Chapter 1002 968 Floating Crowd

At this moment, everyone had only one thought, which was to evacuate this old mansion and leave here alive.

The letter delivery task is already completed, the recipient received the red letter, and the previously lit letter paper revealing the post office road is the best proof.

In a mail delivery task, only after completing the task can the letter paper be burned.

Otherwise, if the delivery is not completed, burning the letter paper is useless, and the road that connects to the Ghost Post Office will not appear.

The old mansion’s main door is tightly shut.

The not-so-high walls, however, blocked everyone’s path. It seemed like they could be climbed over, but after climbing over the walls, one was still inside the mansion.

Supernatural Power is affecting this mansion, and it’s as if it is sealed off; all seeming exits have been blocked.

But a sentence from Leuk Qingqing directly informed everyone of the exit’s location.

Courtyard!

Indeed.

The courtyard connects the mansion with the outside, and there’s nothing obstructing the top of the courtyard.

“Is the courtyard really useful?” Zhou Deng expressed doubt.

“It is.”

Li Yang recalled, “Do you remember that ghost that turned my hands and feet into shadows left on the ground?”

“The ghost shadow on the wall didn’t leave the mansion through the main door or the back door, it exited from the courtyard.”

A detail he noticed.

He saw the path the ghost took to leave earlier.

“A ghost left through the courtyard, which means the courtyard is useful. Captain, I think it’s worth trying.” After speaking, Li Yang looked at Yang Jian.

“Then let’s not hesitate, retreat from the courtyard, and everything else will be resolved once we leave the mansion.” Yang Jian didn’t suspect Leuk Qingqing’s words.

Because it wasn’t Leuk Qingqing speaking just now, but the voice of that Republican era woman.

This indicates.

The woman from the Republican era is still influencing Leuk Qingqing, and her consciousness hasn’t completely dissipated, just lying dormant within Leuk Qingqing’s body.

“The black Taishi Chair inside the mansion just fell to the ground, and that old man’s corpse has started to move, so now there’s only one ghost left in this mansion. The risk of going back is very high, so we must move quickly.” Yang Jian said.

The others agreed.

“Then let’s act.”

Since there were no objections, they immediately chose to turn back.

The area of the mansion isn’t very large.

They just needed to pass through a corridor from the front yard, which didn’t seem very difficult.

But as soon as they turned and moved forward, the mansion ahead suddenly became especially dark, with a haze seemingly enveloping the surroundings. Although it wasn’t completely dark, their vision was greatly affected.

This feeling was like when they had previously entered the old woods outside.

In some way, the two were somewhat similar.

It’s unknown whether the old woods affected the mansion after it became unbalanced, or if the revived old man’s corpse is influencing everything.

But none of this mattered.

The group’s speed in retracing their steps was swift, and shortly they re-entered the main hall.

The Supernatural Power affected the mansion, yet it seemingly hadn’t changed the layout; the courtyard was still there. Looking up, there was still faint light shining down, dispersing some of the surrounding darkness.

“The Ghost Domain is being affected again.” Yang Jian’s face darkened.

His ghost eye’s vision was affected, with a feeling that it wanted to close and he couldn’t use Ghost Domain.

This mansion seems to already be within the coverage range of a Ghost Domain.

“The paranormal suppression is becoming more severe, just like when we were on the bus. I knew this mansion could suppress the ghost rider’s ghost revival, and it turns out it’s that old thing causing trouble.” Zhou Deng suddenly exclaimed.

It’s not just Yang Jian.

The ghost within his body was also being affected.

Li Yang also felt the ghost in his body falling into a dormant state, he said, “When the ghost invaded the mansion during the mourning day, the corpse in the coffin merely sat up and blocked all ghost invasions, achieving a delicate balance. That’s exactly why we survived the mourning day.”

“Now, I’m afraid this suppression has started to fall on us, and our number is just so few, making it impossible to resist such suppression.”

“In this situation, how will we leave through the courtyard? I can’t fly.” Zhou Deng said.

