Chapter 573: Vortex
The ghost who possessed Zhang Yuyan was named Shi Qing, and he was a male ghost. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
It was really helpless that he would possess a woman.
Unlike other ghosts, he seems to be a little weak in possession, and he can't choose the object of possession at will. Only those who have weak willpower and weak angry energy can possess him, and those who meet these two conditions are basically women.
He didn't know why this was the case, with his strength, the idle ghosts were not his opponents, even if he met the exorcist, he would not be afraid, he had defeated the exorcist who came to arrest him.
But what other powerful ghosts can easily do, I don't know why he can't do it.
It didn't matter before, a ghost like him didn't need to be possessed, and he didn't have any special obsessions that needed to be possessed by others. But this hasn't been the case lately.
The area where he was active was near the city of L, which was originally quiet. The number of ghosts is not very large, and they are usually very peaceful. At their level, they have been ghosts for a long time, and they have found a way to live in peace and security, know what to do without causing unnecessary trouble, and have also learned how to get along with their own kind.
They live in L City, and they have always had no trouble with each other, and they have not attracted a powerful exorcist to drive them out. And so many years passed.
Until some time ago.
None of them noticed anything unusual at first. No, someone might have noticed it, but they just didn't have time to tell them.
The first to go missing was Xiaobei.
Xiaobei was still very young when he died, so after becoming a powerful ghost, his appearance stayed at the age of fifteen, and his temperament was as active and cheerful as a teenager of that age, full of energy, and he was also the most troublesome among them.
Shi Qing didn't hate this young man, but occasionally found him troublesome.
Xiaobei went to look for him before he disappeared, and excitedly told him that he had found an interesting place. At that time, Shi Qing didn't take it to heart, and made a few perfunctory sounds, and listened to Xiaobei talking to himself there for a long time, and finally said with great interest that he was going to go on an expedition and left.
At that time, I should have discouraged it. Shi Qing regretted it a little afterwards.
When Xiaobei disappeared just now, none of them took this matter too seriously, because that kid's own personality is like this, and he will make a fuss every once in a while, and it is normal to be missing for a month without news. I was once caught and sealed by a certain exorcist for a while, and then I didn't know how to escape.
Therefore, Xiaobei's disappearance did not attract their attention.
After Xiaobei disappeared, after a while, Shi Qing felt that something was not right.
I don't know when it began, a thin gray mist appeared in the sky above L City, and this gray mist formed by ghost qi felt quite comfortable when they first formed. Being able to be shrouded in the energy of the ghost qi all day long, the original ghost qi on their bodies was also triggered, and the energy increased faster than usual.
But the continuation of this phenomenon caused Shi Qing to feel uneasy.
After existing in the form of a ghost for so long, he has long understood a truth: abnormality is a demon. This phenomenon is very abnormal, and it must not be a good thing that he has been around for so long and is still the first time he has seen it.
His uneasiness didn't get the attention of the other goblins. Those old guys who have been living in L City for many years have lost their due vigilance because they are living too comfortably. And, of course, himself.
He felt uneasy, but he didn't pay attention to it either. When the ghosts who were older than him comforted him with a casual attitude, he quickly accepted their comfort.
Immediately after that, the number of low-level ghosts gradually decreased.
Then, the high-level ghosts also disappeared one by one.
By the time they reacted, it was already too late.
A vortex has appeared in L City that devours ghosts.
They didn't know where the whirlpool was, or when it appeared there, only that it was gradually expanding.
At first, the vortex would only consume the surrounding ghosts and low-level ghosts, but soon these would no longer satisfy its appetite. Attracted by the whirlpool, the ghost qi outside the wider area gradually moved closer to L City, forming a cloud of ghost fog in L City.
When they first discovered this situation, the ghosts who had not yet been swallowed by the whirlpool were still trying to resist. But they soon discover how naïve and ridiculous this idea is. Just as human power cannot resist natural disasters, in the face of tsunami and flash floods, human beings can only stand idly by. To them, that whirlpool was like a torrent, a tsunami, a volcano and an avalanche, bringing them completely irresistible destruction.
They began to panic and wanted to escape from L City, a place that was comfortable and peaceful for them.
Fleeing is the most reluctant thing for them, and people may think that these ghosts are like rootless duckweeds that can survive wherever they go. In reality, this is not the case. For goblins, it is much more difficult to settle in a new place than ordinary humans. They are faced with more than just environmental change, there are many more factors to consider. For example, the energy distribution of the place, the number of kinds, the actions of the exorcists, etc., etc., can cause great trouble if you are not careful.
But in the end, life is more important in comparison.
However, when they really made up their minds to escape, they found that it was difficult to escape.
The presence of the vortex is like a giant magnet that attracts them and makes them involuntarily move closer to it.
The ghosts are still being devoured by the whirlpool, and the continued situation of this situation frightens the remaining ghosts.
Some of the goblins are starting to behave strangely.
Shi Qing saw with his own eyes that a female ghost who was originally very peaceful and gentle became hideous and fierce, rushing into the dark corner with her hair scattered, and dragging them into the dark abyss as long as passers-by passed.
More and more ghosts are devoured, and the surviving ghosts become unreasonable. Shi Qing saw all this in his eyes, and his heart became more and more uneasy and frightened.
By chance, an elderly ghost discovers that possessing a human can resist the attraction of the whirlpool, and even leave L City without any problems.
The news spread quickly, and the survivors did the same, and escaped smoothly.
Knowing that there was a way to escape, Shi Qing finally put his mind at ease and began to look for the target of his possession. It's just that he can only possess some women.
Since you can only possess a woman, it is better to find a more beautiful woman. So, he found Zhang Yuyan.