Universal Horrors: They Let You Tame Ghosts, But You Got Addicted to Eating Them
Chapter 23

Reunion with Han Ningning, the Orderer Plan

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Reunion with Han Ningning, the Orderer Plan

Everyone was dumbfounded.

The ticket collector from earlier screamed in fright as well.

What shocked everyone was—

Although the driver was dead,

the bus continued moving forward!

It could even make slight turns, steering away from dead ends as it sped straight toward the crematorium.

It was getting faster and faster!

Everyone instantly panicked, and the passengers on the entire bus fell into chaos.

"Quick, call the police! Tell them someone died here, and the bus is out of control too!"

Someone cried out in alarm.

Several people hurriedly took out their phones and dialed the emergency number.

But the call returned a cold, mechanical response.

[Sorry, your call is outside the service area. Please try again later!]

This made everyone even more terrified.

This bus was too bizarre. The driver had died on it for no apparent reason, and the bus was heading straight for the crematorium.

Anyone could guess what fate awaited them.

"Damn it, jump out! If we reach the crematorium, we're definitely dead!"

In times of danger, there would always be brave men!

A man stood up and jumped straight out the window.

Yet the moment he jumped out, he instantly returned to where he had been!

He stared at everyone in disbelief. "I-I jumped out, didn't I?"

Then several more passengers tried jumping off the bus.

But in the end, they all returned to the bus again.

Now, they could not make calls.

They could not even jump off the bus.

A wave of panic instantly enveloped everyone's bodies and minds. Fear spread through the carriage like a disease, while a strange, murderous aura filled every corner of the bus.

Everyone looked ashen, their faces pale and bloodless.

Quite a few people were frantically smashing the bus, but it was incredibly sturdy. No matter what they did, they could not damage it.

Although the crowd had already erupted into chaos,

there were only three people in the entire carriage who remained calm.

One was Chen Yu, and another was Tong Jian, who stood beside Chen Yu with her expression unchanged as always.

The third was the Ghost Controller, Yellow Hair.

At that moment, Yellow Hair sat calmly in the priority seat for the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled, crossing his legs as he held his phone and chatted idly with an Orderkeeper named Li Minghai on the Anomaly Era Forum.

As an Orderkeeper, Han Ningning had invited Chen Yu.

Likewise, as an Orderkeeper, Li Minghai had invited Yellow Hair.

Yellow Hair's real name was Zhou Ai, and he was an extremely powerful Ghost Controller.

Ever since he had controlled an anomaly, his life had completely changed. He had become someone above others.

Now, even people from the Investigation Bureau rushed to curry favor with him.

[As long as you come this time, our Investigation Bureau will be very grateful to you. Besides, in all of Linjiang City, you might be the only one capable of resolving the Anomaly Zoo incident.]

"Thanks for the compliment, but you're right. There aren't many people in Linjiang City who can resolve the Anomaly Zoo incident. I'm one of them."

Zhou Ai was exceedingly arrogant and domineering.

[I heard that Orderkeeper Han Ningning also accepted this mission. That girl is really beautiful. I heard she's the campus belle of some high school.]

After Han Ningning entered the Investigation Bureau, Li Minghai had set his sights on her.

She was stunningly beautiful and had a great figure. On top of that, she was still a high school student, so pure and innocent.

That was exactly what he liked.

"Han Ningning? Why haven't I heard of her before?"

Zhou Ai asked.

[She's new. I heard that after accepting the mission, she's still putting together a team. She said she found some big shot, and he's even her classmate.]

"Classmate?"

When Zhou Ai saw that, he burst out laughing. "A high school classmate whose feathers haven't even grown in yet dares call himself a big shot?"

Even Zhou Ai did not dare call himself a big shot.

And some yellow-haired brat dared call himself one?

[Of course. Not to mention that high school student—even a real big shot would only count as a lackey before you.]

Li Minghai said with a laugh.

The reason he was flattering Zhou Ai was because he still needed Zhou Ai to resolve the Anomaly Zoo incident this time.

After Zhou Ai and Li Minghai exchanged a few more words, he put away his phone. He then looked up at the passengers in the carriage, all wearing despairing expressions, and a proud sneer curled across his lips.

Everyone else was trembling in fear.

But what about him?

He looked as though he had everything under control, forming a stark contrast with the passengers kneeling on the floor, crying and shaking in terror.

The bus was about to reach the crematorium.

