Mysterious Resurrection: Starting with Controlling Sadako

Chapter 184 Face Split
Tong Qian stared at the hotel shrouded in thick fog ahead, her mature and aloof face filled with solemnity and unease.

beep~
The satellite phone vibrated, and Tong Qian quickly answered it, anxiously asking:
"How's it going? Have you contacted me?"

A female voice came from the other end of the phone; it was Tong Qian, the operator.

"Not yet. Wang Liang's operator sent him a text message, but there has been no reply, and they refuse to contact him directly by phone now."

However, satellite positioning confirms that after leaving Dajing City, Wang Liang did indeed enter Z City, and his location signal finally disappeared at the hotel ahead of you.

"I understand. Text me if you hear anything about Wang Liang. I can't wait any longer; I'm going in to check on him," Tong Qian said solemnly.

Upon hearing Tong Qian's words, the operator on the other end of the phone was immediately taken aback.

"Tong Qian, you can't do anything reckless. Wang Liang left you a message before, telling you to be careful of the hotel. Someone is watching you. It's obvious that it's the hotel where the incident happened. If you go there, you'll be walking into a trap."

Tong Qian nodded solemnly: "I know, but the fading and the thick fog... I've seen the files. This is Wang Liang's ghostly ability. He's probably already in trouble."

If what he said before was true, and the ghost was targeting me, and he got into trouble while trying to solve this problem for me, I can't just stand by and watch, especially since this is Z City.

"Can"

Before the operator could finish speaking, the phone was taken by another person.

"Tong Qian, this is Zhao Jianguo."

With a serious expression, Zhao Jianguo took the phone from the operator and spoke with Tong Qian personally.

This matter involves Wang Liang and must be handled with caution.

Because if something happens to Wang Liang in Z City, it could very likely lead to an S-level paranormal event.

The situation is still uncertain and under observation; it is very likely that Wang Liang is still dealing with paranormal events.

After all, if Wang Liang really had an accident, the Ghost Domain would probably cover most of the city, or even the entire Z City, but right now it only covers one hotel.

"Tong Qian, how is the situation now?"

“Team Leader Zhao, even after the lockdown, there has been no change in the past few hours. The hotel is still shrouded in thick fog, and you can see that the paving stones and trees in that area have faded significantly,” Tong Qian said.

“The thick fog... that was Feng Quan’s vengeful ghost before, plus the eerie fading effect, it’s definitely Wang Liang,” Zhao Jianguo said.

“Captain Zhao, opening up a ghost domain in just a few hours, that’s not something a ghost tamer can do, is it? Wang Liang has probably already run into trouble. I request permission to enter the ghost domain to check the situation and see if there’s any chance to find out what happened,” Tong Qian said.

Zhao Jianguo frowned and immediately refused, saying, "Request rejected. If Wang Liang really gets into trouble, you'll be throwing your life away if you go in. Not to mention the ghost that Wang Liang mentioned might be targeting you, you probably won't be able to deal with even the ghost that Wang Liang's vengeful spirit has resurrected."

Moreover, Wang Liang is a special case; maintaining the ghost domain for several hours is not impossible for him. The situation is still uncertain, so we cannot act rashly.

Tong Qian was taken aback, but her tone remained firm: "Captain Zhao, Wang Liang's ghost domain hasn't spread, which means the current situation is probably just a stalemate. What's needed is the power to break the deadlock. This matter may have started because of me, and I can't just stand by and watch."

In the switchboard room, Zhao Jianguo frowned, feeling that Tong Qian's words made some sense.

He was silent for a moment, and after a few seconds he spoke:
"A ghost candle is being transported through Z City. I've had someone urgently allocate one to you. Lighting the ghost candle will help you avoid attacks from vengeful ghosts. Be careful and evacuate immediately if things go wrong. Remember, you're only going to investigate."

Tong Qian's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she immediately replied:

"Okay, I will definitely complete the mission!"

The Caesars Hotel, a haunted place in the corridors.

Wang Liang returned along the corridor and arrived at the corridor where more than thirty rooms were located.

Here, he pushed open the door to room number 31.

The door opened, and a warm, yellowish light shone from inside, slightly illuminating the dim corridor. Wang Liang walked in. The room was large, and because of the light, the entire living room was easily visible.

The ground was littered with bloody newspapers, some with faces stuck to them, others with faces that had fallen off and lay on the ground beside them.

There are roughly dozens of these faces, but most of them have already rotted and turned into a pile of rotten flesh stuck to newspapers or the ground.

Only a few remained relatively rosy, suggesting they had been stolen from the newspapers not long ago.

There were square bloodstains on the wall; these newspapers should have been pasted on the surrounding walls.

When the newspaper ghost was suppressed by Wang Liang and the source of the ghost newspaper was taken away, the supernatural power of these derivative newspapers was briefly lost, which is why they fell off the wall.

Ghost blood gushed from beneath Wang Liang's feet, and two blood-red arms each gripped a blood-stained newspaper, while a golden bag emerged from the ground.

Wang Liang took the ghost newspaper, opened it, and shook it.

A sudden gust of cold wind blew into the room, and the scattered newspapers on the ground fluttered up in the wind, all flying towards Wang Liang and merging into the ghost newspaper in his hand.

The ghost newspaper rustled, like an open book with pages flipping, before finally settling back into a single, old newspaper.

Then Wang Liang picked up the golden bag, opened the mouth, and swept the gaping female ghost domain, instantly collecting all the faces that hadn't rotted into the bag.

There were over sixty faces in the room, but only thirteen of them did not decay.

Wang Liang carried the bag out of room 31 and continued walking towards the exit.

The closer to the exit, the less likely the room numbers are out of order. Wang Liang was quite familiar with the area, so he walked straight down a corridor, with the room numbers decreasing in order on both sides.

After passing two more intersections, Wang Liang arrived outside room number 13, a place he had visited before.

Pushing open the door, a faint stench of decay wafted out.

This place contains faceless bodies whose faces have been stolen by the newspaper ghost.

There were still some newspapers covering the face to slow down the decay, but the faceless body here was just left to dry.

After a few days or a week, the body's functions will weaken or even stop, and signs of rigor mortis will appear.

But as long as it's still relatively intact, it can come back to life after being reattached to its face.

"Well, let me see."

Wang Liang opened the gold bag and, as if distributing goods, took out a face from it.

Upon contact, the memories stored in the face were read, and the body was confirmed.

"Unfortunately, your body is in bad shape. You're lucky, we'll replace you with a stronger one."

"Hmm, yours is alright, but you need to practice more in the future."

"This one is broken too, replace it."

"I've used up my good male body, so I'll be a woman from now on. That's all."

The corridor was dimly lit by wall lamps that emitted a soft yellow light.

A black figure carried a bag and kept taking out faces, distributing them to the faceless bodies that were as still as if they were dead.

The shadows cast by the light were reflected on the walls of the outer corridor, creating an eerie scene.

(End of this chapter)