Ghost Compendium-Chapter 427 - 378: Blessing in Disguise (Part 2)

All of this proves—he's exhausted.

Exhausted—this word seems absurd when applied to Wu Liang.

[Yin Qiming] has been trapped within the [Pioneer] for so long, he's seen every encounter between Wu Liang and the [Pioneer] firsthand.

It's the first time he's seen this kid so worn out.

Reflecting on the anomalies just now in the hospital room, [Yin Qiming] knows Wu Liang must be using some extremely special ability at this moment.

"This time, I must see clearly what you're doing!"

[Yin Qiming] sternly retrieves a pair of gold-threaded glasses from the Brocade Pouch at his waist.

Then he bites his thumb, smearing the blood evenly over the lenses, and solemnly puts on the glasses.

[Supernatural Observation Goggles]!

This is one of the rare supernatural tools [Yin Qiming] has no way to avoid the cost of using.

Its purpose and use conditions are quite simple—just smear your blood on the lenses and you can observe fluctuations in supernatural power with the naked eye.

However, the restrictions are quite apparent.

[Once you put on the glasses, your blood will be consumed at a rate of one percent per second]

Meaning, theoretically, a person can use it for about a hundred seconds before exhausting their life.

But in practice, when the blood depletes to a certain extent, the body cannot withstand it and leads to unconsciousness.

In actual use, it certainly won't last as long as a hundred seconds.

This reduction, despite [Yin Qiming] trying various methods, can't be stopped.

Not even transfusing blood while using them can change this time; the glasses won't consume the freshly infused blood and will expel it entirely.

The final result is the user's body cannot be injected with fresh blood at all.

"I'm betting everything with you now; I'm betting the ability you're using—it's not an Awakened Ability!"

[Yin Qiming] crazily stares towards Wu Liang.

After all, these glasses can only observe fluctuations of supernatural power; they are completely ineffective against Awakened Abilities.

Blood inside his body starts to drain furiously, yet he dares not blink while staring fixedly at Wu Liang.

"This is... what a marvelous world..."

In this moment, the scene appearing in his eyes wasn't the imagined chaotic surge of supernatural power.

Instead, it was an ordered and systematic arrangement, continuously channeling into Director Long, altering something.

The surrounding supernatural power occasionally erupted with extreme intensity, yet upon contact with Wu Liang, once again symbolizing order.

The ferocious supernatural power even astounded [Yin Qiming].

Because he couldn't sense these forces' existence, as if they do not belong to this world.

They could only be observed by him, but not felt.

However, at this moment, Wu Liang couldn't spare any energy to care about [Yin Qiming]'s actions.

He focused entirely on the [reality] law, forcing the emergence of a future where Director Long successfully undergoes a second awakening.

This is much harder than temporarily modifying reality!

Even though the world's cost was transferred to the Fierce Ghost World by the [Ghost Compendium], the remaining spiritual power cost alone was exhausting Wu Liang.

He felt as if he's attempting with his spiritual power to break through a steel cable with a steady trickle, feeling powerless.

"Damn... When you wake up, you'll have to treat me to a good meal!" Wu Liang gritted his teeth.

Then realizes an awkward fact—that Director Long's current state seems due to his actions.

He immediately changes his tune: "Forget it... When you wake up, you don't need to treat me to those meals you owe me..."

This time the extent of [modifying reality] even projected parts of the Fierce Ghost World into the hospital room.

This was why earlier [Yin Qiming] thought he had arrived at some remote wilderness.

Wu Liang was exhausting all efforts using the [reality] law, while [Yin Qiming] was bloodshot observing him.

Only the [Ghost Compendium] remained floating in midair, nodding in approval at the unfolding events.

"A blessing in disguise, you brat... cleaning up your own mess has made you more adept at mastering [reality]."

"Perhaps you haven't even realized it yourself."

"I'm no longer aiding you in linking to the Fierce Ghost World!"

Just like the commendation from the [Ghost Compendium] at this moment.

It had actually stopped linking the Fierce Ghost World, yet Wu Liang still successfully transferred the world's cost to the Fierce Ghost World.

This meant Wu Liang was now opening the link to the Fierce Ghost World himself and transferring the cost using his own power.

Be it traveling to the Fierce Ghost World earlier or returning to reality, Wu Liang was passively following the guidance of the [Ghost Compendium].

From this point onwards, he had the potential to open pathways between both worlds himself.

Perhaps he can't immediately become powerful enough to traverse the two worlds at will, but at least he has found a deeper application of the [reality] law.

"Damn it! Wake up for crying out loud! I'm on the verge of breaking!" Wu Liang shouted towards Director Long lying on the hospital bed.

Buzz—

Suddenly, a strange sound of bells and drums echoed throughout the hospital room.

It seemed to be chiming from a distant era, resonating through endless ages in everyone's ears.

At that moment, not only Wu Liang and [Yin Qiming] heard the sound, but everyone in the entire official building distinctly heard it as well.

Everyone was bewildered, searching for the source, but couldn't truly locate its direction.

Just as the sound of bells and drums resonated, all anomalies in the hospital room vanished.

Wu Liang's [reality] law finally came to a halt, he looked toward the hospital bed with eyes weary to the extreme, revealing a teasing smile.

Even though he was about to collapse and fall asleep instantly, he still managed to support himself and said with his always cheeky tone: "Bro, you almost napped till the next life... Can you get up now... let me... lie down for a bit..."

Thud—

After saying this, Wu Liang fell straight down.

[Yin Qiming] panted while removing the glasses, looking at Wu Liang wobbling before hitting the ground, he instinctively wanted to support him.

But the moment he stood up, due to excessive blood loss, weakness caused his vision to darken.

Although he didn't completely pass out like Wu Liang, he couldn't move just yet.

At that moment, a large hand covered in Dragon Scales firmly grabbed Wu Liang's shoulder.

A helpless voice sounded from the hospital bed: "Thanks, pal, but we need to properly settle this disappearing act you always pull." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Then Director Long flipped out of bed, casually tossing the falling Wu Liang back onto it.

The other party, barely hanging onto consciousness, feebly half-opened his eyes, raising a middle finger with the last of his energy: "Settle? I'm a fortune teller... Brother, what are you even?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes closed entirely, falling into a deep sleep.

Director Long's vein throbbed with irritation, holding back the urge to punch the kid, muttering: "Even when you're barely coherent, you have to irritate me, huh? You're the kind of person that even at the apocalypse, you'd raise your middle finger cursing the heavens."

After saying so, he turned to look behind him at [Yin Qiming], who was pale.

Walking over, he helped him up as well, expressing his gratitude: "Thank you too; if it weren't for you, when I lost consciousness, I could have demolished the official building, and the casualties would have been unimaginable."

[Yin Qiming] had been providing various suggestions and aiding in researching the supernatural liquid to suppress Director Long's uncontrolled Fierce Ghost Ability throughout those days, all of which Director Long knew upon waking.

Listening to Director Long's gratitude, [Yin Qiming] didn't take it to heart.

His gaze remained fixated on Director Long's other hand, which he hadn't raised, speaking with an extremely weak voice: "You've misunderstood, I simply want to study the second awakening; if you really want to thank me, could you lend that item to me for research afterwards?"

[Yin Qiming] referred to the item in Director Long's hand, a simple and unadorned Copper Bell.

This item unexpectedly appeared in his hand the moment he awoke.

Thus, he had reason to suspect this seemingly plain Copper Bell had an inseparable connection with Director Long's second awakening.

Even to an exaggerated extent—this is the second awakening itself!