After walking only a few steps...

"Sizzle... sizzle sizzle..."

In the deserted square, where you could hear a pin drop, a piercing electrical hum suddenly broke the silence.

Su Yu looked in the direction of the sound. It was an old-fashioned loudspeaker hanging on the outer wall of the waiting hall, its surface long since rusted and peeling. At this moment, it was making a sound on its own, like the static of a microphone testing a blackboard, even though there was no wind.

Followed by.

From inside the dark and deep waiting hall.

A series of muffled, rhythmic, yet eerily strange tapping sounds rang out.

"when--"

"when--"

"when--"

The sound was amplified infinitely in the empty, desolate abandoned bus station.

It sounded as if someone was standing at the very back of the hall, tapping the thick bulletproof glass of the ticket window with a cold coin, one tap after another.

Each strike felt like a blow to the heart, bringing an indescribable sense of oppression and dread.

Su Yu's eyes turned cold.

The immense spiritual power, like an invisible net, instantly enveloped the interior of the hall.

At the same time, dazzling golden light emanated from his body, transforming into a layer of battle armor that was almost tangible, completely enveloping him.

He held the Azure Spear upside down, staring intently at the dark entrance to the hall, his muscles tense, awaiting the terrifying attack that might come like a storm.

however.

The coin only tapped three times before stopping abruptly.

The old loudspeakers on the exterior wall have also fallen silent once more.

The entire bus station was once again gripped by a suffocating atmosphere, so quiet you could hear a pin drop. It was as if everything that had just happened was merely an auditory hallucination created by the intruder.

But Su Yu knew very well that it was definitely not a hallucination.

That was the first "invitation" from the vengeful spirit within the domain to its prey.

"An E-rank vengeful ghost attempting to establish a blood-devouring lair..."

Su Yu's lips curled up slightly, and a cold glint of undisguised excitement flashed in his eyes.

The more bizarre and manipulative a ghost is, the more it knows how to use the rules to toy with its prey, the more powerful it is.

For Su Yu, who possesses the "Book of Strange Tales," these are abilities he can acquire for free.

"Since you're so eager to invite me in, then I won't stand on ceremony."

Su Yu had no intention of backing down.

He gripped the icy, piercing blue spear tightly in his hand, its tip leaving a shallow furrow in the muddy ground.

He strode confidently up the moss-covered stone steps without hesitation.

step.

Two steps.

Su Yu stepped over the broken glass door.

He was completely immersed in the dark waiting hall, which was like the gaping maw of a giant beast, swallowing all light.

……

The moment Su Yu stepped into the waiting hall, he felt as if he had entered a cold underground ice cellar.

There are no lights.

The dilapidated ticket gates were covered in a thick layer of dust, the ceiling of the hall was covered with cobwebs, and the air was filled with a musty, rotten smell.

Su Yu, carrying the Azure Spear, remained vigilant and slowly advanced.

As Su Yu walked past a dark corner of a corridor.

Above their heads, the already yellowed and dilapidated plaster ceiling suddenly burst open with a loud bang, and large amounts of lime dust fell down.

"roar--!"

With a sharp roar, a ghoul, carrying a pungent, fishy smell, opened its blood-red, festering maw and pounced straight at Su Yu's head from the ceiling with the force of a mountain crashing down.

Almost simultaneously, from the shadow of the mottled concrete wall on the right, another ghoul suddenly sprang out, its claws bringing with them a chilling wind, aiming straight for Su Yu's waist and abdomen.

Up and down.

The attack came from two directions, and the speed was so fast that no one had time to react.

However, Su Yu remained calm, his immense mental power having already captured the movement trajectory of the two monsters perfectly.

He gripped the gun barrel with his right hand and suddenly flicked his wrist.

"Sizzle!"

The lightning within his body surged through his right arm, instantly flooding the gun like a raging tide. The [Absolute Conduction] property activated, and the azure light on the gun tip was instantly enveloped by dazzling silver arcs of electricity in the darkness.

One shot, a straight thrust into the sky!

The spear tip left a blinding afterimage of lightning in mid-air, accompanied by a deafening thunderous explosion, and precisely pierced the throat of the ghoul above.

Under the combined onslaught of [Wind Trace Armor Break] and the power of thunder, half of the ghoul's body was instantly torn apart and carbonized by the violent arc of electricity. It didn't even have time to let out a scream before turning into a charred "lump of coal" that crashed heavily to the ground.

Having landed a successful blow, Su Yu didn't even turn around to look.

He used the momentum of the falling spear as a pivot point, with his body as the axis and his left leg as the fulcrum.

Swish!

The Azure Spear swung through the air, creating a round yet violent purplish-blue full moon!

Sweep!

"Pfft—!"

The spear tip, trailing a wind-like effect and accompanied by a sharp cutting sound, slashed across the waist and abdomen of the ghoul that was lunging from the side.

The monster's body was severed in half mid-air, the cut charred black, not even a drop of blood flowing out.

"call--"

Su Yu holstered the gun with one hand, flicking the tip at an angle in mid-air to shake off the remaining charred marks.

He stood still for half a second, his wary gaze sweeping across both sides of the corridor.

After confirming that he hadn't caused any further disturbance, he stepped over the two mutilated corpses on the ground and continued on his way.

……

"Tick-tock...tick-tock..."

The further you go in, the more desolate the surroundings become; you can even clearly hear the sound of dripping water coming from somewhere.

After walking through the long waiting corridor, Su Yu arrived at the ticket hall.

This is the place with the heaviest yin energy in the entire passenger station.

In the center of the hall, gusts of eerie wind swirled around, whipping up the yellowed and brittle discarded train tickets on the ground, making them spin in mid-air.

Su Yu's gaze instantly locked onto the row of ticket windows at the far end of the hall.

That intense, eerie aura was emanating from there!

Through the bulletproof glass, which was covered in dirt and cracks, Su Yu saw it.

Behind one of the ticket windows, a chilling figure floated silently.

It was a woman dressed in a faded yellow funeral shroud from the 1980s. Her body was a translucent grayish-white color, and her feet were dangling in the air.

The most terrifying thing is that there was nothing above her neck.

It was empty there; she had no head.

The skin and flesh at the broken neck area appeared charred and blackened, as if burned by a raging fire, like a piece of carbonized dead wood.

Deep within the charred, foul-smelling flesh, thick, blackened, putrid blood was dripping continuously.

"Tap...tap...tap..."

Drops of blood fell onto the dusty marble ticket counter, their sound unusually clear in the deathly silent hall, accompanied by a suffocating stench of burning and decay.

Even more bizarrely, despite having no head, this headless vengeful spirit mechanically and rigidly repeated the actions it had performed in life.

Her right hand, covered in lividity, was holding a coin that had long since turned rusty and green, and she was gently tapping it again and again on the spiderweb-like cracked bulletproof glass in front of her.

"Clang...clang...clang..."

Each tap felt like a blow to the heart of a living person, creating an indescribable sense of eeriness and oppression.

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