Chapter 77: Chapter 77: The Terrifying Reincarnation Bell, Heading for Wansheng District

Just as Yun Zhenyue was marveling at Yan Ruyu’s temper, the latter stood up.

She walked to the window, pulled open the blinds, and looked out at the scene beyond the office.

Because the panda-man that Sun had transformed into had fired his beams without any restraint, large sections of Reincarnation Hospital were visibly damaged.

Many floors had been pierced through, leaving enormous circular holes. The acrid smell of dust assaulted the senses, and the muffled sound of a burst pipe echoed from a distance. Water leaked out, dripping down the exposed steel rebar.

The sign for Reincarnation Hospital lay askew in the rubble, a picture of desolation.

Yun Zhenyue grew anxious at the sight.

’Yan has such an explosive temper, but she wouldn’t cause trouble for me.’

’Seeing how badly Reincarnation Hospital is damaged, she’s not going to secretly take revenge on Sun, is she?’

Yan Ruyu turned back and noticed Yun Zhenyue’s worried expression. She chuckled. "What’s wrong, Xiaoyue? Afraid I’ll punish your friend?"

"Don’t worry, I won’t. This is nothing."

"Come a little closer and watch carefully—"

Curious, Yun Zhenyue walked over to the blinds.

At that very moment!

CLICK~

CLACK...

The Reincarnation Bell on Yan Ruyu’s forehead made a strange sound.

Yun Zhenyue’s eyes widened slightly.

She saw the crimson hand inside the clock of fused flesh and blood actually grind to a halt!

VMM!

A surging tide of yin energy erupted from Yan Ruyu’s body!

It was so dense it nearly formed a tangible crimson frost!

All of it converged into the clock on her forehead!

This heart-stopping aura!

It far surpassed that of the panda-man Sun had become!

Yan Ruyu was beaming as she clasped Yun Zhenyue’s fingers.

"Ah?"

As Yun Zhenyue watched in astonishment, Yan Ruyu used her fingers to move the hand of the clock on her own forehead!

This clock, you see, was her most vulnerable spot!

If Yun Zhenyue were to suddenly attack now, Yan Ruyu would likely be severely injured!

This also meant that Yan Ruyu completely trusted Yun Zhenyue!

Yun Zhenyue felt a peculiar sensation at her fingertips.

The clock hand felt like flesh and blood, yet it had the hardness of bone.

At the same time, a strange illusion washed over her, as if she could slip through the cracks of time.

CLICK, CLACK...

As the hand on the clock on Yan Ruyu’s forehead was turned back!

The next moment!

At Yan Ruyu’s prompting, Yun Zhenyue saw the scene outside the window begin to change!

She saw the water that had gushed from the burst pipe flow backward into the pipe, while the shattered fragments on the ground floated up and reassembled themselves perfectly.

Broken tiles that had fallen from the hospital’s corners flew back up as if on a reversed film, slotting back into the mottled rooflines. The enormous circular holes in the floors were also mended.

In just a few moments, Reincarnation Hospital had been turned back to how it was half a day ago.

It was as if nothing had ever happened.

Yun Zhenyue’s mouth hung open, her eyes wide with astonishment!

’Mrs. Yan’s power is insane!’

’She can actually reverse the great power of time?’

’Now I can relax...’

Seeing the shocked Yun Zhenyue, Yan Ruyu, whose expression was slightly weary, smiled to herself.

She had only recently acquired this ability to reverse the environment, and this was the first time she had used it.

However, it could only mend buildings.

As for reversing life and death?

That was not something a mere Evil Star like her could do.

Perhaps Mr. Gu could do it with ease.

After repairing all these buildings, the yin energy in her body was almost completely gone.

She would probably need a full day of rest to recover.

Yan Ruyu saw that Yun Zhenyue had been put at ease.

Her mission was now complete.

So she took a red phone from her pocket and said casually, "Xiaoyue, let’s exchange numbers. I’ll... see you tomorrow."

"Okay."

Yun Zhenyue didn’t quite catch that.

Her mission at the hospital was also complete, and she could teleport back to Wansheng District at any time.

’See you tomorrow?’

She thought Yan Ruyu had misspoken.

’After all, she’s so busy, and I’m about to leave. Where would we meet tomorrow?’

The two exchanged phone numbers.

Yan Ruyu made a point of saying that if Yun Zhenyue ever ran into trouble or was bullied, she just had to make one call, and Yan Ruyu would come right over!

In a few days, she was going to find a new mode of transport, like a ghost sports car or something. Then she wouldn’t be so slow getting there, and she might even have a chance to take Yun Zhenyue for a ride.

...

