Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 368 King Qiusen, the Ferryman of the Underworld
"Reincarnator Jiang Jin, you have entered the entrance to the terrifying instance. You will enter the instance in 5 minutes."

At this moment, the exorcism talisman temporarily attached to the door panel emitted an unstable golden halo, clearly indicating that countless cold fingertips were trying to peel away this fragile barrier.

"We must call for reinforcements!" Jiang Jin's voice was hoarse. The main force of Nirvana couldn't be wiped out here!

He quickly pulled out his phone, ready to contact Blood Lord and request his help in rescuing his ally!

After dialing the number, a long "beep...beep..." sound came from the other end, each beep striking the tense nerves of him and Lingzi.

……

Meanwhile, inside the Bloody Team's villa.

Amidst the rising steam, Blood Lord lay supine in the enormous jacuzzi with his eyes closed.

The bathtub was spacious enough to accommodate several people, and at this moment, he was nestled beside two beautiful and voluptuous women.

As everyone knows, except in terrifying dungeons, Blood Lord never sleeps or takes a bath alone.

To his left, Aurora was gently massaging his shoulders with her fingers painted with bright red nail polish. To his right, Georgia seemed somewhat distracted; she bit her lower lip, her eyes a mixture of apprehension and a hint of resolve.

“Commander,” Georgia’s voice trembled slightly, “I…I have something to tell you.”

Blood Lord gave a lazy "hmm" without opening his eyes.

Georgia took a deep breath, picked up a waterproof tablet from the edge of the bathtub, unlocked it skillfully, pulled up a picture, and handed it to Blood Lord.

"look."

Blood Lord glanced at it casually, then his eyes snapped open.

On the screen was a clear ultrasound report, and in the center of the image, the outline of the curled-up fetus, which already had a human shape, was incredibly striking!
"Commander, I... I'm pregnant, eight weeks along." Georgia's voice was even lower, with a cautious, tentative tone.

Aurora, standing beside her, paused, her face flashing with shock and disbelief before finally settling into barely concealed jealousy.

She gave a dry laugh, her tone complicated: "Georgia...you're really lucky, you're pregnant with the commander's child."

Her mind was in turmoil: Why her and not me? I usually serve the commander with her!
Blood Lord's brows furrowed instantly.

His first reaction, just like when dealing with similar situations before, was to... slap it off.

In this era of rampant meme pollution, bringing life into this world is cruel in itself.

Moreover, his enemies are all over the entire Muxu City. If he were to leave offspring, it would only be a weakness, adding another vulnerability to himself.

However, when he looked at the clear image on the ultrasound screen, he paused for a moment before speaking.

Besides… Georgia was somewhat special. Although she was a prostitute, she was also his… first woman. In her presence, he transformed from an awkward virgin into a man.

A man always harbors a special, indescribable feeling towards his first woman, a mixture of possessiveness, memories, and even a touch of primal attraction.

At this moment, the clear ultrasound image before him allowed him to "see" the continuation of his bloodline for the first time so directly. That tiny life form carried a strange and powerful impact.

“Commander,” Georgia caught his momentary hesitation and immediately pressed her advantage, her graceful body moving closer like a water snake, her arms encircling his neck, her chest pressed tightly against his arms, her breath sweet and her voice plaintive and moving: “I beg you, let me give birth to him? I’ve already had someone divine it, it’s definitely a boy! I don’t want anything, status, resources, I don’t care about any of that, I just want to keep this child…”

She was on the verge of tears, and I felt a pang of pity for her.

However, she wasn't pleading for any kind of "motherly love".

Georgia, a former prostitute, was a master of scheming. She knew that beauty would eventually fade and favor would eventually come to an end. With so many women around the commander, relying on her looks to please him was only a gamble that he wouldn't get tired of her, and it wouldn't last.

Bloodline is her greatest support in this cruel world, and the most solid stepping stone for her to achieve a leap in strength and gain status through her son.

This child is her guarantee for the future. What's more, it's a boy! Once born, he'll be the commander's eldest son!
Aurora felt a pang of bitterness watching this scene, but since she and Georgia usually got along well, she could only suppress her jealousy and reluctantly try to persuade her, "Captain, Georgia is working so hard... why don't you stay?"

Blood Lord looked troubled.

He had so many women, and in the past, whenever one of them became pregnant, he would deal with her directly and coldly, even Benedetta, who was the deputy commander, was no exception.

If he makes an exception for Georgia, how will he explain it to the others? Will the team's rules still apply? Will it discourage other members? This would set a terrible precedent.

He was caught in a deep dilemma, his reason clashing fiercely with a particular emotion and a certain instinctive urge.

That's why the phone, which was charging in the outer bathroom and constantly vibrating to show countless missed calls from "Jiang Jin" and his team members, had its faint ringing completely drowned out by Georgia's soft words and the turmoil in his heart.

