Quick Travel to the Clouds

Chapter 459 Ghost Catcher 20

Yun Chu moved his fingers slightly, and a spell was cast, and the ghost's momentum weakened instantly.

Taking advantage of the gap when the ghost was temporarily forced back by the incense ash barrier, roaring violently but not daring to go beyond the line.

Finally, a life-saving message came through Liu Huajun's intercom, the voice intermittent and noisy due to signal interference: "Captain Liu! Found it! Chen Hao's cell phone... the last signal was in... the old graveyard... in the western suburbs mass grave! I repeat! The old graveyard! A... a witness saw him going there with... a shovel half an hour ago! He looked... like he was digging... something!"

"Digging graves?!" Zhang Qiang panted heavily, slumped against the wall, his voice hoarse, "Is that kid crazy? Digging up our ancestors' graves at this time?!"

"We're not digging up our ancestors' graves!" Yun Chu's eyes were fixed on the resentful ghost figure that was frantically attacking the barrier outside the incense ash realm, stirring up bursts of dazzling sparks.

"He wants to dig out his 'other half' as well! The Tang family members died tragically back then, and resentment was rampant in the Tang family. To suppress the rising resentment, someone used a secret method to separate the remaining souls!"

"'Venom' was poured into the incense burner as the core of the cage, while 'corpse remains' must be separated and suppressed in another extremely dark and desolate place!"

"That incense burner is just a lid! Without the supporting 'base' underneath to separate and suppress the bones, it cannot fully complete the cycle of 'living prisoner'!"

"And the last old shopkeeper... must have taken the secret of the bones to the grave! Chen Hao... he wanted to dig out the 'pedestal'! He thought that if he put the 'cage' and the 'pedestal' together, he could control this power!"

"He wants the Tang family... to return to the world?" Liu Huajun's voice was icy cold, his fingers gripping the gun until the knuckles turned white. "Whether it's resurrection or complete release, it's a disaster!"

boom! boom!

The resentful ghost seemed to sense their conversation and their desire for its "other half", and its rage escalated again!

It condensed a huge claw made of black and red smoke and smashed it hard on the incense ash barrier!

The incense ash surrounding the ring was instantly blown away, and the warm current barrier trembled violently, its color dimming slightly. The dust that rose up spread out, causing Zhang Qiang to cough violently again.

Yun Chu said calmly, "Captain Liu, we must split up our forces! Officer Zhang, stay here!"

"Replenish the incense ash every five minutes! Delay it as long as possible! It's just been severely damaged by the talisman and the incense, and is now blocked by the barrier. It's in a violent but actually most vulnerable window!"

"As long as we can hold it back, we... you and I must go to the mass grave immediately! We must stop Chen Hao from digging out the 'corpse pedestal'! Otherwise..."

Yun Chu didn't say anything else, but everyone understood what she meant.

If the core of the resentful soul (the incense burner) that had been separated for a hundred years were to be reunited with the corpse base and controlled by Chen Hao... or, worse still, Chen Hao himself would have been corrupted by the pervasive evil thoughts and become a vessel for sacrifice.

...Then the Tang family's accumulated resentment for decades will be completely released, and the consequences will probably be far beyond the comparison of this furnace and shadow in front of them!

"Zhang Qiang!" Liu Huajun said without hesitation, his eyes sharp, "I leave this place to you! Hold it! Wait for me to come back! Protect him!" He pointed at the injured technician.

"Understood! I will defend it even if I die!" Zhang Qiang gritted his teeth and suddenly grabbed two handfuls of incense ash from the canvas bag. He stared at the hideous ghost figure outside the barrier that kept trying to find a gap.

"Let's go!" Liu Huajun stuffed the spare magazine into the holster.

He Yunchu rushed out of the analysis room, temporarily leaving behind the tragic battlefield filled with ghosts howling and incense ashes.

Rushing through the corridor, the cold wind carried the smell of rotten earth from the direction of the mass grave.

Liu Huajun frowned and roared into the intercom, "All units! Target the old graveyard in the western suburbs! Highest alert!"

