I did not experience a mysterious revival!

Chapter 91 My name is Li Fei! The Performer and the Withered Tree

"Who are you?"

Chen Ming thought he had seen Lin Yuan and that he didn't need to apply for headquarters' help again for this supernatural event. He thought it would be best to keep Lin Yuan here and keep an eye on Xiaonan City.

But upon closer inspection, it became clear that although this person resembled Lin Yuan somewhat, and even had half of his face painted with an actor's mask, there were still differences.

The man raised his head, his eyes lifeless and empty, as if he had lost his soul. "I...you know me?"

"You're not Lin Yuan, so who are you?"

Chen Ming became alert and waved his hand to signal. The staff behind him surrounded the man and even reached for their weapons.

They would act immediately at Chen Ming's signal.

"I am Lin Yuan. If you don't believe me, that's fine too."

The man ignored the group; he was in a bad mood.

Even though he saw his closest relatives, he dared not show them his true self. He might never see his childhood sweetheart again.

His past life and his former friends no longer belonged to him.

Now he is like a lost soul, without a home.

Who can understand this pain, this despair?

"I know Lin Yuan, and you should know him too, right? The mask on your face should be his. Have you met him?" Chen Ming asked eagerly.

The man hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

He wanted to ask about Lin Yuan, but when he thought of the promise he had made to Lin Yuan before, he held back, because he was now living under Lin Yuan's identity.

Thinking he had persuaded the man, Chen Ming pressed on, saying, "There's another problem in the city. It's an S-level paranormal event that he handled before. If it's not contained, another terrifying paranormal event could break out. At that time, the remaining people in the city might also die in this event."

He was deliberately exaggerating the impact of this paranormal event.

Perhaps this method can lure Lin Yuan out.

However, the man's expression changed upon hearing this, and he said urgently, "What did you say? There's a supernatural event that could kill everyone in the city? How is that possible? Take me there; perhaps I can help!"

He touched his face; it was cold and numb, not his own face at all.

But it was this face that gave him a sense of security, that incredible power, even though each use made him feel closer to death, the power was real.

"Okay, let's go take a look first."

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Ming agreed.

The person in front of me clearly has some connection with Lin Yuan, and is also a Ghost Tamer. Perhaps I can try to win him over.

He secretly took a picture of the man and sent it to headquarters, asking them to investigate the man's background. Meanwhile, he took the man to the lakeside park.

In just a few minutes, they entered the lakeside park and arrived at the central lake.

After the Ghost Bell Tower incident, the eerie bell tower disappeared, leaving only an empty platform standing on the water. And now, right next to the platform, a large tree has grown out of the lake.

The trunk of the tree is extremely thick, requiring almost five or six people to encircle it.

The strange thing is...

The tree was completely bare, without a single leaf, clearly a dead tree.

"This tree suddenly appeared three days ago. It's extremely strange, and it's emitting a very low temperature. We're worried about the danger, so we've only cordoned off the surrounding area and are waiting for someone to come and handle it."

Chen Mingjian briefly explained the situation, then looked at the man and said, "You say you're Lin Yuan, so do you have a solution?"

"Whether there's a solution or not, we'll only know after we try."

The man suddenly looked at the reflection of the large tree on the water, his expression changing drastically. "Look in the water!"

In the water?

Chen Ming looked over with great confusion, but when he saw the situation in the water, his pupils shrank and he froze on the spot.

In the reflection on the water, one or more corpses hang from each branch of this withered tree.

The corpses were densely packed together, like the leaves on this big tree.

Especially since the wounds of these corpses were still bleeding, the blood had turned the originally dark branches bright red, and on the trunk was a human face.

The outline of this face is exactly the same as Lin Yuan's!

"This is... Lin Yuan?"

Chen Ming suddenly took a few steps back, but his eyes remained fixed on the reflection in the water, especially the human face growing on the tree trunk.

The next moment, the corpses on the tree branches in the reflection suddenly fell down and then floated on the water's surface. They were so numerous that they almost covered the entire surface, obscuring the view and making them nearly impossible to see.

