I did not experience a mysterious revival!

Chapter 99 The True Outcast

"An interesting young man? You mean Yang Jian from Dachang City?"

Cao Yanhua thought about it with great curiosity and said, "He is indeed quite good. He solved the problem of the starving ghost all by himself. Although he did it with coffin nails, not everyone can kill a starving ghost with coffin nails. He is a promising talent. Also, there are the ghost guards he imprisoned in Huanggang Village. As long as Professor Wang thoroughly studies the ghost guards, our situation in dealing with paranormal events will be completely reversed."

His heart was full of hope.

Everything is progressing very smoothly at the moment, except that the minister has gone missing and cannot be found. He may have already sacrificed himself.

Thinking of this, Cao Yanhua sighed, "What a pity for the minister. If we had known that Yang Jian could solve the starving ghost incident, we wouldn't have needed him to seek help from abroad."

He said a lot, but Old Qin just listened quietly, as if he were an outsider.

After finally ending the conversation, Old Qin returned to his lounge.

As the head of the headquarters, he enjoys excellent treatment and owns a courtyard house in this city where land is incredibly valuable.

Unfortunately, although the courtyard was large, he was all alone.

The courtyard was planted with many large locust trees, making it look vibrant and lush, but unfortunately, he lived there alone, and it was so desolate.

Moreover, there was an inexplicable chill in the courtyard.

Despite it being the height of summer with the sun shining brightly, the temperature here remained quite low, and the sunlight seemed to have dimmed, no longer so dazzling.

Old Qin walked into the courtyard, came to the big locust tree, and sat down in a heavy armchair.

The chair was clearly quite old, and there seemed to be a problem with its quality; it creaked when he sat down.

The dappled sunlight filtered through the leaves and fell on him, but it offered no warmth whatsoever. And from the moment he sat down, the sunlight dimmed and disappeared.

In the dim light, blurry figures appeared around him.

These figures bore a striking resemblance to him, their lips moving as if they were saying something, but no sound came out.

Old Qin listened quietly, and after a long while, he suddenly sighed, "No past, no future. It's like a visitor from another world, who is reborn after each death, and possesses human consciousness, believing itself to be a person. It's like a weak but incredibly resourceful ghost. In any case, let's find a chance to get rid of it."

After a while, he seemed to have heard a lot more information, and slowly shook his head, saying, "I will take action if necessary. When he goes to find that ghost, it will be out of reality, and there won't be as many effects."

……

"Here it comes, here it comes."

Chen Ming, covered in sweat, led a group of staff members in, along with a coffin that was also carried in.

The coffin was gilded and made a dull thud when it was placed on the ground, while the staff members stared at it without blinking.

That look clearly said:

Captain Chen, you actually dared to use gold to make a coffin, wow... I'm so envious!

"Alright, you guys can go back now."

After sending away these subordinates with strange looks, Chen Ming was afraid that if he let them stay any longer, he would lose control and take advantage of them.

"Is it really made entirely of gold?"

Li Fei reached out and touched it. Even though his family was well-off, he had never seen anything so luxurious.

Chen Ming wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "This was something he arranged. As the person in charge, I urgently mobilized the gold reserves of several banks in the city. Half an hour was still too rushed, and the work was a bit rough, but at least I completed what he asked me to do."

"Wait! In my name?" Li Fei looked up.

"There's no way around it; only the person in charge has that authority. Although I'm the liaison officer, I can't directly exercise the person in charge's authority. You don't want to delay his work, do you?"

Chen Ming helplessly shrugged.

Li Fei snorted coldly, ignored Chen Ming, and reached out to lift the coffin lid.

This coffin is quite heavy. To ensure the material isn't too soft, it's mixed with other metals besides gold; otherwise, it wouldn't have required several workers and equipment to lift it in.

Including the coffin lid.

Previously, it took three or four staff members to work together to put the cover on.

Li Fei, that kid, actually lifted the lid with one hand; his strength is inhuman.

Peng Anxiao was also a ghost tamer in the past, but he didn't have this much power.

Li Fei put the lens in and then stood guard to the side, his expression tense, ready to provide assistance at any time. However, time passed by, minute by minute.

Several minutes had passed since Lin Yuan mentioned the thirty minutes, and nothing had happened near the lens.

problem occurs!

