Mysterious Revival

Chapter 1353 - 1320: A Series of Traps

Wang Shanshan was ruthless this time, with no hesitation at all. She shoved the human skin paper directly into the mouth of the Ghost Child: "Eat it."

The Ghost Child barely hesitated and cooperatively swallowed the human skin paper in one gulp.

Yes.

That's right, in this special situation, Wang Shanshan really fed the human skin paper to the Ghost Child.

Despite being trapped in a world from three years ago, Yang Jian had mentioned that once the Ghost Child eats the human skin paper, there's an eighty to ninety percent chance it will awaken wisdom. Once the Ghost Child gains wisdom, there's a high possibility it could lose control. The consequences of a runaway Ghost Child are quite predictable because it has been demonstrated before.

The Ghost Child, once it gains wisdom, only needs a few hours to grow to a level where even the old monsters from the Republic era couldn't contend with it.

Precisely because of this, Wang Shanshan previously shared Yang Jian's thought, not keen on feeding the human skin paper to the Ghost Child.

But Wang Shanshan also understood Yang Jian's other idea.

If push comes to shove, then the human skin paper must be fed to the Ghost Child to completely eliminate hidden dangers and control the human skin paper fully. Even facing the risk of the Ghost Child losing control would be worth it.

And now was indeed such a desperate moment.

Seeing the human skin paper already swallowed by the Ghost Child, Wang Shanshan finally let her heart settle and said, "Liu Qi, hang in there a little longer. I'm going downstairs to cover that opened coffin."

"Don't go, it's too dangerous. Doing that is a death sentence. You're just a regular person with no ability to counter ghosts."

Liu Qi, enduring severe pain, rasped, "Take my advice. Go back to the room and stay with Yang Jian. Once he wakes up, everything will end."

"I'm beyond saving now, there's no need to sacrifice another life. Yet the answer you got from that human skin paper is most likely another new trap. Even if it's true, you absolutely can't do it."

He urged anxiously, hoping Wang Shanshan would dismiss that idea.

For an ordinary person to survive in this paranormal place is rare. Facing ghosts is like a fairy tale.

"The ghost is attacking you and the Ghost Child. I might have a chance to act now. While most information on the human skin paper is riddled with traps, the content is true. If I succeed, this paranormal event could end; I could save you."

Wang Shanshan's pale face held only calm and decisiveness.

"Besides, the supernatural is full of uncertainty. It might not be a dead-end for me."

Liu Qi continued to urge, "I don't doubt your determination and courage, but some things can't be done."

"An ordinary person can't fight ghosts, but closing a coffin lid is possible. The risk and reward correlate, and I think it's worth the gamble now. Stop persuading me. I'm acting now. If I die, Yang Jian will sort my remains when he wakes."

Wang Shanshan decided to make amends for her mistakes through action.

She immediately headed straight to the staircase.

The bottom of the stairs was shrouded in darkness, as if enveloped by a shadow.

However, Wang Shanshan paused briefly before quickly descending the wooden stairs without hesitating or delaying.

Liu Qi, sweating profusely, endured excruciating pain but was filled with remorse and regret after Wang Shanshan disappeared from view. The scene reminded him of the past in his hometown, a similar situation, yet that time it was his father who sacrificed, and now it was his former classmate.

"I'm too incompetent..."

Liu Qi believed his inadequacy led to this. If he had pushed harder to obtain more powerful supernatural powers, Seow Yang might not have died, and Wang Shanshan wouldn't have to take such risks.

But no matter how much regret he felt, it remained futile against the supernatural.

Under the old wooden table, the eerie head emerged once more.

"Ah!"

Another painful howl erupted. This time, Liu Qi was gravely injured; a large chunk of his abdomen was torn away, organs missing, and both legs nearly gone. His neck almost bitten through.

If it weren't for the supernatural power sustaining his life, he would have already died several times over.

Listening to the terrifying chewing of the vicious ghost and the crunching sounds of bones breaking, Liu Qi gradually stopped struggling.

He could only be conscious, feeling himself being eaten bit by bit by the ghost.

Meanwhile, Wang Shanshan continued down the stairs.

The staircase seemed only one floor, yet walking down it felt lengthy. It wasn't an ordinary staircase; some supernatural power interfered. While this power was subtle and not entirely awakened, it made Wang Shanshan realize something.

Perhaps this wooden house wasn't as simple as it appeared.

It might be a house entirely constructed by malicious spirits.

Liu Qi, lying on the second-floor board, was perhaps made of a ghost that awakened, while the ghost forming the first-floor stairs still slumbered. Similarly, the surrounding walls and windows might be slumbering ghosts, too. If all these ghosts were to awaken, the terror of this wooden house would be unimaginable.

"There doesn't seem to be any danger."

