84 Chapter 84 (Two in One)
◎Forbidden Zone Arrives◎
[Yucai College] The entire campus was collapsing, but the principal's office at the top was as bright as day.
Golden light wrapped around Ye Ping'an, her eyes were as sharp as torches, and the outline of the sculpted face composed of two halves gradually appeared in her pupils.
The sculpture's face in the reflection was still facing Ye Ping'an who was repeating the words, but the principal's office in the reflection did not have the golden light or collapse.
This is……
The world through Ye Ping'an's eyes.
The face that entered Ye Ping'an's consciousness suddenly changed, and two shadows of gods flickered, fighting each other in the golden light, and were about to collapse before they were about to take shape.
The statues looked at each other and turned into a half-and-half sculpture.
"Isolating yourself is a waste of time."
The statue shook its head, and a faint voice sounded, as if it was looking at an ignorant child.
"I'll find the ghost baby's origin. When it's born, I'll grow on her behalf. Then she'll have a chance of life... Amitabha, may the Buddha have mercy on her!"
The stone Buddha head let out a deep laugh, then raised its hand and pointed, leading a golden light that filled one wall of the principal's office in the mind.
The wall cracked like a mirror, revealing the chaotic and blurry world of consciousness outside the principal's office.
The golden light introduced became more and more intense.
The golden light fell, the monument failed, and the commander outside the ghost cave became very nervous.
The mist in the ghost cave swayed like flowing clouds, and was illuminated by the golden light, making it look even darker.
The entire campus shook violently, and countless skeletons were exposed in the collapsed buildings, emerging into the light of day in the thin mist.
In the principal's office, at the top of the campus and where the golden light fell, the shadow of a wooden shrine was covered in the cracks of reinforced concrete. Under the golden light, it seemed a little blurry.
Even with a telescope, one could only vaguely see a few figures in a stalemate inside.
Without looking carefully, just by looking at Zhong Nian's iconic red robe, you can tell who the team standing in the triangle formation is.
The target of the restricted area is here, and the investigator is also here. There is no doubt that the original core of the ghost den is here!
"The beam of light landed on the principal. Could it be that the two restricted areas, which were holding each other back, were strangely sacrificing themselves to summon the restricted areas? They are so anxious because..."
The commander looked at Ye Ping'an, who was also covered with a faint golden light on the other side of the light column, and his eyes went dark. "Have you discovered that [Ordinary People] have ruined their plans, and are you going to eat her first?!"
The restricted area descended but did not immediately begin to transform into a divine kingdom on earth. It was obviously just because everyone was rushing towards Ye Ping'an!
If the restricted area could be contained and the seemingly endless golden light cut off, the situation could be stabilized. But the monument had just failed, so how much longer could this newly emerged "ordinary person" with special abilities hold out?
The commander looked at Tushan Sui and his eyelids twitched.
The white-haired young man standing in front of the ghost cave always wore white clothes, as clean and cold as snow, but now his front was stained red with blood, and his face was so cold that it seemed to be frozen.
"Advisor Tushan..."
Tu Shansui's eyes were still fixed on the figure in the golden light. He shook his head and said succinctly, "The restricted areas erupted simultaneously. They won't give up."
He stopped looking at the principal's office and turned to walk towards the separate tent that had been prepared earlier.
The commander's heart sank.
The General Administration's only A-level artifact, the [Monument to the Suppression of Strange Things], is directly connected to each restricted area, and its detection of strange phenomena has never been wrong. Consultant Tushan's words are absolutely the true state of the restricted area.
The more restricted areas there are where monuments are erected, the greater the pressure caused by impacting the restrictions.
If we leave now, we will have to use A-level monsters to wrestle.
bell--
The commander received the call from the headquarters. Although the scene was in a state of panic, he remained calm and reported quickly as before.
"Leader, we're arranging interceptions for the overflowing strange ghost slaves. The team invading the campus has already set off. The area around [Yucai College] is temporarily safe, but the [ordinary people] seem to be at a disadvantage in a stalemate with the forces descending from the two restricted areas. Advisor Tushan has begun to activate strange creatures, and we need the assistance of the restricted area guards..."
