I have a ghost diary

So Chu Jiang took the lead and rushed into the darkness.

As Chu Jiang arrived at room 6, firefighters carried the baby inside. The door closed by itself again, leaving the thin man forever in room 5...

Room 6 is not a room either; it's more like a desolate ancient battlefield, with broken spears and halberds scattered all over the ground.

Moreover, there was a mass grave in front of the two of them.

This is a mass grave specifically used to bury prisoners of war after a victory in ancient wars. Because so many people had to be buried at once, it was called a "ten-thousand-person" grave.

Mass graves are sometimes used to bury corpses, but most of the time they are used for burying people alive.

Because keeping prisoners alive required manpower to guard them, consumed a large amount of food, and posed a possibility of retaliation, the most efficient method was to dig a large pit and bury them alive...

Historically, Bai Qi is famous for burying alive 400,000 surrendered Zhao soldiers.

There was no other way for Chu Jiang and his group to go. The only way to reach the other side was to cross the mass grave not far away. There was no question of taking a detour.

Because outside the ancient battlefield lies an endless abyss, falling in would likely result in immediate death.

Chu Jiang had sensed many ghostly presences before, and now, after entering room number 6, they were even more pronounced. All the presences originated from the mass grave; if he led the firefighters down there, the outcome was predictable...

Putting everything else aside, the firefighter and the policewoman were practically doomed. Chu Jiang had no chance of saving them, and even he himself only had a slim chance of survival.

Finally, there's a room 7 behind room 6. If an S-class ghost appears there, Chu Jiang wouldn't be surprised at all.

Even in this room, he felt it wasn't impossible to encounter an S-class vengeful ghost; after all, the death-telling bird in front of him was just as dangerous as an A-class vengeful ghost, only less efficient at killing.

This godforsaken place has absolutely no difficulty setting; it seems like it was created from the very beginning to torture people to death...

Although firefighter Paul's senses weren't as sharp as those of a real ghost master, he had at least used supernatural powers before, and the dark crater in the distance made him feel like he was in hell.

Paul was desperate. He entrusted his child to Chu Jiang, babbling incoherently, essentially telling Chu Jiang to abandon him and move forward, as this was the only way to have any hope of survival.

Chu Jiang simply shook his head, telling him to hold the child properly.

Chu Jiang didn't move forward. Taking advantage of this relatively safe moment, he spread out the Ghost Diary on the ground and then took out a sealed ceramic jar.

Don't forget, back in Room 3, Chu Jiang also sealed away a ghost that could hide invisibly and whose killing pattern was that the person who opened the door would die.

Now that there's a new ghost, we can use the Ghost Diary to predict what his "death" will be today.

As usual, turn to the last page of the ghost diary and stuff a ghost with a highly decomposed body into it.

The Ghost Diary continued to be devoured greedily, and the aura of death it emitted even made Chu Jiang a little worried that it might attract the ghosts from the mass grave.

Thankfully, nothing happened. After the drawing of the "Ghost of the Door" appeared in the diary, the next page automatically turned, revealing the contents of the diary:

[November 12, Cloudy]

Why can't Ghost Diary be used in card games? I protest this.

[Now, back to the main point, I got involved in a new paranormal event, and on my birthday, I met my end.]

I reached Room 7 alive; everyone else was dead. But the ghost in Room 7 was an ultimate source of terror. I tried to completely annihilate it, to fully control the power of the ghost within my bloodline.

Unfortunately, I was killed by that being after only completing half of my Zombie Transformation. At the same time, the White Tiger was unleashed...

The Ghost Diary revealed a lot of information this time, and unusually, it didn't play games with Chu Jiang.

First of all, it still imitates Chu Jiang's tone and manner of speaking, and seems very dissatisfied that it cannot be featured on the card.

This reaffirmed Chu Jiang's belief that it was indeed a conscious being.

Speaking of cards, Chu Jiang's card allows him to borrow a portion of the White Tiger's power; the corresponding ability is called [Chang Gui].

There is an idiom called "to act as an accomplice to a tiger," which means that a person who is eaten by a tiger will become an accomplice ghost; and the accomplice ghost will lose its original nature and specifically lure people to be eaten by tigers.

Chu Jiang's ability is similar; he can mark a target and make that target willingly do anything for him for a certain period of time, which is a terrifying ability.

Previously, Chu Jiang was worried that the saleswoman would kill people indiscriminately after turning into a ghost, so he even marked her, but he just didn't activate it.

Unexpectedly, the saleswoman was more enlightened than he had imagined; she would rather die as a human than become a ghost.

Chapter 258 A Violent Solution

Chu Jiang's card originally depicted a black sun, but it was later forcibly changed to a white tiger due to the curse of the White Tiger on his body.

At that time, Chu Jiang wondered if adding cards was a good thing?

Now it's been directly confirmed by Ghost Diary, and it's indeed a good thing. As long as Chu Jiang dies, it seems that Bai Hu can be "liberated".

Chu Jiang guessed that there were two possibilities regarding the meaning of this liberation: one was that Baihu's strength would be enhanced.

Another possibility is that the White Tiger may escape from a predicament.

This second point is a conclusion Chu Jiang reached by relating it to the situation of Black Sun and Ghost Diary.

The Black Sun is now sealed away by the old patriarch in the Lin Clan Ancestral Hall, which can be described as a state of complete lack of freedom.

Ghost Diary is in a slightly better situation, but it is still indirectly trapped in the sealed artifact, and it thinks every day about how to kill Chu Jiang, its host.

