The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 295 The Underworld Messengers of This World and Finding the Long-Faced Ghost
The middle-aged man driving the car was dressed in a flashy black silk outfit, with a thick gold chain around his neck. The glasses he wore actually had no lenses; they were just black frames for decoration.

The man glanced at the woman and Li Zhen in the rearview mirror and said, "Fa Zai, who is this friend? We've known each other for so many years, and we've never met this friend before."

Huang Yongfa replied, "I just met this friend. He came here to track down the evil spirit. He only found me because he sensed the evil spirit's scent on me."

The man driving raised an eyebrow: "So you're in the same line of work? Is this friend also a psychic? Zi Ning suddenly contacted me, saying something had happened to you, which scared me so much that I ran over from the bar."

"You don't know, I finally managed to get a date with a beautiful girl and now I've left her at a bar."

Zi Ning glanced at Huang Yongfa and whispered, "Why didn't you say so earlier? You were being so mysterious just now. I thought you..."

She turned her head and glanced at Li Zhen.

Li Zhen smiled slightly at her.

"It's all a misunderstanding," Huang Yongfa said, looking at the road ahead. "Turn left at the next intersection and go through the tunnel."

The driver did as instructed and turned the car onto the left-hand road, continuing forward until he arrived at a gloomy tunnel.

The car stopped in front of the tunnel, and Huang Yongfa got out first.

Li Zhen, who was in the back seat, got out of the car with the female demon.

Upon seeing the tunnel, he sensed an immense amount of yin energy, and countless ghosts gathered within it.

He didn't know anything about the long-faced ghost. If the long-faced ghost hadn't shown up on its own, he really wouldn't have been able to find it on his own.

Therefore, the only option is to rely on Huang Yongfa to find it.

"Wow, there's a weird smell in my car. Can you smell it? It smells like something rotting." The driver muttered as he got out of the car.

Zi Ning chimed in, "I smelled that strange odor too."

"This smell is really unpleasant; it's giving me goosebumps." The man driving the car patted his clothes and walked behind Huang Yongfa. He glanced at the trunk and said to Li Zhen, "Isn't there someone else in there? Shouldn't we let him out?"

Li Zhen shook his head slightly: "Let it rest inside for a while."

"How strange? Isn't he uncomfortable? It's so cramped in there? And this... friend, not saying a word, so mysterious." The man stroked his chin, sizing up the succubus. "She looks like a beauty, these clothes can't cover her up..."

These words greatly frightened Huang Yongfa.

He grabbed the man and covered his mouth with his hand, then quickly apologized to Li Zhen, saying, "Ah Cong is a bit of a chatterbox, but he doesn't mean any harm. When I used to go for exorcisms, Ah Cong often accompanied me. The videos I post online were recorded by Ah Cong."

Li Zhen smiled.

Huang Yongfa's reaction made the man named A Cong realize something.

After glancing at Li Zhen, he quickly changed the subject, looking at the tunnel and saying, "What are we doing here? Aren't we looking for that evil spirit? Could it be here? No way, I remember you saying that many of the ghosts here are people who died in car accidents in the tunnel. These ghosts and that evil spirit shouldn't be from the same group."

Huang Yongfa patted A Cong on the shoulder and said to A Cong and Zi Ning, "You two wait for us outside. This friend and I will go in and take a look."

After hesitating for a moment, Ah Cong said, "I'll go with you. I brought my camera. We haven't filmed any videos for a long time, and I think now is the perfect time to shoot one."

After saying that, he ran back to the car and grabbed the prepared camera.

Zi Ning then said, "I'd like to go take a look too."

After glancing at Li Zhen, Huang Yongfa said to the two of them, "You can go in, but this isn't for fun. That evil spirit is terrifying and there might be danger. You need to be careful."

He glanced at the sky and walked towards the tunnel.

Ah Cong and Zi Ning quickly followed behind him.

Li Zhen, accompanied by the female demon, walked at the very back.

The tunnel was dimly lit, making it seem even more gloomy. As soon as Li Zhen entered, he felt a peculiar chill.

There are quite a few ghosts in this place.

The red-eyed bat, which had been hiding under the banshee's robe, suddenly awoke and became restless, making a few low "squeaks" that attracted the attention of Huang Yongfa and his two companions.

Li Zhen reached out and patted the banshee on the shoulder, calming the red-eyed bat down.

