Chapter 126 Madness and Chaos

Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing were completely unaware of the commotion in the outside world.

They eliminated three ghost dens outside and moved towards the neighboring area along the roadside to check on the current guarding situation of the ghost lord.

Compared to second-tier bullets, talismans are more effective against ghosts, being both specialized and convenient.

For Rong Yi, drawing a talisman felt like fighting a battle; the chance of losing control was very small, as long as he paid attention to replenishing his energy.

Concentrating on drawing another talisman, Rong Yi released the brush and shook his wrist. "Drawing four in a row is a bit much."

Wei Yanqing helped put away the pen and ink, saying, "We're almost there, this should be the last sheet we can use."

If you're lucky, you'll reach the controlled area directly; if you're unlucky, you'll encounter a whole bunch of ghosts, and you'll have to harvest them all and leave with tears in your eyes.

"They say there are four Ghost Lords in this area. I wonder if I'll have a chance to meet the strongest one later on." Rong Yi was quite looking forward to fighting a Ghost Lord and testing his near-fourth-tier strength.

"It depends on luck."

Upon arriving at the designated location, they neither saw the imposing horde of ghosts nor the fourth-tier ghost lord.

Walking another hundred meters or so would take you out of this area, but apart from the unusual quiet, there seemed to be no other danger.

Rong Yi remained silent, only looking quietly at Wei Yanqing. "Could it be a trap?"

They haven't figured out how to manage this area yet, but the so-called town garrison seems rather dubious.

Wei Yanqing slowly shook his head, "I didn't feel anything. Let's walk along the road and see."

Since there were no ghosts to kill and no guarding ghosts to be encountered, they simply started chatting.

"So, just because we've set up a hunting area, does that mean people outside are safe?" Rong Yi felt it wasn't that simple.

Wei Yanqing: "It's highly unlikely, but how they decide to do it is up to them."

After the Ghost Realm effectively controls the instance world, it still needs to overlap to some extent. This is because the previous level of control was insufficient to satisfy them. Therefore, it is definitely not something that can be solved by sacrificing the lives of an entire city or district.

"They will definitely resist. They've all found peach wood, an effective weapon against demons, but the resistance alliance is too small. It remains to be seen whether they can unite all the people."

Even while in the hunting grounds, Rong Yi remained quite interested in the outside world.

"Perhaps before we even get out, we'll see the people spontaneously rebelling."

Wei Yanqing was able to make such a guess because he understood that the essence of ghosts is boundless greed, and that the billions of living people in the world would be a super feast to tempt ghosts.

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Since what happened a few days ago, curfews have been lifted in every city, and everything has returned to the state it was a year ago.

Nobody wants to go to work or school, but adults need to eat, so they try to get their children excused from school. Teachers turn a blind eye to this. Nowadays, even underage children are still immune to ghosts, so they turn their attention to college students who are already adults.

Lin Lan tried to ask for leave from the beginning, but the school did not approve it. The teacher told her privately that it was the higher-ups' decision: those below the university level were not allowed to take leave, but university students and working people could not easily ask for leave.

She and her classmates stayed up until the weekend, then went to the school gate to take the bus home.

They didn't dare to take a taxi. A couple of days ago, some students tried to leave by taxi as soon as possible, but I later heard that about half of them were killed.

Buses are at least crowded, so you won't be completely helpless if something happens.

"squeak--"

The bus braked and stopped, the front door opened, and everyone boarded one by one, either by swiping their cards or dropping in coins.

When Lin Lan got on, she suddenly shuddered. She looked around and saw that everyone seemed normal. There were already a few passengers in the car, but the most eye-catching one was a man wearing a black hat and a long coat, whose face was always turned towards the window.

The brim of the hat obscured her view, allowing her to see only the lower half of the other person's face.

Lin Lan followed the other students to the back of the bus. Many people were leaving school on Friday evening, and the bus quickly filled with passengers. The driver did not ask the students to squeeze in as he usually did, but instead quietly closed the doors.

With so many people around, no one spoke; they were either looking down at their phones or spacing out.

Lin Lan was squeezed in the crowd. She wasn't very tall, so she had to hold onto the handrail with difficulty and close her eyes. In this stuffy space, she would get carsick and nauseous if she opened her eyes.

The bus was packed with people, and the driver slowed down. Lin Lan leaned against her arm, feeling drowsy.

Suddenly, the brakes came on sharply, and everyone was caught off guard and fell, one person on top of another.

Lin Lan heard the complaints from the people around her, and that someone was pressing down on her.

"The driver is being haunted by a ghost!" someone shouted from ahead.

It was like water being poured into a hot oil pan, causing a violent reaction. Everyone frantically tried to push aside those around them and get off the bus, which was now stopped by the bridge.

Lin Lan soon heard the sound of shattering glass. "Lin Lan, let's go there quickly!" Her classmate grabbed her hand and pointed to the window behind them, where someone had broken the glass and was climbing out.

"Calm down, don't push!"

"Ouch—you stepped on my leg!"

"Calm down!"

No matter how loudly they shouted, no one in the car listened, and they all wanted to get out through the window.

As everyone moved away from the driver's seat, the man wearing a hood and a long coat got up and pushed his way forward against the crowd. Those who were pushed grumbled, but this man was surprisingly strong.

Lin Lan turned around curiously and noticed that the man seemed to be holding something in his hand.

The driver suffocated, with a second-tier ghost clinging to him.

The tall, muscular man threw off his hat, his expression fierce, and strode towards the second-tier demon.

Upon seeing a living person approaching, the second-tier ghost regarded it as a provocation and immediately released the driver, using the man with abundant life essence in front of it as its prey.

The man and the ghost attacked simultaneously. The ghost's invisible hand tightened around the man's throat, but the next second the ghost howled and released its grip. The man seized the opportunity and pinned the ghost to the ground, stabbing it repeatedly. According to the members who had previous kill records, once the first stab landed, they had to seize that brief moment to deliver a flurry of blows.

Those nearby were stunned, watching as the man, like a crazed killer, began stabbing the dark ghost repeatedly.

The second-tier ghost realized the situation was bad and tried to escape by overturning the man. Several miniature swords fell out of the man's pocket. He picked one up and threw it at the second-tier ghost's back. With good aim, he hit the ghost, and the invisible ghost was once again passively transformed into a physical form.

He turned to the people in the car and threw a handful of small swords at them, saying, "These can kill ghosts. If you don't want to sit here and wait to die, come with me and kill these ghostly things."

Everyone rushed to pick up the small swords. Those of them standing in the front row had witnessed firsthand how powerful these things were against ghosts.

The second-tier demon was swarmed and stabbed to death by several people. The driver was not killed, and someone called an ambulance.

The passengers got off the bus still in shock, and cars on the road avoided them, everyone feeling unsafe.

Lin Lan was also given a small sword. No wonder the man was wearing such a long coat; it was to cover the bundles of wooden swords.

The man picked up the hat he had just thrown away; it had many large shoe prints on it. He patted it against his legs to remove the dust and put it back on.

One of the students, regaining his composure, asked him, "Excuse me, who are you?"

(End of this chapter)