Chapter 752: Evil Spirit Resurrection Plan
Chapter 752: Evil Spirit Resurrection Plan
The next morning, Chen Yile came to the home of Lao Liu, one of the old employees of the Oriental Hotel and the only one who knew the hotel's secrets.
"Xiao Chen, what do you want to talk to me about?" Old Liu sat on a rattan chair with a tattered palm-leaf fan in his hand.
Chen Yile told Lao Liu about the phone call he received last night.
Old Liu's expression suddenly grew serious. "Shadow Hand? I think I've heard of that name. They're an organization that specializes in studying the supernatural, but their methods are extremely cruel."
"Why do they want to resurrect evil spirits?" Chen Yile asked.
"Because they think the power of the evil spirit can be harnessed." Old Liu sighed, "But in reality, the power of the evil spirit is uncontrollable—once it's resurrected, it will devour everything."
Chen Yile nodded. "We must stop them."
"But they have much more information than we do," Lao Liu said worriedly. "If they really resurrect the evil spirits, the consequences will be disastrous."
Chen Yile took a deep breath. "No matter what, we must try."
Just as Chen Yile and Lao Liu were about to investigate further, a mysterious killer suddenly appeared in their lives.
That night, when Chen Yile was sorting out the relevant information about the Oriental Hotel, he suddenly heard a slight sound of footsteps outside the door.
He walked behind the door cautiously and gripped the iron rod tightly in his hand.
"Bang!" A loud noise was heard.
Chen Yile slammed the door open – outside stood a man in black, wearing a mask and holding a dagger.
"Were you sent by the Shadow Hand?" Chen Yile asked sternly.
The man didn't answer, but suddenly attacked him.
Chen Yile quickly dodged and swung the iron rod to fight back. The two started a fierce fight in the narrow space.
Just then, a loud noise suddenly sounded.
"boom!"
The man in black fell to the ground - it turned out that Lao Liu arrived in time and hit him on the head with a stick.
"Xiao Chen! Are you okay?" Old Liu asked, panting.
Chen Yile nodded. "Not bad."
By interrogating the man in black, Chen Yile and Lao Liu discovered a shocking fact - the Shadow Hand is inextricably linked to the history of the Oriental Hotel.
It turns out that the Shadow Hand had been eyeing the secret of the Oriental Hotel decades ago and tried to use the power of evil spirits to achieve their ambitions.
The reason why the Oriental Hotel became the habitat of evil spirits was because the hotel owner performed some strange rituals in order to cover up a tragic incident.
"We must stop them," Chen Yile said firmly, no matter what.
As the night deepened, Chen Yile stood on the windowsill. The cold wind blew across his face, bringing a biting chill. He looked up at the starry sky, but his heart was filled with emotions that were difficult to calm down.
"We must act quickly." Old Liu's grandson, Xiao Liu, stood beside him, his tone filled with urgency. "According to the information I've found, the core of the evil spirit has begun to revive."
Chen Yile nodded, his gaze fixed on the basement of the Oriental Hotel. That was where he first discovered the evil spirit, and it was also the key to the whole incident.
"We need to design a ritual to weaken the evil spirits," Chen Yile said, "but the problem is, we don't have much time."
Chen Yile and Xiao Liu decided to go to the basement of the Oriental Hotel to find the core of the evil spirit.
The air in the hotel basement was damp and cold, filled with a sickening stench, and the mold on the walls looked particularly eerie in the light of the flashlight.
"This is the core of the evil spirit." Xiao Liu pointed to a copper container in the corner and said, "According to the diary, this container is used to seal the evil spirit."
Chen Yile approached the container and reached out to touch its surface. A cold touch came from his fingertips, as if an invisible force was trying to resist his approach.
"We have to use a specific ritual to weaken its power," Xiao Liu said, "but we need some special items—like relics from the victim or objects that the evil spirit once possessed."
Chen Yile frowned at these things. "Can we find them?"
"Maybe." Xiao Liu pointed to the map on the wall. "According to this map, there is a secret room in the basement of the Oriental Hotel. There may be some important clues hidden in it."
Chen Yile and Xiao Liu followed the instructions on the map and found the secret door leading to the secret room.
The secret door is hidden behind a seemingly ordinary brick wall and can only be opened in a specific way.
"Push harder!" Xiao Liu shouted.
The two worked together and finally pushed the secret door open. A strong musty smell hit them in the face, and the scene inside the secret room made them gasp.
The walls of the secret room are covered with various strange symbols and patterns, and a huge bronze tripod is placed in the center.
A cluster of faint blue flames burned in the cauldron, and some vague human figures could be vaguely seen in the flames.
"This is the core of the evil spirit!" Xiao Liu's voice trembled. "It has begun to absorb the victim's fear energy."
Chen Yile took a deep breath and walked to the bronze tripod. He reached out and touched the wall of the tripod, and a chill passed through his fingertips.
"We must use rituals to weaken its power," he said, "but we need some special items."
Just then, footsteps suddenly came from behind.
"Don't move!" A hoarse voice sounded in my ears.
Chen Yile and Xiao Liu turned around suddenly and saw two men in black looking at them.
"Who are you?" Chen Yile asked sternly.
"We are from the Shadow Hand," one of the men sneered. "Do you think you can stop us from resurrecting evil spirits?"
Chen Yile asked in a deep voice, "Why do you insist on resurrecting the evil spirit?"
"Because we want to gain infinite power." The man's voice was filled with madness, "and the power of evil spirits is exactly what we need."
At this moment, the flames within the bronze tripod suddenly began to leap violently. A powerful force was released from the tripod, and the entire chamber began to vibrate.
"Let's go!" Xiao Liu shouted.
Chen Yile and Xiao Liu quickly turned around and fled the secret room, but two men in black tried to stop them.
In the fierce chase, Chen Yile and Xiao finally escaped from the Oriental Hotel.
But they knew that this was only a temporary respite, as the Hand of Shadow had already begun to act and the power of the evil spirits was rapidly recovering.
"We have to find those things quickly, otherwise it's all over."
Xiao Liu nodded and said, "I will continue to investigate the historical archives of the Oriental Hotel to see if I can find more clues."
Chen Yile took a deep breath: "No matter what, we can't let the evil spirit resurrect."
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