The senior executive's face was pale. In his ears was the on-site report of "Ordinary People", and in front of him was the stone tablet with the words "Xile Hotel - Ye Ping'an".
After the commander finished his urgent report, he found that no one spoke in the receiver.
She repeated doubtfully, "Leader?"
"Understood. All available personnel will be dispatched to Yucai Academy and the restricted area. However, the situation is critical, and the number of personnel available is limited. Report any changes at the Yucai Academy ruins immediately!"
After hanging up the phone, several senior executives looked at each other and sighed bitterly.
"It's a prophecy coming true. How bizarre! What is this? A big ghost from another time traveling fighting a local ghost?"
"At least she hasn't sided with the Forbidden Zone yet, holding back the surging power of the Forbidden Zone. It's not wrong to trust her. The Forbidden Zone wants to get her... so we can't let them succeed!"
"It's not just the restricted area; the entire world is in chaos right now. Ferocious beasts, crazed ghost slaves, and zombies appearing at foreign borders are one thing, but after the emergence of the restricted area's power, temples and shrines across the country have also begun to experience strange phenomena. In just a few minutes, a new and strange alarm index has been raised. How long until the final plan begins?"
"Director Zhang has already opened the defenses of restricted area No. 3. We've already made all the necessary preparations over the years, and for the rest... we'll just keep doing as much as we can. We wouldn't be willing to give up on patching up this large ship for so long without trying to see if we can get it out."
The alerts from various places received by the information department in the General Administration's affairs hall flashed down the screen like a red crisis waterfall, making the eyes of the senior executives who stayed behind red.
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Four o'clock in the morning, Jiangshi Hills.
After graduating from college and leaving school, Anqi took her roommates to go hiking to watch the sunrise.
Lin Yu was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes. "The mountains in our Jiang City are not very high. Many people go out for picnics in their spare time, but you came all the way to see the sunrise. Look, there are only the two of us on the top of the mountain, plus the monks who came out for morning prayers from the temple. It's finally the weekend, why not go home and sleep..."
An Qi shook her head. "I didn't come here for the sunrise. I came here for the temple!"
Lin Yu shuddered and grabbed her roommate, asking anxiously, "Why do you suddenly believe this? What happened to you?"
She was involved in a series of strange events in the company, and her roommate Xia Zihan's job position seemed to be related to this. Some people began to become superstitious, but Lin Yu kept her distance.
...If you really want to worship something, it is much more reliable to find Boss Ye than to go to the temple and ask those masters who are not sure whether they have the ability or not.
An Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "What can happen to me?"
Lin Yu just stared at her closely and said, "Let's go down the mountain to find Boss Ye."
She heard that once you've hit a ghost, you'll be more likely to hit it. When Anqi's neck was cracked, it was all thanks to Boss Ye who saved her!
An Qi was puzzled. "Are you hungry? Boss Ye doesn't open the shop in the morning? Your company keeps having problems, and I haven't been able to work lately. Xia Xia's training is always busy for days, and it doesn't seem to be going well. You know, I'm a local, and I've asked around. This temple is the most spiritual one nearby. Come when the sun just comes out; it's said to drive away bad luck the fastest!"
Lin Yu held his forehead, "...don't be superstitious."
An Qi glared at her, "I'm doing this for you and Xia Xia! Just pay your respects to An Anxin... Eh? Little Master, are you here to find us?"
As he was speaking, a monk who was sweeping the gate of the temple on the top of the mountain slowly walked over.
He looked slightly younger than the other two and shyly clasped his hands together in greeting, "Donor, you may now come and offer your incense."
"Thank you, Master, for the notice." An Qi looked at the dim sky and estimated that the sun would still come out for a while. "We will be there soon."
The monk bowed again and retreated back to the vermilion temple gate.
A streak of golden light flashed across the sky, and An Qi was stunned for a moment. "Is it the sun? Or is it a meteor?"
"Do you feel that the monk has been watching us?" Lin Yu couldn't help rubbing his arms, feeling inexplicably uneasy.
