Chapter 120: The Terrifying Withered Hand
“Forget it, if it’s sealed, it’s sealed.”
“Record the video first, and post it later. It’s the same.”
The girl sighed. She actually knew that live streaming here was very risky to begin with.
Getting sealed was normal; not getting sealed would be unusual.
“That, Lin Qian, how do we continue?”
No longer dwelling on the live stream, after starting the recording, the girl hurriedly ran over and continued to ask.
Lin Qian truly didn’t care either way.
“I’m fine with anything.”
But suddenly, a voice rang out.
“Sorry, you all might have to come with us.”
A man with a slightly pale face, wearing a detective uniform, reached out to block the camera.
Behind him were several armed personnel with real guns loaded.
“What are you doing!”
The girl and the others immediately panicked.
“Illegally entering Da Jiang City, and you’re asking what we want to do?”
“Don’t you know Da Jiang City is currently sealed off?”
The man said coldly.
“Who are you? I want to complain about you!”
After several armed personnel quickly controlled them, one of the men hurriedly shouted.
Hearing this, the man said, “I’m Lu Lin, the current person in charge of this city. You can go ahead and complain; I welcome it.”
“Take them away.”
Lu Lin waved his hand, and the group was instantly taken away.
Lin Qian and Ye Feng were somewhat surprised.
“What’s going on here?”
Ye Feng asked.
Lu Lin sat down. “Don’t mention it. Currently, anything related to supernatural events is not allowed to be reported.”
“Especially this kind of large-scale supernatural event; it’s easy to cause panic and riots.”
“Of course, more importantly, we’re afraid some people who think they’re exceptionally destined will try to contact fierce ghosts, thereby causing harm.”
“There are all sorts of reasons.”
“President, next time there’s live streaming or something, try not to appear on camera if possible.”
“It’ll cause big trouble. Trouble from ordinary people isn’t real trouble, but… live streams aren’t just watched by ordinary people.”
Hearing this, Lin Qian stroked his chin. “Makes sense. I’ll pay attention next time.”
“President, don’t just pay attention next time.” Lu Lin rubbed his brow. “Our Da Jiang City is different from other cities.”
“Oh?”
Lin Qian became interested. “What’s different?”
Lu Lin smiled. “With the president here, the things in our Da Jiang City warehouse are quite valuable.”
“It’s best to keep them hidden.”
“After all, there are many people these days who don’t watch where they’re going.”
“A big tree attracts wind.”
Lin Qian nodded; Lu Lin was indeed right.
He spent most of his time away from Da Jiang City.
If he encountered trouble he couldn’t handle, whether he could rush back would be an issue.
“Alright, I’ll be careful.”
Lin Qian nodded.
Lu Lin also relaxed.
This current period was a sensitive time.
“Who is that person?”
Suddenly, Lin Qian pointed ahead to a passing car.
Inside the car sat a middle-aged man.
Lu Lin narrowed his eyes slightly and quickly recognized him.
The other party was very famous.
“A professor from Da Nan City, bringing his medical team to help.”
“He’s very experienced in handling skin rot.”
“He’s a leading figure in the medical world.”
“What’s wrong? Is there a problem?”
Lu Lin asked.
“He has a ghost on him.”
He was certain he wasn’t mistaken; the other party definitely had a ghost on him.
Has a ghost?
“Not controlled?” Lu Lin knew the president wouldn’t joke.
“No.”
Hearing this, Lu Lin stood up. “I understand.”
Instantly, Lu Lin disappeared from the spot.
Then, in less than three seconds, Lu Lin reappeared, dragging a somewhat panicked middle-aged man in his hand.
Decisive.
As soon as Lin Qian spoke, he went straight to action.
Even if it was a misunderstanding, it didn’t matter because it wasn’t important.
“I’m the person in charge of Da Jiang City. I know who you are, and don’t think you can lie to me.”
Lu Lin didn’t let go of the middle-aged man and looked at him coldly.
“Hand over the thing on you.”
“Playing dumb won’t work. I’m a ghost controller; I know a lot about ghosts.”
The middle-aged man was initially confused, but the moment he heard the other was a ghost controller, his expression changed.
He looked up at Lu Lin, his gaze sweeping over Lin Qian and Ye Feng.
But soon, he calmed down.
“Have I done anything harmful to this city?”
The middle-aged man asked.
“Not yet.”
“But understand this: if you had controlled a ghost and come here, I wouldn’t have grabbed you.”
“But you’re not controlling it; you’re carrying a ghost. That changes the nature of it.”
