I have a ghost diary

As he spoke, he gestured on his phone, "I transferred 50,000 yuan to your bank account. Consider it a loan. Use it for now, and we'll talk if it's not enough."

Chu Jiang was taken aback. "Why?"

Li Bu Huo took the last sip of soy milk. "Didn't I tell you? I admire you."

"People like us, once we officially enter this industry, are generally not short of money."

"But many newcomers are different; they might even rob a bank for a little money, and in the end, the person in charge has to be called in to deal with them."

"There are also some newcomers who are recruited into some folk ghost master organizations for a mere few hundred thousand or a few million, and are forced to work for them."

“It’s not worth it, it’s not worth it at all. We don’t have many years left to live, and I don’t want you to go down the same path as those people.”

Chu Jiang paused for a moment, then simply said thank you.

He doesn't like borrowing money from others, but the reality is that as a high school student, he doesn't have much money on him right now; it's all money he saved up in the past.

"By the way, where are you planning to go?" Li Bu Huo took the initiative to change the subject.

“Luozhou City,” Chu Jiang answered without hesitation.

Li Bu Huo gave a wry smile. "I was just about to tell you not to go there. There have been several supernatural incidents there recently, and I heard that the people in charge there are having a lot of trouble."

Luozhou City is not too far from Luoxi City, but it is much larger and more prosperous.

Chu Jiang planned to go there for two reasons: firstly, he didn't want to be too far from home; secondly, he wanted to clear his head, since he had nowhere else to go for the time being.

"It's okay, I won't deliberately go looking for trouble."

Despite Li Bu Huo's words, Chu Jiang did not change his mind.

With paranormal events occurring frequently, he's more likely to encounter people from the same circle in that area. After all, methods shouldn't be obtained solely from Research Institute No. 21; having multiple channels is always a good thing.

Seeing this, Li Bu Huo didn't try to persuade him any further. He stood up and said, "Then I'll be going now. Don't worry about your family. Both the police station and Xu Bing's side have the responsibility and obligation to protect the safety of ordinary people."

“Wait a minute,” Chu Jiang stood up, “Can I ask a question that’s definitely not mentioned in the newbie handbook?”

Li Bu Huo hesitated for a moment, "Tell me what the problem is first."

Have you heard of the organization called the "Cult of the Holy Word"?

In fact, Chu Jiang was not confident, as the newcomer's manual definitely did not mention the Holy Word Sect.

But if it wasn't mentioned, then there's even more reason for him to ask this question, since he's already been approached by the other party.

Li Bu Huo asked, somewhat puzzled, "I haven't heard of it. Where did you hear it from?"

"I found it while researching online," Chu Jiang lied without batting an eye.

"Their church doctrine states that the end of the world is coming, and ghosts will harm mankind. Only by believing in their God can we be saved."

Chapter Twenty-Five: Fundamental Laws

Upon hearing this, Li Bu Huo shook his head repeatedly, "Cult organizations, don't believe them, they're all lies."

"Really? But ghosts have appeared in the world; so it doesn't seem so strange that gods have appeared, does it?" Chu Jiang continued to express his confusion.

Li Bu Huo was speechless. "That's why I told you to look at the manual. There are no gods in the world. If some being jumps out to claim that it is a god and demonstrates certain methods, then..."

"So either he's a ghost master, just using ghostly power to pretend to be a god; or he himself is a ghost, understand?"

Chu Jiang nodded repeatedly, "I understand."

"In the future, some folk ghost master organizations may try to recruit you. Just remember to be vigilant and don't easily fall into a den of thieves."

After saying this last sentence, Li Buhuo left on his own.

To be honest, Chu Jiang still feels a bit scared when he thinks about it now. That so-called unspeakable god might actually be a ghost...

Then this church is not worshipping God, but worshipping demons.

In that case, are they still normal people? Or are they even human?

Although he didn't know why the other party had approached him to hand out flyers, Chu Jiang secretly decided that if he ever encountered anyone from that church again, he would definitely keep his distance.

Don't think you can fool me by finding a pretty, blonde, big-breasted cute girl.

......

After finishing breakfast, Chu Jiang went into the station to buy a ticket.

While waiting for his train, he opened the website on his phone, which Li Bu Huo had sent via text message; and registered an account using the referral code provided by Li Bu Huo.

If you don't have permission to use this website, it will just show a blank login page. You also need to verify your identity with your face when registering and logging in, which is very legitimate.

After logging in, you'll find a simple blue and white interface, along with a tutorial.

The first thing Chu Jiang looked at was naturally the newcomer's handbook.

Although the contents of this manual are all basic knowledge that anyone who has been in this industry for a long time would know, it was still of great help to Chu Jiang, who was a complete novice.

