Horror Resurrection: I Evolve Starting with the Ghost Buddha

Although Lin Chuan had a way out in mind, he didn't really want to give up this "Temple of Rebirth" unless absolutely necessary.

After all, once they migrate, it will inevitably attract unnecessary attention.

"Let's see how things go first."

Lin Chuan composed himself and urgently conveyed an instruction to the Crying Ghost.

He planned to send the Crying Ghost to investigate the area around Qingquan Village before making any further plans.

As for the coughing clone, Lin Chuan left it in Changyang City for the time being.

Next, he'll use his cough trick to carry out a campaign of punishing evil and promoting good in Changyang City, and then accumulate fear points!

……

Soon, the Crying Ghost followed the road, crossed the mountains and forests, and drifted to the outer edge of the Ghost Realm of Qingquan Village.

At first glance, the area was completely shrouded in thick, impenetrable white fog.

The fog was eerie, carrying a rotten, earthy smell and severely obstructing visibility.

Even the most ferocious "Crying Ghost" cannot see very far through the white mist; at most, it can only see things within about ten meters of its surroundings.

Under Lin Chuan's command, the Crying Ghost did not rashly approach the white mist.

After all, it's easy to enter the realm of the supernatural, but getting out is a real hassle.

Circling the edge of the white mist, Lin Chuan carefully examined the scene within the mist through the ghostly gaze.

suddenly.

The wailing stopped.

Because in the fog, she saw a crooked old locust tree.

The old locust tree had thick branches and a cracked bark, giving it a charred black color.

But what was hanging on that branch was not leaves.

Instead, they were pale, withered human hands.

Those hands swayed gently in the cold wind, their fingers twitching slightly, as if trying to grasp something.

"This is... a treacherous tree?"

Lin Chuan's heart stirred slightly.

Because this tree is actually an E-level monster.

If a living person passes under the tree, they will be instantly grabbed by those treacherous hands, torn to pieces, and hung on the tree to become new nourishment.

But it's not over yet.

Just moments later, Lin Chuan saw a blurry figure appear on the indistinct village road not far away.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the person was an old man dressed in funeral clothes.

He was barefoot, and his soles were black and covered with lividity.

And... he was walking upside down, which looked incredibly bizarre!

The old man, with his hands on the ground, head down, and feet up, moved rapidly across the ground in an extremely strange posture.

His face was rubbed against the ground, and it was already a bloody mess, revealing the bare white bones.

But he was completely unaware of it, mechanically continuing to walk upside down in place...

"Another E-rank anomaly..."

Lin Chuan observed all of this, his heart heavy.

Qingquan Village was far more dangerous than he had imagined!

Two E-level anomalies appeared on the outskirts alone.

Deeper into the village, things can only get worse!

Moreover, these strange entities seem to be suppressed by some kind of rule; instead of devouring each other, they wander around the village like patrolling soldiers.

This is a very dangerous sign!

If Lin Chuan's prediction is correct, these strange phenomena... are gradually being assimilated and controlled by the source of the strange domain in Qingquan Village!

They have become part of that "source of the mystery"!

Just as the crying ghost was preparing to continue its investigation.

Suddenly, a clear, childlike, yet chilling nursery rhyme rang out.

"Looking for friends..."

"Found a good friend..."

"Give me a salute or shake my hand..."

"You are my good friend..."

The sound came from the bank of a small river that was tinged with blood.

Lin Chuan manipulated the crying ghost to look over.

There, squatting by the river, was a child wearing a red bib.

The child was playing in the mud with his back to the wailing ghost.

But strangely enough...

Three heads were mounted on his neck.

The left head is crying, the right head is laughing, and the middle head... is singing.

It seemed that they had noticed the "crying ghost's" spying.

The three-headed child suddenly stopped moving.

Immediately afterwards, its three heads spun 180 degrees!

Six pitch-black eyes, devoid of whites, instantly fixed their gaze on the wailing ghost.

It slowly raised its tiny, tender hand towards the crying monster.

Then... it gently waved to the crying ghost.

Hand rises, hand falls.

The air suddenly froze.

A chilling force of rules instantly swept towards the Crying Ghost.

Meanwhile, deep within Lin Chuan's consciousness, a series of prompts instantly popped up on the panel.

[Warning! Under attack by bizarre rules!]

[Kill Rule: Beckoning Kill!]