Since both the White Tiger and Ghost Diary want to include cards, perhaps this castle possesses a mysterious power. When the user of the card's power dies, the castle will help the corresponding ghost on the card escape...

This is a chilling conclusion, because three people have already died, which means that at least three ghosts have escaped or been resurrected outside.

The student and the bald guy were alright, but the saleswoman was like a B-grade vengeful ghost.

The female police officer is classified as A-level, while Chu Jiang's is suspected to be S-level.

In other words, whether for his own sake or for the sake of others, Chu Jiang had better not die in this castle, otherwise another S-level incident would occur in the outside world...

This made Chu Jiang even more troubled.

Then there's the Ghost Diary's prophecy about Room 7, which says that only Chu Jiang can reach the final room alive, and that Chu Jiang will be killed by the final boss after completing his half-body transformation.

This made Chu Jiang feel even more strongly that this place offered absolutely no way out. Even the initial seven cards weren't "life-saving items," but rather a rule—a rule that liberated the supernatural.

This is essentially a transaction where you temporarily mortgage your life to the ghost on the card in exchange for a portion of the ghost's power.

But after you die, it will be time to "pay back".

While the death of an ordinary person may not have such great power, the castle can use this rule to accomplish many incredible things.

So where did the castle come from? Is it also part of a paranormal resurgence...?

After thinking it over, Chu Jiang picked up the diary first, and then took a look at what abilities the rotten door-opening ghost could give him.

Reaching out to touch the pages, Chu Jiang suddenly realized that it wasn't the kind of potent corrosive power that could turn a person into corpse fluid.

Specifically, by borrowing this power, Chu Jiang can enter a state of concealment and invisibility by relying on any door.

Moreover, before the portal was destroyed, he was in a supernatural space and was almost unharmed by the outside world.

Chu Jiang's assessment was: "That's interesting."

Anyway, he doesn't lack that corrosive power now, so this strange and unusual ability is actually better for him.

As the firefighters watched Chu Jiang's series of actions, only three words came to mind: "I don't understand."

After putting away his diary, Chu Jiang muttered to himself, "Since continuing forward means certain death, then don't blame me for not following the rules."

Yes, he's prepared to break the deadlock by force.

If Chu Jiang wanted to do this, he had several options:

1. Prepare yourself to be completely chastised beforehand, instead of being forced to do so under the pressure of that terrifying presence in Room 7.

If he wanted to do that, all Chu Jiang had to do was jump into the mass grave, without using any sealing artifacts, without using the power of the Blood Hand Ghost and the Dark Left Hand, and survive the siege of countless ghosts by relying solely on his bloodline power.

If they survive, they will definitely be highly corrupted; if they don't survive, they will die.

However, doing so is very risky. Not only would it tie his own hands, but if a few ghosts similar to the Death Bird were to infiltrate the mass grave, Chu Jiang would likely be killed instantly.

Putting aside the risks, if this were to succeed, Chu Jiang would never have gone to Room 7.

He would choose to use the power of Chu Zombie to tear open this room, tear open this ancient castle, and escape from this predicament.

2. The Holy Word Church's leaflets are still in Chu Jiang's hands. He can ask that god for help, but the price is to become a believer and sincerely believe in it from the bottom of his heart.

3. Chu Jiang also has a coffin he brought out from the Lin family ancestral hall, which contains an S-class vengeful ghost.

This vengeful ghost uses corpses as its source of power; in other words, it is a zombie.

The ancestral ghost within Chu Jiang's body is the absolute superior to all zombie-type ghosts, so he can subdue this S-class vengeful ghost.

If they could find a way to make this zombie obey Chu Jiang's orders, then it would be possible for the two of them to work together and force their way out of this castle.

In short, Chu Jiang would never go to Room 7, even if it meant that the terrifying entity in Room 7 would come out and hunt him down because he broke the rules.

As for which option to choose... Chu Jiang hesitated.

Option 2 is definitely the first to be ruled out. Chu Jiang has already declared that he will bring that ghost down from its pedestal. I guess their "holy maiden" has already gone back to report to their god.

Is Jade Williams a saint? Does their church have such a position? Or is the woman disguised as Jade the one in charge of the church?

Never mind, Chu Jiang can't possibly become a vassal of a ghost. It's better to kill him than to make him believe in ghosts.

Then there are options 1 and 3, both of which involve great risks. Let's leave option 1 aside, as for option 3, Chu Jiang cannot guarantee that he can definitely control that S-level vengeful ghost.

Chu Jiang could only guarantee that he wouldn't be killed by that ghost. If things went even more smoothly, it might even be possible to forcibly stuff it into the ghost's diary and seal it away.

However, this would defeat Chu Jiang's original intention.

He was only using one of the zombie's abilities, and even that was only at 50% power. He really didn't have the confidence to force his way out of the castle.

"Wait a minute!" As he pondered this, Chu Jiang suddenly realized something. It seemed that there was a way to break the deadlock within the rules, if it was really as he had guessed.

Thinking of this, Chu Jiang took out the Ghost Diary again, and looked at the firefighter, "Let's do an experiment. Anyway, you're probably going to die soon, let's see if we can get you out first."

The firefighter was completely bewildered; he couldn't understand what Chu Jiang was trying to do.

Chu Jiang didn't explain much; he just told him to hold the firefighter's hand and do it.

He looked at the ghost diary, his next attempt being his first since obtaining the diary, and hoped everything would go smoothly.

Chapter 259 Liberation Within the Rules

Chu Jiang had once thought about something: items like sealed pottery jars, where ghosts could be sealed inside and then retrieved when needed.

So here's the question: can the ghosts sealed inside the Ghost Diary be taken out?