Every passenger on the bus wore an expression of utter despair!

But at that moment,

Zhou Ai suddenly stood up, crossed his arms over his chest, and said indifferently, "Despairing ants, it is normal for you to feel this way, because you are about to be sent into the crematorium. You cannot get off the bus, you cannot make calls, and once we arrive at the crematorium, everyone on this bus will die. The only one who can save you is me!"

After saying that, he looked down at everyone arrogantly, like a god overlooking mortal insects.

It was as if he were the god who ruled over everything!

In his eyes, the lives and deaths of everyone on this bus were already in his hands.

Whoever he wanted to live could live alongside him.

He believed that everyone should face him with pleading, praying, and kneeling attitudes.

Sure enough,

the moment everyone heard Zhou Ai say that, hope immediately ignited in their eyes!

At a time like this, anyone who could say such words

was either a madman or a god!

Just as they were about to beg Zhou Ai,

Chen Yu patted his thigh and stood up. "Time to get off, Tong Jian. We're about to reach the zoo."

Without another word, Tong Jian's small figure jumped down from the bus seat and followed Chen Yu.

Seeing everyone looking at him pleadingly,

while Chen Yu did not,

Zhou Ai's face immediately darkened. Narrowing his eyes, he looked at Chen Yu and said, "Kid, maybe you still haven't figured out the situation. This is a Ghost Bus. Do you think you can get off?"

Chen Yu had not wanted to bother with him in the first place.

Since the man had taken the initiative to speak to him, Chen Yu turned back with a teasing smile and pointed at the bus door. "The door's right here. If you don't know how to get off, I can teach you."

After saying that, Chen Yu even put on a posture as if teaching someone how to walk. "Come on, little friend. First lift your left foot and put it on the ground, then take a step with your right foot and step onto the groun—"

Hearing that, Zhou Ai was instantly dumbfounded.

When he finally came back to his senses, his embarrassment instantly turned into boundless rage. He roared, "Kid, I think you're tired of living! Do you know who I am?"

"I do."

Chen Yu smiled. "A yellow-haired punk with yellow hair."

Chen Yu had noticed this Ghost Controller the moment he boarded the bus.

As a Ghost Controller, he treated controlling anomalies as capital for his arrogance and showed off before ordinary people.

That displeased Chen Yu. Since Zhou Ai had shown him no courtesy, why would Chen Yu show him any?

"Bastard!"

Ever since Zhou Ai became a Ghost Controller, he had been treated as an honored guest wherever he went. Everyone who saw him had to show him some respect.

Yet this time, he had been humiliated by a young man.

"Since you don't know your place, I'll teach you a lesson!"

With that, Yellow Hair Zhou Ai charged forward and threw a punch at Chen Yu.

As a Ghost Controller, Zhou Ai carried an anomaly within him, and his physique was much stronger than that of an ordinary person.

In his view, Chen Yu would immediately collapse to the ground crying for his parents after taking that punch.

But Chen Yu remained unhurried and did not dodge. With his arms crossed over his chest, he calmly watched Zhou Ai rush at him.

He did not even make a move.

The small figure in the red dress, who had barely moved since boarding the bus, suddenly stood up!

Her petite figure in the red dress stepped directly in front of Chen Yu.

At Linjiang Central Hotel, she had nearly been killed by Ghost Shadow. Chen Yu had saved her in the end, making him her lifesaver.

Chen Yu had not only saved her, but had also bought her all kinds of food.

She would never allow anyone to hurt Chen Yu!

Her body was tiny, and she definitely could not block Zhou Ai's sturdy frame.

Yet she still stood fearlessly in front of Chen Yu.

The Ghost Doll on her back trembled, and streams of eerie aura began to emanate from its body!

The Ghost Doll's eyes flickered with red light, its mouth opening and closing.

[Where are you? What has appeared beside you? That must be a big fish! A huge fish that can swallow you whole in one bite!]

As the Ghost Doll's voice fell,

Zhou Ai's attacking body suddenly froze, and his eyes began to lose focus.

An image suddenly appeared in his mind.

He had suddenly fallen into a boundless abyssal sea.

In the dark, deep-blue waters, a gigantic and terrifying fish opened its bloody maw and bit down toward him.

His face filled with terror, and he hurriedly shook his head, only then waking from the illusion.

But the Ghost Doll spoke again.

