I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 512: The Knife Across Months, Seeing Him for the Second Time

"There's a problem! Go get the store manager!"

At the headquarters in Dajing City, Zhao Jianguo felt a chill all over his body as he looked at the Ping An Hotel which had been transformed into a mountain village on the big screen. All his strength was drained at this moment.

No one knows what this mountain village represents.

The place where the ghost first appeared:

Huanggang Village!
It is also the ghost realm of the ghost catcher himself, representing horror and despair.

Obviously, the ghost catcher has revived at this time, otherwise such a scene would not be possible. How terrifying is the ghost catcher after revived?
Nobody knows.

But a very desperate situation is that the ghost messengers who only had two or three suppression places were enough to make people despair to the point of losing all confidence and belief in survival.

What’s more, this one has been trained by the “store manager” to become a super-evolved ghost messenger with more than a hundred suppression places?
"Fang Shiming! You are the sinner of the entire Dajing City!"

Zhao Jianguo gritted his teeth, biting his gums so hard that they almost bled. But the next moment, a staff member exclaimed, "Captain Zhao, look, there seems to be something wrong with this ghost area. It has not spread, but is only maintained within the scope of the Ping An Hotel."

Zhao Jianguo looked over quickly and found that this was indeed the case.

Ping An Hotel is a hotel owned by WeChat Moments. It covers a vast area, as large as three or four football fields. It is extremely luxurious in Beijing, where every inch of land is valuable.

However, several buildings dozens of stories high here have disappeared, and in their place, an old village has abruptly replaced the Ping An Hotel and appeared here.

The only thing to be thankful for is that this old mountain village did not spread out, but only occupied the original site of Ping An Hotel, which is a good thing.

Although staff had already been deployed around to prevent accidents, this sudden change has already attracted countless people to watch.

Ping An Hotel, a luxury hotel highly recommended by WeChat Moments, is also located in the center of Beijing. It is bustling with people and there are many high-rise buildings nearby.

With such a big change, the staff at the headquarters had no way of preventing it from being discovered immediately.

"There is already news on the Internet, with pictures and the truth, and some people are broadcasting it live at the first time, which is likely to cause widespread panic."

The staff responsible for monitoring the network reported immediately.

Zhao Jianguo pulled himself together. In the absence of Cao Yanhua, he had to take on the responsibility. "Immediately arrange for people to spread the word that VR technology has made further breakthroughs and is currently being tested at Ping An Hotels. Don't panic. Remember, steer the trend toward virtual games."

There are countless novels and stories about virtual games. I don’t know how many people are looking forward to the arrival of virtual games so that they can have a second world to fight in.

The metaverse is a breakthrough in this regard.

Now if news of an official virtual game comes out, it will definitely resonate with countless people and reduce the impact of Ping An Hotel being replaced by the ghost domain.

This is all thanks to the inspiration provided by the virtual game of the Peace Hotel, otherwise Zhao Jianguo would not have been able to think of this good idea in the first place.

Fortunately, this method is good.

As soon as the news about the virtual game came out, conspiracy theories and supernatural beliefs were immediately diluted. Except for most people at the scene, there was basically no excessive negative emotion on the Internet.

Even if there are some, they are controlled and cannot cause greater panic and anxiety.

As for the citizens at the scene?
Naturally, there will be corresponding staff to do the work, so that some people can know the truth about the despair of this world, but they must never let everyone know that the time of the revival of evil spirits has come, otherwise when the mood of despair spreads, the whole world will completely collapse.

At the same time, Zhang Lei and Lu Zhiwen who stayed in Dajing City, Zhou Deng who had not yet had time to steal things in the supernatural place, and Guo Fan who was responsible for transmitting information, also followed reluctantly and came to the outside of Ping An Hotel.

Looking at the Ping An Hotel, which had completely turned into Huanggang Village, Guo Fan tightened his clothes and wrapped his belly tightly, as if this would make him feel more secure. At the same time, he whispered, "That ghost thing looked at me in a strange way, as if I was also a piece of his puzzle. You insisted on letting me come. Aren't you afraid that my arrival will stimulate the ghost catcher and make him walk out of the hotel and include more places in the ghost domain?"

"If the ghost catcher is really that prone to problems, he wouldn't have been resurrected only within the Ping'an Hotel. As for the relationship between you and the ghost catcher, maybe it really is a puzzle? Don't forget, the ghost catcher is lying in a ghost coffin, and there is a mourning hall, but when Yang Jian and the others went to deal with the ghost catcher incident, something went wrong with the portrait there. Do you think it could be the one in your belly?" Zhou Deng reminded, while glancing at Guo Fan's belly.

