Terror is resurging, but only I am.

Chapter 86 Two Wish-Ghosts!

Bright sunlight streamed in through the office window, and the fresh scent of greenery wafted into Yan Ming's nostrils on the breeze, but his heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave.

why?
How could there not be?!
A big question mark appeared in his mind, making him look at the file carefully over and over again.

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"Ghost covering eyes" incident

Confidentiality Level: Top Secret

Observation area code: A4 (formerly Minglong Road commercial area)

Threat Level: High Risk (Already Spread)
Event Overview:

On ████ year █ month █ day, an unusual phenomenon occurred in the Minglong Road commercial district and a surrounding area of ​​3.3 square kilometers in ██ city.

At 9:17 a.m. that day, a double "hand-shaped cloud" appeared in the sky over the area, followed by a large-scale reality distortion phenomenon in the observation area.

• Initial penetration (0-6 hours):
The ghostly entity spread outwards from Minglong Road, causing severe interference to all electronic devices. All surveillance footage only captured snow-like noise and "hand-shaped shadows." The first group of contacts (a total of ██ workers) went missing. Clothing and some organ tissues left at the scene indicated that various ghostly entities were in an "active period" and were roaming intensively in the area.

包括但不限于无头鬼、床公床母、贴背鬼、溶池鬼等鬼物（详见图3、5、6、8、9）

Ecological extinction (6-72 hours):
Plants and animals in the observation area died en masse, and the trees turned into charred black "ghost trees" (sample A4-β). Numerous handprints appeared on the bark surface, and dark red substances began to continuously spray outwards. The groundwater pollution index exceeded the standard, and unknown black flocculent substances were detected in the water.

At the end of the period, the sky was completely obscured by the dark red substance ejected by "Ghost Tree," and weather satellites could not identify the cloud cover in the area.

• Real-world isolation (after 72 hours):

An isolation wall and observation zone were set up, and the observation team monitored the situation inside from several kilometers away. After 72 hours, the observation zone gradually entered a stable period, the frequency of ghost activity decreased, and its aggression was greatly weakened.

The following is a list of ghostly creatures that have appeared in observation area A4: (...)
Yan Ming's gaze swept over the entire list of ghosts again, confirming that there was no Big Belly Ghost on it, nor any kind of ghost that might appear in the form of a Big Belly Ghost.

He read through the entire archive, memorizing the general details of each picture, and thus gained a clear understanding of what had happened on Minglong Road and in the surrounding area at that time.

The archives record that the Blindfolded Demon possesses the ability to "distort" reality, and to distort reality on a very large scale.

Yan Ming himself had used the Blindfold Ghost's ability, and he knew that the Blindfold Ghost's ability needed a vessel to be activated properly.

At Wangcheng No. 1 Middle School, his vehicle was Teacher Pan, and he modified the essence of things several times through this.

Whether by withdrawing or releasing, he can achieve some of the effects he needs.

However, according to the records, the Blindfold Demon distorted reality on a large scale when it first arrived and made some kind of modification to the surrounding area.

It seems like...

Doesn't this violate the rules of the Blindfolded Ghost?

Could it be that the Blindfolded Ghost randomly selected a person as its vessel upon its arrival?

No, it's not that simple.

Yan Ming knew that the range of the Blinding Ghost's ability was actually linked to the carrier's field of vision; it could not arbitrarily change the "real" essence outside its field of vision.

This belongs to the underlying logic of the Blindfold Ghost's rules, and it's something that can't be changed by increasing proficiency or enhancing the character itself.

Either the Blindfolded Ghost has adopted the rules of other ghosts, or...

Yan Ming's gaze fell on the description of the first stage of the "Ghost Blinding the Eyes" incident. He found that in the first few stages, no one had observed any trace of the ghost that blinded the eyes. There were only traces of other ghosts' activities and photos.

Is it because the Blindfolded Ghost is deliberately hiding and unwilling to show itself?
No, no, no, it's because of those two "hand-shaped" dark clouds, isn't it?
Blindfolded ghost.

At this stage, it may have been obscuring the eye of "heaven," thus affecting the entire area under that sky at the same time. Obscuring the eye of heaven?
When the thought popped into Yan Ming's mind, he instinctively felt it was impossible, but after looking closely at the file, he felt that it was the most likely answer.

The Blinding Demon's abilities have reached the level of a pure "concept." It can cover the eyes of "Heaven," a non-living being, and use this as a medium to extensively alter reality.

Neither can be considered non-living, since a sky is merely a concept in people's minds, while the Blindfold Ghost can give it eyes and cover them.

Then, Yan Ming looked at the next part of the file and noticed another place where a "handprint" appeared.

Ghost dead wood.

Yan Ming didn't know what it was, but judging from the photos and the details, it was likely something that had been affected by the Blinding Ghosts in large numbers.

The continuous spraying of dark red substance reminded him of the transpiration of plants, which, under the modification of the Blinding Ghost's nature, might have resulted in this appearance.

Transpiration improves the environment, but spraying dark red substances now is constantly destroying the environment, or rather, transforming the environment into what the Blindfolded Ghost desires.

From beginning to end, the Blind Ghost had his own plan in mind.

They carved open the gates of hell to enter the outside world, cleared out the original inhabitants, and transformed the environment.

Controlling him was also part of the plan; Yan Ming didn't think the Blind Ghost would do anything pointless.

But why isn't the Belly Ghost on the list of ghosts to be observed?

This problem baffled Yan Ming. He had suspected that it was caused by the Blindfold Ghost's ability, and that the big-bellied ghost might even have been created by the other party.

However, the actual situation shows that this speculation is very problematic.

Putting aside whether the Blind Ghost actually has the ability to create a real ghost with a ghost domain, the rules of the City of Illusions clearly do not conform to the Big Belly Ghost's rules.

Wang Ming, who was in a wheelchair, had long ago said that the rules of the Ghost Realm were closely related to the types of ghosts.

For example, Li Yan replicated the map rule "Peeping at Ten Thousand Evils," and Yan Ming guessed that the game scene at that time was most likely the ghost realm inside the Peeping Ghost's body.

The ghost realm of the big-bellied ghost should obviously be related to "food", "devouring" and "appetite".

What kind of ghost is "pretending to be a ghost"?

Moreover, Yan Ming himself vaguely guessed that the blind ghost went to great lengths to let him enter the Big Belly Ghost's ghost realm, probably because it wanted him to obtain the Big Belly Ghost's rules, and then it could control him and use more of the power of the rules.

The rules of "pretending to be a ghost" are something that even the blindfolded ghost itself might not have anticipated.

Turning to the last page of the file folder, Yan Ming noticed something that looked like an appendix.

·appendix
Through observation of the crack in the Gate of Hell, on the 153rd day after the "ghostly blindness" incident, a special ghost emerged from the crack and disappeared, and has not been observed again since.

According to the energy level survey of the real-time monitoring of the Ghost Gate Rift, the energy level of this ghost is lower than that of the Blindfold Ghost, but much higher than that of other ghosts.

It is suspected to be a ghost.

Yan Ming's eyes widened instantly; he seemed to have figured something out.

There must be some special ghost that followed us out through the cracks in the gates of hell and managed to fool the Blindfold Ghost!

It may have heard the blindfolded ghost searching for a pot-bellied ghost or a tuberculosis ghost, because these two types of ghosts have a relatively simple and safe way of entering the ghost realm, so it transformed itself into a pot-bellied ghost.

Is this a mimicry ghost?

and……

It's a wish-fulfilling ghost!
(End of this chapter)