Mysterious Revival

Chapter 533: Chapter 530 The Right Time

“We must open the right door at the right time to get out of this ghostly place, or else we will be trapped and die alive in here.”

It was still thought to be inside the Ghost Domain of Huanggang Village.

The leader, Li Jun, had an especially solemn expression on his face. He no longer thought about how to imprison the Ghost Envoy, but about how to get these people out alive. The last attack from the fierce ghost would have wiped them out if they hadn’t been fully prepared and if the members of the team hadn’t been strong enough.

But surviving a crisis did not mean they were safe yet.

They had discovered something even more terrifying, they were completely trapped.

Trapped in this Ghost Domain.

And they had entirely lost contact with the outside world.

“The right time, the right door?”

Leuk San standing nearby was slightly startled, “So when is the next right time to open the door?”

Li Jun checked the time, “In ten minutes. I had arranged three times with Professor Wang, but we have just missed one opportunity. We have two more left. If we still can’t open the door and leave here after those two chances, then all we can do is give up… And given the current situation, it’s unrealistic to expect support from other ghost controllers.”

“Indeed, if even we can’t leave here, support won’t make much difference. Cutting the losses in time is the most important thing.”

Su Fan took a drag on his cigarette and furrowed his brows as he stated a rather cruel reality.

“Only two more chances left? That’s not completely hopeless, better than I had imagined,” Leuk San actually said with a smile at this time.

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“You can still laugh at a time like this?”

The ghost controller named Xu Yiping’s mouth twitched fiercely, “Look at the situation around us. Making one wrong move could lead to our annihilation here. The influence of the ghost drawing is growing stronger and soon we won’t have anywhere to escape to.”

Everyone fell silent.

They looked at the portraits hanging on the walls of houses in all directions, guessing what was happening. These portraits on the walls and in front of the doors were the best proof.

It seemed that Huanggang Village was supposed to be under the Ghost Envoy’s Ghost Domain, but it had now been invaded by a ghost named Ghost Drawing.

They were still alive because there was some kind of balance maintained between the two ghosts, allowing them to survive in these cracks without falling into a situation of being hunted down by ghosts.

But this balance was already tipping. Once Ghost Drawing completely invaded, the danger they would face would undoubtedly be ten times, a hundred times what it was now.

After all, this Ghost Drawing had already wiped out a foreign ghost controller team.

Its ferocity and terror had been proven.

“Pat—!”

Within the silent, dim surroundings, it seemed as if something had fallen to the ground making a noise.

The tense people immediately looked toward the source of the sound.

It was a huge portrait hanging on the wall of a nearby civilian house, large enough to be taller than a person. For some unknown reason, it had suddenly become unstable and had fallen to the ground, flipping over to face down.

“We need to move,” said Su Fan, glancing at the dimly lit screen of his phone.

It showed: You have died.

This disclosure meant that if they continued to stay here, they would certainly be killed by ghosts.

“Go? Where to now? These things are all over the village; we’ve seen them all along the way. There’s nowhere left to go… After all, it’s somewhat safer in the village here since it’s the Ghost Envoy’s territory. Once we leave the village, we’ll have to face Ghost Drawing alone,” the only female in the team, Ah Hong, voiced with a trace of despair.

“This is an S-class paranormal event; it’s also known in the circle as an Unsolvable Level event. Forget about resolving it, just surviving it takes a desperate effort. If we don’t keep moving, we’ll be attacked again in no more than three minutes, and even if we don’t die, resisting the ghosts’ attacks will likely lead to the fierce ghosts’ revival sooner or later,” Su Fan said with a wry smile.

“It’s hard to imagine how Yang Jian from Dachang City recently resolved the Hungry Ghost incident… You should know that all of his teammates nearly died then, and it was all on him to turn the tide. I’ve underestimated him before, but now it seems I was thinking too simply.”

Past incidents, albeit dangerous, at least provided a chance to retreat, but now, even escaping from here was difficult.

“Indeed, only Yang Jian in the head office has experience dealing with S-class paranormal events, and that too twice. He also survived when the Ghost Envoy attacked the training base and even directly changed the Ghost Envoy’s killing pattern, essentially weakening an S-class fierce ghost. If he were here on this operation, maybe we wouldn’t be in such a sorry state,” Leuk San nodded, agreeing deeply.

Having witnessed the terror of such events, they became even more aware of the newcomer, Yang Jian’s, unusualness.

“Headquarters wouldn’t let Yang Jian participate in this operation, and Yang Jian wouldn’t agree either.”

At that moment, Li Jun looked slightly anxious. Although he was speaking, his mind was preoccupied with considering which path to take next.

“Why?”

Ah Hong said with some surprise, “Clearly he has the ability…”

Li Jun cut her off, speaking gravely, “Because we can’t rely on one person to achieve victory, even if Yang Jian joined us, what about the next S-level paranormal event? And the one after that? He has done what he needed to do, and we must do what we need to do. If we die here this time, it’s simply proof that this is the extent of our abilities.”

“None of you are newcomers anymore, you all know the principles very well. There are now eight minutes left, let’s survive this together. If we haven’t left this place by the time the door opens next, then the third opening will be in half an hour, and I think the chances of surviving until then are not great.”

“It’s time to go.”

Suddenly, the previously silent Xu Yiping urged them urgently and pointed to where the portrait had fallen just moments ago.

Unbeknownst to them, a vague shadow had started to linger around the fallen portrait.

The shadow resembled a person, but it was distorted and indistinct, like a shadow.

Yet, this shadowy figure had facial features.

Despite being blurry, one could still feel the ghost near the portrait looking their way.

“Snap!”

Another portrait nearby fell to the ground.

Everyone shuddered, feeling intimidated.

The situation was indeed becoming more and more ominous.

“Follow me.”

With a low growl, Li Jun chose a gray-white road and continued deeper into the eerie village.

Retreat was no longer an option; they could only try to get close to the Ghost Envoy hiding in the village.

Only this would allow them to endure this period, dangerous as the road may be, they had to face it.

The dangers they faced here were unclear to anyone, and whether they could survive was unknown.

However, on the outside.

Zong Shan, who was leading five ghosts with a Ghost Candle, was about to face the next crisis.

His Ghost Candle was almost spent…

This signaled that “Guo Fan,” who had followed him all this way, needed to replace the Ghost Candle soon. Otherwise, once the Ghost Candle burned out, the five ghosts behind Guo Fan might undergo unexpected transformations.

This change had no good or bad, only varying degrees of danger.

Chen Yi, who had been following all this while, also furrowed his brows deeply.

He wasn’t short on Ghost Candles, but as they progressed, the distance between the ghosts and people had reached a very dangerous point, so the probability of being attacked by ghosts during the next candle exchange was… significant.

“I can’t delay this any longer.”

Biting the bullet, Chen Yi braced himself and walked forward.

Not far ahead.

The replaced Guo Fan still maintained that fixed posture and walked ahead.

Ahead was the Ghost Candle in Zong Shan’s hand, flickering in the dim environment. Despite the lack of light, the mass of darkness that was so different from its surroundings was particularly noticeable, with the nearby ghosts being drawn to it.

As Chen Yi approached “Guo Fan,” it was as if he had entered a realm of darkness, the Ghost Domain, with an especially chilly atmosphere around him.

The terrifying silence was punctuated only by the dull sound of footsteps.

But compared to Guo Fan, who had become a ghost, Chen Yi was even more wary of the other ghosts.

Because he had now entered the range of the Ghost Candle, it meant that, at any moment, he could be killed by a ghost.