I have a ghost diary

Upon arriving at the building, Chu Jiang asked the ghost master leader, "Shouldn't we worry about the others inside the building?"

The middle-aged leader with a rugged face shook his head. "All the innocent people in the entire Lian Building were replaced one by one a few days ago. The Ghost Hunters are just kidnapping a bunch of puppets now, and they probably realize it themselves by now."

Chu Jiang was somewhat surprised, "Who did this?"

Even ignoring the ten floors where the Ghost Hunters are located, simply replacing the people on other floors without being discovered by the Ghost Hunters is an extremely difficult task.

The team leader looked troubled. "This... Captain Chu, please ask the deputy head of the Paranormal Department. We have no authority to answer."

Chu Jiang didn't make things difficult for him, and simply nodded slightly.

It seems Liu Xuewen wasn't exaggerating; the research institute really has made all the preparations, but it lacks someone to take the lead.

To put it more bluntly, what's lacking is a Ghost Master with extremely strong individual combat abilities, in order to prevent unexpected accidents.

Therefore, Chu Jiang and Xin Xin's job was very simple. All the external factors were taken care of by others. They only needed to remove the hardest nails, and they didn't even need to do the final cleanup.

In fact, Chu Jiang personally prefers a surprise decapitation strike tactic. This way, the opponent won't have the chance to fight to the death. The current tactic actually gives the opponent time to prepare.

However, Chu Jiang was well aware that while his method of violent surprise attack was fast, it would inevitably cause some turmoil in Yunjing City.

This is something the research institute didn't want to see. Everything was about maintaining stability. They had to prevent the Ghost Hunters from noticing anything wrong beforehand, and they also had to evacuate the nearby crowds in an orderly manner. That's why we're in this situation now.

Moreover, the reason they were given the number 004 was to mitigate the most extreme situation.

Of course, under normal circumstances, everyone has a will to survive and wouldn't just give up entirely. So, the next step is for Chu Jiang and Xin Xin to formally enter the building and completely dismantle the other side's will to resist.

Chapter 309 Interfering with Reality

Before entering the building, Chu Jiang made a phone call to the deputy minister. His main purpose was to find out who the mole was, lest they accidentally kill one of his own people.

The answer we got was quite interesting, because it was the mole who did the work of replacing living people with puppets.

If it weren't for the high risk of exposing oneself by replacing one's own people, this guy alone could probably cripple the Ghost Hunters.

After the team leader started calling for people to surrender, Chu Jiang took the lead and entered the Fusion Ghost Domain, with Xin Xin following beside him.

Through his observations, Chu Jiang has discovered that the four ghost masters who unleashed their ghost domains likely possess the same ghost, but different parts of the same ghost.

For example, the "ghost peeking out" that Chu Jiang once encountered only had a head, but theoretically it also had a torso and limbs.

These four ghost masters are four different parts of their bodies each containing a ghost.

One advantage of doing this is that it significantly reduces the difficulty of controlling the vehicle.

Moreover, the Ghost Domain is actually a rather rare ability, and now it's being used in four separate ways. If necessary, it can even be combined into one to form a large Ghost Domain. It has to be said that this is a rather ingenious idea.

It can only be said that the research institute always manages to give Chu Jiang a little "surprise." Of course, this is based on the premise that this behemoth organization possesses a large amount of supernatural resources. Even if others have ideas, they don't have the conditions to try.

"You are surrounded by the elite forces of Research Institute No. 21! Surrender now and you may have a chance to live; those who resist will be killed on sight!"

Amidst the repeated broadcasts, the Lian Building remained silent; not a single person attempted to escape.

Chu Jiang glanced at Xin Xin and said, "Don't make a move yet. Let me try to use some of the new powers I've acquired."

Xin Xin agreed, and then she glanced at a certain "corpse" that was pretending to be dead.

Several members of the Ghost Hunters Guild fled in a panic, clearly showing they had no sense of belonging to the organization. As soon as they sensed something was wrong, they ran away.

As a result, all of these people were killed by Xin Xin's strange abilities, and only one person survived.

Xin Xin stared at the ghost master who was pretending to be dead, her little head seemingly lost in thought. A second later, she threw the doll in her hand away.

