Chapter 96 - 96 96 There's Something Strange in This Building

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96: Chapter 96: There’s Something Strange in This Building 96: Chapter 96: There’s Something Strange in This Building Boss Li looked disdainful, “You have no idea, this guy has control of a Golden Jade channel. If we could get our hands on it, we’d all be rich.” “Really? We just have to take it to Brother Wang, and we’ll get a bonus, right? How much can it be?” “Are you an idiot? If we really get it, why would we continue to work for that loser? Can’t we just find someone else to collaborate with? Then, the goods would all be ours.” The people around finally caught on. Yes, if they had the channel themselves, why should they share it with anyone else? Even if they were to collaborate with Brother Wang, it was just that—a collaboration. Why should they act as subordinates to anyone? Damn, they had been subordinates for so many years that it was the first thing they thought of whenever something came up. “Boss Li, rest assured, we will all follow you, there will definitely be no problems,” they promised. A group quietly approached the building where Zhao Guang lived, but suddenly a scream rang out. “What are you doing, screaming like that?” It was particularly frightening to hear such a thing in the middle of the night, especially since they were in the middle of committing a crime and all felt guilty. “No, I—I just saw a shadow pass by.” “Nonsense, there’s no one else living here. You must have seen some animal,” said another dismissively. “Maybe,” the man doubted whether he had seen something wrong. But at this moment, one of the subordinates suddenly widened his eyes in horror, covering his mouth with his hands and pointing in one direction, making a “woo woo” sound, seemingly in great panic and urgency. The people around quickly took notice, but as they looked in the direction he was pointing, they all started to realize something was wrong. “What is, what is going on?” Boss Li found his voice filled with a tremble. Having done such deeds for many years, it was the first time he had encountered such a weird occurrence. A crack had somehow appeared on the wall in front of them, and most crucially, that crack was oozing a red substance. It wasn’t paint. That feeling, that smell, it was blood. These people were very sensitive to the smell of blood. “Boss, the path we took here, it’s gone,” one of them said. “What path? Didn’t we walk through the green belt when we came here?” Boss Li turned around irritatedly, only to find no green belt, but rather a desolate wilderness all around. He was sure they were in a residential area before; how did it change to this? “Boss Li, we, we’ve encountered, encountered those things, haven’t we?” As they turned around again, they saw that the residential building had also disappeared, replaced by a large field of disorderly graves instead. Tombstones were everywhere, and the ground was covered with many dry bones. Looking to the side, there were even decaying corpses, emitting bursts of foul stench. The place where blood had just flowed wasn’t a wall, but a broken tombstone. Previously, one subordinate had even placed his hand on it, but now, frightened, he hastily hid his hands behind his back, incessantly wiping them. “Xiao Zhang, your hand...” The person behind him said anxiously. Xiao Zhang brought his hand in front of his eyes and saw that it was continuously oozing blood. It wasn’t his own, but it kept flowing, and no matter how much he wiped, it wouldn’t come clean. “Ah... there are ghosts,” Xiao Zhang finally broke down, unable to restrain himself from running around in panic. “Shut up, what do you think you’re doing...” Boss Li said fiercely. But soon they couldn’t care less about that, as they saw the decaying corpses surrounding them suddenly turning their heads towards them, even twisting 180 degrees, eyes emitting red and green lights. At last, a corpse struggled to its feet, its tattered clothes barely covering the rotting flesh beneath. It certainly wasn’t someone pretending to be alive, and there was another one with a huge hole in its chest, through which you could see what was behind it. Seeing these corpses walking toward them, everyone panicked and started running wildly without choosing their paths. At this moment, Zhao Guang, who was watching the chaos unfold below from upstairs, revealed a smile. “It’s really handy,” Zhao Guang revealed a satisfied smile. Although the Ghost Bottle was merely a toy in the Otherworld, it was completely different on Earth. Even the most basic Illusion Technique was not something ordinary people could resolve. Against such people, such means should indeed be used. That’s right, Zhao Guang had used the Ghost Power of the Ghost Bottle to make these people hallucinate. The ghosts themselves didn’t have personal consciousness and needed Zhao Guang to meticulously control and guide them, or else he couldn’t have created such illusions. But these ghosts weren’t machines; they understood how to fulfill the demands made of them. Suddenly, Zhao Guang furrowed his brows. He overheard the chaotic utterances of those people and finally understood why they had come. It turned out they were targeting him after all. This time, they were after his Golden Jade channel and planned to kidnap him directly. Not only did they plan to kidnap him, but they also intended to set his building on fire to make it look like he had burned to death. “They’re into murder and arson, so those containers must contain gasoline. As a good citizen, such people certainly belong in a police station.” Thinking of the police, Zhao Guang frowned slightly, but he couldn’t just leave it be. As for killing these people, Zhao Guang found it difficult to proceed. After all, their deaths would cause significant trouble, and even if he disposed of the bodies in the Otherworld, people would still suspect him when they disappeared. There was no choice but to call the police and hope the culprits hadn’t gone far. Soon, the police arrived at the scene. Seeing the officers appear, Boss Li and his men felt as if they had seen saviors and hurriedly rushed towards them. “Officer, officer, we’re criminals. Arrest us quickly and take us away from here,” they pleaded. One of the underlings even cried out in terror, “There are ghosts here, there really are ghosts; please take us away. Save me, I don’t want to die yet.” His voice was chilling, causing the officers to feel creeped out. “What ghosts, what are you doing? We received a report that you were planning to start a fire?” Originally, they didn’t expect these people to confess, knowing that arson was a severe charge. But unexpectedly, while Boss Li hesitated, the underling immediately betrayed them. “Yes, yes, we were going to start a fire. Here’s the gasoline we brought. We even planned to kidnap someone from here. You definitely have to arrest us,” the officers looked at each other bewildered, not understanding the situation.

Chapter 96 - 96 96 There's Something Strange in This Building

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