Fly?

Upon hearing this, Li Yang, Yang Jian, and Leuk Qingqing immediately looked at Yang Xiaohua.

More accurately, at the red balloon in her hand.

They had already learned the rough purpose of this red balloon when they left the Ghost Post Office.

It appeared to be a small balloon but could lift a grown person into the air.

“Maybe this balloon is for use at this time.” Yang Xiaohua also realized this: “This balloon can lift all of us out of this courtyard.”

“Four people, can it really fly?” Zhou Deng was skeptical.

Yang Jian said, “If it doesn’t work, I can walk along the wall all the way, but I’m not sure if walking would allow a smooth exit through the courtyard, as there’s a chance of getting lost midway. But using the balloon method is the best because once blocked, the balloon can’t fly upwards, eliminating the possibility of getting lost.”

The red balloon itself is a supernatural object, with a very low chance of interference.

“The red balloon needs to be tied to one person, and it must be a ghost rider, who among you?” Yang Jian then asked.

He decided to use the red balloon, as it was more secure.

Besides, he believed that since the Ghost Post Office provided the red balloon, it meant that escape was already planned. This planned escape route was more reliable than making decisions on their own.

After all, if this escape route were useless, the messenger would be eliminated, and killing a successful messenger would conflict with the Ghost Post Office’s purpose, not aligning with their operations.

“Let me, I just want to try it.” Zhou Deng was very curious.

He seemed eager to experience what effect this red balloon had, and why Yang Xiaohua kept it firmly in her hand all these days.

However, Zhou Deng was sure that holding this red balloon shouldn’t pose any danger.

“Alright, give him the balloon.” Yang Jian didn’t hesitate and immediately selected Zhou Deng.

Yang Xiaohua promptly handed the red balloon over.

Zhou Deng’s eyes brightened, he excitedly grabbed it, but as soon as he did, the color changed, and he saw the red balloon’s thin string wrap directly around his arm. Then the supernatural power within him seemed to disappear, and the speed of disappearance was fast.

It seemed he was transforming into an ordinary person.

Meanwhile, he felt somewhat weightless, his whole body began to slowly lift off the ground and float.

Soon.

Zhou Deng indeed floated up, with the ghost within him under restriction, and he was losing consciousness, unable to move.

“Damn.”

He opened his eyes wide, like a corpse suspended in mid-air, continuously floating upward.

“Grab him, let Zhou Deng take us away together.” Yang Jian carried Li Yang on his back, grabbing Zhou Deng with one hand.

Yang Xiaohua didn’t hesitate and hugged Zhou Deng tightly, even Leuk Qingqing put one hand on Zhou Deng’s shoulder, although her weight was very light, because she had few living body parts.

Even with so many people hanging onto Zhou Deng’s body, the red balloon still showed no sign of descending, instead, it continued to float upwards.

Yang Xiaohua, being an ordinary person, also floated upwards, because she did not touch the red balloon but was lifted by Zhou Deng’s body.

“A balloon that can carry so many people’s weight.” Li Yang said, “Sure enough, supernatural items are completely unreasonable existences.”

However, the speed of the red balloon floating is a bit slow, not because of any influence, but simply because that’s how the balloon is, slow in speed, but if given enough time, who knows where it might end up floating.

At this moment.

Heavy footsteps echoed in the dim and silent ancient mansion; a terrifying figure slowly approached from the hall position, seemingly coming toward this side.

“That old man is coming this way.” Li Yang felt dread in his heart, his eyes suddenly narrowing.

He also saw the blurry figure in that dim environment.

Moreover, as it approached, the shape of the ghost became clearer.

No mistake.

It was that old man, face full of wrinkles, covered in corpse spots, body gaunt, carrying a rotting corpse odor, like it had been resting in a tomb for days then crawled back out from a coffin.

The red balloon continued to float upwards, already surpassing the eaves, about to leave through the courtyard.

This was good news.