"Let's come over here early in the morning. There won't be anyone else to see him..."
An Qi said casually, then her eyes suddenly widened. "Wait, the temple is glowing?! Are the monks putting on a projection show?"
The vermilion temple seemed to be shrouded in a layer of strange light and shadow, and a faint light shone on the top of the pagoda in the temple.
Lin Yu couldn't tell what was wrong, but instinctively felt that the strange phenomenon was not a good thing. He pulled An Qi and said, "Let's go!"
An Qi was dragged to run in confusion. Before she had run a few steps, she saw the door of the temple on the top of the mountain opened and the courtyard was full of people kneeling. It was completely different from the lonely early morning.
Across the courtyard from the pagoda is the main hall, where dozens of people knelt from the main hall to the door, kowtowed to the statue. Some looked up, bleeding, but they didn't stop, still speaking with piety.
"The Buddha appears, the Buddha appears..."
"Buddha, Buddha, please bless me to heal my lame leg!"
"The True Buddha must be effective. Please help me get a promotion..."
"Buddha, have mercy on me. Please bless this little temple and make it prosperous. The money from the incense offerings is also a token of my filial respect to you!"
“…”
Kneeling in the courtyard were monks who were supposed to be doing morning prayers, businessmen who were staying at the temple temporarily, and people wearing scenic area management uniforms who were obviously parking lot staff...
The young monk standing in front of the door looked at them with a smile, "Amitabha, my Buddha has appeared. Why don't you go into the temple and burn incense? My Buddha can relieve all difficulties and sufferings."
He sang a Buddhist mantra, and there was a kind of awe-inspiring and inviolable greatness in him.
Burning incense? Praying like crazy for the Buddha to appear like those people in the temple?!
I am Buddha, V me 50 and I will grant you any wish?
Having seen strange events before, Lin Yu didn't believe a word of them and mustered up the courage to pull An Qi back.
"Don't make the mistake, benefactor." The monk suddenly became expressionless and strode towards Lin Yu and the other man. His back was like a flesh flower, splitting into several petals.
The scarlet flesh was tightly attached to the temple gate, and a human face grew on the top of each piece of flesh. An Qi's scalp tingled as she watched, "That's the fortune teller, and that's the vegetarian chef in the kitchen... What the hell is this!"
In the flesh and blood, the monk smiled devoutly, but his face was cold and pale.
"The donor has a connection with Buddha..." He said this, but tears of excitement flowed from the corners of everyone's mouth.
An Qi was so frightened that her mind went blank and she just followed Lin Yu. Lin Yu didn't dare to run away in front of the strange thing, and didn't even dare to turn his head, but just stepped back.
A loud shout came from the mountainside, "Religious Affairs Bureau! Illegal preaching is prohibited!"
Lin Yu:?
A group of people wearing the Administration's armbands rushed to the top of the mountain and separated the two men from the approaching ghost monk.
Lin Yu only had time to see a few rays of light before the monks were forced back into the temple and a blockade was set up on the top of the mountain.
The team that had just come up the mountain was all fully armed. The person following behind simply questioned the two and shook his head, "Students from the university town? Go back quickly. It's not safe outside."
Lin Yu asked carefully, "Is that thing over?"
The investigators tore off their formal armbands and glanced at the temple worriedly. "No. Your response just now was okay. Stay calm and be careful on the road. Follow the evacuation team back down the mountain."
Temples and shrines were deliberately approved and arranged to be located far away from the city.
Faith cannot be completely eradicated, but some elements are retained, both to secularize and weaken the existence of "gods" and to facilitate evacuation should a bizarre crisis escalate and spill over from the restricted area. The monk may escape, but the temple cannot; it's always easier to find than to dissipate into a sea of people.
Lin Yu and his roommates fled down the mountain. An Qi finally came to her senses and followed the evacuation instructions down the mountain.
"What is that...?"
Angel was running out of breath, her mind in a mess. Before she could figure out what was going on with the monster, she saw the hazy sky actually light up.
A golden beam of light rose from the sky, but was blocked by the towering mountains in the distance and could not be seen clearly.
That's not the sun. But... what is it?
