aircannonsinc Chapter 130 You Are the Prey
Chapter 130 You Are the Prey
"It's too late. How long will it take for Sun Rui to get out?" Liu San looked at the roads around them that had been blocked off.
"You can still leave even if you leave the photos behind," the landlord said.
"You can give it a try," Liu San said.
Just then, a pale hand reached out from every doorway.
Some pressed down on Liu San's body, while others grabbed the photo of Sun Rui.
This time, Liu San had no way to avoid it.
Unexpectedly, the landlord did not lay a hand on him, but simply took the photo from his hand.
"I have no intention of dealing with you. Consider yourself lucky with the corpse beneath the paper figure..."
However, the landlord's words came to an abrupt end before he could finish speaking.
Because at this moment, a hand covered in black mud reached out from the photo.
"Got you!"
Sun Rui's voice actually came from the photo! He could have come out a long time ago, and had been waiting for this opportunity, but he never expected that Liu San would save him.
Black mud spread rapidly along the hand towards the inside of the door.
"It's too late to leave now," Sun Rui said coldly.
In an instant, the photo shattered, and Sun Rui reappeared inside the money exchange.
His black mud was rapidly spreading into the apartment along the medium in front of him.
At that moment, countless doors began to burst open with a bang.
These all originated from the supernatural, and naturally disappeared under the influence of the burning ghost's supernatural influence.
"You think you can keep me here with this kind of trick? Dream on!" the landlord sneered.
"An anomaly? Interesting." Sun Rui also sensed something was amiss. The landlord wasn't human. In fact, one could say the landlord wasn't a ghost tamer. The landlord was the apartment building itself.
"Since you've already realized that, then you know I'm unkillable," the landlord said.
"I can't kill you right now, but I can certainly cause you trouble," Sun Rui said.
The next moment, the previously invisible smog suddenly appeared.
The grayish-white mist surged wildly into the doorway.
"It's no use. No matter what you do, you can't kill me. Just wait a little longer, and I'll remove this suppression from you," the landlord said.
Sun Rui remained silent, focusing intently on controlling the Ghost Haze.
The information obtained from the rent collector earlier came in handy at this moment.
He doesn't need to kill the landlord; he just needs to increase the number of tenants.
He wanted to see if the apartment was really as the landlord claimed, with an unlimited number of tenants.
He created countless clones using ghostly haze, which appeared inside the apartment.
Once these clones appear, the apartment automatically identifies them as tenants.
"It is indeed a considerable problem, but is this all you can do?" the landlord scoffed.
"As you wish," Sun Rui said with a smile.
The number of clones is increasing without limit. These clones are all ordinary people with no supernatural powers.
In the past, if he made too many, he would worry about the ghostly haze resurfacing. But now, with the music box curse on him, he has nothing to worry about.
Moreover, he could sense that the curse of the music box was being blocked by something, making it difficult to hear clearly. It was probably caused by the vengeful spirit within the harmonica.
As the number of clones continued to increase, the landlord also began to remain silent.
Sun Ruineng could feel the part of him that had extended into the soil being rapidly eliminated by the landlord.
He panicked.
As expected, Sun Rui's guess was correct. As long as he increased the number of tenants without limit, he could greatly stimulate the resurgence of his vengeful ghost.
Even those who are supernatural beings risk resurrection if they overuse supernatural powers.
"Do you need my help?" Liu San asked at this moment.
"Fine, throw all those corpses in there. I want to see if his apartment can hold them all," Sun Rui said.
Liu San nodded, understanding Sun Rui's meaning. He then looked at the several still-moving corpses and controlled the paper figures to throw them into the wooden doorway.
"Stop! You've gone too far!" the landlord said angrily.
Even if Sun Rui increases the number of tenants without limit, he only needs to find a way to kill them.
Once the vengeful spirit enters the apartment, he can only suppress it temporarily and then rely on the tenants and landlords to deal with the spirit within him.
If those vengeful ghosts become too terrifying, they could very well disrupt the balance within his body.
"Didn't you think of this when you made your move? It seems you really have been corrupted by the vengeful ghost," Sun Rui said.
He possesses a ghostly aura, which doesn't necessarily require him to possess a human body, but he has always chosen to revert to his own form.
Essentially, this is why, once a ghost tamer has been separated from humans for too long, they will gradually become more and more like a ghost.
Ultimately, his consciousness was completely consumed by the vengeful ghost, and he transformed into a vengeful ghost himself.
This process happens silently, and the ghost tamer himself is unlikely to be aware of it unless he has taken precautions beforehand.
Outsiders could sense this change; his behavior became increasingly like that of a vengeful ghost.
Based on the information obtained from the landlord before, plus the secret discovered today, it is known that the landlord has been deeply corrupted by the vengeful ghost.
For example, in the apartment, each ghost tamer must return to the apartment for one night every month and will be attacked by vengeful ghosts.
This looks just like a vengeful ghost.
He himself had no way of realizing his own problem.
"I hope you'll be just as arrogant next time." With those words, the landlord severed the arm.
The door was slammed shut in an instant.
The grayish-white smog also appeared inside the money exchange in an instant.
"Are we just going to let him get away like that?" Liu San asked.
"There's no way around it, these aliens are too hard to kill. Even if you release that corpse, you might not be able to keep him alive," Sun Rui shook his head.
He underestimated the landlord's determination, as he actually gave up an arm.
If Liu San really takes forceful action, he is very likely to escape, and then it will be troublesome if Liu San's evil spirit resurrects.
"That makes sense. Let's settle accounts later, one by one." Liu San snorted coldly.
Fortunately, this time he wasn't dealing with the landlord alone, otherwise he might have really been in trouble.
Once he starts fighting desperately and releases the body, the landlord will most likely escape.
"Something's not right with you. Do you need any help?" Liu San asked.
Sun Rui shook his head and said, "No need."
The pain of having a clone continued to torment him, but after so much time, he had gotten used to it.
I'd say I've become somewhat numb.
"Did you bring the paper figure here because you discovered something?" Sun Rui asked.
"You should know some of the secrets here. I found an old wooden box, which is why I followed it here, but so far I haven't found anything," Liu San sighed.
"Could you show me that thing?" Sun Rui asked.
After Liu San's true form arrived, he sensed a familiar aura, which seemed to be the scent of ghost money.
"Sure, I can't open it anyway. If you can, we can share what's inside," Liu San said.
"Okay." Sun Rui nodded.
Then Liu San took out the wooden box he was carrying.
"This is it. I've tried countless methods to open it, but I can't. You can try it."
Sun Rui took the wooden box and examined it carefully.
"Have you tried smashing it open with gold?"
"I've tried it. The gold was smashed open, but there was nothing inside, and it quickly returned to its original state." Liu San shrugged.
However, the next moment, Sun Rui easily opened the wooden box.
"How did you open it?" Liu San asked in surprise.
"It requires some special skills that others may not be able to do, but I can," Sun Rui said.
Inside the opened wooden box was a whole stack of ghost money, and on top of that was a round copper coin with a square hole.