Mysterious Revival

When Shen Liang received this call from Yang Jian, he almost spewed out a mouthful of blood.

What?

Lin Shan, the fierce ghost, has been resurrected, and Zhang Lei is down?

A case that was originally just an ordinary criminal matter suddenly transformed into a supernatural event, and what’s more, a spirit controller had died. Once this happened, the incident was escalated; it didn’t just go up by a level or two. If this turned out to be true, the entire J city would be shaken.

Since the level of the supernatural event couldn’t be confirmed, it had to be handled with the highest standard.

But if they really did so, Shen Liang, the team leader, would immediately have to resign to take responsibility, and the outcome wouldn’t be any better than Zhao Jianguo’s.

"Yang Jian, what kind of joke is this? Lin Shan, the fierce ghost, resurrected? Is this even true? I’ve seen his file and I’ve had some interactions with him. His limit couldn’t possibly be reached so soon, there should be at least ten days or so left," Shen Liang said anxiously, even with a touch of panic and unease.

Yang Jian said, "No one can be sure when they will be resurrected by a fierce ghost. You estimated the time of Lin Shan’s resurrection? Captain Shen, wake up. Maybe that guy was deceiving you? If he was about to die, any reasonable person wouldn’t reveal it, because once they do, they lose their value for treatment."

"Furthermore, there are significant gaps in Lin Shan’s file, especially concerning his relationship with the fierce ghost. Although every ghost controller hides some of their power information to a greater or lesser degree, the total absence in his file is clearly a big issue."

"But even so, it’s impossible for Zhang Lei to go down so quickly. Wasn’t he with you?" Shen Liang said, grinding his teeth.

If Lin Shan really died, that outcome would still be within the acceptable range.

But if Zhang Lei also went down, then things would become problematic. A minor incident causing the demise of two ghost controllers was a responsibility he couldn’t bear.

"It was an accident."

Yang Jian said calmly, "There was a stretch of water in the corridor leading to Lin Shan’s room that looked unusual. I advised against wading through it, but he heard Lin Shan’s voice from the room and thought he had not resurrected yet, which he saw as an opportunity, so he hurried through."

"The result was a bit unexpected; the water, less than half a meter high, engulfed him, and just like that, he vanished right before my eyes."

"Under such circumstances, how could I save him?"

Hearing this, Shen Liang indeed had no grounds to blame Yang Jian for anything wrong. If a supernatural event truly occurred, anything could happen, and no spirit controller could guarantee their survival.

"Can you solve this issue?" Shen Liang said, gritting his teeth, as if he was bitterly carving flesh from himself.

Although he hadn’t interacted with Yang Jian for long, his impression of Zhao Jianguo’s former subordinate was profound.

Yang Jian was very capable.

Since becoming a spirit controller, he had resolved many supernatural events and had never failed even once.

Yang Jian said, "I was somewhat confident when facing Lin Shan, who hadn’t died yet, but if I now have to deal with adding in Zhang Lei, that’s hard to say."

"Maybe Zhang Lei isn’t dead yet, his situation is quite unique and he is not easily killed by ghosts. Investigate it further. Look, if you resolve this matter, I will give you five Ghost Candles; that’s my final offer, it’s all the resources I can offer right now," Shen Liang said, teeth clenched.

"I don’t care about the process, I just need this matter resolved, even if you have to take down the entire building. This is J city, we absolutely cannot let a supernatural event spiral out of control."

"Captain Shen, you really are struggling. White Ghost Candles are rarely useful for me; those things are dangerous, not something you can just casually light up. So the difference between three and five isn’t that big. How about this, give me three Ghost Candles and add the quota for controlling a second ghost from Lin Shan to me. Given his condition, he won’t be using it anyway," Yang Jian suggested offhandedly.

Shen Liang wanted to say, "Doesn’t Yang Jian have a quota in his hand?"

It was then he remembered that the guy had given the quota for controlling the second ghost to a ghost controller on the paranormal forum.

"Okay, I agree," Shen Liang said.

"I’ve recorded the call, so don’t think about backing out," Yang Jian said.

Shen Liang said, "I guarantee I won’t back out, but please make sure you handle Lin Shan’s matter."

"I can’t guarantee anything, I can only say I’ll do my best," Yang Jian said. As he spoke, he suddenly noticed a chain of bubbles rising from the water-logged corridor ahead.

The stagnant water churned, and a massive shadow appeared in the water.

The shadow resembled a person.

"There’s a situation here, won’t talk more, hanging up. You’ll have to use the satellite positioning phone for further contact; I’m not sure if your phones are waterproof," Yang Jian hung up the private phone, hung the satellite positioning phone on his chest, and kept the call active.

In the previously calm waters, suddenly a person surfaced without a ripple.

They must have been dead, half-submerged in the water, back facing up, face down, curled slightly, motionless, and somewhat stiff.

"It’s not Zhang Lei, it’s the hotel waitress from earlier," Yang Jian’s gaze slightly hardened.

It was a female corpse, dressed in the hotel waitress’s uniform, looking like she hadn’t been dead for long, her skin still retaining some color, not swollen or rotted from the water.

But this corpse’s arrival was strange.

Given the depth of the water, if there were a corpse floating here, it should have been noticed no matter what; he wasn’t so blind as to miss it.

"The most urgent thing right now is to confirm whether Lin Shan is dead or not. If he’s dead and the fierce ghost has indeed revived, I really shouldn’t go for Shen Liang’s payment. After all, my condition has already become a problem, and circumstances don’t allow me to use the power of the fierce ghost for extended periods, plus there’s Zhang Lei, whose fate is unknown."

