Chapter 254 Ghost Light
Cao Yang stood in front of a super-large building, and he seemed a little small.

The design of this building is very unique. It occupies almost half of the area of ​​the entire ancient city and adopts a dome design. The "sun" is fixed on the dome, providing quite bright light for the entire ancient city.

"This light... contains something mysterious."

Cao Yang frowned slightly. The parts of his body that were illuminated by the mysterious light felt as if there were ten thousand ants gnawing at his flesh and blood. It was extremely itchy, and there were bursts of pain from time to time, as if sparks were burning his skin and flesh, making him feel very uncomfortable.

Some instinct and intuition told him that being exposed to this light for too long would never have any good consequences, so he did not hesitate to open the ghost cave to cover himself, trying to isolate himself from the influence of this light.

However, the light from the dome was like a laser, corroding Cao Yang's ghost den bit by bit, just like a cigarette butt leaving holes on white paper, Cao Yang's ghost den was also being slowly eroded by the light.

"Light is actually a ghost..."

Cao Yang's expression became a little solemn. He quickly walked into the huge building, trying to find a place that could block out the light.

It's more like a fortress than a building, with a complex internal structure, and alleys and paths interconnected, with no discernible pattern. However, after entering the fortress, the erosion of the ghost light on the ghost den was instantly aggravated.

"When it comes to the supernatural, it really can't be viewed with common sense."

The houses inside the fortress are generally two-story structures made of bluestone bricks, and a small number are only one-story, but the area is slightly larger.

What is strange is that these houses look very clean and tidy, as if someone cleans them regularly, but there is not a single person to be seen here, not even a ghost. The whole city is so quiet that it is a little scary.

“Tap, tap, tap—!”

However, at this moment, the sound of footsteps instantly aroused Cao Yang's vigilance.

The footsteps were mechanical and stiff, and the intervals between each step were exactly the same. Cao Yang could tell with his toes that the owner of the footsteps was undoubtedly a real ghost.

“Tap, tap, tap—!”

The footsteps continued, but Cao Yang was unable to determine the exact direction of the source. There seemed to be some special barrier between him and the ghost.

On the next street, a young man was walking stiffly on the street. The source of the footsteps was this young man. If Liu San or Cao Yang were present, they would definitely recognize the identity of this young man.

Qi Chaosheng!
At least from the outside, it was undoubtedly Qi Chaosheng.

However, this Qi Chaosheng was different from the previous ones. There was no false smile or sinister expression on his face. Instead, there was numbness and facial paralysis that did not belong to a living person. He was like a real evil ghost.

"It seems that I have succeeded. Although it is not complete, I have taken a big step forward."

"Qi Chaosheng" suddenly spoke, his voice was dry and hoarse, and it sounded like there was something foreign stuck in his throat, which sounded very uncomfortable.

"Fortunately, I informed Qi Ming in advance, otherwise I would have been slaughtered by that beast Liu San."

"Now I am also an outlier. This is true fairness. The game has just begun."

The footsteps disappeared. Cao Yang did not choose to explore the city in depth, but found an abandoned house to hide in. The ghost light was almost omnipresent, and in a short time the ghost wind and ghost den were eroded and dilapidated.

Not only that, under the illumination and burning of this ghost light, Cao Yang noticed that the frozen ghost in his body was actually a little agitated, as if it was trying to recover from the frozen state.

"Evil door."

At this time, Cao Yang thought of Lu Jingxuan's words:
After the war, he discovered that everything in the ancient city of Ping An had turned into supernatural objects, and the essence of the supernatural objects were real ghosts.

Simply put, some kind of supernatural influence has affected this peaceful ancient city, causing everything to turn upside down.

"Safe during the day, restricted area at night."

This is Lu Jingxuan’s summary.

Cao Yang decided to observe for a while. Compared with the night when evil spirits were rampant, the ghost light that could corrode the ghost den and stimulate the resurrection of evil spirits was obviously more troublesome. "It was an upside-down ancient city, but I didn't feel anything unusual when I entered the ancient city. Even though I was upside down now, I didn't feel any discomfort at all."

At the other end of the ancient city, Liu San also noticed this. Walking upside down did not make him feel any discomfort, but there was no risk in the predicted scene.

"Interesting. It was a good decision to let the paper man come this time."

Liu San walked recklessly, and at a certain intersection, he stopped.

"Tear-!"

He stretched out a hand and tore open the yellow paper on his back. There was no flesh and blood inside, but another layer of yellow paper.

The crack was still getting bigger, and a paper man actually came out from behind Liu San.

One, two...

"It's time to act. Find the location of the pawnshop or bank as soon as possible. The real danger will begin at six o'clock in the evening."

The first paper figures casually took out a few pieces of yellow paper and pasted the cracks on the back together. These were the core paper figures, and their supernatural powers were enough to handle ordinary B-level incidents. Liu San was reluctant to waste them.

As Liu San finished his words, a group of paper figures quickly left in different directions, going deeper into the ancient city to gather intelligence.

Time passed, and after Qi Chaosheng stopped, he began to stroll around the ancient city. It’s not that he dared to act recklessly, but Qi Ming was using his body to explore the city.

Qi Ming, the Taichu among the Five Innate Ones, the ghosts he controls are even more special. They were carefully selected by Lu Jingxuan from the inventory of the Reform Association.

The code name of this ghost is - Identity Ghost.

After mastering the identity ghost, Qi Ming disappeared from the world. He became an alien, but also lost his identity. Correspondingly, he can appear in reality in any identity, human, ghost, or even animal.

And now, his identity is Qi Chaosheng.

Time passed, and Cao Yang did not sit still and wait for death. Instead, he left this body and explored some secrets of the ancient city in the form of memory.

The ghost light was gradually becoming dim, and it seemed that it would soon lose all light and night was about to come.

"There are ten minutes left. You can prepare to witness the true face of this ancient city."

Cao Yang, dressed in gray, looked up at the "sun" on the dome, but the sun had become extremely dim at this moment, as if there was a solar eclipse.

“Tap tap——!”

As the light disappeared, various noises began to be heard from the streets and houses of the ancient city, including stiff footsteps, the sound of corpses being dragged, dull noises, and all kinds of supernatural phenomena emerged one after another, as if they had been brewing for a long time, waiting for the moment when the light completely disappeared.

"Time is up."

The sun sets and the evil spirits party.

At this moment, the City of the Dead showed its hideous face to Cao Yang, Liu San, and the Five Innates hiding in the ancient city:

The originally deserted streets were suddenly filled with many cold and twisted figures. Some houses even had lights on, some scarlet, some dim.

At the end of a certain street, there was a wooden house with a pale white lantern hanging on the door. The flame in the lantern was a strange black color, and the white lampshade instantly blended into the night.

“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”

The door of the wooden house was pushed open a crack at some point, and a gust of wind blew in from nowhere, causing the wooden door to shake with a sharp and piercing sound that echoed far away in the dead silent ancient city...

(End of this chapter)