Chapter 223: Re-detention and Request

In the end, Wang Xiaoming persuaded everyone and rushed to the underground passage alone.

Of course, he didn't plan to go deeper this time, but only explore the periphery. The reason for this was that when he was imprisoning the Yellow Sand Ghost, he sensed a fluctuation that was of the same origin as the Yellow Sand Ghost, which was nearby.

In the underground passage, because the statues on both sides were all damaged and the lights were gone, it was pitch dark in the passage.

The originally clean ground was now covered with yellow sand, indicating that it had been invaded by evil spirits called sand ghosts.

There was a change in light and shadow, and Wang Xiaoming suddenly appeared here. As soon as his feet stepped on the sand, Wang Xiaoming frowned instantly, and then a shadow made of starlight separated from his body and walked aside.

At the same time, it used the power of gravitational tides to float ten centimeters above the ground to avoid touching the seemingly ordinary yellow sand.

The dark passage is illuminated by the starlight, making the surrounding things clearer. With the starlight, you can see,

In the short few seconds after the Starlight clone left, the sand on the ground rose up without wind and entangled with the Starlight clone.

In just a few seconds, the starlight clone was assimilated into a sand sculpture, then collapsed and scattered.

The passage became dark again, but it did not affect Wang Xiaoming's vision. His eyes had long evolved the ability to see the dark world and could see things in a dark environment.

"Is this the other half of the puzzle of the Yellow Sand Ghost? Its spiritual strength has also reached Class A. It seems that this place is indeed related to the most powerful ghost rider, Sand King Li Yanshou, a thousand years ago."

Wang Xiaoming thought to himself that the strength of the previous yellow sand ghost had already reached S-level, and now with the addition of this puzzle, the strength is unimaginable, and ordinary ghost riders will definitely not be able to control it.

"From what happened just now, this evil ghost's method of attack is sandification. As long as you come into contact with the yellow sand under your feet, you will be attacked by the evil ghost."

With his spiritual vision turned on, Wang Xiaoming began to survey his surroundings. He soon saw a bright light, glittering in the yellow sand beneath his feet.

“So it’s hidden here!” Wang Xiaoming stretched out his hand and grabbed. The starlight turned into chains and drilled directly into the yellow sand under his feet, trapping a ball of quicksand. This was the starlight magic he had learned from observing the stars during this period, which had the ability to capture and lock.

The quicksand was constantly changing, and after being restrained by Wang Xiaoming's starlight chains, it immediately reacted. Invisible evil ghost curses emanated from the quicksand, and the starlight chains that were originally restraining the evil ghosts suddenly turned yellow, and the chains kept turning into yellow sand and then shattered and fell off.

Wang Xiaoming ignored the evil ghost's resistance and used his erasing ability again. By sensing the magnetic field of life, he erased the magnetic poles on the evil ghost's body.

Zizizi!
The sound of metallic friction was heard in the void; it was the confrontation between the power of erasure and the instinct of the evil spirit.

However, compared with the S-level Yellow Sand Ghost, the ghost in front of him was obviously not as strong. Wang Xiaoming did not spend much effort to erase the three magnetic poles on the ghost's body.

At the moment when the magnetic poles were erased, the evil spirit froze, and the starlight chains that were constantly turning into sand began to recover, trapping the evil spirit that looked like quicksand again.

Wang Xiaoming showed a look of satisfaction on his face and put the quicksand into the wilderness of knowledge.

Boom!
Suddenly, a dull drum sound was heard from the depths of the underground passage. When Wang Xiaoming heard it, he felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest. The protective scroll shattered automatically, forming a light shield to block the supernatural attack.

Wang Xiaoming looked into the depths of the underground passage. It was pitch black and he felt as if there was a huge terror hidden within.

At this time, Wang Xiaoming was very curious about the depths of the passage. What was behind the stone door? But he restrained himself and decided to wait for the headquarters to organize people to explore together.

The tolerance rate for single-player exploration is too low and it is easy to encounter danger, so it will be much better with more people.

"I can't come here for nothing. I might as well take these bronze lamps." Wang Xiaoming stretched out his hand and collected all the bronze lamps within his vicinity into the Wilderness of Knowledge.

The bronze lamps were originally inserted into the statues on both sides of the passage. On the one hand, they kept the evil spirits imprisoned, and on the other hand, they provided lighting for the underground passage. It was a supernatural version of an eternal lamp.

When the underground passage, this mysterious place, was first discovered, the headquarters obtained a bronze lamp. Later, during Wang Xiaoming's research, he discovered that the bronze lamp had been scrapped, so subsequent research on the bronze lamp came to nothing.

Now that the evil spirit has escaped, all the statues are damaged and the bronze lamps have fallen to the ground in the passage.