[You have arrived in a boundless sea of flowers. Every flower is covered in all kinds of thorns. You are completely naked... The thorns on the flowers pierce your pupils, puncture your lungs, and stab at your heart...]

As the voice fell,

Zhou Ai, who had just regained his senses, fell into another illusion.

Before his eyes was a sea of roses.

They were vivid and blood-red!

But these crimson flowers were thorn-covered blood roses.

The thorns on them began growing wildly.

And Zhou Ai stood naked in the sea of flowers!

Those thorns slowly approached Zhou Ai, piercing his skin and penetrating his brain!

He let out wave after wave of miserable screams, cold sweat pouring down his entire body!

He shook his head again, steadied himself, and regained consciousness once more.

[While walking and drinking milk tea, you accidentally trip. The milk tea straw goes straight into your eyeball. You instinctively pull the straw out, but because the air pressure inside the cup differs from the pressure in your eyeball, everything inside your eye is sucked into the milk tea cup...] [While tearing the hangnail on your finger, it keeps tearing without end. You pull the hangnail all the way from your finger to your wrist...]

"You... what exactly are you..."

Only then did Zhou Ai realize how terrifying the Ghost Doll behind Tong Jian was. Pointing at it, he trembled as he tried to say something.

But the Ghost Doll began speaking wildly.

Zhou Ai fell into one illusion after another.

Every illusion was a horror drawn from the darkest depths, enough to make one's soul tremble.

Not a single one was something a normal person could endure.

In reality, Zhou Ai's eyes were unfocused and his arms hung limply at his sides. He looked like a walking corpse that had lost consciousness.

But the next moment!

Zhou Ai's face twisted, and streams of eerie aura emerged from his body.

The eerie aura forcibly dragged Zhou Ai out of the illusions and back into reality!

Having recovered, Zhou Ai finally realized how powerful the Ghost Doll was!

Every time he heard it speak, he would fall into an illusion!

He was about to go insane!

Those illusions were simply not something a human could endure!

After regaining his senses, Zhou Ai could no longer tolerate it.

He fiercely jabbed both hands into his ear canals!

He directly ruptured his eardrums!

He was instantly deaf!

Seeing that, everyone was terrified, cold sweat breaking out across their bodies.

That was way too damn ruthless. When he got ruthless, he even hurt himself.

"I've punctured my own ears and gone deaf! Let's see how you deal with me now!"

Having gone deaf, Zhou Ai could finally no longer hear the Ghost Doll's mutterings, and he regained his previous arrogance.

In his view, the reason Chen Yu was so arrogant and did not take him seriously was because of the Ghost Doll.

So it was because there was a little girl with something eerie inside her by his side!

Now that the little girl's eerie power could no longer threaten him, in a one-on-one fight between himself and Chen Yu, Chen Yu would undoubtedly lose!

Today, he had to win back the face he had lost.

A cruel, mocking grin spread across Zhou Ai's face. "Let me show you exactly where the gap between you and me lies!"

The next moment!

Boom!

The Ghost Bus began to shake violently.

An explosion rang out.

The rear half of the Ghost Bus exploded outright!

Countless shards of metal and glass, along with spikes of plastic, seemed to have targets as they hurtled toward Chen Yu.

Seeing this horrifying scene, all the passengers hurriedly hid beneath their seats, terrified of being caught in the crossfire.

Had they forgotten to check the almanac before leaving home today?

How could they run into something like this?

How could Yellow Hair blow up the bus?

Could it be that Yellow Hair controlled this bus?

Everyone finally came to their senses and realized something was wrong.

Unfortunately, they could not help Chen Yu and could only hope he survived.

A faint, cold smile hung on Chen Yu's lips.

He remained completely unmoved.

As the glass shards and metal spikes were about to pierce Chen Yu, he still did not dodge. Zhou Ai's eyes were filled with mockery and ridicule.

In his view, Chen Yu had been scared stupid.

But who would have thought—

At that moment, Chen Yu's clothes began to change violently, as though the void itself were twisting. By the time they could see clearly—

His casual clothes had transformed into another garment.

And on its front was a single large character: Longevity!

Chen Yu activated the funeral shroud's eerie power, wrapping it around his body.

The incoming Ghost Bus fragments were sucked into Chen Yu's funeral shroud like a storm.

In less than a few seconds, every fragment had vanished!

Before Zhou Ai's sinister expression could even change—

Chen Yu merely stared at him and smiled coldly.

A chilling wind suddenly rose behind Zhou Ai.

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