Forty minutes...

One hour...

Two hours...

Half a day passed in a flash. Chen Ming and Li Fei had been waiting from noon until evening, but still nothing happened.

During this time, Chen Ming also tried to contact Lin Yuan, but the phone was always out of service.

"Li Fei, could something really have happened to him?"

Chen Ming was completely panicked.

If it weren't for Lin Yuan, what would we do if we encountered ghost bell towers and ghost trees again?

Relying on Li Fei?

Li Fei touched his face and said in a deep voice, "He's fine, I can feel it. If he died, I would be in trouble too."

"Is that so? That's good news... Hmm? Li Fei? Li Fei!!!"

Chen Ming was dumbfounded when he saw Li Fei lying face down on the ground.

Brother!

Did you just say something like a fart?

So, Lin Yuan really got into trouble?

Chen Ming's heart sank to the bottom.

……

In the mirrored space, the sky is dim. The sun is still there, but it's just a large disc hanging in the sky, without light or heat.

Below was a quiet highway, and a person was standing on the highway.

The person was completely wrapped in white paper, but the paper had many cracks, as if it would be torn apart at any moment.

What's even stranger is this person's face.

His face was not covered by white paper, but what was revealed was a wooden mask with the outline of a human face carved on it.

The eyes on the outline are closed, but the rest of the body seems to be alive, constantly changing expressions.

Sometimes the corners of his mouth turn up, as if he's happy.

Sometimes the corners of his mouth are turned down, as if he's angry.

Moreover, although it is clearly a wooden mask, it seems like there is some kind of camera equipment underneath, and every now and then you can see another face whose facial features overlap with the outline of this mask.

Sometimes it's a crying face, sometimes a smiling face, sometimes it turns into a ghost face, or even a skull.

These completely different faces appear briefly, but very frequently.

This change has been going on for a very long time, with nothing changing, and it seems like it will continue like this forever.

I don't know how much time has passed.

This change gradually slowed down until finally no other faces appeared on the wooden mask.

It was at this moment that the cracked white paper covering her body began to peel off.

One piece after another.

Finally, the person inside was revealed; he was dressed in old-fashioned clothing from decades ago and was slightly hunched over.

The hand exposed outside the sleeve was pale, bloodless, and had no pulse; it was clearly a corpse.

However, the body did not seem to have been dead for very long, so it had not yet decomposed or developed lividity.

And that face.

The obvious wooden mask had disappeared... no, it should be said that it had been integrated into the corpse's face, becoming a face full of wood grain.

The next moment, those closed eyes opened.

"Looks like I won my bet."

Feeling this completely different body, Lin Yuan felt a surge of satisfied joy.

Now, he has finally become a true outcast!

The faceless ghost that had been chased out of the mask stall finally had a complete face.

And this face is the bark of the ghost tree that houses his consciousness.

The bark of the ghost tree alone would only be suppressed by the faceless ghost, the level of terror is not equal. Even his stored consciousness would become a victim of the puzzle fusion, unable to survive in this ghost, but instead his memories would become nourishment for this ghost.

Even with the arms of a mirror-like performer, it's still not quite there yet.

Thanks to Liu San's paper doll supernatural abilities.

Although it is not the source, this paper figure has a very special effect on suppressing vengeful ghosts.

This gave Lin Yuan a sudden inspiration, preventing him from committing a foolish suicide.

Becoming an outcast, controlling three ghosts—the Faceless Man, the Ghost Tree Bark, and the Mirror Actor's arms—along with the reclaimed supernatural weapon, the Ghost Bell, greatly boosted Lin Yuan's confidence.

At the very least, if that old guy at headquarters wanted to take action against me again, he should have done so personally.

"The bark of the ghost tree can protect consciousness, since wood has no consciousness, and it can also turn the target into a tree, creating a suppressive effect."

"Although the Mirror Performer only has a pair of arms, its ability to corrode theatrical patterns, remove the performer's face, and travel through mirrors is significantly stronger than when it only has the curse."

"The Ghost Bell targets consciousness, and the pendulum, being a withered ghost branch, can also suppress the body and drain its life force."

"It's a pity there's no complete ghost tree, otherwise I could rebuild a ghost bell tower."

