Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 69 Zhang Wei, My House Is Quite Big

“Now it seems,” Jiang Jin said, looking at Yang Jian’s hand, which was completely unharmed after the ghost eye closed, “that the school badge’s protection for you should only be limited to the situation where you do not attack first.”

Liu Yan was a little puzzled. Could Yang Jian still be considered a student at No. 7 Middle School? What made Jiang Jin say he was 50% sure? It seemed he really did have some special methods.

"The school badge refers to the student code of conduct, right?" Yang Jian said. "I've heard about it before. Who made these rules? Wang Xiaoming? Zhao Jianguo?"

"I don't know, it was issued by the Ghost Riders headquarters. But it doesn't seem to be them."

"That's strange..."

Having escaped the Ghost Realm and returned to the Mysterious Layer, Yang Jian also felt that his Ghost Eyes had recovered somewhat.

In this way, he should be able to use the triple ghost domain superposition more skillfully. This is a method of using ghost domains that he had previously figured out: opening the three ghost eyes simultaneously and connecting them in a straight line to superimpose the triple ghost domain!
However, in terms of application, it was still somewhat forced and not skillful enough, which was only because Yang Jian had two ghosts in his body that could keep each other in check.

“However…” Yang Jian suddenly said, “Right now, there is a number one problem for me.”

"What's the problem?" Jiang Jin immediately tensed up. Could it be that the ghost infant had tracked him down to the Mysterious Layer?

"I'm so hungry I could eat five cows right now," Yang Jian said in a low voice, as if it had been squeezed out of hell.

He couldn't remember how long he had been in the ghost realm; time was meaningless there. He had only managed to survive until now by slowing down his metabolism through his ghost-controlling physique.

Liu Yan blinked and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "The mighty Ghost Eye Yang Jian, actually got this hungry? Let's go, the cafeteria is still open."

"There's plenty of food! Don't worry!" Jiang Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, the three of them went to the school cafeteria.

At this moment, the cafeteria was brightly lit, a stark contrast to the eerie and terrifying teaching building in Yang Jian's memory.

Most of the students had finished eating, leaving only a few aunties on duty cleaning up the dishes.

Yang Jian walked straight to the window, his gaze sweeping over the menu, and then—

"This one, this one, and this one." He pointed quickly with his fingers, "Three of everything, please."

The cafeteria lady stared in disbelief: "Student, can you finish this?"

"Don't worry, he's so hungry he could eat a ghost," Liu Yan added with a grin.

Soon, the table was piled high with food: braised pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, fried chicken legs, fried noodles, rice, steamed buns... Yang Jian didn't even wait for all the dishes to be served before grabbing a chicken leg and stuffing it into his mouth, not even spitting out the bone.

Liu Yan and Jiang Jin exchanged a glance and silently moved to the side.

“Be careful,” Jiang Jin said. “With the way you’re eating, I’m afraid I’ll have to take you to the gastroenterology department later.”

Liu Yan also said, "It would be interesting if the first Ghost Tamer to choke to death appeared in Dachang City."

Yang Jian's eating habits were downright terrifying.

His movements were not rough, but extremely fast, as if each bite was a race against some invisible force.

"Slow down, no one's going to take it from you..." Jiang Jin couldn't help but say, "We've already eaten."

Yang Jian looked up, his mouth still full of half a piece of braised pork, and said indistinctly, "In the Ghost Realm, even the air smells of corpses. It's so good to be able to breathe this fresh air and eat these everyday foods."

Yang Jian truly never expected that he would survive.

Ten minutes later, all the food on the table was gone. Yang Jian finally put down his chopsticks and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Are you full?" Jiang Jin asked.

"Mmm." Yang Jian wiped his mouth, his eyes regaining their usual calm. "Finally, I'm full."

Then, he suddenly said, "By the way, that dog just now... it was really special. It's the first time I've ever seen a Ghost Tamer who can summon undead dogs?"

“It’s my hunting dog, named Deathstroke.”

"For whom does the bell toll? Alas, it's a pity Zhang Wei isn't here, otherwise I'd love to hear what he'd say."

"Well, why don't you go take a shower?" Liu Yan waved her hand. "I was just about to say that you haven't showered in so long, your clothes must smell awful. There were several flies on your shoulder just now."

"Huh?" Yang Jian raised his sleeve, took a sniff, and was immediately made dizzy by the smell.

"It's alright, there's a public bathhouse behind the student dormitory. Go take a shower. We'll get you some clean clothes first. Currently... No. 7 Middle School has basically been completely taken over by the Ghost Tamer Headquarters."

Why are there still ordinary people here?

"I can't understand this either. It's said that the order came from the Ghost Tamer headquarters, and Professor Wang was specifically responsible for the arrangements."

"Wang Xiaoming?"

"Before that, let me ask you a question." This was also the question Jiang Jin was most concerned about: "You said the Source Ghost is among us, what do you mean by that?"

Finding the source of the demon is absolutely the top priority for Jiang Jin right now!

"Hmm..." Yang Jian immediately clutched his stomach and said, "After Ye Feng died... you were also a Ghost Tamer, you know Ye Feng, right?"

Jiang Jin asked Liu Yan through their telepathic link, "Who is this person?"
Liu Yan replied via telepathy: "He's also a ghost tamer. I'll tell you more about him later. This guy isn't important; he's just a nobody."

"This name sounds just like a protagonist in an online novel, but he's actually a flop. Does he live up to the reputation of the Ye family, whose members are all overpowered geniuses?"