[Once the target is locked onto by the "Beckoning Ghost" and beckons three times, the target will be attacked!!]

"An E-level anomaly, a beckoning anomaly?"

Lin Chuan didn't take him seriously.

It's just a mere E-level anomaly; even if I don't intervene, the Crying Ghost can handle it.

Extreme sorrow now appeared on the pale face of the crying ghost.

"Waaaaah..."

A heart-wrenching cry escaped her lips and exploded loudly in the mist.

Her cries also contained the rules of killing.

The two forces of the rules soon collided.

The three-headed child's waving gesture also suddenly stopped.

Its second wave became incredibly difficult, as if an invisible barrier in the air was blocking it.

The crying disturbed its movements!

"Let's go now!"

Lin Chuan didn't want to waste time here.

Moreover, continuing to fight against the beckoning ghost might alert the "source" in the village.

however.

Just as the crying ghost was about to leave.

Boom!

The ground suddenly trembled violently.

A chilling aura, ten or even a hundred times more terrifying than before, suddenly descended.

This aura comes from the heart of the village.

From that... well.

"not good!"

Lin Chuan's heart pounded wildly, and a strong sense of crisis made his consciousness sting.

The source of that eerie realm... has noticed this place!

Splash!

The soil on the ground suddenly cracked open.

A jet-black stream of water, exuding a strong, foul stench, emerged like a venomous snake from its hole.

The water flow was incredibly fast! Even Lin Chuan didn't have time to react.

In the blink of an eye, the black water wrapped around the legs of the crying monster.

sizzle...

The moment it came into contact with the black water, the body of the Crying Ghost, which was made of the power of rules, emitted a series of popping sounds similar to burning straw!

And the crying ghost couldn't move...

The black water was like a viscous gel, binding her firmly in place.

Meanwhile, an urgent notification appeared on the panel deep within Lin Chuan's consciousness:

[Suppressed by higher-level rules!]

[Under the rules: Water is wrapped around the body.]

[Description: Any spirit or living being touched by this source water will be forcibly imprisoned and gradually assimilated and dissolved, eventually becoming part of the source.]

"This is... an assimilation rule?!"

Lin Chuan felt a chill run down his spine.

This is one of the most domineering rules he has ever seen.

If it doesn't break free quickly, the Crying Demon can only last for a minute at most before it melts completely into a pool of black water and is then swallowed by the source.

"Trying to devour my followers?"

"That depends on how strong your teeth are!"

Several miles away, in a dilapidated temple, Lin Chuan hardened his heart!

As his most loyal follower, Ku Gui would naturally not allow her to be assimilated.

hum! !

In order to counter the rule of water entangling the body, Lin Chuan used his consciousness to instantly take complete control of the Crying Ghost's body.

at the same time.

He forcibly transferred his D-level rule power—[Life-Taking Brahma Sound]—to the Crying Ghost through a consciousness connection.

"Namo..."

The weeping ghost, which could only cry before, now uttered a grand, solemn, yet endlessly eerie chanting.

The sound was no longer a cry, but... the sound of Buddha!

boom!!

Centered on the Crying Demon, an equally domineering force of rules rippled outwards!

The black water clinging to her legs suddenly seemed to have been struck by a heavy blow, and began to boil and churn violently.

The suppressive power within the Sanskrit chants clashed fiercely with the assimilative rules within the black water.

Click! Click!

A few seconds later, there was a sound of some invisible shackle breaking.

The black water that had been wrapped around the weeping monster's legs exploded with a bang, turning into countless black droplets that scattered down.

Restraints released!

The three-headed child standing in the distance was also shaken by the terrifying chanting and retreated repeatedly.

After breaking free of his restraints, Lin Chuan did not continue his attack. Instead, he controlled the Crying Ghost and turned to rush out of the fog.

But next second.

His movements stopped.

Because he discovered that the way he came... was gone.

Just a moment ago, the place where he was located was suddenly enveloped by the expanding eerie domain.

"Are they trying to force me to stay?"

Lin Chuan sneered.

Since we can't leave, then we won't leave.

With its own strange power, the Crying Ghost won't be assimilated by the source of that strange domain for a while.

Furthermore, if one explores the village and gathers more useful information, it will be easier to suppress the strange entity in the well later on.

Having made his decision, Lin Chuan, controlling the Crying Ghost, ignored the three-headed child and strode towards the depths of the village.

