Chapter 29: The Bizarre Newspaper Office

August 26, 1913, Huanggang Village, coffins erected, villains emerged, killed several people and occupied the village's fief; anyone entering the village was suppressed and killed.

December 30, 1913, the Mysterious Drama Troupe established a drama troupe, roamed everywhere, whereabouts unknown, allegedly for???

February 6, 1914, the bride stayed in the boudoir, countless people went mad for the bride, flocked to her like swallows, yet all disappeared???

July 7, 1914, on the centenarian's birthday, he unexpectedly died; the birthday banquet turned into a White Banquet,??? all were suppressed and killed.

Behind the Blackboard, a yellowed newspaper was pasted, stained with many smudges, making the full content unreadable.

Zhang Hao examined the newspaper, stared for a long time, and only derived these four relatively useful pieces of information.

Huanggang Village? Coffin? Ghost Coffin? Is it a Ghostly Servant?

Zhang Hao made a certain judgment about the content of the first newspaper entry.

1913, still a Republic Era newspaper.

The drama troupe mentioned later should be that troupe, roaming everywhere?

And the bride.

Looking at the third report, Zhang Hao glanced at the ghost bride beside him, who possessed the Summon Ghost Technique.

Flocking to the bride like swallows? It's due to Ghost Summoning, right?

Zhang Hao didn't think any living person would go mad for the ghost bride.

On the contrary, it is more likely that a Fierce Ghost is summoned and repeatedly heads to the place where the ghost bride resides.

So, the people mentioned in the newspaper, are they actually referring to ghosts? Or truly to humans?

Zhang Hao was somewhat puzzled, but didn't think further.

He stared at the newspaper, pondered briefly, and planned to take it down to see if he could clean off the stains and obtain more useful information.

At worst, this Blackboard or newspaper is some kind of Supernatural Artifact.

Of course, to prevent the Blackboard from carrying any Supernatural Power, Zhang Hao, before removing the newspaper, grabbed the ghost bride's hand with one hand in advance.

Having the ghost bride's hand as protection can maximally prevent Zhang Hao from getting into trouble due to an attack.

However, as Zhang Hao's hand seized the newspaper on the Blackboard, the entire room suddenly turned pitch black.

Some incomprehensible Supernatural Overlay covered the room, and beyond that.

Zhang Hao could feel that this darkness was terrifying.

Because in the darkness, Zhang Hao felt an urge to curl up.

This is an instinct from a Fierce Ghost; when encountering an overly terrifying Fierce Ghost, or restraining one's own Fierce Ghost, one instinctively wants to lower one's presence to avoid being noticed.

Just like Yang Jian's Ghost Eye when seeing a ghost painting; even though his Ghost Eye can overlay to the point of being indistinguishable from the ghost painting, he still chooses to close it, daring not to look at the ghost painting.

Fortunately, this terrifying darkness vanished quickly.

But when Zhang Hao opened his eyes again, the surrounding environment had changed anew.

Previously, the room he was in was a hotel room; although retro in style, the hotel room layout was still discernible.

But now, this place no longer seemed to be within the Caesar Grand Hotel.

It is a bizarre corridor, with no visible end; oil lamps hang along the side, emitting dim light that barely lets one see the corridor.

Beside Zhang Hao, there is an old brick house whose bricks have turned whitish.

The house has only one floor, about the same size as the room Zhang Hao was just in.

"Did I get pulled into an unknown Spiritual Realm? Or is there some Supernatural Space existing on that Blackboard or newspaper?"

Zhang Hao stared at the corridor; this corridor had no visible end,

From afar, it resembled the Caesar Grand Hotel's hallway, except that besides this brick house, there were no other rooms or doors along the corridor.

This made Zhang Hao unable to determine whether he was still inside the Caesar Grand Hotel.

Perhaps, under the influence of some unknown Fierce Ghost, that room in the Caesar Grand Hotel had already transformed into this form. What Zhang Hao just saw was merely the Caesar Grand Hotel under Supernatural Suppression, unable to reveal its true appearance.

But another possibility is that he has already left the Caesar Grand Hotel.

The newspaper or Blackboard just now is a Medium connecting to this Spiritual Realm.

Nevertheless, whichever it is, it isn't very important to Zhang Hao.

His main problem now is finding a way to leave the Caesar Grand Hotel.

Being in the Caesar Grand Hotel, just find a way to get out.

If he's already left the Caesar Grand Hotel, that's even better; after leaving this place, he should be able to return to reality.

While pondering, Zhang Hao decided to first enter the brick house beside him to see.

In the current situation, entering the brick house to look for useful information is undoubtedly the best choice to get out.

He pushed open the brick house door, and a faint green glow emanated inside.

Inside, there were two Oil Lamps, emitting a ghostly green light.

By the light, one could see a wooden counter inside, on which sat a printer.

However, what truly caught attention was several large-character posters beside the printer, as well as many blank, unprinted newspapers.

"This, like that newspaper, records Republic Era supernatural incidents."

Zhang Hao approached; the newspaper's bold characters listed some Republic Era supernatural incidents, and the paper carried a faint Supernatural Aura, proving it wasn't a simple item.

At the same time, when Zhang Hao looked deeper into the wooden cabinet, he could see a Blackboard.

On the Blackboard, one newspaper after another was pasted.

"Newspaper office?"

Zhang Hao formed a certain judgment about this room.

It seemed to be a Republic Era newspaper office, but for some unknown reason, it had become entangled with the supernatural, taking its current form.

"Doo! Doo-doo! Doo!"

At that moment, a burst of static sounded, drawing Zhang Hao's attention.

From the source of the sound, it can be judged that it seems to be coming from that printer.

It seems someone is operating the printer.

Sure enough, after Zhang Hao stared at the printer for a while.

At the printer's outlet, a newspaper drifts out slowly.

"August 19, 2017, the former bride has already found her husband, yet the wedding has not been held, the husband's family suffered a great upheaval, Red Affair at the forefront, suddenly encountered a White Affair."

Looking at the newspaper's content, Zhang Hao's eyes filled with murderous intent and resentment.

This printer seems to be arranging Zhang Hao and Ghost Bride.

"Doo! Doo-doo!"

The printer's sound hasn't stopped, and the newspaper continues to flow out.

"August 24, 2017, Da Chang Shi has a couple getting married, calling relatives and friends, traveling at midnight to the wedding, yet they encountered an incomprehensible Red and White Double Evil."

The characters on the newspaper are large, apparently because there isn't much to write, and unlike the previous Blackboard newspaper, it doesn't have several lines of content.

Zhang Hao, seeing this scene, reaches out to grab the printer.

However, behind the wooden cabinet, a pair of bluish‑black hands emerged, seizing Zhang Hao's hand that was reaching for the printer.

(End of Chapter)