……

Despair is spreading at Bai Mei Hospital.

"Still can't get in touch!"

"Blood Lord isn't answering the phone!"

While forming an alliance, Jiang Jin and Blood Lord also remained wary of each other. Therefore, the team did not have the contact information of other members of the Bloody Team to avoid poaching or infiltration.

The Nirvana team members, scattered throughout the hospital, tried to seek help through various means, but all they received were despairing responses.

In another hospital corridor filled with abandoned carts, Murong Yan faced a desperate situation. The locust wood doll in her hand was already covered in cracks; at this moment, the resentment the doll could bear had reached its limit.

Three figures of Sadako crawled out of the shadows from different directions, their long black hair wrapping around her as if they were alive.

The biting cold almost froze her blood; on her watch, the SAN value was rapidly sliding towards 30%...

"Am I... going to die here?" Murong Yan's face was deathly pale as she leaned against the cold wall, with nowhere left to retreat.

She could even smell the eerie odor emanating from Sadako, a mixture of soil, well water, and stale death.

Just as those pale fingers were about to touch her ankle...

"boom!"

Without warning, a strange flame suddenly rose from the three bodies of Sadako!

The flames seemed to ignite spontaneously within their bodies, silently!
Burning in the flames!

The Sadakos emitted a shrill, inhuman scream. Their originally solidified spirits became blurred and transparent at a visible speed, eventually turning into wisps of smoke and dissipating into the air.

Having survived the ordeal, Murong Yan collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, almost unable to believe her eyes. She looked up at the end of the corridor.

There, a group of people appeared out of nowhere. They were wearing uniforms with the insignia of the Meme Contamination Monitoring Department, and they moved silently, yet exuded an air of well-trained competence.

The leader was tall and imposing, with a solemn face and sharp, hawk-like eyes. He exuded a powerful aura that commanded respect yet also inspired awe. Murong Yan recognized him… Wang Qiusen, the legendary LV5 medium who had recently been making frequent television appearances and had just returned to the country to assume the position of head of the Membrane Pollution Monitoring Department in Muxu City!

"Minister Wang! Help!" Murong Yan cried out with all her might, as if grasping at a straw. "Our Nirvana team is being chased by Sadako and is scattered throughout the hospital. Commander Jiang Jin and the others have also lost contact!"

Wang Qiusen nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping across the corridor. The lingering resentment of Sadako, recently consumed by the flames of karma, was unmistakable in his eyes. His voice was steady and powerful, possessing a strange charm that could calm the mind:

"Where are the others? Take me to them!"

At this moment, in the spacious waiting hall in the center of Bai Mei Hospital.

This place seems to have become an exhibition hall for the Sadako curse.

The sight was chilling.

Along the corridor, on the walls, on the ceiling, and even on the abandoned hospital beds, old-fashioned television screens flickered with static, reflecting the dim light of the ancient well.

Dozens of twisted figures dressed in pale white dresses and with black hair covering their faces crawled out of these screens like a tide, or crawled stiffly on the ground. The "crackling" sound of their joints rubbing together formed a terrifying chorus that was enough to erode the soul!
Several members of the Nirvana team, who had been forced to flee here, were putting up a desperate resistance around a corner. Fear and exhaustion were written on everyone's face, and the alarms of the SAN value monitors were going off one after another.

At this moment, Wang Qiusen arrived!

His deep gaze swept over the horrific scene, his face showing little emotion, only a slight frown as he muttered to himself, "The evil spirits of the Annihilation Layer... I never expected to encounter a ghost 'star' like Sadako so soon after returning home and inspecting this quarantine zone. Such deep resentment... could it be... aimed at me?"

Before the words were even finished, seemingly stimulated by the pure and powerful spiritual aura emanating from Wang Qiusen, all the Sadako clones in the corridor turned their heads in unison, and countless pairs of resentful eyes hidden behind their black hair instantly focused on him!
"Protect Minister Wang!" a man behind him shouted anxiously.

Wang Qiusen gently raised his hand, indicating that there was no need to be nervous. He stepped forward, facing the surging white torrent alone.

Faced with the dozen or so Sadako clones that crawled towards him first, Wang Qiusen did not make any exaggerated movements. He simply pointed his fingers like a sword and made a light slash in the air.

"Purify the karmic fire!"

Silently, flames that were almost transparent suddenly burst forth from the inside of those dozen or so Sadako clones!
This flame has almost no temperature for humans, but it carries the power of a supreme rule of judgment.

The Sadakos writhed wildly in the flames, and the intense resentment that made up their bodies melted and evaporated as if encountering its nemesis, ice and snow.

The karmic fire not only burned away the very foundation of their existence, but also seemed to be tracing back to the source of their sins.

The Nirvana team members were stunned!
Minister Wang? Minister Wang Qiusen!
Is this... the power of a Level 5 Reincarnator?
Moreover, he's only a newly promoted LV5!

