HBWnovel Chapter 18: Stone Statue
Chapter 18: Stone Statue
Wei Jing led about ten people and entered the brick house without hesitation, with Su Qin and the others following behind.
As professional soldiers, Wei Jing and his team were fully armed and quickly occupied every corner of the house, searching carefully and not letting any suspicious location slip by.
The brick house is not big, with two floors. The first floor is a large hall, which looks like a workshop. There are many fine stones and some unfinished stone carvings inside. There are some white cloths scattered on the ground, which seem to be used to cover these carvings to prevent dust, but now they have all been lifted off.
Could there be something wrong with these stone carvings?
Su Qin looked at the white cloth scattered on the ground, then at the stone carvings, trying to find something unusual in the pile of stones.
However, no matter how you look at it, there is nothing wrong with these stone carvings, and there is nothing unusual about the surroundings. It's just that the dim lighting makes the whole room seem a bit eerie.
The ordinary people around him who were searching around didn't seem to be acting strangely. Su Qin had been paying close attention to their actions, focusing most of his attention on them.
They quickly searched the entire floor but found nothing.
Wei Jing had already led his men upstairs to search, and seeing them going up the stairs in the corner, Su Qin and the others immediately followed.
The second floor was much cleaner than the first floor. There were only two rooms: a kitchen and what appeared to be a bedroom. However, as soon as we came up, we saw several stone statues lying on the ground.
Immediately, Wei Jing and the dozen or so soldiers' eyes turned red.
They recognized the stone statues as their comrades.
These stone statues are still gripping their guns tightly, and there are many spent shell casings scattered on the ground. Clearly, they had launched a fierce attack on some unknown target before they died, but the result was not good.
Wei Jing's eyes became increasingly sharp, like a wild beast unleashed from its cage, scanning his surroundings, trying to find that damned ghost.
The ghost must be somewhere on this floor.
Based on the personalities and conduct of these soldiers, Su Qin made a guess.
They must have discovered the ghost before. After finding that guns were ineffective against the ghost, the men at the stairwell covered someone's retreat. However, the soldier who retreated back to the armored vehicle did not escape the ghost's attack and should have died after firing that grenade.
So, where is the vengeful ghost?
Su Qin was also searching for traces of the ghost, and eventually his gaze fell on the bedroom.
Almost everyone stared intently at the open bedroom door.
The bedroom lights were even dimmer, dimmer than a kerosene lamp, as if darkness was swallowing the light, or as if there was a problem with the circuit, flickering intermittently.
Wei Jing led the way and was the first to enter the bedroom, followed quickly by the others. Su Qin stood at the doorway, cautiously observing the room, not daring to enter rashly.
The room was small, about forty square meters, and very simple. There was a bed, four or five stone statues lying askew, and a broken stone carving in the corner.
This stone sculpture is distinctly different from the others. It is dark and looks like it has been burned. The sculpture depicts a monk with a kind and peaceful face. However, a rusty iron chain is wrapped around his body. The chain is half untied, with one half wrapped around his body and head and the other half lying on the ground.
The lower half of the stone sculpture was covered with a layer of golden material, which appeared to be gold. A cutting machine and some gold casings lay on the ground.
Seeing this, Su Qin was 100% certain that the thing in front of him was definitely a ghost, there was no mistake, and that golden shell was proof of that.
According to his conjecture, a monk from Jinshan Temple once sealed himself in gold before the evil spirit resurrected. He was stolen by someone from Shipai Village, who then used a cutting machine to shred the gold shell, causing the evil spirit inside to escape.
However, knowing all this is meaningless. Now, facing the vengeful ghost, we know nothing about its killing patterns, and any action could lead to our own death.
Su Qin didn't dare to move an inch, constantly observing the actions of those around him. Now was the time to demonstrate his value as a teammate.
He was also prepared to use the supernatural powers of the vengeful spirit at any time, and would not hesitate to take action if anything unexpected happened.
Not only Su Qin, but almost everyone noticed that something was wrong with the stone statue.
This statue is completely different from the others. The uncut gold on the lower half of the body and the rusty iron chains wrapped around it all indicate that there is something wrong with this statue.
The chilling atmosphere around them sent shivers down everyone's spines, making them feel very uncomfortable.
Wei Jing almost instinctively raised the gun in his hand and decisively pulled the trigger, and immediately more than a dozen guns opened fire at the same time.
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With all the magazines emptied from the dozen or so light and heavy machine guns, this level of firepower would have riddled even a steel plate with holes.
However, the result was not as Wei Jing had expected. Their firepower did not cause any damage to the stone statue in front of them, not even leaving a trace.
However, dozens of golden objects were embedded in the stone statue. Wei Jing immediately identified them as bullets fired from Zhang Zhen and his men's pistols.
Golden bullets—these things seem useful, but their power is too weak to cause any real damage.
Zhang Zhen also realized this, and was immediately delighted.
Sure enough, gold is useful; it can deal with this stuff.
