Chapter 59
Xu Jizong and the others were stunned by the terrifying evil spirit and stood still. They couldn't even think of escaping. They couldn't move or make a sound. They could only let their vitality slip away rapidly, becoming older and older. Fear surged from their souls, filling their bodies, and only despair remained in their hearts.
This was even more terrifying and desperate than when they faced the horde of ghosts pouring out from the Ghost Gate in the distance.
At this moment they finally realized a terrible fact: Qi Yue at this moment was much more terrifying than the half-ghost body forty years ago.
Once such a terrifying Qi Yue loses control and loses his humanity, he can really do as he said, allowing ghosts to occupy the entire human world, turning the human world into purgatory, and becoming the king of purgatory himself. He can even make all the ghosts surrender and lead the army of ghosts to invade the human world!
They finally understood that Qi Yue could be the lock that blocks the Ghost Gate and prevents the world-destroying disaster from coming, and he could also be the sword that clears the way for the world-destroying disaster.
What they did was not to eliminate harm for the people, but to break the sheath of the sword!
It's over! It's over! This time I've truly become the culprit responsible for destroying the world!
Just when they were all despairing and waiting to die, the evil spirit that was madly eroding their vitality suddenly solidified.
It was Qi Yue who managed to regain a trace of human sanity on the brink of madness.
He can't!
You can't take human life on your hands! You can't break the seal of the Ghost Gate! And you can't lose your mind!
Shuangshuang is still waiting for him to come back!
Thinking of this, Qi Yue's rationality gradually returned, and his humanity slowly suppressed his evil nature, and he regained some initiative.
Qi Yue took the opportunity to use his evil spirit to pick up Xu Jizong and others, and quickly rushed to the outskirts of the Ghost Gate territory, trying to stay away from the Ghost Gate seal.
But his mind was soon shaken by the even more overwhelming negative emotions.
Feeling that the situation was not good, Qi Yue quickly condensed the black mist into a big palm and slapped Xu Jizong and others far away towards the location of the Medical Authority. Then he no longer had the mood to care about their lives.
I believe that with the "vast magical powers" of the Special Management Bureau, they will be able to quickly detect the dozen or so people who suddenly flew over and save their lives. At most, they may fall a little hard, but at least they can be sent to the hospital for rescue and still survive. As long as they don't die because of him, it's not a big deal.
Without these people getting in the way and away from the Ghost Gate seal, Qi Yue could finally fight with peace of mind against the negative emotions that kept pouring in from unknown sources, trying to preserve his precarious candle of humanity.
The moment Qi Yue lost control, the Special Management Bureau detected a sudden eruption of terrifying malevolence from the Ghost Gate. Everyone's expression dropped, their faces trembling with fear. Perhaps a demon even more powerful than Qi Yue had arrived from the Ghost Gate, wielding such terrifying malevolence? They wondered what had become of Qi Yue. Could he handle such a terrifying demon? Did they need help?
After a while, a drone discovered a dozen black spots flying out from the evil spirit at high speed.
Everyone in the Special Management Bureau immediately paid attention and zoomed in on the camera, revealing more than a dozen old faces that were terrified and in tears.
Director Lin raised his hand and immediately ordered to rescue people.
The army reacted very quickly. As soon as Director Lin gave the order, they quickly calculated the landing location of these people. Almost at the same time they arrived, the air cushion was inflated and caught them all.
Fan Xiuping happened to see a flash of golden light of merit on the bodies of these dozen people. Of course, this was not the golden light of merit from them, but the light left by Qi Yue on them, which could ensure that even if Director Lin and others were unable to catch them in time, they would not be killed by the fall.
But they were all badly beaten from the fall, their bones cracking with the slightest movement, and one or two of their old faces twisted in pain, it seemed that the fall had broken quite a few bones.
Director Lin didn't care how badly they were injured, as long as no one was dead. Before they could sit up, he rushed over and grabbed Xu Jizong's collar with precision, asking hurriedly: "What happened in there? Where's Qi Yue? Did he throw you out? Why didn't he come out himself? How is he? And what about the seal on the Ghost Gate? What's going on with this sudden outbreak of evil spirit?"
Xu Jizong was a little confused by his string of questions. He took a deep breath and quickly said the most crucial information: "Qi, Qi Yue is out of control!"
Everyone's face changed drastically when they heard this answer. This was the last thing they wanted to see!
"What on earth is going on? How could Qi Yue lose control so easily? Tell me everything honestly!" Director Lin shouted angrily, releasing all his aura, intimidating Xu Jizong and others so much that they couldn't help but shrink their necks.
After listening to Xu Jizong and the elders of the association explain everything one by one.
Director Lin and others were so angry that they wanted to tear these people apart.