In addition, the manual also gave a shout-out to the research institute, since it was produced by the institute. It also reminded newcomers not to break the law or commit crimes, or they would face severe consequences.

It was from here that Chu Jiang learned that the person in charge had a great deal of power.

Ordinary people are fine, but when someone like Chu Jiang, who possesses supernatural powers, commits a crime, the person in charge has the privilege of killing him on the spot; all they need to do is write a report afterward.

After watching the video, it was time to board the bus, but Chu Jiang's mood was still relatively heavy when he got on.

This had nothing to do with crime; it was just that the severity of the haunting in this world far exceeded his previous expectations...

On the bus, watching the ever-changing scenery outside the window, Chu Jiang was still thinking about the contents of the manual.

Similar to the information we had previously received, the surge in paranormal events began about six months ago.

However, paranormal events also occurred before, but they were extremely rare and of very low intensity, with the probability of ordinary people encountering them being almost zero.

The newcomer's manual mentions a term for this: "paranormal revival."

This means that there was a time in the world before when evil spirits ran rampant among humans, but later the ghosts and monsters fell silent for unknown reasons.

It is now clear that a new cycle has begun, with paranormal forces gradually reviving worldwide.

If we can't handle this, the end of the world is definitely not just a joke.

As for the true nature of ghosts, no one can say for sure, but through their struggles against ghosts, people have summarized some basic principles:

1. Ghosts are immortal.

Ghosts cannot be killed, destroyed, or exorcised by any means. Even if Chu Jiang witnessed the gauntlet swallowing the ghost tree, it only meant that the ghost tree had become part of the ghost.

Moreover, this does not mean that the Ghost Tree has completely disappeared. Given the opportunity, it can still be separated from the Ghost Shadow.

This is the immortality of ghosts, or you could call it the law of conservation or something similar.

2. Only the power of demons can fight demons.

At least up to now, humans have been using the power of demons to fight demons, which can be considered a kind of "enemy and friend from the same source".

As for the Taoist masters and Buddhist monks that Chu Jiang had previously imagined, sorry, they were all useless against real ghosts; the same is true in the West, even praying to God is useless.

As for nuclear weapons, some people have tried them, but they were useless.

3. The vast majority of ghosts have certain stereotypical patterns of behavior, or rather, patterns of killing.

The new user manual provides several examples of this:

For example, with water ghosts, as long as you don't approach the riverbank, lakeside, or seaside, but only look at them from a safe distance, even if the water ghost sees you or senses you, it won't rush out and drag you into the water.

For example, a hanged ghost. This kind of ghost usually doesn't go too far from where the person was hanged. As long as you don't get close or touch the rope, there's a high probability that nothing will happen to you.

When Chu Jiang saw this part, he inexplicably thought of those old zombie movies. In those movies, the living people usually only needed to hold their breath, and the zombies wouldn't attack them.

Is this considered a pattern?

The beginner's manual also specifically mentions that, in order to increase the chances of survival, ghost masters should try their best to explore and discover the patterns in advance whenever they encounter paranormal events.

After all, the power of a demon master is very weak in front of a real demon. Not to mention that the more demons use their power, the faster they die. Where intelligence can solve the problem, force should be avoided as much as possible.

Finally, there is another type of ghost that kills indiscriminately. Li Bu Huo mentioned before that the Slender Man is very likely this type of ghost.

Furthermore, whether or not there is a pattern to the killings has nothing to do with the strength of the ghost. It's just that ghosts that kill indiscriminately are generally not weak.

Aside from some basic information, the beginner's guide also provides a general overview of the increasingly serious sudden ghost incidents around the world; the danger levels of ghosts; and the levels of various sealed artifacts.

But the more Chu Jiang learned, the more powerless he felt. These ghosts were too outrageous, far more unfathomable than any ghost stories he had ever heard before.

If humans couldn't use the power of ghosts to fight them, then extinction would probably be the only path forward.

Finally, the newcomer's manual didn't mention at all how people who have gained supernatural powers should deal with potential problems; it only mentioned methods that only address the symptoms, not the root cause.

The specific method wasn't explained, but it was recommended that newcomers participate in the assessment of Research Institute No. 21. As long as they pass all the assessments and officially join the research institute, they can receive certain assistance.

After considering it, Chu Jiang still did not make a decision immediately. His situation was not so bad that he needed to make a choice right away.

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Chapter Twenty-Six: The Supernatural Forum

Also, while I was in the car, I received a phone call from home, so my parents must have realized something was wrong.

However, Chu Jiang did not answer the call. He only reassured them via WeChat voice message and said that he had received help from the police and that police officers should come to his door to communicate with him sometime today.

Then his younger sister sent him a crying voice message, saying that she would be obedient in the future, which made Chu Jiang both laugh and cry.

In short, Chu Jiang did not completely lose contact with his family; in this day and age, mobile phones are too convenient.