Chapter 259: Crisis In Dajing City
“Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain? That area. The Ghost Messenger was indeed released.”
After seeing the overwhelming crimson in the darkness, Jiang Shan confirmed the direction from which the red light originated, and he had already guessed something.
But just as he was about to head to the training base to detain the Ghost Messenger, a rustling sound came from the rooftop where he had been sitting out of boredom waiting and playing a game, like something was climbing onto the rooftop. Soon, the sound of feet landing echoed out.
“Hm?”
Jiang Shan turned his head to look.
He saw a person with a sallow face, looking sickly and somewhat strange, standing behind him, looking at him with a gloomy expression without saying a word.
In the dim environment, on the rooftop of a tall building, this scene was particularly weird.
Just looking at Liu San’s sallow face, like that of a dying man, those who didn’t know might think they had encountered a ghost.
Jiang Shan, knowing who the visitor was, showed no change in expression. When he noticed Liu San’s gloomy look through the dim lights, he spoke in an icy tone:
“Using a paper person to participate in the action again, Liu San, doing this will make many people dissatisfied. Nothing comes of a visit unless there’s something to gain. Coming to me at this critical moment probably isn’t good news. Say what you have to say quickly.”
“Jiang Shan, a serious problem has occurred in this operation to detain the Starving Ghost. A team of extremely weird Ghost Wielders attacked this operation team. Old Qin is now…”
Liu San, with furrowed brows, looked gravely at the crimson sky, then without another word, told Jiang Shan everything about what his paper person had encountered in the Ghost Painting Ghost Domain and all the action’s information.
“Revived after death, is that right? I got it. By the way, from the moment Old Qin entered the hotel detaining the Starving Ghost until now, has he contacted you at all?” Glancing at that grayish world, Jiang Shan immediately asked.
“No, Old Qin has not contacted us from beginning to end.” Liu San answered firmly.
The reason for Jiang Shan’s question was simple: the operation to detain the Starving Ghost was supposedly handled by Li Jun and Liu San’s Ghost Wielder team.
But informed people all knew,
That only Old Qin could handle the Starving Ghost that had devoured seven ghosts, as well as the Ghost Painting with its virtually unsolvable Ghost Domain.
So whether Old Qin had sent any message to Li Jun and the others was crucial.
After all, what kind of situation could make him request aid from a group of juniors?
So asking this point was crucial for Jiang Shan’s judgment on his next actions.
From the start of the operation to detain the Starving Ghost, nearly forty minutes had already passed. Normally, with Old Qin’s strength, the action should have been completed in a short time.
After all, most confrontations between supernatural entities could decide victory or defeat in just a few minutes, or even seconds.
Because the original work did not describe in detail how Old Qin restricted the Ghost Painting that detained the Ghost Messenger inside the Ping An Hotel.
So at this moment, Jiang Shan could only judge whether this action would succeed based on his usual intuition in handling supernatural events, his trust in Old Qin, and the changes in the Ghost Painting Ghost Domain.
Nowadays,
The Starving Ghost and Ghost Painting events had yet to be resolved. Although Old Qin was handling it, and the probability of problems was minuscule, it was not impossible.
And on the other side,
Yang Jian at the training base had undoubtedly been attacked by the Ghost Messenger, and now the Ghost Messenger was very likely already on a killing spree at the training base.
Because the captain and minister meeting that headquarters was about to hold would largely determine the future direction of the domestic supernatural circle.
So many veteran persons in charge at headquarters, as well as newly joined ones who hadn’t yet undergone training, were now inside the staff dormitory at the training base.
And their numbers compared to the original work would only be more, not less.
Once the Ghost Messenger was allowed to slaughter and grow freely, it would gain the capacity to unconditionally suppress dozens of ghosts.
Even though Jiang Shan knew that beneath the calm lake waters of Dajing City nowadays lurked countless surging undercurrents,
He hadn’t expected that in just a short dozen minutes, two supernatural events capable of wiping out headquarters—no, capable of wiping out an entire great nation—would occur.
Thinking of this.
Even Jiang Shan, who had experienced countless despairs, couldn’t help but feel a shiver down his spine. He immediately looked at Liu San and said:
“The Starving Ghost and Ghost Painting can be left alone for now; they can be completely handled by Old Qin. Wait a moment—you’re sure that communicators can maintain normal contact inside the Ghost Painting Ghost Domain?”
“It should be possible to contact. From when I drew the Ghost Painting until the paper person died, I can guarantee the communication had no issues.” Liu San, who was asked, suddenly furrowed his brows deeply. He abruptly looked toward the Ghost Painting and said somewhat incredulously:
“I was the first one killed by that group of Ghost Wielders. If communication was fine, Li Jun couldn’t possibly not request aid from headquarters, so…”
At this point, Liu San looked at Jiang Shan with a face ashen.
“If I’m not mistaken, aside from the Ghost Wielders, everyone at headquarters has likely been affected by supernatural influence—even Wang Xiao Ming and Sun Huafeng. Think back carefully yourself, from when we arrived in Dajing City to all the connections behind this action.”
At this time,
While Liu San was pondering, Jiang Shan called Cao Yanhua and quickly informed him of everything happening at headquarters, gave a few instructions, and then hung up.
Although the branch also had a think tank that could think of more details and handling methods in a short time,
Jiang Shan could no longer wait.
Ghost Messenger out of control, headquarters collapsing.
These two were urgent major issues needing resolution. If they really waited for the think tank to analyze everything thoroughly, it would be too late.
“Did you notice that patch of sky? I think you know whose Ghost Domain this is. Yang Jian at the training base has been attacked. This is the conversation content from a headquarters satellite phone call that the branch just intercepted.”
Saying this, Jiang Shan opened a newly sent recording on his mobile phone, then continued:
“The one who called Yang Jian was Liu Xiaoyu. According to positioning, a few minutes ago near the headquarters building by Wang Xiao Ming’s lab, she hasn’t moved since. She has probably died by now. The Ghost Messenger was released by someone.”
“Ghost Messenger?!”
Hearing these two words, Liu San’s pupils shrank sharply. The successive pieces of information made him unwilling to believe that Dajing City, the headquarters base and national hub, would suffer so many unexpected changes.
A pair of invisible hands
Had already choked the throat of Dajing City in just a short dozen minutes.
