Chapter 60: Entering The Mansion, Woman Who Jumps From The Building
Inside the Ghost Painting, there is no distinction between day and night.
The sky is always gray and hazy, with no changes.
Paper Ash falls like rain, without stopping.
Xu Zhou and the others sat together in a circle.
Yuan Xue hugged her knees, looking at the ground, occasionally lifting her head to look at the young man leaning against the wall with his eyes closed in a light nap.
Alice had a sorrowful expression, holding her own child, her eyes full of heartache.
Fatty kept his head down, his gaze flickering, not knowing what he was thinking.
Xu Zhou was a bit distracted.
Lin Qian would enter the Mansion once he woke up.
The other party promised to help them control Fierce Ghosts.
Then what after controlling Fierce Ghosts?
How should the road ahead be walked?
Admittedly, after controlling Fierce Ghosts, their survival chances would be higher.
But they didn’t want to live in this ghostly place for the rest of their lives.
They wanted to get out, to see the normal world, not to live in the same place with a group of Fierce Ghosts.
A life of constant fear wouldn’t feel stimulating; it would only gradually lead to despair.
They wanted to survive, and even more, they wanted to get out.
How should the road ahead be walked?
Before any changes, he only wanted to survive and fill his stomach.
But now, after becoming a Ghost Controller, his ambitions had swelled.
He wanted to get out alive.
Five people, four adults, each with their own thoughts.
Time slowly passed.
He didn’t know how much time had passed.
Lin Qian suddenly opened his eyes and looked around.
The dim environment made him somewhat unadapted.
Lin Qian slightly narrowed his eyes and soon knew where he was.
Consciousness returned.
Lin Qian stood up and moved his neck a bit.
Resting in a place like this was inevitably not restful.
But at least it was much better than not resting at all.
“You’re awake.”
Xu Zhou quickly walked over.
Lin Qian glanced at Xu Zhou, and at Yuan Xue and the others looking at him.
The little boy was already awake, with dense fear in his eyes.
This little guy would definitely have psychological trauma in the future.
But Lin Qian couldn’t figure it out; why was the other party looking at him with fearful eyes?
Did I break your arm?
“Come with me.”
Lin Qian said to Xu Zhou.
Xu Zhou was a talent, worth his investment.
Yuan Xue was also a talent, but he didn’t see any highlights in Yuan Xue.
“Me too?” Xu Zhou licked his lips; he didn’t want to refuse in his heart, but he glanced at Yuan Xue and the others behind him and fell somewhat silent.
Lin Qian rolled his eyes, “Not asking you to go to the Mansion with me.”
“We’re going to catch a ghost.”
“I don’t plan to come back; it’s very risky.”
“After I catch the ghost, you just bring it back.”
Hearing this, Xu Zhou breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but at the same time, he felt a bit disappointed.
This might be his only chance to leave.
Lin Qian looked at Xu Zhou; having humanity was a very good quality, but here, this quality might become the fuse for his death.
But each has their own way of living.
He had no right to interfere.
“Let’s go.”
Lin Qian led the way toward the Iron Door.
Xu Zhou glanced at Yuan Xue and the others, “Wait for me to come back.”
Clang, the Iron Door opened.
Xu Zhou hurriedly followed.
The two quickly disappeared in the corridor.
Yuan Xue and the others closed the Iron Door again and hung the Chains on it; they looked at the empty stairs with expectation in their eyes.
Arriving at the seventh floor, Lin Qian paused and looked toward the corridor; previously, a room here had made a sound.
Something was banging on the door.
“Are you sure there are no Fierce Ghosts in the building?”
Lin Qian asked.
Xu Zhou shook his head, “We’ve checked every room; no danger.”
Lin Qian smiled, “Sometimes, no danger doesn’t mean no ghosts exist.”
“Surviving in this building in the future, be more careful.”
“Ghosts are very eerie things.”
Hearing this, Xu Zhou’s heart skipped a beat, “There are ghosts in this building?”
“Not sure, but it’s better to be careful.”
Lin Qian didn’t say it explicitly.
Saying it would only make Xu Zhou worry.
They were safe now because no one had triggered the Fierce Ghost’s killing pattern.
The other party had survived here for so long; with ghosts present, it was impossible not to trigger the Fierce Ghost’s killing pattern.
But they were still alive, without encountering danger.
What did this mean?
It meant either the ghost in this building was trapped,
Or this ghost’s killing pattern was extremely strange.
They hadn’t triggered the other’s killing pattern, or it was impossible to trigger the Fierce Ghost’s killing pattern in the building at all.
