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At the headquarters of the Supernatural Forum, inside the top floor.
Ye Zhen, the boss of the Supernatural Forum, was currently sitting on the sofa, sipping on fresh sweet milk and leisurely watching television.
The TV was playing an ani from Japan.
This had been his daily entertainnt for almost a year now, and there were seldom any interruptions.
So, setting aside his identity as the boss of the Supernatural Forum, Ye Zhen was strictly speaking just an otaku who liked the two-dinsional world, which was sothing many people could not understand. After all, as the top spirit master in the country, his power and status had reached their peak.
It was indeed bizarre that such a person would be addicted to the two-dinsional world year-round.
"President Ye, sothing really happened at Fushou Garden, and it's serious. A Ghost Domain has appeared in that area, and it has been confird as an unknown level supernatural incident."
Suddenly, at this point, the office door was pushed open.
A middle-aged manager in a suit walked in with a serious expression.
"Luo Su Yi, Lin Luoi, and the other seven mbers we sent before have all lost contact with us. Yang Jian, Sun Rui, and Li Yang, three more people from Fushou Garden, have also lost contact. The Ghost Domain is persisting and shows no signs of ending," the manager said rapidly, indicating the urgency of the situation.
Without even lifting an eyelid, Ye Zhen continued to cross his legs, holding his sweet milk, sipping it, and watching the ani intently.
"President Ye, this is very unusual. There are five spirit masters involved, including Yang Jian leading them. If it were an ordinary supernatural incident, with Yang Jian's capabilities, it should have been resolved by now. The fact that it's still unresolved indicates that the situation has gone beyond our expectations."
"I just established a file called 'Fushou Garden Incident' and rated it directly as A Level. I have already contacted headquarters about it too, and Cao Yanhua personally replied to the ssage. He said that if needed, headquarters would provide a certain degree of support." .
"Such prompt cooperation is unprecedented. Cao Yanhua must also be aware of the severity of this issue."
The manager continued his report.
"Don't interrupt my work. Let the other administrators handle it. I'm busy now," Ye Zhen said indifferently, waving his hand to signal the manager to leave.
He disliked being disturbed at this ti.
The manager did not leave but continued, "The Ghost Domain shrouding Fushou Garden is too strong to breach. We've already tried, and the other administrators are powerless."
Spirit masters who possessed a Ghost Domain were already few.
Moreover, Ghost Domains vary in strength, and a weaker Ghost Domain was helpless against the cetery at Fushou Garden. Therefore, the Supernatural Forum faced a difficult problem that probably only the boss, Ye Zhen, could solve.
Yet, Ye Zhen remained indifferent. Frowning slightly, he said, "Are you the boss or am I the boss? Don't nag . We'll talk after I finish this episode of the ani; it's the latest one."
Upon hearing this, the manager did not say anything further and silently left the office.
Upon exiting,
Ah Wu standing at the door asked, "What did the boss say?"
The manager looked at the people outside and said, "President Ye is having his afternoon tea and doesn't have ti to deal with it right now. Let's wait a little longer."
"We can't wait. Luo Su Yi and Lin Luoi have already lost contact, and the Ghost Domain has engulfed Fushou Garden. We don't know what Yang Jian is doing inside. If we don't handle this well, it could turn into a huge problem," Ah Wu said anxiously.
"I know, but so far the situation hasn't spiraled out of control, has it? The Ghost Domain hasn't expanded, and we have Yang Jian's team in charge inside. The situation isn't so dire that it requires imdiate action. It's okay to wait and see; maybe Yang Jian will resolve it soon. We don't want to rush and make things worse," the manager replied gravely.
"Just keep an eye on Fushou Garden and report back at any ti. If sothing unexpected happens, I believe President Ye will not tolerate it. You all know his temperant," the manager continued.
The others heard this and imdiately cald down.
"This really is the most unfortunate timing, of all the monts to choose from, it had to be the afternoon. Once the boss's afternoon tea ti is over, we'll probably have to wait until four or five o'clock."