Guo Fan immediately wrapped his clothes tighter, "You thief, don't covet my things!"

"I'm doing this for your own good. With this portrait in your possession, the ghost will always be thinking about you. If you give it to me, you won't have to worry about this anymore." Zhou Deng felt very aggrieved, as if what he said was true.

Seeing Guo Fan's face getting darker and darker, and showing signs of taking action, Zhang Lei reminded him, "Be quiet, if you don't want to attract the attention of the ghost messenger."

As soon as he finished speaking, changes actually took place in Huanggang Village.

The originally dim sky suddenly became even darker, just like a room where the lights were originally off but were turned off at this moment.

At the same time, the entire Huanggang Village forms a sharp contrast with the light from the outside world.

Dajing City, as the most prosperous city, especially the city center, is a city that never sleeps. The lights are bright all around, but not a single light can shine into the former Ping An Hotel.

Such a strange change almost caused Guo Fan to have a stress reaction, but he still subconsciously moved away.

It seemed as if he would immediately start walking if there was any other movement.

"coward!"

Zhou Deng was contemptuous in his heart. Even though he was frightened just now, at least he did not run away. However, he did not show it on his face. Instead, he approached him more enthusiastically. "Xiao Guo, what do you think of my proposal? I can exchange something with you. When the time comes, you can take the supernatural item and go to the store manager to exchange it for a ghost that is more suitable for you to control. This way, not only will your strength be stronger, but you will also get rid of the ghost's attention. I can also get the collection I want. It's a win-win situation!"

"You make it sound tempting, but I'm sorry, I won't change."

Guo Fan is not stupid.

Even if the portrait in his hand was indeed a puzzle piece of the ghost catcher and was the reason why the ghost catcher targeted him, there must be a reason why Zhou Deng was desperately trying to exchange it.

Just because he doesn't understand it now doesn't mean he will foolishly agree to Zhou Deng's request.

At worst, he would slowly figure it out later. As for the ghost's gaze, as long as he didn't rush into the other's face like a fool like Fang Shiming, wouldn't he have gotten through it these days?

Seeing that he was so determined, Zhou Deng was disappointed, but he still left a message: "Okay, come to me if you need me in the future, but I won't pay you a high price then."

The two of them were chatting about random things here, but Zhang Lei and Lu Zhiwen were paying attention to the movements in Huanggang Village.

"Captain Cao has arrived in Dajing City and has also contacted the store manager. I hope they can move faster, otherwise if the ghost messenger really does mess things up, we may not be able to stop him even for a breath." Zhang Lei's tone was calm, but he could hardly hide his despair.

Lu Zhiwen nodded, his eyes unable to hide the solemnity, "Fortunately, Ping An Hotel cleared the people away in advance. Although there were a lot of losses, it also reduced casualties."

Although the Ping An Hotel is expensive, what Dajing City has the most is rich people.

The number of guests staying here every night is at least four digits, and among them are businessmen, entrepreneurs, athletes, etc. who have great influence in various industries. In addition, there are a large number of staff members. If they were to be lost in a supernatural incident, the impact would definitely be earthquake-level.

After advance arrangements, after Fang Shiming and the ghost catcher Lao Fan got the room cards, the last few staff members also withdrew.

So now, the only people in the entire Ping An Hotel are Fang Shiming and the ghost catcher Lao Fan.

"I hope they can come soon. I really don't know what the manager is crazy about. He actually wants Fang Shiming to date the ghost messenger. And Fang Shiming, he was fine during the date before, but he couldn't let go at the last step..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Lei felt a little embarrassed.

Put yourself in his shoes. If you let him do what lovers are supposed to do on a date with the ghost catcher Lao Fan, everything else would be fine, even eating an ice cream together, which might be barely acceptable after some mental preparation, but getting a hotel room to rest?
vomit!
Just thinking about it, Zhang Lei felt extremely nauseous and disgusted.

Lu Zhiwen glanced at him calmly and said, "This is not the White Mist Ghost Realm. In your current state, you can still feel this kind of emotion. It seems that you have been deeply eroded by the White Mist Ghost Realm."

In the white fog ghost realm, all supernatural powers will be suppressed, and even the strongest ghost rider will return to normal status and regain normal human emotions.

But this is not the White Fog Ghostland!

Zhang Lei's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Yes, I thought that if I stopped participating in virtual games, I might be able to eliminate these erosions, but now it seems that I took it for granted."

After a pause, he continued, "I hope you can keep going. Although I don't believe that the store manager would cause harm to ordinary people, there must always be some precautions."

