Chapter 114: “ghost Town In The Rain”
As Wang Xi and the man with glasses were sent to the hospital together.
Everything that happened at Dachun City Airport was quickly posted online and rapidly fermented.
Jiang Shan was unaware of all this, but even if he knew, he wouldn’t pay too much attention.
Supernatural events erupting in numbers far exceeding the original work;
Attempts to implement the “Branch Minister” plan;
The disaster in Old Qin’s prophecy that is difficult to resist.
The current situation is still unknown how long it can be concealed, but judging from the current trend, Jiang Shan estimates that perhaps within a year, supernatural events will fully erupt.
At that time, no one will be able to escape from supernatural events, and ghosts will become part of daily life.
Of course,
death will be too.
So Jiang Shan does not plan to control information about supernatural events or Ghost Wielder identities.
First let the public become curious about these events, and use this curiosity to popularize supernatural knowledge.
Just like the establishment of the Supernatural Forum back then.
This is the basic plan Jiang Shan has prepared to try implementing in the three provinces.
As the special car convoy slowly moved forward, it finally stopped at a villa in North of the City in Dachun City.
In the night, the trees under the lights cast flickering shadows, and the villa’s exterior was not ostentatious, outlined with plain gray stone and dark brown roof tiles into a steady contour.
An extremely luxurious villa suddenly appeared before them.
“Jiang Shan, this…”
Chen Yue, who had gotten out of the car, was somewhat dumbfounded. She looked incredulously at the villa area that could be called a manor in front of her.
Although she knew Jiang Shan’s current status was extraordinary, she didn’t expect it to be this exaggerated.
This place must be something only those billionaires or even trillionaires online could afford to buy and live in. The Guanjiang Residential Area back then was already shocking enough for her, but now…
What Chen Yue didn’t know was,
in the three provinces,
even nationwide.
The power of a Branch Minister is not comparable to any rich man; the two are not even on the same level.
As for Jiang Shan looking at the resplendent golden villa before him, there were no great ripples in his heart.
If it were him from his previous life, his reaction at this moment would absolutely not be much better than Chen Yue’s.
Shock, excitement, joy.
But ever since the Blood Ghost’s erosion changed his body,
Jiang Shan now faced a major problem that all Ghost Wielders and anomalies could not avoid.
Emotional deficiency.
Even with such a huge change in status.
For him, emotional fluctuations were not even as intense as when encountering a Fierce Ghost.
Maintaining his emotions,
preserving his human consciousness.
These two points have now become the most severe problems Jiang Shan needs to solve.
After learning the layout of the villa area from his assistant’s mouth, Jiang Shan immediately arranged rooms for Chen Yue’s family and Yan Li’s wife and children.
He looked at the leaders gathered by the villa gate and said calmly:
“Sorry to trouble you all, go home. Don’t keep standing here in the cold wind. I know you all know more or less about some supernatural events. Be ready for a meeting at any time these two days. I’ll notify you before the meeting. Alright, go home and sleep.”
As the assistant carried the Gold Box into the study room in the villa.
Through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, Jiang Shan calmly watched the numerous high-level officials of Dachun City leave.
After the welcome ceremony ended, he drew out the document with a special mark from a pile of files on the table.
This was the South City supernatural event mentioned by the man with glasses at the airport.
After opening the file,
It only recorded very few words:
Codename: Ghost Town in the Rain
Supernatural Influence Range: 131 square kilometers（ estimated）
Affected Population: 14282 people（ up to before the previous person in charge Sun Yan went missing, reported statistics）
Note 1: Supernatural source suspected to be Jingtan Geological Park. Ordinary people and Ghost Wielders will inexplicably disappear after prolonged rain exposure, suspected to enter an unknown supernatural land. No survivors since the outbreak of this supernatural event. Killing Pattern unknown.
Note 2: The most prominent feature of this supernatural event is prolonged large-scale rainfall in the South City Jingtan area, where an unknown village or town can be vaguely seen in the rain.
The second day after arriving in Dachun City.
Wang Xi, limping with a crutch, stood uneasily in front of the desk in the study room.
Jiang Shan, who had just entered the study room, casually handed him the “Ghost Town in the Rain” file:
“Read this file slowly. Whatever the previous Dachun City person in charge asked you to do, I now require you to do the same. You have three days. I don’t care about the process, only the result. For the sake of your little life, I suggest you handle it well, quickly, and to my satisfaction.”
After glancing at the missing persons count and influence range, Wang Xi’s face turned ashen. Hearing Jiang Shan’s words, he was instantly delighted and immediately replied:
“I will definitely handle this matter well.”
Jiang Shan sat in the chair, calmly looking at him without speaking.
Although Dachun City’s person in charge and headquarters liaison officer both disappeared due to the Ghost Town in the Rain, leaving him with this mayor who seemed to know but not fully.
Wang Xi was a very typical case in headquarters’ failure system.
The administrative department was unaware of the supernatural department, and high-level leaders, due to insufficient understanding of supernatural events, led to the worsening of the situation.
For this Wang Xi, Jiang Shan would not kill him for now, at least not yet.
After all, before Cao Yanhua arrives, he still needs someone to manage Dachun City.
Moreover, killing this Wang Xi, the mayor who has been “rooted” here for so long, would do more harm than good for him.
Suddenly, a phone call broke the deathly stillness between the two.
Looking at the incoming number, Jiang Shan hesitated for a moment before answering. An anxious voice came from the other end:
“Brother Jiang, it’s Zhang Dongxing. You need to leave Dachun City quickly. I’m now caught in a supernatural event, and the influence range of this supernatural event is very large. Where are you now? If you’re in North of the City, get away quickly…”
The phone signal on Zhang Dongxing’s end seemed to be interfered with by some force, and the call suddenly cut off at a certain moment.
Jiang Shan frowned slightly. In the previous call, he heard the pattering rain sounds from Zhang Dongxing’s side.
If nothing unexpected, Zhang Dongxing had also been caught in the supernatural event codenamed “Ghost Town in the Rain”.
Ghost Wielders encountering supernatural events is not novel; even ordinary people after encountering a ghost will have a greatly increased probability of encountering supernatural events again.
Back then, Jiang Shan forgot this pattern, leading to Chen Yue’s family encountering the Ghost Tree Forest event.
Although he had no intentions toward Chen Yue from beginning to end, merely due to a series of shared experiences, he took such good care of her.
But in others’ eyes, it wasn’t like that; even Yang Jian thought their relationship was unusual.
Unfortunately, he, Jiang Shan, was not Yang Jian,
and Chen Yue was not Zhang Liqin.
“Wang Xi, go now and find the positioning of this phone number and send it to me. Be quick.” Jiang Shan said.
“Yes, Minister. I’ll go right now.”
Seeing Jiang Shan’s change in demeanor, Wang Xi didn’t dare delay and immediately left the study room, limping.
“If I’m not mistaken, the range of Ghost Town in the Rain has expanded, even affecting two urban areas. The two persons in charge plus Zhang Dongxing are all caught in this event. It seems I definitely have to handle this matter myself.”
Looking at the picture just sent on his mobile phone, Jiang Shan’s gaze turned south, murmuring to himself.
