Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 180 The Dead Staff Members, the Ghost Movie Incident Erupts

"Is this the ghost baby?"

Wang Shanshan looked at the ghost baby in Yang Jian's hand and felt something was off. She asked, "What do you plan to do with it next?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Jian's gaze flickered slightly, but he did not answer Wang Shanshan immediately, instead falling into deep thought.

The ghost infant in his hand was too special; it had long since transcended the category of the previous ghost infants.

It's no exaggeration to say that among all the ghost babies that have appeared in the entire Dachang City, only the one conceived by Wang Shanshan is an anomaly. It is not controlled by the starving ghost, nor did it disappear when the starving ghost was restricted. Instead, it survived in a new way due to the curse of the ghost eye.

This situation is extremely rare, occurring only once in a million times, and is caused by various accidents and coincidences. Therefore, two solutions came to Yang Jian's mind.

One option is to kill it directly to eliminate any future troubles, since the ghost infant in his hands is not a real vengeful ghost, but a product derived from the supernatural, and can be killed.

The second method is to try to control the ghost infant and raise it. If successful, Yang Jian can feed the ghost to the ghost infant and make it grow into a terrifying existence even higher than the starving ghost.

However, while the second method offers higher returns, it also carries significant risks, as everything is a trade-off between returns and risks.

Because ghost babies are, after all, supernatural creations and carry the risk of going out of control, if things go wrong, the ghost baby in Yang Jian's hands will not only fail to become an effective help to him, but will instead become another S-level supernatural event, turning into a second starving ghost!
Therefore, Yang Jian is now in a dilemma.

The main reason is that the ghost infant in his possession is too special, an unprecedented case. If he can successfully control it, its value will be enormous, and it could even affect the situation in the whole of Asia, or even the whole world!
After all, this thing is too precious.

"For now, let's keep it locked up in the golden container and see how it goes later—whether to kill it or keep it under our control." Yang Jian ultimately made this decision.

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Yang Jian placed the ghost infant in his hand into the golden container he had prepared beforehand, then closed the container, put it in his backpack, and prepared to store it in his safe house in the Guanjiang Community.

"You actually imprisoned this ghost infant instead of killing it on the spot. It seems you have other ideas about this ghost infant. Yang Jian, you wouldn't happen to want to raise a ghost child, would you?"

When Wang Shanshan saw Yang Jian's actions, her usually indifferent face showed a hint of surprise, and even a hint of curiosity.

“I’m not sure how to deal with it yet. The real source of the hungry ghost has been restrained, and this ghost infant is not controlled by that source ghost. Therefore, it is entirely possible for it to be controlled. You know how terrifying the hungry ghost is. If this ghost infant can be controlled, then it has the potential to become a second hungry ghost, a hungry ghost that is completely under my control!”

To be honest, Yang Jian's feelings toward Wang Shanshan were complicated, but he did not hide his true thoughts.

Because Wang Shanshan is, in a sense, his ghost slave, whose life and thoughts revolve around him, and who would never 'betray' him, Yang Jian has no need to hide anything from her.

"Is this so..."

Upon hearing Yang Jian's words, Wang Shanshan's face showed a thoughtful expression, as if she was considering something, before she said:

"If you want to raise this ghost baby, then I'll help you raise it. After all, you can't carry this thing with you all the time."

"Although I can't be 100% sure, I feel like there's some kind of inexplicable connection between me and it. I have a gut feeling that it won't hurt me. I'm just not sure if the ghost baby will listen to me, but I can try."

"Are you sure?" Upon hearing Wang Shanshan say that the ghost baby wouldn't harm her, Yang Jian was immediately tempted by Wang Shanshan's offer to help him raise the ghost baby, but in the end, he still refused.

"Raising a ghost is not something to rush into. It's still a bit risky to start raising one now. We'll talk about it later. Even if I really want to raise a ghost, I need to make some preparations in advance."

At this moment, Yang Jian thought of the vengeful ghost that had appeared in his house before. It was a vengeful ghost that always carried a blood-stained old newspaper in its hand.

That newspaper ghost possessed intelligence no less than that of a normal person. Most importantly, it could also modify other people's memories and had even been Yang Jian's 'father' for an unknown period of time.

