Mysterious Revival - Chapter 1081 - 1047 Event

The golden statue, sealing away Old Qin, stands as a monumental presence at headquarters.

It serves both as a memorial and a deterrent.

It tells some people that although Old Qin is in a dire state and has fallen into slumber, he is still here, not entirely gone; he might awaken at a crucial moment.

This open display is much better than making Old Qin disappear in secrecy.

After all, if Old Qin were to vanish for too long, some ghost controllers might think he’s already dead, and only by doing this can it serve as a deterrent.

“The supernatural power can keep a person from dying, yet Old Qin seems to have aged to death; it seems somewhat improper.” Yang Jian frowned, looking at Shen Liang.

Shen Liang hesitated for a moment before speaking in a low voice: “He’s deeply entangled with the supernatural, the common supernatural powers can’t affect him. If he tries to forcibly control new vengeful ghosts, then Old Qin will become even more at risk.”

“I see.” Yang Jian understood.

In Old Qin’s situation, he can use the powers of vengeful ghosts without fear of revival, but once he controls a new ghost, attempting to extend his life, the balance would be broken, possibly leading to quicker death.

He’s been constrained by his own birth circumstances.

In other words, it’s as if Old Qin was already destined from the womb.

“Old Qin’s method of controlling vengeful ghosts is very similar to those old fellows from the Republic of China period. Although it solves the problem of ghost revival, it’s limited by human lifespan, just like that old lady from Block 301 of Dachuan City, the old man in the ancient house reached by the supernatural bus, and the old ghost at the Ghost Post Office.”

“These individuals from the Republic of China period are all old, but from another perspective, it may not have been an incorrect path to follow at that time.”

Yang Jian had a vague realization now.

Why didn’t the Republic of China period pass down information on controlling vengeful ghosts?

Because their path was incomplete, and many were unique, thus lacking value in imitation.

With vengeful ghost revival now, the supernatural circle is trying to figure out a new path for ghost control.

From Yang Jian’s current exposure, it can roughly be divided into four types: balance, crash, anomalies, and curses.

Feng Quan, Huang Ziya, Li Yang belong to balance, where the vengeful ghosts balance each other, extending the time before a vengeful ghost revives.

This method is the most common and the easiest to implement.

Then there’s Tong Qian who belongs to crash — using crying faces and smiling faces to counter each other, causing a crash.

This method is difficult, requiring specific vengeful ghosts and special methods; Yang Jian also succeeded by luck with the scheme on the human skin paper.

The third type: Anomalies.

This is the hardest, uncontrollable, with no experience to draw from, and impossible to replicate.

Yang Jian himself is very unique, first balancing ghost eyes and ghost shadow, then achieving a ghost shadow crash by hanging himself in front of the ghost mirror, then splicing the ghost shadow figure, using the curse of the Eight-Tone Music Box to crash it again, incidentally using the awakening from the spirit of the calling ghost to regain his memory, replacing the ghost shadow.

Only then did he become a conscious vengeful ghost, turning into an anomaly.

Anomalies don’t worry about ghost revival and can use supernatural powers within certain limits without cost.

Th𝕀𝙨 ςhаp𝐭℮r 𝖎𝕤 p𝟬𝙨𝗍ꬲⅆ bყ 𝐾𝘪𝗍𝕖𝘯ℴνɛ𝓁

It’s considered the more perfect existence among the four ghost control options.

Similarly achieving this are Wei Jing, Li Leping.

All are captain-level figures, extraordinary.

The last type, curses.

This one is very special, representatives being Wang Chaling, Zhao Xiaoya.

They seem like ordinary people but can harness the power of vengeful ghosts, yet must bear certain costs.

“Considered carefully, Old Qin’s method of controlling vengeful ghosts should be similar to Tong Qian’s, causing the vengeful ghosts to crash completely. Although he’s controlled the ghosts, he hasn’t escaped the essence of humanity. This might be related to the ideology of that era, emphasizing humanity, fearing being eroded and losing self to the ghosts.”

