The world begins with refining skills

Chapter 488 Banned! (Seeking monthly votes)

"Damn it, this is really bad!"

In room 201, Mu Sheng looked at the scene before him and couldn't help but complain.

On a dilapidated wooden table sat a faded portrait of Dong Yulan, the woman who had been pounding garlic with him just moments before.

In front of the portrait, there were bowls and chopsticks for worship, as well as offerings that had turned sour and smelly.

In the bedroom next door, a strange tombstone lay upside down on the floor, with a corpse underneath it.

A female corpse that looks exactly like Dong Yulan.

"Is there anything wrong?"

Mu Sheng's reaction aroused Dong Yulan's curiosity.

However she looked at it, it was just an ordinary room, except that it was exceptionally clean and no different from any other room.

Dong Yulan could neither see the portrait in the living room nor the strange tombstone in the bedroom.

Mu Sheng glanced back at Dong Yulan, then reached out and pressed his hand against her forehead: "Get ready, don't blink!"

A ray of golden light spilled from his thumb, like a nimble little snake, and burrowed into Dong Yulan's brain.

As the golden light entered her mind, the scene before Dong Yulan's eyes changed instantly.

The once neat and clean room has become dilapidated, all the furniture looks like it has been eaten by insects and weathered, and even the paint on the walls has peeled off.

What shocked Dong Yulan the most was the portrait of the deceased displayed in the middle of the living room.

"Is this me? Am I dead?"

"No wonder we couldn't escape this hotel, dying and being resurrected like ghosts. It turns out we've already become ghosts!"

Looking at her own photo in the portrait, Dong Yulan seemed to understand everything in an instant.

"In a way, you actually guessed right!"

"However, you did not become ghosts, but rather you became pieces of a ghost's puzzle."

As they spoke, Mu Sheng pulled Dong Yulan into the bedroom and led her to the strange tombstone.

After seeing her own body under the tombstone, Dong Yulan became even more certain of her guess.

No wonder they were trapped in this hotel for over sixty years despite having the ability to resurrect after death.

Their true forms are trapped here; no matter how much they struggle, where can they escape to?

"That's it, I understand!"

Looking at the strange, distorted characters on the tombstone, Mu Sheng quickly gleaned information about the hotel and why Dong Yulan and others kept resurrecting.

"The people who built this hotel, or rather the forces that built it, probably originally intended to turn it into a prison for vengeful ghosts."

"And you chosen ones are supposed to act as prison guards, responsible for putting those evil spirits that leave the rooms back into their cells."

"Unfortunately, something went wrong at some point, forcing the builders to speed up the process, which resulted in you being forced to start work ahead of schedule without having received pre-job training!"

"Us? Prison guards?"

Dong Yulan pointed to herself in surprise. She was an ordinary person who would die if touched by a ghost. How could she have such an ability?

"Don't underestimate your abilities!"

Mu Sheng explained, "Unlimited resurrection means you have countless opportunities to try and fail, and you can gradually discover the killing patterns of all the ghosts."

"After mastering the killing patterns of ghosts, not only is the danger of becoming a ghost tamer greatly reduced, but it will also become much easier to subdue vengeful ghosts."

Dong Yulan suddenly realized that it was indeed the case, but she quickly discovered a flaw:
"But every time I am resurrected, I lose my previous memories, and every time I encounter a ghost, it is a matter of life and death."

Even if they discovered the ghost's killing patterns, wouldn't they have no time to record them?

Mu Sheng nodded: "That's what I find regrettable. According to my speculation, you should have been able to retain your memories, but something went wrong, which prevented the hotel builders from completing the layout."

"But I do have an idea now, do you want to give it a try?"

Dong Yulan first looked at her own body under the tombstone, thought for a while, and then turned to look at Mu Sheng.

"If I don't try, is there no way to leave here?"

Mu Sheng blinked and said, "That depends on how you define your own existence!"

"If you believe that a person's existence depends on memory, then I can directly extract your current memories and resurrect you after we leave this place."

"Memorize in advance, then revive."

Dong Yulan was slightly taken aback. She hadn't expected Mu Sheng to have such methods. Wasn't this like being a god?

"If I do this, won't a new version of myself be resurrected in this room?"

Dong Yulan hesitated, and at the same time, she had a concern: was the person who shared the same memories as her still her?

"Yes!"

Mu Sheng gave an affirmative answer, and then pointed to the female corpse under the tombstone.

