Chapter 274: The Imprisoned Yang Jian
“The source of the Ghost Painting is on the sixth-floor wall in the Ghost Painting World. Now that Headquarters has fallen, even if it can resume normal operations in a short time, by then it will definitely be too late to mobilize Ghost Wielders to handle the subordinate paintings in various places in Dajing City.”
“It’s already too late to fix the problem now. Liu San and the others are already about to reach First Base. As long as the deleted files can be restored, detaining the wandering Hundred Ghosts won’t be that difficult.”
The sudden appearance of the source Ghost Painting seemed to further worsen the already unoptimistic situation.
Jiang Shan did not choose to aid Chen Yi, because a more important decision was placed before him:
“Leave First Base to Liu San. Cao Yanhua shouldn’t have too big a problem. As for the Starving Ghost, its appearance is just to delay Old Qin.”
“Since that group of rats wants the Ghost Painting to invade Dajing City, and from the prophecy of the Ghost Characters, it can be seen that Yang Jian seems to have a way to control the Ghost Painting, then let Dajing City remain in chaos. Once the Ghost Painting is handled cleanly, that group of rats will naturally come out.”
After a brief weighing of pros and cons, Jiang Shan finally decided to enter the Ghost Painting World to give it a try.
As long as Yang Jian can control the Ghost Painting, all the supernatural events in Dajing City will be resolved effortlessly, after all, that group of rats’ ultimate goal is the Ghost Painting.
After waiting for a moment to confirm that Liu San and the others had successfully entered First Base, Jiang Shan unhesitatingly walked toward the city that emerged in the silver light and stepped into the Ghost Painting World.
After Jiang Shan entered, he found the surroundings dim and dark, only able to see the blurry city background in the distance. The picture frame behind him still existed, but there was nothing to the left, right, or around, not even a road.
“I’ve already entered the supernatural world. Can’t forget the location of the exit.”
Even though he entered the Ghost Painting World through the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain, Jiang Shan, who knew the characteristics of the Ghost Painting, did not dare to relax his vigilance.
Once the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain cannot send him back to the present world, marking the exit location becomes extremely crucial.
Jiang Shan dropped a specially made pistol as a marker. Most of this pistol was made of gold and would not be affected by supernatural influences. As long as it was left here, it was impossible for it to be moved, no matter what happened around it.
He tried to walk toward the large city shrouded in darkness in the distance; that was the center of the Ghost Painting.
Many Ghost Painting backgrounds have shown it.
Jiang Shan had just taken a few steps forward when a road weirdly appeared under his feet. This road connected to a city avenue in the distance, seeming to lead him into that deathly still city.
But this road that appeared was twisted and irregular, just like it was casually painted with a single stroke.
His gaze shifted slightly, without fear, and he stepped onto this road and walked forward.
“There is more than one ghost in the Ghost Painting World. Ghost Wielders who died in this painting have their ghosts trapped in the painting as well. Moreover, if viewed from the method of detaining the Starving Ghost.”
“The world within the Ghost Painting is interconnected, which means I am very likely to encounter the Starving Ghost here. Although the probability is very small, it is still possible.”
Thinking of this,
Jiang Shan couldn’t help but glance at the black long whip behind him.
“I still have two substitute dolls, three red ghost candles, ghost scissors, and three ghosts on me now. That should be enough.”
He didn’t know to what extent the Starving Ghost had grown. If based on the intelligence given by Headquarters, its terror level might have already surpassed his own.
So Jiang Shan had to ensure that when encountering the Starving Ghost, under the premise that he couldn’t detain it, he would maximize the chance of not being eaten.
For ordinary ghosts, he might not have this concern.
After all, the attack methods of ghosts are only those few kinds.
But the Starving Ghost that ate Li Lei and swallowed eight ghosts, once supernatural confrontation fails and without life-saving supernatural props.
Even though he had become an anomaly and become a ghost, Jiang Shan would still die after being eaten by the Starving Ghost!
“Ghost Domain and other supernatural powers can be used normally, but the range that Ghost Domain can spread is very small, yet its range is gradually expanding.”
The first thing Jiang Shan did after entering the Ghost Painting World was to test whether the Ghost Domain could spread.
After all, Ghost Domain is extremely convenient whether for traveling or sensing surrounding information, and it can even play unexpected roles at certain times.
Although the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain could only spread about five meters around, which was more than enough for traveling or sensing the surroundings, Jiang Shan keenly discovered.
The range of Ghost Domain diffusion was gradually getting larger.
It seemed to be devouring, or perhaps fusing.
The Dead Face Ghost, which can steal Ghost Domain characteristics, was growing at an extremely terrifying speed in the Ghost Painting Ghost Domain world.
“The expansion of the Ghost Domain can reflect in another way that the Dead Face Ghost’s terror level is strengthening. Is this the resurrection in the Ghost Characters prophecy?”
Upon discovering this, Jiang Shan’s eyes narrowed. The change in the Dead Face Ghost was extremely important for his own supernatural balance. Although the supernatural erosion in his body had been borne by his past self.
But this bearing is limited.
“Observe it first. At least the Ghost Domain can be used normally in the Ghost Painting World, which is still very important to me.”
After noting down this abnormal situation, Jiang Shan began to fly toward the city using the Ghost Domain.
Soon.
He used the Ghost Domain to walk the entire small road and arrived at the city’s main avenue.
He looked left and right.
The surrounding scenes were exactly the same as in the city, even many details were reflected: shops, cars, and some goods in supermarkets. It was simply no different from reality.
“This is not the domestic decoration style.”
As Jiang Shan continued to advance along the main avenue, he discovered that the surrounding buildings and the architectural styles beside them were subtly changing.
The familiar streets of the city turned into those abroad. Billboards and slogans were in English, most of which he recognized, but there was still a small portion he didn’t.
After all, even though his English from his previous life had passed level six, it was normal not to recognize some localized English with local characteristics abroad.
Jiang Shan, who kept flying continuously with the Ghost Domain, glanced at the distinctly different city behind him.
The puzzle pieces of the two cities fit perfectly: that side was Dajing City, this side was some city abroad.
But the city layouts were all similar; from a distance, it was impossible to tell them apart, and one might think it was one city.
“It seems Dajing City and some city abroad are adjacent to each other. There are still quite a few living people in the city, but they are of little use to me. What I need most now is to find Yang Jian first, then find that building with the source of the Ghost Painting.” Jiang Shan thought to himself.
He knew Yang Jian’s personality very well; before dying, he would absolutely not give up easily.
As expected,
The method to control the Ghost Painting was very likely the only lifesaving method obtained by the desperate Yang Jian through the human skin paper.
“Yang Jian has actually been locked up. There’s also a Ghost Wielder and a ghost in the church?”
