A special vehicle left the urban area of J City.
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Yang Jian, sitting inside the car, saw that it was heading toward a desolate mountain area with no display on the map and no clear roads on the GPS for the vehicle to continue forward.
But in reality, a wide and straight road extended deep into the mountain area.
"Is the headquarters located in the suburban mountains?" Yang Jian wondered silently as he looked out of the car window.
The vehicle passed several security checkpoints along the way, manned by ard special forces personnel. Even special vehicles had to undergo several inspections, verifying the vehicle’s information and occupants’ identities before being allowed to pass.
Although there weren’t many people at the checkpoints, the level of security was very high, exemplifying a relaxed exterior but strict interior security approach.
Seeing only a few personnel performing the inspections, one couldn’t help but wonder how many would swiftly arrive in support if anything were to happen.
Once the vehicle entered the mountain area and drove a bit further, Yang Jian started to see various buildings gradually within the mountains, with many satellite communication devices set up on the mountaintop, flashing lights indicating an operational status, and nearby checkpoints manned by guards.
"The signal has disappeared." Yang Jian noticed that his phone signal had completely vanished after entering the area, leaving him unable to contact the outside world.
But soon, he saw his satellite-enabled phone switching signals: Changing to internal network mode... verifying information... codena: Ghost Eye, na: Yang Jian... verification complete, welco to headquarters.
"Even our own people’s signals have to be blocked before being opened again..." Yang Jian’s expression changed subtly, "Is this to prevent internal leaks?"
Eventually, the vehicle stopped in front of a large building.
Yang Jian saw that there were also around a dozen similar vehicles parked in front of the building, which must be the transport of other ghost handlers who had arrived earlier, and judging by the looks of it, there were quite a few of them.
As he got out of the car,
Besides a few unfamiliar staff mbers, he also saw a person he recognized.
Designated operator: Liu Xiaoyu.
Liu Xiaoyu was wearing a work uniform this ti, looking slender and short, a stark contrast to her cute attire from the last ti, which didn’t match at all.
"Yang Jian, this way." She called out with a smile, waving her hand.
Yang Jian walked over and asked, "Are you responsible for reception?"
"Yes, that’s right, each person entering the headquarters is received by their own designated operator." Liu Xiaoyu nodded cheerfully, "You ca early today, I thought you would be late. But today’s eting is very important and of a high level, it’s good that you’re taking it seriously." Ṙα𝐍O͍ВÊṥ
"Has everyone else arrived?" Yang Jian inquired.
Liu Xiaoyu replied, "I’m not very clear on that, but most of the people attending the eting should have arrived by now. Of course, so are still on their way. Apart from a few who couldn’t co due to certain circumstances, anyone who should arrive soon will be here soon. Are you looking for soone you know?"
"How many days have I been in J City? How many people could I know? It’s just that I’m more interested in so experienced ghost handlers whom I’ve never t before," Yang Jian said.
He had beco an international ghost handler relatively recently, and had it not been for several significant contributions, including solving an S-level supernatural incident, he would not have had the qualifications to attend this eting. His peers like Zhang Lei, Wang Jiang, Huang Ziya, and others did not receive the notification.
But accomplishnts sotis don’t represent everything.
Sotis seniority is important too.
Those who beca ghost handlers earlier and are still alive today are unlikely to be simple characters.
The ones who didn’t qualify are probably already dead, the survivors are surely special exceptions.
Keep in mind that back then, Wang Xiaoming’s research had not made much progress, and the sche to handle two ghosts was still being explored. Ghost handlers at that ti faced a much tougher survival environnt than today’s ghost handlers.
"You’ll probably lose interest in those old ghost handlers after eting them," Liu Xiaoyu suddenly whispered, "I’ve heard from Zhao that so are so influenced by ghosts that he can no longer tell whether they are human or ghost."
"What do you an?" Yang Jian’s expression shifted slightly.
Liu Xiaoyu explained, "It ans they are especially dangerous. They beca ghost handlers earlier, so they were exposed to stronger influences from ghosts. You must be careful when you et them."
"You an like their minds have been contaminated?" Yang Jian understood what Liu Xiaoyu was implying.