When they saw something wriggling under the succubus's robe, A-Cong and Zi-Ning were both quite frightened.

The two looked at Huang Yongfa, only to see him gesturing for them to remain silent.

Continuing forward, until he reached the depths of the tunnel, Huang Yongfa still hadn't seen what he was looking for.

He naturally knew why.

In the eyes of ordinary people, ghosts are terrifying beings, and if you provoke a ghost, you will naturally be unlucky.

However, in the eyes of exorcists like Huang Yongfa, who have been in contact with ghosts for so many years, it is natural to know that most ghosts are not much different from humans.

They also have emotions and desires, and they also have things they fear.

The ghosts here have seen him, but they haven't appeared, naturally out of fear.

The reason for the fear is self-evident.

This situation made Huang Yongfa even more nervous.

The ghosts here have all received his favor, so he considers this place a special safe house.

In the past, if he offended a terrible ghost and couldn't handle it himself, he would enter this place and let the ghosts here deal with the pursuing ghosts for him.

He came here today not only to find that vengeful ghost, but also to use these ghosts as leverage in his conversation with Detective Li.

Regardless of Li Zhen's purpose, if he has no capital at all, he will naturally feel insecure.

But judging from the current situation, Li Zhen is even more terrifying than he imagined.

As certain scenes he had witnessed flashed through his mind, Huang Yongfa felt a little dizzy again.

He glanced around and said loudly, "I'm here to ask you all to do something for me. These are my friends, so don't be afraid."

A half-real, half-illusory ghost, missing most of its body, suddenly appeared in the tunnel, less than twenty meters away from Huang Yongfa.

After this ghost appeared, one after another, ghosts silently appeared beside it.

Standing at the front was an elderly, disheveled female ghost and several fierce-looking, tall ghosts.

The gathering of numerous ghosts and the interconnected yin energy made the temperature inside the tunnel even lower and more terrifying.

The ghosts were all strangely shaped and had ferocious faces, crowding the tunnel.

Neither A-Cong nor Zi-Ning, who did not have the ability to see ghosts, saw anything.

But after sensing the eerie wind and seeing the change in Huang Yongfa's expression, the two knew that the ghosts had appeared. They carefully hid behind Huang Yongfa.

Ah Cong took out a camera and wanted to film.

Huang Yongfa reached out, pressed the camera button, and shook his head at Ah Cong.

"What brings you here this time?" the female ghost asked.

Huang Yongfa said, "A few days ago, a vicious ghost was born. It killed several spiritual masters in succession. Does anyone know where it is?"

As soon as he finished asking the question, a terrifying-looking male ghost replied, "I know the ghost you're talking about. Recently, a terrible ghost woke up down there. Even the ghost messengers couldn't control it. It escaped and has been eating a lot of wandering ghosts, just like eating snacks. It tears open the skin and stuffs it into its mouth."

Another old ghost said, "Ah Fa, you mustn't provoke that evil spirit. It's very fierce. If you anger it, even if we all attack together, we might not be able to defeat it."

Another robust ghost said gruffly, "We're all vengeful ghosts, who's afraid of who? There are so many of us ghosts here, why would we be afraid of just one? Wouldn't we have been ghosts for nothing? You old coward, go hide in the back."

The ghosts began to discuss it amongst themselves.

Some people say they are not afraid of that evil spirit.

Some people say that evil spirit is terrifying...

Huang Yongfa picked at his ear and raised his voice, "Quiet! Now I want to know where that ghost is? Can anyone take me to find it? Or bring it to me?"

The ghosts looked at each other for a while, and the first female ghost to speak said, "What do you want with it? Have you really offended that guy? That guy is really not easy to mess with."

Huang Yongfa explained, “That evil spirit killed two psychic masters in a row, and then it came to me, wanting me to help it investigate the murderer who killed it. If I don’t do it, it won’t let me go. I don’t want it to harm people outside, so now I’ve found a way to deal with it. This sorcerer also came to find it.”

He looked at Li Zhen.

All the ghosts turned their attention to Detective Li.

Detective Li nodded to the ghosts.

Several ghostly creatures escaped silently.

After a long silence, the female ghost who had spoken earlier said, "We can help you find that evil spirit, but it will take some time, and if we find it, it will probably eat us whole."

