I have a ghost diary

Seeing his gesture, all the officers immediately retreated, seeking cover and drawing their pistols, aiming at the driver who was standing there, looking completely bewildered.

Seeing so many guns pointed at him, the driver raised his hands in fear and backed away.

"What are you trying to do?! I was just getting a little impatient waiting, why are you pointing guns at me?!"

After getting within five meters of the driver, the man wearing black gloves said, "You are special, but I have already escaped once; combined with the latest intelligence I just received, I have figured out your pattern."

"So this time, you won't have any chance!"

As he spoke, the man lifted the front of his coat, and from behind, an uninformed person might mistake him for an exhibitionist.

But the driver, who was facing the man, was so frightened that he was about to scream.

Because on the man's chest, abdomen, shoulders, and all his exposed body, there were black mouths that opened and closed as if they were eager to devour anything.

The most terrifying thing was that there were also mouths on the man's open coat. These mouths were somewhere between real and unreal, and each one seemed to want to crawl out of the parasitic object and devour the driver's flesh and blood.

Upon seeing this scene, even with five or six guns pointed at him, the driver was terrified and ran for his life.

Upon seeing this, the police officers promptly opened fire!

The hook-nosed man did not stop it and watched as the driver was shot to death.

But then, an unbelievable scene unfolded: the driver's body, lying on the ground with blood gushing from beneath him, twitched strangely.

Then his head rotted rapidly, seemingly decaying beyond recognition in just a few breaths.

Just as the decay process was halfway through, five or six black mouths flew out from the man's body and bit the driver's head.

They even chewed up and swallowed rotting human heads, piece by piece, without their owners' control.

During this process, the dead head offered no resistance.

During this time, the hook-nosed man kept glancing around, his focus not on the dead driver at all.

His men, also holding strange papers and jars, nervously looked around; this left the police hiding behind the car somewhat bewildered.

Even after the black mouth had finished devouring the head and was about to start eating the driver's body, the two still hadn't found anything.

So the man could only forcefully pull his mouth back to his body with a grim expression and even a hint of pain, and then quickly close his coat.

Without a doubt, that devil got away again this time.

"You're all a bunch of good-for-nothings, Yang Xuan! Call that guy surnamed Chu and tell him to come see me, now, immediately!"

"Others searched the scene, especially the hidden green areas."

While the man was venting his anger, the severed head that the driver had left behind in the green belt had unknowingly been transformed.

Or rather, as the head on the driver's neck rotted away, this fresh head also quickly turned into a highly decomposed head.

Blood and tears streamed from its dark eye sockets, and its mouth opened and closed as if it were saying something with resentment.

But at this moment, no one can see it, and no one can perceive it.

The ghost head simply flew into the air on its own, not attacking anyone present. It just drifted leisurely towards the city center, which seemed quite lively, with many people driving around...

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At the Linjiang Hotel, Chu Jiang had just sent a private message to the netizen on the paranormal forum who had posted a complaint about a ghost peeking out from behind a window.

The gist of it was that she had also encountered the same incident, and hoped to discuss some details with him, also indicating that she had new information.

However, the other party did not reply for a while, so Chu Jiang was not in a hurry and just continued to browse paranormal websites.

Then he received a call from an unknown number.

Chu Jiang thought for a moment and answered the call. The voice on the other end was that of an unfamiliar man, but he spoke very politely.

"Hello sir, I am Yang, an employee of Research Institute No. 21, Luozhou City Branch."

"Here's the thing, the paranormal incident you encountered before has taken some new turns. The branch manager and I are currently at the scene. Would you be free to come over here?"

Chu Jiang thought for a moment, "What's going on over there? I don't really want to go unless it's absolutely necessary."

There was a moment of silence on the other end, as if they were talking to someone else; after a while, the man surnamed Yang said, "The driver who took you has died. You'd better come over; the person in charge wants to talk to you in person."

Upon hearing this news, Chu Jiang couldn't help but sit up abruptly in bed! Dead??

We just talked on the phone not long ago...

"Then I'll go over there."

After saying this, Chu Jiang left the hotel with a solemn expression, of course, not forgetting to take the Ghost Diary with him.

......

Fifteen minutes later, Chu Jiang arrived at the scene and saw that the area was cordoned off, with the headless body of the ride-hailing driver lying on the ground with multiple bullet holes.

Before he could get a good look at the situation, a man in a gray overcoat with an unfriendly face walked straight towards him.

He put his hands in his pockets, squinted, and looked down at Chu Jiang with a condescending gaze. "You're the Chu Jiang who escaped from school with a few ordinary classmates during the A-level incident?"

Chu Jiang frowned slightly. This person seemed unfriendly, or even impolite.

At this moment, Yang Xuan hurriedly came over to smooth things over, "This is our person in charge, Fang Tianci. He is in charge of handling all paranormal events in Luozhou City."

"Then, Mr. Chu, we have some questions for you."

Following his words, Fang Tianci asked Chu Jiang a few questions in a nonchalant manner.

The main focus was on the details of Chu Jiang's previous encounter with Gui Tou, especially his inquiry about Gui Tou's final whereabouts, even specifying the direction and location.

Chapter Thirty-Two: The Dead Are at Peace

After listening to the story expressionlessly, Chu Jiang simply said, "Pay me the previous payment first."