Yang Jian weighed the pros and cons in his heart while considering his next move.

However, just then, the situation suddenly changed.

The body that had been floating on the water suddenly moved, and following a noise of water breaking, the body was violently flipped over by a hand.

A head emerged from the water, gasping for air.

"Damn, that was close to the end for me," Zhang Lei gasped for breath, his already pallid face now even more dreadful.

His codename was Ghost Eater, and although he was not as infamous as Ghost Eye Yang Jian, his name was nonetheless formidable. He had nearly been drowned in this small ditch.

Yang Jian was slightly surprised, "You actually came back; I thought you were beyond saving. Just now I was reporting to headquarters, telling them to get ready."

"You’re right, it’s very dangerous here. I paid a price to break free. This Lin Shan is indeed no simple matter. In the situation just now, anyone else would have died, definitely no chance to come back alive." Zhang Lei’s face showed traces of fear as if he had just faced something incredibly terrifying.

"It’s good that you’re not dead. If you had died, it wouldn’t just be a simple matter of a fierce ghost reviving," Yang Jian said.

Even though it was his first meeting with Zhang Lei, as a normal person, no one wished to witness other Ghost Eaters die before their eyes.

Zhang Lei nodded; he struggled to stand up from the accumulated water at this moment.

As he stood up, only then did Yang Jian see that the female corpse that had surfaced and been pushed away by him was now clutching Zhang Lei’s arm with one rigid hand. Despite being a corpse, it never let go, as though it wanted to drag Zhang Lei into the depths of the water before them.

"A Ghost Slave?" Yang Jian’s expression shifted slightly.

Because, judging from the timeline, it was certain that the female server had died first, followed by Zhang Lei’s encounter with the fierce ghost.

How could a female server who had turned into a corpse grab onto Zhang Lei who fell into the water afterwards?

So this drowned female corpse had still become a new type of paranormal phenomenon.

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"Damn it."

His eyes narrowed slightly, and when he looked down, he saw that his legs submerged in the water were firmly grasped by several soaked, somewhat pale, rigid hands. The strength was surprisingly formidable, and his body seemed to be caught in quicksand, slowly sinking downwards.

In just a moment, the water had risen above his knees.

"These things want to pull me into the water, Yang Jian, I can’t recklessly use my powers on these things, otherwise, I will die" he suddenly lifted his head, looking at Yang Jian not far away with a hint of panic.

Zhang Lei was keenly aware that it was futile to deal with many ghosts, for they were not the root cause.

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"Don’t worry, you won’t die," Yang Jian now opened his Ghost Eye.

An eerie eye appeared on his body, enveloping him in a faint red glow.

Through the Ghost Eye, he saw what was beneath the water.

The water that seemed less than half a meter high was actually bottomless, much like a Hell Abyss, and inside were densely packed floating corpses.

Some bodies were recently deceased, while others had been dead for a long time, their forms grotesquely swollen from soaking in the water. Some corpses were highly decomposed, their skin rotten away in the water, leaving only a ghastly and ruined frame.

Yet, it was these corpses that clung tightly to Zhang Lei’s legs, rendering him immobile.

With so many bodies entangling Zhang Lei, it was no wonder he couldn’t extricate himself from this small area of accumulated water.

"How many people has that Lin Shan killed with the power of fierce ghosts?"

Yang Jian, with a heavy heart, confirmed the situation and planned to act, first to get Zhang Lei out of there,

He covered the surrounding area with Ghost Domain, about one meter in radius, then strode forward.

The water ahead didn’t hinder him; while it seemed as if he were walking in water, in reality, there was no direct contact.

Having no contact with this water, the soaked corpses within it didn’t react at all, didn’t attack him proactively, and continued to attack only Zhang Lei.

Zhang Lei struggled against his restraints, but couldn’t prevent his body from continuing to sink.

Now the water had risen above his chest, and he could feel several icy corpses pressing down on him, like carrying several cold iron blocks while jumping into a lake.

That feeling made wanting to survive futile.

"Yang Jian, hurry," Zhang Lei reached out, urgently calling for help.

"What’s the rush, I have it under control," Yang Jian, already by his side, grabbed his arm.

At that moment, he felt as if there was a massive rock hanging from Zhang Lei’s body, giving him the sensation that he too might be dragged out of the Ghost Domain and into the water.

But just this was still not enough.

Yang Jian’s Ghost Shadow extended from beneath his feet into the water.

The corpses entwining Zhang Lei immediately trembled bizarrely, then simultaneously released him. They then floated to the surface one after another, lifelessly, no longer pulling Zhang Lei downwards.

"Splash!"

Zhang Lei was pulled out of the water, his body marked with palm prints and remnants of rotting hair and skin.

The surface of the water, previously clear, was now dominated by the corpses that had floated up.

"The ghost hasn’t appeared yet?" Yang Jian didn’t care about the now freed Zhang Lei but focused on those bodies.

He had intended to use Zhang Lei as bait to lure out the ghost from the water.

This was the best approach because he dared not venture into that area of water.

But the ghost did not appear, and none of those bodies was the ghost.

"Under such circumstances, if the ghost hasn’t shown up yet, then there’s only one possibility, the ghost isn’t in the water at all, but in…" Yang Jian immediately cast his gaze towards the partially closed door not far away.

The ghost was in the room.

With Lin Shan.

His guess was correct.

Shortly after,

a swollen hand, soaked by water, reached out from behind that half-open door, resting on the doorframe, slowly pushing the door open.

From inside the room, came the sound of trickling water.