“What? The operation failed?”

Meanwhile, at headquarters, Cao Yanhua’s eyes widened in shock and disbelief upon receiving the information from Zhao Jianguo. Shortly after, his entire body started to tremble slightly.

The operation failed, and the vast majority of ghost tamers at headquarters perished, buried within the airport in Dachang City.

The current headquarters is left with no one to use. Although some ghost tamers and those in charge did not participate in this operation, they are ordinary ghost tamers and cannot sustain the operation of the headquarters.

It’s over!

Thinking of this, Cao Yanhua suddenly collapsed into the chair as if all his strength had been drained, unable to regain his composure for a long time.

It took dozens of minutes.

Shen Liang’s arrival awakened him from his daze.

“Deputy Minister, we haven’t lost yet. We still have Old Qin. If he is willing to go to Dachang City, I believe he can definitely resolve this Yang Jian. We absolutely cannot let others’ sacrifices be in vain.”

This reminder prompted Cao Yanhua to stand up quickly: “Right, that’s right, we still have Old Qin. Before Zhao Jianguo disconnected, he also mentioned that Old Qin should be sent over. We haven’t lost, and we still have a chance to win. I will personally visit Old Qin now. In this situation, he will definitely take action.”

Quickly, he hurriedly left the office with Shen Liang, heading to Old Qin’s residence at headquarters to request his assistance.

At the same time.

In Dachang City, after annihilating the ghost tamers from headquarters, Yang Jian fell into a momentary calm. In the upcoming period, he should be safe, but this safety will likely not last long. He killed so many ghost tamers from headquarters, the consequences of which will certainly be severe.

Yang Jian thought that the ghost tamers he killed today were like a trigger, set to explode the entire supernatural circle, drawing many dangers.

“I hope I can withstand the second wave of attacks; the growth of the Ghost Child must accelerate a bit,” he pondered silently.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t use the Ghost Lake here, preventing him from utilizing many supernatural items and tools.

Moreover, 40% of the Ghost Lake would be a tremendous help.

Additionally, his Evil Hound got lost in Baishui Town and is not with him right now.

So Yang Jian is not at his peak state at the moment. What he can rely on is just the split spear and the ghost eye.

“I can’t waste time before the second wave of attacks arrives. Besides erasing familiar people’s memories, I should also make some preparations.” His eyes flickered, and then he disappeared from the airport.

When he reappeared, he was already standing in front of a temple in Dachang City.

The ghost eye looked towards the basement of the temple.

A wall made of bluestone bricks housed a long-sealed door. This door was ancient and heavy, never having been opened.

Following the memories of the past, Yang Jian came here to take this world’s coffin nail. With it, he would have two coffin nails, a huge upgrade for himself.

Without any hesitation, he invaded the basement through the Ghost Domain, then pushed open the wooden door and strode inside.

The pitch-black room was so dark that you couldn’t see your hand in front of you.

However, this room was incredibly large, beyond imagination.

Yang Jian’s ghost eye ignored the effects of darkness as he quickly walked in one direction.

There stood a tree seemingly grown from white bones, with a tall black humanoid figure nailed to the trunk, pierced by a rusty coffin nail.

Yang Jian halted in front of this nailed-down eerie shadow.

His ghost eye briefly examined it, unable to see through what this giant black shadow was, but he was certain that it was definitely not the Ghost Shadow.

The so-called shadow was accurately a human-shaped darkness that seemed to cover something beneath it, like a coffin. If this layer of darkness could be torn open, then perhaps he could see clearly what was nailed to the tree.

Yang Jian reached out to pull out the coffin nail and release this fierce ghost, but his hand halted as he instinctively fixated on the head.

There was a scarlet, eerie eye.

This was the ghost eye of this world.

“If I take this ghost eye, I would have two ghost eyes in this world. Then, my supernatural powers would increase exponentially. If I could pause everything around me with the six-layer Ghost Domain, owning two ghost eyes would allow me to do so with a three-layer Ghost Domain.”