"Haven't you noticed yet? The unique feature of this book is that, apart from the main character, the more ordinary the name, the more powerful it is." Then Liu Yan said, "I know, the one wearing a funeral shroud."

"At that time, Dachang City was shrouded in gloom and enveloped by the ghost realm of starving ghosts. I finally discovered that No. 7 Middle School was the lair of starving ghosts and the center of the ghost realm. I first found the coffin nail at Hongfa Temple..."

Jiang Jin had heard Liu Yan mention Hongfa Temple before, where it seemed that a ghost called the "Lord of the Ghost Eyes" was sealed away using these coffin nails.

Yang Jian paused for a moment as he spoke.

Where are the coffin nails? Jiang Jin's hand speed was too fast at the time. Although he could see the Reincarnator's Watch through his Ghost Eye, he couldn't detect that the coffin nails went directly into the watch.

Jiang Jin thought to himself: The coffin nails are already on my side, and what's in my pocket is absolutely not going back to you! Even if you're the protagonist, you have no chance!

He remembered it clearly; this was one of the two major rewards he received for completing the "Ghost Eye Yang Jian's Wish" mission!

"Forget it, he was probably taken away by the ghost realm." This made Yang Jian a little disappointed. He had finally obtained the coffin nails, and now... they were gone. "Then, I found Zhou Zheng. He had released the ghost infant inside him to fight the knocking ghost, and then I found him again at No. 7 Middle School, even though he had become a ghost. There was still a ghost in his stomach! Immediately afterwards, I chased him into the library..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yan immediately asked, "Did Zhou Zheng go into the library?"

"Hmm. Then, I was careless and didn't dodge... and it turned into what you see. But I discovered that Zhou Zheng isn't actually the source ghost; he's just a ghost servant. The real source ghost is someone else. I saw Zhou Zheng following someone in the dark blue-green haze in the library. I couldn't see that person clearly because their face was basically covered by the dark blue-green haze."

"Why do you say that the source ghost is around us?" This was also one of the questions that Jiang Jin was most concerned about.

“At that time, one of my ghost eyes opened and I saw the appearance of the source ghost through the dark blue haze. But the next moment, the ghost eye was nailed shut by the coffin nails. My memory seems to have been affected as a result, and I can only remember... that it was someone I had seen before, but I don’t remember who it was.”

Whom has Yang Jian met?

"I suspect the source of that evil spirit is still lurking in this No. 7 Middle School. But... why has the dark blue haze dissipated? And why has order been restored in Dachang City?"

"Hmm. That's strange too."

Yang Jian's eyes swept over the brightly lit cafeteria in front of him.

"This situation is not normal..."

"We will communicate with the other Ghost Masters about your escape later."

"Is Zhao Kaiming still around? I almost crippled one of his legs. We have quite a grudge."

According to the original novel, Zhao Kaiming's leg was indeed crippled by Yang Jian!

Was it the butterfly effect caused by Wu Qin's intervention?

Or perhaps... the plot has been drastically altered, and the source of the ghost is actually Zhao Kaiming?
“He’s the prime suspect now,” Liu Yan said. “Anyway, he’s not a good person, so we can consider taking action against him.”

"Well said, go for it. I support you."

Afterwards, Yang Jian took a refreshing shower.

It must be said that the Ghost Tamer's physique is astonishing. After being trapped there for so long, he is now fully recovered and can run and jump normally. For an ordinary person, this would at least result in muscle atrophy and require a long period of rehabilitation before they can move around normally again.

After Yang Jian finished showering, he returned to the changing room, got dressed, and picked up his phone, which was charging with a power bank in the locker, and turned it on.

I should let everyone know I'm safe.

“Hey, Zhang Wei,” he said, his first call to his old friend was: “I’m back.”

"Hey, Leg Bro?"

At that moment, Zhang Wei was sitting in front of the computer playing PUBG. He said, "Leg Bro, what are you playing with me? Sigh, but you're a real buddy. Your computer and internet speed are really good."

"That's right. Back then, when you said you met Li Hua, that English essay prince, and that No. 7 Middle School was starting, you immediately panicked and called me. How generous of me? I just said, 'It's okay, Zhang Wei, my house is quite big, you can just come and stay here.'"

"But that's to be expected, this building was a gift from my dad..."

"Yes, this place I'm in now was originally your dad's sales office, Jiang Yan doesn't even know that yet... Remember, you lied to her and said you were my dad!"

Zhang Wei's father, Zhang Xiangui, was a true tycoon. Once he realized Yang Jian was indeed a capable man, he stopped treating him merely as his son's classmate and even gifted Yang Jian the sales office of his newly developed property as his new home. Later, Yang Jian moved into the villa with his… ambiguous girlfriend, Jiang Yan.

"Hey, Leg Bro, it's been so long, why are you still holding a grudge? Next time I'll just call you Leg Dad, and we'll be on equal footing!"

"Tch, as if I care about it so much..."

Suddenly, Yang Jian sensed that something was wrong.

"Zhang Wei."

"Hey, Dad, what's up?"

"Your reaction isn't right. Shouldn't you be a little more excited? I just escaped death!"

Just then, a creaking sound came from the phone, like the sound of a door opening.

Then Yang Jian heard: "Hey, Dad, you were playing PUBG with me twenty minutes ago, and you just went to take a shower and you still managed to escape death? You ran into a ghost again... That's why I asked you what you were playing. You were in the same house and you were still calling me... Hey, Dad, you're back? Why are you standing at the door? Why don't you have your phone with you? Sigh, what's wrong with your face..."

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　　Speaking of this year's Beijing college entrance examination English essay topic, Li Hua is still the main character...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)