#1970 - Ghost Army

Ghosts are more common to Alyssa than zombies.

Because zombies at least require corpses, while ghosts are nothing more than the remnants and fragments of the dead's souls. Ghosts may appear wherever people have died.

Especially when the ship sails to a place in the void where there is no sunlight, ghosts are so common that you will find them lying at the head of your bed when you wake up in the morning.

But there seemed to be too many ghosts appearing in the swamp.

At first there were only a few scattered glowing points, but soon they became so densely packed that it was impossible to count how many there were.

However, these ghosts did not seem to notice Alyssa. They wandered in the swamp in a loose team as if following a rigid program.

Taking out the telescope and looking around, Alyssa saw that these ghosts basically looked like savages or barbarians, without much of a civilized air. They wore animal skins and held simple weapons like wooden sticks in their hands.

Ghosts will not change. They will appear in the same form as the person who died.

Although they didn't suddenly rush over, they didn't disperse either, it seemed...

"Our retreat is blocked!"

Yes, it was as if he didn’t want Alyssa and the others to turn around and leave the swamp, even though they didn’t even turn around to look at him.

These primitive tribal-level ghosts didn't seem capable of building castles. Alyssa guessed that a group of savages had once attacked this place and were killed in the swamp.

It was just like what we had seen before, where the people in the town at the foundry were fighting with the savages.

Anyway, the ghost didn't come up, or even get close. Everyone stood there and looked at it, then decided to continue going up. Perhaps there was someone in the castle who could speak and answer their questions.

This road should be similar to the one that everyone took when they came down. It was once the road used by trucks transporting soil debris during mining. If the fog clears, you can see that the entire mine has actually been dug into the shape of a basin, with the swamp at the bottom.

The road on this side also collapsed, but the situation was much better than the other side, and soon everyone walked up the slope.

The rocky ridge revealed a wasteland ahead without any signs of life. In the distance through the dispersing mist, the wide open door of the castle and the lowered moat bridge could be seen.

A ghostly light surrounded the top of the ridge, giving the mist an eerie glow, as if the light was coming from below.

In the wasteland directly ahead, crude battle flags, broken weapons, and fragments of damaged armor were scattered all over the open space, making the castle in the distance look like a collapsing ruin, quietly hidden in the darkness and light fog.

The atmosphere here feels very bad, and it's hard to explain. One can only feel an invisible threat.

This also made everyone clench their guns, look around nervously, and move towards the castle.

"Something has appeared, please pay attention."

At this time, Li Chengxi's voice reached Alyssa's ears through the earphones, and she immediately shouted in the communication channel:

"Be alert! Something is approaching!"

Before he could finish his words, a thick fog suddenly rose up in the open space, sweeping over like a tsunami and enveloping everyone.

But the fog came and dispersed quickly, as if it was just a cloud that was blown over and quickly blown away.

The problem was that as the fog gradually dissipated, blue-green spots of light began to emerge, and almost the moment the fog dissipated, they turned into countless ghosts.

In addition to the ghosts dressed like savages that we saw in the swamp before, we can also see some medieval-style soldiers, but their numbers are not as numerous as those of the savages.

These ghosts roared in the open space, making silent roars, and the ghosts of the two camps began to charge, as if repeating the endless battles in their previous lives.

But the problem was that Alyssa and the others were standing right in the middle of the two groups of ghosts.

"Quick! Follow me! Let's go to the side!"

The beams of various energy weapons could not stop the charge of so many ghosts. Alyssa pulled out her plasma gun and fired a few shots at random, then quickly led the team to retreat to the side to avoid the front of the ghosts.

At this time, everyone heard the sound of wheels rolling over stones, and a horse-drawn chariot driven by a headless ghost was speeding towards them.

Fortunately, everyone had just survived the battlefield and they cooperated well. A concentrated fire was successful, and the tank was turned into a ball of smoke by the energy weapons before it got close.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, everyone quickly moved to the side and turned on their jet packs.

After all, the gravity here is only one-third of the standard gravity, and the jet pack can provide a little acceleration effect.

There was a ditch on the side of the wasteland, which should be the drainage ditch of the castle. Everyone basically rolled and crawled into it. The ghosts who were about to smash each other's heads with their weapons almost stepped on everyone's footprints and bumped into each other, and were almost swept into it.

After all, they are spirits and do not make any sound. Everyone has the illusion that they are watching a war movie but with the sound muted.

Everyone seemed to be squatting in a trench, with their guns placed on the ditch, ready to concentrate fire if a ghost approached.

Then again, these ghosts didn't seem to have noticed Alyssa and the others, nor did they intentionally want to involve them.

Generally speaking, the instinct of undead creatures like ghosts is to chase the living, so under normal circumstances, both ghosts should rush towards Alyssa.

Although the protective suit can prevent ghosts from discovering themselves, Sista who is following him is not wearing a protective suit. Sista is also a living creature, and ghosts do not choose their targets.

This situation would only occur if their obsessions in life were far greater than their ghost instincts.

These ghosts had no idea that they were dead. Their time was frozen at that moment of the war. To them, Alyssa and the others did not exist at all, and they still stubbornly tried to defeat the other side.

In the words of the monks, this is a great obsession. The dead are bound to the mortal world and cannot be reincarnated at all.

"Don't move."

Li Chengqi said:

"You are safe here. They won't see you. I just consulted an expert and I think these ghosts will disappear in a while."

As for the expert, it is of course Aldeola Amon.

Similar situations are actually not uncommon. On some ancient battlefields that are shrouded in fog all year round, there will be scenes of two ghost armies fighting.

This is also why, after a battle, Viola would collect the corpses and burn them together to avoid the plague and the emergence of undead creatures.

The battlefield on Alyssa's side is dominated by battles in the void, and the ground is also plowed by heavy artillery. Even if there is a possibility of undead creatures forming, they will be blown away by one shot, so Alyssa rarely sees this situation.

—There is a kind of beauty that is like a 152 master exorcising ghosts.