"But that person is just a copy of this one, so what does it have to do with you?"

Mu Sheng's words made Dong Yulan realize something, and she looked at "her own" corpse, falling into deep thought for a moment.

Yes! She was actually just a figurehead for this person; she wasn't the real Dong Yulan.

The real Dong Yulan is dead!
"How would you like to try?"

After much deliberation, Dong Yulan still did not choose to extract her memories and then revive her.

Mu Sheng smiled slightly, not surprised by Dong Yulan's choice.

"It's a bit complicated to explain, you should experience it for yourself!"

As he spoke, a golden light burst forth from Mu Sheng's body and landed on the strange tombstone.

Rumble!
With a loud bang, the entire room shook, and the tombstone was slowly moved to the side.

With a casual wave of his hand, Mu Sheng made the female corpse on the ground stand up and stand face to face with Dong Yulan.

"Don't be nervous, it won't hurt, it'll be over in a minute!"

The golden light of the ghost realm enveloped Dong Yulan's body, and she quickly shattered like a shadow.

Before Dong Yulan could react, she transformed into a wisp of supernatural power.

This is the force that shaped her body, and also her memory and consciousness.

A ray of golden light connected Dong Yulan's memories and consciousness with the female corpse.

A few breaths later, Dong Yulan's memories and consciousness were injected into the female corpse's body.

The woman's eyes slowly opened.

"It's so cold!"

Before Dong Yulan could even feel happy after waking up, she felt a chill running through her body.

It was a feeling that was hard to describe, like the cold ice in a cellar, or like the deathly silence in the darkness.

It was as if that wasn't her body, but a corpse that had completely lost the breath of a living person.

Hmm, that doesn't seem wrong!
"Don't rush, there's one last step!"

Mu Sheng placed one hand on the female corpse's shoulder, and the supernatural power from the Deceitful Ghost continuously flowed in, repairing the female corpse's body that was being corroded by death energy.

He then took out a dragon-patterned ghost knife, and the scene before him instantly changed.

In Mu Sheng's vision, a red line appeared above the female corpse's head, connecting to an unknown void. This red line was the supernatural connection between Dong Yulan and the Caesar Hotel, or perhaps a curse.

The Dragon Pattern Ghost Blade, reshaped from the Ghost Scissors, happens to possess the ability to sever curses.

With a backhand flick, Mu Sheng sent the black blade slicing through the void above Dong Yulan's head, severing the red thread.

As the red thread was severed, the supernatural energy originating from the hotel within Dong Yulan's body instantly dissipated.

These eerie auras not only represent the corrosive influence of the Caesars Hotel on Dong Yulan, but also the foundation that sustains her body.

As the supernatural aura dissipated, Dong Yulan's body began to age and decay rapidly, her skin became loose, and a large number of purple lividity spots appeared.

The hair on its body began to fall out, the muscles dissolved and disappeared, revealing the bare white bones.

Fortunately, the supernatural power of the Deceitful Ghost kept pouring in, managing to stop the change and quickly repair the damage.

A few seconds later, Dong Yulan's body returned to its youthful state, and the deathly aura on her body completely dissipated, replaced by vibrant vitality.

The supernatural power still exists within Dong Yulan's body, but the owner of this power has changed from the Caesar Hotel to Mu Sheng.

"I am free?"

Looking at her healthy hands, Dong Yulan felt a sense of relief, as if she had shaken off the dark clouds that had been hanging over her head.

Overwhelmed with excitement, her gaze towards Mu Sheng became even more moist.

"Master~"

"Wait! Don't get all horny!"

Mu Sheng pressed down on Dong Yulan's head and listened intently. He heard a series of loud banging sounds coming from the stairwell outside.

"Has the hotel been angered by the discovery of a piece in the puzzle?"

Before Dong Yulan could ask any questions, Mu Sheng turned around and put her into the Golden Ghost Prison.

"This tombstone seems quite special too."

Before leaving, Mu Sheng casually put away the strange tombstone, then strode towards the door.

As soon as Mu Sheng stepped out of the room, he saw countless black hand and footprints rushing towards him along the ceiling and walls of the corridor.

All the hotel rooms on both sides were also opened.

Mu Sheng could clearly feel that terrifying ghosts were radiating malice towards him.

Are there more ghosts than demons?

Mu Sheng chuckled softly, and a golden river flowed out beneath his feet.

