Mysterious Revival

Chapter 1238 - 1204: The Approaching Medium

This is a blocked street.

In this city where every inch of land is precious, it is hard to imagine that there is still such a restricted area.

Yang Jian is walking along the road, slightly raising his head to look at the building not far away.

That is Ping'an Tower.

It used to be the office location of the circle of friends, but now that building has long been sealed off, all the windows are blocked, and there's black cloth covering it to obscure the building.

However, Yang Jian is not in the mood to investigate the situation here now, his mind is occupied with Wang Xiaoming's previous words, specifically regarding becoming the Enforcement Captain.

Although he has a rift with the headquarters, Wang Xiaoming's words were very correct.

Any conflicts and disputes are unimportant, once Yang Jian sits in this position, he can naturally make some restless voices at the headquarters disappear.

There is also no situation of being used as a tool by the headquarters.

Because now the headquarters no longer has a ghost wielder that can restrain him, if it wasn't for this reason, Wang Xiaoming wouldn't constantly recommend him to take the position.

Ultimately, it's still because Yang Jian is strong enough to suppress others.

"The risk is too high, and there are still hidden captains at headquarters. This rush to push me out cannot exclude trying me as a test case, Wei Jing, Li Jun, Cao Yang are all their own people. They wouldn't dare to push them out easily, otherwise, if anything goes wrong and one of them is lost, it would be a huge blow to headquarters."

"And even though I am a captain, it's just a title after all, plus my relationship with headquarters isn't good. At this special time, it makes the most sense to push me out to handle matters."

Yang Jian pondered as he walked.

"But what moved me most in Wang Xiaoming's words was that once I accept the Enforcement Captain position, I can access headquarters' resources, which would be a great help in solving my own curse issues and in handling fierce ghosts. Even aside from these, I can obtain a sufficient number of supernatural items."

"Do I continue and fight for more, or maintain the status quo and strive to survive?"

He still felt undecided in his heart.

This matter is not simple, there are too many hidden aspects, not as straightforward as it seems.

"Yang Jian, we're here, what are you thinking about? So engrossed in thought."

Suddenly, Li Jun's words rang out beside him, pulling Yang Jian back from his thoughts,

Ah Hong also said, "Yang Jian, this is where Gao Ming died, everything remains intact, the body hasn't been moved at all, though it has been examined, the body has no issues now, and there are no traces of supernatural interference around."

Yang Jian withdrew his thoughts, stopping his steps, and only then did he realize he was standing inside a caution line, with a corpse lying ahead of him, covered with a white cloth, and a familiar smell of a corpse wafting nearby.

Ordinary people's corpses wouldn't decay this fast after death.

Only ghost wielders decay like this because their bodies are essentially broken, maintained typically by supernatural means, and once dead, the body decays particularly fast.

"Sorry, I was thinking about the matters discussed in the meeting room just now."

Yang Jian said, "This is the crime scene? Everything seems normal?"

"Yes, everything around is normal, no traces of supernatural interference, only the surveillance was briefly disrupted by supernatural interference during the incident, flickering briefly, but after returning to normal, Gao Ming was already dead, I also checked the passersby near here that night, and unfortunately, found nothing as well." Li Jun said.

"What you said is very normal, when a ghost wielder kills, ordinary people can't see it, and under supernatural interference, all surveillance would fail, which is why in supernatural incidents, it is difficult for surveillance to capture horrific ghosts."

Yang Jian nodded, not feeling anything wrong with these situations.

"I am not good at investigations, as you know, so I sought your help, hoping you could find the murderer your way." Li Jun stated.

"I will do my best, but it's not certain that I can truly find the culprit." Yang Jian did not make any promises, he could only try.

Li Jun said, "Doing your best is enough, I know you won't take lightly things you've agreed upon."

Yang Jian walked over, squatting down, and uncovered the white cloth before him.

A headless decaying corpse appeared before him.

But quickly, he put the white cloth down again.

"Gao Ming was clearly killed instantly without any resistance or struggle marks, just as I guessed, the opponent is a very terrifying guy, knowing that it's still very difficult for a ghost wielder to instantly kill a person in charge now."

Yang Jian said, also pointing to the side, "Is that Gao Ming's motorcycle?"

"Yes, Gao Ming didn't like driving, his only hobby was riding a motorcycle around the city, and at the time of the incident, he was patrolling on his motorcycle." Li Jun said.

"If attacked during patrol, the motorcycle should have fallen to the ground."

Yang Jian said, "But it didn't, the motorcycle was parked by Gao Ming at the roadside."

"What does this indicate?" Ah Hong asked.

Yang Jian said, "This indicates Wang Xiaoming was very correct, Gao Ming wasn't deliberately attacked and killed, but was casually disposed of."

