Global Ghost Stories: I'm Investigating Ghosts in My Nightmare!

Chapter 127 Iron-Blooded Breakthrough
The earth is wailing.

The entire headquarters of the Bureau of Investigation resembled a giant ship crashing into an iceberg, slowly sinking into the greedy maw of the earth. The sharp creaking of metal, the cracking of concrete, and the faint screams echoing in the distance intertwined to form a desperate funeral march.

"Old Bai, that thing underground is catching up!" Mo Fei's voice remained clear amidst the chaotic sounds of collapse. He held the last remaining battle axe in one hand and steadily supported Lan Ce with the other, the ground beneath his feet cracking violently from the shaking.

Bai Yu carried Lu Yueqi on his back, his figure like a black ghost moving through the ruins. His left eye was emitting a faint white light, and his retina no longer displayed the simple physical world, but rather a series of crisscrossing, blood-red, regular lines.

"Don't look into the elevator shaft, go straight to the fire escape!" Bai Yu calmly gave the order.

In his view, the elevator shaft was already covered with dense, fleshy tentacles; jumping in would be tantamount to walking into a trap.

"Lanze, locate the nearest backup exit."

Lance was pale, but his fingers were typing on the tablet at an astonishing speed.

"Southeast, 300 meters away. That's the research department's secret evacuation route. Although the power system is down, I can try to manually break the airtight door."

“Alright, Mo Fei, lead the way, I'll cover the rear.” Bai Yu tightened his grip on Lu Yueqi’s back.

Mo Fei didn't waste any words. He took a deep breath, his muscles bulging like steel.

"Gravity Compression - Charge!"

boom!
Mo Fei transformed into a heavy tank, smashing the half-collapsed concrete wall blocking his path into dust. Unlike before, he didn't blindly charge forward, but precisely controlled his strength, avoiding the support points of the ground cracks with each step, ensuring that Bai Yu and Lan Ce behind him could pass smoothly.

The moment they rushed into the fire escape, the floor behind them completely collapsed. A gigantic maw, over ten meters in diameter, burst from the ground, covered with writhing, ring-shaped teeth, instantly biting away the spot where Bai Yu had just stood.

"What kind of monster is this?" Lan Ce looked back and felt a chill run down his spine.

“That’s headquarters’ ‘cleanup mechanism,’ which Professor Su activated.” Bai Yu’s tone was icy.

A faint white light flickered in his left eye, and he saw a rule called "devouring" wrapped around those mouthparts. This was not merely a biological attack; it was an attempt to physically erase any trace of the Bureau of Investigation.

After rushing down two flights of stairs, intense gunfire suddenly erupted ahead.

"Help! There are still people here!"

Bai Yu stopped and glanced around with his left eye.

Around a corner in a laboratory ahead, several civilian employees in ordinary uniforms were surrounded by several mutated Echoers. The Echoers were petrified, their movements stiff but incredibly strong, frantically ramming against the crumbling protective door.

"Old Bai?" Mo Fei stopped and looked at Bai Yu inquiringly.

According to the most rational escape logic, they should simply ignore these people. But Bai Yu was silent for only 0.1 seconds before speaking: "Mo Fei, take care of this in three seconds. Lan Ce, show them a way to the shelter on the third basement level."

"Got it!"

Mo Fei's lips curled into a smile. This was the team he knew, the Bai Yu team he was willing to die for.

He leaped up, his battle axe drawing a perfect arc in the air.

puff!puff!puff!
Three petrified heads shot into the sky. Mo Fei's movements were clean and swift, without the slightest unnecessary tremor.

"Go left, there's a shelter at the end of passage number three, hurry!" Lan Ce shouted.

The civilian staff were stunned for a moment, then felt as if they had been granted a pardon and frantically fled in the direction Lan Ce had indicated.

"Go!" Bai Yu didn't stop and continued to speed forward.

Saving lives is instinct, but breaking through is a mission. He clearly distinguished between the two.

When they arrived at the secret exit that Lancer had mentioned, they found that the situation there was even worse than they had imagined.

The massive, airtight alloy door was completely sealed shut by a dark red, gelatinous substance. This substance pulsed under the light, as if it possessed a life of its own.

“This is the flesh and blood seal of ‘Black Raven’.” Lan Ce examined it, his face grim. “This substance can absorb all electronic signals and physical impacts. If we force it to explode, it will trigger a chain reaction and collapse the entire passage.”

Mo Fei tried to chop with his axe, but the battle axe seemed to sink into mud, and the force was instantly neutralized.