This was a Wooden Building.
Old Wooden Building.
Xu Zhou took Lin Qian’s words to heart.
The two walked out of the Old Wooden Building; after that ghost activated its second stage, the streets nearby had become much safer.
After all, the ghosts had all been pulled into the fissures by that ghost, except for that wasteful Female Ghost who managed to escape.
But that ghost’s direction of departure wasn’t toward the Mansion.
The two quickly headed toward the Mansion.
The mess on the streets, after some time of settling, was once again covered by Paper Ash.
Xu Zhou was quite familiar with the vicinity and led Lin Qian through shortcuts, weaving through alleys, quickly heading toward that Mansion.
Along the way, Lin Qian observed the surroundings; after being cleansed by that ghost,
He could hardly sense any Fierce Ghosts around.
Lin Qian’s gaze flickered; that ghost’s danger and terror level needed to be raised even higher.
The ghosts inside the Ghost Painting were terrifyingly abnormal.
“Stop.”
Suddenly, Lin Qian told Xu Zhou to stop.
“What’s wrong?” Xu Zhou was puzzled.
Lin Qian looked at a strange building nearby.
It was a European-style building.
A Wooden House structure.
“Wait here for me; I’ll be right back.”
Saying this, without waiting for Xu Zhou to react, Lin Qian plunged into this European-style small Wooden House.
Just less than two minutes.
Lin Qian rubbed his neck, grinning as he walked out.
“You… are you okay…”
Xu Zhou looked at the pitch-black strangulation mark on Lin Qian’s neck and asked worriedly.
“I’m fine; how could anything happen to me?”
“Let’s go.”
Lin Qian waved his hand and quickly headed toward that eerie Mansion.
Stopping and starting, soon the two arrived at the Mansion doorway.
“Extraordinary.”
Lin Qian slightly narrowed his eyes and looked up; the Mansion in front of him was shrouded in dense darkness.
From outside, it was impossible to see the scene inside.
The Mansion was very eerie, like a ghost building.
“Can you tell me your name?”
They had arrived at the Mansion and were about to part.
But until now, they still didn’t know this young man’s name.
Lin Qian turned back to Xu Zhou, “I’m Lin Qian, the president of a club in Da Jiang City.”
“If you can leave here, you can come find me in Da Jiang City.”
Hearing this, Xu Zhou’s pupils shrank sharply, “You… you can leave?”
Lin Qian nodded without hesitation, “Yes, I can leave, but only by myself.”
“And by way of death.”
“I can’t take any of you out of the Ghost Painting.”
Xu Zhou was instantly disappointed, his lips trembling slightly.
“No need to be disappointed; although I can’t take you out, I know how you can leave.”
“This is the Ghost Painting; outside, it’s a major Supernatural Event.”
“Its characteristic isn’t its own killing power, but its Ghost Domain.”
“We’re now in the Ghost Painting’s Ghost Domain, which is extremely special; looking across the whole world, there might not be another Ghost Domain comparable to the Ghost Painting’s.”
“The Ghost Painting’s Ghost Domain is composed of numerous Ghost Paintings; it’s not just a single painting.”
“To leave here, just find the source of the Ghost Painting, the real Ghost Painting.”
“The place we’re in now is just one of the many Ghost Paintings inside the Ghost Painting.”
“How many Ghost Paintings are inside the Ghost Painting, I don’t know, but definitely many.”
“You want to get out; it’s hard, but it’s an opportunity.”
Lin Qian spoke, ignoring Xu Zhou’s gradually dazed expression; he reached into his abdomen and directly pulled out a ghost.
Then, the Fierce Ghost’s body turned into four segments the instant it was pulled out.
One of the heads still had a white Hemp Rope strangling it.
“Ghosts, I’ll give to you; they’re all in dead state. They just need to follow the method to control.”
Lin Qian briefly explained the method of controlling Fierce Ghosts to Xu Zhou.
Then he threw the ghost to Xu Zhou, who subconsciously caught it.
“To leave the Ghost Painting, strength is essential.”
“You’ve just controlled one ghost; you’re very weak. Though it won’t revive, relying on one non-reviving ghost, you won’t get out of here.”
“On the road ahead, you need to get stronger, control other Fierce Ghosts, and enhance your own supernatural power.”
“This process is dangerous.”
“Controlling other Fierce Ghosts isn’t in dead state.”
Lin Qian explained to Xu Zhou the difference between dead-state ghosts and Revived Ghosts.
Then he told him the theory of controlling Fierce Ghosts.
After finishing, he looked at Xu Zhou, “Only if you get out alive do you qualify to find me.”
