Mysterious Resurrection: What If

Chapter 202 Shen Lin's Mother
Ghost Dream, a unique and unparalleled existence.

And that dog is the source of the ghostly dream.

Yang Jian couldn't control it; he couldn't do it. In fact, it could be said that no one in the world could do it.

Even Yang Jian himself wasn't sure whether the big black dog was a complete vengeful ghost or something more deeply entangled with the supernatural.

Logically speaking, the big black dog could use any supernatural tool without any cost, and could even try to control any vengeful ghost, but Yang Jian dared not, because he could not fully empathize with Gui Meng's state, and he was afraid that something unexpected might happen.

Ghost Dream is ultimately a dog. Without Yang Jian's orders, it cannot achieve the same keen insight as Yang Jian in its own subjective judgment, which is also the dog's biggest weakness.

While it's a little smarter than a ghost, its abilities are still limited; how smart can a dog really be? Most of the time, it acts according to its own natural killing patterns, loves water, and enjoys sleeping.

Yang Jian had been trying to find a way to make up for this deficiency, but he could not find a feasible solution.

This is also the fundamental reason why the charred corpse was able to make Yang Jian forget about the ghost dream, because the charred corpse was not fighting against the ghost dream; it bypassed the ghost dream and indirectly attacked Yang Jian.

However, this state of forgetfulness is gone at this moment.

Just now, through observation and analysis, Yang Jian determined after contact with the charred corpse that the ghost he had forgotten was a consciousness-type ghost.

Through the Ghost Lake, he forcibly allowed the black flames to invade his consciousness, and by accident, he successfully reopened the black flames' timeline once again.

In the woods, a large black dog with its tail held high lay down at Yang Jian's feet.

The moment they entered this timeline, the bizarre attack method vanished. This world was originally formed from the clash between ghost dreams and black fire.

The acrid smell of burning flesh had completely disappeared; here, the charred corpse was completely suppressed by Onimusha.

"Yang Jian?"

A man's voice came from behind him; someone was calling him. He looked up and saw a man standing deep within the lush green bamboo forest opposite him.

It was a young man whose build looked somewhat similar to the charred corpse.

This is an ordinary-looking man with an average appearance, hairstyle, and clothing. Even his demeanor is ordinary; he is the kind of person who would be completely inconspicuous if thrown into a crowd.

However, the moment Yang Jian saw the man, he remembered everything about him: a captain, a captain who had been forgotten by everyone.

"Li Leping..."

Yang Jian narrowed his eyes, remaining vigilant. Li Leping was a very special type of ghost tamer, and he wasn't sure if the person in front of him was really Li Leping.

The young man nodded.

"It's me. Looks like you succeeded."

"What do you mean?" Yang Jian asked coldly, pointing his wood-chopping knife at Li Leping.

"You only have one chance to explain. If I find anything amiss, I'll kill you with one blow."

A light rain began to fall in the woods, the black raindrops clinging to the tree trunks like the vomit of a dead man, occasionally flickering with a few black flames. Yang Jian stared at the young man opposite him, not in a hurry to attack. Since Gui Meng was right beside him, he was safe.

He also gave Li Leping enough patience. After all, Li Leping had contributed a lot in both the three major S-level ghost incidents in Dajing City and on the moon. He was an indispensable key link in both incidents, and Yang Jian had a high opinion of him.

Li Leping said calmly, "After returning from the moon, I went to the Mingyue Community in reality to deal with the paranormal events there. In room 301... I encountered an old woman, an old woman who was completely beyond my comprehension. I was attacked."

A rare, unusual expression flickered across his stiff face, suggesting that the old woman's attack on him was quite terrifying.

"My condition is deteriorating, and the time before the vengeful spirit resurrects is running out. I chose to forget what happened in those few days, but I remembered it again through my diary. That old woman is constantly invading me..."

Li Leping's voice sounded hollow, as if he were recounting someone else's experience.

"I had no choice. I planned to control a human head here and completely transform into a vengeful ghost with the consciousness of a living person, but I failed. My body was taken over by the ghost..."

Yang Jian casually grabbed at the air and pulled out a bottle of cola. In this forest, he could do anything he wanted.

"A ghost with the consciousness of a living person?"

He had thought about this question before, and even his own father had done it, but he never expected that someone in this day and age would actually think of this.

It seems that all the captains have explored their own unique ways of controlling the vengeful spirits.

It is impossible for the consciousness of the living to completely replace that of the vengeful ghost. The consciousness of the living cannot resist the erosion of the vengeful ghost. If this continues, the living will eventually lose all their instincts and become an alien being dominated by the vengeful ghost.

However, Li Leping's situation is a little different. A ghost tamer who can cause "forgetting" is not just a simple transfer of consciousness. In the process of transfer, he uses the power of the Forgetting Ghost to fight against this erosion, which is why he has been able to get to where he is today.

This is an unrepeatable state, brought about by certain specific conditions, just like Yang Jian hanging himself in front of the Ghost Mirror. Even if the whole process were to be repeated, he would most likely still die.

Yang Jian took a swig of cola. "Why did you come to Dachang City?"

Perhaps Li Leping had already been lurking in Dachang City, but because no one could remember him, Yang Jian had not discovered him.

A person who can't remember anything, combined with the bizarre ability to find people he just displayed, could kill anyone without anyone noticing. This Li Leping is too dangerous.

“I’m here for help… I can’t handle this situation on my own.”

Li Leping stood before him, expressionless, his face blank and numb, his stiff limbs making him look like a corpse. He continued:
“I originally wanted to go see Shen Lin, but his mother wouldn’t let me see him. I waited for a long time at his door, but he never came.”

"Later, Wang Xiaoming told me that you should possess some kind of supernatural artifact related to memory, so I chose to come and find you."

"Wait!" Yang Jian immediately interrupted Li Leping.

"Shen Lin's mother? Preventing you from seeing him?"

Yang Jian keenly noticed the contradiction: how could a ghost tamer who possessed the abnormal supernatural power of forgetting attract the attention of an ordinary person and even stop him?

(End of this chapter)