The World Has Entered an Era of Terror At This Moment

Chapter 16: Transformation! Applying Yellow Makeup in Front of the Mirror! The Red Paper Man Reappears!

The bright red wedding dress was designed in an extremely ancient style, with a long hemline and intricate patterns on the shoulders and waist.

Such wedding dresses had become incredibly rare nowadays. It hung on a wooden clothes rack, spotless and looking as new as the day it was made.

“Be careful!” the lead ghost controller said.

Although no ghost had appeared, the lead ghost controller did not let his guard down. On the contrary, after seeing this wedding dress, he became even more vigilant.

“Boss, is your ghost spirit reacting?” asked the ghost controller beside him.

The lead ghost controller frowned slightly, “No reaction. It probably isn’t here. Let’s check the other rooms!”

This courtyard wasn’t particularly large, and its layout was relatively simple. It’s a traditional four-sided courtyard. The entrance led to a screen wall, but there were no rooms on either side, just wooden corridors. However, there were two rooms on either side of the central room.

“Alright!” said the lead ghost controller.

“Old Three, you stay here and keep an eye on that dress,” the lead ghost controller ordered.

“Yes, Boss.” Old Three stood at the front of the room, holding a ghostly object, staring intently at the wedding dress.

Meanwhile, the lead ghost controller and another person went to the room on the left.

“Old Two, open the door,” the lead ghost controller commanded.

Old Two kicked the door open. The room appeared to be a kitchen, with an ancient stove inside. The lead ghost controller’s gaze instantly sharpened because he noticed that there were still some unburned coals glowing red on the stove.

“Old Two, did you see any smoke outside earlier?” asked the lead ghost controller.

“There was, but it was very faint,” Old Two replied.

“That makes sense. The ghostly object still isn’t reacting, so it must be in the other room. Let’s go and deal with it!” the lead ghost controller said, leading the way toward the room on the right.

He already had his ghostly object in hand. It was an old-fashioned cotton shoe with a red flower, the kind elderly people wear.

Inside the shoe was his companion ghost spirit — a ghostly old woman!

Soon, the lead ghost controller and Old Two arrived at the room on the right.

Old Three followed them.

“Let me open the door this time,” Old Two said.

He kicked the wooden door, and the latch snapped instantly. As the door opened, all three men held their ghostly objects in front of them.

Even though they were among the stronger ghost controllers, they couldn’t summon their ghost spirits without facing danger. However, their bond with their companion ghost spirits was strong enough that the spirits would emerge at the first sign of danger. And as long as a ghost was nearby, the companion ghost spirits would react.

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But once again, the situation was not what they expected. The companion ghost spirits did not react.

There were no signs of ghosts in the room, which appeared to be a bedroom with a wooden bed, a vanity, and a bronze mirror, but it was otherwise empty.

“What’s going on?” the lead ghost controller wondered aloud.

The courtyard seemed large, but there really wasn’t much space.

“Boss, could it be in that well?” Old Two suggested, pointing to a well in the corner of the courtyard.

The lead ghost controller was about to go check when Old Three suddenly shouted.

“Boss, look!” Old Three pointed at the bronze mirror in the bedroom.

The boss looked closer, his eyes narrowing in shock.

In the mirror, there was a face — not just any reflection, but a woman’s face. Even though the bronze mirror distorted the image slightly, the face was still delicate and refined.

The woman in the mirror seemed to be applying makeup. A slender, graceful hand appeared in the reflection, holding a pale red cosmetic that she gently applied to her cheek, instantly creating a lovely blush.

It looked just like an ancient woman applying yellow makeup in front of the mirror! But the eerie thing was, there was no one in front of the mirror!

“In the mirror! Old Granny, it’s your turn!” the lead ghost controller exclaimed, realizing the ghost in the courtyard was inside the bronze mirror.

Without hesitation, he called out his ghost spirit. The ghost had revealed itself, so he could now summon his ghost spirit.

The other two ghost controllers also called out their ghost spirits.

But things took another unexpected turn.

“Boss, my ghost spirit isn’t reacting!” Old Two and Old Three said anxiously.

The lead ghost controller didn’t have time to worry about them because his ghost spirit wasn’t responding either!

“What’s going on? No matter how strong the ghost, there’s no way our ghost spirits wouldn’t react at all!” the lead ghost controller exclaimed in horror.

“This is bad! This must be an extremely rare ghost domain, one that can block the connection with our ghost spirits. We never should have come in… Retreat now!” the lead ghost controller shouted, quickly heading for the exit.

But it was too late.

Creak~

The large door that had been open suddenly slammed shut.

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“President, three are dead, one of them was a Level 4 ghost controller, and their ghostly objects have also disappeared! Based on the scene, it doesn’t seem like there was a battle between the ghost spirits. Has it grown even stronger?” Less than ten minutes later, a few people arrived at the scene.

The speaker was a middle-aged woman, addressing none other than the red paper man Lin Feng had seen earlier.

The red paper man stepped among the ruins, looking at the three dead ghost controllers.

“I waited for it in Liucheng for half a month, and just when I was about to leave, it showed up. It seems what it’s searching for might actually be in Liucheng after all,” the red paper man said.

“President, what is it searching for?” the middle-aged woman asked.

The red paper man shook its head with an animated expression. “I don’t know either. A ghost’s behavior can’t be judged by common sense. This ghost is extremely adept at escaping. I chased it all the way from Haicheng and still couldn’t catch it. If we knew what it was looking for, we might be able to set a trap. Notify the city lord of Liucheng Base City to adopt a defensive stance. Tell the ghost controllers to stop wandering around unnecessarily until I’ve caught it.”