Mysterious Resurrection: What If

Chapter 220 Forgotten (Part 7)

The light was so low it looked like someone was pressing down on it from above.

Depressing, dim.

It was early morning, yet not a single ray of light could penetrate the sky.

Thick smoke blanketed the entire city, layer upon layer, like a huge, rotting corpse covering the sky.

"Li Leping's thick smoke..."

Yang Jian looked up at the rolling black clouds in the sky. The thick smoke was exactly the same as what he had seen in Mingyue Community, but it was even more terrifying.

The air was filled with an indescribable stench, exuding a burnt and somber smell, as if someone were burning corpses in the sky.

Strong and pungent.

As Yang Jian and Li Jun turned a corner, the scene before them made them both stop in their tracks.

The streets were packed with people.

It was densely packed, stretching as far as the eye could see.

The entire city seemed to have been put on pause; the streets were crowded with people, but no one was moving.

Everyone stood frozen in place, their lifeless eyes wide open, unfocused. Only empty shells remained, like specimens nailed to reality.

Li Jun looked at the sign across the street and said in a low voice, "Dachuan City Haim Supermarket, we were here just now."

Yang Jian walked into the crowd and gave it a push, and the crowd immediately moved to the next section.

"The landscape has been restored, but the memories of these people remain inside. If Li Leping is not found soon, the people of this city will die because they have forgotten their own existence."

The red light slowly spread from beneath his feet.

In the real world, without Li Leping's influence, Yang Jian can use the Ghost Domain without restraint.

The entire city was shrouded in a faint crimson glow.

With the intervention of the Ghost Realm, finding the medium of the Ghost Lake becomes much easier.

In the Ghost Realm's perception, Zhao Lei's location was still changing, constantly flashing in various corners of the city, and the man beside him was still leading him to some scenes that Li Leping had experienced.

"Could it be..."

Yang Jian had a guess about this situation.

In the Blue Moon Internet Cafe, Li Leping once told Yang Jian that he was attacked by an old man while dealing with the paranormal events in apartment 301 of Mingyue Community. This forced him to forget himself, but he used that half of his diary as an anchor point.

If Yang Jian's speculation is correct, that man is likely an extension of the "anchor point" set up by Li Leping. He probably wants to find the existence of 301 through Zhao Lei.

A personality created by the supernatural has no memory, so it cannot determine where it has been.

At this moment, Zhao Lei is like a container of memories. The person uses Zhao Lei as an anchor point to keep trying and failing, attempting to find the true location of 301 through this exhaustive method.

In other words, the real Li Leping is in 301.

But the cost of this is enormous. If this continues, Zhao Lei will eventually become a walking corpse without any memory or personality.

Thinking of this, Yang Jian deepened the Ghost Domain again, trying to find the location of 301 in Dachuan City.

However, the old town area where Mingyue Community was originally located in Dachuan City has disappeared, leaving a blank space.

"Gone?... Could it be that the world inside the internet cafe is different from here?"

"Impossible." Yang Jian quickly dismissed the idea. Li Leping had clearly told him that Mingyue Community was in Dachuan City. Even if the location was slightly off, it was definitely not hard to find.

“Unless…Mingyue Community has been blocked…those foreigners, the priest…” “Let’s go!”

Without further hesitation, Yang Jian used the Ghost Domain to lock onto the medium of Ghost Lake, and the two of them immediately disappeared from the spot.

This is an abandoned horse farm. Zhao Lei and that person are riding horses and running repeatedly on the track.

The two of them stayed here for a long time, and their positions remained unchanged in the Ghost Realm's perception. This was also the reason why Yang Jian chose to intervene at this location.

The scenes Zhao Lei experienced were the same ones Li Leping had experienced before. It was clear that Li Leping really enjoyed horseback riding, as they had been there for almost ten minutes.

Li Jun stood outside the horse farm.

"Zhao Lei has amnesia and doesn't remember who we are at all. How are you going to rescue him from that person?"

"With one slash, even a ghost can be dismembered by me."

The machete was already in his hand, with cold lake water still dripping from its tip.

"Zhao Lei completed his task very well. Even though his memory was fading, his actions were effective."

Yang Jian's ability to identify the man as a backup plan left by Li Leping was Zhao Lei's greatest contribution. Through this, Yang Jian deduced Li Leping's true location.

301, the starting point of everything, the supernatural place where Li Leping first lost control.

Li Jun's eyes flickered slightly; he wanted to stop Yang Jian.

"Yang Jian, is it really okay to just kill that person like this? What if Li Leping has other plans? Wouldn't our actions be..."

"layout?"

Yang Jian coldly interrupted Li Jun.

"What kind of plan can a person who is about to die have? Even if it were the real Li Leping here, let alone a virtual person, I would rescue Zhao Lei first."

A dark shadow suddenly spread out beneath my feet, quickly engulfing half of the track.

“Li Jun, I think you’ve misunderstood something. I’m here not to cooperate with Li Leping’s plan. I have my own methods. If you want to handle this matter, you have to do it my way.”

The machete was slowly raised, pointing at the man on horseback in the distance.

Yang Jian wasn't just spouting nonsense. He already knew where Li Leping was, but he had hidden him. Even if Zhao Lei searched for him his whole life, he wouldn't find him.

Therefore, he wants to eliminate all the remaining unstable factors.

Li Jun said no more. Yang Jian was right. Wang Xiaoming had come to him because Yang Jian always looked at problems from different angles when dealing with paranormal events, and he could always find a breakthrough when faced with some unexpected situations.

He didn't dare to stop him. Given Yang Jian's personality, anyone who dared to disrupt his plans would be cleaved in two without hesitation by that wood-chopping knife.

He casually swung the knife at the man.

The medium was triggered, and the man immediately froze on the spot.

He is not a real ghost, but a personality created by Li Leping that only acts according to rules, similar to a ghost slave.

If it were in that world where memories and reality intertwined, Yang Jian might still have some reservations, but in the real world, he would not hesitate at all.

The cold blade, carrying the damp, chilly lake water, sliced ​​directly through the man's body.

As the man's body was split in two, Zhao Lei stopped.

He stood there, rooted to the spot, having forgotten what he was supposed to do without anyone to guide him.

(End of this chapter)