Mysterious Resurrection: What If

Chapter 218 Oblivion (Part 5)

He followed Zhao Lei and the man out the door.

Yang Jian remained calm and observed the two of them.

He quickly discovered the problem: every time Zhao Lei found himself experiencing memory loss, the blurry-faced man beside him would influence him, plunging him back into a state of confusion.

This influence didn't seem like an attack on Zhao Lei, but rather that this person was leading Zhao Lei through these scenes, as if searching for something through him.

The two followed each other into a restaurant, where Yang Jian decided to confirm the details one more time.

"Li Jun, I'm not sure if deploying the Ghost Domain on a large scale will affect this place. Cooperate with me."

"Okay." Li Jun nodded.

The steam surrounding him began to dissipate, quickly enveloping the entire restaurant. As the steam spread, the lights dimmed, emitting an eerie green glow.

Then a crimson flash appeared before my eyes and pierced the plate the waiter was holding.

Yang Jian is rewriting the reality of this place. He transforms the food on the plate into the shape of a ghost eye, hoping to awaken Zhao Lei.

But he wasn't sure if doing so would affect the space, so Li Jun's eerie steam acted as a buffer.

Even if anything changes, it will give the two of them enough time to react.

Ghost Eye stared at Zhao Lei, observing his changes. Just as Yang Jian had predicted, the moment Zhao Lei saw Ghost Eye, his memories began to return. The man did not attack Zhao Lei, but stayed by his side and blocked Zhao Lei's memories.

But Yang Jie's two reminders worked. Even though Zhao Lei was constantly in this amnesiac state, he still tried to figure out the true identity of the man in front of him during his brief moments of lucidity.

Go somewhere where you can find out his name.

This idea spontaneously came to Zhao Lei's mind.

Immediately, Yang Jian noticed that the surrounding environment had changed again. Each time Zhao Lei briefly regained consciousness, it was accompanied by this abrupt change in the environment.

"My guess was right. That person is using Zhao Lei to find something."

Just then, Zhao Lei followed the man into a company.

A mechanical female voice came from the time clock.

"Li Leping, welcome."

"Li Leping?!" Li Jun exclaimed in surprise, "Could he be Li Leping?!"

"I see…"

Yang Jian looked equally surprised.

He said, "That person should be Li Leping's backup plan, to counter his loss of control."

Li Jun didn't understand at all and asked, "What do you mean? Hasn't Li Leping already lost control? How can he still fight against his out-of-control state?"

"What if we completely forget a person's memories and create a personality that acts entirely according to rules?"

Yang Jian and Li Jun stood at the entrance, silently watching Zhao Lei and his companion.

"Just as he gave a vengeful ghost a new rule for killing, he created a personality that only acts according to specific rules. Because it has no memory, it is not affected by forgetting."

Yang Jian's analysis was not without basis. Li Leping controlled the Ghost Head in the internet cafe. Although it was uncertain whether he could bring it into reality, Yang Jian did not believe that Li Leping would not do something during that brief period of control.

"But similarly... because he has no memory, he can only passively choose who enters here. He subconsciously chose Zhao Lei, probably because of that newspaper. He wanted to break the current deadlock. As long as Zhao Lei can persevere, he will eventually find the real location of Li Leping."

Li Jun was horrified when he heard this. Li Leping had gone to such lengths to prevent himself from losing control, creating a completely virtual personality.

If what Yang Jian said is true, and these supernatural methods are taken a step further, perhaps they could truly give vengeful ghosts new patterns of murder. Li Jun felt a chill run down his spine. "Wouldn't that mean... treating yourself like a ghost?"

"Correct."

"For a person to reach this level, it means that he has completely accepted that he may die or become a ghost."

Yang Jian's voice was flat. "This is how he fights his loss of control."

At this moment, Zhao Lei stopped.

He kept staring at the street ahead, where several people were standing.

"what is that?"

Following the line of sight, I saw several foreigners dressed in medieval European prayer robes, who looked like devout believers of some church.

"A living person?"

Li Jun also noticed the unusual behavior of those people, but the group of foreigners did not notice the two of them. Instead, they were observing Zhao Lei and the man next to him.

"Don't worry about it for now. Ordinary people won't survive long in this place. As they experience more and more scenes, they will eventually get completely lost here and become living corpses."

Li Jun frowned. "Their attire looks familiar; it seems like a foreign organization."

"Abroad? The King's Organization?"

“No…” Li Jun shook his head.

"The King Organization was jointly established by more than a dozen countries abroad, but some people are unwilling to join. Just like the social circles and paranormal forums in China, these people have chosen to go their own way. Some have even fought with the King Organization because of their differing ideologies. The last time Professor Wang chose to launch a surprise attack abroad at that time was because an organization had a conflict with the King, which led to some of the Kings being in very poor condition."

Yang Jian was stunned. "There's such a thing? How come I didn't know?"

Li Jun glanced at Yang Jian and said, "With your authority, you can access the files at any time, but you're either busy fighting or can't find the person, so it's normal that you don't know."

"That's true, I am indeed very busy with work."

Yang Jian nodded. "Go on, tell me where you think these people come from."

"Heaven."

"Heaven? What kind of cult names that?"

It seems that due to the influence of this world, Yang Jian has become fond of making a few jokes again.

Li Jun ignored Yang Jian and continued, "It is called an organization, but in reality it can be seen as a refuge for ordinary people established by a Ghost Master. There are no more than three Ghost Masters in the entire Heavenly Kingdom, and you have met the founder of the Heavenly Kingdom."

"I've seen him before?... "

Yang Jian immediately began to think.

The most foreigners he had ever met in his life were when he went abroad to raid the King's Organization. Apart from the King's Organization, he had only ever met one other foreign Ghost Master.

"Father...he wanted to take the killer's body at that time..."

“That’s right. He has always maintained contact with headquarters, and he was also involved in the fire overseas.”

Yang Jian's expression gradually became serious.

He was deeply impressed by the foreign man dressed as a priest. The supernatural power he displayed was astonishing; at least at that time, Yang Jian was not confident that he could confront him head-on.

Li Jun continued, "During the raid, Professor Wang must have informed him of our whereabouts, which is why he was able to find us. At the time, when he came to retrieve the assassin's body, I didn't think much of it, but now it seems..."

(End of this chapter)