I did not experience a mysterious revival!

Chapter 49 Waiting to Die

What about people?

Where are they?!

Beneath the lake's surface, Li Jun frantically searched for Lin Yuan's whereabouts.

The lake water was very cold and eerie. As soon as he jumped in, he sensed something was wrong. Clearly, this was not ordinary lake water, but a supernatural phenomenon.

Fortunately, even though it is a supernatural product, it still has the characteristics of lake water.

When he was still a normal person, Li Jun was an all-rounder, and swimming was also a commendable ability, which made it easier for him to find people in the lake.

"Down there!"

Li Jun didn't know how long he had been swimming there. According to the information, the lake was at most ten meters deep, but he had been diving for at least thirty seconds, which was far beyond that depth.

As his body submerged, the pressure of the deep water made it difficult for him to breathe, but fortunately, he was now under considerable influence from supernatural forces.

Despite getting closer to the resurgence of evil spirits, they can still rely on supernatural powers to achieve a higher survival rate in extreme environments!

Just now, he noticed an even stranger patch of darkness below, completely out of place with the darkness in the lake water; it was clearly the effect of the white ghost candle.

It didn't die after falling into the lake?

Without thinking, Li Jun swam frantically over, picking up the red ghost candle he had found on the ground and slashing it across his body.

The green candlelight instantly appeared in the depths of the lake.

The darkness dissipated, and Li Jun finally saw Lin Yuan floating quietly about six or seven meters below, slowly sinking.

Under the light of the red ghost candle, the bottom of the lake, which was originally unfathomable, suddenly appeared.

Lin Yuan's body stopped descending as he reached the bottom of the lake. Li Jun quickly swam over and felt a jolt of fear in his heart when he saw Lin Yuan clearly.

"Lin...Lin Yuan?"

At this time, Lin Yuan's hair had grown very long, almost reaching his waist. His face was completely covered with theatrical wrinkles, making him look like an actor performing on a stage.

No, that's not right!

It wasn't completely covered yet; there was still a small ring of normal skin around Lin Yuan's right eye, just like when an actor missed a step in their makeup before going on stage.

"Lin Yuan! Lin Yuan!!!"

Li Jun tried to wake Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan seemed to be in a deep coma and wouldn't wake up no matter what. All he could do was extinguish the white ghost candle that Lin Yuan was tightly holding in his left hand, and then hug him and started swimming upwards.

The red ghost candles were burning fiercely.

A candle that can normally burn for half an hour has already burned down to almost half its original size in just one minute.

Whoosh!

With the effect of the red ghost candle, the surrounding supernatural phenomena did not have a significant impact on Li Jun's actions, and he quickly reached the lake surface.

"Peng Anxiao!"

Li Jun shouted, and Peng Anxiao, who was standing guard nearby, immediately came over to help and pulled Lin Yuan up.

Seeing Lin Yuan, who appeared to be unconscious, Peng Anxiao hurriedly asked, "Where's the ghost?"

"I don't know, it's possible that it was temporarily driven away by the effect of the Ghost Candle. However, the Ghost Candle can't last long, so we need to be prepared to fight desperately."

Li Jun also climbed up, his expression solemn.

"Don't worry too much, the ghost should be inside Lin Yuan's body."

Li Jun turned around abruptly, not to see Peng Anxiao, but to see the bulging body bag containing none other than Wang Xiaoming, who had been cursed by the bell and fallen into a coma as soon as he entered.

Peng Anxiao said, "Professor Wang has been awake for a while now. He woke up when you jumped down to save Lin Yuan."

Li Jun nodded, without opening the body bag. "Professor Wang, have you figured anything out?"

"Peng Anxiao told me what just happened. If the information is correct, the curse Lin Yuan carried attracted that entertainer, and it should be fighting against the bell now. Both of these supernatural phenomena are of the consciousness type, so perhaps they can achieve a new balance."

Wang Xiaoming shared his guess.

Li Jun's eyes lit up with joy. "That would be wonderful! Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Time! What Lin Yuan needs most right now is time. Use up all the red ghost candles we brought; don't save any."

This time, their final destination after leaving headquarters was not Xiaonan City, but the ghost in Huanggang Village near Dachang City. They carried not just one, but three red ghost candles.

Li Jun was startled. "Professor Wang, those two were left to protect you."

"If Lin Yuan loses, none of us will escape either. We have to gamble," Wang Xiaoming said without hesitation. "Don't put him in a body bag. That ghost is still here, and even the Mirror Actor has come. All they left in Lin Yuan's body is a curse. Imprisoning Lin Yuan won't help; it will only allow those two ghosts to fully resurrect in Xiaonan City, and then we'll be truly finished! Now we can only gamble, gamble that Lin Yuan can balance and control these two ghosts!"

Li Jun knew that Wang Xiaoming was right, so he didn't refute him further.

Time passed second by second. Perhaps because it was no longer in the lake, the red ghost candle's burning speed slowed down, and it burned for a full five minutes before it went out.

Li Jun then took out a red ghost candle from his pocket, lit it, and extended Lin Yuan's life.

"I probably won't be needed here anymore," Peng Anxiao suddenly said.

Li Jun frowned and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Peng Anxiao did not answer, but simply got up and left the area of ​​the red ghost candle, walking into the darkness.

Li Jun was very anxious and wanted to stop Peng Anxiao, but he couldn't abandon Lin Yuan and Wang Xiaoming now, so he could only watch helplessly as Peng Anxiao disappeared from sight.

"Professor Wang..."

"Let her go. She told me that her brother is dead, the first ghost servant bell ringer we encountered when we came in. Don't worry about her trying to kill herself, her parents are still alive."

"I understand."

Li Jun sighed inwardly, realizing he was still too weak. He wanted to do many things and save many people, but he simply didn't have the ability to do so.

What's the worst that could happen? We could risk having a vengeful ghost rise from the dead.

It sounds very exciting, but can you really handle paranormal events just by being enthusiastic?

The most tragic thing for a person is to give their all, burn themselves out, only to find themselves powerless and forced to watch tragedy unfold.

The second red ghost candle burned for an even longer time; although it didn't reach the normal half hour, it still lasted a full twenty minutes.

The last red ghost candle was lit, but Lin Yuan still didn't wake up, his condition didn't change, and his body was gradually getting colder.

Li Jun was beginning to despair. He glanced at the time. "It's almost time again."

"Yes, it's time to ring the bell. Perhaps we'll see the results around this time," Wang Xiaoming said quietly, his voice sounding somewhat muffled due to the body bag.

Li Jun did not answer, but looked in the direction where the clock tower had originally been.

When he climbed out of the lake, it was already empty, but as the time approached the appointed hour, a clock tower suddenly appeared.

The same two-story building, the same ancient bell, the same bell pestle, almost identical... no!

Something's not right about this clock tower!