Mysterious Revival

Chapter 1251 - 1217: Silent City

Yang Jian left Dayuan City once again, preparing to head to the next stop to meet a few remaining captains.

However, the trip to Dayuan City was somewhat unexpected for him.

Taiping Ancient Town was actually being rebuilt here.

Rebuilding is not just about replicating the original structures of Taiping Ancient Town, but the deeper meaning behind it, and even He Yiner might reopen Ghost Street in the newly rebuilt Taiping Ancient Town.

But for such things, he couldn't intervene.

Unless he really decided to kill He Yiner and the two elders of the ancient town by her side.

But that would be too costly, moreover, Yang Jian's purpose on this trip wasn't for this.

"After going around, the only captains left are Cao Yang, Wang Chaling, and that Zhang Jun. From the distance, I'm closer to the city where Cao Yang is located."

Yang Jian recalled the archive materials he had viewed before.

Although Cao Yang often interacted with Wei Jing and Li Jun and frequently visited the headquarters, he did not reside there permanently, as he was responsible for another city.

"Dajin City"

Yang Jian's Ghost Eye opened, peering in the direction of that city.

In the next moment.

A red light swept across the sky, vanishing instantly.

Within just a few dozen seconds, Yang Jian had already appeared atop a tall building in Dajin City, overlooking the city to first ascertain the situation here.

"No supernatural events are happening, it seems Cao Yang, as the person in charge, is still diligent."

He did not directly search for the person but made a phone call to make contact first.

However, although Cao Yang's phone was not turned off, it couldn't be reached.

"Just as the file said, Cao Yang's phone is unreachable. The liaison just said he went to handle a supernatural event, and then disappeared without a trace..."

Yang Jian frowned: "Another one of those who disappeared for a short time."

Although captains disappearing is common, especially someone like Cao Yang who says he went to handle a supernatural event, no one could fault him.

But the issue here is that Cao Yang has been missing for more than just a day or two, it's been over ten days.

It shouldn't take more than a few days for a captain to handle a supernatural event, usually within three days there's a result. If it exceeds three days, either they couldn't handle it and returned, or they died during the event.

Because fighting against ghosts is extremely perilous, life and death can be decided in a few minutes, the longer it drags on, the more dangerous it gets.

Yang Jian's trip to the Caesar Grand Hotel only took two days, and one of those days was spent waiting for the fire at Caesar Grand Hotel to be extinguished, and he withdrew temporarily.

"Let's go ask Cao Yang's liaison, maybe there's a clue."

He immediately headed to where Cao Yang worked.

Like the other captains, Cao Yang's workplace was noticeably prominent, at the top floor of the tallest building in this city.

Because the building is high enough, as a ghost handler he can use the Ghost Domain to reach every corner of the city in the shortest time possible, not because he intentionally showed off by living so high.

At 8:30 PM.

The lights in Cao Yang's office were still bright, with some staff members still on duty.

Accompanied by the flickering office lights, Yang Jian suddenly appeared in the middle of the office.

His appearance startled the staff working the night shift, and they even showed signs of fear.

Because they are ordinary people, and their work is related to supernatural events, they are inevitably overly attentive to abnormalities occurring around them, any unusual phenomenon can make them think they have encountered a ghost.

"Don't panic, don't mess up, it's Captain Yang from headquarters, he's here for an inspection."

At this moment, a middle-aged man called out.

Hearing these words, many people immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's you, Wang Quan? I can't believe you followed Cao Yang to Dajin City."

Yang Jian looked at this man and immediately remembered his identity.

He had once been an action leader in the Ghost Painting Incident, although he managed teams of ordinary people, he left a very deep impression on Yang Jian.

Wang Quan said, "Captain Yang, long time no see, the last time we met was when you were still in school, it's been over half a year already. Captain Yang is still full of energy; it seems you are maintaining your condition well."

"Just struggling to survive."

Yang Jian said, "You're working under Cao Yang, so you should be familiar with his whereabouts, where did he go?"

Wang Quan smiled bitterly: "A captain's whereabouts, such a big matter, I've already reported to the headquarters, I truly don't know where Cao Yang went. After he returned from the Ghost Lake event, he rarely stayed in the office, often disappearing on his own, each time claiming to handle a supernatural event, whether that's true, I really don't know."

"After all, Cao Yang has a Ghost Domain, he could go anywhere, I'm just a liaison, not a ghost handler, I can't monitor him all the time."

"It seems he has some secret, needing to avoid you and the headquarters." Yang Jian mused.

Cao Yang survived sinking into Ghost Lake, he definitely didn't rely on the ghost control methods given by the headquarters, he must have had some other special experience, otherwise, why would he run to Dajin City to be in charge instead of frequently stationed at the headquarters like Li Jun and Wei Jing?"

"Was he perhaps focusing on some supernatural event, or some place?" Yang Jian asked.

