r18novel Chapter 77 Mutual Destruction
Chapter 77 Mutual Destruction
"I can't get out of here?"
Lin Yuan walked to the end of the road. The number of intact buildings on both sides began to decrease, while the number of abandoned buildings increased. Further away, the area became completely empty.
If there weren't no coffin shops here, he would have wondered if he had gone back to the wrong path.
"How did that couple leave? Was it intentional, or an accident?"
Lin Yuan's expression was not good; he remembered some details about Ghost Street.
To enter or leave Ghost Street, one must possess a sufficiently terrifying ghost realm, or an oil lamp created by Ghost Street itself, whose light is itself a ghost realm.
Lin Yuan had neither a ghost realm nor an oil lamp, so naturally he couldn't leave.
But since ordinary people have entered this place, there are two possibilities. One is that the remaining people in Ghost Street deliberately let some ordinary people in, possibly to use their lives to feed the ghosts here.
Another possibility is that the Ghost Street malfunctions, causing it to intersect with reality at certain times, allowing people to enter without using the Ghost Realm.
If it's the latter, it's entirely up to luck.
If it's the former, then the existence of this street is clearly built on a pile of bones.
However, the former possibility is unlikely. If there were a large-scale disappearance incident, given the current sensitivity of headquarters to paranormal events, it would be impossible for them not to notice.
Was it really just an accident?
"Regardless, let's get out of here first. Find a suitable medium and go back to Dachang City. Taking money and not doing the job isn't my style. I don't have a ghost domain, so if I want to leave... does Ghost Candle count as a ghost domain?"
Lin Yuan took out a white ghost candle and lit it.
The candlelight had an eerie gray-black hue, and the already dim surroundings were instantly enveloped in darkness, to the point where it was almost impossible to see one's own hand in front of one's face.
A chilling aura crept in, a very unpleasant feeling.
Lin Yuan twisted his neck uncomfortably, squatted down, and placed his left hand on the bluestone slab on the ground.
The eerie patterns spread out once more, densely packed like a spider web, covering one bluestone slab after another in the darkness of the white ghost candle.
"These stone slabs are problematic; they can only reach the surface and cannot penetrate to deeper layers."
Lin Yuan noticed something was amiss. Just like the door of the tailor shop earlier, it was clearly a product of the supernatural, not an ordinary building material.
Taiping Town... Morgue...
There are some very unfriendly speculations among book lovers about the setting of Taiping Town. If these speculations are true, then everything here is a whole.
It is indeed very difficult to invade through a curse.
Fortunately, Lin Yuan did not intend to invade the entire Ghost Street. He only needed to use the theatrical patterns to replace his eyes so that he could detect anything amiss in the dark immediately.
If the light of the white ghost candle can be considered a kind of ghost realm, capable of guiding him to the real world, then a supernatural confrontation is bound to occur.
Since he doesn't have Yang Jian's ghost eyes or his own ghost domain, the only way for him to see in the dark is to spread his supernatural abilities.
However, time passed second by second.
In Lin Yuan's supernatural perception, nothing unusual happened. Clearly, the light from the white ghost candle was insufficient to activate the passage to reality.
It's a bit of a shame, but it was expected.
boom!
A muffled thud came from not far away, and before Lin Yuan could react, a series of "bang" sounds rang out, as if something was banging on the door.
"Old man, quickly put out the candle in your hand!"
The laundry woman's voice drew closer, filled with anxiety and unease.
She looked in horror at the shops on both sides of the street. All the shops were closed, not one of them was open, and judging from the dust on the doorways, they were obviously quite old.
However, at that moment, something was forcefully pounding on the shop doors, which resembled coffin lids, from the inside.
At first, the frequency wasn't high, but in just the time it took to say one sentence, it was almost like playing a tune, and the door was vibrating faster and faster, almost as if it were about to be lifted off the ground.
Clearly, something is trying to get out of there.
Moreover, something was stirring in every shop; at a glance, the doors of more than a dozen shops were almost broken down.
"You want me to put out the candle? Sure, but I need an oil lamp, an oil lamp for going in and out of Ghost Street." Lin Yuan's voice came from the darkness of the white ghost candle.
The laundry woman's face twisted in a grimace as she said, "You're still trying to blackmail me at a time like this? Can't you see that if the ghosts inside get out, you'll be the first to suffer!"
"That's not something you need to worry about. Just tell me, yes or no." Lin Yuan's voice was calm, yet it revealed a detached indifference that came from having seen through life and death.
"You're insane! You're a madman!!!"
The laundry woman was trembling with rage. She couldn't imagine why there would be such a person who would risk his life for a possibility.
A hand patted her on the shoulder.
This is a tall man wearing old-fashioned clothes, but he has no face.
Yes.
It has no facial features, only a flat sheet of skin.
It looks like a ghost.
But he was indeed a person, a living person, and one of the few living people on Ghost Street.
He patted the laundry woman on the shoulder, then walked towards Lin Yuan, his body disappearing into the darkness of the white ghost candle.
Seeing this, the laundry woman's expression grew even more ferocious. Without uttering a word, she too stepped into the darkness.
The moment they entered, Lin Yuan noticed the theatrical patterns on the bluestone slabs and frowned. "What's going on? Are they really planning to die together? If they don't want to trade, then we'll just rob them!"
Despite his doubts, Lin Yuan did not hesitate at all.
Do you really think he's just bluffing?
Boom!
The ghost bell was rung, and the dull sound formed eerie sound waves that did not spread outwards but instead seemed to come alive, heading straight for the faceless man.
No-Face has no facial features, but that's not important.
The tolling of the ghost bell is never aimed at the ears, but at the consciousness.
The faceless man stopped abruptly, and wrinkles appeared visibly on his face.
The laundry woman didn't notice anything unusual about the faceless man. In this darkness, her vision was also obstructed, and the only thing she could "see" was the black flame on the lit white ghost candle.
"What a bizarre thing."
The laundry woman successfully reached the ghost candle, only to find it placed on the ground, while Lin Yuan was nowhere to be seen. "Did he escape? But it doesn't matter."