I have a ghost diary

However, on the other hand, those in charge were very wary of temporary workers, at least in Luozhou City. "If you don't have intelligence, find it yourself; if you're capable of solving it on your own, even better."

This is because in the paranormal community, information about ghosts is highly valuable, sometimes even obtained through trial and error at the cost of human lives, so it is not easily given out.

As for the person who posted the complaint, they probably sold the information first and then posted it. If others sell the same information, they won't receive the reward.

Aside from these two new posts, there was another new post containing a bunch of gibberish. Chu Jiang wasn't in the mood to decipher it, so he simply turned off his phone for the time being.

He turned to the driver and said, "Sir, I'm a tourist from the next city. I heard there have been a lot of traffic accidents here recently, is that right?"

"A traffic accident? You mean that bastard who's been on a rampage lately?"

While speaking, the driver kept his eyes fixed straight ahead, without being distracted.

But as soon as he finished speaking, something terrifying happened. A ghostly head suddenly peeked out from the left side of the windshield, almost at the level of the driver's head!

The ghost head is a highly decomposed human head, with a few messy strands of hair stuck to the forehead. The facial features are almost completely rotten, leaving only bones; only some shapeless pieces of rotten flesh cling to the face.

Even though Gui Tou's eyes were just two empty sockets, bloody tears were still flowing from them.

Its mouth opened and closed as if it were still telling something; blood and bodily fluids mixed together, dripping onto the hood and condensing into puddles that emitted a foul stench.

Upon seeing the ghostly head, the driver was instantly terrified and screamed. His face contorted, his heart pounded at 180 beats per minute, and he instinctively slammed on the brakes.

As for the emergency plans that had been rehearsed in his mind long ago, they had long since vanished.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Clash

In that life-or-death moment, "Bang!" Chu Jiang, sitting in the passenger seat, was suddenly launched like a cannonball, his right fist shattering the windshield and sticking out of the car.

"Screech~~ Zzz~~!" Amidst the extremely ear-piercing screeching sound, the car did not seem to have hit any obstacle, but instead came to a crooked stop in the middle of the road, with even the tires smoking.

Fortunately, this section of road was relatively remote with little traffic, so the sudden braking of the car did not cause a rear-end collision.

Inside the car, the driver's heart was still pounding, cold sweat was pouring down his forehead, and his hands gripping the steering wheel were already numb.

After about two or three seconds, he stared blankly ahead.

Chu Jiang was ejected diagonally from the passenger seat. The windshield shattered directly in front of the driver, so the driver has no way of seeing what happened outside.

Chu Jiang was half-pressed against the glass, his face looking rather grim. At that moment, his right hand was stretched out of the car, blood spreading from his palm, as he forcibly grabbed a rotting dead man's head in his hand.

If he hadn't reacted quickly enough in that split second to unbuckle his seatbelt, break the glass, and grab the ghost's head, the accident would probably have been a fatal crash by now.

Because the blood handprint can suppress other ghosts to some extent, Chu Jiang was able to capture it.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to touch the ghost, let alone temporarily neutralize its supernatural power and bring the vehicle to a safe stop.

However, the current situation is not one-sided, because Chu Jiang is facing a real ghost, not the "ghost servants" created by Slender Man.

Ghost servants, also known as changgui, are generally lower-level derivatives created by ghosts after they kill living people.

The demon servants do not possess the immortality of true demons, and their power is much weaker than that of the source demon.

Chu Jiang could kill an ordinary ghost with a single slap, but even though he had captured the ghost's head, the ghost's head was still alive and was even invading Chu Jiang in reverse.

The blood spreading from Chu Jiang's right palm could not completely cover his head; instead, Chu Jiang's right hand began to show signs of decay.

After a few seconds of stalemate, Chu Jiang swung his right hand violently, sending the dead man's head flying off the road and into the nearby green belt.

It's a bit of a shame. Although I had a really unlucky day, I was attacked by a ghost just as I saw the message.

But Chu Jiang didn't complain; he just took action immediately.

He wanted to see if he could take this opportunity to try sealing a real ghost on his own, and also to test his hypothesis.

However, Chu Jiang underestimated the other party a bit. Although this ghost's danger level was suspected to be only C-level, much weaker than Slender Ghost, it was still a real ghost.

In just a short while, the decaying parts of his body had spread rapidly from his right palm to his wrist.

Currently, the vast majority of Chu Jiang's body is still a normal human body. Only his right hand seems to have become half-human, half-ghost.

Therefore, Chu Jiang could accept the injury to his right palm. After all, under the influence of supernatural forces, this part of his body should have a relatively strong ability to withstand damage and wouldn't be easily crippled.

However, Chu Jiang dared not take the risk for other parts of his body, as he didn't know if they could fully recover.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Chu Jiang was pierced through the chest by the Slender Ghost last time; he was able to heal such a large wound.

Afterwards, Chu Jiang always suspected that the abnormal physical healing might be related to the involvement of the Ghost Diary.

Because no matter how Chu Jiang tried, he couldn't achieve that powerful healing effect; at most, he could only stop the bleeding. He had tried it on Gao Yifei and on himself.

Therefore, with Gui Tou constantly resisting and difficult to control, Chu Jiang chose not to delay any longer and decisively threw the other party away first.

Then Chu Jiang withdrew his hand, kicked the car door, rolled out, and took the Ghost Diary out of his backpack and held it in his left hand.

