I have a ghost diary

At this moment, Jade's face was filled with ecstasy and disbelief; God had answered her!

This was the first time she had received a response from God after praying since joining the church. If it weren't for the inappropriate occasion, she would have wanted to prostrate herself on the ground and praise God's mercy.

Chu Jiang's thought was: Could the power of delirium actually invade the electronic world constructed by the false god? As expected of a conscious S-class vengeful ghost.

But how does it do that?

Just as Chu Jiang had this thought, he suddenly saw countless trajectories extending out in front of him!

These paths represent countless versions of ourselves, some trying to enter the church through the main entrance, some through the sewers, and some searching everywhere for secret doors and passages.

Others turned away from the church and made various attempts throughout El Paso.

These attempts included killing civilians, inducing them to believe in superstitions, seeking help from residents with computer and internet skills, trying to contact the Texas branch of the BRPD, and so on.

Looking at all this, Chu Jiang was somewhat incredulous. Was this... the trajectory of the future?

To be precise, it means that countless possibilities for the future are now presented to him, allowing him to know in advance what the consequences of his choices will be.

Is this the precognitive ability of delirium? It's a completely different way of showing things from the prophecies in Ghost Diaries, and it seems to be able to do things in great detail.

Not only Chu Jiang, but the remaining three people surrounded by the murmured voices could also see countless possible futures.

Jade was practically going crazy. She clenched her hands tightly and murmured excitedly, "All-knowing and all-powerful God..."

However, after repeating it for a while, Jede got stuck.

Anderson and the witch's expressions shifted from pain to astonishment, then to surprise, and finally to despair.

Yes, they saw all the possibilities, you could say all sorts of random attempts, they did everything they could think of.

But all the results point to death. No matter what, those who enter the church will be deleted from the data; the only difference is the length of the distance they travel.

As for those who returned to El Paso, no matter how hard they tried, they could not return to the real world. In the end, they were either killed by the nuns or by the mutated city residents.

Running to the edge of the city to contact the BRPD was useless; the people there were helpless and didn't even dare to send anyone more into this cannibalistic place.

Chu Jiang's outcome was similar, except that he couldn't be killed by the nun; however, as time passed, something seemed to go wrong with his body, causing his data stream to first become disordered, and then to go out of control, rampage, and be destroyed.

After deducing the results of everyone's deaths, the frantic babbling in their ears gradually subsided.

But no one was happy. Did they really only have one way out: death?

Jade was incredulous. "Impossible, absolutely impossible. God's power is beyond our comprehension. If He is willing to save us, we can definitely leave alive..."

Just as Chu Jiang was about to say something, he realized that the murmuring hadn't completely disappeared. On the contrary, the reason the sounds had weakened was because they were trying to reassemble into some kind of entity in this electronic world...

Chapter 356 Returning to Reality

Watching the murmurs become data in this electronic world, seemingly about to take physical form, Chu Jiang felt a little reluctant to see this happen.

Because he is very vulnerable now, if the ghost of [Whispering] really descends here, whether it is the main body or a clone, Chu Jiang's situation will be very passive.

However, he seemed to be overthinking things, and so did the excited Jade. After the murmurs completely subsided, they found themselves in front of a server console and a pipeline leading directly into the depths of the church.

As soon as the control panel appeared, or more precisely, as it connected to the depths of the church, a red box immediately popped up above it, and the warning message "Warning!" reappeared and flashed.

Chu Jiang immediately rushed to the control panel. How was this thing supposed to be used? He had to complete the corresponding operation before this control panel was deleted.

Although he didn't know whether the operation would send everyone back to the real world...

The others weren't as brave as Chu Jiang. They were worried that contact with the control panel would result in their own data being deleted. Even Anderson hesitated for a moment.

As for that fanatic, she hadn't fully recovered from the "miracle," which is why Chu Jiang disliked fanatics; fanatical faith would hinder their calm thinking.

The situation seemed to be better than Chu Jiang had imagined. Although this electronic world seemed to have the intention of deleting the control panel, the deletion process was slowed down a lot due to interference from some kind of supernatural force.

This gave Chu Jiang time to experiment. He rummaged around for a bit and quickly pulled out a folding computer from the "drawer" of the control panel.

This thing seems to be called KVM or something like that. When you flip it up, it looks similar to a laptop, with a monitor, keyboard, and touchpad, but the system doesn't seem to be Windows.

Fortunately, the device was powered on. Chu Jiang checked the desktop and found only two icons: one looked like a download arrow, and the other looked like hands clasped together in front of the chest.

Furthermore, the icons are thoughtfully displayed in Chinese characters: "Download Data" and "Devoted Faith".

Needless to say, if it were Jade in charge, she would most likely have clicked on Devout Faith first.

Chu Jiang is different; he downloads the data directly!

Now, this group of people is data. If we download the data back to their original bodies, wouldn't they be able to successfully return to the real world?

Almost at the same time Chu Jiang pressed the button, the red warning message disappeared, and the two black words "[Data Delete]" slowly appeared.

The server console, almost irreversibly, began to transform into streams of blue data.

What's even more alarming is that Chu Jiang and the others' bodies are also transforming into a data stream composed of 01010101. The witch even screamed in tears, "What do I do?! I'm going to die! Mom, I'm still a virgin!"

Anderson was much calmer than his companions because he realized that everyone was being transformed into a data stream step by step from head to toe, unlike the deaths of the black people before.

Moreover, the data that has already been digitized does not disappear instantly, but flows to the server console that is being digitized.

In the end, everyone disappeared along with the control panel; it seemed that all outsiders were completely deleted as junk data...

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Just like when he first entered El Paso, Chu Jiang was momentarily disoriented.

