N-A-A Chapter 25 The Balance Was Broken
Chapter 25 The Balance Was Broken
The flames continued to burn, but a sense of unease rose within Sun Rui.
"Is a vengeful ghost spying on me?" Sun Rui glanced around at the villagers watching the scene, but did not notice the presence of a vengeful ghost.
Then it can only be something from this well.
Suddenly he saw a strange, dark red flame flicker, and his unease grew stronger.
"Get out of here, hurry up and leave." Before Sun Rui could finish speaking, a villager next to him was engulfed in dark red flames, but he seemed completely unaware of it.
Sun Rui didn't have time to think about anything else. His actions just now seemed to have triggered something, and the group immediately moved away from the well.
In less than ten seconds, the villager who had been set on fire was completely destroyed, leaving only ashes.
The sudden change caught everyone off guard, as it was completely inconsistent with the information Sun Rui had previously received.
"Ah! Someone's dead! Someone's dead!"
"Why are you on fire? Get away from me!"
Flames began to rise from the bodies of the onlookers. The flames were extremely hot and seemed to be contagious, spreading from the person who started the fire to those around him.
Even though Sun Rui was ten meters away, he could still feel a strange heat. If it weren't for the vengeful ghost inside his body blocking this trend, he would have burst into flames.
The three people traveling with him were not so lucky. Zhong Hang was the closest, and his skin was flushed red by the light, as if he were about to ripen. He kept rolling around on the ground.
The other policeman was a little further away, and his hair was starting to curl.
Qin Qiuyun was slightly luckier; she stayed behind Sun Rui, and Sun Rui blocked much of the eerie heatwave.
"Pull him up, or he's dead!" Sun Rui said to another policeman.
The two of them took off Zhong Hang's clothes and immediately ran outside.
At this moment, not only people, but also the surrounding buildings began to burn. It was as if there was nothing that this flame could not burn; even the walls, stones, and mud were burning, and even the rainwater stored in the nearby farmhouses was burning.
Sun Rui and his group could only continue running in a more distant direction; if they continued like this, they would be set on fire in less than ten seconds.
Zhong Hang, who was being dragged on the ground, had already passed out. Otherwise, the friction from the ground alone would have been unbearable for most people.
Qin Qiuyun was completely terrified and clung tightly to Sun Rui's clothes, refusing to let go.
Things only got a little better after they ran out of the fire's reach.
Sun Rui watched as his hands turned bright red from the intense heat of the flames, but this change quickly returned to normal, because of the presence of a disease demon within his body.
As long as the spirit of illness is present, such supernatural attacks on the body can be prevented to some extent.
"Damn it!" Sun Rui cursed under his breath. The fire seemed to have disrupted some kind of balance in the village.
The flames continued to spread toward their location, and it was unclear when they would stop.
Qin Qiuyun, who was standing to the side, was terrified and squatted on the ground crying.
"We're doomed, waaaaaah~~"
The other policeman was also in bad shape; his skin was red, and although he wasn't as badly injured as Zhong Hang, it was clear that he was in great pain.
"Go back, that blood might be of some use." Sun Rui immediately thought of the vat of blood.
It was very likely that another supernatural force was suppressing this burning supernatural force before, but Sun Rui's fire broke the balance.
This time, another policeman carried Zhong Hang on his back. If he continued to be dragged like this, even if Zhong Hang didn't die from the fire, he would bleed to death.
There was a long trail of blood on their path, left by Zhong Hang's abrasions on his back. The situation was urgent, and there was no time to carry him on their backs.
Sun Rui led the three of them back to Qin Qiuyun's house very quickly.
"Put him in the water tank, and you can also try splashing the blood on yourself," Sun Rui quickly said.
As Zhong Hang's breathing grew weaker on the policeman's back, Sun Rui suspected that his internal organs might be almost cooked.
The two of them submerged Zhong Hang's body in the pool.
Upon contact, the water in the pool immediately began to bubble, and Zhong Hang's skin, which had been burning red, gradually returned to normal.
The blood in the pool began to fade slowly, as if it had lost the support of supernatural power.
Another policeman also splashed blood on himself, and his red skin gradually began to return to normal.
The luckiest one was Qin Qiuyun, as Sun Rui shielded her from most of the supernatural flames.
"This thing looks so much like the ghost that was burned to death in folk tales." Sun Rui began to analyze the situation after the situation had been brought under some control.
If this ghost were left outside, it could even cause an S-level paranormal event. Ordinary people would have no ability to resist this ghost.
Sun Rui even suspected that this was not the full extent of the burning ghost's supernatural power, and that the source of the blood's supernatural power was still suppressing the burning ghost's true form.
He went outside to check, and the area where the eerie flames were burning finally stopped expanding.
However, the extent of the fire was still astonishing; half the entire village was engulfed in flames by this strange fire. Fortunately, Qin Qiuyun's house was at the village entrance, otherwise she would not have been able to escape either.
"Water! I need water!" Zhong Hang's weak voice rang out.
Another policeman fed Zhong Hang water, which brought him back to his senses somewhat. Right there at the wellhead, he felt like he could die at any moment.
"Do you still feel anything now?" Sun Rui asked.
"No... thank you for saving me." Zhong Hang was still very weak.
"There's nothing to thank me for. I was just verifying something," Sun Rui said.
It seems that simply touching the blood can extinguish this eerie high temperature.
"This is different from the fireplace at Caesars Hotel. That thing is specifically designed for ghost tamers, while this flame is specifically designed for ordinary people," Sun Rui thought to himself.
However, even the ghost tamer cannot maintain this for too long; if it goes on for too long, it will inevitably stimulate the vengeful spirit within the body to continue to revive.
"What we can confirm now is that there are at least two vengeful ghosts in Luoshan Village. They had been maintaining a delicate balance until now. Li Maolin's death seems to have caused some changes in this balance, but it was not enough to break it. What really broke the balance was that fire!" Sun Rui let out a long breath.
Luoshan Village is like a powder keg. It may maintain its balance for a long time if no one touches it, but it will explode immediately once someone does.
Sun Rui even suspected that there were more than two ghosts here, since there was no evidence to prove that the smog at night and the blood found during the day were the same supernatural event.
"If the message is delivered to someone covered in blood, that means they're at the bottom of the well, but it's too dangerous to make contact now..." Sun Rui felt that if he forced contact, the evil spirit inside his body would be stimulated and relapse.
"It's not time to use our trump card yet... It seems the balance in the village was previously determined by day and night." Sun Rui sat in his chair, deep in thought.
He originally thought this was similar to those supernatural places, where time was just a simple symbol. But from that fire, he could tell that the balance here was not just a matter of time alone.
"What will the changes be like between day and night..." Sun Rui muttered to himself.
This incident reminded him of someone—Li Leping. He would encounter similar situations later on. The vengeful spirit inside his body would cause the balance between supernatural phenomena to become unstable due to the changes between day and night, resulting in a certain period of time each day when he would lose control.
The current situation in the village is similar to this.