“These ghosts are my investment in you.”
“I’m a club’s president; I want elites, not trash.”
With Lin Qian’s current ability, he could mass-produce Ghost Controllers.
But what use was that?
Non-elites were useless.
Man-made Ghost Controllers were not as strong as those who stepped out step by step gambling their lives.
Refer to those captains in the Original Work to know the gap.
If Xu Zhou could get out of the Ghost Painting alive, he would absolutely be a top-tier Ghost Controller.
Such a person, bringing him into the club, could be used directly as a right-hand man.
“Work hard.”
Lin Qian said, then suddenly his gaze sharpened, and he pulled Xu Zhou over with one hand.
Xu Zhou was bewildered.
But suddenly, a dull thud of landing came from behind.
His heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly turned back to look.
His pupils shrank instantly.
Lin Qian slightly narrowed his eyes, looking at the thing on the ground, and slightly raised his head.
Nothing abnormal.
Someone jumped from the building again…
Xu Zhou’s expression was grave.
On the ground was a woman in a suit, disheveled, lying there.
Her head cracked open, blood mixed with white liquid flowing from the back of her skull.
The blood quickly stained the ground beneath the woman red.
Xu Zhou saw clearly; inside the cracked skull, the pink brain was still twitching slightly.
Blood kept surging from the woman’s mouth.
Her expression was ferocious, but her eyes had a hint of relief.
Lin Qian squatted beside the woman, “Completely alive person, not eroded by supernatural forces.”
He looked at this Mansion, “Forced to jump by a ghost?”
“Xu Zhou, corpses disappear within seven days, right?”
Hearing Lin Qian’s question, Xu Zhou recalled and nodded, “Yes, I tried collecting corpses before, but without exception, they all disappeared within seven days.”
“Some disappeared in one or two days, some on the sixth day, some right on the seventh day.”
“But without exception, none exceeded seven days.”
Lin Qian was stunned upon hearing this; good grief, from the sound of it, the other party had collected more than one corpse.
“Got it.”
Lin Qian stood up; since it was confirmed to disappear, he wouldn’t bring this corpse inside.
“I’m going in.”
“Ponder what I said; the ghost I fought before has a very high terror level; don’t provoke it.”
“Okay.” Xu Zhou didn’t know what to say and could only nod while holding the Fierce Ghost.
Lin Qian patted Xu Zhou’s shoulder, “Keep it up; I think highly of you.”
With that, Lin Qian smiled and walked directly toward the Mansion.
His expression gradually became serious; the Mansion was very dangerous.
Xu Zhou watched Lin Qian, watching his back until he pushed open the Mansion door and his figure disappeared inside; only then did he withdraw his gaze.
He glanced at the Fierce Ghost in his hands, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared; he turned and ran quickly back to the Old Wooden Building.
Inside the Mansion, Lin Qian looked at Xu Zhou’s back, “Not choosing to control?”
“Kindness; here, it’s a fatally poisonous drug.”
Lin Qian sighed, turned to look inside the Mansion, and slightly narrowed his eyes.
The Ghost Performer inside his body was restless, indicating there was a Puzzle Piece of the Ghost Performer in this Mansion.
Ghost or Supernatural Item?
The inside of the Mansion was dim and eerie.
Six elevators stood in the lobby.
The button to open the elevator flashed with malicious red light.
The elevators here could still be used.
Lin Qian subconsciously walked toward the elevator, but after just a few steps, his expression slightly darkened.
“Take the elevator?”
“Why would I think of taking the elevator?”
And at the moment Lin Qian stopped, the six elevators suddenly made a sound.
The numbers on the elevator doors indicating the floor suddenly started changing.
The elevators activated and headed toward the first floor.
“Entering triggers the Fierce Ghost’s pattern?”
Lin Qian quickly looked around and soon spotted the stairs leading upstairs.
Given the situation, he should take the stairs.
But Lin Qian didn’t move; he watched the six descending elevators, his gaze flickering slightly:
“Not friendly.”
“Eh, no.”
“Seems like I’m the visitor.”
Lin Qian touched his face and showed an embarrassed smile.
Then, a Weird Mask appeared on his face.
The pupil-less Ghost Eye slightly rotated.
A ferocious sharp mouth grinned.
“One, or six?”
Lin Qian stood in place waiting; he wanted to gauge the terror level of the Fierce Ghost here.
Ghosts, as long as not Female Ghosts, he had no fear; even an S-level Fierce Ghost, he’d dare to slap it twice.
Uh…
If it’s a Female Ghost, he’d turn and run without hesitation.