"A responsible person riding a motorcycle around on patrol, if the murderer had targeted him earlier, he would surely have attacked in an instant, then Gao Ming would have definitely fallen off the motorcycle. That didn't happen, indicating that when Gao Ming passed by here on his motorcycle, he must have seen something, stopped his bike, walked a few paces forward, maybe wanting to ask something, or perhaps intending to stop the other party."

"And the other party would feel a bit astonished at this time."

Yang Jian began quickly reasoning, using the remaining clues at the scene, coupled with the conditions in the supernatural circle, thereby sketching out Gao Ming's experiences before his death.

"Why would the other party feel astonished?" Li Jun frowned and asked.

"That's because the other party believed Gao Ming wouldn't detect him."

Yang Jian calmly said, "Don't forget what Gao Ming's supernatural ability was, he had no eyes, but could see all supernatural matters, this feature destined him to be very likely to notice ghost wielders and find fierce ghosts."

"You mean the other party appeared near here thinking no one could see them, but unexpectedly was seen by Gao Ming, Gao Ming stopped his motorcycle and walked a few paces forward, this action made the other party realize they were seen, hence choosing to kill Gao Ming?" Ah Hong immediately understood.

"Yes, that's it." Yang Jian nodded, "Though it may not be completely correct, it should be pretty close."

"Therefore, the murderer is not near Gao Ming but is at a distance."

Then Yang Jian went over to Gao Ming's motorcycle, sat on it directly, and turned his head to look in a direction to the left.

And in front of this direction was Gao Ming's corpse.

Li Jun looked towards that direction, "Is that a supermarket?"

Across the street directly opposite, there was a supermarket. It was now sealed off, empty inside.

"No, the supernatural ability Gao Ming saw ignores the influence of buildings, so he wasn't looking at the supermarket; he was looking behind this building," Yang Jian said.

"That's an office building."

"Further back," Yang Jian said.

At this point, Ah Hong and Li Jun said in unison, "Ping'an Tower?"

"That's right, it's Ping'an Tower. The direction Gao Ming was looking at was Ping'an Tower, but not right at it, which means he wasn't looking at the ghost inside the building but at the supernatural phenomenon near it," Yang Jian said.

"Follow me."

Yang Jian's ghostly eye opened, covering the vicinity with the Ghost Domain.

All surrounding buildings began to blur, everything enveloped in a crimson glow.

Within just a few seconds, all buildings near here except for Ping'an Tower disappeared.

Yang Jian walked forward and appeared beneath Ping'an Tower.

This was in the middle of an intersection, directly opposite Gao Ming's corpse, and also facing the motorcycle parked by the roadside.

"The murderer should have appeared around here at that time, within a range of ten meters or so," Yang Jian said.

Ah Hong said, "Even if we have determined the murderer's position, the surveillance here didn't capture anyone suspicious, and there was a period when the surveillance was broken."

"The usual methods can't find the murderer, but using some special means can unearth the murderer."

At this moment, water started gurgling beneath Yang Jian's feet.

This water appeared somewhat murky, exceptionally cold and profound.

"Is this water from the Ghost Lake?" Li Jun recognized it, slightly stunned.

But soon, something emerged from the water.

It was Yang Jian's weapon, a golden cracked long spear.

"What is he going to do?" Ah Hong came over, asking curiously.

"Not sure, let's watch and see," Li Jun shook his head.

Yang Jian reached out and grabbed the cracked long spear in front of him, and then the Ghost Shadow under his feet immediately spread out in all directions.

In the scarlet world, the ground was rapidly engulfed by darkness at an unimaginable speed, covering thousands of square meters in an instant.

"This is Yang Jian's Ghost Shadow," Li Jun looked down.

He had dealt with Yang Jian several times and naturally knew about Yang Jian controlling the Ghost Shadow.

Next moment.

Yang Jian triggered the Firewood Knife's medium.

In an instant, countless dense human figures appeared before his eyes, filling every corner covered by the Ghost Shadow and overlapping each other. Just one location alone had countless figures, too many to count, unimaginable in number.

These weren't real people but remnants of shadows from the past, merely presented through supernatural means.

"Too many mediums, trying to find the murderer among these is too difficult, and the murderer may not have even left any footprints," Yang Jian frowned.

This method was feasible, but he didn't have the time to sift through everything.

"Forget it, I can't help with this, Li Jun."

Yang Jian shook his head, deciding to stop.

He then began to retract the Ghost Shadow covering the ground.

Without the Ghost Shadow, the number of mediums rapidly decreased.

The dense figures in front of him began to disappear.

But just at this moment.

Among countless dense figures, one of them moved.

No, it didn't just move; that figure actually walked through countless mediums toward him.

"How is this possible?" Yang Jian was stunned.

He had only encountered moving medium figures twice before, once when dealing with Ye Zhen, another during the Dachuan City 301 incident.

No.

That's not right.

There was one more time.

It was in Da'ao City when the medium triggered showed Zhang Xiangguang.