“An ordinary person carrying a fierce ghost will cause even greater harm than a ghost controller.”
“I won’t let any dangerous signs slip by.”
Hearing Lu Lin’s words, the middle-aged man’s face turned ashen. “What kind of bandit logic is this!”
Lu Lin remained calm. “I’m talking to you nicely right now. Hand over the thing, and you can live. If I have to search it out myself, you’ll die.”
“Don’t doubt it. I’m an International Police affiliate of headquarters. This city is under my charge, and here, anything ghost-related, I can handle at my discretion.”
“You’re not a ghost controller. Even if you were and entered here, I could take you out on the spot, and it’d be within my authority.”
Lu Lin paused here. “Perhaps you’re right; this is bandit logic.”
“But unfortunately, this is the authority granted to me by headquarters, and it can be bandit authority.”
The middle-aged man lost his composure; the other had made it very clear.
Hand it over and live; don’t, and definitely die.
And dying would be in vain.
He was just a professor in the medical world.
Though a very young professor with a bright future.
But compared to this man, he was just a civilian.
“I’ll hand it over!”
The middle-aged man compromised helplessly, unwilling but powerless.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a withered hand.
The hand was withered, with a closed eye in the palm, pitch black.
The withered hand had three fingers raised, the other two bent.
Indeed a ghost.
Lu Lin took it, felt it, and found he couldn’t sense the supernatural nature of this ghost, but he could confirm it was a ghost.
Because a normal hand couldn’t be so eerily cold.
He handed the hand to Lin Qian.
Lin Qian took it, examined it, and looked at the middle-aged man.
“How did you get it?”
The middle-aged man looked at Lu Lin upon hearing this.
“He asks, you answer!”
Lu Lin said coldly.
The middle-aged man swallowed, clearly realizing that the leader here wasn’t actually Lu Lin, but this young person.
Bringing a ghost into Da Jiang City—any other person in charge would have killed him outright.
Regardless of whether the ghost he carried had caused harm.
It was the same nature as opium.
And the other party clearly knew it was a ghost.
“I found this in the basement of my rural village home three months ago.”
The middle-aged man said honestly.
“Rural village?”
Lin Qian looked at Lu Lin upon hearing this. Lu Lin thought for a moment. “Rural village in Dachuan City.”
Lin Qian nodded.
Dachuan City—that explained it.
Dachuan City’s rural villages had the most ghost and spirit legends.
“You can carry this ghost, which means it hasn’t harmed you and might even have helped you.”
Lin Qian examined the withered hand.
This ghost might be dormant, but maybe not.
“Tell me, what have you done with this ghost?”
Hearing Lin Qian’s question, the middle-aged man’s expression changed.
Seeing the middle-aged man’s reaction, the three exchanged glances and instantly knew this guy had done plenty with this ghost.
“I’ve already handed over the thing.” The middle-aged man said with an ugly expression.
Lin Qian smiled.
Lu Lin also smiled.
Ye Feng shook his head.
“Looks like you won’t talk.”
“Asking you is too much trouble.”
With that, the middle-aged man’s pupils shrank sharply.
He looked at Lin Qian in shock.
Directly, Lin Qian pulled out a knife from somewhere and chopped off his own right hand.
The right hand fell, caught by Ye Feng.
The wound was neat, without a drop of blood flowing out.
“President, be careful.”
Lu Lin reminded.
Lin Qian nodded to show he knew.
Then he directly attached the withered hand.
The next moment, Lin Qian’s gaze sharpened, his expression instantly grave.
“What the hell…”
The next moment, a terrifying supernatural outburst occurred. The two bent fingers on the hand instantly straightened, and at the same time, the tightly closed eye in the palm suddenly opened.
A horrific scene unfolded.
The moment the eye opened.
Everything gazed upon by the eye instantly disappeared.
Lu Lin thudded to the ground, only his lower half remaining.
The middle-aged man vanished completely.
The street, the buildings, all disappeared.
As if erased.
This wasn’t over; the hand rapidly began revival.
The fierce ghost inside Lin Qian couldn’t suppress it at all; the terrifying supernatural power directly began to invade Lin Qian’s body.
“Damn it!”
Ye Feng wanted to help, but the moment he moved, the eye on the hand instantly appeared on the back of his hand.
The eye looked over; Ye Feng felt a chill down his spine. “President!”
He shouted, but the next moment, he was erased by a terrifying supernatural force, leaving only an arm falling to the ground.
“You’re asking for it!”