"Damn, this thing is completely unresponsive to both soft and hard approaches," Mo Fei said, frowning.

Bai Yu put Lu Yueqi down and let her lean against the wall. He walked to the flesh seal, slowly closed his right eye, leaving only his left eye, which was emitting white light.

Under the gaze of the "Eye of Truth," the dark red gelatinous substance disappeared.

What appeared before Bai Yu was a complex energy network woven from countless blood-red threads. These threads were constantly flowing, with several nodes appearing exceptionally bright.

"Black Words, get ready," Bai Yu silently chanted in his mind.

"Tsk, does this low-level causal lock even require my intervention?" Although Hei Yan was being arrogant, a stream of dark energy was already flowing from Bai Yu's arm to his fingertips.

Bai Yu stretched out his hand and precisely pointed his fingertip at a node in the energy network.

"break."

There was no violent explosion, no blinding light.

The flesh-and-blood seal that had left Mo Fei helpless melted away instantly, like snow encountering a raging fire.

"Damn, Lao Bai, are your eyes cheating?" Mo Fei's eyes widened.

"There's no time to explain, Lan Ce, break through the gate!" Bai Yu's voice carried an undisguised weakness.

Using the "Eye of Truth" came at a great cost. He felt the crack deep within his soul deepen even further.

Lanze immediately stepped forward and connected the communicator to the control panel on the gate.

"Give me ten seconds... five, four, three, two, one, open!"

Click!

The heavy alloy door slid open slowly to both sides.

However, the scene behind the door froze the three of them in place.

It wasn't a corridor leading to the outside world, but a huge, cylindrical, hollow laboratory.

In the center of the cavity, a huge glass container floats. The container is filled with a pale blue liquid, and a naked woman with long hair reaching the ground floats silently inside.

Her body was covered with tubes of various colors, and countless data cables extended from the top of her head into the surrounding server array.

"That's... Professor Su's ultimate plan?" Lan Ce's voice trembled.

"No." Bai Yu stared at the woman in the container, the white light in his left eye contracting violently. "That's Lu Yueqi's... true form?"

He subconsciously turned around and glanced at Lu Yueqi, who was leaning against the wall.

Two Lu Yueqis?
"Hehehe...you've finally arrived."

A sinister voice came from the laboratory's loudspeaker.

Professor Su's face appeared on the big screen. He looked unusually old, with strange black lines covering his face.

"Bai Yu, you are even more perceptive than I imagined. You actually managed to find this place."

"Professor Su, what are you doing?" Bai Yu picked up the unconscious Lu Yueqi again, her hand already gripping the hilt of the knife.

“I am saving the world, my child.” Professor Su spread his arms wide, his expression fervent. “This world is rotting, the rules are failing. Only the power of the past can reshape everything. And the Lu Yueqi you brought back is just a vessel. The true ‘divinity’ has always been here.”

He pointed to the woman in the container.

"Now, only the final step is needed. Hand over the 'vessel' you hold to me, and a new god will be born!"

"You're dreaming." Mo Fei stepped forward, his battle axe held across his chest.

"Mo Fei, don't be impulsive," Bai Yu whispered, trying to stop him.

He saw dozens of red lights lighting up in the shadows of the laboratory.

That was the "Black Crow" task force.

Moreover, they were not equipped with rifles, but with "psychic suppressors" specifically designed to target dreamers.

“Bai Yu, I know what you’re thinking.” Professor Su’s voice was full of temptation. “The soul inside you is about to shatter, isn’t it? As long as you cooperate with me, I can help you repair it. I can even make you the first general under the new god’s throne.”

“Hei Yan, he says he can heal you,” Bai Yu sneered inwardly. “Such lowly mortals dare to discuss the origins of the gods?” Hei Yan’s voice was filled with murderous intent. “Bai Yu, kill them. Use their blood to commemorate this magnificent betrayal.”

"Right on my mind."

Bai Yu looked at Lan Ce: "Can you disconnect the surveillance and automatic fire control systems here?"

"Give me three minutes." Lan Ce had already found cover and crouched down, his fingers leaving afterimages on the keyboard.

"Mo Fei, hold off the first wave of attacks. I need time to activate the second phase of 'Eye of Truth'."

"No problem, Old Bai. As long as I don't fall, no one can get past me."

The battle broke out instantly.

The Black Crow's task force emerged from the shadows, their psionic suppressors emitting a piercing buzz. This frequency could disrupt the connection between the dreamer and the nightmare, causing Bai Yu to feel the Black Words within her becoming blurred.