Lu Zhiwen pointed at the Ping An Hotel and said, "The manager really won't do anything to ordinary people. In his eyes, ordinary people are like ants in the eyes of normal people. They are not worth his attention at all. But a sudden thought of his could have a great impact on ordinary people, or even harm them. He won't correct or change them, because ordinary people are not in his eyes at all. This is the best proof."

Zhang Lei subconsciously wanted to refute, but finally shut his mouth.

Because his reason told him that Lu Zhiwen was right, but his emotion made him believe in him, understand him, and he was unwilling to say even a bad word about him.

The interweaving of the two emotions made Zhang Lei look painful.

Lu Zhiwen saw all of this and his expression became more solemn and uneasy.

"Look, the changes seem to be over!"

Zhou Deng suddenly pointed to Huanggang Village... No, it should be the direction of Ping An Hotel. The previous Huanggang Village has disappeared, replaced by the Ping An Hotel, which has always stood here, brightly lit, quiet and peaceful.

Zhang Lei had also recovered. Looking at the quiet hotel, he suddenly murmured, "It's really... hard for Mr. Fang."

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Fang. But Mr. Fang is really... able to bring himself to eat." Zhou Deng nodded in approval, but his expression looked a little strange.

At the same time, in a presidential suite of Ping An Hotel, Fang Shiming, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, shed tears of humiliation.

……

"The relationship between Lao Fan and Lao Fang is a little special. Although I don't understand it, I respect it. But Lao Fan keeps provoking others, which is a very shameful behavior. That's why I asked Lao Fang to have a good talk with Lao Fan. If they really can't accept each other, then they can just part ways amicably. At most, they can just return the token of love. It's not like anyone is forcing anyone, right?"

Sitting in a small courtyard of a detached house in the headquarters' family quarters, Lin Yuan drank wine while chatting with Cao Yanhua and Cao Yang, uncle and nephew.

Of course, what they talked about was the matter between Fang Shiming and the ghost catcher Lao Fan.

When Lin Yuan arrived, Cao Yang had already hinted that he wanted Lin Yuan to take the ghost catcher Lao Fan away to prevent him from causing any harm.

Lin Yuan gave them a lesson in return, the title of which was:
Free love!

But unfortunately, Cao Yanhua did not understand this word.

In their era, parents basically had to discuss the relationship, and if both parties met and felt that the relationship was suitable and had a good impression of each other, they would ask the organization for approval. There was no such thing as free love.

What is that thing and does it help in life?
The relationship between husband and wife goes straight to the point of love and reaches the level of family affection without so many messy and sad dramas.

Cao Yang lives in this era of free love, but because his body is eroded by supernatural forces, even his body that produces hormones when in love has problems. How could he possibly have the experience and feeling of free love?

It was so much that the uncle and nephew felt like they were listening to a foreign language, and they almost had circles in their eyes to show their respect.

On the contrary, the oldest, Mr. Qin, who had lived from the Republic of China era to the present, was not affected by the different views on love at all. He smiled and said, "Boss Lin means that as long as that young man Fang Shiming returns that set of... clothes to Xiao Fan, everything will be fine?"

"Of course. That was a token of love that Lao Fan gave to Lao Fang, and Lao Fang had been vying for it before. If he can't convince Lao Fan to stop flirting with other women, and can't accept his current situation, all he needs to do is return the suit to Lao Fan, it's such a simple truth."

Lin Yuan looked at them with disdain, as if he was looking at three stupid people.

Despised!

Cao Yanhua and Cao Yang looked at each other, but had no way to refute.

They look at the problem from a different perspective than the "store manager". They first observe it from the perspective of supernatural events rather than from the perspective of normal interpersonal relationships.

"I still need to adjust my state before I can deal with this matter again."

Cao Yanhua reflected in his heart, but Cao Yang shook his head and said, "Old Fang is too stubborn. He will never return the token of love to Old Fan."

The circle of friends first provoked the Peace Hotel and the "manager".

As the president of the circle of friends, Fang Shiming controlled three ghosts at the time, but two of them were taken away by the "store manager", greatly reducing his strength.

So much so that later Jiang Shangbai and He Tianxiong joined forces to seize power.

Finally, by accident, during the Okawa City Ghost Head Incident, he created a pitiful character in front of the "store manager" who [survived death through biotechnology surgery] and [was taken advantage of by others to be driven out of the family business], and then entered the Peace Hotel.

But entering the Peace Hotel only ensures that Fang Shiming will not die, it will not allow him to gain more power or take back everything he has lost.

It was not until the blind date incident in Dajing City that he was punished for participating in the plan to imprison the store manager and was burdened with the uncovered ghost coffin that represented punishment.

