Mysterious Revival

Chapter 1252 - 1218: Bodies Gathered in One Place

Yang Jian did not enter this silent small town. In his mind, he was recalling the Silent Event's dossier. After all, this city really has ghost sightings. If one wants to venture into it, they must first thoroughly understand the whole story.

"The person who created the dossier said that the ghost in this city is extremely vicious, having killed many people. Moreover, it is speculated through a certain pattern that the ghost seems to only kill those who speak, which is why this supernatural event was named Silent, meaning as long as you keep quiet, you won't be targeted by the ghost."

"This is somewhat similar to the incident with the Hungry Ghost back then, but later updates in the new dossier mentioned that speaking does not necessarily attract the ghost. Some have dared to try speaking in the town and did not encounter the ghost."

"Therefore, the pattern of the ghost's killings in this small town is related to speaking, not just making sounds."

"..."

While thinking, Yang Jian walked into this small town.

Silent, deserted, dim, and cold.

The sound of the night wind whistling around, with no light in sight.

"Would lighting a white Ghost Candle here attract the ghost? If all goes well, it could immediately draw out and eliminate the ghost wandering in this town."

Yang Jian had such a thought in his mind.

However, when he reached a crossroads in the middle of the town, he couldn't help but stop.

In the middle of this crossroads, there was a white candle. It had not burned down completely, leaving a small segment. However, this short candle had long been extinguished, left there for an unknown number of days.

Yang Jian looked at the white Ghost Candle at his feet.

There was no doubt.

This was not an ordinary white candle, but a white Ghost Candle.

The appearance of this Ghost Candle is enough to prove that a Ghost Handler had been here before and attempted to deal with the Silent event.

"The white Ghost Candle hasn't been here for a long time, judging from the traces, it should have been about seven days. Within these seven days, apart from Cao Yang, no one else could have been here to deal with this supernatural event because of its high level, and a regular Ghost Handler would need to report to headquarters."

"Only a Captain can participate in any supernatural event without restrictions, anytime, anywhere."

Seeing this white Ghost Candle, Yang Jian could confirm that Cao Yang had been here.

He might even still be in this town right now.

"I'll know if my speculation is correct with just a look."

Yang Jian picked up the cracked long spear, his Ghost Shadow covering his feet. Using a medium to trigger, he attempted to search for mediums around him.

This is the middle of the road at a crossroads, with few footprints left because most passing through the middle of the road are cars, not people, and he can't trigger tire mediums. Therefore, the number of mediums appearing before him was very few, including some passersby, traffic controllers, and construction workers...

Among the few mediums, Yang Jian saw a familiar figure.

As he had guessed.

It was Cao Yang.

After confirming his speculation was correct, Yang Jian retracted his Ghost Shadow, making all mediums disappear, and then decided to take action.

"The town is not big. By directly covering it with the Ghost Domain, I can find suspicious places, and if lucky, I can directly"

He wasn't worried about attracting a ghost's attack, so he acted boldly.

Immediately.

Yang Jian opened his four Ghost Eyes, layering the Ghost Domain, directly opening the fourth layer of the Ghost Domain.

The four-layer Ghost Domain already isolates reality. Similarly, it can isolate some potential dangers, but for some real terrors, the four-layer Ghost Domain can't cover them, not even close to them. Thus, a blank and incomplete area appears within the Ghost Domain.

That blank and incomplete area is where the ghost appears.

And a Captain Level Ghost Handler like Cao Yang, in fact, is no different from a real ghost, sometimes not affected by the Ghost Domain.

In the blink of an eye.

The entire silent town was shrouded in a scarlet hue.

Everything here has entered Yang Jian's Ghost Domain, allowing him to spy on anything here, even influencing reality through the Ghost Domain.

"Found three places of supernatural interference."

Yang Jian then furrowed his brow, discovering three places of supernatural interference in this not-so-big town. These were areas his Ghost Domain couldn't cover; therefore, he had to investigate these places personally to determine the ghost's location.

"Go check it out."

In the next moment.

He disappeared from the crossroads, taking with him the white Ghost Candle left at the intersection.

This thing cannot be left in such an obvious place. Once the supernatural event ends, if the white Ghost Candle isn't retrieved and a child takes it and lights it, the burning of the Ghost Candle might cause a big incident.

Soon.

He appeared under a seven-story residential building.

This was the first place that the Ghost Domain couldn't cover.

However, as soon as Yang Jian appeared, he only needed to look up slightly to understand why the Ghost Domain couldn't cover this place.