"I'm afraid something happened." Lin Yu turned on his cell phone while running.
The network in the covered university town was extremely laggy. Even after switching to data traffic, several social platforms were still laggy.
The moment I finally refreshed the page, all the hot searches had the word "explosive" on them.
#Sea Monster#
#Golden Sky-reaching Light Pillar#
#A war broke out on the border? ? ? #
#Corpses escape from multiple funeral homes#
#Ghost Encounter#
…
I swiped it and it got stuck again.
The Internet is about to explode, with shocking news popping up all over the place.
Angel's sweet potato platform page was stuck on the homepage, and all that appeared were strange photos and discussions.
[Image] Is this a monster? Does anyone know how to defeat it?]
[Urgent, urgent, my parents seem to have encountered a ghost at home! ]
[Is the age of immortal cultivation coming? Or is it another world? Is this really the end of the world?]
The military is organizing our city's evacuation. Who knows what's going on in Lin Province?
…
Lin Yu and his roommate leaned against each other, their hearts pounding. "...something big happened."
"I shouldn't have dragged you to the temple." An Qi was sweating profusely, feeling a little annoyed. "What should I do? It seems like nowhere is safe. I should have stayed with those newcomers."
"They have to deal with the ghosts in the temple, which is probably much more dangerous than us." Lin Yu shook his head, stepped on the bicycle, and said with a clear goal, "Let's go to Xile Hotel!"
"Are you crazy? You're still thinking about eating?" An Qi was stunned and quickly caught up with her.
"Boss Ye can save us!" Lin Yu took the time to explain quickly.
The wheels were almost sending out sparks. Lin Yu pedaled all the way through the familiar intersection. Hearing screams from the construction site, he turned his feet even faster.
An Qi was so anxious that tears were about to come out. "It's over, it's over. There are ghosts in the construction site too! We have delivered them to our door."
"Boss Ye! Is Boss Ye at home?" Lin Yu almost fell out of the car and ran straight to the sign of Xile Hotel, knocking on the rolling door so hard that it rattled.
Lin Yu held the phone in his hand and touched the photo of Boss Ye stuck in the phone case.
Boss Ye must be here...
Cheng Yi was left to watch the shop. When he heard the sound, he opened the door and said, "Sorry, the boss is out."
Lin Yu's face turned pale. "Then, can we go in and wait for Boss Ye?"
Without Boss Ye, the warm yellow lights of the Xile Hotel seemed to have turned cold, making Lin Yu's hair stand on end due to the cold.
She vaguely felt that not only had the outside world changed drastically, but this small building also seemed different from before.
As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Yu saw the sweeping robot behind her move, and her expression froze.
Beneath the white shell of the robot vacuum, its hair swayed like seaweed. A small red light lit up on the counter, like an open eye.
The door opened, and they seemed to sense something and turned to go outside.
Two beams of car lights flashed upwards, and the facial lines of the person in the driver's seat peeked at the light column in the sky, and the face inexplicably had a hint of hideousness and viciousness.
An Qi gasped, "The car, the car is also that thing!"
Cheng Yi nodded, "Yes, but that's the boss's car."
The sweeping and mopping robot didn't even bother to hide its appearance. Several people watched helplessly as it shed its outer shell like a long snake and slithered towards the door at a rapid speed.
Lin Yu subconsciously dodged, but he knew very well that the weirdness could not be avoided just by wanting to.
If it wasn’t eaten in the temple, would it be eaten by a sweeping and mopping robot?
Bang!
The long snake of hair had just reached the door when it collided with an invisible wall and collapsed. The strands of hair trailing behind it, dragging the white shell along with them, then huddled in like a tortoise, unable to move.
The red eyeball that opened behind it suddenly closed its eyes.
In just a few seconds, An Qi saw the whole process of the strange appearance and strange retreat, and she couldn't help but open her mouth wide.
"Boss Ye...Boss Ye is truly an otherworldly expert? The master is actually right next to me!"
Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
They couldn't eat the two people standing right outside the door, nor did they eat Cheng Yi in the store. Boss Ye wasn't there, but it seemed the store could still intercept strange things.
