Horror Resurrection: I Evolve Starting with the Ghost Buddha

Lin Chuan did not directly eliminate Xu Lan and the others.

That would be too boring.

That's such a waste.

Lin Chuan planned to let them live a little longer, until their fear levels were completely drained, and then let them die slowly in despair.

In a flash, Lin Chuan activated his rule ability—[Blood and Tears Illusion].

In an instant, invisible fluctuations of rules spread out and, like an invisible tide, enveloped Xu Lan and the others.

……

Outside the city gate.

Xu Lan was looking at Zhao Linfeng lying on the ground with an arrogant expression.

Behind her, three terrifying phantoms were baring their fangs and claws, ready to tear this reckless D-level monster tamer to shreds at any moment.

"You shameless bastard."

Xu Lan snorted coldly, raised her right hand, and was about to kill Zhao Linfeng directly.

"Kill them all, and then..."

however.

Her voice suddenly stopped.

An indescribable sense of disorientation instantly washed over me.

The surrounding noise was originally the sound of the wind, the roar of the engine, and even Zhao Linfeng's heavy breathing.

At that moment, everything vanished.

A deathly silence.

Xu Lan suddenly snapped out of her daze and looked around warily.

"What's going on?!"

She was shocked to discover.

The once towering walls of the City of Rebirth are gone.

Zhao Linfeng, who was lying on the ground vomiting blood, was also gone.

Even the SUV convoy behind her vanished without a trace.

Instead.

It is a vast, ancient temple, filled with the marks of time.

Bluestone paving and ancient trees reaching for the sky.

A rich sandalwood scent filled the air.

"Where am I?!"

The thirteen team members behind Xu Lan were also thrown into disarray.

"Captain! Where's our car?!"

"We were just at the city gate a moment ago, how did we get here in the blink of an eye?!"

"It's a ghost realm! We've been pulled into a ghost realm!!"

One of the team members who was riding the "Ghost Socks" screamed in terror.

Xu Lan's face was gloomy, but she quickly calmed down.

"What's the panic!"

"It's just a mere ghost realm!!"

Xu Lan said coldly, but her hand secretly reached for a gold box at her waist.

That was her trump card.

Just then.

Squeak!

Deep within the temple, the vermilion gate slowly opened.

The once silent temple suddenly became bustling with activity.

Countless pilgrims flocked in from all directions.

Some of them held incense sticks, while others bowed every three steps, their faces beaming with devout and happy smiles.

"Namo Buddha of Rebirth in the Pure Land..."

"May Buddha bless this believer and her family with peace and safety..."

The sounds of chanting, prayer, and the wooden fish drum mingled together.

"Watch out! Don't let these things get close!"

Xu Lan let out a low shout, and she activated three strange rules-based abilities in an instant, desperately protecting herself.

But the worshippers seemed not to see them, passing right through their bodies.

"It really was an illusion."

Xu Lan sneered inwardly, her contempt growing even stronger.

"Playing tricks."

Just then.

An old monk with a kind face and wearing a worn-out robe slowly walked out of the main hall, holding a string of prayer beads in his hand.

He went straight to Xu Lan and the others, put his hands together, and bowed slightly.

"Amitabha."

"Esteemed guests, now that you've entered this treasure mountain, why not offer a stick of incense?"

The old monk's voice was gentle and mellow, carrying a strange power to soothe people's hearts.

"Get out of here!"

One of Xu Lan's teammates roared angrily and used the strange power within his body to punch the old monk.

however.

Strange things happened.

The moment the team member's fist touched the old monk, it went limp.

The fierce and treacherous energy within him seemed to have encountered some great terror, instantly shrinking into a ball and falling into a deep sleep.

"What...what's going on?!"

The team member looked at his hand in horror.

"My computer... crashed?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was greatly shocked.

They quickly checked their own condition.

Immediately afterwards, gasps of surprise rose and fell.

"Mine too! That sticker ghost that's been tormenting me is finally not moving!"