Chu Jiang wasn't going to give up on this menace, otherwise, wouldn't his efforts today have been in vain?

Admittedly, Chu Jiang also knew that the more supernatural powers one used, the faster one would die, and he wanted to solve the problem with his brain.

But the current situation doesn't allow it! The other side's killing pattern is already obvious, so we can skip the step of exploring the pattern and just use violence to solve the problem.

With a diary in one hand and a bloody handprint in the other, Chu Jiang cautiously entered the green belt, searching for the other person.

But to his disappointment, the ghost head was nowhere to be found, no matter how hard he looked.

It's certainly impossible that Gui Tou was afraid of Chu Jiang and therefore ran away.

The beginner's manual makes it very clear that ghosts do not experience fear; or rather, they do not have any human emotions at all, and mostly only possess extremely strong instincts, such as the most common one—killing.

The reason the ghost head disappeared must be because its attempt to pry open the gates failed. Neither Chu Jiang nor the driver were within its killing patterns, so it simply left.

It's unclear whether Ghost Head will head straight for the next victim or continue lurking somewhere in the city...

Although somewhat regretful, Chu Jiang did not continue his aimless search; he put away the blood on his right hand.

One should be as cautious as possible when facing a ghost. Even though they had fought once, Chu Jiang dared not say that he would definitely be able to defeat the opponent next time they met.

......

When Chu Jiang returned to the ride-hailing car, the driver had already pulled over to the side of the road and was nervously tapping his phone, as if he was about to call the police.

"It's alright, Master. Let's continue with our previous topic."

"Is that crazy bastard you're talking about the dead head we just saw?"

Despite being quite astonished by Chu Jiang's superhuman ability to smash through glass with a single punch, the driver immediately revealed the "truth" upon hearing the question: "Don't overthink it. This is a criminal using a drone disguised as a scare tactic."

"So we were just attacked!" The driver became angrier as he thought about it. "The company and the police have notified us these past few days that there are antisocial individuals randomly killing people and faking traffic accidents."

"But until the real culprit is caught, they told us drivers not to spread the word, so as not to cause panic."

"I really didn't expect this to happen to me today. You wait, I'm calling the police first."

Chu Jiang did not stop him. After the other party finished the call, he continued, "Could you take me to the hotel first?"

The driver glanced at the large hole in the windshield, then at Chu Jiang, and readily agreed.

This left Chu Jiang somewhat speechless. He wasn't robbing anyone. "I just practiced martial arts since I was a child."

While chatting idly, Chu Jiang got into the car on his own initiative.

The driver didn't dare ask any more questions, but obediently got into the car, started the engine, and continued driving along the navigation.

The police shouldn't arrive at the scene that quickly; he can still make it back after dropping off the person.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: My Head

Nothing happened on the rest of the journey; the ghost didn't appear again, and Chu Jiang arrived at his destination—the Linjiang Hotel—successfully.

Chu Jiang paid the money on his phone and wished the driver a safe journey.

However, the driver seemed a bit distracted; he simply nodded and drove back.

Looking at the small, four-story hotel in front of him, which looked a bit old, Chu Jiang, carrying his backpack, originally intended to go in and book a room directly.

But as he approached the glass door, he suddenly frowned, feeling that there was something he hadn't done yet. "What... was I supposed to do?"

While Chu Jiang was filled with doubt and recollection, the ride-hailing driver was rushing to the location where the accident had occurred.

He looked very anxious, but it wasn't the kind of anxiety that comes from being afraid of the police waiting too long; rather, it was as if he had lost something important and was eager to find it.

After running several red lights along the way, we finally returned to that quiet roadside.

The driver immediately opened the door, got out of the car, and hurriedly went into the green belt to search.

Before long, the driver successfully found a highly decomposed human head.

At this moment, the dead man's head looked intact, but it looked even more eerie than before. Its empty eye sockets seemed to be staring intently into the driver's eyes.

For some reason, the driver didn't show any fear at this moment. He simply held the head in his hands and let out a long sigh of relief.

The driver muttered to himself, "I almost lost my head trying to earn some extra money. People will laugh at me if they find out."

After saying that, he used his left hand to remove his own head and threw it casually on the ground; then he used his other hand to press the dead man's head onto his own neck.

During this process, the driver's head was removed as easily as an object that could be disassembled at will, without any effort or blood spurting out.

When I put on the dead man's head, it felt natural and I didn't feel any discomfort.

The dead man's head spun around on the driver's head, as if getting used to its new body. Its mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out, and it was impossible to tell what it was saying.

As for the driver's head on the ground, in the grass, his face still held a trace of relief, joy, and peace of mind. He seemed completely unaware that he was dead, only feeling the joy of finding his lost treasure.

And so, the driver with the dead man's head walked briskly out of the green belt, got into the car skillfully, closed the door, started the engine, and drove back home.

Moreover, something very strange happened during this process.

The decomposition of the dead man's head continued to regress. When the driver first got into the car, the flesh and blood of his face were still mostly intact, but it still looked grotesque.

But after he drove a distance, the dead man's head had completely transformed into the head of a living person.

The most incredible thing is that the dead head turned into a living head looks exactly the same as the driver's original head, even the length of the hair is exactly the same.

The driver turned on the car's music system and started humming a tune; his voice was now normal.

As for calling the police, the driver seemed to have completely forgotten about it, focusing only on driving home...

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Just as the driver put on the dead man's head, Chu Jiang, who was riding back in a taxi, suddenly and inexplicably told the driver to stop.