I have a ghost diary

Duan Ming'en nodded, "Then I won't go. Captain, you can do what you think is right and don't need to worry about me."

“You have given me more than enough. You not only helped me turn my life around, but also gave me the chance to continue living. I can’t possibly need your help even for revenge.”

“Good,” Chu Jiang nodded with satisfaction. “You’ve really changed a lot. I still remember how arrogant and ruthless you were when we first met.”

Duan Ming'en was somewhat embarrassed, "On the one hand, I've been through a lot; on the other hand..."

He stammered, "When I was on a mission, I met a naive girl; she's a good person, and we're dating, but I'm afraid of hurting her, so for now we're in an awkward situation."

"I'm thinking that as the resurgence of paranormal activity worsens, the little happiness we can enjoy may soon disappear."

"Under these circumstances, I am no longer so obsessed with revenge; I only hope that she and I can still have a future."

Duan Ming'en's words silenced Chu Jiang. The future?

Indeed, if the supernatural resurgence cannot be stopped, given the current situation, the world will inevitably descend into chaos within a year.

If the world descends into chaos, civilization may experience a drastic regression within three years...

Chu Jiang nodded. "I understand. You can go out now. Things might turn around in the next few months. Until then, just focus on surviving."

Duan Ming'en was somewhat surprised, but he didn't ask too many questions. He simply nodded and left.

Then Chu Jiang looked at Kujo Aino and put on his translation headset. "I'm sure you heard what I just said. Come with me tomorrow."

Aino placed her hands in front of her lower abdomen, bowed slightly, and nodded. "What exactly do you want me to do?"

“I suspect that you are a descendant of the Bai family who were separated overseas. The Kujo family, who adopted you, should have known this, but they deliberately did not tell you and only trained you to be an assassin.”

"I don't need you to fight for me tomorrow, but there might be places where your bloodline is needed; so it's better to bring you along, just in case."

“Okay.” Kujou Yoshino bowed respectfully again.

“You’re too reserved,” Chu Jiang stood up. “Come with me. You massaged me really well last time. Let’s continue this time.”

Aino was pleasantly surprised upon hearing this and quickly followed.

......

After enjoying the hot spring service at Kujo Aino's, Chu Jiang returned to his room, took out his Ghost Diary, and fell into deep thought.

After sealing away a hundred ghosts last time, Ghost Diary made him a promise: if he sealed away another hundred ghosts, he would learn why Chu Zhan should not exist.

Coincidentally, Chu Jiang currently possesses the ghost given to him by Su Wo's family.

Chu Jiang glanced at it and realized that the other party must have been specially selected, as there were no frighteningly fierce ghosts; but it didn't matter, Ghost Diary wasn't picky, which was even what Chu Jiang hoped for.

In other words, as long as Chu Jiang makes up his mind, a mystery will soon be solved in front of him, if Ghost Diary doesn't intend to make a one-off deal.

To take it to an extreme, Chu Jiang could even request an advance of one hundred ghosts from the research institute; given his current contributions and reputation, this would be no problem at all.

By sealing three hundred ghosts inside, Chu Jiang will learn the exact location of his family's cemetery, and then he will also know whether his biological parents are dead or alive...

After thinking silently for half an hour, Chu Jiang decided to take the first step.

He had no choice. If he didn't figure out the tragedy of the Chu Zang lineage, then rashly becoming completely Chu Zang might lead him into an abyss of no return.

Now that all the clues have gone cold and the Ghost Mirror is acting up, Chu Jiang can only pin his hopes on the diary.

As soon as Chu Jiang sealed the first ghost inside, the Ghost Diary eagerly displayed today's prophecy:

[February 15th, light rain]

I have no regrets.

"Heh, heh heh." Chu Jiang's face showed a mocking expression. Of course, he didn't stop, and continued to stuff one ghost after another into the diary.

With the last demon sealed away, the Demon Diary once again began to flip through its pages on its own, just like before.

On its cover, some old bloodstains seeped out, and these bloodstains intertwined to form the shape of a prison or cage; then the Heavenly Ghost Mirror that Chu Jiang had placed in the space in his left hand was uncontrollably drawn out!

The ghost mirror flickered briefly upon appearing, and I was captured within the cage depicted on the cover of the Ghost Diary.

Its mirror surface flickered continuously, displaying a series of bizarre and fantastical scenes, some clear, some blurry, some normal, and some distorted.

The scene eventually stabilized, revealing an ancient setting. Chu Jiang wasn't sure which dynasty it was, but judging from the architectural style and the clothing of the characters, the timeline was definitely before the Republic of China era.

Outside a quaint, antique-style room, several men and women waited anxiously, pacing back and forth.

A short while later, everyone's faces lit up with surprise, as if they had heard some good news.

But the next second, the surprise turned into terror. The tall and imposing man at the head immediately turned around, smashed the door, and rushed into the room.

The scene shifted from the man's perspective, and Chu Jiang then saw a pale and weak woman lying on the four-poster bed in the room; beside the bed was a midwife whose hands were trembling with fear, holding a newborn baby in her arms.

What's chilling is that the baby's right arm is bluish-black and dry, looking more like a corpse's hand than a living person's.

The man seemed completely unprepared for this to happen, and he immediately rushed forward to take the baby.

The baby was strange; he neither cried nor made a fuss, but simply stared at the man's face with indifferent and lifeless eyes.

The man gripped the baby's right hand tightly, seemingly making some kind of attempt...

