Chapter 4: The Falling Face
Corpse!
Corpses all along the road!
Jiang Shan chased after the blurry figures in the gray fog. Every time, he felt like he was about to catch up with the group, but no matter what, he could never reach the figures ahead of him.
On the contrary, he only saw corpses all along the road.
Every person’s face had lost its human skin!
The bloody faces all bore expressions of terror.
“Is it that Dead Face Ghost?”
Jiang Shan’s mood was heavy as he let out a long breath:
“This gray fog is undoubtedly the ghost domain of the fierce ghost.”
Through the characteristics of the ghost domain, combined with the current situation, he determined that the Dead Face Ghost was also a terrifying fierce ghost with a ghost domain, just like the Knocking Ghost!
What is its killing pattern?
As Jiang Shan was pondering, a sudden scream instantly drew his attention.
“It’s Chen Yue!”
Relying on the feeling from his memories, Jiang Shan immediately recognized the owner of the voice.
Earlier, when he had just crossed into this world, Jiang Shan had felt a strong sense of unfamiliarity with the original owner’s memories in his mind. He always felt that he, as an outsider, could not integrate into this world.
But after he controlled the Newspaper Ghost, that feeling disappeared.
Instead, he perfectly fused with the memories in his mind.
“Ghost!”
“Help, help! Someone save me!”
“I don’t want to die! Mom! Come save me!”
As Jiang Shan rushed toward Chen Yue’s scream in the gray fog, he finally clearly saw the outlines of the group for the first time.
“My face! Aaaaaah!”
Countless wails and cries of pain echoed across the sports field. At this moment, the gray fog seemed like a purgatory on earth.
When Jiang Shan passed through the last layer of thin fog and saw the scene of the group, a chill ran through his entire body, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar!
He saw seven people on the sports field madly clawing at their faces with their hands, their faces full of fear and madness, because their human skin was inexplicably peeling off their faces like puzzle pieces!
“Jiang Shan! You’re still alive! Save me, save me!”
The despairing Chen Yue, upon seeing Jiang Shan, had eyes full of disbelief, as if she had seen hope of survival.
But Jiang Shan remained silent, because the ghost characters appeared in his mind again.
“I am Jiang Shan. I must use the ghost characters to leave here, leave this school! Otherwise, I will die! Hurry and leave here!”
It was in fear.
Perhaps because it was controlled by him, or perhaps the ghost characters themselves possessed wisdom.
Jiang Shan’s brows furrowed tightly. He actually sensed the existence of emotion in the ghost characters.
Would a ghost with wisdom be so easily controlled by him?
“Aaaaaah!”
Suddenly, a painful wail rang out.
A boy’s human skin completely peeled off, revealing his bloody facial bones. At the moment the skin peeled off, his body began to rot, gradually turning into a puddle of corpse water.
“Jiang Shan, please, save me! My face!”
Seeing this scene, the terrified Chen Yue trembled all over and said in a quivering voice.
She had seen the scene of Jiang Shan being attacked by a fierce ghost, but Jiang Shan hadn’t died. At this moment, she pinned all her hopes on Jiang Shan!
Suddenly, a pair of hands covered in scarlet ghost characters firmly pressed onto her face.
“Only a ghost can counter a ghost.”
Jiang Shan always remembered the three fierce ghost laws of this world. Upon discovering the fierce ghost’s killing method, he immediately activated the supernatural power of the ghost characters, letting them cover his hands to counter this unknown fierce ghost.
“Stop crying. Tell me what happened, so I can take you out of here!”
In a breath, Chen Yue’s peeling face was pressed back into place by Jiang Shan.
When she realized her face was still there, Chen Yue sat on the ground, unable to stop sobbing.
She hadn’t died! She had survived!
Suddenly, the ghost characters floated into Jiang Shan’s mind again:
“I am Jiang Shan. I saved a girl, and because of that, I was targeted by the Dead Person Ghost Face! To counter the Dead Face Ghost, I must find the Knocking Ghost.”
