Calling People Ghosts

"Thump! Thump, thump..."

Zhou Yang's pounding heart gradually calmed down when he suddenly shouted out.

At this moment, the chaotic thoughts swirling in his mind all fell silent beneath the ice, leaving only a cool rationality flowing slowly.

He accepted the trouble he had caused in a moment of impulsiveness and would pay the price for it with his own rationality. With his oily face upturned, he stepped out of the line.

Every muscle in his face was perfectly controlled, and that smile—flawless yet unsettling—was exactly the same as the laughter of the villagers of Guan Village.

At this moment, he was not the living Zhou Yang.

He is Zhou Yang, the Human-Skin Ghost from Guan Village.

All the villagers looked at him and Zhou Baigou, whom he had pushed out.

Malicious gazes swept across his face, and after a moment, whispers arose from the crowd:

"The Zhou Family brothers also said those two people are one of our own..."

"Did the Patrol Team really make a mistake?"

"You've misread it. The dead can't come back to life..." After some investigation, these Human-Skin Ghost immediately included Zhou Yang in their group.

You can't believe what ghosts say.

Can't we trust what our own people say?

Not knowing how to handle the situation, they could only mutter to themselves, their eyes darting back and forth between the people at the long table.

Zhou Baigou glanced at Sun San not far away, then turned to look at Zhou Yang standing behind him, his face full of confusion.

I don't understand why these three brothers would push themselves out like this.

A-Yang did indeed know Cui He; it had previously witnessed A-Yang and Cui He fighting.

But it was not familiar with Cui He.

Before we came, my mother repeatedly told it to protect A-Yang.

If A-Yang asks it for help, it will also help the other party more.

The Baigou only listened to his mother's instructions sometimes.

But now, looking at Zhou Yang behind it, it felt a deep sense of kinship, a connection that made it impossible not to take care of him. This was its own brother.

At this moment, the Baigou felt much closer to A-Yang than to the Heigou.

Therefore, Zhou Baigou ultimately chose to remain silent.

Let's see what A-Yang has to say.

Sun San then looked at Zhou Baigou and spoke first, "This is Zhou Baigou."

Its gaze then shifted from Zhou Baigou to Zhou Yang, and it asked, "You and Zhou Baigou do look very alike, yet you are quite different from others."

"You are brothers, and you are also one of our own from Guan Village."

Upon hearing these words, Zhou Yang felt a huge weight lifted from his heart.

Being recognized as "one of our own" makes many things much easier!

Now, he has completely become Guan Village Zhou Yang!

This persona and identity are completely established, firmly established!

"But why are you two speaking up for the ghost?" Sun San's voice also carried a hint of confusion.

It couldn't understand why these two allies would stop it from killing the ghost.

It had never encountered anything like this before.

Suddenly, I was at a loss as to how to handle it.

Zhou Baigou turned his head and looked at Zhou Yang again.

Zhou Yang then turned to look at Cui Zhu and Cui He.

Cui He looked up, and Zhou Yang could clearly see a look of surprise and uncertainty on his face.

He grinned and smiled at Cui He, a perfectly executed smile that made Cui He's heart pound.

Now, in Cui He's eyes, Zhou Yang is exactly the same as those Human-Skin Ghost from the Guan Village!

He had previously thought that Zhou Yang still possessed a trace of human warmth, but the other party concealed it very well. It took him a long time to realize that the other party was a living person. But now, looking at him again—where was the trace of human warmth in this Zhou Yang?!

The sense of human presence he had previously detected in the person could only have been his delusion.

This is Human-Skin Ghost from an Guan Village! But this ghost is actually helping me!

Cui He couldn't understand it at first, and became even more surprised and suspicious.

"We're not speaking for ghosts." Zhou Yang saw through the Cui brothers' thoughts, but he didn't expose them. He turned back, his smile like a mask, and said to Sun San, "We really do know these two people."

Others also knew these two people; they had all seen them before.

"Your dog isn't a proper offspring of the Dog King Family; it's just a mongrel."

"It's not a good dog, so it will always make mistakes."

"I think we should give it another try and see."

If it still mistakes the Cui Family brothers for ghosts this time—then it seems we've been mistaken.

"Ghosts, of course, must be killed."

Zhou Yang's tone was stiff, just like the Guan Village.

His words only made Sun San more bewildered.

Sun San had already noticed—not to mention Cui He, the Third Cui, at least his older brother Cui Zhu was exuding an aura completely different from the Guan Village.

That's a smell only a ghost would have.

