53: Chapter 53 You have three thousand ghost soldiers, I have the light of science

"Buzz—!"

The moment dozens of giant matrix floodlights activated simultaneously, the western suburbs of Yanjing at midnight became as bright as day.

No, it was even more terrifying than daylight.

It was a kind of pure, temperatureless, destructive light.

"Sizzle—!"

It was as if ten million red-hot branding irons had been pressed into cold butter at the same time.

The hundred or so Yin Soldiers charging at the very front did not even have time to scream before their translucent bodies twisted violently in this pure radiance, billowing thick black smoke like ignited plastic film, rapidly melting and vaporizing.

"Ah—!!"

"It's the sun! It's the sun in the sky!"

"My eyes! My soul body is burning!"

The ghosts behind, who had luckily avoided being directly hit by the first wave of light, instantly went into a panic.

Their spiritual bodies, which they were so proud of, their capital for ignoring physical attacks, were as fragile as a piece of rice paper exposed to the scorching sun under this unreasonable spectrum of light.

That was not Buddha light, not Dao magic, and had no sacred aura whatsoever.

That was a kind of more primitive, purer violence of Law.

It was cosmic rays, stellar radiation, the Law of annihilation engraved at the Foundation of all things.

The Yin Soldiers' formation collapsed instantly, and the so-called torrent of death turned into a pot of boiling mush.

They screamed and wailed, desperately trying to run back, trying to burrow into the shadows of the buildings.

However, there were no shadows.

Gu Changan's deployment was a 360-degree, dead-angle-free, three-dimensional surround lighting System.

Above and below, from all directions, the entire mental hospital was wrapped in a giant sphere of light; not a shred of darkness could be found anywhere.

This was a unilateral, inhumane optical massacre.

At the top of the clock tower.

Ye Yan's arrogant and smug face froze completely.

He could clearly feel the spiritual links between himself and those Yin Soldiers being burned away one by one at an astonishing speed.

They were not being severed; they were being burned alive!

Every broken link felt like a red-hot steel needle stabbing into his brain.

"This... what Magic Treasure is this?!"

Ye Yan clutched his head, his face filled with unbelievable horror.

"Great Sun Golden Light Incantation? Or Buddhist Lion's Roar?! No! There's no fluctuation of spiritual power!"

With his pitiful amount of knowledge obtained from the System, he simply could not understand everything happening before his eyes.

This exceeded his cognition, and it also exceeded the database of his [Underworld Sign-in System]!

On top of the armored vehicle.

Gu Changan looked coldly through his binoculars at the figure scurrying about on the clock tower, his lips curling into a look of indifference, as if watching a primitive man.

He picked up the megaphone, his voice remaining steady.

"This is not a Magic Treasure; this is called technology."

"A nine-kilowatt full-spectrum high-energy UV matrix, professional disinfection equipment, specifically for treating dark, crawling creatures like you that can't bear the light."

"Also, a friendly tip."

Gu Changan paused, a hint of malicious amusement in his tone.

"Protect your eyes."

Just as he finished speaking, he issued a new order over the communicator.

"Plan B, activate."

"Flashbangs, area-wide coverage throw!"

"Received!"

The launch ports on the sides of over a dozen armored vehicles opened simultaneously.

In the rear position, dozens of Spirit-Energy Special Police who had long been prepared uniformly loaded silver cylindrical special ammunition into their grenade launchers.

"Throw!"

"Shoo—shoo—shoo—!"

Amidst the piercing sound of breaking air, over a hundred silver cylinders traced neat parabolas, accurately slamming into the chaotic battlefield below where ghosts were wailing and howling, just like hail.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The next second, a powerful light, a hundred times more terrifying than the previous UV light array, exploded in every corner of the hospital!

This time, it was not just light.

Along with the explosion, a thick white aerosol with a pungent smell of disinfectant instantly filled the entire square.

It was atomized high-concentration hydrogen peroxide mixed with cinnabar extract.

It was the latest chemical purification weapon developed by the Administration specifically targeting spiritual entities—Holy Water aerosol!

The strong light was responsible for blinding and intimidating the soul bodies.

The aerosol was responsible for penetrating and dissolving spiritual matter.

Physical purification plus chemical purification, double the strike, double the joy.

"Ah..."

A hanged ghost that had only just formed did not even have time to let out more than a short moan before it was pinned in place by the strong light, then wrapped in white mist.

Its body became transparent at a rate visible to the naked eye, and finally, with a "pop," it disappeared completely into the air like a soap bubble.

One after another.

Those low-level, shallow-resentment lonely ghosts and wild spirits did not even have a chance to struggle in this artificially created "purification Domain," Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering in droves.

The entire front square of the mental hospital had completely turned into a massive, efficient, industrialized pool for salvation.

"No—!!!"

On top of the clock tower, Ye Yan watched as his "family fortune," which he had painstakingly accumulated for a week, was wiped out by ninety percent in just a few dozen seconds; his eyes instantly turned red.

Those three thousand Yin Soldiers were his Foundation for rebuilding the Underworld and dominating the human world!

Now, they were all gone!

"My Yin Soldiers! My army!"

Ye Yan let out a beast-like roar; he stared fixedly at the man standing straight on the roof of the vehicle in the distance, hatred overflowing from the bottom of his heart like tangible venom.

"Gu Changan!! I want you to die!!"

"I will extract your soul and refine your spirit! I will make you never reincarnate for all eternity!!"

He finally understood that relying on these miscellaneous soldiers, he simply could not contend against that group of Mortals armed to the teeth.

"Since miscellaneous soldiers are useless, then I'll let you witness what true despair is!"

Ye Yan bit his tongue tip fiercely, mixed a mouthful of essence blood with Yin Qi, and sprayed it fiercely onto the concrete floor beneath his feet.

"With my Yama blood, awaken the resentment that has slept for a hundred years!"

He formed a strange hand seal with both hands, his voice becoming hoarse and distorted.

"Come out! My Ghost King! Red Garment!!"

"Boom—!"

The ground shook violently.

At the location of the mental hospital's central garden, the concrete ground instantly cracked, and a black-red Evil Qi, more concentrated and more resentful than all the surrounding Yin Qi combined, shot up into the sky!

That Evil Qi was so terrifying that it even caused the surrounding UV light to momentarily distort and dim.

Immediately after.

A pale, slender hand with nails half a meter long, painted with blood-red nail polish, suddenly reached out from the cracked ground!

It grabbed the ground and pushed hard.

A figure wearing a tattered yet still bright red ancient wedding dress, with black hair reaching to her ankles, slowly crawled out from underground.

The resentment radiating from her body swept across the entire scene like a tangible spiritual storm.

The glass of the surrounding buildings could not even hold up for a second under the impact of this resentment, and with a "crash," it all shattered!

This hundred-year-old fierce ghost seemed to completely ignore the UV irradiation that was enough to melt ordinary ghosts.

Although black smoke kept rising from her body, she did not care at all.

She slowly raised her head; beneath the face covered by long black hair, a pair of eyes with no whites, pure black like ink, pierced through the distance of several hundred meters and locked firmly onto Gu Changan on the roof of the armored vehicle.

"Ke... ke... ke..."

A strange sound like bones rubbing together emitted from her throat, and the next second, her figure instantly disappeared from where she stood!