"Target Chen Hao spotted! Suspected of carrying a weapon! Repeat! Target is extremely dangerous! Use of weapons is permitted when life is threatened! Weapons must not be allowed to be unearthed from the underground treasures!"

At the same time, the pressure in the analysis chamber did not decrease.

The resentful ghost's attack was like a mad dog, continuously attacking the incense ash barrier.

Every collision sent a huge cloud of incense ash flying, and the faint warm current barrier within the realm became increasingly thin.

Zhang Qiang ignored the pungent dust and mechanically repeated the action of sprinkling more incense ash, trying his best to grab it every time.

The resentful ghost's twisted face pressed close to the barrier, its hollow eye sockets seemingly fixed on the pool of Yun Chu's blood on the ground. Its invisible mouth opened and closed silently, its cold murderous intent nearly piercing the barrier...

Western suburbs mass grave, old cemetery area.

The mass grave at night was filled with the sickening smell of rotten, damp earth, mixed with the decaying dry grass and a bone-chilling chill.

The bleak moonlight filtered through the thin clouds, sprinkling mottled shadows on the crooked tombstones and collapsed graves, like ghostly shadows.

The sound of hurried footsteps broke the silence, and the figures of Liu Huajun and Yun Chu quickly shuttled among the rocky graves.

"Over there!" Yun Chu, with sharp eyes, shouted in a low voice.

Under the pale moonlight, a blurry figure was kneeling in front of a newly dug grave, waving a shovel and digging hard, with soil flying everywhere!

It’s Chen Hao!

His eyes were abnormally red, his expression was crazy, and he kept muttering: "...It's coming out, it's coming out soon! Grandpa...Tang family...the money...is all mine..." His movements were not like those of a novice, but were carried with a strange brute force of being possessed.

"Chen Hao! Stop! Police!" Liu Huajun shouted, drawing his pistol. However, Chen Hao seemed to be oblivious to his words, digging even more frantically.

"It's too late!" Yun Chu's face changed drastically.

She could clearly feel that deep in the earth beneath her feet there was a cold, sticky breath filled with endless resentment, which began to churn violently after being disturbed by Chen Hao's actions!

This breath comes from the same source as the resentment sealed by the incense burner, and is even heavier and more deadly, like a "corpse base" carrying the resentment, which is exactly the key mentioned by Liu Huajun before!

What shocked Yun Chu even more was that the aura of this "corpse base" was echoing crazily with the incense burner far away on the other side of the city!

She could feel that the resentful power from the incense burner that was trying to devour everything was rapidly increasing through this invisible connection, and was madly attacking Zhang Qiang's incense ash barrier!

At the same time, in the analysis room, the pressure suddenly increased!

boom! boom! boom!

The resentful ghost's attack suddenly increased several times, and every collision caused incense ash to fly all over the sky.

Zhang Qiang's arms ached and there was not much ash left in the bag of incense ash.

He gritted his teeth and almost threw himself on the gap to fill it with incense ash, roaring, "Come on! I'm not dead yet!" But the incense ash barrier in front of him was as thin as a candle flame and was about to collapse.

"Engineer Yun! I can't hold on any longer! It...it's coming!" An almost desperate roar came from Zhang Qiang's intercom, followed by a huge crash and the sharp noise of broken glass!

"It's using all its strength to break through the blockade and rush towards us!" Yun Chu shouted to Liu Huajun, "If that thing down there comes into contact with Chen Hao and then merges with the resentment core that's coming our way... it'll be completely over!"

"Bang!" Liu Huajun fired a warning shot into the air without hesitation.

A huge gunshot rang out above the silent mass grave. Chen Hao's body trembled violently and his movements paused for a moment.

He slowly raised his head, his young but twisted face was covered with mud and sweat, but his eyes were empty and ferocious, not at all the expression of a normal person, and there was even a weird smile at the corner of his mouth: "...It's almost there...No one...can stop it..." He lowered his head and continued to dig faster!