Chapter 29: Driving is Too Slow, Let’s Shrink the Distance

Note: if you want to get access to +20 Advance Chapters before everyone else and help me Translate More Chapters For You join my /flokixy "Cough, cough..." After the heavy pressure disappeared, a large amount of air rushed into Li Dong's lungs, and for a moment, he felt as if he had come back to life. He gasped for breath, his mind still in chaos, unable to process what had just happened. What on earth had occurred? What was that piercing screech? And that clear, commanding voice—was that Little Master's voice? A series of questions made Li Dong's head feel like it was about to explode. But before he could think further, Little Master's voice came through the phone again. "Little brother, first walk out of this ruin. That thing is still here. I can't kill it through the screen." "Ah... this..." Hearing this, Li Dong's goosebumps rose again. He glanced back at the dark ruin and instinctively swallowed hard. The suffocating feeling from earlier had been too real. Knowing that the thing that had nearly killed him was still there, Li Dong didn't dare delay. Limping, he picked up his phone and bolted outside. Since the ruin wasn't very large, it didn't take long for Li Dong to completely escape. Under the sunlight, his disheveled appearance was fully revealed in the live stream. [What just happened? Why does this guy look so dusty, and why is his face scraped?] [I remember Little Master told them to leave, and then they seemed to go offline, with no movement at all. After that, Little Master recited some kind of spell...] [Oh my god! Could it be that they ran into a ghost? Look how scared this guy is!] In the live stream, the comments were flying by. Connecting the dots from the earlier strangeness, they had unknowingly guessed the answer. Meanwhile, Yao Yao saw the death aura at Li Dong's brow gradually dissipate, and her small frown slowly relaxed. "Little brother, don't rush to leave yet. I'll contact someone to handle this." Then, she took out a business card from her bag—the one Liu Dong had left her yesterday. She hadn't expected it to come in handy so soon. She handed the card to her seventh brother. The reason she didn't let them leave was that, the moment she had acted earlier, she sensed that the vengeful spirit in the ruin had reached the level of a Red Ghost. It's important to know that ghosts also have levels of strength. Levels one to three are the most common, known as White Ghosts. These are the souls of ordinary people after death. They dissipate upon exposure to sunlight. The next stage is Green Ghosts, usually at levels four to six. Most of them cannot leave the place where they died. The farther they go, the weaker their spiritual bodies become. So, if you escape the place where they died, you're generally safe. However, Red Ghosts start at level seven, equivalent to a fourth-tier mystic. They are fully formed and can go anywhere in the mortal world. This is why only vengeful spirits truly inspire fear. As for the Ghost Generals above Red Ghosts, they correspond to seventh to ninth-tier mystics. Ghosts of this level are capable of causing widespread chaos. Even in the underworld, they can hold positions as overseers of small hells. Ghost Kings, on the other hand, correspond to the Human Sovereign's Three Flowers Realm. Whether there are Ghost Kings of this level in the mortal world is still uncertain! Now, focusing on the Red Ghost in the ruin, Li Dong and his group had intruded into its territory and provoked it, effectively making enemies with it. Ghosts are inherently malevolent. Once enmity is established, it becomes a fight to the death. If they were to leave now, the Red Ghost might escape its lair and hunt them down one by one. Therefore, staying together would make it easier to protect them. "Alright, Little Master, we won't go anywhere. We'll stay right here and wait," Li Dong said. Having just narrowly escaped death, he now regarded Little Master as a deity. Naturally, he would do whatever she said. Gu Yu wisely didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he used a backup phone to dial the number on the business card. After two rings, Liu Dong's voice came through the phone. "Hello, this is Liu Dong, leader of the Sixth Special Operations Team. May I ask who's calling?" "Uncle Liu, it's Yao Yao!" Yao Yao took the phone from her seventh brother and spoke in her sweet, childish voice. Hearing her voice, Liu Dong was clearly surprised. He paused for a moment, then immediately became enthusiastic. "It's Yao Yao! What made you think of calling me?" Could it be that she had changed her mind and was willing to join their Special Operations Team? Thinking of this possibility, Liu Dong's old face nearly split into a grin, and his tone became unusually gentle. "It's like this. There's a ruin in the outskirts of the capital..." Yao Yao briefly explained the situation Li Dong and his group had encountered, along with her own assessment. From what Li Dong had said, many people entered that ruin every day. Before the Red Ghost had acted, it hadn't been a problem. But now that it was active, if any more living people entered, it would be hard to say if they could come out. Sealing off the ruin was something only government personnel could do, which was why she had called Liu Dong. Thinking of the Red Ghost's aura, Yao Yao couldn't help but swallow her saliva. This was a feast, and of course, she had to handle it herself. "This... this... what should we do?" Liu Dong's scalp tingled at the news of a Red Ghost's appearance. This kind of ghost was beyond his capabilities. Even within the entire department, only the top two experts could handle it. But recently, both of them had gone on inspections outside the city. The capital inspection team simply didn't have the manpower! Against such a ghost, sending someone with lower cultivation would be a death sentence. The Special Operations Team was already short on personnel, and losing even one would be a devastating blow. But if the Red Ghost wasn't dealt with, the consequences would be even worse. Seeing his dilemma, Yao Yao smiled and said, "Just have your people seal off the area around the ruin. As for the Red Ghost, Yao Yao will take care of it." Liu Dong was stunned, then overjoyed. If this was how the conversation was going, then he was wide awake now. "No problem. I'll bring my team over right now. I guarantee not even a mosquito will get out." Although he wasn't entirely clear on the little girl's strength, the fact that she could handle Mystic Light meant that even if she couldn't defeat the Red Ghost, she wouldn't suffer too much. With their combined strength, they might actually succeed. After all, the rewards for killing a ghost of this level were incredibly generous. How could Liu Dong not be tempted? With Liu Dong's years of experience, he undoubtedly knew how to handle supernatural incidents. Yao Yao casually hung up the phone and returned to the live stream. "Brothers and sisters, sorry, but Yao Yao and Seventh Brother need to go handle something. We'll draw the last slot when we get back." The Red Ghost was a ticking time bomb. If it wasn't dealt with promptly, it could escape and cause even more trouble. As the old Taoist master had said, "There are only those who steal every day, not those who guard against theft every day." Eliminate the root of the problem and leave no hidden dangers. Of course, the core reason was that she was afraid the "cooked duck" might fly away again. [Little Master, please, don't end the stream! We don't need the lottery. We'll just watch quietly.] [I want to see Little Master's thunderous methods. Please don't end it!] However, no matter how much the netizens pleaded, Yao Yao had Seventh Brother end the live stream. After all, some things couldn't be shown to ordinary people. This was a rule of the mystic world. "I'll go get the car..." Gu Yu was also excited. Every time he witnessed those unimaginable techniques, he found them incredibly cool. But before he could take a step, Yao Yao stopped him. Gu Yu looked at her in confusion. Yao Yao shook her head, pulling out two talismans from her bag and sticking them on herself and Seventh Brother. She said, "Seventh Brother, driving is too slow. Let's just shrink the distance and go there directly." Shrink what? Gu Yu's pupils dilated, hardly believing his ears. At the same time, he realized that his understanding of the mystic world's techniques was still far too shallow.