The ghost messenger’s supernatural power instantly came with suppression.
Absolute suppression power instantly suppressed the hand.
With the hand suppressed, the terrifying supernatural power quickly went dormant.
As the supernatural power was suppressed, the eye in the hand slowly closed.
Then, the two previously bent fingers bent back down.
Lin Qian’s face was grim as a rusty shovel appeared in his hand, and he directly chopped at his own arm.
The hand fell, losing the suppression but not reviving, remaining as before.
“Damn it!”
Lin Qian reached out; terrifying supernatural power erupted, and instantly, the surrounding environment began to change.
Just a blink of an eye.
Ye Feng, Lu Lin, and the middle-aged man reappeared.
Even the buildings were restored.
Everything returned to how it was before.
But only the withered hand remained in place.
At this moment, Lin Qian was extremely wary of this hand.
“What happened?”
Lu Lin frowned; his memory deviated from the scene before him. The ghost that should have been in the president’s hand was now on the ground?
Ye Feng also noticed something off.
His expression instantly became alert.
The middle-aged man looked bewildered.
Lin Qian looked up, staring at the middle-aged man.
“President, your hand?”
Lu Lin saw Lin Qian’s empty arm.
“Tell me, what is this ghost’s ability.”
Lin Qian’s gaze was cold. “Don’t tell me, and you’ll die.”
Hearing this, the middle-aged man shuddered. Lu Lin instantly looked at him with a ruthless gaze.
As if ready to kill him at Lin Qian’s word.
Lin Qian waited for the middle-aged man’s answer.
Such a ghost—he couldn’t control it. Suppressed by the ghost messenger, it immediately went dormant.
Its ability was completely unclear.
He only knew that upon controlling it, the eye opened and then invaded him, the controller.
Just opening its eye killed Lu Lin with a glance, and Ye Feng died too from being looked at.
Even the street and buildings seemed erased.
His restart almost failed to save them.
Restart was the plunder ghost’s conceptual ability, plundering time and then altering it to achieve a restart effect.
But this wasn’t true time restart after all.
Still a restart nonetheless.
Damn it, if not for the ghost messenger’s supernatural power, he’d have fallen to this unassuming hand today.
Killing intent—the middle-aged man felt the undisguised killing intent.
He swallowed, not daring to hide anymore.
“It’s wish-granting. This hand can fulfill wishes.”
“I relied on this hand to reach my current status.”
“The number of raised fingers on the hand indicates how many wishes you can make.”
“As long as the wish isn’t too excessive, this hand can fulfill it.”
“When I got this hand, it had four fingers raised. I’ve used them down to one left.”
“Later I found that if I kill someone and offer their organs to this hand, it can recover one finger.”
“But no matter what, I couldn’t recover the fifth finger. I guessed the organs I gave weren’t enough, so I came here.”
“Through this hand, I learned there are the most corpses here.”
Under the threat of death, the middle-aged man spilled everything he knew.
He even confessed how he became a professor, how he coerced young nurses, how he killed, how he raped his female students, even their mothers and sisters…
And other beastly deeds.
“That, I’ve said everything I know. Can you let me go? I really know I was wrong!” The middle-aged man said with a sobbing tone.
The three fell silent after hearing it.
Lin Qian narrowed his eyes at the withered hand.
Suddenly, Lu Lin moved.
A tongue fell to the ground.
The middle-aged man widened his eyes in pain, clutching his mouth and rolling on the ground, whimpering.
Lin Qian indifferently glanced at the middle-aged man.
Lu Lin shook the blood off his hand, then wiped it.
“Deal with him.”
Supernatural power surged; Lin Qian’s arm regrew.
Then he picked up the withered hand and directly suppressed it with the ghost messenger’s supernatural power.
This thing couldn’t stay in Da Jiang City; he had to carry it with him.
“In the future, for things like this, detain any searched-out ghosts or supernatural items immediately. Don’t get curious and try to control them.”
Lin Qian’s expression was grave.
Though Lu Lin and Ye Feng didn’t know what happened, if the president took it this seriously, it was no small matter.
“Understood.”
Lin Qian nodded and instantly left the place.
This ghost had to be handled properly.
This ghost was very eerie and terrifying, but he couldn’t use it.
The ghost inside him couldn’t suppress this ghost at all, and once the ghost messenger suppressed it, this ghost immediately went dormant.
From this, it could be concluded that this ghost was only useful when revived.
If he hadn’t discovered it early, this thing might have caused another S-grade supernatural event.