Wang Shanshan stepped on the old stairs. Though the surroundings appeared gruesome and eerie, she suffered no ghost attacks, gaining a bit of confidence.

Soon.

She reached the first floor.

The spacious lobby on the first floor was still strewn with many coffins, covered in dust and faded in color, possibly unopened for ages.

However, a casual glance from Wang Shanshan revealed a coffin, not far away, with its lid removed and lying to the side, as if something had emerged from the old coffin.

"Is it that coffin?"

Wang Shanshan took a deep breath, daring not to hesitate, and strode towards the opened coffin.

Being an ordinary person, she could only seize the moment to act and had no time to observe or pay attention to the surroundings.

Because now, even if there is danger, she must proceed; otherwise, this adventure will be meaningless.

Wang Shanshan approached the casket alone. She glanced inside and discovered a headless corpse lying in it, and the most horrifying detail was its bulging stomach, rising and falling as if it were feeding.

Moreover, as the corpse fed, its almost withered body started to regain its color, and muscles began to fill out...as if absorbing nutrients to grow.

"It's just like another Hungry Ghost," Wang Shanshan thought with horror. She dared not look further and immediately moved to the side and exerted herself to lift the casket lid.

Although Wang Shanshan was an ordinary person, she did have some Supernatural Power, affecting her physical abilities, and so she had more strength than a normal person, making lifting the heavy casket lid no problem.

But just as Wang Shanshan touched the casket lid.

Suddenly.

An abrupt change occurred.

The headless corpse lying inside seemed to suddenly sit up.

"Has it sensed my presence? Then I must seal this casket before the ghost can attack me." Wang Shanshan was startled, but she dared not loosen her hold, and continued to drag the casket lid forward.

At this moment, any supernatural encounter could kill her, so there's no need to be overly cautious.

Wang Shanshan continued approaching, while the corpse sitting inside the casket made no further movements.

This was because Wang Shanshan did not trigger the ghost's death pattern.

Knowing this, she dared to take this gamble.

Though the danger was terrifying, it wasn't completely hopeless.

"Lie back down."

Wang Shanshan exerted all her strength, and finally gritting her teeth, she placed the lifted casket lid back and forcefully pressed the sitting headless corpse down.

Such reckless and impulsive behavior surprisingly succeeded at this moment.

The heavy casket lid seemingly had some ability to limit supernatural forces, surprisingly pressing the headless corpse back down.

Then the casket closed, and everything seemed to return to calm.

"It's a success."

A hint of a smile appeared on Wang Shanshan's face; although her expression was indifferent, her heart was filled with delight.

As the casket lid closed.

A change occurred on the second floor as well.

The grotesquely bitten Liu Qi suddenly realized that the supernatural assault had stopped. Although he still couldn't move, the situation was much better than before.

At the same time, Liu Qi witnessed eerie Dead Man's Heads rapidly rolling towards the downstairs.

"Could Wang Shanshan have succeeded?" At this moment, Liu Qi could only think so.

Because Yang Jian was still asleep and hadn't woken up, this change could only have been brought about by Wang Shanshan.

"Oh no."

Then Liu Qi realized something, quickly shouting, "Wang Shanshan, the ghost is headed to the first floor, be very careful."

Downstairs, Wang Shanshan heard the shout, but at the moment, she could no longer care about the ghost coming back from the second floor.

Because now she saw many of the caskets within the lobby on the first floor starting to vibrate, with some even shaking violently as if they might topple over at any moment.

And as most of the caskets exhibited abnormal behavior, the wooden house itself seemed to also become peculiar.

The wooden house appeared to be waking up, almost as if it were coming 'to life'.

"Closing that one casket set off the others. Is this the trap from the human skin paper? Seemingly right decisions, yet every step is a huge trap aiming to kill us all, including Yang Jian. Once the ghosts in the wooden house awaken, no one will walk out alive."

Wang Shanshan's body trembled slightly as she looked at the door.

So close.

Rushing out now would certainly allow her to leave before the ghost wakes up.

But she didn't do that because escaping had no meaning.

As long as Yang Jian remained inside the wooden house, the outcome would be the same no matter where Wang Shanshan was.

"Upon reflection, ever since I took out the human skin paper, everything has been a setup. It seemed like I found an information loophole on the human skin paper, but it was actually deliberately left by the paper, succeeding when the Evil Hound was drawn into the wooden house."

Wang Shanshan began to contemplate, pondering the entire sequence of events.

The more she thought, the more terrifying it became.

The only comfort now was that she had stuffed the human skin paper into the Ghost Child before leaving.

"Wait, what if that's also a trap? It might have purposely guided me to feed the Ghost Child." With a start, Wang Shanshan realized something wasn't right.

Though she couldn't pinpoint exactly what was wrong, Wang Shanshan increasingly felt that feeding the Ghost Child the human skin paper was a mistake.