Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 86 The Source Ghost

"What kind of place is Black Abyss City? And what happens after we collect the insects? Will we be saved?" Wang Haiyan gripped the insect container tightly, her knuckles turning white.

Liu Yan's lips curled up slightly: "The Gu worms can temporarily suppress the Ghost Slave Seal within the Black Abyss City area. I will come to find you afterward. Remember, this is your only way to be rescued."

For some reason, that smile sent a chill down Wang Shanshan's spine.

"Beware of sanitation workers wearing uniforms and gas masks. They absolutely cannot discover that you've taken insects or insect eggs from the trash cans. I will write you a list of survival tips for Black Abyss City. If it's not in the list, it means I won't answer your questions, and it won't do you any good if you ask."

"This is too..."

“If your marks turn completely gray, you will definitely become ghost slaves.” Liu Yan warned, “Let me make it clear first that the mission I’m giving you is life-threatening, and you will be separated from Mr. Wang for a long time.”

Liu Yan thought: It's only because this instance entrance wasn't contained by the reincarnation system that it's possible to try to get the mother and daughter to sneak out of the [Terror Resurgence] plane, and then take them to Muxu City, where they can solve the problem of the Ghost Slave Seal by becoming reincarnators.

However, if the reincarnation system discovers that he helped them smuggle themselves out of the country, he might be punished. He's not some altruistic saint; he took the risk to give them a way to survive, so asking them to risk their lives to help him is a fair exchange.

Finally, the mother and daughter agreed.

Dachang No. 7 Middle School.

Currently, it's the last class of the morning and afternoon.

The teacher in charge of the class was Tong Qian, an English teacher.

She was panicking now.

Zhang Han seemed to be completely defeated, and Li Jun only managed to escape by relying on the Ghost Domain.

How long can she live?

By this time, one-third of the blackboard bulletin board had been drawn, including the English corner that Li Hua was in charge of.

The school song will be played after class ends.

At this moment, a student walked to the front of the class and put his English homework into the red storage box.

And at this time...

Jiang Jin's hunting instincts gave him a bad feeling. A large number of Gu worms were frantically fleeing from the classroom, resembling the abnormal behavior of animals before a major earthquake.

Tonight is probably the final battle.

But the identity of the source ghost remains a mystery.

There's only one way left.

The rules have been tampered with again; find the source of the evil!

Jiang Jin picked up the faculty and staff handbook.

"There aren't many rules we can work with. I originally wanted to go to the enclosed restroom between the second and third floors in Maoming. According to the original story, that restroom seems to lead to the source of Yang Jian's ghost eye. And then there's..."

Transfer student!
Both the student code of conduct and the faculty and staff code of conduct mention transfer students, but No. 7 Middle School does not accept transfer students.

So who is this transfer student?
The fourth stage ghost infant... or perhaps the source ghost?
But how many students actually go to the school clinic and get injected with some unknown red medicine?

"Transfer student..."

The biggest drawback of the LV1 Cunning Lawyer is that his rule-altering abilities only apply to a minority of people. He cannot change the student code of conduct for all students in the school.

"Then how can we modify the rules to find the source ghost? I have no way to control the ghost's behavior."

There's only one way left.

Jiang Jin clenched his fists and raised his head.

He went to the broadcasting room on the sixth floor.

Twenty minutes later, the school song "Radiance" will be played in the broadcasting room. A Ghost Master will always be stationed here.

The person stationed here today is called Sun Yi.

"Hey, Brother Jiang Jin?" Sun Yi asked when he saw Jiang Jin come in, "What are you doing?"

"I need to use the broadcasting room."

"Is it almost time for the school song to play?"

"Please. This is crucial to the success or failure of this operation. I will explain everything to Professor Wang personally."

Inside the classroom.

Li Hua was listening to Tong Qian explain English grammar when suddenly, a voice came over the loudspeaker.

"Students, have you encountered anyone claiming to be a transfer student since the start of the semester? If so, please come to the gatehouse immediately and explain the situation to me!"

The essence of a rule is a mechanism, which involves both a subject and an object.

The objects within the rules can sometimes act in accordance with the rules being modified, influenced by the mechanism. However, an object cannot be changed into a ghost unless it is a ghost in its original form.

The actions that an affected entity might take under the influence of rules and mechanisms are different from the actions it would normally take to comply with the rules.

"For example, when a policeman picks up a baton to hit a criminal, the criminal will fall down."

If the rule were changed to "If the police put down their batons and don't hit the criminal, the criminal will lie down," then only the SAN value affecting the police would be deducted. The criminal's actions would be influenced by the rule mechanism and wouldn't require additional SAN value deduction. In this case, the criminal would still lie down. Of course, this is just an example; logically, such a change might not be feasible.

However, if the rule states, "When a policeman picks up a baton to hit a prisoner, the prisoner must lie down," then lying down is not a result of the rule mechanism, but merely a rule restriction on the prisoner. In this case, both the policeman's and the prisoner's SAN values ​​must be deducted simultaneously.

Then...

Jiang Jin returned to the guardhouse as quickly as possible.

Article 12 of the Staff Code of Conduct.

He made the changes.

Soon, a classmate ran out.

The effects of the rules and mechanisms have taken hold!

He rushed into the guardhouse, breathless, and said, "Hello, yesterday someone told me..."

"Should we say he's a transfer student?"

He's waiting for the answer!

However, what he said next greatly surprised Jiang Jin.

"He said……"

After hearing the whole story, Jiang Jin's eyes widened.

There are less than ten minutes left before the broadcast starts.

Jiang Jin, carrying a gun on his back, walked slowly down the corridor.