"My post-recovery restlessness is gone!"

"That chilling feeling... is gone?"

Normally, this would be an extremely joyous occasion.

The greatest fear of those who control evil spirits is the resurgence of evil spirits.

The ability to put the evil spirits to sleep, or even crash them, means they can live like normal people, no longer threatened or corrupted by the strange power...

But here.

In this mysterious and unknown realm.

This sudden "happiness" is chilling.

Faced with the bizarre, without their supernatural powers, they are just ordinary people.

They are lambs to the slaughter!

Xu Lan's expression also changed.

She could sense that the three C-class monsters she was controlling were also becoming drowsy.

"Damn it!"

"What kind of rule is this? Forced suppression? Or assimilation?"

For the first time, Xu Lan felt a sense of panic.

She looked at the old monk who still maintained a smile, her palms covered in cold sweat as she held the golden box.

"Sir, are you really not going to offer incense?"

The old monk spoke again, handing over three still-burning incense sticks.

The cigarette smoke rose and formed a strange skull shape in the air.

Xu Lan took a deep breath and tried to remain calm.

"it is good."

She dared not refuse the old monk again.

Xu Lan took the incense sticks and, leading the thirteen anxious team members, followed the old monk toward the main hall.

along the way.

More and more worshippers gathered around.

Although their faces were smiling, the smiles grew increasingly stiff and eerie.

Some pilgrims were walking along when their heads suddenly fell to the ground, but their bodies continued to move forward, and their hands remained clasped together.

Some pilgrims have seven or eight hands growing out of their backs, each holding a scripture made of human skin.

"Captain... this... this isn't right..."

One of the timid team members was even chattering.

"Shut up."

Xu Lan reprimanded in a low voice, her eyes fixed on the main hall in front of her.

Of course she knew something was wrong here.

But as long as we find the source of the strange realm and then use that thing in our hands... we can break the deadlock!

at last.

The group crossed the high threshold and entered the main hall.

In the very center of the main hall.

The statue enshrined there was not a kind-looking Buddha.

Instead, it is a statue...

A bizarre mountain of flesh, pitch black, covered in cracks, and with countless eyes!

Every eye of that mountain of flesh was shedding tears of blood.

They all turned around in unison, staring intently at Xu Lan and the others who had entered.

Upon seeing this, Xu Lan's pupils contracted sharply.

In that very instant.

The old monk who had led the way suddenly turned around.

His once kind and gentle face was now completely unrecognizable.

Facial features disappeared.

All that remained was a gigantic mouth filled with sharp teeth, splitting all the way to the back of its head.

"donor……"

"Since you're here, don't leave."

"Stay... and make sesame oil!!"

Roar! !

The old monk let out a superhuman roar, and his giant mouth suddenly opened wide, swallowing the team member closest to him whole.

quack!quack!

The sickening sound of chewing echoed in the silent hall.

Blood splattered everywhere.

"ah!!!"

The rest of the team members instantly broke down.

"Strange! It's strange!!"

"My abilities are useless! Help!!"

"Run!!"

Everyone turned to run.

But they discovered that the door to the main hall had disappeared sometime during the night.

The surrounding walls began to writhe and transform into wailing human faces.

despair.

asphyxia.

There was nowhere to escape.

[Gained 500 Fear Points from Xu Lan!]

[Gained 200 Fear Points from Chen Laoqi!]

【get……】

Inside the deserted temple.

Lin Chuan looked at the rapidly refreshing notifications on the panel, his heart turning cold.

"Not enough."

"This despair is not enough."

"We need to give them... a little hope."

……

in the hall.

Just as the old monk was about to pounce on the second person.

Xu Lan finally made a move.

"Go to hell!!"

She suddenly opened the golden box at her waist.

An old, bronze oil lamp lay quietly inside.

That's the New Federation's strategic-level bizarre item—the [Illusion-Dispelling Lantern]!

Light it.

It can dispel all illusions and ghostly realms below Grade B!