「Meanwhile.」

Upon seeing Yan Ruyu’s terrifying power, the jaws of the global audience nearly hit the floor!

Many of them hadn’t missed a single installment of the ghostly marriage program!

But Yan Ruyu’s ability was the most invincible they had ever seen!

She was an Evil Star, after all!

The master of an SS-rank dungeon!

When would ordinary people ever get a chance to witness such a being?

It was a known fact that Evil Star-class ghosts rarely appeared before humans.

The global audience knew very little about Evil Stars, only that the gap between them and Crimson-robed Ghosts was significant!

But this gap was just too huge!

Lily is badass, right?

But she has to see a ghost to kill it!

And the panda doll? It has to merge with a human to unleash its full power!

But Mrs. Yan needed no help at all. She just had to gently move the hand on her forehead to turn back time!

This ability was bordering on a fundamental rule of the world!

They just didn’t know if she could use it on herself.

Otherwise, if she were seriously injured, she could just rewind her injuries.

And trigger a second phase, or even endless phases?

And a being like this actually took the initiative to exchange phone numbers with Yun Zhenyue and was willing to help her.

Seeing that Yun Zhenyue had latched onto another powerful backer, the foreign audience was seething with jealousy!

They also felt an inexplicable sense of fear!

Especially the audience from the Great Cold Country!

They were particularly terrified by Yan Ruyu’s "see you tomorrow"!

Piao Dagen was in big trouble now!

[What do we do? She’s not actually going to follow Yun Zhenyue back to Wansheng District, is she?]

[No, no, how can a ghost be so vengeful?]

[She can control time! That’s just cheating!]

[Is Piao Dagen really done for? I’m more worried about Miss Sumi, though.]

[He should just hide! The Ghost World is huge, there’s no way she can find Piao Dagen!]

[Sigh~ If only someone could warn Miss Sumi.]

...

「Half a day later.」

Night fell.

A shop called the Red Meat Bun Shop was still bustling with activity.

Even though it only sold buns, its premises were vast, larger than the neighboring shops combined!

Shrouded in red mist, an unscrupulous employee in black clothes bustled about. Dirt was caked under his fingernails as he continuously shaped one floppy red meat bun after another.

The white steam leaking from the cracks of the steamer was sticky and yellowish, emitting a cloying, greasy meat smell.

A starving customer spent 1 ghost coin on a bun, but his brow furrowed after the first bite.

"BLEGH!"

He spat out the filling and, seeing a rat’s tail, complained, "Where’s your boss? These buns taste more and more off."

"Are you trying to pass off rat meat as the real thing now? Is this bun shop tired of being in business?"

Hearing this, the black-clothed employee stopped his work and sneered, "Doesn’t taste good?"

"It’s not supposed to. For 1 ghost coin, you think you’re getting meat from a Crimson-robed Ghost?"

"See our boss? Who do you think you are? Our boss is a Fierce Ghost!"

The customer heard this and was furious but dared not speak.

This bun shop had been running rampant, relying on its Fierce Ghost boss.

Many small shops in the vicinity had been suppressed by it.

Some ghosts who were unwilling to give up their space were killed outright!

"Just you wait! Sooner or later, some ghost will come and deal with you!"

The customer was indignant. He could only leave with a threat and prepared to turn and leave.

But at that very moment!

The black-clothed employee said in a low voice, "Hold it!"

"You think you can just bad-mouth our shop and walk away?"

"Why don’t you stay here and become bun filling yourself!"

He immediately blocked the path of the wide-eyed, disbelieving customer.

The latter couldn’t believe it. The bun shop was now preying on its own customers?

"You—" The customer gritted his teeth, his whole body trembling.

Not only that, the black-clothed employee saw that many ghosts had gathered around.

He immediately called over several other ghosts from the bun shop.

He intended to kill all the ghosts who now knew the truth!

Among these ghosts were a stooped old grandmother and even a little girl who looked to be only seven or eight years old.

They all watched in terror as the bun shop employees gradually surrounded them.

"Hmph~" The black-clothed employee’s eyes were dark and menacing.

’The shop manager used to bring back meat regularly, but who knows what he’s been busy with. He hasn’t brought any back in a long time. Left with no choice, we had to start using customers!’

’As long as no one sees, our bad reputation won’t get out.’

But just then!

CLICK~

CLACK~

The black-clothed employee inexplicably heard the strange sound of a clock.

He turned his head and looked toward the source of the sound.

He saw a group of unfamiliar ghosts in white clothes appear in front of the bun shop.

The woman in the lead had a strange clock on her forehead.

"Why is there a group of doctors here?"

The black-clothed employee was puzzled, but he didn’t think much of it.

"Whatever. They saw everything anyway. Might as well chop them all into bun filling."