novelraw Chapter 93: The Ghostly Bus
Chapter 93: The Ghostly Bus
"I want to buy anti-fear sunglasses!"
Seeing that the ghost with the axe was about to reach him, Cain shouted in a hurry.
Immediately, a thousand ghost coins were deducted, and a pair of sunglasses appeared directly in his hand.
He hurriedly put on the sunglasses.
It doesn’t seem like there’s any change...
No, the ghost holding the axe in front of him has changed, turning into a short, fat man dressed in a large black robe, with a heart-shaped hairstyle on his head.
"My little darling, don’t rush... I’m coming to love you..."
The little black fat man held an axe in his hand and grimaced.
Not only is there no fear, but there’s even a bit of wanting to laugh. What’s going on?
The progress bar above his head rapidly decreased, and the little black fat man could only stop his axing motion.
Just then, another grimacing figure appeared in the distance and began to walk this way.
However, in less than a second, this person’s image also changed, turning into a middle-aged man also dressed in short sleeves, with curly hair, and holding a cigarette in his hand.
Now there’s even less fear. These glasses are really useful.
What about the headphones?
With a little curiosity in his heart, Cain, for some reason, directly spent a lot of money to buy the headphones and put them on.
The little black fat man, holding a huge axe, glared at Cain: "Flesh worm, today I will definitely eat you!"
However, the next second, another voice came from the headphones:
"Come up on stage and perform a magic trick for everyone!"
The little black fat man, who had just threatened to eat Cain a moment ago, suddenly put down his weapon.
He and the middle-aged man actually performed a very clumsy magic trick there.
...
Seeing this comical scene, Cain laughed so hard he almost fell over.
Although his remaining ear and one eye were plucked out, he didn’t care at all.
I can pay-to-win, what am I afraid of! I can just buy them back!
In this instance, except for the three unlucky chosen ones who died because they were too poor to pay for the recharge, the original survival rate of about 30% of the instance, actually survived seventeen people!
Although it led to many chosen ones losing everything, even pawning the ghosts on their bodies.
In a closed instance, the speed of time flow can be freely accelerated.
Therefore, one minute passed in the real world, when Mary reappeared in the Ghost Apartment, her face was full of smiles.
When all the ghosts learned of Mary’s instance gains, they were all stunned.
Not to mention anything else, the number of chosen ones who paid more than three thousand reached as many as nine, and the rest also generally spent two thousand ghost coins. A single instance actually earned over sixty thousand ghost coins.
Most importantly, there were almost no deaths throughout the process! It’s believed that next time the instance is opened, the participants will definitely be full!
Pay-to-win is incredibly useful! All the neighbors started trying this mode, then each of them made a fortune in the instance.
Naturally, their favorability skyrocketed, and the continuous notifications of skill rewards triggered a cascade that even Alexander couldn’t keep up with.
Chooser: Alexander
ID: xjbxd44011
Strength: 93
Speed: 96
Stamina: 94
Ghost Energy: 4700 (Fierce Ghost)
His Ghost Energy increased by more than 3000 points since the last time!
Not all the evil ghost neighbors had reached the 60-point reward requirement for favorability, but an increase of almost 4000 points in Ghost Energy was a great pleasure for Alexander.
Besides, there were other rewards.
Silver Ingots*1000
Description: Items containing pure ghost energy. When burnt, they turn into ghost energy that nearby evil ghosts can absorb to enhance their power.
Effect: A vengeful ghost can be promoted to evil spirit after absorbing 1 ingot, an evil spirit can be promoted to fierce ghost after absorbing 10 ingots, a fierce ghost has a chance to be promoted to a killer ghost after absorbing 150 ingots. For killer ghosts, absorption does not directly promote, but it can rapidly increase power.
Gold Ingots*5
Description: Contains pure ghost energy...
Effect: A fierce ghost can be promoted to killer ghost after absorbing 10 ingots, a killer ghost can be promoted to soldier ghost after absorbing 150 ingots. For soldier ghosts, absorption does not directly promote, but it can rapidly increase power.
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Gold ingots, silver ingots, and ghost coins were what Alexander received the most.
In addition, there were three mysterious treasures.
The first was Daniel’s Treasure - the Tri-color Wreath, which could greatly influence the surrounding evil ghosts and assist in intimidation. Plainly speaking, it was a morale-boosting treasure.
The Notebook of the Deceased, received earlier, was similar; when stuck to the door of a residence, it could affect the will of evil ghosts, enhancing their ability to absorb ghost energy and making their will even stronger.
The remaining two items, one was a Giant Stone Tombstone, also to be placed in the center of power.
It could gather ghost energy for the entire power to absorb, equivalent to a weakened version of the effect of ghost coins. But its strength lay in the ability to cover a large area, with huge potential.
The last item was not a Wan Gui Treasure but a single-use Dark Treasure.
Cosmetician Puppet
Description: He was originally a well-behaved cosmetician who grew up with a girl since childhood. However, she couldn’t resist the temptation of money.
