novelraw Chapter 162: Did you see something you shouldn’t have?
Chapter 162: Did you see something you shouldn’t have?
Looking at the ghost generals before him, all of them with an goodwill score of over 50, Alexander’s lips quirked up slightly.
He said, "Indeed, I do have such a book. As for its origins, I can’t say too much, but I believe you all understand!"
Alexander put on a mysterious demeanor.
"Understood!"
"That’s right! We all understand!"
The ghost generals around him nodded without thinking.
"Understood what?"
A straightforward soldier ghost soldier in the distance looked blank, obviously not understanding what was going on.
"You idiot!"
The ghost next to him gave him a smack on the forehead and growled in a low voice, "Did you forget who Alexander is?"
"He’s the chosen one!" the soldier ghost stated as if it were a matter of course.
He paused, seeming to feel his description was not comprehensive enough, and added, "Moreover, he’s a resident of the Fierce Ghost Apartment, Louis’s sworn brother, and I think he’s also the Blood Queen’s younger brother..."
As he was speaking, the soldier ghost yelled out, "Oh my God!"
"Understand now?" The ghost general beside him asked coldly.
"I kind of understand!" The ghost soldier seemed to grasp the idea, his face still filled with confusion and shock.
"Stupid, think about it!" The ghost general gave him another smack and whispered, "Given Alexander’s status, the things in his hands must come from the city lord’s mansion! Maybe Louis gave them to him personally. This matter must be related to the city lord’s mansion!
While Louis has a high reputation in the Dark Hell, his relationship with the city lord is not very harmonious, not to mention that the city lord has many children, and Louis is just the most outstanding one!
Furthermore, I’ve heard that the ambitions of the Endless Abyss have been growing recently. They just annexed a ghost city! Now they’re waging war everywhere, and they might want to unify the entire ghost world.
It’s said that the Endless Abyss has been planning this for decades, and they have spies and informants everywhere now.
Don’t just think that this is an ordinary notebook. It must serve a very important purpose, otherwise, why would Louis give such a powerful treasure to Alexander at this time? Whether it’s related to the city lord’s mansion or to the affairs of the Endless Abyss, is it something you and I, small characters, can pry into?"
"I get it! I really get it now!" The soldier ghost had a sudden realization, shivered involuntarily, and shrunk his head back in fear.
It turned out that Alexander was involved in the power struggle of the city lord’s mansion, and even in the annexation conspiracies between hells.
As expected of the younger brother of the Blood Queen, a person who could swear brotherhood with Louis.
He’s not to be provoked, definitely not!
This was not only the thought of the soldier ghost, but also the thought of all the ghost generals present.
They were wildly imagining all kinds of outrageous scenarios in their minds.
Having confirmed that the notebook was a terrifying entity, they believed that such a powerful thing couldn’t have been casually created by Alexander himself; at the very least, it must have been given to him by Louis!
Could anything given by Louis be simple? It must be extremely precious!
After a few rounds of such imagination, Lista was terrified and cautiously asked, "Alexander, what is the grade and name of this treasure? What is its function?"
"There is no grade!" Alexander shook his head without any concealment, "It’s just a notebook and a pen, recording some names of the ghost masters, such as Anthony, the president of the Motorcycle Holy Land, and things like the Fierce Ghost Market."
"Is that so!" Hearing this, the ghosts looked as if they had another sudden realization.
The Motorcycle Holy Land was rumored to have been raided, Anthony not only died, even the ghost master ran away.
As for the Fierce Ghost Market, it disappeared overnight, even the stones on the ground were cut neatly and smoothly, as if something had wiped it clean.
It wasn’t until two or three days later that a distant ghost discovered what had happened. The nearby ghosts had their memories modified and didn’t even remember that there was once a market here.
That was... forbidden power...
"So, anyone or ghost who’s name is on this book is destined to die?" Lista asked with a pale face, somewhat frightened, "Can you reveal whether any of our names are on it?"
Alexander scanned the surroundings, those initially recorded in the notebook were all ghost masters who had put Alexander on their blacklist.
Those originally noted down in Su Rong’s little notebook were all ghost lords who had placed Alexander on their blacklist.
Although the majority were less powerful spirits, he couldn’t be sure if there were any tenants from the Fierce Ghost Apartment among them. Therefore, he began to speak:
"I can’t remember exactly who’s on that list, but you can go find Su Rong and register with her. Just tell her that I sent you!
As for everyone here today, barring special circumstances, you’ll never be listed. Any of you who’ve been included can also be removed."
"Really?" As soon as these words were spoken, the ghosts all brightened up. They had frightened themselves into believing that the simple notebook was a powerful cursed artifact.
