Comparing it to the original map of Baishui Town, Yang Jian discovered the strangeness of this town.
Astonishingly, more than half of the buildings in this town are not on the map, and both Yang Jian and Liu Qi, upon entering the town, didn't notice anything amiss, as if the town had always been like this, impossible to resemble the map.
"Unbelievable, such a thing happens? How can reality and the map be different?" Liu Qi fixed his gaze on the map on his phone, then lifted his head to look at the few buildings near the street of the town.
On the map, those buildings don't exist.
But before their eyes, these buildings perfectly matched the surrounding streets, as though they had always been there.
"If this map wasn't sent from headquarters, I'd suspect it was fake, or an old map. But this map was updated only three months ago, and in that ti, a county couldn't have changed so drastically." .
At this mont, Liu Qi too was filled with doubt.
He looked at the perfectly normal county streets, even after the rain, many town residents walked on the roads, making it hard to associate anything here with the supernatural.
"That's precisely why this place is terrifying."
Yang Jian said with a calm face: "If everything was truly normal, Wang Shanshan wouldn't have lost contact here, and apart from that, the person in charge from Dashan City also encountered issues in Baishui Town. Although the supernatural has not spread, and the people of the town haven't yet started dying en masse."
"But this doesn't an everything is safe. However, I have a rough guess about the situation here."
"What guess?" Liu Qi asked.
Yang Jian surveyed the area and said: "Baishui Town must have intersected with so supernatural realm. That realm has encountered problems, beginning to infiltrate reality. This infiltration isn't instantaneous; it occurs over a period of ti, so initially, many people won't notice anything strange."
"But as ti goes on and the supernatural infiltration intensifies, the town will certainly experience unimaginable, terrifying supernatural events."
"Then why does this town still look so normal, without any issues? If that's the case, the supernatural within the town will grow more fierce, causing a massive reaction eventually." Liu Qi remarked.
Yang Jian continued to walk down the town's streets, calmly saying: "It has already caused reactions. The head of Dashan City, that person nad Seow Yang, ca here, which is the best proof. He seems to have underestimated the danger here, failed to create files or send ssages, and just disappeared."
"Headquarters won't imdiately send a rescue missionary after the person in charge loses contact, because the supernatural will interfere with communication. Losing contact is commonplace, hence they don't waste unnecessary resources, so during this period of the person's disappearance, no one will monitor Baishui Town."
"Alright, discussing these matters now holds little significance. Since we're already here, we should figure out how to find Wang Shanshan and bring her back."
Yang Jian continued to delve deeper into Baishui Town.
Due to his Ghost Domain, the gloomy rain in the sky was dispelled, the cold town once again basked in light, and the damp conditions improved, though a heavy mist still emanated from the surrounding buildings, carrying a moldy sll that induced discomfort.
It seems to have rained here for a long ti.
Yang Jian temporarily dispelled so supernatural occurrences here but couldn't completely alter everything in an instant. Newest update provided by NoveI-Fire.et
"Let's first head to Wang Shanshan's grandmother's house. During this ti, don't enter any building, since you can't tell which are Baishui Town's, and which are not. In the sight of my ghost eyes, all buildings are twisted and deford. The supernatural has contaminated the entire town; even I can't discern which buildings have issues, and which don't."
"So it's best to assu that all the buildings have issues."
Yang Jian felt tempted to use the Ghost Domain to set the entire town ablaze but restrained himself.
The supernatural rain here had lasted too long, causing many ordinary residents to absorb supernatural aura. If he set the town on fire, many ordinary people would perish as well.
"It seems the supernatural rain has contaminated the normal water source. In the processes of eating, drinking, and waste, ordinary people inevitably absorbed it. Why would that person nad Seow Yang leave things like this? He should know that his supernatural powers affect ordinary people, yet he still did this."
"Clearly, this Seow Yang did it intentionally, as the supernatural held within the rain is controlled finely; it can pollute ordinary people without being fatal..."
"So, was his act done with ulterior motives, or were there other considerations?"
Yang Jian speculated.
Unfortunately, he couldn't get in touch with Seow Yang. Otherwise, he would have asked about the situation.
Liu Qi was on high alert, being extra cautious of his surroundings.
He was startled easily at the mont, as he felt that every passerby had issues, and every building was problematic. This town, in his view, was not a normal town at all but a ghost town.
Only the ghosts hadn't appeared yet.
In contrast, Yang Jian remained much calr, steadily walking towards the address Wang Bin had ntioned.
However, Baishui Town had changed considerably since before, and the address had shifted sowhat. Yang Jian circled around before finally confirming the location of Wang Shanshan's grandmother's house.