He himself was experiencing this issue, gradually losing emotions and feelings, and that was just after half a year of being a ghost handler. For those who had been doing it for one or two years, the impact would definitely be much greater than what he had experienced.
This was irreversible.
And there was no one who could solve this problem.
"Let’s go rest in the lounge for a while; there will be a eting notification soon," Liu Xiaoyu added.
Yang Jian nodded his head.
The rest area was private, free of other people, and furnished comfortably with both a bedroom and a living room.
The living room was filled with various brightly colored fruits, so snacks, a computer for playing online gas, and even so children’s toys had been prepared. It could be said that this small lounge could et a person’s various needs; staying here, one could easily find sothing to do to pass the ti and avoid just sitting here looking particularly bored.
Yang Jian had read so books on psychology, which suggested that bright colors and neat arrangents could bring people a pleasant mood.
In other words, even just a simple lounge could contain, behind the scenes, the painstaking efforts of psychologists, interior design experts, and so on; it was not as simple as it seed at first glance.
Considering that so ghost hunters might suffer from claustrophobia, Liu Xiaoyu, who was in charge of reception, did not leave, but chose to sit on the sofa and accompany Yang Jian as he waited for the eting to begin.
The operator was a person with whom a ghost hunter at the headquarters would be most familiar. Such an arrangent could instill a sense of trust and relaxation, preventing excessive tension.
It could be said the headquarters’ reception considered all aspects, especially the ntal state of a ghost hunter.
"Is this eting being led by Cao Yanhua or Wang Xiaoming?" Yang Jian asked, picking up a pack of nuts from the table and eating as he spoke.
"Of course, it’s a eting personally convened by the deputy director," Liu Xiaoyu said.
Yang Jian then asked, "Is the plan for the team leader included in the content of this eting?"
"Not sure, the plan for the team leader is classified, and I don’t have the authority to know," Liu Xiaoyu said. "The main content of the discussion is probably the follow-up to the Ghost Envoy incident."
"What is this?" Yang Jian suddenly found a book on the seat that looked like an album, very thick.
"It’s a notebook for major supernatural events; you can look through it, familiarize yourself a bit more," Liu Xiaoyu said. "You might find sothing of interest."
Yang Jian turned to a page, and it was written on it: The Ghost Train Incident.
Below was a picture, depicting an old train making its way through a city, causing panic among nearby people.
Location: Europe.
Event Level: Unknown.
After flipping through a few more pages, Yang Jian saw an S-level event.
Japan’s Ghost Well Incident, also known as the Ghost Temple Incident.
Level: S-rank, unresolved.
In the picture was a temple enveloped in a layer of murky mist, vaguely visible, eerie and terrifying.
Continuing to flip through, Yang Jian also saw the Hungry Ghost Incident in Dachang City was recorded.
The accompanying picture showed a city engulfed in a green-black Ghost Domain.
The difference was that the record of the event above was marked as resolved.
"Are these events all classified, just laid out here for anyone to browse?" Yang Jian asked while looking through.
Liu Xiaoyu replied, "Major events cannot be hidden; all countries keep records, sharing information and bulletins to aid in resolving the events. Plus, there was once a ghost hunter who made a very special statent, proposing that supernatural events are interconnected, not just random, isolated incidents."
"What do you an?" Yang Jian said.
"It ans that two supernatural events occurring in different places might be caused by the sa ghost," Liu Xiaoyu explained.
Hearing her say this, Yang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly, and he was reminded of the hypothesis of the ghost puzzle.
"The Ghost Lake incident."
Flipping through the supernatural event notebook unconsciously, he ca across an event listed at an unknown level.
The accompanying picture was taken by a drone from high altitude.
It was a lake.
The lake was not large, but it was as black as ink and eerily still, exuding an inexplicable malevolence.
"Is this event in our country?" Yang Jian noticed the location.
However, seeing the lake reminded Yang Jian of Lin Shan who had died due to the resurgence of a fierce ghost at Ping’an Hotel.
The ghost in his body was also related to water.
If there was a code na, it would definitely be Water Ghost.
Yang Jian flipped through many events, which were horrifying to see; not to ntion the events abroad, even the dostic ones were nurous, and they were all classified as unknown on the ratings.
They were the terrors that people dared not delve into.
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