Faced with the influx of more clones emerging from some of the outpatient rooms in the waiting hall, Wang Qiusen formed an ancient and complex hand seal in front of his chest.

In the void, a phantom image of rippling water appeared, and a small wooden boat with an ancient style and a soft white light slowly took shape!

The boat of death!

One of the core professional skills of a Level 5 Spirit Medium who guides the dead!

The wooden boat, though small in size, exudes a sense of all-encompassing salvation. It sways gently, creating ripples of milky white.

Any of Sadako's clones touched by the ripples had their ferocious attacks halted instantly. The resentment in their eyes seemed to be soothed and diluted by some power. Their figures became hazy, as if they heard a distant call from the other shore. They involuntarily converged towards the wooden boat, their figures gradually shrinking, like guided passengers, quietly "boarding" the wooden boat.

The wooden boat sank slightly as it carried more spirits, and then it sank into the River of Oblivion!
After most of Sadako's clones were either purified by karmic fire or guided by the Rebirth Boat, three more Sadako clones, with significantly more solid auras and surging resentment, slowly crawled out from the depths of the corridor.

They seem to be the "leaders" among these clones, possessing even stronger resistance to the conversion, having already reached the deepest part of the annihilation layer!

Wang Qiusen's gaze sharpened, and in his left eye, the phantom of an extremely small yet intricately structured golden scale suddenly appeared—the Yin De Scale!

The scales swayed slightly, as if weighing the evil spirit before them against the merits they were about to perform for the deceased.

He stared at the three unique clones, their reflections flashing and balancing rapidly in his eyes.

Finally, he seemed to have made a decision. He quickly took out a dagger and slashed it across his right fingertip, forcing out a drop of blood containing strange fluctuations. He then drew three runes in the air and shot them at the three clones respectively.

"I will sacrifice 5% of my SAN value to sever your anchor here!"

The runes disappeared into their clones, and they let out angry roars of resentment. But their figures were erased as if by an eraser, rapidly dissipating from their feet until they were completely reduced to nothingness and returned to the source of the pollution!

The phantom of the golden scale in Wang Qiusen's eyes vanished instantly.

"Wow, that's amazing..." Murong Yan was completely stunned.

This is LV5!
Minister Wang, you truly are a trusted confidant of Zhuge Yu, the former leader of the Guanglun team!
In the corridor, the number of Sadako clones had greatly decreased, but at this moment, there were still a few clones emerging from the television set in the corner, as if the curse was endless.

Wang Qiusen sighed, seemingly unwilling to linger any longer.

"The evil spirits of the Japanese island nation have no regard for the cause and effect of the Chinese people. Driven by their own resentment, they slaughter innocent people and still refuse to stop!"

The vengeful spirits of island nations are quite different from those of China, or even Thailand and South Korea. It is common practice for them to indiscriminately curse people they have no grudge against or who are complete strangers!
No need to hold back anymore!

He stretched out his right hand, palm up, and an ancient wooden divination slip, exuding an aura of reincarnation, appeared out of thin air, engraved with mysterious runes that no one could understand—the Reincarnation Slip.

"This is not a place for you to linger. Staying will only increase your sins. Sadako Yamamura, in the name of the guide of the dead, I command you... to return to the underworld!"

He recited it in a low voice, his tone carrying a hint of determination!
Immediately, he hurled the reincarnation divination slip into the void at the end of the corridor.

"Om-"

The cards exploded, transforming into a swirling, deep passageway seemingly filled with countless flowing lights and shadows. An irresistible suction force emanated from it, enveloping all the remaining Sadako clones and the still-flickering television sets!

The clones struggled and screamed, but they could not resist the power of the rule pointing to "rebirth". Like fallen leaves caught in a vortex, they were thrown into the passage. The television sets that served as the medium were also twisted, shattered and swallowed by the passage.

The passage slowly closed and eventually disappeared.

In the corridor, the suffocating resentment and chill suddenly dissipated, leaving only the heavy breathing of the "Nirvana" team members who had survived the ordeal...

The entire battle was conducted smoothly and effortlessly. With every move, the terrifying Sadako clones were either purified, converted, judged, or banished, and their resentful essence was forcibly pushed back into the contaminated layer!

All members of the Nirvana team who witnessed this scene were deeply shocked and amazed!

No wonder the Light Wheel team was able to stand out from the crowd back then!

"Clean up the scene and search for other survivors." Wang Qiusen turned around, his tone returning to its previous calm, as if the earth-shattering battle just now was merely a matter of casually brushing away some dust.

At the same time, Jiang Jin noticed... the sound from behind the door had stopped?
But then, the time came.

At that moment, he and Reiko began to drift into a half-dream, half-awake state, entering the terrifying dungeon of "New Tales of the Uncanny"!

(End of this chapter)