Thinking of this, Yang Jian became very tempted.

A three-layer Ghost Domain could pause; a four-layer could restart on a large scale, almost like cheating.

Moreover, the new ghost eye had no immediate risk of revival. Although it wouldn’t last long, it just needed to hold out for a few hours, and once he left this world, Yang Jian wouldn’t need it anymore.

“Could this be a trap?”

At this moment, Yang Jian couldn’t help but have this thought, wondering what immense price he’d pay if he took the second ghost eye.

However, after thinking for a moment, he couldn’t figure out what great risk he’d face.

“I won’t overthink it. Take it and deal with the consequences later. The first wave of attacks assembled all the ghost tamers from headquarters, so the second wave will definitely bring Old Qin or those monsters from the Republic of China period. Without enhancement, I may not survive the second wave of attacks.”

“First, grasp this supernatural power, and deal with any consequences later.”

Thinking this, Yang Jian no longer hesitated. He immediately took the ghost eye and pulled out the coffin nail, then swiftly left without looking back.

As for the problem of the fierce ghost’s revival, this was not something he should worry about.

Even if there were so many corpses of ghost tamers lying at the airport in Dajing City, he hadn’t dealt with them. Even if the supernatural spread over Dachang City, he could just change locations without considering the consequences.

Clutching the cold, rusty coffin nail, Yang Jian felt more confident.

At the same time, he glanced at the back of his hand.

A scarlet ghost eye opened suddenly after stretching the skin, restlessly rotating, while an alternative perspective appeared in Yang Jian’s mind.

Everything felt so familiar, as if he were back to the beginning.

At this moment, Yang Jian was controlling two ghost eyes and wielding two coffin nails, greatly enhancing his supernatural powers once again.

Although it’s temporary.

Soon.

Yang Jian was back at the top floor of the tallest building in the city, Shangtong Tower.

His ghost eye opened again, looking into the distance.

The Ghost Domain, which could originally easily cover a city, had expanded further. Now, not only Dachang City, but even nearby towns were enveloped in it.

“Interesting.” Yang Jian showed a slight smile at this moment, as if he found an amusing toy.

He wanted to become familiar with the second ghost eye as quickly as possible while completing the memory modification of his acquaintances.

However, the Ghost Child’s growth continued.

After devouring the Hungry Ghost, the Ghost Child did not leave Dachang City but instead brought Wang Shanshan to the familiar Guanjiang Residential Complex.

The Ghost Child appeared in a dilapidated Republic Era ancient house.

“Is it looking for the Ghost Mirror or the Ghost Cabinet?”

Wang Shanshan was curious but didn’t interfere with the Ghost Child’s actions, because Yang Jian had mentioned that the Ghost Child now knew how to grow, and she just needed to observe.

Soon.

The Ghost Child went to the second floor and hurried into the third room.

That was the room where the Ghost Mirror was kept.

At this moment, the Ghost Child reached out its hand to touch the Ghost Mirror.

Quickly, its cold hand sank into the mirror, and it seemed like something inside the Ghost Mirror grabbed the Ghost Child’s hand, immediately pulling its entire body inside.

The Ghost Child disappeared right in front of her eyes.

“Can it enter the Ghost Mirror?” Wang Shanshan’s eyes showed slight surprise.

She had encountered the Ghost Mirror before and heard Yang Jian mention some of its characteristics. It seemed that only living people could fall into the Ghost Mirror while fierce ghosts would be repelled by it.

Did the Ghost Child, entering the Ghost Mirror, mean it was human now?

Wang Shanshan didn’t understand and wasn’t very knowledgeable about supernatural matters. She just stood quietly outside the door, waiting for the Ghost Child to emerge from the Ghost Mirror.

Not long after.

A small, thin arm stretched out from the mirror, followed by the Ghost Child walking out while chewing on something.

Its stomach was bulging, as if it had a hearty meal.

