Mysterious Revival

Chapter 560: Figure appearing in Chapter 557

Yang Jian wasn’t careless, he was just a bit anxious. He thought it would be safer to resolve the situation as quickly as possible while the influence of the ghost painting wasn’t too great.

But this haste, neglecting the detail of the floor they had just examined, meant he was deceived by the ghost painting’s Ghost Domain. Although the deception wasn’t fatal, it could lead to many unfavorable consequences.

“Since we’ve come to the wrong floor, shouldn’t we immediately return to the fourth floor?” Wang Quan said.

Yang Jian replied, “Normally, that would be the correct assumption. However, since the ghost chose to hide the fifth floor, it definitely won’t allow us easy access to that level. Getting back to where we were probably won’t be so simple.”

Having said that, he turned and walked away.

Staying on this floor was only wasting time, and he wasn’t sure if the influence of the ghost painting would grow stronger as time passed.

When they returned to the staircase entrance, the stairs leading down had eerily vanished, as if they had never been built, leaving only a smooth cement surface. However, the stairs leading up to the next floor were still there.

But this dormitory building only had six floors in total, with the roof above that.

Therefore, nobody knew where these stairs leading up could actually go, much like the previous ones that descended into darkness.

“The stairs going down disappeared?”

Wang Quan was shocked and immediately said, “But we can climb down from the sixth floor. I have a rope with me, it’s specially made, so no need to worry about it breaking halfway.”

After speaking, he immediately had two accompanying workers take out a golden yellow climbing rope from their backpacks.

“There’s no need. I’ll handle it myself. I was thinking of conserving some energy, but it seems unnecessary now. If I can’t even deal with a simple ghost painting, then my role as the responsible party for Dachang City is undeserved,” Yang Jian said with a slight chill in his eyes.

After he finished speaking, the headless shadow behind him, which seemed to be a concentration of darkness, began to gradually seep into the ground.

Ghost Domains might affect things in reality, but not other ghosts.

Soon.

The area covered by Yang Jian’s Headless Ghost Shadow started to collapse, forming a hole. The concrete and rebar there were forcibly dismantled.

Then the Headless Ghost Shadow twisted, forming a black staircase that led down to the next floor.

“Let’s go.”

Yang Jian stepped onto the staircase formed by the Headless Ghost Shadow and descended first.

Witnessing such a bizarre scene, Wang Quan still felt a residual fear but gestured for the two accompanying workers to follow.

Ordinary people stepping on the Headless Ghost Shadow felt very uncomfortable.

It was as if some sinister, cold creature was invading their bodies, and their feet quite noticeably didn’t respond properly, as if following the incursion of this chilling entity would eventually cause Wang Quan to lose control over his body, turning him into a puppet controlled by some strange entity.

Fortunately, the Headless Ghost Shadow was under Yang Jian’s control. Even if it had the innate instinct to replace a body, without Yang Jian’s body rotting away, the possibility of it going out of control was nonexistent.

Although a little time was wasted.

They returned to the fourth floor.

Yes, there was no mistake, the dormitory plate numbers nearby read 401, 402… and the like, with no plates for the fifth-floor rooms.

That floor had been completely concealed.

“Back to the fourth floor again? The fifth floor really disappeared, just like you said,” Wang Quan said, clenching his fists, feeling a profound sense of powerlessness.

If it weren’t for the presence of Yang Jian, the few of them who came in would have been trapped and died here, with no way to successfully handle the ghost painting.

However, at the moment, he was not too anxious.

Ghosts were to be dealt with by professionals after all. They were just there to assist, to rescue students stuck here, and to retrieve the ghost painting.

ver there, and Mister Yang searches this side? Although splitting up isn’t a good idea, it’s more efficient this way. Besides, this floor isn’t that big, you can see all the way down the corridor. If something happens, I believe Mister Yang will be able to react,” Wang Quan suggested.

“Okay,” Yang Jian nodded, not refusing.

Anyway, I can resist if I face danger, but Wang Quan can’t.

In other words, Wang Quan is taking a risk on his own.

However, if one doesn’t have this kind of courage, it’s probably impossible to do this job.

After discussing, the four of them split up and took action.

Wang Quan, with two staff members, started to move along, touching the wall as they went. The gloves on their hands were specially made of Gold and were impervious to influence. This ensured that when they touched the walls, they were real, so they wouldn’t miss any hidden dormitories and could also make sure not to get lost in confusion.

Yang Jian glanced at it and quite approved of this method.

Because this way of dealing with paranormal events for normal people is worth learning.

Yang Jian decided to learn; he too began to move forward while touching the wall. He didn’t need to wear gloves because one of his hands was already a part of a ghost’s body. He could touch real anomalies and even grab ghosts that others couldn’t see.

ree people, they were much slower. They were on edge, not having Yang Jian’s confidence, and so they were extremely cautious.

However, as they were searching for the passage to the fifth floor,

at the entrance to the stairs on the fourth floor, the steps that previously seemed to lead into the dark unknown, now echoed with the subtle sound of footsteps.

These footsteps were somewhat light, unlike the heavy tread of a corpse, nor did they have the crisp sound usually made by shoes.

They sounded more like a faint friction just barely touching the ground.

At this moment, a figure from the depths of the stairs slowly walked up and headed to the fourth floor.

As the figure emerged from the blur to clarity, one could soon see a woman wearing what seemed to be red, exposing a pair of pale hands, smooth as porcelain.

But upon closer inspection, it became clear that the woman had no legs underneath.

There were only vague outlines of feet, in an unnatural hue, almost as if… they were drawn.

Moreover, the woman’s face, as well as her hair, was blurry. To the average person, it would appear as if someone with severe myopia was trying to view someone else.

No matter what, one couldn’t see clearly.

Only those hands were exceptionally vivid and eye-catching; they weren’t in that blurry oil painting style but rather looked like a real, flesh-and-blood presence.

No wonder the footsteps were so subtle—after all, how loud could the footsteps of drawn feet be?

The way she nearly floated along was why she could reach the fork where Yang Jian and Wang Quan had split without anyone noticing.

Yang Jian and Wang Quan’s group didn’t notice, but some people downstairs did.

“Is there something going on there?”

An observant staff member suddenly widened his eyes, pointing at the corridor on the fourth floor and shouting.

The others also looked up.

Instantly, everyone felt a tingling sensation on their scalps.

The figure was soon obscured by the adjacent wall and gradually disappeared from the observer’s line of sight.