Yang Jian pondered: “So even when they get old, they still die naturally, and once deceased, the crashed ghosts will revive.”

“Moreover, this method is highly limiting, unable to easily control new vengeful ghosts.”

“So, is the anomalies path the correct one?”

Though thinking this way, he wasn’t entirely sure.

Because at least Old Qin lived to be over a hundred, living longer than ordinary people, essentially reaching the lifespan limit of a normal person.

Though anomalies don’t worry about aging to death, they also bear great risks, with many uncertainties, and becoming an anomaly is extremely difficult.

However, if he can overcome all these uncertainties, Yang Jian could maintain youth and live indefinitely.

Not just living to a hundred, even at two hundred, Yang Jian would still be the same.

Yet time is also a significant danger for Yang Jian, as an anomaly.

Because one has to consider the issue of supernatural erosion.

As time passes, Yang Jian also cannot be certain he’d be unaffected by supernatural erosion, which is not a physical but a consciousness, mental, and a gradual influence, causing a person’s humanity to gradually diminish.

Perhaps after decades, Yang Jian might still be alive, but he might have already become a vengeful ghost with the memory of a living person.

For a moment, Yang Jian’s thoughts grew complex.

“Captain Yang, this way, the Deputy Minister is already waiting for Captain Yang in the meeting room.” Shen Liang’s words brought him out of his thoughts.

“Alright.”

Yang Jian withdrew his thoughts, took a deep look at the golden statue before him, and then left.

Now is not the time to think about this issue.

Entering the supernatural circle and coming into contact with vengeful ghosts, many things are no longer up to him.

Reaching this point, Yang Jian hadn’t planned it like this; often, it was a necessity just to survive.

After leaving the statue sealing Old Qin behind, Shen Liang, Qin Meirou, and Yang Jian quickly arrived at a meeting room.

There weren’t many people inside.

Only five.

Among them, there were two people Yang Jian didn’t recognize, but judging by their suits and solemn appearance, they were likely from the headquarters management. The other three included the deputy minister Cao Yanhua, one was Wang Xiaoming, and the other was Li Jun.

Wang Xiaoming had changed a lot since the last time.

He had shaved his head, his face was gaunt, and his skin was somewhat pale, as if seriously ill.

Li Jun still looked the same, giving off an unreal impression, like heavy makeup, because he was conjured by the ghost makeup of Ah Hong, not real.

“Unexpectedly, it’s all familiar faces.” Yang Jian greeted as he entered.

“Yang Jian.”

Li Jun nodded slightly, wearing sunglasses, but underneath the glasses danced two eerie green ghost flames, emitting a faint stench as if roasting a corpse.

“Do you have any new developments in the Dadong City matter? Any new clues about Chen Qiaoyang?” Yang Jian asked directly.

“I’ve been investigating that issue, got some leads, but there’re many matters to attend to, so I can’t monitor continuously, as the bigger picture should be prioritized,” Li Jun said.

Such capabilities surely couldn’t be used on tracking a single person but must address supernatural incidents.

“True, I’ve been quite busy myself lately, no time to catch that guy.”

After speaking, Yang Jian turned to Wang Xiaoming: “Your condition is really not good, are you sick? From my years of medical experience, you ought to be in the late stage of cancer. Currently, medical means can only prolong your life, not cure you.”

“I can cure you, give me a Ghost Candle, and I’ll restore you to health.”

Ordinary means won’t work, naturally, it requires supernatural powers.

Wang Xiaoming’s face remained calm, unmoved: “It’s normal to encounter some radioactive materials in the research process. I’m not surprised that I got cancer. If I wanted to use supernatural powers to heal myself, I’d have long recovered; there’s no need to wait until now.”

“So, you want to die?” Yang Jian squinted.

“I wouldn’t put it that way, I am merely doing what I should within my limited life span, working until the end of my existence; death is not the end, but a rest,” Wang Xiaoming said.

Yang Jian said, “I understand.”

Evidently, Wang Xiaoming neither sought death nor wished to live; he was simply tired and aimed to reach the day when death relieved him with his body as the limit.