However, the ghost child’s stomach quickly began to shrink again, as it digested the fierce ghost it consumed, making the ghost’s supernatural power a part of itself.

“How many ghosts has it eaten within the ghost mirror?” Wang Shanshan thought to herself, starting to feel unease growing within her heart.

Can such a ghost child really continue to be restrained?

The ghost child re-entered the ghost mirror, consuming the fierce ghost without stopping. It once again took Wang Shanshan with it and disappeared, reappearing in front of a silent village blocked off from view. At the entrance of the village stood a sign.

The sign bore three words: Huanggang Village.

Three years ago, Huanggang Village experienced an incident dubbed the ghost coffin supernatural event.

During this incident, the first person in charge of Dachang City, Feng Quan, went missing.

The ghost child swiftly ran towards Huanggang Village, and as it ran, a layer of bluish-black mist began forming around its body, continuously spreading to envelop everything surrounding it.

Clearly.

The ghost child had opened the Ghost Domain of Hungry Ghost, and it was growing, extremely quickly.

Wang Shanshan did not hesitate and followed the ghost child into Huanggang Village.

It was evident that fierce ghosts existed in this silent village as well, and the ghost child had set its sights on one, preparing to make it its next meal.

Initially, the ghost child started with a jog, but soon it moved through the mist, its form shifting unpredictably, yet its walking speed increased dramatically, and the scope of its ghost domain continued to expand substantially. Though the speed was somewhat slow, it seemed limitless, constantly eroding everything nearby.

Soon, the ghost child stopped in front of a residential house.

At this moment, within this house lay a black coffin, with a picture of the deceased before it, remnants of burnt paper money, and traces of incense burning nearby.

Yet no villagers were around.

The ghost child did not open the coffin but gazed with its innocent eyes towards a back alley behind the house.

There, it seemed a chilling figure lingered, hiding.

That was the real ghost.

Actually, Feng Quan lay within the ghost coffin. He stayed unharmed inside the coffin, unable to leave, as doing so would lead to the fierce ghost outside killing him. That’s why he remained missing, potentially for more than half a year, until Yang Jian’s emergence allowed him to escape.

Upon discovering the fierce ghost, the ghost child immediately ran swiftly towards that direction barefoot.

Meanwhile, an eerie sound of footsteps abruptly arose and distanced quickly in the alley behind the funeral hall, as though the fierce ghost sensed danger and was avoiding the ghost child.

Yet the ghost child possessed a ghost domain, while the fierce ghost within the ghost coffin had not fully awakened and was restricted due to Feng Quan, not yet evolving into a ghost envoy.

However, the ghost child’s goal was the haunting growth potential of the ghost envoy.

Once the fierce ghost of Huanggang Village was devoured, the ghost child would have both the supernatural powers of Hungry Ghost and Ghost Envoy, two S-level fierce ghosts.

With such a foundation, coupled with the human-skin paper previously devoured, the ghost child could become the most terrifying being in this world with no one able to resist.

“This world indeed has significant issues. Normally, a ghost shouldn’t flee, yet the ghosts within Huanggang Village keep avoiding the ghost child, seemingly not wanting to be eaten.” Wang Shanshan followed, hiding within the ghost domain to remain safe.

However, after a period of pursuit between the ghost child and the fierce ghost of Huanggang Village, the bluish-black mist spread, the ghost domain covered, and the fierce ghost of Huanggang Village was caught.

A man, with a darkened face and an eerie, cold deathly appearance, matched the photograph next to the shrine. At the moment, he stood unmoving in a cul-de-sac, like a corpse dead for days.

The ghost child ran over without hesitation and lunged directly onto the corpse.

A chilling chewing sound echoed.

Crack, crack…

The future ghost envoy had no resistance and became the ghost child’s food, with his body quickly vanishing.

Wang Shanshan watched this terrifying scene, displaying indifference, only slightly furrowing her brows.

A moment later.

The fierce ghost disappeared, and the ghost child, with a bloated belly, walked out of the gloomy alley.

