Watching Luo Su Yi vanish before their eyes, a heavy stone seed to press upon everyone's hearts, leaving them struggling to catch their breath.
At this mont, everyone began to realize that the ghost here was terrifyingly beyond imagination.
Once targeted by the ghost, even Luo Su Yi, a ghost controller, had no chance to resist and was killed instantly, so swiftly that there was hardly any difference from an ordinary person.
Lin Luoi was still digging at the ground, seemingly trying to unearth Luo Su Yi.
But Yang Jian and the others knew it was impossible.
Luo Su Yi wasn't buried underneath, but rather pulled by the ghost into an unknown place.
As for where this unknown place was, no one knew, since everyone encountered this situation for the first ti and had no experience.
"Luo Su Yi's attack wasn't without signs. The clinking sound just now was a precursor of the ghost targeting him. I rushed over there to find the source of that sound because I was worried about this. In supernatural events, any sound, any movent, all have their causes," Yang Jian spoke calmly now.
"In fact, my guess was right. Weren't you asking why I knew in advance that Luo Su Yi was going to be attacked? This is the evidence."
He turned and pointed at a tombstone in front of an old grave.
The tombstone was newly erected; it hadn't been there before.
Sun Rui, leaning on his cane, limped over and took a look. His face changed imdiately.
Carved awkwardly on the tombstone was a familiar na: Luo Su Yi.
The na was bleeding, as if dyed red by red paint, and the blood was still dripping down, leaving behind bloody streaks on the tombstone, creating an unusually eerie sight.
"Was the clinking sound earlier made by the ghost carving the tombstone?" Sun Rui quickly caught on.
Yang Jian said, "It appears that way. The na Luo Su Yi appearing on a tombstone in front of a grave—do I need to spell out what that signifies?"
"Did you see the ghost that was carving the na?" Sun Rui asked again.
Yang Jian replied, "I had already reached this spot just now, just a mont away from seeing that ghost when the sound of the carving abruptly stopped, followed imdiately by the ghost's disappearance, missing by about three seconds."
Sun Rui stared at the tombstone: "Officer Yang, your reaction was quite swift. Had it been us, we probably would have already avoided this area. At that point, not only would Luo Su Yi have died, but we also wouldn't be able to discern precisely what that clinking sound was. In such a case, everyone might have died without ever guessing the true cause."
"It's a pity what happened just now. If only Luo Su Yi had a na with more strokes to write, maybe the ghost wouldn't have finished carving it so quickly. Now that the ghost is gone, it ans the next ti it kills, we're likely to lose another person."
Li Yang walked over and said, "So, this ghost kills by carving a person's na on a tombstone? It's like a curse... As soon as the na of a living person is inscribed, they can never leave this graveyard."
"That must be it. This ghost is terrifying, not needing to show itself, just the na of a person is enough to kill a ghost controller who could control two ghosts, let alone an ordinary person. But this thod of killing is very inefficient, only one na can be carved at a ti."
Yang Jian also deduced a lot of information from this.
"Then, how did the ghost learn Luo Su Yi's na?" Then Sun Rui spoke with a grave tone.
"Unclear, and that's what is most terrifying. Perhaps the ghost knows all our nas, simply carving them onto tombstones in so kind of order. Maybe our nas were already recorded secretly sowhere as soon as we entered the graveyard, like a death list, and the ghost is just following that list to kill," said Yang Jian.
"Or perhaps... the ghost heard our nas from the conversations we had with each other."
"Whichever it is, it's extrely dangerous."
Although these speculations have no basis, Luo Su Yi's disappearance had allowed them to roughly infer so things.
These things were close to the ghost's pattern of killing, but even if they guessed right, what could they do?
Because regardless of the scenario, it was difficult for everyone to avoid being targeted by the ghost, as the pri opportunity had already passed.
That's how supernatural events are.
The first batch to be sucked into the situation were the most unlucky ones, as discovering a ghost's pattern of killing ca at a staggering cost.
At that mont, Li Yang stared at the gravestone in front of him and suddenly said, "Captain Yang, do you think Luo Su Yi might still be alive? After all, he was only taken away by the ghost; we didn't see him get killed by it. Maybe he's still alive sowhere... like buried in one of these old graves? If we can find the right grave, isn't there a chance that we can dig Luo Su Yi out?"
