Chapter 257
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Chapter 257: The New Prophecy of the Ghost Diary
Seeing Chu Jiang trying to open the door, the skinny man gritted his teeth and used the ability of "sacrifice" on the crows in front of him.
He had no choice. If he waited until Chu Jiang and the others left before using it, he would lose the third variable, and this dead end might truly be unsolvable.
Even if there was a solution, as Chu Jiang and the others entered the next room, the skinny man would be deemed as a "straggler" or even a "deserter." What would happen then was completely unpredictable to him.
Although the skinny man only used the "sacrifice" on one crow, he hoped to change the situation of being surrounded.
However, all the crows froze at that moment.
The skinny man didn’t take this opportunity to escape because he was also frozen.
This is the process the "sacrifice" must go through. If the chosen target struggles and resists, a battle of supernatural powers must take place.
If the skinny man wins, the crows will attack him and he will successfully escape.
But if he fails, he will temporarily lose his strength and suffer further attacks…
On Chu Jiang’s side, he noticed that the doors have become very difficult to open since the last portal, and he needs to use supernatural powers to unlock them.
However, due to Chu’s Jiang’s strong power, Chu Jiang tightly grips the door handle and manages to open it with force.
Sensing that the skinny man has already started, Chu Jiang doesn’t dare to delay. He pushes open the door, signals to the firefighters, and prepares to enter first.
But as soon as the door opens, Chu Jiang freezes in place.
Although it’s pitch black on the other side and he can’t see anything, Chu Jiang can sense the presence of ghosts, a lot of them… What kind of Ghost Domain lies beyond the door?
Determined, Chu Jiang can’t afford to waste time. Whether the skinny man wins or the death bird wins, they both pose a threat to them.
So, Chu Jiang bravely rushes into the darkness.
As Chu Jiang arrived at Room 6, the firefighter carried the baby inside, and the door closed by itself, leaving the skinny man forever in Room 5…
Room 6 was not a typical room; it resembled a desolate ancient battlefield, with broken weapons scattered on the ground.
And in front of the two of them, there was a mass grave for thousands of people.
This was a burial pit for prisoners of war after ancient battles. It was called a "mass grave" because it could bury a large number of people at once.
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2. Room 6 was not a typical room; it resembled a desolate ancient battlefield, with broken weapons scattered on the ground.
3. And in front of the two of them, there was a mass grave for thousands of people.
4. This was a burial pit for prisoners of war after ancient battles. It was called a "mass grave" because it could bury a large number of people at once.
5. Sometimes, the mass grave was used to bury corpses, but most of the time, people were buried alive.
Because having live prisoners required manpower, food, and the risk of rebellion. So the most efficient way to deal with them was to dig a large pit and bury them alive…
In history, Bai Qi became famous for killing 400,000 surrendered Zhao soldiers in pits.
Chu Jiang and the others had no other way to go, except to cross the nearby mass grave. Only by doing so could they potentially reach the other side; there was no possibility of detouring.
Beyond the ancient battlefield was an endless abyss. If they fell into it, they would most likely die.
Chu Jiang had noticed many ghostly feelings before, and now, after entering room number 6, it became even more obvious. All the feelings were coming from this crowded pit. If he were to bring the firefighter down, the result would be predictable…
Without saying anything else, it can be said that the firefighters and policewomen are in great danger. Chu Jiang doesn’t have any certainty of saving them, and even he himself only has a slim chance of survival.
In the end, there is another room behind Room 6 called Room 7. If a scary ghost from the S-class appears, Chu Jiang won’t be surprised at all.
Even in this room, encountering an S-class ghost, he felt it was not impossible; anyway, compared to that death owl just now, its danger level is on par with an A-class ghost, at most it just kills people a little slower.
This spooky place is absolutely not designed to be challenging at all. It seems like it was created with the sole purpose of trying to scare people to death…
Paul, the firefighter, had a sense that, although not as sharp as a real Ghost Master, he was at least someone who had once borrowed supernatural powers. The dark and gloomy pit not far away made him feel like he was in hell.
Chu Jiang just shook his head and asked him to hold the child properly.
Next, Chu Jiang didn’t move forward. Taking advantage of this temporary safe moment, he spread out the Ghost Diary on the ground and took out a sealed jar.
Don’t forget, when Chu Jiang was in Room 3, he sealed a ghost that can hide invisibly and kills the one who opens the door.
Since there is a new ghost, we can use the Ghost Diary to predict and see what his "cause of death" is today.
As usual, turn to the last page of the Ghost Diary and put a highly decomposed ghost inside the diary.
The Ghost Diary greedily swallowed it as usual, and even the death aura it emitted made Chu Jiang a little worried that it might attract ghosts from the mass grave.
Fortunately, it didn’t happen. After the drawing of the door-opening ghost appeared in the diary, the next page automatically turned and the contents of the diary were also revealed:
[November 12th, cloudy weather]
[By the way, why can’t the Ghost Diary be added to the card? I protest against this.]
[Now, back to the main point. I got involved in a new supernatural event and on my birthday, I faced my ultimate fate of death.]
[I arrived alive in Room 7, while everyone else died. But the ghost in Room 7 is an extremely terrifying presence. I tried to fully Chu’s Jiangify, trying to completely control the power of that ghost in my blood.]
[But unfortunately, I was only able to complete half of Chu’s transformation when I was killed by that being. At the same time, the White Tiger was released…]
Ghost Diary revealed a lot of information this time, surprisingly without playing riddles with Chu Jiang.
Firstly, it still imitated Chu Jiang’s tone of voice and way of speaking. It seemed unsatisfied that it couldn’t appear on the card’s surface.
This made Chu Jiang confirm once again that it must be a conscious being.
Speaking of cards, Chu Jiang’s card allows him to borrow a portion of the White Tiger’s power. The corresponding ability is called ‘Specter.’
There’s an idiom called ‘being an accomplice to a tiger,’ which means someone who gets eaten by a tiger and turns into a specter. Specters lose their true nature and specifically lure people to be eaten by tigers.
Chu Jiang’s ability is similar to this. He can mark a target and make them willingly do anything for him during a certain period of time. It can be considered a very frightening ability.
Previously, Chu Jiang was worried that the shopkeeper would go on a killing spree after becoming a ghost, so he marked her, but he didn’t activate it.
However, unexpectedly, the shopkeeper’s determination was higher than he had imagined. She would rather die as a human than become a ghost.
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