Ah Wu started to feel a headache coming on.
This wasn't the first ti this had happened.
Not even the most pressing matters could disturb Ye Zhen from his ani watching sessions in the company office.
The manager said, "However, President Ye will definitely take action this ti, just like always. All we have to do is prepare as usual."
"Of course."
The others nodded repeatedly in agreent.
At this mont, within Fushou Garden.
Having narrowly escaped a certain death from a ghost attack thanks to the substitution doll, Yang Jian didn't feel any sense of joy from his close call, but rather his expression grew even graver.
Because everything hidden behind this incident seed unusually complex.
The resurrection of the old Mrs. Liu as a fierce ghost, the coffin nail from the graveyard, along with the red letters, and the ancient grave that could bury a fierce ghost.
When these elents were connected together, it was as if they ford a vast and complicated mystery, within which lay unimaginable dangers.
Yang Jian was very curious at this point.
What would happen if he successfully delivered the letter into old Mrs. Liu's hands now?
The danger hadn't been resolved yet, so now was not the ti to ponder such things.
His gaze moved back to the tombstone etched with his own na, as he continued to observe and reflect.
Although his glance before was brief, it revealed much and very important information.
"The ghost used a Coffin Nail to carve the letters, but according to the sensation I had when I first acquired a Coffin Nail, it didn't seem to possess the ability to curse others by engraving nas. Of course, it's possible that I haven't discovered it, but I am more inclined to believe that this cursing ability is not from the Coffin Nail."
"But from the tombstones here."
Yang Jian suspected there was sothing eerie about the tombstones here; each naless tombstone had an empty slot, and whoever had their na carved upon it would be attacked by the eerie forces of the graveyard and then buried in the ancient grave.
It seed Mrs. Liu was rely a tool.
A tool for carving nas, not unlike the Ghost Slaves in the Ghost Domain, because the actual attack didn't co from Mrs. Liu herself.
If that were the case, it could easily explain why Mrs. Liu could die and resurrect, becoming a fierce ghost.
Mrs. Liu might not have beco a real fierce ghost but was instead controlled by supernatural forces, turned into a Ghost Slave in the graveyard.
The real fierce ghost must be elsewhere.
"To prove this, a bold experint is necessary; find an unmarked tombstone and let , in place of the ghost, carve soone's na on it. Only then can we determine whether the curse stems from the Coffin Nail in Mrs. Liu's hand or from the tombstone itself."
Yang Jian's eyes flickered as a daring idea took shape in his mind.
If an experint was to be carried out, then why not carve Mrs. Liu's own na on the tombstone?
Using the curse of a ghost to defeat a ghost.
If the attempt succeeded, Mrs. Liu, who road this graveyard, would be buried just like Luo Su Yi, and then whether it was taking the Coffin Nail or delivering the letter, everything could easily be accomplished without needless loss of life chasing down the knocking sounds to find Mrs. Liu.
"It's worth trying; I rember seeing so ancient graves with blank tombstones on my way here."
Yang Jian recalled the scenes he had passed on his way here.
Very soon.
He found the place with the blank tombstones in his mind.
It was the area they had just passed, near the twentieth grave site.
"Let's do that."
After quickly planning, Yang Jian turned and left, swiftly retreating to et up with Sun Rui and the others.
Although they had lost a decoy doll.
They had found a solution to this terrifying supernatural incident, and the loss was acceptable. Moreover, if successful, he might obtain a second Coffin Nail.
"Why hasn't he co back yet? Yang Jian has been gone for quite so ti; could he have encountered danger? If sothing really happened to him, then things would be serious."
At that mont, Sun Rui looked in the direction Yang Jian had left.
Several minutes had passed without any sign of him.
Moreover, the knocking had stopped, but no victim had erged; the one who died was not one of them.
"Maybe Yang Jian has already dealt with the ghost."
Li Yang speculated, "Don't always think the worst; it only adds unnecessary stress."