The space changed, and Wang Xiaoming once again used his ability to move to the ghost realm. He soon appeared in the outside world. The bright light made him feel dazzling.

He covered his brow with his palm and looked into the distance to determine the direction of the camp, then teleported again and appeared in the distance.

In the temporary camp, Zhou Tong, Ye Zhen and others had just returned when Li Jun and Zhou Tong were called away.

"Ye Zhen!"

Ye Zhen really wanted to find a place to rest when he heard someone calling him. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw Fang Shiming, who was wearing a white suit.

"Pretentious bastard..." Ye Zhen rolled his eyes and said, "What do you want from me? Do you want to fight me?"

Ever since Wang Xiaoming helped Ye Zhen control the fourth evil ghost a month ago, Ye Zhen sought out Fang Shiming for a competition and eventually won, avenging himself for being defeated by Fang Shiming with coffin nails.

From then on, Ye Zhen no longer regarded Fang Shiming as his opponent and was no longer polite in his words.

After hearing Ye Zhen's words, the smile on Fang Shiming's face disappeared instantly, and his brows furrowed. However, thinking of what he wanted to ask, Fang Shiming suppressed the idea of ​​leaving and said:

"You have been in the Yellow Sand Ghost Realm. Do you know who has imprisoned the Yellow Sand Ghost?"

"You're asking about this!" Ye Zhen said nonchalantly, "It was Professor Wang who imprisoned the Yellow Sand Ghost. Unfortunately, the Yellow Sand Ghost hid too well, otherwise I..."

Fang Shiming did not listen to what Ye Zhen said next. After learning that it was the Yellow Sand Ghost that Wang Xiaoming imprisoned, Fang Shiming turned around and left, no longer paying attention to Ye Zhen's bragging.

"My guess was right," Fang Shiming thought to himself, "Wang Xiaoming can actually imprison an S-level evil spirit. No wonder he can help others control the fourth evil spirit."

Thinking of Ye Zhen showing off in front of him, Fang Shiming clenched his fists and made up his mind to find Wang Xiaoming once. He also wanted to control the fourth evil ghost.

Controlling evil spirits is a very dangerous behavior. As the number of evil spirits controlled increases, the difficulty will rise sharply, not to mention controlling the fourth evil spirit.

Until now, Fang Shiming is not sure if he can control the fourth evil ghost. If he wants to control it himself, he can only fight with all his might.

But now there is an option that can easily control the fourth evil ghost, and it is hard for Fang Shiming not to be tempted.

As for Ye Zhen, he did not notice Fang Shiming's departure at the first time, and he was still talking incessantly about his own great achievements.

"Ye Zhen, who are you talking to?"

Wang Xiaoming returned to the temporary camp and asked Ye Zhen, who was talking to himself. "I... Hey, where are they?" Ye Zhen turned around and found that Fang Shiming, who had been following him, had disappeared. Seeing Wang Xiaoming looking at him, Ye Zhen showed a rare look of embarrassment on his face.

"Professor, you're back? Pretty soon!" Ye Zhen scratched the back of his head and made small talk.

Seeing that Ye Zhen didn't want to say more, Wang Xiaoming didn't continue asking, but asked where Zhou Tong, Li Jun and the others had gone?

Ye Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief and quickly told Zhao Jianguo about the two people's movements. It turned out that after returning to the camp, they were called away by Zhao Jianguo.

After saying goodbye to Ye Zhen, Wang Xiaoming went towards where Zhao Jianguo was, which was the center of the camp.

Halfway through the journey, I saw Zhou Tong jogging towards me.

It turned out that after Wang Xiaoming returned to the temporary camp, Zhao Jianguo received the news, and Zhou Tong took the initiative to go out to greet him after hearing it.

When I walked into the tent, I saw Zhao Jianguo was calling Cao Yanhua at the headquarters to report the situation. When he saw Wang Xiaoming come in, Zhao Jianguo stepped forward and handed the phone to him.

Wang Xiaoming picked up the phone and heard Cao Yanhua on the other end persuading Wang Xiaoming not to take risks and to be careful.

Wang Xiaoming's answer was the same as before. He had his own judgment and would never act without certainty.

Cao Yanhua had no choice but to remind them to be careful.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Xiaoming looked at Zhao Jianguo and said, "I have entered the underground passage once, but I didn't go deep into it. However, I also got some information..."

Wang Xiaoming told all that he had seen and heard in the underground passage, and also made some guesses, such as that the evil spirit transformed by Professor Liao should have entered the depths of the underground passage, and the stone door deep in the passage might have been opened.

And with the sudden sound of drums, the intensity of the attack has almost reached Class A. If we send people down, it would be best if they are all top ghost riders, otherwise there will likely be unnecessary casualties.

