even onto a rooftop.
It even deliberately crawled next to the old ghost, scaring Su Qin so much that he quickly burrowed into the ground.
"Damn! This ghost realm is terrifying, even more terrifying than the two ghost realms we encountered before."
Fortunately, the vengeful ghosts lack intelligence and do not intentionally manipulate the ghost realm; otherwise, anyone who came would be doomed.
I wonder how many layers of ghost realm this terrifying level is equivalent to in Yang Jian's realm—four layers? Or five layers?
"If we could control this terrifying old ghost, wouldn't we be able to take off on the spot?"
The idea of controlling the ghost was fleeting and was immediately rejected by Su Qin.
He was indeed envious of the ghost's terrifying aura, but the ghost was simply too terrifying. Trying to control it would be tantamount to suicide, and he might die from the resurrection of the vengeful spirit in an instant.
Su Qin escaped the old ghost's sight without serious injury and disappeared underground.
But when he had drilled down to a depth of two or three meters, he found that he could not go any further down; something was blocking his way.
Su Qin's heart tightened immediately; there were only two possibilities that could affect the supernatural.
One is another kind of supernatural phenomenon, and the other is gold. But gold is probably something supernatural.
His gaze stretched downwards, but only reached his feet before stopping.
Below is a vacuum area about three meters in diameter, which appears to be a sealed chamber cut from stone, but it is filled with golden yellow, so it must be gold.
Su Qin's gaze swept around and he noticed a vertical shaft next to the secret room, which led directly to the ground above and to the entrance of the secret room below.
Without hesitation, he crawled into the vertical shaft, which was about a meter wide, and finally landed steadily at the entrance of the secret room.
Upon seeing this secret room, Su Qin narrowed his eyes and some absurd thoughts flashed through his mind.
"A basement? A wooden door covered in gold leaf... Why does this scene seem so familiar?"
Could I have stumbled upon Hongfa Temple in Dachang City?
The only place I could recall with this scene was the basement in Dachang City. Could that terrifying ghost, and those ghostly eyes, still exist there?
Thinking of this, Su Qin couldn't help but feel a little excited.
The Ghost Eye is a supernatural phenomenon that can be described as unsolvable. The fifth layer of the Ghost Realm alters and affects reality, the sixth layer pauses time, the seventh layer restarts itself, the eighth layer restarts on a large scale, and the ninth layer is a superposition of supernatural phenomena.
This is a ghostly ability that everyone dreams of; which ghost tamer wouldn't be envious?
But Su Qin calmed down after a moment of excitement, and at the same time, goosebumps rose all over his body.
That's really wishful thinking; he can't afford to touch that Ghost Eye thing.
Let's set aside the question of whether Yang Jian, who was both petty and paranoid, actually existed.
The source of that ghostly eye was not what he wanted to face; it was definitely an S-class vengeful ghost, even more terrifying than the ghost painting. Heaven knows what terrifying things might happen.
Moreover, Tianjin is thousands of kilometers away from Dachang City. How terrifying must a ghostly realm be to arrive in an instant from such a distance? This is definitely not the basement of Hongfa Temple.
Since this isn't the basement, could there also be some kind of terrifying ghost in this basement sealed with gold leaf?
Su Qinzhong became wary and cursed inwardly.
"Why do all these monks like to build basements and lock up terrifying ghosts inside?"
Why don't they learn from Yang Jian and imprison the vengeful ghost in a golden box, then send it ten thousand meters underground? What if it escapes?
Su Qin intended to leave this place of trouble, but when he saw the broken lock on the door and the bullets lying on the ground, he stopped in his tracks.
"The lock on the door appears to have been broken by a gun, and the gold leaf on the outside of the door has been torn, but there is still gold leaf on the inside."
There must be someone inside!
"Damn foreign devil, I've finally found you!"
Since the outer gold leaf is covered up, the inner gold leaf cannot possibly remain intact.
The only explanation is that the person is still inside, and new gold leaf has been applied to the inside to keep out the supernatural.
In a place like this, besides the monks in the temple, only that foreign devil would do such a thing.