"I'm just worried. If Yang Jian were to fall here, we'd die too; we don't have a Ghost Domain to escape from this place."
Sun Rui said, leaning on his cane, "When that ti cos, we'll have to fight the malevolent spirits here, and as you've seen, our odds of winning aren't great."
"Once targeted, death can happen in an instant."
Listening to his words.
The others, who thought they could leave this place alive, were nearly driven to despair.
It turns out, the key to leaving lay with Yang Jian, who had just left. Neither Sun Rui nor Li Yang, nor even Lin Luoi from before, were qualified to leave this place.
In other words.
If Yang Jian didn't appear, they would all be trapped here alive.
"Ding, ding ding."
Suddenly, a familiar yet terrifying sound rang out, breaking the oppressive atmosphere and causing everyone's hearts to skip a beat again.
It had co again.
The fatal knocking sound.
The ghost had not been dealt with and was still inscribing nas.
Upon hearing this sound, Sun Rui's ntality almost blew up as he growled, "I knew there could be trouble; the ghost hasn't been resolved and is still inscribing nas. Now another person will die, and we'll probably be trapped here."
"That can't be,"
Li Yang widened his eyes, not quite believing Sun Rui's words.
Could Yang Jian die here?
No, not possible.
He rembered witnessing Yang Jian blundering through The World of Ghost Drawing, where the ghosts were even fiercer, and yet Yang Jian was still alive and well, wasn't he?
"Seems like your ntal state is worse than I thought. With that attitude facing an Unsolvable Level supernatural event, you definitely won't make it. Moreover, this event doesn't even reach an Unsolved Level—if I were to archive it, it wouldn't even qualify as a Grade A."
"The ghost hasn't been resolved, but I'm not about to die here either, and I've found a way."
Suddenly.
Yang Jian's voice ca through; he had circled back from behind an old tombstone and appeared before everyone's eyes.
"Yang Jian, you're okay?"
Sun Rui was slightly astonished, seemingly not expecting Yang Jian to return safely.
After all, he had gone chasing after the ghost, and his absence had been prolonged.
Anyone would have suspected an accident.
"No ti for idle talk, follow . We're heading back. Starting now, we won't be looking for grave number 78. Keep an eye on the tombstones of the nearby old tombs for any blank ones and alert imdiately," Yang Jian said.
He didn't waste ti.
He imdiately turned back.
Seeing Yang Jian return, the others were re-energized, as if they had seen a glimpse of hope.
"How is my grandmother doing..."
Suddenly, the girl nad Liu Xinyue mustered the courage to ask Yang Jian.
She wasn't concerned about her deceased grandmother but wanted to know why she had beco a vengeful ghost, wandering here and constantly killing people.
Yang Jian glanced at her and asked, "What was your grandmother's original na?"
"Liu, Liu Lan."
Liu Xinyue's gaze shifted evasively, not daring to face Yang Jian's cold and strange eyes.
Every ti she looked into them, it made her feel suffocated.
Those were not the eyes of a living person but resembled the ghostly figure of her grandmother she had seen, too terrifying.
"Liu Lan? Good, no matter what has beco of your grandmother, whether a corpse or a ghost, today I will personally bury that thing."
Yang Jian said coldly, "You probably won't get a chance to pay respects to her again after this, and if you make it out alive, I doubt you'll dare to co back."
"The ghost is still killing, Yang Jian, have you thought of a way to stop it?"
Sun Rui was sowhat embarrassed; his ntal state indeed wasn't great, and he couldn't maintain his composure in the face of life-and-death pressure like Yang Jian could.
Yang Jian said, "Don't bother with it; let the ghost kill one more person. If my thod works, it'll be the last one it kills."
"If the thod fails, then we all have to make a run for it."
He wasn't worried about his na being inscribed, for he already had his own grave here.
As for the others.
If they were nearby, he would try to save them if ti permitted.
Because Yang Jian had a new hypothesis.
Here, not all paths led to death.
Ordinary people also had a chance to survive.
Whether it was true or not, soone had to prove it.
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