"The information the professor brought is very important. What's exposed in the underground passage now is probably just the tip of the iceberg. The next action will be very dangerous. I think the more top ghost riders we have in the next operation, the better."

After listening to this, Zhao Jianguo nodded repeatedly, and finally decided to recruit some top ghost handlers from across the country again. While waiting for these ghost handlers, the camp would not sit idle either, and began to conduct another check around the underground passage, and track down and detain the evil spirits that had escaped before.

Wang Xiaoming had no objection to this. After the discussion, he took Zhou Tong and left.

This time we have imprisoned the Yellow Sand Ghost and its puzzle pieces, which together are almost a super S-level ghost. It's a good opportunity to study them, and maybe we'll get some unexpected gains.

Just when Wang Xiaoming and Zhou Tong separated and returned to their respective residences, the arrival of an unexpected guest interrupted his plans.

"Professor Wang!" The person who spoke was Fang Shiming, who was wearing a white suit.

Wang Xiaoming stopped opening the door and looked over: "What do you want from me?"

"I heard that Professor Wang had helped Ye Zhen control the fourth evil spirit, so I came here today to ask Professor Wang to help me control the fourth evil spirit."

Fang Shiming paused and said, "Professor, you can state the conditions. As long as I can fulfill them, I will definitely not refuse."

"Ye Zhen can provide me with the scapegoat he controls for research. What can you trade with me?" Wang Xiaoming said with a smile.

"I can also let the professor study the evil spirit in my body!" Fang Shiming said without any hesitation.

Wang Xiaoming shook his head and said, "I study scapegoats because they have special abilities and are worth studying. Do you have any special ghosts?"

"Yes, of course!" Fang Shiming looked around and said, "Why don't we go into the room and I'll show it to the professor."

Wang Xiaoming had no objection. After the two of them walked into the room, Fang Shiming began to use the power of the evil spirit in his body.

"Professor Wang, I control three evil ghosts. Although Ghost Wind and Ghost Oppression are notorious, this is still the evil ghost I rely on the most." As he spoke, Fang Shiming's body twisted, and then a fist-sized piece of black meat fell out.

The piece of meat changed as it landed on the ground, rapidly expanding like an inflated balloon. In just a few seconds, Fang Shiming, who was curled up on the ground with his legs hugged, appeared in the room.

Moreover, this replica still had consciousness. After swaying and standing firm, it said to Wang Xiaoming:
"The evil ghost I control is called Ghost Meat. It can use supernatural powers to produce this black piece of meat. The piece of meat has extremely strong regenerative ability. It can create an avatar that shares the consciousness of the original body. No matter how far away, the avatar can feel everything that the avatar experiences."

"If you don't make a clone, you can also use it as bait to attract evil spirits. This piece of meat has a strong attraction to evil spirits. As long as you throw the piece of meat within the range of the evil spirits, the evil spirits who pick up the meat will be strongly suppressed by the spirits."

"Of course, this piece of meat can also be eaten by a ghost rider. In this way, the ghost rider who eats the piece of meat will be restricted by me."

"There are many other uses..."

Fang Shiming carefully introduced the ghost meat and explained some of the uses of the ghost meat's abilities.

A look of surprise appeared on Wang Xiaoming's face. He took the initiative to step forward, circled around Fang Shiming's clone several times, and turned on his spiritual vision, watching the changes.

"Luckily Fang Shiming took the initiative to find me, otherwise I would have missed the evil ghost Guirou! What a good ghost! I have already thought of several application scenarios in my mind. I must study this evil ghost and analyze the mysterious runes in it."

Wang Xiaoming was thankful, but felt that he had been a little careless. In the original novel, Fang Shiming had demonstrated this ability to split himself.

However, he did not see Fang Shiming use similar abilities during the battle with Yang Jian, so he always thought that Fang Shiming was able to split himself with the help of some special props. Now he thinks that it should be the effect of ghost flesh.

Guirou is more of a supporting role, and its frontal combat capability is not as good as Guifeng and Guiyaren.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Fang Shiming's dry cough woke Wang Xiaoming from his thoughts, "Professor, do you have any extra clothes? It's not a good idea for my clone to stay naked all the time."

Wang Xiaoming took a quick glance, a look of realization appeared on his face, and he casually threw the blanket on the bed to Fang Shiming: "Use this first!"

After Fang Shiming's clone was put on, he asked again: "Can't you cancel this clone at any time?"

Fang Shiming shook his head: "Once the ghost flesh is fixed, it cannot be changed. Even if it dies, it will still exist in the form of a corpse."

Wang Xiaoming nodded and said, "I agree to your deal. Cooperate with me to study ghost meat, and I will help you control the fourth evil ghost."

Fang Shiming suddenly felt relieved, thinking that his previous performance was not in vain.

(End of this chapter)