Each layer of the building's windowsills, balconies, and even corridors are crowded with people.

But these people are all eerie, standing there motionless, and all have lost their eyes, leaving only two hollow eye sockets, from which black blood continuously seeps. Moreover, these people have no mouths or noses, their features incomplete.

These missing features weren't cut off but simply never grew.

Because the faces lack parts, the two hollow black eye sockets are particularly noticeable.

"Not ghosts, but also not humans... Ghost Slaves?" Yang Jian thought to himself.

He then took a few more steps forward.

But as soon as he moved, whether it was the people at the stairway, window, or on the balcony, they all turned abruptly to look at Yang Jian's position.

Even without eyes, the dark eye sockets seemed to reflect his silhouette.

"They are very sensitive to surrounding sounds but haven't tried to kill me, which indicates I haven't triggered the ghost's murder pattern. So my previous guess was correct, sound isn't the key, but the murder pattern is definitely related to sound."

Yang Jian muttered to himself.

At this moment, even when he spoke in quite a loud voice, those people still only looked at him, without taking any specific actions.

"There are too many bodies. Let's just set them on fire."

Yang Jian halted his steps, not attempting to enter the building, as he suspected the real ghost was hiding inside, and with so many Ghost Slaves here, he preferred to set a fire and wait for things to end before checking again.

Immediately.

He took off his glove.

Under the Gold glove was a charred Ghost Hand, with faint flames flickering and continuously burning.

Yang Jian reached out with the Ghost Hand and touched a corpse in front of him.

The eerie fire quickly began to spread over the corpse, and soon it was engulfed in flames.

The corpse remained, letting the terrifying fire consume it.

The flames were intense and spread towards the vicinity.

Seeing this, Yang Jian then put on his glove, slowly retreated, avoiding the area covered by the fire, and reducing the influence of the supernatural.

"Using this fire to deal with these corpses soaked in the supernatural is incredibly convenient," he thought to himself.

These corpses are not real ghosts, but if you truly trigger the ghost's murder pattern, these Ghost Slaves will relentlessly devour you. If your Supernatural Power is used against these Ghost Slaves, it's a huge waste. If left unchecked, these Ghost Slaves can cause significant harm, even exhausting a ghost wielder.

The fire kept spreading, one corpse against another.

Soon.

The entire building was swallowed by the firelight.

Yang Jian had to continue retreating, standing further away and watching.

Weird noises emanated from the flame-engulfed building, with shrill screams, cries of despair, even loud calls for help...

"Clearly none of these corpses have mouths or noses, so how can they make sounds? Could there still be survivors inside?"

Yang Jian's gaze shifted slightly, as he couldn't help contemplating this.

But the burning fire has little impact on ordinary people. Although the fire looks terrifying, it's actually hard to burn an ordinary person. If there are survivors, they could run out of the building unharmed if they muster the courage.

He stared at the building's windows and balconies.

Trying to find the source of the sound.

But he discovered nothing, so Yang Jian could only define it as some incomprehensible supernatural phenomenon.

However, to be sure, he lingered a while longer.

As the flames continued to burn.

The unusual phenomena lessened; the screams and cries faded.

Yet at this moment.

Bam!

A glass window on the fifth floor suddenly shattered, and a head popped out, with long black hair in disarray, gasping for air with an open mouth.

"A living person?"

Yang Jian's face darkened instantly.

How long has this small town been sealed off, why is there still a living person?

"Help, save me..." that person cried in despair.

"So, the reason these corpses gather here is because there's a living person inside this building who triggered the ghost's murder pattern, hence attracting all the Ghost Slaves hiding in the town?" Yang Jian quickly understood what was going on.

Precisely because so many Ghost Slaves gathered here, it formed a building filled with the supernatural.

"Go and bring the person inside out."

Yang Jian coldly instructed.

In the next moment.

A pool of water appeared beside him, out of which floated corpses crawling out, all soaked and dripping with water that would never dry.

He couldn't venture into the building, but the ghosts from the Ghost Lake could.

These waterborne corpses were equivalent to Yang Jian's Ghost Slaves and could help him do things.

But only simple tasks; complex tasks these Ghost Slaves couldn't handle.

Immediately.

Three dripping wet corpses emerged from the water, stepping towards the burning building.

Because their bodies were full of Ghost Lake Water, they wouldn't ignite temporarily in front of such fire, but that might change with time.

But even if they couldn't withstand it in the end, it didn't matter.

Yang Jian had a total of one thousand two hundred such corpses, unfazed by the loss of a few.