Huang Yongfa said, "If you find it, just say that I sent you to find it. I found the murderer who killed its whole family, so I sent you to find it, and it won't harm you."

“That works too,” the female ghost said. “Then wait a moment, we’ll go look for it now. It’s still daytime outside, so there are some places we can’t go to, and some places are hard to approach. It may take a little longer.”

Huang Yongfa said, "Then I'll wait for you here."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ghosts vanished.

Seeing the change in Huang Yongfa's expression, Ah Cong, knowing the ghost had left, breathed a sigh of relief: "Did a ghost really come?"

Huang Yongfa remained silent.

Ah Cong added, "That ghost is so ferocious, it's killed so many people. If it really comes later, are you sure you can handle it?"

“I can’t do it,” Huang Yongfa said. “There are others who can, so don’t worry.”

Ah Cong knew who Huang Yongfa was.

He glanced at Li Zhen out of the corner of his eye and asked Huang Yongfa, "Can I start filming when that evil spirit arrives?"

Huang Yongfa looked at Li Zhen.

"Whatever." Li Zhen sat down on the sidewalk.

Huang Yongfa squatted down directly on the road.

Zi Ning squatted down beside him.

After a moment of silence, Huang Yongfa said, "That evil spirit died a terrible death; its whole family was burned to death, and its resentment was extremely strong. I originally wanted to investigate the truth behind its death and then dispel its resentment."

These words were meant for Detective Li to hear.

But Li Zhen wasn't very interested, so he didn't say anything.

Zi Ning, who was squatting next to Huang Yongfa, said worriedly, "That ghost is so fierce. If it comes, it will definitely be very dangerous."

She originally did not believe in the existence of ghosts. After being refused an interview with Huang Yongfa, she found a psychic master through Ah Cong's connections and invited a ghost to her home, which made her believe in the existence of ghosts.

If Huang Yongfa hadn't arrived in time to save her that time, it would have been dangerous.

Later, she secretly went to Huang Yongfa's house, where she was terrified by Jiang Xue.

Now is the time when we are most afraid of ghosts.

She had heard Huang Yongfa say before that the evil spirit that killed the two psychic masters was targeting Huang Yongfa himself, which made her very worried.

Now that she was about to see the evil spirit, she was naturally even more afraid.

Huang Yongfa was about to speak when he heard Li Zhen say, "Did that evil spirit awaken in the underworld?"

Huang Yongfa nodded: "Yes, that ghost originally appeared in the underworld. The underworld officials couldn't stop him, and he escaped."

Upon hearing the words "ghost messengers," Li Zhen became even more interested: "Are there ghost messengers in the underworld? What are they like?"

How could people in their line of work not know about ghost messengers in the underworld? How could they not know what ghost messengers are like?

Feeling something was amiss, Huang Yongfa looked at Li Zhen with surprise, but he saw no fear or awe on Li Zhen's face, only curiosity.

Huang Yongfa replied, "I don't have much contact with ghost messengers. They don't come to the human world easily. They only cross over to the human world under certain special circumstances."

"I have only seen ghost messengers three times, all of which were when they came to the human world to track down evil spirits that might affect the human world and the underworld."

"I feel that they... are some special ghosts, something's not quite right... they have a sinister aura, it's more accurate to say they resemble ghosts, but they are still a bit different from ghosts, they are more terrifying than ghosts, they have an indescribable aura about them."

"Contrary to what most people imagine, those ghost messengers have also kept up with the times, wearing neat suits and ties. Even if ordinary people see them, they would not think that they are ghost messengers."

Li Zhen then asked, "Don't the ghost messengers care about the ghosts in the human world?"

“These ghosts linger in the human world usually because they can’t be reincarnated,” Huang Yongfa said. “When the time for reincarnation actually comes, they will go to the underworld on their own. Most of the ghosts here are connected to the underworld officials because they need to confirm the date of reincarnation with them. If you want to know about the underworld officials, you can ask them.”

Li Zhen nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "Does the underworld have a master?"

This is another strange question.

Isn't it common sense that the underworld has a master?
Just as Huang Yongfa was about to speak, he suddenly saw Li Zhen turn his head to look outside the tunnel.

The vanished female ghost was the first to return to the tunnel and said to Huang Yongfa, "It's coming! Get ready! It's terrifying..."

(End of this chapter)