Mysterious Awakening-Chapter 525 - 522

A portrait?

No, to be precise, it was an effigy.

All eyes were focused on it, with expressions of solemnity and hesitation on their faces.

The only thing in the room that seemed peculiar was this effigy. Could it be that the commotion earlier had been caused by this effigy?

Looking at the dim visage of the elderly person on the effigy, a chilling sensation gradually crept up.

This was definitely not the Ghost Envoy!

Everyone had this thought in their minds and were extremely certain of it.

Because the information on the Ghost Envoy was already well-understood, the difficulty lay in how to detain it, but this... seemed like a bizarre thing they had never encountered before.

"A newly discovered ghost?" Li Jun frowned, hesitant to get too close, and looked at the Ghost Candle in his hand.

The flame was still burning steadily, indicating that there were no ghosts around.

But if there were no ghosts, then what was this eerie effigy in front of them?

The information simply didn’t match up.

"Regardless of whether this effigy is problematic, the surest method is to lock it up to prevent any accidents from happening later," Leuk San immediately said, taking out a carry-on bag he had brought.

It was made of gold.

Due to gold’s excellent malleability, it was more suitable for carrying around.

"Makes sense, let’s pack this thing up first, then leave this room. There’s something wicked about this place, and I have a very bad feeling," Su Fan said, holding up the illuminated screen of his phone.

The screen continued to display a game that was still running, but the main character in the game had already been shown as dead.

Death came inexplicably, without a single clue to be found.

This kind of sudden death was not new to Su Fan, it usually signified extreme danger nearby. He would never have come to such a place under normal circumstances; if it weren’t for this mission he had, he would have already left this place by now.

"Interesting, the vanishing ghost, the mysterious effigy... The changes are becoming greater. This is no longer simply a Ghost Envoy incident, what we may truly be facing isn’t a Ghost Envoy, but something else, there are too many uncertain factors," the woman with heavy makeup spoke softly.

While she was speaking, Leuk San had already picked up the effigy from the ground.

"Be careful," Li Jun cautioned.

"The Ghost Candle is stable, no immediate danger," Leuk San briefly glanced at it, speaking calmly. Discover exclusive tales on

His ability to confront danger was strong, and he alone could so carelessly handle such terrifying objects. If it had been anyone else, they might very well have been attacked by a ghost and died on the spot.

"If nothing is wrong, that’s good."

When Leuk San was about to put the effigy away, curiosity sparked and he took a closer look, which made him involuntarily let out a soft exclamation and stop his movements.

"What’s up?" Su Fan asked from nearby.

"Nothing, I think I’ve just made a new discovery."

Leuk San noticed there seemed to be some dust on the effigy, obscuring part of it; he gently wiped away the dust, wanting to reveal some of the content next to it, as he realized the background behind the effigy looked somewhat familiar.

With the dust gone, the full image of the elderly man was revealed.

It was an elderly male, his face covered in wrinkles, looking listless as if it were a photograph of a corpse, yet his eyes were open with a smile on his lips, as if he was strangely observing his surroundings. No matter the angle, it seemed like the old man was watching you, sending a chill down the spine of the observer.

And the backdrop of this effigy was a gloomy, lightless house.

The door of the house on the first floor was wide open, pitch-black inside, exactly like the house they were currently in; it seemed as if the effigy had been photographed at the entrance of this very house.

Leuk San’s eyelids twitched slightly; his focus not on the house that was identical in the background, but rather on the enigmatic figures standing behind the elderly man in the effigy.

There were two on the left and three on the right.

In total, five people.

These five individuals were only a blurred silhouette, like an oil painting not very clear, but one could still discern some of their physical features.

One had indistinct facial features with a waxen complexion; another one was holding a candle with a green flame burning atop it; another held a mobile phone in their hand...

"This is us... the five of us..."

Leuk San’s pupils contracted, feeling a bursting sensation in his scalp and an indescribable chill in his heart.

This was even more frightening than the sight of the five effigies in the observation room before.

"How can this be, are we five also in this effigy?" Fearing danger, Li Jun took the Ghost Candle closer; as he saw the scene, he too was instantly struck with suspicion.

"When did this happen? What kind of joke is this, that we’ve actually taken a photo with a ghost?" Su Fan leaned over for a look and immediately became uneasy.

Because this eerie portrait seemed to be foreshadowing something.

Take a photo?

When it came to taking photos, Li Jun immediately thought of that eerie camera at the headquarters, which was said to be able to capture fierce ghosts and imprison them within the photos upon success.

But the current situation was clearly not caused by the Ghost Camera, since that thing was still at the headquarters, and they hadn’t brought it with them on this mission.

There must be some other reason for this occurrence.

"Leuk San, stop looking. Pack up the things; we need to leave here immediately," Li Jun decided to cut the Gordian knot without understanding this strange moment, deciding to deal with the current situation first and foremost.

He put the eerie portrait into a bag, sealed it, and then immediately turned to leave.

"Everyone, follow up. We’ve finished exploring this house. We have no time to waste here. Let’s move on to the next one; we must find the Ghost Envoy as quickly as possible."

The others were eager to leave this eerie house.

Other houses were scary, but at least the situations were understandable. It was either haunted or not. If there were ghosts, they just had to determine whether it was a Ghost Envoy. However, the situations that occurred in this house were quite unusual.

The five paper figures of Leuk San’s death, the fallen portrait, and the figures of five people on the portrait...

However, when they quickly exited the house and arrived at the front gate, what they saw made them come to an abrupt halt.

An indistinct black shadow was right now standing not far from the gate, back facing the group, stiff and unmoving. From that blurry silhouette, it could roughly be discerned that the figure was an elder.

The elder’s silhouette, cloaked in the darkness of the house, standing behind five people...

This scene?

Shock colored the faces of Li Jun, Leuk San, Su Fan, and the other two.

It was exactly like the eerie portrait they saw earlier.

Could it be that the dead people on the portrait weren’t referring to the elder but to them, the five of them?

And the worst part was that the Ghost Candle Li Jun was holding now flickered wildly, burning fiercely as if expanding in size and consuming at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The illogical burning rate proved one thing.

Ghosts were nearby.

"We’re in trouble now..." Su Fan’s complexion was awful as he clutched his cell phone tightly.

He was beginning to understand why he could never clear the game on his phone; every attempt ended in death, no matter how many times he tried to resurrect and restart.

Away from the safety of their own people, they had never escaped the danger.

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The ghosts were beside them.

At this very moment.

Outside this Ghost Domain.

Yang Jian had already finished eating his skewered food, and he still saw no signs of improvement in the situation around him.

The Ghost Painting’s Ghost Domain persisted, and there was no good news coming through the phone either.

And it had been three hours since the operation back at headquarters began.

Frankly, that was a bit too long.

"Have we failed?" Yang Jian tossed away his bamboo skewer and stood up with a grave expression.

He had dealt with many supernatural incidents and might not be sensitive to other matters, but he had absolute say in this kind of situation.

From his experience, he could tell that the team sent out by headquarters had definitely encountered a huge problem.

Maybe they had been wiped out.

Maybe they were still clinging to life.

Maybe only a few people were left alive.

But no matter what the outcome, unless something unexpected happened, this operation essentially had failed.

The collision of two Class S supernatural events was indeed too dangerous.

"Time to make some preparations, and I hope Wang Xiaoming has some kind of contingency plan, or else there will be big trouble," Yang Jian now turned, planning to leave.