Then the tattered teddy bear stood up on its own and walked step by step toward its target...

During this time, Chu Jiang transformed nearly half of his body into Chu Zombie, then he took a few steps back, stretched out his hands, and like a child, grasped the outline of the skyscraper in mid-air.

Some people like to use similar poses when taking photos, which are essentially using visual illusions to create the effect of "pushing down" the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

But what Chu Jiang was about to do was no joke. After "grasping" the skyscraper, he twisted it in mid-air!

"Boom!!" A building hundreds of meters tall was twisted in two by an invisible and terrifying force, and the break point was exactly where the 30th and 31st floors met.

Since Silver Street has now been cleared out, in order to make it easier for the team leader to observe the situation in the building, the four ghost masters who control the Ghost Domain showed the interior scene.

At that moment, both of the research institute's standby units witnessed Chu Jiang's actions; it could be said that whether they were ordinary people or ghost masters, they were utterly dumbfounded by what they saw. Was this even human?!

With a twist of his hands in the air, he actually managed to break a large building in two.

Chu Jiang remained expressionless, only internally commenting: "As expected, they can already interfere with reality."

Chu Zhan is not a zombie as depicted in traditional films and television shows. It is essentially a ghost. In addition to its superhuman strength and speed, it also possesses various bizarre abilities, such as the ability to control life and death, and the interference with reality that Chu Jiang is currently demonstrating.

Chu Jiang casually placed the upper half of the building aside. Even though he handled it gently, the half still stirred up a cloud of dust as soon as it hit the ground, causing the ground to slightly dent.

Chu Jiang then flew into the air and looked down at the thirtieth floor of the building. The top of the building had been opened, and the interior furnishings could be seen at a glance.

Although the thirtieth floor had many rooms, it was now deserted and in a mess. The offices were littered with scattered documents, abandoned clothes, and broken wooden puppets.

There was only one adult man in a purple suit sitting behind a luxurious and exquisite ebony desk.

Behind him was a row of open safes, each shelf and compartment of which contained sealed ceramic jars and other similar sealing tools.

At this moment, the man was expressionless, with his hands crossed in front of him, looking at Chu Jiang.

Their eyes met, and after a few seconds, the man asked, "Bloody Hand Chu Jiang?"

Chu Jiang nodded slightly.

"And there's the [Death God]. The research institute really thinks highly of our little Ghost Hunter Association. They've sent two captains right off the bat, and two of them who are extremely outstanding among all the captains."

Chu Jiang remained noncommittal, only asking, "Actually, I'm very curious. You yourselves should know very well that the reason the research institute didn't completely eradicate you in the past wasn't because they were too busy, nor because they couldn't find your hideout."

"It's just that the research institute's senior management believes that your existence is, in a sense, in the interests of headquarters; just like another company with a not-so-good reputation, [Chengyi Company], the research institute didn't do anything to them."

"If that's the case, it's one thing to be taught a lesson by Yuwen Ting for minor mischief, but why are you so bold as to provoke the research institute, especially at a time of global tension?"

The man in the suit sighed, "Because I see no hope for the future of this world."

“I am different from Bai Congwu. I have no Ghost Master lineage behind me. I relied entirely on ruthlessness, trade, and plunder, leaving a trail of blood and climbing to my current position step by step.”

"My initial goal was simply to survive, to survive in a better way, and to become one of the world's top beings. I would stop at nothing to achieve this."

"In my original plan, the Ghost Hunters would have to transform sooner or later, otherwise, once the supernatural resurgence subsided, our organization would be wiped out by the research institute sooner or later."

"Of course, now is not the time. The Ghost Hunters should continue to survive in the cracks and use our own methods to seize more benefits."

"But the accelerated outbreak of the paranormal resurgence far exceeded my expectations; or rather, the global deterioration far exceeded my imagination."

"If this slow pace of development continues, the Ghost Hunters may not die at the hands of the research institute, but rather from the resurgence of supernatural phenomena and the rampage of countless vengeful ghosts in the human world."