A few minutes later, the man's attempt seemed to work; the bluish-black skin gradually faded, and the flesh on the baby's arm gradually became plump and turned pink.

As the abnormality in the right arm completely disappeared, the baby's expression changed. He burst into tears, as if his arm had been scratched and hurt, and tears streamed down his face.

The woman on the bed struggled to get up with heartache, and then the couple continued to anxiously observe the child's condition; even outside, many people came, seemingly aware that something had happened.

After observing the baby for a long time, no further abnormalities were observed, which relieved everyone.

However, a trace of sorrow lingered between the man's brows, an expression he couldn't shake off, as if he couldn't understand why such a thing had happened...

Chapter 425 The Tragedy of the Chu Zombie Clan

Upon seeing this, Chu Jiang already had some bad thoughts. Before he could analyze it further, the image on the ghost mirror began to flicker and change.

Once things stabilized, new scenes and new characters appeared on the mirror.

The era was still during the feudal dynasty, and the leader was an old man with white hair, whose features bore a resemblance to the heroic man from before.

This time, it seemed to be the same as before, waiting for a pregnant woman to give birth. They were waiting outside a quiet and elegant bamboo house, along with the elderly man and a dozen other men and women.

Normally, waiting for a child to be born should be a time of anxiety and pacing back and forth; but these people all had solemn expressions, and the atmosphere was as oppressive as death.

A short while later, a sound seemed to come from inside the house, and the people outside all turned their heads to look in that direction.

But the next second, almost everyone's expression changed. A dark-skinned middle-aged man rushed in first, followed by several women.

The white-haired old man looked up at the sky and sighed deeply. Finally, looking dejected, he followed the others into the house.

There were still women, midwives, and babies inside the house.

But the woman was crying. The midwife seemed to be the wife of the white-haired old man. Her face looked terrible, as if she was recalling that scene from years ago.

As for the baby, the boy's right arm, along with his shoulder, was a completely bluish-black, withered zombie-like body; it neither cried nor made a sound, its expression eerie and cold, scanning all the living people present.

The middle-aged man remained silent, gripping the baby's arm as if controlling the supernatural power that once belonged to him and had been passed down to the next generation.

Although the ownership has changed, the bluish-black zombie power has temporarily subsided because it once resided in this individual.

As soon as the supernatural power subsided, the child burst into tears and instantly transformed into the appearance of a normal baby.

Even so, no one present could be happy; the atmosphere was deathly oppressive.

......

Similarly, the scene changes again after it reaches this point.

This time the era is closer. Judging from the clothing of the people and the architectural style, it should be the early Republic of China period. The child should have been born in old Shanghai or some other major city.

This time, there were five or six people waiting outside, but no familiar faces could be seen.

Most notably, there was also an elderly man with a black hat and completely white eyes present. He sat quietly to the side, but no one dared to approach him, exuding a chilling aura.

In addition, Chu Jiang saw some unusual items, such as weightspins, an ebony box slightly longer than an infant's body, and an urn (golden urn) used to hold ashes...

Everyone is waiting, and it seems everyone is prepared for the worst.

Fortunately, the result was not bad. Although almost half of the baby's body was transformed into the body of Chu Zombie, this power was able to subside after being suppressed by the previous head of the Chu family.

Seeing this, everyone put away what they were supposed to put away, but no one was happy; in fact, their expressions were somewhat numb.

......

Soon, the image on the ghost mirror changed one last time.

This time, the setting is modern, but no one is waiting outside. There is only a pale-faced, refined-looking man in a light-colored shirt, personally delivering his wife's baby in an abandoned hospital.

Lying on the hospital bed was a short-haired young woman with a quiet demeanor, but her face was deathly pale.

After a painful struggle, the child was born, but the man's hands holding the baby were trembling, and his eyes were wide open! He seemed to be in a state of extreme terror.

To be precise, what the man was holding was not a baby, but a ghost, or at least it looked exactly like a ghost.

This is a blood-stained, bluish-black mummified infant corpse, devoid of any human characteristics from head to toe.

It didn't cry or even open its eyes; it just instinctively curled up, its fists clenched tightly, but its chest was rising and falling slightly, as if imitating the breathing of a living creature.

A few seconds later, the woman managed to say something, seemingly asking about the child; she was lying there unable to get up and couldn't see her child at all.

After regaining his senses, the man suddenly grabbed a pair of scissors, cut the umbilical cord, and threw the baby to the ground!

The woman screamed and nearly fainted; the man, with his hands on his knees, muttered to himself, his eyes wide open as if he had completely collapsed. The scene was a blatant human tragedy.

However, the baby was not killed by the fall. It rolled several times on the ground, still in the same position, breathing slightly.

A few minutes later, the man grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed himself in the hand, creating a bloody hole, forcing himself to calm down.

After removing the scissors, he put on a gentle face, comforting his wife with kind words, feeding her water, and helping her with postpartum care.

As for the baby on the ground, the man didn't even glance at it, as if it didn't exist for the time being.

However, the woman insisted on having a child; Chu Jiang could read the word "child" from her lips.

So the man helped the woman sit up so she could see for herself how the baby on the ground was doing.

The short-haired woman was stunned at first sight; she remained motionless, as if she had frozen in place.

A few seconds later, she reached out, seemingly wanting her husband to take the child, but the man refused.

After a brief standoff, the man stepped forward, trying to see if he could dissipate Chu Zombie's power; but it was no use. After struggling for at least half an hour, the zombie remained unchanged.

The man then turned his gaze to a corner of the room.