Mysterious Resurrection: What If

Chapter 194 The Unfinished World
Zhou Zheng glanced at Zhang Wei and said coldly, "Skipping class is not illegal, but we have already investigated No. 7 Middle School. You two are in class right now and have been called to the office because of fighting."

His abdomen bulged slightly, the movement unnatural, as if something was slowly wriggling under his skin, before returning to flat after a few seconds.

Yang Jian's gaze swept over there and immediately caught the anomaly. It was a small handprint, clearly shaped like an infant's palm, thinly pressed under the cloth, as if being pushed outward through the flesh.

Zhou Zheng's expression changed slightly, and he continued, "So, at this moment, which side of you is the real one?"

He had already concluded that Yang Jian and the other man in front of him were products of a supernatural event, perhaps similar to ghost slaves, and planned to imprison them on the spot.

Yang Jian brandished the machete in his hand: "To you, the me at school is the real me, but to me, you are all fake."

“A supernatural item?…” Zhou Zheng’s eyes flashed with surprise when he saw the wood-chopping knife. He had seen one or two similar things before, very similar to the one in Yang Jian’s hand. It was a ghost, but its form was different.

My judgment just now might have been wrong. This Yang Jian is very likely another ghost tamer in disguise. Moreover, he seems to be possessing a supernatural item, which is extremely dangerous and cannot be dealt with by him alone.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zheng's tone softened.

"Since you are also a Ghost Tamer, I don't think I need to explain many things. Come back to headquarters with me; we need to verify your identity."

"Headquarters? Well, that reminds me."

Yang Jian had initially thought Zhou Zheng was just a fake, but now it seemed he possessed memories. Since the headquarters had been mentioned, Yang Jian decided to go check it out now.

A patch of crimson blood gradually spread beneath my feet, accompanied by a faint stench of decay, spreading outwards.

The lights in the interrogation room flickered incessantly, and the environment before them was being affected by the ghostly aura.

Centered on Yang Jian, the ghostly aura rapidly spread, penetrating the walls of the interrogation room and engulfing the entire police station. The corridor, bathed in red light, appeared empty and deathly silent; the outside world was replaced by blood, everything resembling an old photograph washed clean of color, leaving only the contrast of light and shadow.

Finally, the area expanded, gradually covering the edge of Dachang City.

Zhou Zheng looked at the red glowing objects around him, his expression changed, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Ghost Domain?! You actually possess a Ghost Domain! Who exactly are you?!"

Yang Jian gazed at him calmly.

"Isn't it clearly written in the file you have?"

At this point, Yang Jian's expanding ghost domain stopped; he sensed that his ghost domain could no longer extend.

It wasn't that his ghost domain couldn't expand any further, but rather that the ghost domain "hit its boundary."

It was an eerie feeling, as if there was an invisible shell outside the space, enveloping the entire world inside.

Yang Jian frowned slightly.

"Is this all the world can be? Then why did Zhou Zheng go to headquarters and bring me there..."

With his eyes darting around, Yang Jian silently analyzed the current situation.

"A similar situation occurred in the internet cafe before. I could only sense the existence of that internet cafe, and the ghostly domain could only spread to that extent. But when someone called the police, the police actually appeared, and at the same time, they materialized the entire city of Dachang..."

"Could it be..."

Yang Jian thought about the computers in the internet cafe and the original purpose of the internet cafe. This made Yang Jian realize a problem: this world might be built on the dynamic development of events.

He had a new guess: this world might be like a game, where new maps would be generated as long as he continued to move around.

Just like playing a game, the next event will only be triggered after you receive a mission.

Now, he neither agreed to nor rejected Zhou Zheng's request, which is why only one Dachang City was created in this world.

Seeing that Yang Jian remained silent, Zhou Zheng advised:

“Yang Jian, a Ghost Tamer of your caliber will definitely receive the best treatment from headquarters. Come back to headquarters with me, and I will vouch for you.”

Yang Jian ignored Zhou Zheng, seemingly unaware that Yang Jian was not a native of this world, and that no one here knew they were fake.

"If a ghost recreates memories or environments in some form, then every character or vengeful spirit it manifests will follow the logic of reality. As long as it doesn't exceed the rules, it can continue to 'operate'."

"And my presence here is the variable."

Zhou Zheng's current state reminded Yang Jian of Tong Qian.

Previously, due to Yang Jian's misjudgment of the Ghost Mirror, two ghosts were released from the Ghost Mirror, resulting in the death of the real Tong Qian.

Tong Qian is a very special ghost, but because of her own killing patterns, she considers herself to be a human.

According to Wang Xiaoming's observations, Tong Qian could get injured, bleed, and even her physical examination showed that she was no different from a normal person, with her internal organs being exactly the same. Only Gao Ming could see her true condition.

Perhaps everything in this world is similar to Tong Qian's situation. As long as it doesn't cross a certain line, this world will continue to operate according to the logic of the normal world.

Once living beings intervene, events will begin to be triggered in this world, gradually generating new maps and things.

Yang Jian deduced that the real source of the ghost might be inside the internet cafe, or perhaps the internet cafe itself, and that he had unknowingly triggered the killing pattern at some point.

However, Yang Jian could not determine how this attack was generated. If it was a consciousness-type attack, it should have been intercepted by Gui Meng, but Gui Meng did not react at all.

Seeing Yang Jian frowning, Zhou Zheng assumed he was considering whether to go to headquarters with him, so he stood still and waited for Yang Jian.

Yang Jian suddenly asked, "Have you been to headquarters?"

“Of course, every person in charge needs to report to headquarters.” Zhou Zheng was taken aback. Although he didn’t know why Yang Jian would ask such a question, he still answered Yang Jian’s question.

When was the last time you went to headquarters?

"Just last week, why are you asking these questions? Come with me and you'll find out."

Yang Jian nodded. His guess was correct. Zhou Zheng was now like a game NPC, with his entire life trajectory in his memories.

But like Dachang City, he was a supernatural product manifested after Yang Jian triggered the murder pattern in that internet cafe.

At this moment, Zhou Zheng's actual actions only involved the short few minutes he spent seeing Yang Jian. Therefore, he remembered the headquarters, but Yang Jian could not go there because the new event had not yet begun.

(End of this chapter)