Since that despicable foreign devil might be hiding inside, Su Qin naturally couldn't let him go.
He caused so much trouble, killed so many people, and almost got himself killed.
This foreign devil must die here today, even if it means he has to rise from the dead as a vengeful ghost to get revenge.
Su Qin approached the door cautiously, without making a sound, so as not to alert the people inside.
Inside the secret room, the foreign man was completely unaware of the commotion outside. He was staring at the two golden boxes on the ground with a worried expression.
"Damn yellow pig!"
Damn it, if it weren't for those two stupid yellow pigs causing so much trouble, I would have already transported all these evil spirits away.
I don't know if I can still send it out before my vengeful ghost resurrects. I hope everything goes smoothly.
During his time hiding in Jinshan Temple, he used the identities of those antique dealers to send several vengeful ghosts to the United States.
Because he didn't want to use too many supernatural methods and was afraid of making a big fuss, he bribed the two stone carvers to send the ghost away.
But who would have thought that those two guys, after taking his money, would actually covet that little bit of gold, ultimately causing the vengeful ghost to escape, triggering a supernatural event, and attracting the ghost tamer of Dajing City.
Now not only can the goods not be delivered, but people are also trapped here.
His own condition has worsened, and he is close to being resurrected by the vengeful spirit. He hasn't completed his mission, and the church certainly won't help him suppress the resurrection of the vengeful spirit. He can't even guarantee that he can hold on until he can return to the United States to find the church.
"It's all because of these yellow-skinned pigs!"
Yellow-skinned pigs deserve to die!
If I were a vengeful ghost, I would definitely go to the most crowded place to be resurrected!
No, once we get out, we'll kill those damned yellow-skinned pigs!
His mental state has become increasingly distorted, and he only wants to kill more people.
Boom!
A loud crash suddenly echoed through the quiet, enclosed room.
The tightly closed wooden door was suddenly struck by a tremendous force, which knocked the gold leaf affixed to the door away, causing it to slam heavily against the wall.
Startled by this sudden turn of events, the foreign man instinctively looked towards the door.
His pupils suddenly contracted, as if he had seen a ghost, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Standing at the door was the very demon tamer he believed was doomed.
The ghost tamer kicked open the wooden door, but did not come in immediately.
But then the figure of the ghost tamer suddenly became bizarre and distorted, his face ashen and numb, looking extremely terrifying. At the same time, he stiffly raised his arm and stretched it out in this direction.
Even though the person was still standing at the door without moving, that hand reached out strangely.
Even though her arm wasn't stretched out, it was actually extended in front of him.
The hand gradually enlarged in his vision, getting closer and closer, as if space and distance were being distorted, reaching straight for him, its target being the monocle on his eye socket.
"Damn it! This isn't a Ghost Master!"
That damned yellow-skinned pig demon has resurrected!
When did I trigger its killing pattern?
"Even with gold blocking the way, how could it suddenly attack..."
The foreign man's mind raced, and he activated his supernatural powers with all his might, disregarding the resurrection of the vengeful spirit, as he slammed his hands together heavily.
However, no slapping sound came just as his hands were about to touch.
He suddenly found that his body was out of control and he could not move.
At the same time, his thoughts stopped, his eyes stared in terror at the terrifying figure at the door, and his consciousness froze at this moment.
His gaze lingered on that eerie, unsettling face, the corners of its mouth slightly upturned.
An unseen ghostly hand grabbed the foreign man's head.
They then ripped a large, transparent, unidentified object out of his head and threw it on the ground.
At the same time, a seemingly normal arm grabbed his monocle and forcefully ripped it off.
This time, there were no further incidents, and the monocle did not break as it had in the previous incidents.
The cool touch and the yellow thread wrapped around the monocle were proof that this was the real thing.
As the monocle was removed, the transparent, unidentified object that had been thrown on the ground began to rapidly disintegrate.
Meanwhile, the foreigner's body was rapidly changing, transforming in the blink of an eye into the body of a strange monk.
However, the dark green thread wrapped around the corpse's hands suggests that a ghost is hiding inside.
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