There was a person in front of Jiang Jin. That person came to the convenience store, went inside, and said, "Boss, a pack of Uni-President instant noodles, please!"

The shop owner looked up and said, "Our shop doesn't have a single brand; we only have Master Kong and White Elephant."

"Uni-President is the king of instant noodles!" the man said to the shopkeeper. "Then how about a pack of White Elephant noodles?"

The proprietress tiptoed and grabbed a bag of White Elephant cigarettes.

Do you have hot water?

Jiang Jin said, "Buy a pack of cigarettes."

Immediately afterwards, he pulled out the mournful sound from behind him.

At that moment, he triggered a blood vessel on the barrel of the Death Cry gun, making the gun visible only to him.

The Soul-Locking Bullet is loaded.

The scope was aimed at the target in front of him.

Then...

Pull the trigger!

The next moment...

Blood spurted from the foreheads of both the boss and the proprietress!
[Fatal Penetration] is triggered on the boss!

The boss's body vanished instantly!
The student who took the White Elephant instant noodles was terrified, but when he tried to run away, Jiang Jin grabbed him.

"I'm sorry, you can't leave."

He then aimed at the landlady and fired another [Soul-Locking Bullet]!
But at this moment... the proprietress revealed her ashen, ferocious face!
Then, the proprietress lifted her sweater, revealing her swollen belly—and something inside was writhing violently!

"Child," she called softly, "it's time to eat."

Jiang Jin instantly pulled out the coffin nail and lunged at the landlady!
As long as that student buying instant noodles is around, the [Invisible Ghost Ring] is still active!

The landlady couldn't see him!
We didn't use coffin nails from the start because it might be difficult to pull them out once they were inserted! But now it's certain...

The proprietress is the source of all evil!

At this moment, the broadcast started!
But instead of the melodious school song, what came from inside was—

"Wow!"

The sound of a baby crying!

Li Hua suddenly covered his ears; the voice was all too familiar!

Tong Qian asked everyone to lie down!
"what!!"

A girl suddenly screamed, pointing to her arm: "What...what is this?!"

Grayish-white lividity had appeared on the girl's arm at some unknown time!
The whole class instantly erupted in commotion as more and more students discovered the same marks on their bodies!

At this moment, Yang Jian, who had already teleported back to school through the Ghost Domain, received a call from Teacher Wang Bo.

"Yang Jian! My cousin-in-law said she remembered something about the boy who committed suicide back then!"

Yang Jian's eyes sharpened: "Continue!"

"His name is Li Lei. He was a transfer student who came to the school in the second semester of his junior year! At that time, No. 7 Middle School still accepted transfer students!"

The convenience store door was tightly shut!

The boss's body lay motionless on the ground.

A large amount of food in the convenience store began to ooze blood!

The Ghost Realm unfolds!

Then, the terrifying cry of a baby rang out!

The shopkeeper's belly began to swell high!
Liu Yan pushed open the classroom door.

She walked over to Li Hua, who was slumped over his desk, and grabbed him and pulled him up!
Where are your parents? Are they at school?

Li Hua immediately opened his eyes and looked at Liu Yan.

"Teacher Liu, you...you know? The shop owner and his wife are my parents?"

Li Hua recalled that Luo Fan had jokingly asked him something before...

"Is your dad really named Li Lei? Is your mom named Han Meimei?"

He didn't answer "no" at the time, and then Luo Fan said, "He didn't deny it!"

Yes, Li Hua did not deny it, nor could he deny it.

Because Li Hua's parents are indeed named Li Lei and Han Meimei!

……

“My cousin’s wife has a rural accent, which makes her Mandarin very non-standard, so at first I heard her as Lu Lei. When Li Lei came, everyone found that his facial features were actually a bit like the Li Lei in the textbook, so they simply gave him the nickname “Little Prince of English Textbooks”.”

Wang Bo got more details from his cousin's wife.

"Li Lei didn't take it too seriously at first. Later, people started to enjoy using this meme more and more, and they liked to talk to him in English, like, 'How are you, Li Lei? Where is Han Mei Mei?'"

"Later on, he actually started to imagine himself as Li Lei from the textbook!" Wang Bo's voice trembled. "He wrote English essays on the blackboard, describing himself as someone who got into a prestigious university and married Han Meimei."

According to his cousin-in-law, Li Lei actually envied the Li Lei in the English textbook. Li Lei spoke fluent English, dressed appropriately, and communicated with foreigners with ease and confidence. He also had a lovely female classmate named Han Meimei who was also fluent in English.

Li Lei himself came from a poor family, had poor grades, and spoke English poorly due to his accent. No girls around him were interested in getting close to him.

Over time, he truly accepted being called Li Lei, and people would even ask him: "Li Lei, when are you going to marry Han Meimei?"

Li Lei would reply: "Yes, we'll get married after graduation and have a child named Li Hua!"
"Later, my cousin discovered that the drawings on his blackboard were of Li Lei and Han Meimei."

Wang Bo then realized why the woman on the blackboard looked so familiar; it turned out to be Han Meimei from the English textbook!

"He fantasized that with my cousin's tutoring and help, he could get into a good university like Li Lei, marry Han Meimei, have a child named Li Hua, and then have my cousin teach him English. But he failed the college entrance exam. Even though no one said anything, he couldn't stand the pressure and drastically changed the content of the blackboard bulletin board!"

In addition to drawing the flagpole as if it had killed Li Lei and Han Meimei, who was pregnant with Li Hua, he also changed the English essays on the blackboard English corner!

It was changed to "Li Lei failed the college entrance exam and could only make a living by running a small shop at No. 7 Middle School with Han Meimei".

After that, he chose to commit suicide!

　The third update today!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)