Mysterious Revival

Chapter 627: Chapter 624 Threat

“Such a pitiful group of people,”

Yang Jian understood the situation of these foreigners through the translation provided by the man named Li Yang.

Half a year ago, the ghost painting incident erupted abroad.

The Ghost Domain enveloped almost an entire city, and many people were accidentally swept into the supernatural event. They were just like the residents of Dachang City during the Hungry Ghost incident, who suffered ghost attacks in utter confusion.

There were many ordinary people in the ghost painting at the time, but the constant killing by the ghosts over the past half year had sharply reduced the number of survivors, leaving only a handful of people alive to this day.

That is to say, they had been living inside the ghost painting all this time.

“The foreign ghost painting incident concealed this information; they didn’t mention a thing about the survivors in their files, not even the death toll,” Yang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly as he recalled the file on the ghost painting.

He believed that the foreign ghost handlers must have discovered that there were still many people alive after their action.

But their mission failed, and the foreign country chose to block the news to minimize the impact.

As for these survivors, they naturally became the sacrifices in the ghost painting incident.

“If these people were to leave the Ghost Domain alive and tell the outside world about the situation here, I believe it would be quite an interesting turn of events,” Yang Jian thought to himself.

“Enough, we’ve talked enough. I’m warning you, take us out of here immediately, or I’ll send you to meet God myself,”

Perhaps because the earlier questioning had wasted much time, a tall white man could no longer restrain himself. He stepped forward, grabbed Yang Jian by the collar, and pressed a cold handgun to his forehead, threatening him fiercely.

“Damn it, David, stop it, what are you doing? He’s the only one who knows how to get out of here; if you send him to meet God, you’re going to get us all killed,”

Several people around them were startled by this scene and quickly grabbed him and started to persuade him.

“Shut up, we don’t have time. That ghost thing is still wandering around this place, we could die at any moment, and I don’t want to stay here for a second longer,” said the foreigner named David, with a trace of madness in his eyes.

Living in this terrifying city for a long time had caused him some mental problems.

Yang Jian couldn’t hear what these people were saying, but he could still figure out the situation.

He was being threatened.

Probably because he hadn’t immediately taken them out of here.

“Really wordy, I thought I could get some useful information from these people, but it turned out to be just a nuisance and a waste of my time,” Yang Jian’s eyes turned slightly cooler as he stared at the foreigner named David.

Regardless if this guy was mentally unstable or resorted to pointing a gun at his forehead in desperation to survive,

this action was a threat.

And Yang Jian only had one way to deal with threats.

“You have three seconds to let go of my clothes and drop the gun, or I’ll kill you right away,” Yang Jian said, whether or not the man understood him.

Li Yang, who was next to him, understood the meaning and hastily translated, “David, let go immediately. What you’re doing won’t solve any problems; it will only bring more trouble. He’s not like us; he’s not ordinary.”

Those who had survived up to now had some discernment.

This foreigner’s mind might not be right, but Li Yang was still sane, and he knew very well that the person in front of him dared to wander so carelessly in this dreadful place, so he must be out of the ordinary,

“Unless this guy obediently takes me out of here, I’m not letting go. There’s nothing more effective than threatening with a gun, you idiots wouldn’t understand,” David, the man, stubbornly believed that Yang Jian would surely submit to his threat and compliantly lead him out.

Yang Jian saw that these people were arguing fiercely and understood that the conversation had failed.

This person wasn’t the kind that could be persuaded with just a few words.

Without any hesitation, he reached out and grabbed the man’s wrist, exerting so much force that he twisted the bones, then kicked out.

The fully-grown man, weighing over a hundred kilograms, was sent flying backward.

“Bang!”

The gun also went off unexpectedly during the retaliation.

But David, who had been holding the gun, had already been sent flying, crashing heavily into the wall behind him, his wrist twisted and he passed out in pain.

Such a sudden change.

The other people nearby were immediately dumbfounded; they looked at Yang Jian, who was unharmed, and then at David, who had been sent flying several meters away, and for a moment, they all froze in place, and the scene fell silent.

“Times have changed; these things are no longer of use to our kind.”

Yang Jian’s face was icy as he slowly removed a deformed bullet from his forehead.

The gun had not even penetrated his skin.

A layer of black shadow had blocked the bullet; this was the ability of Ghost Shadow.

Even without the ability to use Ghost Domain here, he could still defend against most ordinary attacks with Ghost Shadow.

“My God,” someone exclaimed, covering their mouth in surprise as if they had witnessed a miracle.

Li Yang, standing beside him, also widened his eyes, staring blankly at Yang Jian.

He knew the person before him was special, but he hadn’t expected this level of peculiarity. This couldn’t be considered human anymore, right? After all, this was someone a gun couldn’t kill.

“God, what am I seeing?”

“An evil spirit; he must be possessed by an evil spirit. My heavens, we’re doomed this time.”

Yang Jian glanced at them; fear appeared in their eyes as they instinctively began to distance themselves from him, seemingly treating him as some ghost, evil spirit, or devil.

“What are they saying?”

Li Yang hesitated before replying, “They think you’re possessed by an evil spirit and are praying.”

“Praying?”

Yang Jian chuckled lightly, “Having faith is a good thing; at least there is something to cling to. Unfortunately, this world is terrifying and cruel. No use praying now; I could take down Jesus Himself if He came at me.”

“Insulting someone’s faith is not an honorable thing to do,” Li Yang said tensely, his teeth clenched.

“You believe in this too?”

Yang Jian gave him a look: “So holding a gun to someone’s head is an honorable thing to do? Your double standards are too severe. If faith should not be insulted, then don’t do things that contradict your faith. I remember that killing someone means going to hell, right?”

Li Yang didn’t know how to respond, and just stubbornly said, “We’re just trying to survive; there’s no shame in that.”

“So to survive, it’s okay for others to die?”

“That’s not what I mean. The incident just now was indeed David’s fault, and we did try to stop him,” said Li Yang.

Yang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly: “Forget it, I’ve never been good at arguing with people. If you want to survive, that’s fine, do me a favor. I need two qualified guides here; I need to find that ghost. You have lived here long enough; I believe you’ve seen many things.”

He did not blame others for what had just happened.

One thing at a time, Yang Jian had a clear understanding in his heart.

“Really?” Li Yang became somewhat excited, although hesitant.

“You have no choice. How much longer can you live like this, hiding here? The next attack will wipe you out. Ghosts won’t give you a chance to choose like I do,” Yang Jian glanced briefly to the side.

Aside from the men, there were also women and even a few gaunt-faced children.

“Decide for yourselves before I leave this building.”

Not giving them time to think or hesitate, as his own time was also precious, Yang Jian promptly turned and retraced his steps, intending to delve deeper into the eerie painting.

However, as he left the building,

two sets of footsteps followed behind him.

Li Yang and a dark-skinned foreign man, both panting, had decided to take up the dangerous task as guides for the others’ chance to survive.

“What’s your name? Jimmy and I are willing to be your guides,” he said.

Yang Jian stopped, turned, and replied, “Yang Jian from Dachang City, code name: Ghost Eye.”