Not only that.

After the bodies floated to the surface, they actually struggled and swam towards them.

The clothes worn by the corpses were all different, and they were not only from this era, but also from decades ago, even from the Republican era.

But as the corpses approached, their faces began to lift up one by one.

What made Chen Ming freeze was that the faces of these corpses were all Lin Yuan's faces!

"Lin Yuan is dead? The vengeful ghost has returned? No, no, this tree, this tree... this is the tree where Peng Anxiao was riding that withered ghost branch!"

Recalling Peng Anxiao's file, Chen Ming's expression changed drastically. "Let's go!"

Unfortunately, it was too late. Sometime earlier, corpses had already climbed ashore, their wet bodies surrounding them and closing in.

"You say you're Lin Yuan, so do you have any ideas now? If you don't come up with anything soon, we might really die here."

Chen Ming's forehead was covered in sweat.

As Peng Anxiao's liaison, this was the first time he had truly delved into a paranormal event and confronted such a terrifying one.

However, his urgency went unanswered.

He turned around and was so angry he almost died.

The man who called himself "Lin Yuan" was still staring intently at the direction of the withered tree, as if he were possessed, and had no intention of running away.

"you……"

"listen!"

The man suddenly spoke, "Someone is calling me."

What?

Chen Ming listened carefully, but heard nothing.

"You can't hear me because you're not the one he chose." The man slowly walked towards the water, as if on a pilgrimage.

He quickly entered the water, and the mask on his face suddenly dissolved like paint, spreading across the surface of the water.

The corpses that surged in from all sides, once they were touched by the paint, immediately lost their ability to move, floated back to the surface of the water, and returned to normal corpses.

In this area covered in paint, a hand dressed in a theatrical robe suddenly reached out and grabbed the man's shoulder, followed by another arm, his head, and his upper body...

This is a person dressed in theatrical costume, who is lying on the man's back.

Unable to withstand the immense force, the man bent over, his face almost touching the water's surface, yet his voice grew ever louder:

"My name isn't Lin Yuan, it's... Li Fei!"

Poof!

The man who called himself Li Fei sank completely into the water, along with the actor on his back.

Finished!

Chen Ming looked desperate. He closed his eyes, preparing to face death. However, the death he expected did not come. When he opened his eyes, all the corpses that had been rushing towards him had disappeared, as if everything just now was an illusion.

But is it really just an illusion?

The withered tree in the center of the lake is still there, but there is no reflection of it on the water anymore, as if the withered tree were fake or didn't exist.

and many more!

The tree...the tree has disappeared?

Chen Ming stared wide-eyed, completely unable to comprehend what he was seeing. Only after the withered tree disappeared like a mirage did he notice two figures appearing on the platform in the center of the lake.

One of them...

"Lin, Lin Yuan!"

Lin Yuan slowly raised his head, but his face... his face was made of tree bark!

Half an hour ago.

Lin Yuan still remembered what happened in reality. He and Chen Hong were dealing with the dead tree at the Municipal Central Hospital when the mirror image of the actor, who should have been in the delusion, suddenly appeared and attacked him.

In the end, he risked being taken away by the mirror-faced performer to force Chen Hong to create an opportunity to imprison the withered tree.

result?

In the blink of an eye, he appeared on a spacious platform in the center of the lake.

He recognized this place.

The Ghost Bell Tower was an S-class paranormal event, and one that he personally handled. He almost died there, so how could he not recognize it?

"So, did my narcolepsy flare up at a crucial moment? Or is narcolepsy and paranoia actually some kind of protection my body is providing?"

"The mirror-image actor really appeared in reality; the situation on Kangjin Mountain was not my imagination."

"A mysterious resurrection that has vanished without a trace, a vengeful ghost invading reality..."

"Reality and illusion, two worlds, what is the relationship between them?"

The series of messages left Lin Yuan feeling very confused. He had no time to think about the special events that had happened to him in reality.