"What happened? The police officer on the street...ah!" Cheng Yila opened the door and looked for the investigator who stayed nearby. As soon as she stuck her head out, she seemed to hit an invisible barrier, and her forehead suddenly turned red.
Lin Yu was stunned for a moment and stretched out his hand tentatively.
A transparent wall appeared in front of the gate of Xile Hotel.
No one can go in, and no one can come out. It seems to be completely separated from the outside world and no longer belongs to the same world.
An Qi rubbed her eyes and said, "Why did I feel like there was a flash of light on the wall just now?"
"There was a flash of light, a golden light."
Cheng Yi had a gloomy face. He glanced at the empty signal bars on his phone, then glanced at the full signal bars on Lin Yu's phone.
While working with the investigators, she also gained a better understanding of "divine power".
For example, weirdness causes signal interference and restricts the entry and exit of ghosts.
Apart from being able to see the outside world, the interior of the Xile Hotel now looks very similar to a ghost den.
Cheng Yi pressed on, "You came directly to see the boss. Did you see him? What happened outside?"
Lin Yu smiled bitterly, "We don't know either."
She briefly described the situation she encountered, refreshed her phone to see if there was any new news, and her expression changed.
No signal.
The notice board next to the construction site across the street flickered as if it was broken. Listening carefully, it seemed that there had been no screams from the construction site for a while.
"The ghost is coming."
Cheng Yi looked at the frightened expressions of the two people outside the door, hesitated for a moment, and shouted, "Driver! Driver, I know you are here!"
Shadows rose from the sides of the car window, ghostly hands forming a forest. A fat, pale face crawled out from under the driver's seat, staring at her and the two people outside the door through the window.
One moment he was drooling with evil, the next moment he was cowering in fear.
Cheng Yi looked back with a gloomy face, "The boss hasn't come back yet, and you're just looking at other things and running wild? What's the point of the boss keeping you here?"
The swaying car lights shone on the Xile Hotel sign, shining with golden light, and the pale face features were frozen in fear.
The wheels turned, spreading out onto an illusory road. The lock on the wheel clicked, but it didn't prevent the van from flashing a few meters.
Crunch——
A blurry figure like mud ran over the shadow of the road. Before Lin Yu could see it clearly, he saw a ghost hand reaching out from the shadow and pulling it into the car.
Gurgle.
A swallowing sound was heard from the van.
An Qi leaned against the entrance of the Xile Hotel, looking at the van driving back, and shuddered, "Are you safe?"
Lin Yu collapsed to the ground exhausted. "Fortunately, the car can withstand tricks, and fortunately, it listens to Boss Ye... But I don't think it will end so easily. Accidents are happening everywhere, you see."
"There is more light in the sky."
As if in response to her uneasiness, the golden beam of light in the sky grew brighter.
Rays of light rose in the sky, also golden, but not the golden glow of the rising sun.
The newly appeared golden light trembled in the air, as if it was forcibly pulled by some rope, accompanied by a loud rumbling sound, as if the sky was shaking.
The strong feeling of palpitations made his legs weak, and Lin Yu couldn't help but hold his breath.
She didn't know what it was, but... she instinctively realized that it was dangerous, a terrifying existence that was absolutely irresistible!
Cheng Yi looked up expressionlessly and stared coldly at the sky.
She had felt the terror of Tai Sui and had also witnessed the changes in the Hungry Ghost den on the edge. The diners who had escaped here brought news of the danger appearing in the sky. There was only one possibility:
"The weird god has come out."
An Qi was stunned. "Ghost God? Then, then we should also have masters who can kill ghosts, just like Boss Ye..."
"Master can't do it." Cheng Yi said.
Cheng Yi took out the boss's photo and prayed silently.
"But the boss can definitely do it."
Cheng Yi, considering that their previous collaboration had made money for their boss, reluctantly spoke well of the Investigation Bureau, "The authorities are also restricting weird things."
She warned, "If you don't know what to do, just look for people still alive on the street. Refresh the page frequently. If it really is a major outbreak, they will definitely announce a solution."
