Chapter 31: Escape From Chen Family Village
After the Dead Face Ghost possessed two Ghost Faces, the originally pale yellow Gray Fog seemed to be tainted with the Light-fearing Ghost’s eerie blackness, turning grayish-yellow, terrifying like Black Haze.
“The Light-fearing Ghost has disappeared.”
Feeling the Ghost in his arm disappear, Jiang Shan no longer hesitated, and the Black Haze-like Ghost Domain madly spread throughout the Ghost Tree Forest.
In the blink of an eye,
Everyone in the Ghost Tree Forest disappeared.
“Did we really escape from that Ghost Place?”
At this moment, Guo Dezhong didn’t care about the expensive custom suit on his body; he plopped down on the Muddy Road, looking at Jiang Shan with a face full of relief.
Jiang Shan didn’t answer him, but instead looked gravely toward a woods in the southwest direction of Chen Family Village,
He had noticed it while in the Ghost Tree Forest,
Even though his current Ghost Domain was equivalent to three layers of Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye Ghost Domain, the Dead Face Ghost Face’s Ghost Domain actually stopped spreading upon encountering that woods.
On the contrary, the moment that woods touched the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain, a terrifying transparent Ghost Domain began spreading toward Jiang Shan!
In just a few short seconds, the Black Haze in the Ghost Tree Forest was driven out by that transparent Ghost Domain!
That woods was almost no different from the Ghost Tree Forest in Chen Family Village, just denser and taller.
If it had been a few seconds later
Jiang Shan didn’t continue thinking, but silently took out a cigarette, followed by a puff of Smoke rising.
Chen Yue, who had just comforted her mother, saw Jiang Shan’s expression and walked to his side, following his gaze toward the distance.
When Chen Yue saw that woods, her originally joyful gaze dimmed, her face becoming sad, and she said softly to Jiang Shan:
“That is the place where people first went missing. My dad also went there and never came back. Has he already…”
Actually, Chen Yue had already guessed in her heart.
Her father was the same as those who turned into trees, forever remaining in this Ghost Tree Forest.
He was already dead!
“Sorry, at the beginning I asked you to leave Dachang City because something very terrifying was about to happen there. I had no confidence in guaranteeing your family’s safety, so I asked you to leave there. I’m very sorry.” Jiang Shan’s tone was low.
“If it weren’t for you, I might have died in the school long ago. My dad’s death is not your fault. These Ghosts…” Hearing Jiang Shan’s apology, Chen Yue instantly broke down in tears, collapsing to the ground and sobbing silently.
Jiang Shan watched this scene, not knowing how to face Chen Yue.
If he hadn’t asked Chen Yue to leave Dachang City, perhaps her father wouldn’t have suffered this calamity.
Now Jiang Shan’s heart was very painful and very confused.
For the first time, he realized his own insignificance,
When Jiang Shan first came to this world, he thought that with his understanding of this world, he could live well and save more people.
But Chen Yue’s matter told Jiang Shan that he himself was just a pitiful worm struggling to survive between life and death, not knowing when he would die under Fierce Ghost Revival.
“So this world is so despairing.”
In the past, Jiang Shan was just a bystander; he only felt that the Fierce Ghosts in this world in the book were so terrifying,
But now he was a character in the story, and for the first time, he felt Fear toward this world.
Everything that happened in the Ghost Tree Forest shattered Jiang Shan’s beautiful dream,
Now he only wanted to live well, and perhaps on some day in the future, when he really had the ability to end all this, he would step forward like Yang Jian.
“Who knows.” Jiang Shan mocked himself in his heart.
He looked at the sun slowly rising in the east not far away; that ray of white-hot sunlight pierced through the dim woods, shining on his body, illuminating the crowd gathered together crying in pain.
At this moment, Jiang Shan truly integrated into this despairing world, and he understood.
Pessimism and negativity would only accelerate Death; one should have an Immortal heart.