Then he opened his eyes and saw a gloomy sky in front of him, and he was being dragged along the ground by a cold hand.

As for Anderson, the witch, and Jade, none of them were by his side.

Chu Jiang did not rush to break free from the nun's restraints; he looked towards the real city of El Paso.

The weather was actually quite nice today, but everything Chu Jiang saw was gloomy. The sky was filled with dark clouds, the air was filled with a foul stench, and there were pedestrians on the surrounding streets.

But they all had their eyes closed, their faces were pale, and their lips were cracked and bleeding; they were either leaning or lying down, all immersed in their "sweet dreams," and some even unconsciously showed smiles on their faces.

Chu Jiang then realized that the city in the electronic world was very peaceful and leisurely, and everyone in it was warm and hospitable.

There were no conflicts, no clashes, and no shootings typical of the United States. Chu Jiang didn't even see anyone carrying a gun there.

Even the homeless on the street have a satisfied look on their faces because they can eat and drink their fill, and people around them don't look at them strangely.

This may be the truth behind El Paso's anomaly: everyone lives in a wonderful world, as if wearing an invisible VR headset.

But this is also cruel. The anomaly has lasted for at least three and a half days, so the residents of El Paso have not eaten or drunk for three or four days. Many of them have fallen into a state of dehydration shock and can be said to be on the verge of death.

As for those with physical illnesses, they die at home, on the street, or in the hospital.

Of course, in the electronic world, they shouldn't be dead; they should still be living wonderful lives, even receiving calls from relatives and friends in other places...

Chu Jiang did not think this was a good thing, because it was not a true spiritual liberation at all; the false gods were just using them as test subjects.

Among the many future possibilities previously presented in [Whispers], one was the state where city residents would mutate into believers in false gods. It should be said that every consciousness still living in the electronic world is a potential believer in false gods.

After understanding this, Chu Jiang felt both the terror of the false god and the incredulity of the delirious method.

After exhausting all possible directions and failing to find a solution, it miraculously created a download terminal out of thin air and connected it to the core server, giving Chu Jiang and the others a chance to escape.

This was already beyond Chu Jiang's imagination—an electronic ghost, a paranormal hacker?

No, no, no, Chu Jiang suddenly realized that if the dream was really so omnipotent and could break through the defenses of the electronic world at will, then why did it make Chu Jiang and the others do it themselves?

Logically, there should be no need for their intervention. Once the download terminal is formed, it can automatically execute the program and download the data of Chu Jiang and his group back to the real world.

Unless... the whispers couldn't actually download them back out of thin air; they just used a ritualistic process to make Chu Jiang and the others believe that it could really succeed, and so they succeeded.

Even that pipeline might not actually connect to the depths of the church.

Finally, the Chen family said that whispers can make the listener believe them from the bottom of their heart through their whispers.

This force must also have played a role in convincing Chu Jiang and his group that doing so was feasible.

Chapter 357 Let's see how others make predictions

After realizing this, Chu Jiang felt even more strongly the sinister intentions of [Yiyu].

It could have simply offered a download option, but instead, it also provided a "devout faith" option.

If Chu Jiang had genuinely clicked on that icon out of curiosity, he might have planted a seed of self-suggestion, brainwashing himself into a fanatical believer in "talkative ramblings."

Of course, regardless of the circumstances, the other party's cooperation this time was sincere; at least they brought these people back to the real world.

I guess the babbling tale is also worried that the Ghost Diary will fall into the hands of the false god, so we should lend a hand when necessary; the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Thinking of this, Chu Jiang suddenly stood up.

The nun who had been dragging him forward was suddenly pulled off a stumble by Chu Jiang.

Chu Jiang grabbed the other person's wrist with his other hand, turned around, and looked at this "nun".

Just as the little girl said, it was indeed a ghost-like entity; it was ethereal in appearance and resembled an adult woman draped in a white sheet from head to toe, without revealing any part of her body.

You can only see the outline of a woman through the bed sheet, but you can't see her true face.

After Chu Jiang grasped her hand through the bed sheet, the nun spontaneously began to fight back. This time, she didn't choke Chu Jiang's neck anymore; instead, the bed sheet tumbled over, seemingly trying to envelop Chu Jiang.

To be honest, Chu Jiang felt this method of attack was a bit erotic; because judging from the other person's body shape, it seemed they weren't wearing any clothes under the sheets...

These sheets that had been laid out seemed to contain some kind of strange power. When Chu Jiang used the power of Chu Zhan to reach out and grab them, he couldn't tear them.

But it didn't matter. As more and more sheets rolled over, wrapping Chu Jiang up like a mummy, a large amount of blood gushed from his right hand.

The blood carried a suppressive force, and Chu Jiang slowly pulled at the bed sheet while using supernatural methods to suppress it.

Less than five minutes later, the nun was enveloped in a layer of thick, bright red blood and remained motionless in place.

The speed of this suppression is even faster than before. Chu Jiang remembered that it took more than ten minutes to suppress the ghost taxi last time.

I don't know if it's because the host's power has increased, but the Blood Hand Ghost's power has also increased. Thinking about it more and more, it's a bit far-fetched, so I'll just stop thinking about it...

Looking at the quiet nun, Chu Jiang wondered if he should peel back the sheets to see what this ghost really looked like.

Yes, this is a solitary ghost, controlled by the false god through some means, not a ghost servant created by the false god.

However, in the end, Chu Jiang did not put his plan into action. Now was not the time; he would go back and discuss it later. Moreover, it seemed that there was more than one nun like this.

This piqued Chu Jiang's curiosity. He had never seen two identical ghosts in the world, let alone more than one.