The ghost characters disappeared, like a pool of dead water with no ripples.
At this moment, Jiang Shan felt increasingly uneasy, suspicion rising in his heart:
“Have I really controlled the ghost characters?”
It was like a living person, freely venting emotions in his mind, inducing him just like the human skin paper induced Yang Jian!
A chilling fear swept over Jiang Shan.
“Jiang Shan, we encountered a ghost face, and then…”
Zhang Lei, whose face had half peeled off, saw that Chen Yue had survived. A glimmer of hope dawned in his heart, and he anxiously interrupted their conversation:
“Jiang Shan! Save me! I!”
“Shut up!”
“Keep talking. How did it appear? Tell me everything it did to you.”
After handling Chen Yue, Jiang Shan immediately moved to save the other classmates in the class.
The human skin peeling speed was about ten seconds. Jiang Shan estimated that, among those present, the only one he could save now was Zhang Lei, who was closest to him and had the least peeling.
So he rushed to Zhang Lei and pressed down on his peeling face.
Jiang Shan, who controlled two ghosts, had achieved a brief balance with the fierce ghosts in his body.
Within his capabilities and without compromising his own safety, Jiang Shan was willing to save a few more people.
But the scene before him left him powerless.
Watching his classmates die one after another, the deathly stillness amplified the fear in Zhang Lei’s heart:
“Jiang Shan, I’m Zhang Lei! You have to get me out of here!”
“I’ll give you money! I…”
“Shut up! If you say one more word, no need for the ghost to act—I’ll tear your face off myself!”
Jiang Shan pressed his face and said angrily.
The burly Zhang Lei had been scared out of his wits by the ghost. Now, he was like a drowning man clutching at a straw, his eyes full of longing and madness.
Zhang Lei’s state was all seen by Jiang Shan.
Compared to Chen Yue, he couldn’t even say a useful word now.
Survival instinct was natural, and Jiang Shan didn’t despise it.
But in a situation where a fierce ghost could appear at any moment, he was a burden!
If he hindered Jiang Shan’s chance to survive, Jiang Shan wouldn’t mind killing him personally.
Seeing Jiang Shan’s icy gaze, Zhang Lei shuddered all over. He had a premonition that if he said one more word, Jiang Shan would kill him without hesitation!
As Zhang Lei’s face was pressed back into place, no one noticed that the ghost characters had spread from Jiang Shan’s hand under Zhang Lei’s human skin.
Just as Chen Yue opened her mouth to tell Jiang Shan:
“When our group arrived here, countless human faces suddenly appeared in the fog. They stared straight at us, and then our faces started peeling off.”
Chen Yue’s voice was intermittent, sometimes trembling.
Just from her voice, one could feel the fear in her heart, but she could still express herself clearly, which made Jiang Shan improve his impression of her.
“What did you all do?”
Jiang Shan asked.
“We didn’t do anything. Everyone was scared stiff.”
“What were you doing at the time?”
“I… I was so scared I froze and didn’t move.”
Suddenly, she remembered the ghost characters and what Jiang Shan had said then, so she added:
“I didn’t touch it, and it didn’t touch me. I guarantee it!”
Hearing Chen Yue’s words, Jiang Shan’s gaze grew solemn.
The fierce ghost’s killing pattern existed, like the Knocking Ghost needing to hear that weird knocking sound; or the ghost that calls out, only triggering when one turns back.
But in Chen Yue’s words, he couldn’t find any killing pattern at all.
As Jiang Shan was pondering, a terrifying sound rang out, instantly making his hair stand on end.
“Dong dong dong.”
“Dong dong dong.”
The Knocking Ghost’s knocking sound!
Where!?
Jiang Shan’s heart pounded as he quickly scanned the surroundings. Finally, he discovered the source of the sound was actually on Zhang Lei’s mobile phone!
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