Yang Jian was thinking that if he could find the newspaper ghost and use its ability to modify other people's memories to alter the ghost baby's memories and cognition, then raising it would be safer, if not foolproof.

"Alright, let's leave the matter of the ghost baby for now. Uncle Wang and the others must be getting impatient. You should go back with them first. I just got back from Dajing City and have some other things to take care of. I might have to go back to Dajing City again soon."

Yang Jian said to Wang Shanshan.

Upon hearing this, Wang Shanshan simply hummed in response and said nothing more. She then got up and left Yang Jian's office, took the elevator downstairs to meet her parents, and the three of them left Shangtong Building together.

Just then, Jiang Yan arrived at Yang Jian's office, seemingly belatedly, as if she had only just received news of Yang Jian's return.

Upon entering, Jiang Yan's face lit up with joy the moment she saw Yang Jian. She quickened her pace, as if she wanted to hug Yang Jian, but Yang Jian stopped her and said, "Let's get down to business first."

"Has anything happened in Dachang City since I went to Dajing City these past two days?" Yang Jian wanted to know what had happened after he left Dachang City.

"Nothing serious."

Seeing that Yang Jian refused her hug, Jiang Yan said with some disappointment, "The starving ghost incident almost took away all the other supernatural events in Dachang City. There haven't been any new supernatural events in Dachang City since then. But there is one thing we need to pay attention to."

“Zhang Hua came to the company before and said that someone from Japan was trying to contact you. They were supposedly from an exorcism society, and from their tone, it seemed to be related to the previous knocking incident.”

Island nation?

Exorcism Society?
Yang Jian was taken aback upon hearing this.

He knew about the former, but he had never even heard of the latter. However, that was not important; he could ask Zhang Hua about it later. He then asked about some other things, and Jiang Yan responded to each one.

at the same time.

the other side.

Zhoujia Village is a small village located in the countryside of Dahang City, with only a few dozen households and less than 300 people.

today.

Three uninvited guests arrived at this village in the countryside of Dahang City. They were two men and one woman, all dressed in special uniforms. They seemed to be searching for something, and they asked every passerby a few questions.

“Team Leader Wang, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this village. I’ve asked dozens of people, and they all say that nothing strange has happened in the village recently, and no one has died. It seems that the supernatural events from that ghost movie incident haven’t appeared in this village.”

Among the three.

A man in his mid-twenties spoke to the only woman among the three.

Upon hearing this, Team Leader Wang, whom the man mentioned, responded, "Don't let your guard down. Anything can happen in paranormal events."

"Even if the supernatural events from the ghost movie incident haven't spread to this village yet, who can guarantee that they won't suddenly appear in this village at any moment? You are all specially trained people, how come you don't understand such a simple principle?"

Team Leader Wang continued, "Alright, let's go check the east end of the village again. If we don't find anything there, we'll move on to the next village."

“Okay.” The other two readily agreed.

The conversation revealed that all three of them were staff members of the Ghost Riders headquarters, or more precisely, headquarters staff members in Dahang City.

Previously, Li Hui ordered Zhang Xue to send people to investigate villages in the countryside of Dahang City to see if the ghost movie incidents that had stopped happening in the city had spread to the countryside or surrounding cities.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xue arranged for personnel to conduct a thorough investigation of the villages in the countryside of Dahang City. Team Leader Wang and his group of three were just one of many investigators.

It can be said.

In order to complete the task assigned by Li Hui, Zhang Xue mobilized all the staff in Dahang City, and even the police force, to conduct investigations in groups of three, one by one in the surrounding villages, in order to complete the investigation of all the villages in the countryside as quickly as possible.

"Hey Team Leader Wang, I heard that the person in charge of Dahang City has changed. Is that true?" another man asked curiously.

"Don't pry into things that aren't your business."

Team Leader Wang said irritably, "Whether the person in charge changes or not is none of your business. It's not like you're going to be in charge. We just need to do our own jobs well and don't need to worry about other things."

As soon as she finished speaking, Team Leader Wang was about to add something more when her phone vibrated in her pocket, as if someone had sent her a message.