Hundreds of eerie and terrifying ghosts crawled out of the river and poured into the rooms on both sides.

An eerie aura erupted instantly, and hundreds of ghosts engaged in a direct confrontation within the cramped hotel floor.

Bang!
A door was smashed open, and several ghosts from the Ghost Prison tore at a hotel ghost as they rushed out of the room and sank into the golden river.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
Soon, room after room was breached. Although the ghosts imprisoned in the Golden Ghost Prison were not as powerful as the ghosts in the hotel rooms.

However, their advantage lay in their large numbers and organization. Those hotel ghosts who killed based on instinct were quickly wiped out by the ghosts of the ghost realm.

"Huh? There's another tough one here!"

Mu Sheng's gaze fell on one of the rooms.

In his perception, the ghosts from the ghost realm that had flooded into the room were disappearing rapidly at a rate of one per second.

No, it didn't disappear, it's more like it got crashed!
"Interesting. Let me see your limits!"

With a thought, Mu Sheng sent even more ghosts from the Ghost Realm rushing into the room.

Ten, one hundred, three hundred.
The speed at which the Ghost Realm Ghost Machine stopped only reached 365.

To be precise, it's stuck!

Mu Sheng could sense that the ghost in the room was trying its best to piece together the three hundred and sixty-five ghosts into its own body.

If it succeeds, the ghost's supernatural power will surge.

Unfortunately, these ghosts have already been digested by the Golden Ghost Prison. Unless the ghosts in the room swallow the entire Golden Ghost Prison at once, they will not be able to complete the puzzle.

"More than 300 ghosts crashed in a single instance!"

Mu Sheng's eyes gleamed with divine light: "This ghost is destined to be with me!"

Stepping on the golden river, Mu Sheng arrived at the room in a few steps.

This was a very ordinary room, not much different from other hotel rooms. The only difference was that the room was filled with melted ghost corpses.

Layers of corpse skin were piled on the ground, some even reaching a meter in thickness.

In such a chilling environment, a figure covered in deformed bones stood silently amidst a pile of corpse skin.

Sensing Mu Sheng's presence, the Bone Demon slowly raised its arm, resembling an elderly person who had fainted.

After a while, a bone flew towards Mu Sheng.

"Snapped!"

The bone struck Mu Sheng precisely and stuck firmly to his chest.

A powerful supernatural force acted upon him.

With his bones softened and his internal organs melted, a fist-sized hole was visibly appearing in Mu Sheng's chest.

"Such powerful corrupting force!"

"It can actually dissolve vengeful spirits! No wonder it could cause more than three hundred ghosts to crash at once!"

Mu Sheng's heart stirred. This bone ghost's ability to spread was probably not strong. If it were classified according to the international classification of vengeful ghosts, it would probably only be between C and B level.

However, in terms of the strength of supernatural power, perhaps only a vengeful ghost of the level of a ghost messenger can rival it.

Mu Sheng naturally wouldn't miss such a ghost, and immediately walked towards the Bone Ghost.

At the same time, a large amount of golden light emanated from the hole in Mu Sheng's chest, and his corrupted bones and organs were rapidly recovering.

By the time he reached the Bone Demon, the wound on his chest had completely healed.

With a raised hand placed on the bone demon whose body was covered in deformed bones, the bone demon instantly lost its ability to resist under the suppressive power of the ghost messenger.

A flash of golden light filled the room, and the Bone Demon, along with the Ghost Realm Ghosts who had been beaten to death, were all taken into the Golden Ghost Prison.

The Bone Demon was suppressed in the fourth layer of the Blood Sea, while the malfunctioning imps were buried in the second layer of grave soil to be repaired.

"It's time to leave!"

After taking in the Bone Demon, the Golden Ghost Prison was once again fully occupied. Mu Sheng had also gotten tired of playing around with it, so he decided to leave.

Golden light surged into the entire hotel like seawater, and Mu Sheng quickly found the exit amidst the three layers of ghost tides.

A golden rainbow flashed, and Mu Sheng disappeared into this ghostly realm.

In the real world, above the Caesars Hotel in Zhongshan City.

Mu Sheng looked down at the four-story hotel below and slowly extended his right hand to make a clasp.

A large expanse of golden light descended from the sky and landed on the land surrounding the hotel.

Large amounts of cement and gravel rose from the ground, forming thick walls tens of meters high, sealing off the entire hotel.

(End of this chapter)