……

The wailing ghost's figure disappeared into the depths of the thick fog.

Lin Chuan returned most of his consciousness to his physical body.

Although Qingquan Village is dangerous, there shouldn't be any major problems for the time being.

The source of the demon seems to be at a critical moment of resurgence. Its true form has never left the ancient well, but it is using the rules of the demonic realm to seal off and influence the surrounding area...

"We need to speed things up."

As Lin Chuan sensed the surging power of the rules in the well in the distant Qingquan Village, his sense of urgency intensified.

That source is mysterious and very powerful.

Although I haven't fully reached Grade B yet, I'm not far from growing to Grade B!

If it is fully revived, it will definitely reach Grade B! There is even a chance it will reach Grade A!

At that time, not only Changyang City, but probably the entire prefecture and even most of the province will be affected.

"I need more power."

"More believers."

"More...fear and willpower."

After becoming a monster, Lin Chuan no longer cared about the lives of the humans in Changyang City.

But he could not tolerate the destruction of his designated "ranch".

His next step is to raise all living beings in captivity.

The strangeness in that well will only incite slaughter and destruction.

Its existence has affected Lin Chuan's plans!

This alone is enough reason why we must solve it!

Just then.

Suddenly, a series of booming sounds came from outside the dilapidated temple where Lin Chuan was.

That's the sound of a heavy truck engine.

Lin Chuan's gaze pierced through the wall, looking down the mountain.

On the winding mountain road, ten fully loaded trucks were struggling to make their way towards them.

The truck bed was packed with people.

These people were dressed in rags, looked emaciated, some were coughing violently, and some had injuries.

Their eyes were mostly numb, empty, and even tinged with despair.

These are the lowest-ranking people in Changyang City.

They are also people abandoned by this world.

"Get down here, all of you! Now!"

"What are you dawdling for? Want a beating?!"

The convoy stopped at the foot of the mountain.

Qin Yao and Zhou Kai jumped out of the car and shouted at each other.

They look exactly like two ruthless slave owners.

Qin Yao's eerie hand unabashedly emitted black energy, and with a slight wave, it could leave deep marks on the rocks, terrifying everyone into silence.

"Master... are there really gods here?"

A middle-aged man with a broken leg, leaning on a cane, asked shakily.

His name is Wang San. He was originally a construction worker, but after breaking his leg, he was kicked out by the foreman and didn't even get compensation. His wife also ran away, and he was preparing to find a place to end his life.

Finally, Zhou Kai forcibly pulled him back from the riverbank.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Zhou Kai glared at him, the strange pen in his hand twirling, radiating a chilling aura.

"You'll find out when you get up there."

"As long as you are sincere, Buddha can cure you, not only of a broken leg, but even of a terminal illness!"

"But if anyone dares to disrespect Buddha..."

Zhou Kai sneered and drew an X in the air with the dagger pen in his hand.

"That's a dead end!"

Under the coercion and enticement of the two demon tamers.

These four hundred or so desperate and pitiful people, with uneasy hearts, climbed up to the dilapidated temple halfway up the mountain.

When they saw the dilapidated, overgrown temple.

Disappointment was evident in many people's eyes.

This doesn't look like a place where a true god exists.

It was clearly a dilapidated, abandoned temple.

"Kneel down!!"

Qin Yao shouted and knelt down first in the square in front of the temple gate.

No one dared to disobey, and they could only kneel down sparsely.

In an instant, sighs, coughs, and sobs filled the air.

A sense of despair spread through the crowd.

They felt they had been cheated.

There is no salvation here at all...

however.

Just then.

hum! !

Inside the dilapidated temple, the broken Buddha statue seemed to have suddenly opened its eyes.

Immediately, a vast expanse of crimson blood swept across the sky!

Lin Chuan activated the [Blood and Tears Illusion], and simultaneously gazed at everyone present from a 360° perspective.

As the power of the rules continued to erupt, the dilapidated temple slowly disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant.

In its place stands a towering, black palace that pierces the clouds.

Above the main hall, a colossal Buddha, towering to the heavens and standing tall, gazed down at them with lowered eyes.

Although the Buddha statue looked somewhat eerie, it was so...friendly in the eyes of these people who were in the abyss of despair.

"I am the Buddha of Rebirth."

"Seeing the suffering in the world, I have come specifically to help you escape the sea of ​​suffering."

Lin Chuan's voice exploded in everyone's minds.