The ghost child’s dark brown skin began to blacken, becoming more eerie as it grinned at Wang Shanshan, seemingly smiling, but this smile was not cute at all, rather, it was horrifying.

“Haven’t had enough to eat? Where will you go next?” Wang Shanshan inquired coldly and expressionlessly.

The ghost child turned its head, looking in another direction.

It wanted to search for its next meal.

As its stomach had already shriveled away, the recent meal had been digested, since the Hungry Ghost’s appetite is limitless, capable of continuous consumption.

The bluish-black ghost domain spread.

The ghost child carried Wang Shanshan away from Huanggang Village, disappearing into the distance.

“What on earth is that?

After the ghost child left, the black coffin inside the mortuary at Huanggang Village suddenly trembled, the lid opened, and Feng Quanke, filled with uncertainty, sat up from within the coffin, gazing into the distance.

He had just witnessed the ghost child devour the fierce ghost of Huanggang Village.

Fear overwhelmed him, worried he might have become food too.

Thankfully, that did not happen.

Yang Jian was growing, and so was the ghost child. However, after the first wave of attacks ended, the second wave was about to begin.

The current time was 2 PM.

At headquarters.

“Here’s how things unfolded, Yang Jian needs old Qin’s intervention to be killed immediately. He’s extremely dangerous, and now that Dachang City is under his control, if we can’t resolve him, reclaiming the city’s lives would be impossible.” Cao Yanhua sincerely and urgently stated.

Before Cao Yanhua was an elderly man, with age spots and a face full of wrinkles, holding a cane while sitting on a chair, slightly squinting as he patiently listened to Cao Yanhua’s report.

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“I’m aware of the situation, but for me, an old man, to kill the young man named Yang Jian is rather challenging. It’s possible I may perish there too; this individual possesses tremendous potential,” Old Qin responded after hearing everything.

“How could this be? Does Yang Jian have hidden cards he hasn’t played?” Cao Yanhua was shocked.

After depleting so many ghost controllers from headquarters, Yang Jian hadn’t reached his limit.

Old Qin sighed, “Plus, given my age, my activity time is limited, dealing with such a formidable youngster requires some preparations. Otherwise, rash action could leave me with no return. Get ready; within half an hour, I’ll head to Dachang City to handle this matter; whether success or failure, results will follow.”

“Everything depends on you, Old Qin. I’m certain we will succeed this time.” Cao Yanhua expressed gratitude.

“Hopefully.”

Old Qin waved his hand, implying for him to leave.

Cao Yanhua saw Old Qin had agreed, and thus quickly departed without lingering.

After he left.

Old Qin sat on the chair and waited for a while.

Suddenly.

Two dim, yellow lights illuminated from behind.

An old, eerie bus crossed through the wall, ignoring obstacles, finally stopping in front of Old Qin.

“Old man, this might be my last time driving you, let’s visit a few old folks, hoping they are still alive.” Old Qin gazed at the bus and let out a lament, slowly walking onto the supernatural bus with his supporting cane, then he pushed aside the cold corpse in the driver’s seat and sat down independently.

The supernatural bus started, not following any specified route, but instead, guided by Old Qin randomly to wherever he wished.

Soon.

The supernatural bus gradually faded away, eventually disappearing within headquarters.

“Memories of familiar faces near Dachang City have been erased; the remaining familiar faces are not in Dachang City but elsewhere, coincidentally. With the resurgence of supernatural events in this city, I should also leave, besides, the ghost child has opened the ghost domain and led Wang Shanshan to another place to feed, so I don’t need to intervene for now.” Yang Jian was beginning to see results from erasing familiar people’s memories, but it was not enough. He expanded his ghost domain and left Dachang City, intending to head out.

Three years ago, Yang Jian’s mother, along with some classmates and relatives, worked outside the city, each at different locations.

Fortunately, Yang Jian’s ghost domain had expanded, minimizing travel time, so finishing this task before six was entirely achievable.

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