It was a two-story building by the street, quite ordinary.
At this mont, the house's door was half-open, the interior was dim, and only through narrow gaps could one see a huge painting on the wall in the hall—a painting of Guanyin, symbolizing fertility and blessing. But now the painting was covered with mold spots, adding an eerie touch to the image that once symbolized good fortune.
"Creak!"
Yang Jian arrived at the entrance and reached out to push open the door.
In the murky air, there was a strong moldy sll mixed in. Green moss had grown on the walls and corners of the hall, suggesting that this place hadn't been tended to for a long ti.
He glanced at the food on the table.
It was also moldy, and who knows how long it had been left there.
"Looks like sothing has happened here. If Wang Shanshan's grandma was still around, the house wouldn't be left uncared for. Yang Jian, can you find a way to contact Wang Shanshan's grandma? Let's try calling her first." Liu Qi also entered, slightly covering his nose and appraising the scene as he spoke.
"No need for a call. Wang Shanshan's grandma has been in this house all along; she hasn't gone out at all."
Yang Jian's Ghost Eye was open, that restless eyeball rolled around before finally fixing its gaze on the adjacent room.
Liu Qi's expression changed, but before he could think more, Yang Jian was already at the neighboring room's door.
"The door is locked from the outside, seems like soone didn't want the person inside to co out." Yang Jian tried to push it open, but it was futile. Left with no choice, he used a little force and broke the lock.
When the door opened, the moldy odor was accompanied by a faint sll of decay.
On the bed in the room lay an elderly woman, about seventy years old, completely still. Her sagging skin showed a deathly grey color, eyes shut, serene in expression, as if she had passed away long ago.
Yet strangely, her body hadn't decomposed.
In such a dark, humid environnt, a corpse should decay very quickly.
"A body saturated by Supernatural Power might start moving again at any mont." Yang Jian raised his hand, and on the charred Ghost Hand, a pale green Ghost Fla flickered.
He intended to cremate the corpse.
With the fla's appearance, the darkness and dampness in the room were imdiately dispelled, along with that terrible moldy sll.
Under the glow of the fire, the deathly grey corpse on the bed regained so color, and even showed subtle movents.
Seeing this, Yang Jian frowned and imdiately extinguished the Ghost Fla.
"Are you taking into account Wang Shanshan and not planning to cremate her grandma?" Liu Qi asked.
"No, this elderly woman seems not completely dead. She's been invaded by Supernatural Power; though lacking breath and heartbeat, she's sohow kept alive by the supernatural, trapped in a delicate state. The appearance of Ghost Fla dispersed part of the supernatural, causing her to regain so color and showing signs of waking."
"Can such a thing really occur?" Liu Qi was surprised, "Then can we save Wang Shanshan's grandma?"
"No, while Ghost Fla disperses so of the supernatural, the risk is that the elderly maintained by it may ignite; if it continues, she would die for sure, so I extinguished the fla."
After thinking for a mont, Yang Jian suddenly took sothing from the spreading water at his feet.
It was a sheet of yellow paper.
Though sowhat damaged, it was still able to cover a face.
He went over and placed this yellow paper on the elderly woman's deathly grey body on the bed.
The mont the yellow paper touched her face, it adhered directly to her skin, almost as if it had awareness.
Yet in the next instant.
The elderly woman on the bed suddenly reacted greatly, starting to struggle fiercely as if she were suffocating.
Yang Jian was unmoved; beside him, Liu Qi coldly watched the scene unfold.
Because they saw, as the elderly woman struggled, the deathly grey began to dissipate, transforming back to normal skin.
Finally, all the deathly grey was gone, the elderly woman was entirely restored to a normal appearance.
But concurrently, she ceased her struggle, appearing to suffocate to death, becoming completely motionless.
"It seems ineffective?"
Liu Qi looked at Yang Jian with so doubt.
"I never intended to awaken this elderly woman; the purpose of the yellow paper is to put her into slumber yet keep her from death, similar to the previous situation. It's simply that I don't trust an unknown supernatural to sustain her life; rather than that, I'd prefer using my thod. But the supernatural still lingers on her body. Only by resolving the source of the supernatural will this power dissipate; now the yellow paper has rely suppressed it temporarily. Once removed, she'll revert to her previous state." Yang Jian replied.
"Let's move along, check elsewhere. This town still hides many unusual places; we might have our hands full."
After giving the elderly woman on the bed a glance, Yang Jian turned and left the room.
Liu Qi followed and left too, not forgetting to lock the door again before departing.
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