Director Lin couldn't help but curse again, "What a bunch of fucking idiots! You dare to cooperate with it without even figuring out what it is or what its purpose is? How impatient are you to live? The most important thing is that this thing's real purpose is obviously not to get rid of Qi Yue. It knows that even with its strength and the combination of you, it may not be able to touch Qi Yue at all. The person behind it wants to use you to make Qi Yue lose control. As long as Qi Yue loses control, there is no need to wait for the ghost army on the other side to rush over. Qi Yue alone can destroy half of our world. Do you believe it?"
Also, the only one who currently has the ability to seal the Ghost Gate is Qi Yue. Without Qi Yue, the seal of the Ghost Gate will be broken again. Who else can seal the Ghost Gate?
"Damn, they are such a bunch of stupid and vicious troublemakers!" Fan Xiuping couldn't help but curse.
Xu Jizong and the others also regretted it deeply. Although they were greedy, short-sighted, and did not do good things, they really did not intend to become the sinners who destroyed the world!
An elder trembled and asked, "What should we do now? Is there any way to bring him back to his senses?"
Director Lin sneered. Now he finally knew he was afraid. But fortunately, they still had a trump card. Otherwise, he would have pulled out his gun and shot these troublemakers before July completely lost control.
However, as if things weren't bad enough, when he was about to ask someone to contact Gu Yunshuang, Assistant Fang called first.
Then he got the news that Gu Yunshuang and Jiang Honghui were trapped in the ghost realm together.
Director Lin immediately realized that something was wrong and looked towards the ghost gate. Sure enough, he saw that the bright red evil spirit that had been under control and was trying to shrink stagnated for a moment, and suddenly there was a violent explosion. The affected area even expanded by two times, and even swarmed towards the surroundings at a very fast speed.
Director Lin almost passed out, gritted his teeth to keep himself awake, and quickly ordered a blockade.
Fortunately, the Special Management Bureau's research institute has made significant progress in recent years. For example, dozens of specially modified vehicles are currently stationed in eight directions, centered around the Ghost Gate. At Director Lin's command, the vehicles' instruments instantly activate, interweaving energies to form a powerful Bagua-shaped shield, temporarily blocking the incoming evil spirits.
The evil spirit became stronger and stronger, and the world ahead was filled with only a vast expanse of blood, and nothing else could be seen.
There was a constant crackling sound of corrosion coming from the protective shield, which quickly consumed the energy of the shield, causing the car providing energy to the shield in each direction to be replaced every ten minutes or so.
Director Lin estimated and found that they could only hold out for more than an hour at most if they continued like this. That was if Qi Yue didn't go crazy and explode again, or if he completely lost his humanity and rushed out to kill.
We could ask for more military force and support from the Heavenly Masters, but the result would only be heavy casualties.
Not to mention that there is a ghost gate behind it. No one knows what the seal of the ghost gate is like now, and whether it will be broken by Qi Yue's evil spirit.
The best way now is to find Gu Yunshuang as soon as possible. Gu Yunshuang is the anchor of Qi Yue's humanity. As long as Gu Yunshuang is there, Qi Yue's sanity will definitely be awakened.
Director Lin immediately called back and asked for more manpower to quickly break the ghost zone in the teahouse and rescue Gu Yunshuang.
***
After throwing Xu Jizong and the others out, Qi Yue tried his best to calm down and keep his sanity. For Shuangshuang, he must not lose control completely.
A voice suddenly echoed within him: "Why resist? You're not human to begin with. Your so-called humanity is actually a shackle they've imposed upon you. As long as you completely break free from these shackles and accept your true self, you will gain immense strength. From then on, no one will be your opponent. All ghosts will submit to you, you will reign supreme, and you will become the sole ruler of both the human and ghost worlds. Isn't that a good thing?"
Qi Yue: “…”
Thank you, he was embarrassed and became more rational.
Thinking about how he would become such a child if he completely lost his humanity, he felt that he might as well just die.
The voice continued, "Are you still concerned about your grandfather's affection? Don't you understand? You weren't born human. No Heavenly Master could accept you, especially your grandfather, whose only remaining cousin died at the hands of your kind. The reason your grandfather didn't kill you and raised you wasn't out of any concern for family. On the contrary, he simply wanted to train you to be his sword."
Qi Yue's rationality became clearer. Bullshit, how could he not see clearly what kind of person his grandfather was? Why would you, a jerk who dared to show yourself in public, be talking nonsense here?
Seeing that it had failed twice, the voice remained unmoved and continued, "The person you care about most is your childhood sweetheart, Gu Yunshuang, right? Don't you think the Special Management Bureau is different from the Heavenly Master Association? Even if you really died here and could never return, the Special Management Bureau would still fulfill its promise to help you take good care of your childhood sweetheart?"
Qi Yue's eyes suddenly became very sharp, and his murderous intent instantly surged.