Yang Xuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "We still need to verify this..."

Fang Tianci simply waved his hand, "Do you know what offending me means in this city?"

Chu Jiang, hands in his pockets as well, looked coldly at the other man. "What does this mean?"

He's a very simple person. If others are polite to him, he'll naturally be polite in return; but if others don't treat him well, then don't blame him for turning on them.

Fang Tianci gave a forced smile. "Very good, you are indeed a young man."

He didn't pursue the conflict with Chu Jiang further, but simply said, "Yang Xuan, give him two peace charms as payment for this intelligence."

Chu Jiang frowned. A talisman? This thing works? Isn't it said that only ghosts can fight ghosts? Could it be some kind of sealing artifact?

The term "sealed object" refers to an item that possesses supernatural powers.

Just like the danger levels of demons, which are divided into four levels: S, A, B, and C, sealed artifacts are also divided into level zero, level one, level two, and level three.

The supernatural origin of sealed objects is either that the objects had prolonged contact with ghosts, and over time, they gradually absorbed some of the ghost's aura, thus acquiring strange abilities.

Or perhaps a ghost is sealed inside the object itself.

This isn't something you can just grab and lock up a ghost to call a sealing artifact.

Only when the ghost and the thing that imprisoned them become one, in a state of mutual interdependence, can it be considered a true sealing artifact.

The demons inside the sealed artifacts are either unable to leave the artifacts or can only escape under very strict conditions.

Therefore, sealed items can be utilized by people to a certain extent.

However, the stronger the sealing artifact, the greater the side effects on the user. It is quite normal to be killed by the sealing artifact by accident.

Fortunately, the dangers of sealed artifacts are mostly predictable; as long as the patterns can be found and harm can be avoided to the greatest extent possible, even level zero sealed artifacts can be exploited by humans.

Ever since learning about the concept of sealed artifacts from the newcomer's manual, Chu Jiang has been very suspicious that the Ghost Diary is also a sealed artifact.

To be precise, it's a level one or even level zero sealed artifact!

Even the Slender Man, who was classified as danger level A by the research institute, was unable to compete with Ghost Diary for the dying Chu Jiang. This might be because fighting him would be unprofitable, or perhaps they simply couldn't win.

At this moment, Chu Jiang had a very conflicted feeling. He hoped that the Ghost Diary was a powerful level zero sealing artifact, but he was also afraid that its side effects were too terrible and would kill him sooner or later.

Yang Xuan carefully took out a square box from the inside pocket of his clothes and handed it to Chu Jiang.

Chu Jiang opened it and saw two neatly folded yellow paper talismans inside.

He unfolded one of the sheets and looked at it. There weren't many fancy patterns on it, just four characters written from top to bottom in some kind of blood-red paint: "May the dead be at peace."

The handwriting was vigorous and powerful. Although the blood-red characters were crimson, Chu Jiang did not feel uncomfortable looking at them. On the contrary, he felt that the talisman gave people a sense of tranquility.

Yang Xuan clearly knew that Chu Jiang was a newcomer who had only recently entered this field. He explained, "This is a peace talisman produced exclusively by our research institute. It can be used to seal ghosts that are completely suppressed or completely controlled."

"Remember, the ghost must be unable to resist for a short period of time. You also need to prepare a suitable container, put the ghost inside, and then attach a talisman. Only in this way can you achieve the effect of temporary sealing."

"If any step is not done properly, this thing could be wasted."

After listening, Chu Jiang suddenly realized what it was.

The newbie manual mentions this: since ghosts can't be killed, how do humans deal with paranormal events?

The method is simple: seal it.

However, sealing away a vengeful ghost is a very troublesome matter. The prerequisite is that you must first completely suppress the ghost, at least to the point that it cannot resist for a short period of time.

Then the ghost is placed in a special container and sealed, thus temporarily resolving the paranormal event.

However, the manual mentions that ordinary demon masters and forces cannot create sealing items, and it is recommended to join the research institute to obtain them.

Moreover, most demon masters cannot seal a demon for long. Even if they obtain a sealed demon, it is best to hand it over to the research institute for processing.

Because the research institute has a way to seal ghosts for a long time, even for hundreds of years.

Of course, when acquiring ghosts, the research institute will also offer a reasonable price so that the ghost master will not suffer a loss.

Putting away the two amulets, Chu Jiang said calmly, "The information I gave you was so crucial, is it only worth this little?"

In this circle, amulets are considered highly sought-after items, even a form of hard currency; after all, it's difficult for ordinary people to obtain sealing items, which is one of the methods used by the research institute headquarters to control folk ghost masters.

Essentially, amulets should also be considered a type of sealed object, but they are definitely no more than level three, because these things can be mass-produced.

At the same time, these sealed objects have a characteristic: if the supernatural power inside is completely consumed, then they are no longer considered sealed objects.

This is also why most ghost masters can only seal ghosts for a short time.

Hearing Chu Jiang's words, Yang Xuan wanted to explain, but Fang Tianci just waved his hand again, "Your information is indeed crucial, but if you don't cooperate, you might be the next one to die."

"Don't think I'm threatening you. With your help, I've figured out the complete murder pattern of the ghost peeking out."