It is punishment, but also power!
In order to gain more power, Fang Shiming found ways to get the lid of the ghost coffin from Wang Xiaoming and put together a complete ghost coffin.

Such a ghost coffin gave him a terrifying boost in strength, allowing him to once again join the ranks of top ghost riders.

Now, he is timid in the Peace Hotel, but in reality he holds extremely terrifying power and means, which is why it is impossible for him to give up the ghost coffin.

and many more!

Is the punishment He gave really just to carry the so-called ghost coffin?
But apart from bringing weight, a ghost coffin would not revive anything, nor would it directly crush Fang Shiming to the point where he could not move, or even crush him to death. Instead, it gave him powerful and terrifying strength.

This is more like a reward than a punishment!
Thinking about what happened today, Cao Yang looked at Lin Yuan with a look of horror. "I said, He is not as magnanimous as he appears. How could the punishment for sinners who want to blaspheme God be just physical oppression? The so-called punishment is the torment experienced when making a choice between power and freedom, gain and sacrifice. It is a double oppression of body and mind, and even despair! But the person involved does not know that this is a punishment at all, and only thinks that this is a choice he made according to his heart."

After realizing this, Cao Yang began to tremble all over.

Looking at Lin Yuan's gentle smile, like that of an older brother next door, Cao Yang felt a genuine awe for the first time in his heart.

Now Cao Yang and his companions can still sit here and drink and chat with Lin Yuan. They are not in a hurry to go to Ping An Hotel because the news from there has already been passed on.

Ping An Hotel has returned to normal and no supernatural incidents have occurred.

Cao Yang and his companions were naturally clear about the meaning behind this, but the clearer they understood, the more terrified and chilled they felt.

It has been several months since the blind date incident in Dajing City, but the real punishment seems to have just begun.

"However, at least we don't have to worry about the resurrection of the ghost messenger in Dashuo City. This is the best news."

Cao Yang took a sip of wine, feeling the intoxication coming from the depths of the spirit. Without the slightest warning, he raised his glass and said to Lin Yuan: "Brother Yuan, I toast to you!"

"Okay, drink!"

Lin Yuan also raised his glass, but his glass was filled with tea.

Pfft!
Not long after, Cao Yang fell headfirst onto the table and fell into a deep sleep.

He was obviously a good drinker, at least he didn't get drunk and act crazy. On the contrary, Cao Yanhua could drink even more and was still toasting to Mr. Qin.

Old Qin also accepted all the guests who came. He didn't put down the cup until Cao Yanhua fell on the table with a plop. A strange light flashed in his cloudy eyes, "Boss Lin, long time no see."

"It's been a long time since we last met. We meet every day." Lin Yuan said with a smile, playing with the wine glass in his hand.

Old Qin shook his head. "I go to the Peace Hotel bus stop three times a day, and all I see is the part of Boss Lin's consciousness that he cut out. If you want to say it's a meeting, then it can be considered as such. But I would rather meet Mr. Lin now. I just happen to have something I want to discuss with him."

Lin Yuan was not too surprised when his identity was recognized.

He had not gone to great lengths to conceal his status, but Cao Yang and Cao Yanhua had tacitly assumed that he would basically not show up, and that the one who usually went out was the "store manager", so they didn't think about it that way.

Human prejudice is always so terrifying.

There are obviously many loopholes and clues, but I am still influenced by my own prejudice and turn a blind eye to them.

"Old Qin, are you ready to stay at my hotel? If so, I can prepare a better room for you. It will definitely make you feel comfortable and help you live longer."

Lin Yuan extended a sincere invitation, also the second invitation.

He was still very envious of Mr. Qin's supernatural powers.

Old Qin shook his head. "Boss Lin has already obtained the power of the past and the present. How can my little power be worthy of Mr. Lin's attention?"

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes and asked, "The power of the past and present?"

"Yes. Meng Xiaodong sealed the past, and Luo Qian buried the present. Just the two of them were enough to allow Boss Lin to possess the past and seal the past. Isn't that enough?" Old Qin was very confused.

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Old Qin, you seem to know a lot of things."

"Know something. After all, regarding the memories of the past, even if some terrible incident really happened, it will definitely not affect that person." Old Qin looked serious.

Lin Yuan laughed, "Is it the former god on earth? He is not dead yet."

At the same time, he was also a little confused.

According to the timeline, Zhang Dong should have been dead by now. Could something unexpected have happened again?

"Human life span is limited, but there are always some people who can break certain limits. Although it is impossible to live forever, they can survive for a while."

Qin Lao suddenly raised his head and stared at Lin Yuan dimly. At the same time, the atmosphere around him seemed to become colder. "Boss Lin, it's worth it for him to do this."

(End of this chapter)