The voice paused, then continued, "What a shame! They were all lying to you. Perhaps you didn't realize it? As soon as you left, the Special Management Bureau disregarded his safety and sent him undercover, hoping to uncover the master and evil deity behind Jiang Honghui. Now he's in real danger and could lose his life at any moment."
Qi Yue naturally didn't believe it, but his rationality was crumbling as he was hit by more and more negative emotions, and he couldn't help but have more and more negative thoughts in his mind.
It was at this moment that he suddenly felt that the shadow left beside Gu Yunshuang had moved unusually, as if it was facing a powerful opponent. After a while, the shadow faced another powerful opponent, who conveyed emotions of anxiety, anger, tension, worry and uneasiness to the main body.
Qi Yue immediately understood what this meant—something happened to both of them!
Boom! The barrier that was trying to maintain my sanity was shattered!
***
In the teahouse, after Gu Yunshuang was dragged by Jiang Honghui to run for a distance, he finally came back to his senses from the stiff and blank state of mind caused by the fright of the ghost. He subconsciously shook off Jiang Honghui's hand, then rushed in front of Jiang Honghui at a faster speed and soon disappeared from his sight.
Jiang Honghui, who was left behind: ...
Before he could curse out loud, he saw Gu Yunshuang rushing back at an even faster speed. Behind him, the supervisor and more waiters were chasing after him.
The manager, holding his head, and the waitress ghost also caught up with them and blocked them in the middle of the corridor.
There are wolves in front and tigers behind, and there is no way to escape.
Jiang Honghui looked desperate.
Gu Yunshuang was also very frightened. His face became even colder and stiffer, and he held the black cat even tighter.
Xiao Mei gasped in pain and said hurriedly, "Don't panic! Don't forget the equipment the Special Management Bureau gave you."
Jiang Honghui was already frightened, and when he suddenly heard the black cat talking, he almost fainted. He turned around and stared at Gu Yunshuang and the black cat in his arms in surprise.
Gu Yunshuang didn't have time to pay attention to him. He tried to calm himself down, took out a battery-sized compressed fire bomb specially made by the Special Management Bureau, and threw it at the manager ghost when he saw the chance. While the manager ghost and the waiter ghost were blown away and screaming in pain, he rushed over with the black cat in his arms.
Jiang Honghui immediately followed, fearing he'd be left behind if he slowed down. He glanced back and saw the manager's ghost, who had been burned to ashes, reappear. Not only was he unharmed, but an ominous black aura emanated from his body, his face ferocious, and he looked even more ferocious. Frightened, he quickly quickened his pace.
The two were chased and blocked all the way in the teahouse. Every time they were surrounded, Gu Yunshuang suddenly took out things that could restrain ghosts, such as talisman fire bombs, exorcism water, and ghost-bewitching incense, and helped Jiang Honghui escape the crisis narrowly.
The black cat in his arms wasn't idle either. If any ghost dared to approach Gu Yunshuang, he would fly up with his claws and dig out the ghost's eyeballs. He would also run ahead to lead the way, talking non-stop all the way, constantly cheering them up: "Come on! Don't give up! Hold on a little longer! The people from the management bureau will come to rescue us soon."
Jiang Honghui was completely numb, and finally realized that Gu Yunshuang was not as easy to control as he thought. Behind him was not only Qi Yue, a genius master, but also the Special Management Bureau, which seemed to be an official department specializing in the management of supernatural events.
He himself is not upright, and it would be bad if he was targeted by the official supernatural management department because of Gu Yunshuang.
Thinking of this, Jiang Honghui had already given up Gu Yunshuang's plan to be a container for the evil god.
Then he realized that there was something wrong with the direction they were running in. Wasn't that the entrance to the basement? The black cat had already swiftly jumped down, transformed into a piece of paper, and slipped through the crack of the door, opening it from the inside.
Gu Yunshuang also rushed in without hesitation.
Wait, that's a dead end!
Before Jiang Honghui could speak out to stop it, there was a sudden loud bang above his head. A fierce ghost wearing ancient red official uniform, with disheveled hair, and an aura many times stronger than other ghosts, was falling down while fighting with a pitch-black shadow that was impossible to identify.
The fight between the two ghosts was very loud, and the residual power they emitted was enough to press Jiang Honghui, an ordinary middle-aged man, to the ground, unable to get up.
Gu Yunshuang had the amulet given by Qi Yue and the Special Management Bureau on him, so he was less affected and could move freely. He quickly grabbed Jiang Honghui's feet, dragged him into the basement, and then quickly closed the door.
Jiang Honghui survived the ordeal and was deeply grateful to Gu Yunshuang. This child had indeed been born in vain; he was truly filial. He would definitely treat this child well in the future to make up for the fatherly love he had lacked for so many years.
Then he listened to the "very filial" Gu Yunshuang's calm instructions: "Quick! Summon the evil god immediately and make a wish for it to protect us to break through the ghost domain and eliminate the ghost king outside."
Jiang Honghui: …???
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