Without hesitation, Xu Lan cut her finger and dripped her blood onto the lamp wick.

call! ! !

A pale green flame instantly ignited.

The dim yellow light spread rapidly outwards from Xu Lan's center.

"Break it!!"

Xu Lan roared hysterically.

Where the light shines.

That terrifying old monk, that bizarre mountain of flesh Buddha statue, and the writhing walls around it.

Like snow under the scorching sun, it melts and disappears in an instant.

"Huff... huff..."

Xu Lan gasped for breath, looking around at the scene that had returned to normal.

The temple has disappeared.

They returned to the city gate of the City of Rebirth.

"They're out?!"

"Hahaha! We're out!!"

The surviving team members wept with joy.

Xu Lan also breathed a sigh of relief, a ruthless glint flashing in her eyes.

"It really was an illusion."

"Now that I've broken your demonic domain, your death is imminent!"

however.

Before she could even be happy for long...

boom!

A gunshot rang out.

One of the team members standing next to her suddenly felt his head explode.

"Who?!"

Xu Lan turned her head in alarm.

In the distance, not far away...

A man dressed in the uniform of the City of Rebirth, with a sinister smile on his face, was pointing a golden pistol at them.

That's... Qin Yao!

"You bunch of damned bastards from the New Federation."

"Die!!"

Qin Yao chuckled, and the gun in his hand spat out flames once more.

"court death!!"

Xu Lan was furious.

How dare a mere E-level Ghost Rider attack them?

"Kill him!!"

Xu Lan gave orders to the team members beside her.

But the team members seemed to be stunned, standing still without moving.

"waste!"

Xu Lan cursed, then raised the golden pistol in her hand and fired a burst of shots at Qin Yao.

boom! boom! boom!

Blood splattered from Qin Yao's body.

His smile froze, and he fell straight backward.

"This is what happens when you provoke the Federation."

Xu Lan snorted coldly and stepped forward, wanting to examine the body.

however.

The moment she turned the body over.

He was struck dumb, frozen in place.

That face...

It wasn't Qin Yao at all.

Instead... it was one of her lieutenants, Li Ming, who controlled the "paper doll"!

"Li...Li Ming?!"

Xu Lan's mind went blank.

"How could it be you?!"

"I clearly killed that one..."

Just then.

The surrounding space distorted once again.

The body of "Li Ming" that was lying on the ground suddenly turned into a cloud of black smoke and disappeared.

Followed by.

A gust of cold wind blew by.

Countless "Qin Yao" emerged from all directions.

They have the same face and the same eerie smile.

They were all holding all sorts of strange weapons.

"Come on..."

"Kill me..."

"Let's see how many you can kill?"

Xu Lan felt her sanity was on the verge of collapse.

"It's fake! It's all fake!!"

"The Demon-Slaying Lamp! Burn it!!"

She frantically urged the bronze oil lamp in her hand to burn.

The ghastly green flames surged again.

The surrounding "Qin Yao" screamed and vanished in the firelight.

But soon.

More twisted and bizarre shapes rushed up.

There were vicious dogs with three heads, giants covered in pus, and... her teammates.

"Captain! It's me! Don't shoot!"

One of the team members screamed in terror and ran toward Xu Lan.

"Monster! Don't come any closer!!"

At this moment, Xu Lan's eyes were bloodshot, and she could no longer distinguish between reality and illusion.

In her eyes.

The person rushing over wasn't a teammate at all.

Instead, it was a ferocious monster with its gaping maw, ready to devour her!

boom!

A shot rang out.

The team member was shot between the eyebrows, stared at Xu Lan in disbelief, and fell into a pool of blood.

"Kill! Kill them all!!"

Xu Lan seemed to have gone mad, wildly unleashing bullets from her golden pistol.

He even used the strange power within his body.

Three terrifying, C-level eerie phantoms raged across the scene.

Tear it to shreds!

Devour!

destroy!

The ground was stained red with blood.

Screams echoed throughout the room.