“That’s enough greetings, let’s get to business.” At this moment, Cao Yanhua tapped the table, exuding the authority of a deputy minister.

Yang Jian said, “No rush, let’s first talk about the overdue wages issue. Where’s Cao Yang? He’s had the Ghost Scissors for quite some time, why haven’t they been returned to me?”

“Yang Jian, this is exactly what today’s discussion is about,” Cao Yanhua said.

Wang Xiaoming raised his hand, signaling; “Deputy Minister, let me speak.”

Cao Yanhua glanced over and nodded.

“The matter is not complicated; Ghost Lake incident, Cao Yang failed, and he disappeared.”

Wang Xiaoming said: “Moreover, through investigation and verification, and the message sent before Cao Yang’s disappearance, Captain Yinzi also disappeared during the Ghost Lake incident, and now the Ghost Lake incident has escalated.”

“Just a few days ago, the Ghost Lake incident was defined as an S-level supernatural event.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Jian immediately grew serious: “A supernatural incident resulting in the fall of two captains? You’re not joking with me, are you?”

“Do you think I would joke with you?”

Wang Xiaoming stated, “If this matter isn’t dealt with, the Ghost Lake incident might be defined as an SS-level supernatural event.”

“So long story short, you have a Coffin Nail with conclusive power, coupled with your Ghost Domain, you have the potential to turn the tide in any situation. So this time, your involvement will receive resource support from the headquarters at a large scale.”

After finishing, he gestured.

A suited staff member beside him retrieved a box from under the conference table.

Upon opening it, a full ten red Ghost Candles were neatly arranged before them.

“This is the headquarters’ supernatural artifact information, you may also activate it.” After speaking, another document was brought over and handed to Yang Jian.

“Ten Ghost Candles, freely activating supernatural artifacts, back during the Hungry Ghost and Ghost Painting incidents, it wasn’t this generous.”

Yang Jian mused quietly, sensing the headquarters’ resolve, and understanding the terror level of the Ghost Lake incident.

Wang Xiaoming continued: “The impact range of the Ghost Lake incident is very wide, and Dachang City is probably also affected. I’ve read some intelligence reports from your Dachang City; you’ve already ordered the nearby water area to be blocked, and the whole city has ceased water supply. If not handled, your territory might not be safe either.”

“Two captains are down, and I can handle it alone? Aren’t you afraid I’ll also fail?” Yang Jian straightforwardly said.

“After Cao Yang’s failure, it’s impossible to let a single captain act alone again,” Wang Xiaoming said: “This time it’s Captain-level teamwork, and you’re just one among them.”

“Who else?” Yang Jian asked.

Cao Yanhua immediately replied, “Yang Jian, you have to agree first before telling you. This is confidential, the captain’s list cannot be disclosed, or it could trigger a chain reaction.”

Requisitioning too many captains at once could easily worsen the situation in certain areas.

“Considering what you said, the number of participating captains must be considerable; the headquarters only has twelve captains in total. Even if you don’t tell me, I can roughly guess who’s involved,” Yang Jian said.

“So what’s your answer?” Wang Xiaoming, disliking ambiguity, remained calm and direct.

Yang Jian did not rush to answer: “If I agree, who will lead? Don’t tell me captains act independently.”

“You’ll discuss amongst yourselves; the headquarters cannot decide who leads because, after all, you’re all captains, with equal standing. But I’ll have Li Jun side with you,” Wang Xiaoming said.

Evidently.

Wang Xiaoming was adding to the stakes, coaxing Yang Jian to agree to this matter.

“Ghost Lake incident, captains join forces…” Yang Jian looked at the dossier in front of him, along with the ten red Ghost Candles.

“I seem to have no choice but to comply; if this matter gets out of control, Dachang City won’t be safe either.”

He pondered for a moment, then reached for the suitcase containing the Ghost Candles, closing it.

“Then, let’s have a pleasant cooperation,” Wang Xiaoming said.

“Not so fast, a box of Ghost Candles, I want double the salary,” Yang Jian said.

“…” Cao Yanhua looked at him, his mouth twitching.