Followed by.

He mobilized a portion of the power of his newly acquired will and waved his hand gently.

Golden rays of light shone down, falling on a few seriously ill and disabled people in the crowd.

"Ah... my legs... I can feel my legs again?!"

Wang San, who had a broken leg, suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

He felt a tingling sensation at the site of the severed limb, as if the necrotic nerves were reviving.

Although he didn't recover immediately, it was enough to excite him.

"I've stopped coughing...and my chest doesn't feel tight anymore!"

Another elderly man with late-stage lung cancer was also moved to tears.

"A miracle...this is a miracle!!"

"Buddha has appeared to us!!"

The crowd erupted in cheers.

All the previous doubts, numbness, and despair vanished at this moment.

Instead, there was an unprecedented frenzy.

For a drowning person, even a straw will be clung to desperately.

What's more, there really is a true god or ancient Buddha standing right in front of us!

boom! boom! boom!

Wang San was the first to kowtow frantically, his forehead hitting the stone and blood streaming down his face, but he was still laughing.

"Believer Wang San pays homage to Buddha!"

"I beg Buddha to deliver me from suffering! My wretched life is yours from now on!"

Having witnessed the miracle and with one person taking the lead, the rest of the people also kowtowed frantically.

"We beg Buddha to save us!"

"I wish to follow the Buddha of Rebirth in the Pure Land!"

In an instant, the power of wishes surged like a tide over the entire barren mountain.

On Lin Chuan's control panel, notification sounds kept ringing:

[Gained 3 points of Wang San's power of will!]

[Gained Zhou Qi's Wish Power +6!]

[Gained Li Si's Wish Power +2!]

……

In just a few minutes.

The power of willpower soared.

It finally settled at 5200 points!

This is a terrifying number.

It should be noted that Lin Chuan had only managed to accumulate two or three thousand points despite his previous desperate efforts.

"Indeed, developing followers is still the fastest way."

Lin Chuan looked at the densely packed crowd kneeling in worship and felt very satisfied.

These four hundred-plus people are the first step in him building the foundation of his divine kingdom!

If managed properly, they can continuously provide themselves with willpower and fear.

After the crowd calmed down a bit.

Qin Yao stepped forward and respectfully addressed the Buddha statue:

"Buddha, your disciple has also brought a batch of building materials."

"Although it's not much, it's enough to renovate the main hall and restore your golden statue."

"This disciple will arrange for people to start work immediately."

In his view, the place where the Buddha's golden statue is located should naturally be made more respectable.

however.

Lin Chuan refused.

"No need."

"It is too early to start repairs now."

"A great calamity is imminent, and this desolate temple... may not be able to survive."

Qin Yao was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed drastically.

"A great calamity? Good heavens, could it be...?"

Lin Chuan didn't say it explicitly, but instead focused his gaze on the direction of Qingquan Village.

If you can't get rid of what's there.

No matter how well this temple for the deceased is built, it will eventually become nothing more than a pile of ruins.

Investing resources now would be a complete waste.

At this time.

Zhou Kai, who had been standing silently to the side, suddenly took a step forward.

His expression was solemn. After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke:

"Buddha... When I went into the city to pick up someone just now, I heard some rumors."

"It's about Qingquan Village."

Lin Chuan's eyes flickered slightly: "Speak."

Zhou Kai took a deep breath and lowered his voice:

"The town's ghost bureau in Changyang... has moved."

"They mobilized not only all the night patrolmen and folk ghost hunters in the city."

"They even sought help from the provincial capital, requesting the use of strategic-level uncanny items."

"It's rumored... they're planning a sweep of Qingquan Village in two days!"

Code name: Slaughter the Village.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yao gasped.

A village massacre?

Is this an attempt to completely erase the entire Qingquan Village?

Lin Chuan's heart stirred upon hearing this news.

Is the Zhengui Division of Changyang City about to make a move?

This might be an opportunity for him.

That's also a variable.

"Two days later..."

Lin Chuan was making plans in his mind.

"Since someone is willing to take the lead, I want to see if the strength of the Zhengui Division can truly shake the strangeness in that well."

"If they both suffer heavy losses..."

Thinking of this, Lin Chuan instantly sensed an opportunity to fish in troubled waters!

If he plans properly, he might be able to reap the benefits this time, swallow both sides in one fell swoop, and then completely control the Changyang City area!