"Do you think Luo Su Yi is buried in this grave?" Yang Jian asked.
Indeed, there was a gravestone with Luo Su Yi's na in front of the old tomb.
If one were to reason this way, then Luo Su Yi, who had just disappeared, might indeed be buried inside, after all, he was now the owner of the grave.
Lin Luoi, standing nearby, suddenly lifted her head upon hearing this, and without saying a word, charged over, ready to dig up the old tomb with her own hands.
Sun Rui imdiately stretched out his cane to stop her, "Have you lost your mind, wanting to start digging right away? This is just a guess. If it's wrong and we open this grave, and we don't find Luo Su Yi but sothing else instead, the situation here will beco more complex than before."
"The grave might contain other ghosts; this is not a cetery for burying ordinary people."
He had roughly understood the terror of this graveyard through the recent death of Luo Su Yi.
A grave that could bury even a ghost controller signified that it could also contain ghosts. .
Moreover, this place seed very old. If they were to say that only Luo Su Yi, a single ghost controller, had died here during this ti, burying only his ghost, Sun Rui would never believe it.
"Actually, this kind of attempt is sowhat necessary. In case soone gets targeted again, at least there's a chance to dig up the grave and save them." Yang Jian's gaze flickered, and he mulled over the idea of digging up the grave.
"Luo Su Yi is a ghost controller, not so easy to die. If it were an ordinary person, there would be no point in digging since they would have suffocated to death by now."
Sun Rui looked at Yang Jian, "Captain Yang, are you serious? What if we dig up a ghost instead?"
"Then that will prove Luo Su Yi is beyond saving. If soone else gets targeted later and successfully dragged into the soil by a ghost, we can just give up imdiately, no need to hesitate," Yang Jian said.
"Think it over. We don't have the ti to be distracted by other things now. We either continue forward to deliver the ssage or try to find a way to leave. If we waste ti like this, the next ghost attack is likely to co," Sun Rui said calmly, but his urgency was apparent.
Because the longer they stayed in this graveyard, the greater the chance of being marked by the ghost.
"We can split up. There are many of us here; we can leave so behind to dig up the grave," Li Yang suggested.
"No, if they open it and there's no ghost controller to watch over these people, they'll all die. They won't even be able to deliver the ssage, and without us here, do you think they'd actually dig the grave obediently?"
Yang Jian said, glancing at the forum mbers dressed in black suits.
Though these n were tall and strong, at that mont, their eyes darted about, filled with fear and tension.
Had it not been for the few ghost controllers present, these n would have already run off; even if they stayed, they certainly wouldn't dare to dig up a grave.
"So, Captain Yang, your decision is... to dig up the grave?" Sun Rui asked.
Yang Jian was decisive in his decision-making and would not ponder for too long or hesitate. He imdiately said earnestly, "Dig."
Having said that, he looked at those forum mbers, "Do you need to ask you from the supernatural forum?"
The six or seven mbers following behind all had very unpleasant expressions.
Forum administrator Luo Su Yi had fallen.
The situation here was beyond what was anticipated.
One of them hesitated before speaking, "Captain Yang, we don't report to you. It's not up for you to decide whether we dig or not, it's up to our other administrator Lin..."
"Bang!"
He did not finish his sentence.
The gunshot rang out.
One of the individuals' head exploded instantly, and they died on the spot.
Dead, soone's dead?
Liu Xinyue, the daughter of that Liu Yuan, was close by, splattered with blood all over her face which caused her to widen her eyes in shock, her whole body seed to be petrified, with a sense of bewildernt and helplessness.
"Did you not hear what I said earlier? I made it very clear just now that one of the ghosts here might be eavesdropping on our conversation, obtaining nas to carve on the gravestones. And you still dare to shout out nas?" Yang Jian said coldly, slowly lowering his handgun.
"If you intend to hold us back and get us killed, I'll slaughter you myself."
The others were shocked into silence.
It was only at this mont that they began to realize just how ruthless and rciless Yang Jian was. Before, they thought he was just a big na who wouldn't dare to do much in Dahai City.
As it turned out, Yang Jian was also a rciless killer who didn't blink an eye at murder.