Upon smelling that scent, Sun San felt itchy all over, as if something was about to burst out from under his skin.

Cui Zhu is a ghost; that's something it's certain of.

It wasn't a mistake.

But the two Zhou Family brothers insisted that Cui Zhu was one of their own.

The people of Guan Village will not fail to support their own people.

That's the rule.

Now, the two rules are contradictory.

Sun San stared at the Cui Family brothers behind Zhou Yang. The black pupils in its eyes rapidly expanded until they filled its eyes!

In the next instant, layers of black liquid seeped through its human skin, emanating a damp and musty, eerie Ghost Rhyme!

Sun San, his entire body blackened, charged straight at Zhou Yang like a dark shadow! Zhou Yang felt a chill run down his spine!

The Patrol Team leader isn't so easily fooled!

Even though the current situation is beyond the scope of what Sun San's human skin can handle, the ghost beneath it interferes with the consciousness remaining on the human skin and makes the decision for Sun San!

"Stop it, brother!"

Zhou Yang himself was no match for Sun San in this state, and could only rely on Zhou Baigou for help.

Fortunately, the Baigou was still reliable at this moment. Before Zhou Yang finished speaking, Zhou Baigou had already approached Sun San. His lips curled up, revealing a mouthful of ferocious canine teeth. He opened his hands wide and crossed them to grab Sun San's throat!

During this short time, Zhou Yang was not idle either.

He shouted loudly at the surrounding villagers:

"Look everyone, even the Patrol Team can't be relied on!"

He doesn't follow our rules!

He's going to kill an innocent person!

The villagers mostly remained silent, seemingly indifferent to the current situation. But their gazes darted and intertwined in the air, gradually transforming the chilling atmosphere into one of anxiety.

Zhou Yang watched as Sun San was about to get into a fight with the Baigou —their struggle had no effect on the surrounding villagers.

But if the human skin on one of the ghosts is damaged, it will be a disaster for a living person like Zhou Yang!

At this moment, a chilly wind swept through the sweltering air.

Gusts of wind swept past Sun San, Zhou Yang, Zhou Baigou, and the others, just like the villagers' gazes brushing against them.

Whether Sun San sensed the strange wind or felt the weight of the human skin on its body allow it to reclaim control from the ghost beneath, it suddenly stopped and stood a step away from Zhou Baigou.

It nodded to itself as if nothing had happened, and said:

Zhou Yang is right.

"Let's follow the rules."

Upon hearing Sun San's words, Zhou Baigou, who had rushed forward, actually put away his fierce expression and obediently stopped in his tracks.

In mid-air, the sound of chains rattling rang out again.

"Clang, clang..." Hearing this sound, Zhou Yang looked up at Sun San and saw two rusty iron chains extending from Sun San's neck.

The two iron chains Fanzi in the dog's neck suddenly tightened.

Fanzi dog was freed from its restraints, it immediately charged towards Cui Zhu in front of it!

"Jingle, jingle, jingle!"

The bells are ringing wildly!

As Cui Zhu heard the bell ringing closer and closer, she felt utterly hopeless!

With only four strands of Mindfulness, he couldn't even see what the so-called "straw dog" that Zhou Yang and Sun San had mentioned actually looked like. He only felt that the closer the sound of the bell got to him, the closer death was to him.

Cui He could vaguely make out the shadow of a small dog, but she could never make it out clearly.

The only way is to continuously use the ripples to transfer the thinner Ghost Rhyme from his body to Cui Zhu.

This action was entirely Cui He and had no real effect.

Staring at the long-haired Fanzi rushing towards him, Zhou Yang suddenly realized that he had probably suffered greatly while following his master, Sun San.

Leaving aside the immense suffering that iron chain piercing its neck would inflict, the fact that it could cultivate Mindfulness is clearly incompatible with the nature of ghosts. Being chained to Sun San's side every day is already a form of constant torture.

Therefore, even if it only gains temporary freedom, it will immediately seek out living people who make it feel comfortable and at ease.

Looking at this Fanzi running frantically with its tail between its legs, isn't it clearly fleeing for its life?

"Doggy, doggy, come here..."

Zhou Yang silently recited in his heart. As he watched the Fanzi dog pounce on him, a glint flashed in his eyes, his brow twitched slightly, and a wave of Mindfulness burst forth from between his brows!

The Fanzi heading straight for Cui Zhu was suddenly ambushed halfway!

It stopped abruptly, tilted its head, its two prominent ears twitching, and stared intently at Zhou Yang with its dark, round eyes.