Wang Quan, without hiding anything, cooperatively said: "The last time Cao Yang appeared, he took a few files of paranormal incident cases to look at. After that, he said he was going to handle a supernatural event and has been missing ever since. Those case files are still preserved. Yang, please wait a moment; the files are locked in the safe, and it'll take some time. I'll fetch them now. Please sit down and rest first."

"Xiao Liu, entertain Captain Yang."

"Sure, no problem."

A staff member walked over: "Captain Yang, would you like tea or coffee?"

Yang Jian didn't speak but waved his hand, indicating not to disturb him.

After a while, Wang Quan brought several case files.

"Captain Yang, these are the paranormal incident files recently viewed by Cao Yang. If he's really gone to deal with a supernatural event, I believe these files might be useful." Wang Quan said.

"Let me have a look."

Yang Jian took the files and immediately started to look through them.

The first file was familiar, the Ghost Lake incident.

But that paranormal event has already passed; Cao Yang certainly couldn't have gone to Ghost Lake again.

Casually tossing it aside, Yang Jian saw the second paranormal incident file: Ferocious Ghost Road.

"Why hasn't this paranormal incident been resolved yet? It's been a year, hasn't it?"

Wang Quan glanced at it and explained: "This paranormal event is quite unique because it appears randomly, sometimes domestically, sometimes abroad. Moreover, it appears for a very short time, making it impossible to track, which is why it hasn't been resolved."

"No wonder."

Yang Jian tossed that file aside and picked up the third file: "Terror Museum? I've seen this paranormal incident file before as well, hasn't it been resolved either?"

"No, by locking down the area, we can minimize losses, plus the level is very high, so it's not in the priority list for resolution." Wang Quan said.

"Interesting, the paranormal incident files that Cao Yang looks at are unusual; the levels have already reached A. Is he really not afraid of death, or is there a special reason why he has to face certain high-terror level ghosts?"

Yang Jian's eyes slightly shifted, he thought of the Ghost Lake incident.

Everyone knows the Ghost Lake incident is unusual, yet Cao Yang was the first to get involved.

Before, he thought it was Cao Yang being reckless, but now he fears that's not the reason; rather, he has been involved in high-level paranormal events all along, just happened to be unlucky and got trapped in Ghost Lake.

"I'm now a bit intrigued, a ghost-handler repeatedly getting involved in dangerous paranormal events, what's the reason behind this?" Yang Jian started to feel curious.

Everyone shuns paranormal events, except Cao Yang.

Perhaps, this is related to the supernatural power he possesses.

But that's only speculation.

Yang Jian continued flipping through the next file, another A-level paranormal incident, also seen before, codenamed: Silent.

He didn't look at the file's content but noticed the paper was quite creased, indicating Cao Yang had flipped through it many times.

"If Cao Yang's disappearance is really due to handling a paranormal incident, then he must have chosen this one, but why does he need to hide his whereabouts while dealing with a paranormal event, even maintaining a long period of no contact?"

Yang Jian thought to himself.

"I'll have to go to the location where this paranormal event occurred; perhaps I can find Cao Yang."

He glanced through the file, learned about the paranormal location and general supernatural content, then set the information aside.

Wang Quan tidied up the scattered files and then said: "Captain Yang, did you discover anything new?"

"He might be handling this paranormal event. I'll go to the incident location to see if I can find Cao Yang. He disappeared when headquarters called for a captain's meeting, forcing me to take a trip. If he contacts you during this period, tell him my words." Yang Jian said.

Wang Quan said: "I certainly understand that. Earlier, I received a call from headquarters instructing me to notify them as soon as I contact Captain Cao, saying there's an urgent matter requiring him to go to headquarters. I didn't expect there would be a captain's meeting."

He was very curious about what the captain's meeting was about, but he wouldn't probe into such confidential matters, knowing it would do him no good.

"Alright then, I'm setting off. You continue your duty." Yang Jian said and stood up.

He activated it again.

With a flash of red light, the surroundings disappeared.

Wang Quan stared at the file codenamed Silent and couldn't help but frown, showing a trace of worry.

If he was really dealing with a paranormal event, then after more than ten days, Cao Yang should have resolved it already. Why hasn't he contacted anyone by now? Could it be like the Ghost Lake incident, where he got trapped again?

It shouldn't be, the Ghost Lake incident was an S-level paranormal event; the danger level of this incident shouldn't be as high as the Ghost Lake, not enough to get trapped again.

Of course.

There's another possibility, which is that Cao Yang wasn't trapped, nor missing, but died in this paranormal incident.

At the same time.

Yang Jian appeared above a city.

It was a small county town, but the entire town was shrouded in darkness, without any lights. The streets were empty, without a single living person, making it seem like a ghost town.

This was the site of the paranormal event codenamed Silent.

Because of the presence of ferocious ghosts, the nearby people had already been moved away, and the small county town had been locked down.