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"Mountains, rivers—"
The small tablet in Tushan Sui's hand became extremely heavy, and the stone tablets standing outside different restricted areas rose up with a bang.
Like a mountain, it stands tall on the earth, suppressing the golden light that surges like waves in the restricted area.
The lights echoing from various places were like roots connected together, outlining the direction of the mountains, and finally connected to the stone tablet of the General Investigation Bureau. The ancient stone tablet slowly lit up from the bottom.
Tu Shansui was still outside the Yucai College, but following the light from the small monument, he saw the most precarious edge of the No. 1 restricted area.
The buildings in the deep pit of ruins had barely stood for decades before collapsing in an instant under the golden light.
Before the steel and concrete fragments fell, they all turned into ashes... No, not ashes, but light, pure and holy light.
From shape to essence, they rapidly transformed into another existence.
Golden lotuses emerged from the clouds, Buddhist chants resounded through the heavens, pagodas towered high, and temples stood majestically.
The outline of a giant Buddha as tall as the sky emerged. Its surface seemed to be covered with skinless black and red muscles, but the black and red lines gradually became more golden, like a golden body being worshipped.
It pointed upwards to the sky, with endless golden light pouring out; it pointed downwards to the earth, and the stone tablet suppressing the edge of the golden light shook constantly.
The signs of weathering on the stone tablet in the General Administration are becoming more and more obvious. The stone tablet outside the No. 1 restricted area is cracked and golden light is seeping out from the cracks.
All sorts of bizarre golden Buddha statues grew directly out of the golden light, and as cracks appeared, they walked out of the restricted area.
The investigator guarding the edge of the restricted area roared the first time, "Restricted area, stop!"
Another golden light started, and the city in the halo that did not appear in front of Xiao Xing became clearer and clearer.
Like a sculpture of white jade, majestic and ethereal, it slowly drifts outward like a giant spaceship, crushing everything tiny on the ground.
More than one golden light surged towards the light column in [Yucai College], and more than one stone tablet in the restricted area was on the verge of breaking.
Tu Shansui saw several forbidden areas shining brightly in front of him at the same time. The small tablet in his hand was as heavy as the entire earth, pressing down on him so much that it was difficult for him to even move a finger.
"As the mountains and rivers remain, the country can be at peace."
In front of each restricted area stone tablet, the lit stone tablet vaguely reflects a white-haired figure, with a spine like a sword, standing like a cold snow-capped mountain.
"Restricted area, stop!"
boom--
The golden light trembled like waves, and the huge statue moving outward paused.
But Tu Shansui knew that each use could only delay the attack for a moment. The golden light was about to completely destroy the stone tablet.
Tushan Sui's back of the hand was covered with tufts of white fluff, and when he opened his mouth, a mouthful of blood overflowed from his endurance.
"Notice, the restricted area monument is about to shatter. We can still intercept it once more..."
The assistant immediately forwarded the message, not daring to ask any more questions. He just wiped away the blood that spurted out again in panic, but found that the blood was almost overflowing from the pores and could not be wiped away.
Tu Shansui subconsciously looked towards the direction of the campus.
The beam of light was still there.
Ye Ping'an was still under the beam of light.
But the turning point...seems like it will never come.
It's so shameful for him as a member of the Tushan clan.
Tu Shansui closed his eyes and gathered some strength before activating the Ghost-Suppressing Monument again.
"consultant!"
The assistant held up the phone and hurriedly leaned close to Tu Shansui's ear.
Director Zhang's voice came from the receiver, as gentle as usual.
"Release the restricted area."
Tu Shansui opened his eyes in surprise, "But——"
Director Zhang smiled. "Fox Fairy, ah Fox Fairy, you've been on guard against this disaster long enough. You've done what you had to do. Humans should do what they have to do. We have one final chance to take action and intercept those spirits."
"You said you saw a change, so take the [Monster-Suppressing Monument] and go break the power that's trapping Ye Ping'an. That's the only battle there we can't participate in."
【Author’s words】
Ahhhhh, this plot has been revised several times and it didn’t make it to the 7th QAQ
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