Chapter 149
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Chapter 149: Permanent Rest
Just as Chu Jiang faced the biggest challenge of his life, the first batch of reinforcements had already arrived outside Luohe City.
Standing outside the city, far away, one could witness a magnificent yet eerie scene:
The whole city of Luohe City was covered by a black sky, making it impossible to see anything inside. At the same time, there was a black sun burning in the sky.
The light was bright and dazzling, giving people a feeling of wanting to sink into it.
Outside the Ghost Domain, four Ghost Masters stood together, looking towards Luohe City.
They were three men and one woman, each holding an elegant old-fashioned paper umbrella to block the sunlight.
These four individuals were Xu Bing, in charge of Luoxi City, Fang Tianci, in charge of Luozhou City, Captain Yuwen Ting, and Captain Yu Jiang.
"…That’s how it is. We’ve tried everything we could, but it’s useless. We can’t invade this level of Ghost Domain, everything is in vain."
As the person who arrived here first with Xu Bing, Fang Tianci explained the situation to the two captains.
He was still wearing a gray coat, with a hooked nose, and still seemed difficult to get along with. However, it’s worth mentioning that he seemed even thinner, almost a bag of bones.
Besides these four people, there were also a group of Ghost Masters scattered around, surrounding the Ghost Domain from different directions, in case the threat inside leaked out without anyone noticing.
Farther away, there are military forces from nearby cities that have been brought here. They have blocked all the entrances and exits of Luohe City, surrounding it like a tight container. Not even a bird can fly in.
After listening to Fang Tianci’s report, Yu Jiang thought for a moment and asked, "Can your special ability create a way through?"
Fang Tianci had an unpleasant smile on his face and replied, "Captain Yu, don’t tease me. If I could break through the Ghost Domain of an S-class ghost, would I still be just a small supervisor?"
"You never know, your ghost has a lot of potential," Yu Jiang commented.
He appeared completely calm, still carrying that carefree attitude.
"Since that’s the case, forcing our way in now probably won’t be very effective. Let’s wait for Zhang Haoran to bring the level zero seal over."
"And Yan Wanli, Expert Chen, they will be coming with us too. We’ll see if Zhang Haoran can get inside first."
"If all else fails, the three of us captains will have to join forces, no matter if it’s useful or not." Saying these words, Yuwen Ting, with ankle-length flowing hair, glanced worriedly at the city.
………..
On a private plane headed for Luohe City, Chen Yehua and Zhang Haoran sat side by side.
Besides the two of them, the plane was also equipped with a professional doctor, special forces, and other Ghost Masters.
Zhang San, who specifically protected Expert Chen, was naturally there too, but he didn’t attract much attention as everyone didn’t really notice him.
Of course, Zhang Haoran was an exception; he saw Zhang San as just an ordinary person.
Although not much time had passed since the A-class event at Luoxi No. 7 Middle School, Zhang Haoran had aged a lot in appearance.
He was dressed like a special forces soldier, and even in the past month, when he didn’t need to cooperate with research, he had been constantly studying combat knowledge with his instructor who was protecting him.
Even though he knew that the power of mortals was of little use against ghosts, Zhang Haoran still desperately wanted to become stronger and more powerful.
Chen Yehua, on the other hand, was still the same. When he saw what Zhang Haoran was holding in his hand, he couldn’t help but sigh.
"Having you here is really convenient. Otherwise, we would need a large military transport plane just to deliver this thing to Luohe City, along with at least a thousand well-trained personnel for transportation."
Zhang Haoran looked down at the thing in his right hand. It looked like a normal glass bottle with a round top, and it had an old black wooden cork.
The only thing that was special about this glass bottle was that it was covered in cracks, as if it had been broken and forced back together.
The glass bottle was filled with water, or at least that’s how it appeared from Zhang Haoran’s perspective. It didn’t seem to be anything special.
But in Chen Yehua’s eyes, it was clear that it wasn’t filled with water, but with colorful sand particles that were beautiful and vibrant.
If he stared at it for too long, he had a strange feeling that these sand particles were alive, not inanimate objects…
"Why is it so difficult to transport? Is this thing really heavy? Does it take a thousand people to lift it?"
Even though he was holding a level-zero seal item, it was obvious that Zhang Haoran didn’t understand this thing very well.
Chen Yehua shook his head and explained, "The name of item number 003 is ‘Permanent Rest’."
"As the name suggests, it can put a certain area into a state of permanent stillness. If used properly, it’s a very terrifying seal item."
"But the side effects of Permanent Rest are also very obvious. Firstly, it has an immovable characteristic, making it impossible to move or change its existence."
"Only living beings, specifically humans, can pick it up and move it."
"This leads to the second characteristic of Permanent Rest. When someone touches it, they will be trapped in a permanent state of stillness."
"Of course, simply holding it in your hand without using it won’t immediately freeze you. There is a slow erosion time."
"Specifically, after a minute of holding it, a person will feel their movements slowing down, even their thinking speed will decrease."
"If they don’t let go in time, even if they realize it later and want to release it, it will already be too late."
"Because it takes time for someone to realize and fully release their grip."
"As time stretches on, the person holding it will eventually be unable to release the seal, causing themselves to slow down more and more, until they become completely still."
"Once fully immobilized, this state is irreversible. The person becomes frozen in that moment, essentially experiencing death, like a statue."
Zhang Haoran frowned when he heard and said, "Is it really that terrifying…?"
"Yes, but it still has the possibility of being moved. As long as it’s not completely still, that slow state can be reversed. It just takes longer for the person to return to normal the slower they become."
Chen Yehua looked ahead with relaxed eyes and said, "Then we came up with a plan to deploy one thousand well-trained personnel, each carrying a precise timer in their left hand."
"The first person holds the full water bottle for one minute, then immediately passes it to the next person; the next person holds it for one minute, then passes it to the person after them."
"And so it continues in a cycle until the one thousandth person holds it for one minute, which happens to be the exact time the first person fully recovers."
"Then the one thousandth person hands the Permanent Rest to the first person, completing the loop."
Zhang Haoran calculated in his mind and was amazed to find out that the holder of the bottle would need at least 16.66666 hours to fully recover after holding it for one minute.