Subconsciously, Team Leader Wang took out his cell phone from his pocket.

Her phone screen was unlocked at some point, and it was currently playing a movie in full screen—no, to be precise, a video resembling a documentary.

"what's the situation?"

Seeing this, Team Leader Wang was a little confused. She didn't remember downloading any video-watching apps. Most importantly, she remembered that all the apps on her phone were password protected and required a password to open, including the phone's built-in browser.

If screen unlocking can be somewhat explained by the friction between the screen and clothing in a pocket, then how do you explain the video that was played?

Could it be that my phone has a virus?

This was the first thought in Team Leader Wang's mind, but when she finally saw the video playing on her phone screen, she froze on the spot, feeling a chill run straight to the top of her head.

The video was entirely in black and white, like an old documentary from the last century. In the video, there was a figure whose features were not clearly visible. His body was twisted and he was approaching the phone screen in a strange posture.

As the figure moved and approached, his figure grew larger on the screen and his appearance gradually became clearer.

It was a man with dead fish eyes, bulging and vacant, bloodshot and terrifying. His pale face was contorted with rage, and his limbs were twisted irregularly, as if broken by some great force. Overall, he gave off a very eerie feeling.

the most important is.

Team Leader Wang knew this man.

About a week ago, she participated in a follow-up project. A family in the western part of Dahang City had died under the supernatural influence of a ghost movie incident. The male head of the household looked exactly like the eerie figure on her phone screen.

The eerie man in her phone screen at that moment looked exactly like the male head of that household after his death…

"A ghost movie incident? Am I encountering a ghost movie incident?" As a staff member of headquarters, Team Leader Wang's mental fortitude was naturally not bad. He only paused for a moment before realizing what was happening.

Team Leader Wang then tried to remind the other two team members to contact Zhang Xue and headquarters to send someone to deal with the ghost in the ghost movie incident. However, before she could speak, the two people next to her pointed behind Team Leader Wang with terrified expressions, looking as if they had seen a ghost.

Upon seeing this, Team Leader Wang abruptly stopped what he was about to say.

It wasn't because of the terrified expressions on her two teammates' faces, but because... behind each of her two teammates stood a terrifying figure, a figure exactly like the eerie man on her phone screen.

"How could this be? The video of the ghost movie was only sent to my phone, so why are those two also being targeted by a vengeful ghost?"

Team Leader Wang was somewhat puzzled, but the vengeful ghost clearly wouldn't explain it to her.

What made her most desperate was that Team Leader Wang suddenly found herself unable to move. No, not only her, but the two men beside her were also unable to move, and they couldn't even speak. Only their terrified eyes indicated that they were still able to think normally.

next moment.

At the same time, all three of them felt a cold sensation coming from behind them, as if there was a block of ice pressed against their backs.

Then a gust of cold wind blew by, and all three of them froze on the spot.

Then came the thuds as the objects hit the ground, and the bodies of Team Leader Wang and the others all fell onto the cold ground.

"Ding-dong", "Ding-dong", "Ding-dong"...

At the same time, the phones of the surrounding pedestrians all made noises, system notifications for incoming messages. Everyone who heard the noises instinctively glanced at their phones, only to see that their screens were all displaying eerie black-and-white videos...

.........

the other side.

In the office of the person in charge on the top floor of the Wangting Building in Hangzhou, Li Hui listened quietly as the group of dead recounted the results of his recent examination.

Previously, Li Hui had used his Ghost Domain to cover the entire city, trying to find the whereabouts of those mysteriously missing people, whether they were alive or dead, he wanted to get to the bottom of it, but to his surprise, he didn't find a single clue. So Li Hui used all the dead souls in his Ghost Domain to see if they could find any clues.

Until now.

More than half of the thirty-odd souls have returned, but they have also found no clues. It is as if those who mysteriously disappeared have truly vanished from the face of the earth, leaving no trace.

Soon, the remaining souls returned to Li Hui's office one after another, but their investigation results were the same as those of the previous souls: they found no clues or traces.

It wasn't until Yang Xiao returned in the end that he brought back an answer that was different from the others.

(End of this chapter)