"Gravity barrier!"

Mo Fei roared and slammed his battle axe heavily onto the ground.

A semi-circular gravitational field instantly unfolded, twisting and deflecting all the incoming psionic beams.

"These bastards have pretty fierce firepower!" Mo Fei gritted his teeth and persevered, veins bulging on his forehead, as maintaining the gravity field was extremely taxing on his stamina.

Bai Yu closed his eyes.

He felt his left eye burning, as if a lava ball was churning inside it.

"The Eye of Truth: Stripping Away Cause and Effect"

When he opened his eyes again, the entire laboratory had changed.

All the Black Crow team members were connected by a red thread, the end of which led to the huge container.

"I see. They're not fighting; they're offering 'sacrifices'."

Bai Yu saw through it all.

Professor Su didn't care about these people's lives or deaths at all. Every attack, every drop of blood that splattered, provided energy for the "god" inside that container.

"Mo Fei, don't kill them! Knock them unconscious!" Bai Yu shouted.

"Huh?" Mo Fei was stunned for a moment, but based on his absolute trust in Bai Yu, he immediately withdrew the blade of the battle axe and used the handle and his fist instead.

"What a troublesome request!"

Mo Fei was like a tiger that had broken into a flock of sheep. Although he no longer used lethal attacks, each punch he threw could completely incapacitate a special forces member.

Bai Yu moved swiftly, not attacking the team members, but heading straight for the server arrays.

"Professor Su, your script is well written. It's a pity I'm not one of your actors."

Bai Yu's "Ember" drew a black flame, precisely severing several critical data transmission cables.

"No! What are you doing!" Professor Su roared angrily on the big screen.

The liquid in the container began to boil violently, and the woman's eyes snapped open.

Those were eyes that had no pupils at all, eyes filled with starlight.

A terrifying pressure instantly swept through the entire laboratory.

Mo Fei and Lan Ce both groaned and knelt down on the ground.

"This is... the power of God?" Lan Ce felt his thoughts freeze.

Only Bai Yu remained standing.

His left eye shone brightly with white light, forcefully withstanding the oppressive force.

"Black Words, this is the last time. Destroy that container."

“Baiyu, this will deplete all our energy reserves,” Heiyan’s voice turned serious.

"do it."

Bai Yu poured all his energy into the "Embers".

The longsword emitted a clear, ringing sound.

"The Blade of the End - Severing Cause and Effect!"

A jet-black blade of light ripped through the air in the laboratory, shattering all of Professor Su's fantasies.

boom!
The huge container exploded instantly.

A pale blue liquid spilled all over the ground.

The woman fell to the ground with a piercing scream. Her body began to rapidly disintegrate, turning into countless specks of light that vanished into thin air.

"No—!" Professor Su's voice faded away in despair.

As the container was destroyed, the entire laboratory began to experience a series of violent explosions.

"Go! The exit is open!" Lan Ce shouted, pointing to a hidden door at the back of the laboratory.

Bai Yu carried Lu Yueqi on his back again. His body had reached its limit; every step felt like dancing on a knife's edge.

The three stumbled and staggered into the hidden door.

This is a long, uphill slope.

After running for an unknown amount of time, a faint glimmer of light finally appeared ahead.

As they rushed out of the exit, fresh air rushed into their lungs.

They found themselves standing on the edge of the forest where the Bureau of Investigation headquarters was located.

In the distance, the once magnificent headquarters building has completely disappeared, leaving only a bottomless pit.

"We... survived?" Mo Fei slumped to the ground, panting heavily.

Lan Ce adjusted his glasses, gazing at the distant city skyline, his eyes filled with confusion.

"The world... has changed."

Bai Yu put Lu Yueqi down and looked up at the sky.

Although it was daytime, a huge, blood-red phantom eyeball floated in the sky.

That was a projection of the "old days".

Although Professor Su failed, he successfully tore down the last barrier between reality and illusion.

"Old Bai, what's next?" Mo Fei stood up and looked at Bai Yu.

Bai Yu remained silent for a long time.

He felt Lu Yueqi's fingers twitch slightly.

“We need to find the captain. Then…”

Bai Yu clenched her fists, her eyes resolute.

"Let's take this world back with our own hands."

A gentle breeze blew through the forest, carrying eerie whispers.

In the dark shadows of the trees, countless pairs of bloodshot eyes are slowly opening.

(End of this chapter)