Because the red balloon not stopping meant the courtyard above was real.

Everyone was tense, hoping to leave the ancient mansion smoothly before the ghost found them.

“Seems like there is enough time to leave.” Li Yang kept looking back, they had already been carried to fly out the courtyard by the red balloon.

This height was nearly departing from the ancient mansion.

The ghost in the ancient mansion showed no movement, but the terrifying figure was still standing motionless beside the mansion’s courtyard, apparently because there was no one left in the mansion to attack, thus the revived ghost stayed there without moving.

“Quite a scare but we were lucky.” Leuk Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment.

They had already gone several meters past the rooftop, reaching above the ancient mansion.

Yang Jian remained silent, not speaking; his Ghost Eye opened again, the interference and suppression of the supernatural within the mansion lost its effect, showing they were out of the mansion’s influence range.

Considered completely leaving the mansion’s area.

Yet at this instant.

Yang Jian’s eyelids twitched suddenly, an inexplicable sense of crisis welled up from within, the Ghost Eye warning, some dangerous signals appearing.

“Captain.”

Li Yang had the same feeling, but just as he spoke, he found the mourning clothes he was wearing rapidly decaying and disappearing.

Not only him, but also the color of Leuk Qingqing’s cheongsam faded, her arm blurring, as if about to disappear, her face becoming hazy.

“That ghost is targeting us.” Yang Jian was both shocked and angry.

Because in his Ghost Eye’s vision, the old man’s corpse was now standing at the courtyard, waving towards them.

Like in farewell.

In reality, it was the old man’s most horrifying means, this ghost could erase other supernatural entities.

The mourners’ clothes worn by them were the first to be erased, but they could only offer momentary resistance, clearly unable to withstand such ghostly attack, so all the mourners’ clothes disappeared in an instant, even Leuk Qingqing’s cheongsam color dimmed.

Soon after, people started disappearing.

No.

There was already one person less around.

Yang Xiaohua was gone.

She, being an ordinary person, couldn’t withstand such terrifying attacks that could even erase the supernatural, practically disappearing before the mourners’ clothes vanished.

Leaving no trace.

Not even a scream of terror was heard.

Silent as if never existing.

Yang Jian had no time to think more, immediately the Ghost Shadow flashed, directly covering everyone.

He couldn’t believe this old man could completely erase even true ghosts; he felt the old man could only erase supernatural power, unable to completely erase ghosts.

The Ghost Shadow also began fading, the black shadow rapidly dimming.

But the bodies that were almost disappearing stopped further deteriorating.

Finally.

The erased supernatural power vanished.

It seemed they had gone too far from the ancient mansion, the old man couldn’t affect here.

No.

No.

This wasn’t above the ancient mansion.

Yang Jian suddenly realized, he seemed to be floating in the high sky above a city.

Nearby, there were skyscrapers, lights, roads appearing.

They had left the supernatural domain, directly floating into a city.

“What, how can we be in a city? Captain, is the ghost not attacking us anymore?” Li Yang urgently asked, feeling the situation seemed better.

Yang Jian paused, then said: “Now we aren’t within the mansion’s range anymore, the balloon has taken us into the sky, clearly out of the supernatural zone, that place should be in this city, just the supernatural space doesn’t belong to reality, thus never being discovered.”

“Yang Xiaohua disappeared.” Leuk Qingqing suddenly said.

“I know, she got erased, in just an instant, disappearing from this world without time to react, we ghost handlers seemed to collectively resist that erasing ability just a bit.”

“The mourning clothes were also key, without those clothes, the body would’ve disappeared long ago.”

Yang Jian also felt a heartbeat of fear.

That situation was too dangerous.

Just delayed a few more seconds, and they would’ve struggled to leave alive.

“So in the end, just us three survived?” Li Yang then noticed Yang Xiaohua was missing, feeling a bit sad.

Sad not just for her death.

But for so many dying in this delivery mission, nearly all couriers were buried in that mansion.

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