At this mont, Lin Luoi looked up at Yang Jian without saying anything, rely lowering her head to continue digging the grave. She was eager to rescue Luo Su Yi; the death of others did not concern her.
Moreover, Yang Jian had done nothing wrong.
"Now, are you going to dig or not?" Yang Jian asked again.
The remaining six people looked at each other—was there any room to dissent in such a situation?
Dig.
After coming to a unanimous decision, without another word, they approached the old grave and began to dig out the loose earth by hand, rapidly excavating the grave.
"Are you the children of that President Liu, Liu Yuan? Luo Su Yi asked you to follow, not to be spectators. Get to work as well," Yang Jian gestured toward the beautiful woman and her brother.
Liu Xinyue stood still as if still in a state of shock, but as soon as Yang Jian spoke, she shivered and, without the thought to resist, instinctively grabbed her brother, Xiao Haw, and ran to the front of the grave to start digging.
Even if they didn't exert themselves, they had to at least go through the motions.
Even a common person like her was showing a strong will to survive.
"We've already reached more than fifty graves in this vicinity. If we walk a bit further, we should be able to find grave number 78. If we don't waste ti, we can quickly complete this ssage-delivering mission," said Sun Rui, who wasn't digging. As a ghost manipulator, he had his own tasks to perform.
That was to keep an eye on the anomalies around them.
If anything happened, he and Yang Jian would have to confront it imdiately.
So even though it may look easy, they were actually the ones bearing the greatest strain.
"Even if we act as quickly as possible, we won't be able to finish all this before the ghost kills the next person. So, I've decided to gamble with the ghost, let it kill one more person. In the anti, we get a chance to possibly save a ghost manipulator. It's worth the risk," Yang Jian said calmly.
"There are quite a few people scattered about this graveyard, not just us. And the ghost only kills one person at a ti. Luo Su Yi was just unlucky to be targeted; it doesn't an the next person to die will be among us."
"Furthermore, if we can confirm that Luo Su Yi is still alive, the level of terror from the ghost will be greatly reduced, which would also greatly help our operation."
Upon hearing this, Sun Rui had no objections.
Yang Jian was taking the big picture into account, while he was just thinking about his own survival, not on the sa level at all.
Furthermore, the risk wasn't on Sun Rui alone but shared by everyone involved, including Yang Jian, who could also be targeted.
With that, he didn't feel any resentnt in his heart.
The grave digging continued.
Everyone worked as if they were racing against ti, frantically shoveling the dirt, breaking out in a sweat of urgency.
The grave soil was loose, easily moved by hand, but as the old grave was quite large, even with eight or nine people working together, it still required so ti.
During this ti, what everyone feared the most still happened.
In the silent, gloomy graveyard filled with tombs, that strange sound was heard once again.
"Ding, ding ding."
The sound was farther away this ti, not as loud as before, but undoubtedly, the ghost was carving soone's na on a gravestone again, for the sound was unmistakably that of inscription.
"It's coming." Li Yang's heart trembled.
The others looked up in terror toward the direction the sound was coming from.
Once the sound stopped, soone's na would be carved on the gravestone, and then they would be buried in the earth just like Luo Su Yi.
"Ignore it, carry on, even if soone's going to die, it may not necessarily be you," Yang Jian said with an icy face.
Sun Rui gripped his staff tightly.
He knew that Yang Jian was resolute in confronting the ghost's attack and in uncovering the old grave.
But who would be the next to die?
Here, each person had the potential to be chosen.
While the probability of it being oneself was low, who could remain calm in the face of death?
Ding, ding ding...
The sound in the silent graveyard beca louder and closer, seemingly making everyone's heart skip with each strike.
Under the pressure,
The grave diggers beca even more desperate as if trying to exert all of their energy.
The longer the ti dragged on, the more people would die.
The recent attack suggested that not even a ghost manipulator could defend against it, let alone the rest of them.
Even President Liu's two children were sweating profusely at this mont, ignoring the foul stench of the grave soil and digging furiously.
The originally tall mound of grave soil was quickly reduced by more than half.
But the corpse was still not found.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, a scream of terror rang out.
Sothing was dug out of the grave soil by Liu Xinyue.
It was a dead person's face, buried in the mud.
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