She broke her vows, left the place that had raised her, and became a well-known influencer, no longer willing to mention her embarrassing past.
Yet, he was still deeply in love, watching her livestream every day. He didn’t aspire to renew their relationship, he only wished to do her makeup one last time.
Finally, the day came when a car accident occurred. The opportunity he had longed for was here!
But when he arrived at the girl’s house, he found out that the girl had not been sent back home. He heard that she was buried elsewhere.
So, he packed his bags and left the small town where he grew up for the first time. A month later, he returned, holding only an urn containing the girl’s ashes.
Lying on his bed at home with the urn, he put makeup on himself one last time before committing suicide.
Later, someone made this puppet from him and the contents of the urn. The puppet can be awakened with fresh blood and will heed your call to help you put on makeup!
Effect: Summon the sealed cosmetician, who can disguise you as any evil ghost. Can be used three times!
Upon reading the story in the description, Alexander couldn’t help but frown slightly.
He had received similar items many times before, such as the Grave Rose, Bone Ring, etc.
The male protagonist in the story seemed to be very infatuated and pitiful, and in the end, he only brought back the girl’s ashes!
"What use is this to me?" After dismissing Daniel and the others, Alexander casually played with the puppet doll.
For other Chosen, disguising oneself as a ghost would be extremely valuable.
If one is in the instance of Sister Mary, disguising oneself as a ghost during the hide-and-seek process would be extremely safe; there would be no longer any need to worry about being caught by the evil ghosts.
There are quite a few similar instances; this item would undoubtedly be a very practical tool for the other Chosen. But Alexander doesn’t need it!
When he goes into an instance, It’s more like a zero-cost purchase; it’s the evil ghosts who should feel afraid.
"Let’s keep it for now. Who knows when it might come in handy!" Putting away the doll, Alexander continued to walk outside.
Now Alexander has several treasures, which are not very useful to him. They’d be more useful to Tony.
He plans to go to the Fierce Ghost Association to find Tony, give him all the treasures he has to help him expand his power, and then try himself to see if it’s feasible to directly enter an instance from the world of horror.
This is the first time Alexander has stepped out of the Fierce Ghost Apartment, and it’s also his first time seeing the real interior of the Fierce Ghost Apartment.
The lobby doesn’t have the eerie atmosphere found in other instances. On the contrary, the entire lobby is decorated like a high-end resort hotel, complete with artificial mountains, fountains, and gardens.
The only strange thing is that the fountain is not spraying water, but rather a strong stream of ghost energy.
However, this ghost energy is encapsulated by the pool, firmly bound within, forming a round black pool with a diameter of several meters. Black mist is swirling around, as if it contains an endless abyss.
This fountain is clearly not simple! It’s a treasure similar to the Black Iron Coffin, and it’s even more powerful!
In addition to that, there’s another treasure specifically used to bind ghost energy, with black mist swirling around it.
The two headless statues beside it give Alexander a sense of extreme danger. These two headless statues are clearly some kind of protective treasures.
One treasure locks the black energy, and two treasures guard it from left and right, This fountains looks very mysterious.
To put it in a metaphor, even if a necklace is very gorgeous and dazzling, as long as you don’t mention its price, you definitely can’t fully appreciate how precious it is.
But what if this necklace is placed in a house carved from crystal, raised on a platform made of tons of gold, and then placed in a delicate gem box, with two armed helicopters protecting it?
The value of this necklace would naturally be self-evident.
Indeed, worthy of being a fierce ghost apartment built by the big brother Louis, such a precious secret treasure is placed in the middle of the hall!
If this was moved to my house...
Alexander thought halfway, and shook his head fiercely. No, how could I think so? If you really want to get it for free, you should go to Happy Street.
Wrong, Happy Street is not okay either, Kassadin is still there!
After silently admonishing himself in his heart, Alexander stepped out of the apartment door.
The sky outside was still desolate, the trees by the road seemed to have endless withered yellow leaves, and the sun hanging in the sky still emitted a slightly bloody cold light.
On the street, there weren’t many evil spirits coming and going. Instead, there were desperate and vicious figures curled up in the dark corners, resentfully staring at everything in this world.
"Living... human... ha-ha..." Not far from the apartment, by the corner of a fruit shop, a giant evil spirit stood up.
Its body was green, its eyes were blood-red, and a faint black mist was rolling around it. On its neck, a bloody wound almost cut across more than half of its neck.
"Bang!" As soon as the evil spirit got up, it was pulled back into the shadow with a "bang". Alexander only saw a green thing that looked like a tentacle winding around the evil spirit’s neck.
An angry voice came from the shadow: "Are you crazy, do you know who he is, don’t you want to live?"
With a helpless smile, Alexander, who had been thinking about having a hearty fight, could only disappointingly come to a blood-stained signpost by the side of the road. On the signpost, it was terrifyingly written:
The Ghostly Bus!