No grade? In general, those without grade are the scariest!
Hearing Alexander say they could actually be removed from the list sent waves of excitement through them.
In an instant, their affection for him began to surge dramatically.
Alerts kept ringing in Alexander’s ears: "Goodwill level reached 60 points, special effect of the skill ’Charming Social Communicator’ activated! Ghost energy +30, ghost coins +180..."
"Goodwill level reached 60 points, special effect of the skill ’Charming Social Communicator’ activated! Ghost energy +28, ghost coins +230..."
"Affection level reached 60 points, special effect of the skill ’Charming Social Communicator’ activated! Ghost energy +33, ghost coins +260, ghost skill: Ghostly Piercing Vision."
These alerts kept going off in his ear. Although the ghost energy he received wasn’t very high, there were hundreds of ghosts present. With such a large number, Alexander amassed a significant amount of ghost energy.
The final alert - the reward of a new ghost skill - excited him tremendously.
"Excuse me, I have things to take care of upstairs. I’ll have to leave you all for now. Just go find Su Rong to register!" Eager to review his new skill, Alexander leaving.
Assuming he was going to meet the Blood Queen, the crowd did not dare to stop him. As he ascended the staircase, Alexander opened his information interface to examine his newly acquired ghost skill.
Ghost Skill: Ghostly Piercing Vision
Rank: General
Description: These are eyes that gaze upon you from hell, possessing an unfathomable power. When your eyes transform into Ghostly Piercing Vision, the horror world may become heaven for you.
Effect: Inject 5000 ghost energy points to activate for two seconds. Once activated, you can see through any object made of ghost energy, regardless of distance. For every additional second after the initial two, you need to inject an additional 5000 ghost energy points. Prolonged or repeated use in a single day could cause irreversible damage to your eyes.
Indeed, this skill was as powerful as expected.
He wasn’t sure what ’ignoring the line of sight’ meant, but he understood ’see through all ghost energy-made objects’.
For instance, clothes!
All clothes, Are conjured from ghost energy.
Alexander’s ability, in the horror world, was essentially no different from X-ray vision.
The only difference was that, in the real world, he could use the X-ray ability to gamble on stones, or participate in other forms of betting. However, in the horror world, it seemed to be of little use.
Moreover, the consumption was astonishing!
Alexander was taken aback by the consumption of 5000 ghost energy points, hesitated for a moment, but continued to head to the top floor.
Soon, as Alexander stepped onto the eighteenth floor, a scene of chaos appeared before his eyes. It was evident that this had originally been a luxuriously huge room.
But now, there was nothing but scattered debris and fragments of paper everywhere.
Looking up, he saw a massive hole, one meter in diameter, in the ceiling. The smooth break allowed dim sunlight to shine through, casting light on the floor.
There were no corpses on the ground, just scattered bloodstains and a large finger mark.
Legend had it that the woman in white had seriously injured the former Ghost King with a single finger. From the looks of it, the legend seemed to be mostly true.
Unfortunately, Alexander could find no useful clues or objects around him. After a careful search, he walked to the window, gazed into the distance beyond the floor-to-ceiling window, spent five thousand ghost energy points, and activated Ghostly Piercing Vision.
In an instant, the whole Fierce Ghost Street, even the entire dark hell, seemed to be right in front of him, and Alexander finally understood what the so-called sight distance meant.
Every grass, every tree, every brick, every stone, as long as he looked at it, it would appear clear in his eyes.
"It really is X-ray vision. No one on the street is wearing clothes!" He muttered to himself.
With only two seconds, Alexander instinctively looked at the farthest point.
Tens of thousands of miles away, in the distant endless lands, a faint white mist blocked Alexander’s view. It seemed that there were also figures moving in the mist.
Wait!
White mist! Could this be where the Hell’s warriors came from?
Alexander was preparing to take a closer look and even prepared to consume Ghost Food to extend the Ghostly Piercing Vision time.
However, just then, a soft voice came from behind him: "Little brother, I heard you were looking for me, why did you come up directly?"
Blood Queen!
Alexander was suddenly startled and instinctively turned to look. The next moment, Alexander’s eyeballs nearly popped out.
Although the description of these series of events is not short, in reality, it was but a blink of an eye. The effect of Ghostly Piercing Vision had not yet disappeared!
Ignoring the sight distance and the X-ray vision, Alexander swore, he had never seen such perfect skin before.
"Little brother!" The Blood Queen’s pretty face showed a touch of confusion.
She stepped forward and reached out her jade hand to gently wipe the blood from Alexander’s nose tip, asking: "Little brother, why are you bleeding from your nose, could it be..."
Her soft voice suddenly turned cold, "Did you see something you shouldn’t have?"