"Come quick!"

The positive energy Mindfulness Zhou Yang's brows fluctuated more and more intensely. The inhuman aura formed by the combination of the paper clothes and the Supernatural Ripple was about to be unable to cover up this strong Mindfulness. Finally, the Fanzi dog no longer hesitated and pounced on Zhou Yang. It turned into a mess of lines once again!

The wavy line rippled continuously, radiating out strands of silk that drifted towards Zhou Yang!

At the same time!

The iron chain around Sun San's neck reacted spontaneously! It split into two strands, piercing straight towards the mass of lines that the Fanzi dog had transformed into!

The opportunity is right in front of us, how can we let it slip away?!

Zhou Yang unleashed all his Mindfulness, causing the fluctuations between his brows to intensify, and his entire body to erupt with Supernatural Ripple, instantly merging with the mass of lines formed by the Fanzi dog!

As he watched the two chains pierce his brow, a fleeting moment of mental reflection with the Fanzi dog, he cried out, "Go!"

The long-haired Fanzi leaped out from between Zhou Yang's eyebrows and darted into the darkness a few feet away without looking back!

"Splash, splash, splash--"

The iron chain suddenly turned away from Zhou Yang and chased him into the darkness.

"Jingle, jingle, jingle..."

In that churning darkness, the sounds of bells and chains mingled.

At this moment, Zhou Yang shouted, "The dog is chasing the ghost into the night!"

"It's those ghosts from the Guo family causing trouble!"

"There are no ghosts here!" No sooner had he finished speaking than the darkness a few feet away suddenly stirred!

The children's laughter, "Chirp, chirp, chirp," pierced the darkness and penetrated the area around the fire tower!

On the edge of that darkness, arms—some dripping with blood, some pale and swollen, some covered in black liquid—were intertwined and stretched out from the darkness, reaching out and groping towards the fire tower!

The villagers were momentarily panicked, huddling together like quails in winter, getting closer and closer to the fire tower!

I wish I could throw myself into that ball of fire!

At this moment, Zhou Yang patted Zhou Baigou on the shoulder, then grabbed Cui Zhu and dragged him into the "crowd".

Seeing this, Cui He, despite her weak legs, readily agreed and followed Zhou Yang into the crowd.

Zhou Baigou served as the rearguard.

In that darkness, the sounds of bells and chains still mingled.

Sun San picked up a lantern from a short distance away and slammed it down in front of the terrifying, outstretched dark hands.

Inside the white paper lantern, a soft white light suddenly shone out, like a real flame, scalding the arms that had reached out into the darkness and causing them to retract.

Then, Sun San turned to look at Zhou Yang. Zhou Yang and his men were hiding in the pile of ghosts, their Ghost Rhyme permeating the air. Cui He, unwilling to give up, was using her unique wave-like technique to momentarily obscure the "living energy" of the two real people.

The darkness in Sun San's eyes slowly shrank.

It gave Zhou Yang a sinister look, as if trying to memorize his face and the scent of this "person".

Then, carrying its lantern, it plunged into the darkness.

Two more Patrol Team followed Sun San and also rushed into the night.

Zhou Yang gazed at the bustling night scene, feeling a mix of worry and apology.

He just told the Fanzi to run into the darkness, to run as far as it could.

And it actually obeyed Zhou Yang's every word.

Zhou Yang took advantage of the shadow puppet dog's natural goodwill towards people.

I wonder if the Fanzi will survive?

After all, even the ghosts of Guan Village fear the night. How long can the Fanzi, Guan Village only one Mindfulness, endure in this darkness?

But then Zhou Yang thought again, and realized that the Fanzi, having Patrol Team the area at night with the team, might understand this darkness better than the ghosts of Guan Village, and know which roads were safe and which were dead ends. The sound of the bells grew fainter and fainter.

Fortunately, it kept ringing, which reassured Zhou Yang somewhat.

During this time, Cui He finally managed to completely conceal the living presence of herself and Cui Zhu by using the Ghost Rhyme of those around her.

This hurdle is almost over.

The next moment, it was dawn.

A warm, white light suddenly appeared from the sky, spreading in an instant into an eye-shaped ripple.

The ripples spread out like a tide, and in no time, they submerged the entire world!

Just before the layers of white light were about to illuminate the entire Guan Village, Zhou Yang vaguely saw that at the very core of the eye-shaped ripples, a sun-like pupil was condensing.

In just a fleeting moment of eye contact, all of Zhou Yang's Mindfulness surged forth!