Chapter 225: The Electricity Ghost

The Amazing Island water station.

Wu Xian gnawed on a potato and looked down the mountain.

He could see the hotel building at the foot of the mountain with its lights constantly on, while other locations flickered occasionally before going dark; those lit lamps were all under the influence of the Electricity Ghost.

It had to be said, the potatoes roasted by Liu Kai were still delicious.

Everyone was on one meal a day and struggling to hold on, but with Liu Kai's potatoes, they could pad their stomachs when hunger struck.

Lou Yaozong looked at the dilapidated water station, his expression somewhat sorrowful.

"Just to figure out the abilities of this Electricity Ghost, we sacrificed two lives last night!"

A faint, fishy stench permeated the air; Li Qi and Li Wangyou had both died in this water station.

Li Qi hadn't spent much time with them, so Lou Yaozong didn't feel much about his death, but Li Wangyou had been by Lou Yaozong's side since the previous night; he had a good impression of the young girl, and it was truly a pity...

"At first, I was in despair."

"I felt that all of us might die at the hands of this Electricity Ghost."

"Because its abilities were too terrifying!"

"Just from what we observed, there was electrical discharge, teleportation, physical attacks... and its very existence was equivalent to a giant Tesla coil, capable of providing power to all surrounding electrical appliances!"

"It could also activate these appliances without any warning; the mobile phones and cameras we carried had been turned on for no reason multiple times."

"But through the sacrifices of those two, I noticed something wrong."

"If the Electricity Ghost's abilities were truly that outrageous, why would it be trapped in this tiny water station instead of going to the hotel, where it could better utilize its abilities to kill?"

Last night, on the way to the water station, Lou Yaozong had discovered that the power lines connecting the mountain to the station had been damaged due to years of neglect.

Perhaps the Electricity Ghost didn't want to go down the mountain, but rather, it couldn't!

Look closely.

Every time the Electricity Ghost appeared, it was no more than one meter away from an electrical appliance; the only things it could teleport to were appliances connected to power lines.

The evidence was that previously, outside the water station, their mobile phones and cameras had clearly been interfered with, yet the Electricity Ghost had not appeared.

In other words.

The places the Electricity Ghost could teleport to were not just appliances, but locations connected to power lines!

Once this point was understood, dealing with the Electricity Ghost became easy.

The remaining four-person squad cut power lines all over the small water station; the locations the Electricity Ghost could teleport to became fewer and fewer, until it was finally trapped in one spot and beaten to death by the four of them.

If they wanted to achieve their goal tonight, they had to utilize this characteristic of the Electricity Ghost.

As long as they trapped the Electricity Ghost in this water station again, they could return to the hotel and deal with the Screen Ghost with peace of mind!

The group busied themselves for a while, using wires collected from other places to reconnect the power lines that had been cut in the water station.

Connecting wires was not exactly a technical job.

One only needed to use a lighter to melt the outer casing, twist the copper wires inside together, and then wrap them with electrical tape.

After simply repairing the internal wiring of the water station.

Liao Yifang led a team to leave the station and repair the power lines where they connected to the station from below; they didn't leave after finishing, but waited there for the next step of the operation.

The power lines were connected; the next thing to do was to lure the Electricity Ghost here.

Lou Yaozong picked up a landline phone, pressed the number keys repeatedly, and kept putting the receiver down and picking it back up.

Actually, he didn't know how to lure the Electricity Ghost either.

But it was nothing more than related to the frequent use of electrical appliances.

The original ghost of the Electricity Ghost had already been killed; the new Electricity Ghost would only follow the rules, and regardless of whether it was a trap, it would step into it without hesitation.

Before long.

Wu Xian felt his curly hair itch; some of it was almost standing on end!

Swish!

The light turned on!

A ghostly shadow appeared abruptly in front of the phone.

This ghost was different from the ones that had appeared before; it didn't look much like a human, but rather like something stitched together from a beast and a human.

Its lower body was a normal human body, but its head was a pig's head, it had fleshy wings on its back, and a leopard's tail; the moment this ghost appeared, its expression was excited.

Unlike the other nine ghosts, the Electricity Ghost did not like schemes or tricks, only liking head-on combat, so as soon as it appeared, it attacked Lou Yaozong, who was on the phone.

But Lou Yaozong was well-prepared.

His now-plump middle-aged body was exceptionally agile; he dodged it with a roll.

He stood up in front of Wu Xian and the others, patted the dust off his body, his expression slightly smug.

"Let's go, it's time for us to handle the next thing."

After saying this.

Wu Xian, Shi Ji, Luo Shiyi, and the others turned and left, not giving the Electricity Ghost another glance.

The Electricity Ghost was stunned.

What next thing?

It had only just arrived!

But the group ignored it, not giving the Electricity Ghost the slightest chance for a sneak attack, and having absolutely no intention of fighting it.

After the group left, the Electricity Ghost wanted to return to the center of the island where the power system was more complete, but it soon discovered with surprise that the power lines had been cut halfway, and it was trapped in this water station.

That's right.

This was the plan of Wu Xian and the others.

To deal with the Screen Ghost, they had to eliminate the interference of the Electricity Ghost.

But to eliminate the interference, they didn't need to kill it; they only needed to keep it away from places with screens and have it stay obediently in place.

So, at the same time the water station lit up, Liao Yifang cut the power lines again, trapping the Electricity Ghost inside the station.

Once they finished with the Screen Ghost.

They would come back and take a nice photo of the Electricity Ghost.

The group hurried back to the hotel.

On the way, they encountered quite a few strange little incidents, such as plants by the roadside suddenly moving, or a human figure visible in the distance.

But these things, which weren't even as good as Wandering Malevolent Entities, only dared to sway in the distance and didn't dare to come close at all.

After the group returned to the center of Amazing Island, they found that the lights had disappeared, and the area had turned into darkness again; yet, the pitch-black environment actually made everyone feel at ease.

Because this way, they didn't have to worry about attacks from the Electricity Ghost!

Time tonight was precious.

They didn't waste time and soon arrived at the gymnasium that Wu Xian had already set up the previous night.

However, the position of the television was not the same as when Wu Xian and the others had left the previous night.

To ensure the plan went smoothly, the Lotus Juanren had come here to inspect it in the afternoon; Lou Yaozong had seen through Wu Xian's plan at a glance and proposed improvements to Wu Xian's ideas.

First, five meters was too low.

This height was like a tickle to a ghost; it would be better to hang it outside the window on the top floor, a full several dozen meters up, and let this ghost experience a free fall.

This idea received Luo Shiyi's approval.

But it was too dangerous near the window; after all, there was the existence of the Jumping-off-the-Building Ghost.

So the group had to settle for the next best thing and hang the television as high as possible inside the gymnasium.

Secondly, why place the television upright and wait for the Screen Ghost to crawl out?

What if this Screen Ghost just hid inside the window and didn't come out?

The Ghost Festival was approaching; how could they have the time to wear down a ghost?

So, under the suggestion of the other three Lotus Juanren, the television was hung seven meters high, and...

The screen was facing downward!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 226 =====