"Quickly, use the golden net to catch it!"
As he spoke, Zhang Zhen quickly took out a gold net launcher from his backpack and decisively pulled the trigger.
A two- or three-meter-long gold wire net instantly spread out and covered the stone statue. The other four teammates quickly followed suit, and soon five gold wire nets firmly covered the stone statue.
"Phew! It's over. That was close, but I finally caught it."
Zhang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, finally feeling a weight lifted from his heart. At the same time, he glanced at Su Qin, who stood at the door without coming in or making a move, feeling somewhat resentful and helpless.
Sure enough, an ordinary person is just an ordinary person. Even after becoming a demon tamer and receiving several days of training, he's still no good. His mental fortitude is too poor; he doesn't even dare to enter the door, and his reaction time is too slow. He can't help at all in the face of such an emergency. I really don't understand why they recruited him into the Investigation Bureau. I need to reflect on this when I get back and at least arrange a month of special training for him before he starts working.
Su Qin had no time to care what Zhang Zhen was thinking and continued to observe the actions of these people.
If their foolish actions were effective, what would be the point of having ghost tamers? They're just courting death.
"Alright, the vengeful spirit should be under control now. We must imprison it immediately to prevent any accidents from happening."
Zhang Zhen didn't waste any time on Su Qin, treating him as nothing more than a burden. He took out a gold woven bag from his backpack and prepared to put the stone statue inside.
Everyone watched as Zhang Zhen and a team member opened the golden woven bag and imprisoned the vengeful ghost before them; no one stopped them.
The ghost showed no abnormality whatsoever from beginning to end, nor did it move at all; it was unclear whether it was unable to move or was restricted.
Su Qin, however, never relaxed his guard from beginning to end. He patiently waited for one of them to exhibit unusual behavior.
That ghost is definitely not immovable, otherwise, how could so many people have died in the village?
This is the Ghost Realm, where this ghost can appear anywhere at any time. The reason it's so still must be because it's missing some potential condition and is waiting for one of them to trigger it.
At this moment, Wei Jing also believed that the ghost had been restrained. He put down his gun and prepared to step forward to help imprison the ghost, to which Zhang Zhen did not refuse.
He could understand Wei Jing's feelings and thoughts at that moment.
Letting him imprison this ghost himself would be a way of avenging his comrades, and he should feel a little better.
The three opened the golden woven bag, preparing to put it on the ghost.
However, at this moment, Zhang Zhen, who had circled around behind the evil spirit, stopped in his tracks. His eyes were fixed on the head of the stone statue in terror, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying. His hand holding the golden woven bag was trembling.
Su Qin immediately noticed his abnormality, staring intently at his every move, trying to analyze which of his actions might trigger the rules of the vengeful ghost.
Zhang Zhen was definitely being targeted by a vengeful ghost. His obvious abnormal behavior was probably due to fear, an instinctive reaction to the approaching danger. But how exactly was it triggered?
Standing behind the vengeful ghost? Or did he see something behind the vengeful ghost?
Not only Su Qin, but Wei Jing also noticed Zhang Zhen's abnormality immediately. He felt uneasy, fearing that something bad might happen next.
To avoid any accidents, Wei Jing grabbed the stone statue with his right hand for leverage, and with his left hand he suddenly pulled, trying to quickly put the stone statue into the gold woven bag.
With a forceful tug from his hands, the rusty iron chains that were originally wrapped around the stone statue fell to the ground with a clatter, and the gold woven bag was successfully slipped down, covering half of the stone statue.
The other two also came to their senses at that moment, and hurriedly grabbed the gold woven bag and put it on the statue. A few seconds later, they had put the entire statue into the gold woven bag and tied it up tightly.
The stone statue was put into a gold woven bag, which would normally imprison the vengeful ghost.
However, Su Qin's expression grew increasingly solemn. He had a premonition that the attack of the vengeful ghost was imminent.
They didn't imprison that ghost at all. To imprison a vengeful ghost in the ghost realm without any restrictions on ordinary people is just wishful thinking!
The ghost realm is still there, that's irrefutable proof. Moreover, the surrounding darkness seems to have become even denser, which is very likely that the vengeful ghost has revived further. What caused this phenomenon?
We must have missed some step!
Never mind, let's figure out that ghost's killing patterns first, and save our lives first.
"Hiss~ Ah~! What is this thing?"
Wei Jing suddenly felt a sharp pain in his palm. Looking down, he realized that he was holding a rusty iron chain in his right hand. He had accidentally grabbed the chain when he hurriedly grabbed the ghost's body for leverage, and hadn't paid much attention to it.
But the sudden stinging pain in his palm brought him back to his senses. He immediately loosened his grip, shook it, and prepared to throw away the rusty iron chain.
However, the rusty iron chain seemed to be stuck to his hand, and he couldn't shake it off no matter how hard he tried. Instead, his hand hurt more and more, as if the rusty iron chain had pierced through his palm and was drilling into his body.