But now that he's quiet, how can he control his thoughts?

Fortunately, even if he can't control himself, there will be someone or something to help him control himself.

puff!

A sharp pain shot through his abdomen, almost causing his body to spasm. Lin Yuan looked down and saw a dry twig piercing through his lower abdomen.

Blood gushed out instantly, staining the withered branch red.

But soon the red color disappeared, and fresh blood seeped into the withered branch, making the branch appear fuller.

"It's... sucking my blood..."

The moment Lin Yuan's thought crossed his mind, the withered branch lifted him up, and he finally saw his surroundings clearly.

This is an enormous, withered tree.

Although it has no leaves, it has many branches, and on each branch are one or more corpses.

These corpses were all shriveled up, clearly drained dry.

"This must be the fastest I've ever died, and it's been so painful."

Lin Yuan was breathing heavily, as if he were pulling on a broken bellows, and his life force was rapidly dissipating with the rhythmic movements of the withered branch in his abdomen, which resembled breathing.

This is a pain akin to being slowly sliced ​​to death.

He should have passed out long ago, but he was forced to remain conscious, veins bulging on his forehead, his eyes darting around.

My gaze suddenly stopped as it swept across the tree trunk!

"That's... my face..."

"That's the face Sister Hong drew for me, the face on that tree in real life. Why is it here...?"

Lin Yuan was bewildered. At that moment, the corpses on the withered branches around him fell down like dumplings being dropped into a pot, and even his not-quite-dead body fell down.

Pfft!

Pfft!

Pfft!

Lin Yuan fell into the water and his body swam uncontrollably toward the shore. At that moment, he saw two people on the shore: Chen Ming and Li Fei.

He recognized Li Fei at a glance, because Li Fei's face was given to him by him.

"Li Fei... Li Fei... Li Fei!!!"

Using the performer's curse, Lin Yuan frantically called out Li Fei's name in his mind, which led to the scene described earlier.

Li Fei sensed the call from Lin Yuan through the Performer's Curse and entered the lake on his own initiative. Lin Yuan then used Li Fei's body to fully activate the Performer's Curse.

The Mirror Actress is here!

After Li Fei was completely submerged in the water, the Mirror Actor appeared behind Lin Yuan and, like a lover, tightly embraced Lin Yuan's head.

Those fair hands gently cupped Lin Yuan's face.

"That thing on your waist is pressing against me."

Feeling his body regain a little mobility, but feeling even colder and his life force draining away faster, Lin Yuan grabbed the withered branch that was almost as thick as an adult's arm.

This withered branch is the one that pierced the actor's waist.

It was ice-cold!

But Lin Yuan's body had long since lost all warmth. What he was doing now was merely a final burst of energy before death. Even if he did nothing, he would die soon.

This slight chill did not hinder him at all.

"I can die, but I can't lose my identity..."

Lin Yuan murmured softly, and the last bit of strength in his body surged forth, propelling the performer behind him toward the tree trunk.

His strength had already begun to wane, and he was stopped by the actor after only a few steps.

But he had helpers!

Thin, withered branches descended from above, threatening to pierce both the actor and Lin Yuan.

The actor stopped removing the noodles and, clinging to Lin Yuan's body, kept dodging the countless withered branches. After failing to escape, it plunged into the water.

Mirror space!

Compared to Lin Yuan, the performer was more skilled at using this space. Just when Lin Yuan was in despair, he discovered that there was also a huge ancient tree in this space.

Those withered branches, like javelins, are still there, meant to bind the performers together like candied hawthorns.

To avoid these attacks, the performer had no choice but to release Lin Yuan, which resulted in Lin Yuan being impaled by dry branches and even pinned to a tree trunk.

Wow!

Lin Yuan felt like a rag doll, almost torn to pieces, but a familiar force came from behind him, and he subconsciously grabbed back.

Then, in this state, he actually tore off a huge piece of bark, and on this piece of bark was a complete outline of a human face.