"Therefore, using Yuwen Ting to steal the research institute's findings and level-zero sealed artifacts is my last act of madness..."

Chapter 310 Negotiations Fail

Before Chu Jiang came, he had read the information about the Ghost Hunters Association, so he knew that the man in the purple suit in front of him should be the president of the Ghost Hunters Association - Li Xiangtian.

Not to mention that the vice minister specifically mentioned this person during the phone conversation just now.

Chu Jiang simply shook his head at Li Xiangtian's reasoning, "But you failed."

Li Xiangtian nodded slightly, "The victor is king, the loser is villain; that's the truth of this world. So when people say the Ghost Hunter Society's methods are dirty, I've always looked down on them."

"To be honest, I guessed I would fail, but I didn't expect to fail in this way."

As he spoke, Li Xiangtian pressed a switch, and a gap opened in the ground, revealing a beautiful woman bound by chains who rose up from the lower level.

This is a woman wearing a white dress. She looks disheveled and has a lot of blood on her body. At this moment, she has even been pierced through the heart by a silver cross, but she is not dead.

“This woman is my best assistant. I have never admired her appearance, but her essence. I think she and I are the same kind of people.”

"I thought we would appreciate each other, but it seems like fate is telling me that someone like me shouldn't have any companions."

"In fact, I didn't tell her about the plan. But she knows me too well and holds a very high position in the Ghost Hunters, so she still managed to find out some clues."

"I didn't even know my plan had been exposed until the Lian Group building was surrounded. It's ridiculous when I think about it." Li Xiangtian shook his head helplessly.

The woman, unable to move, ignored Li Xiangtian and only looked at Chu Jiang, "He, uh..."

Li Xiangtian moved his fingers silently, and the woman's tongue was severed and rolled out of her mouth.

The man remained calm. "Be quiet, or I'm afraid I might lose control and kill you."

Meanwhile, the four ghost masters outside the arena were keeping a close eye on the situation inside the ghost realm. They tried to move the beautiful woman out, but failed for unknown reasons.

"My request is simple: let me leave alive, and the Ghost Hunter Association will be taken over by the research institute. I will not take anything with me."

“But if you insist on forcing me, then it won’t just be this woman who dies; I will also make at least half of the people in Yunjing City pay with their lives.”

As he spoke, Li Xiangtian pointed to the rows of safes behind him, "Among these sealed ghosts, there are some extremely dangerous ones, and some that have no form at all. You wouldn't even be able to detect them if they came out."

"Moreover, they will not be activated here, but will be scattered throughout every corner of Yunjing City."

"Don't doubt my ability to do this, and you can't afford to gamble on it."

After saying that, Li Xiangtian leaned back in a relaxed manner. "Looking back now, my choice to establish Yunjing City as the headquarters was still the right one."

Chu Jiang did not respond to the other party, but was seriously thinking about what to do next.

In fact, the deputy minister only had two requirements: one was to ensure that Wu Fangfang returned alive, the woman who was tied up. She was a great contributor to the research institute; otherwise, this operation would not have gone so smoothly.

Another important thing is to get rid of Li Xiangtian!

The deputy minister said this guy is a dangerous person, ruthless, clear-headed, and strong.

If we let someone like that get away, he will definitely become a major hidden danger for Research Institute No. 21 in the future. So the institute can accept the surrender of others, but it absolutely cannot accept Li Xiangtian.

Right now, Li Xiangtian probably doesn't know that Chu Jiang and his group possess the devastating weapon, "Starting Over."

So even if everything he said is true, Chu Jiang and the others still have a chance to salvage the situation.

Not to mention, Chu Jiang didn't entirely believe what the other party said. Did they really think the people at the research institute were just for show?

Chu Jiang was certain that besides the two groups of troops and two captains, there were countless other people watching this place.

While Chu Jiang was pondering how to quickly and cleanly eliminate this boastful fellow, Xin Xin had already dealt with the ghosts on several Death Masters and floated up lightly.

It's worth mentioning that instead of killing the remaining person, she "persuaded" him to surrender.

Chu Jiang didn't know how Xin Xin did it, but he felt it was a bit strange because the ghost master had raised his hands and left while crying bitterly.