After comforting Chen Yue, Jiang Shan called Wang Xiaoqiang and asked him to pick up Chen Yue, her mother, and Guo Dezhong.
After watching the three get into the Club’s car, Jiang Shan pulled the “Headquarters Scam Phone” from his Mobile Phone contacts out of the blacklist and then clicked to dial.
It wasn’t that Jiang Shan didn’t want Wang Xiaoqiang to pick up the remaining survivors, but Jiang Shan had his own plans; he needed to contact Headquarters, and these survivors were his strongest proof for this Ghost Tree Forest event.
The Coffin Nail from Hongfa Temple early on, because of the Ghost Cabinet and Ghost Bus incidents, Jiang Shan planned to leave for Yang Jian.
But that Withered Finger in Wang Xiao Ming’s lab, he had been coveting it for a long time.
If that Withered Finger that could pin down Ghost Domain and Ghosts was used together with Ghost Characters,
The combined effect of the two might not be as terrifying as the Coffin Nail, but its restriction ability on Ghosts would absolutely not be inferior.
So, he now wanted a qualification.
Even though Jiang Shan didn’t want to join Headquarters, he needed a qualification to transact with Wang Xiao Ming.
At this time,
In Dajing City, Ghost Wielder Headquarters, in the Liaison Officer staff Dormitory.
Jiang Qingwu, who was sleeping with her head covered, suddenly woke up in shock because she heard the emergency contact Phone’s ringtone by her bedside.
Immediately, she got out of bed and ran to her work area.
Seeing that the incoming call display was actually that person’s number, Jiang Qingwu was stunned for a moment.
From the local Surveillance Camera and news in Dachang City, this high school senior named Jiang Shan had become a Ghost Wielder, and it was obvious from the last call that he had no intention of joining Headquarters.
Thinking of the words “World Criminal Police” and “Scam Phone,” she got angry,
But after answering, she still maintained a certain professionalism and asked:
“Huff huff huff, Jiang Shan, right? Are you calling this phone because you want to join the Asian International Criminal Police?”
“No.” Jiang Shan said.
She had been sleeping soundly and was disturbed, only to hear such a teasing answer; Jiang Qingwu instantly flared up in Red Temperature. Just as she was about to open her mouth to show off her “ten years of online little cannon” skills, Jiang Shan’s voice from the other end instantly made her tense up:
“In a village called Chen Family Village, 170 kilometers from Dachang City, a very serious Supernatural Event occurred. I codename it—Ghost Tree Forest. The Killing Pattern is that 12 hours after direct or indirect contact with the Ghost Tree Forest, people will be Cursed and turn into a Ghost Tree.”
“According to me.”
“Mr. Jiang, please wait a moment. I need to report this upward before I can continue recording.” Jiang Qingwu on the other end hurriedly interrupted.
“Okay, please hurry. I still have eight survivors here.” Jiang Shan said.
Hearing Jiang Shan’s words, Jiang Qingwu’s sleepiness and anger completely dissipated. After hanging up with Jiang Shan, she hurriedly called Zhao Jianguo.
It wasn’t that Jiang Qingwu didn’t have the qualification to record this Supernatural Event, but Zhao Jianguo had specifically emphasized to her that if Jiang Shan called Headquarters again, she must notify him immediately.
Although Headquarters was far from Dachang City, Zhao Jianguo already knew about Jiang Shan’s actions at the Little Qiang Club.
One person suppressing dozens of Ghost Wielders—this record was an incomparably terrifying Existence even at Headquarters.
So Zhao Jianguo attached great importance to Jiang Shan.
In no time, Zhao Jianguo hurriedly pushed open the door to the liaison room and came before Jiang Qingwu, then gestured for her to call Jiang Shan again:
“Hello, Jiang Shan. I am Zhao Jianguo, the Captain of your Liaison Officer Jiang Qingwu. Jiang Qingwu has already explained part of the situation to me. If it’s convenient on your end, we can continue our previous conversation.”
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