Chapter 22: The Arriving Support
Whoosh~!
Yin wind traveled through the darkness.
Footsteps echoed repeatedly.
The dimness became even denser.
Survivors waited in place in terror.
Despairing cries rose one after another.
Someone finally couldn’t endure it, shouted loudly, and rushed forward crying.
In just a blink of an eye, the other party disappeared into the darkness, along with their crying voice and footsteps.
The footsteps grew closer and closer.
The crowd grew more and more despairing.
Lin Qian, hiding nearby, listened to the sounds outside, his heart extremely heavy.
Ghost Slaves were one thing, but now the Fierce Ghost from Wu Xun’s Fierce Ghost Revival had arrived!
That whistling eerie wind was undoubtedly the sound from the Fierce Ghost on Wu Xun.
Wu Xun’s ghost had revived and was chasing the survivors.
If he didn’t act, could these survivors live?
Lin Qian knew clearly that he hadn’t been targeted by the Fierce Ghost yet solely because Liu Lin might still be alive, plus he had hidden himself, so the Fierce Ghost wouldn’t discover him immediately.
But what if all these survivors died?
Hiding in a living person’s body already accelerated Supernatural Revival, but hiding in a corpse—who knew how fast his own Fierce Ghost Revival would be.
Moreover, the moment the survivors turned into corpses, he would be affected by the attack.
He couldn’t use supernatural means to protect the other from attacks.
Although that could work, the price he paid would be extremely painful.
Using supernatural means to protect others from Fierce Ghost attacks required more than twice his own supernatural power, and he had to ensure his supernatural power didn’t kill the other.
That was also a challenge.
After much thought and weighing the pros and cons, Lin Qian already knew what he had to do.
Clear out the Ghost Slaves, detain the Fierce Ghost, then hide again and wait for the key opportunity to break the situation.
He couldn’t plunder the Fierce Ghost’s supernatural power because he hadn’t touched its body. If he touched the body, even if the other’s terror level was much higher than his, he was confident he could survive.
The yin wind drew closer; in the darkness, the footsteps were approaching.
Pairs of rotten, withered hands slowly extended from the darkness, reaching for those survivors.
One by one, the survivors looked desperately at this scene; they wanted to hide but didn’t know how.
The yin wind whooshed in.
Terror descended instantly.
Several women turned pale, their skin becoming bloodless.
As the yin wind blew past, their bodies rapidly began to wither at that moment.
The ferocious horrific scene made the screams even more despairing and shrill.
It’s here!
Lin Qian dared not hesitate any longer; every survivor who died reduced his chances of survival by one portion.
But just as Lin Qian was about to burst out, a cold voice rang out.
“I heard it.”
The next moment, a valiant woman with a slightly pale face and blood flowing from both ears appeared.
The moment the woman appeared, a terrifying supernatural force suddenly descended.
The yin wind abruptly vanished; those pairs of rotten arms shrank back rapidly like encountering scalding hot oil, retreating into the darkness.
Thud, a rotten corpse fell to the ground; the ferocious eerie mouth on its chest slowly closed.
“This is… a Ghost Controller with a Revived Ghost!”
Liu Yi wiped the blood from her ears, her gaze flickering slightly.
Whether it was a Revived Ghost or a Ghost Controller who died leading to Fierce Ghost Revival, it was easy to distinguish.
Just like now—if this was a Revived Ghost, that mouth wouldn’t be on the chest but on the face.
This ghost had clearly been controlled by someone, then the Ghost Controller died, leading to Fierce Ghost Revival.
“The situation is already this severe?”
Liu Yi’s expression was grave; the death of a Ghost Controller explained many things.
The terror level of the Fierce Ghost here was very high.
Liu Yi looked at the survivors she had saved—all women.
The moment she saw they were all women, Liu Yi was slightly stunned.
What was this situation?
Not a single man in sight, all women?
This was very wrong.
No matter how bizarre the Supernatural Event, these women’s luck couldn’t be good enough to have only females survive.
Liu Yi felt some heaviness in her heart and quickly stepped out from the darkness.
The moment Liu Yi stepped out, the screams that had slightly subsided erupted again.
Despairing cries and wails echoed through the entire street.
Sobbing sounds rose one after another.
Someone had already collapsed on the ground, fainted.
Seeing this scene, Liu Yi found it even stranger.
How could these people possibly have survived until now?
Even a Ghost Controller had died, yet ordinary people were still alive—and in such numbers.
And all women.
It wasn’t that she looked down on females; she herself was female, so she understood them well.
As a Ghost Controller, she knew clearly that women’s survival chances in Supernatural Events were inherently much lower than men’s.
Most women were innately less rational than men.
Just like now—men might not be this despairing; when pushed to the limit, they might even charge forward recklessly to their deaths.
But these women didn’t; instead, they cried and screamed in place.
Preferring this over taking action.
Although taking action wouldn’t help much either.
But the two situations were different.
“Don’t be afraid. I’m the support dispatched from Headquarters to handle this Supernatural Event.”
“I’m Liu Yi. This is my identification.”
Words just like Liu Lin’s before.
Upon hearing this, the screams and cries gradually stopped.
Among the crowd, the pale, bloodless Zhang Baihui looked at the appeared Liu Yi.
“You, you’re also here to save us?”
“Also?”
Liu Yi’s pupils contracted, “There was someone like me before?”
“Yes!”
Zhang Baihui quickly spoke up, “His name is Liu Lin. He said he is the Person in Charge of Da Jiang City.”
Liu Lin?!
Liu Yi’s expression changed slightly. Didn’t Headquarters say his satellite positioning was in the City Center?
How could he be here?
As an International Police Detective, handling Supernatural Events always involved carrying a Satellite Positioning Mobile Phone.
Unless the other had been incidentally drawn into the Supernatural Event.
On the way here, she had reviewed Liu Lin’s file; his code name was Ghost Hider.
Killing Pattern was passively using supernatural power to avoid Fierce Ghost attacks.
But the ghost she had just attacked clearly didn’t have that Killing Pattern.
This doesn’t match!
Two Ghost Controllers in one Supernatural Event!
And they hadn’t resolved this Supernatural Event?
Liu Yi realized that handling this Supernatural Event would be very difficult.
Seeing Liu Yi’s expression fluctuating, Zhang Baihui swallowed and hesitated whether to continue speaking.
Liu Yi keenly noticed the other’s hesitant expression.
“Whatever you know, tell me everything. The more I understand the situation, the greater the chance I can save you all!”
The woman before her, pale-faced, extremely cold, with supernatural power hidden in her abdomen, was very abnormal.
But she seemed unaware of her own condition.
Liu Yi stayed vigilant toward this woman surrounded by the crowd; there might be a ghost inside her body, but she wasn’t a Ghost Controller!
Hearing this, Zhang Baihui didn’t hesitate and quickly recounted everything she knew.
From encountering Lin Qian to them encountering the Fierce Ghost, escaping, and then meeting Liu Yi—she spilled it all.
After speaking, Zhang Baihui looked at Liu Yi.
Liu Yi’s expression was grave, ashen as water, with no trace of relief in her eyes.