"The faceless man is a ghost, and no one can kill me unless my consciousness is erased. Its abilities are quite good too. It can extract emotions to make masks, and at the same time, use the emotions on the masks as a carrier to give them a part of supernatural power, so that ordinary people can also use supernatural power? This is somewhat similar to the method I gave Li Fei, but it is more sophisticated and the effect seems to be better. However, you have to pay ghost money to buy the masks, and after using the masks, you will also integrate your own emotions into the masks as a price, which will become the foundation for the growth of the masks."

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up.

He now controls the faceless ghost and has become an anomaly, but he has not lost his emotions like Yang Jian and others did when they became anomalies.

in contrast.

Because his emotions were originally taken away by the Faceless Man, now that he has taken control of the Faceless Man, he has regained his emotions.

Despite being a ghost, it still possesses the emotions of a normal person... another anomaly.

What he gave Li Fei before was a small piece of ghost tree bark as a medium, which, along with theatrical patterns, imbued the same ghost tree bark and theatrical patterns with two kinds of supernatural power as his own.

The two supernatural entities were in conflict; otherwise, if Li Fei wore only the ghost tree bark on his face, he would soon be completely corrupted by the supernatural and turn into a wooden figure.

Even if the two supernatural phenomena reach a balance and the harm to the body is reduced, there will still be considerable damage.

The more supernatural power Li Fei used, the more severe the corruption he suffered.

His lifespan is shorter than that of a normal demon tamer.

If the method of the faceless person is used, and the bark of the ghost tree is used as the carrier of the mask, then the harm and corrosive effect on the user will be minimized.

Li Fei gained even greater power and was able to live longer.

"Unfortunately, the bark of the ghost tree is not renewable, so this method cannot be used to mass-produce the helpers."

Lin Yuan felt somewhat regretful.

Even a hero needs three helpers. Even if they can't handle top-tier ghost tamers, they're still good for doing odd jobs.

"I can use this feature to create a mask that's strong enough from scratch. Even if Li Fei dies, there will still be Liu Fei, Yang Fei, Ma Fei... As long as the mask is still there, my helpers will be there, and they will only get stronger."

"etc!"

"How could I possibly have the idea of ​​using people to support a mask? Are human lives starting to become just numbers to me?"

Lin Yuan touched his chest. "There's no heartbeat anymore."

He chuckled softly, took a step, and stepped out of the mirrored space, returning to reality.

"Um?"

Liu San suddenly looked up and felt a chilling aura. He quickly looked around, but saw no one.

"Is it just my imagination? Perhaps he really has left."

Lin Yuan stood to the side without making any move, but Liu San couldn't see him.

This is the world of faceless people.

It has always been in a deep ghost realm; without a sufficiently terrifying ghost realm, it would be impossible to see it.

Lin Yuan, having mastered the Faceless Ghost, naturally possessed the same ability.

The Liu San in front of him was just an ordinary paper figure, so naturally he couldn't possibly see Lin Yuan.

"It's better than Zhang Xianguang's; you don't have to worry about being seen if you walk into the light. However, it's not without a medium."

On the ground, the shattered mirror was still there, and Lin Yuan's figure could be clearly seen standing next to Liu San.

"Was it something I hadn't noticed before, or is it because of the mirrored dancer puzzle that this happened?"

Lin Yuan glanced at it.

The reflection in the mirror wasn't much different from how he saw himself. The only difference was that there was a pair of hands in theatrical costumes gripping his cheeks tightly, with fingers already halfway inside.

besides……

Lin Yuan turned around abruptly and saw a cabinet standing quietly not far behind him.

Ghost Cabinet!

No, it's not a ghost wardrobe. It's not that real; it's an illusion. This is the curse of the ghost wardrobe!

Lin Yuan took a few steps to the side, and the Ghost Cabinet moved accordingly, maintaining the same distance.

"We're being watched."

Lin Yuan tried to recall the plot, but his memory was not clearer after he controlled the faceless ghost and regained his emotions. It was still very blurry, and he could only remember a general outline.

The plot involving Yang Jian seeing the curse of the ghost cabinet in the Ghost Lake...

Ok?

Lin Yuan looked down and saw a hand reaching out from his chest.