I have a ghost diary

Chapter 449 Global Awakening

In the ghost realm, Chu Jiang discovered that he had returned to Luoxi No. 7 Middle School.

That's right, the school that was completely stripped away back then still exists in the ghost realm of Slender Man.

But the corpses were gone, as were the countless ghost servants; only the ghost's true form stood woodenly before him.

In front of the gauntlet, Chu Jiang threw the Two Realms Bell into his left hand space.

Therefore, the only way for the other party to obtain this bell is to kill Chu Jiang and take it out of his body.

Before Chu Jiang could retract his hand, the ghostly figure instantly teleported over, its right hand transforming into an extremely sharp black cone that pierced straight towards Chu Jiang's chest!

This time, even the very tip of the device perfectly corresponds to the location where it attacked Chujiang last time.

This time, however, Chu Jiang was not pierced through the body before he could react; he calmly gripped the sharp cone with his left hand.

At the same moment, the radiance of life shone from his hands, and he murmured, "Tonight, the color of pearls will bloom with the full moon."

As Chu Jiang whispered, the crescent moon in the sky suddenly shone brightly! The crescent moon shone brighter, from waning to full, and endless moonlight illuminated the night sky, overpowering all the darkness in the ghost realm, and finally falling on the thin, ghostly figure.

In that instant, it was as if hot soup had been poured onto cold snow; the ghost's body was rapidly melted, and the hand that Chu Jiang was holding visibly turned into a cloud of black mist and vanished.

When roughly a quarter of his body had been dissolved, leaving only half of his head, Slender Man activated Time Reset.

This is exactly its specialty, but now Chu Jiang knows this trick too!

Time stood still at this moment; the moonlight, pouring down like water, froze; the darkness suppressed in the shadows stagnated; the school was quiet, and two S-class ghosts stood motionless facing each other.

Yes, time stopped because the two forces were locked in a stalemate, and Slender Man wanted to restart the time before Chu Jiang put away the Bell of Two Realms.

However, Chu Jiang was vying with Ghost Shadow for control of time in this region; he didn't want to restart to that point in time.

The two sides were roughly evenly matched, which prevented the ghost from achieving its goal. Time could only stand still at this moment, no longer flowing forward or backward.

After a stalemate lasting several minutes, the situation changed again.

The black hole in the mouth of the gauntlet was expanding; it was actually... devouring time!

Not only was it devouring time, but the ghostly figure was also devouring Chu Jiang's supernatural power, or more precisely, the supernatural power of the black sun, and even its own power.

This immediately reminded Chu Jiang that the [Ghost Tree] that had been revived from the librarian's corpse was eaten by the Slender Man.

It should possess instincts like "gluttony" and "devouring," and can become stronger by eating other ghosts.

In fact, Fang Tianci's [Demon Mouth] and Kujou Kazuki's [Blood Eater] also possess similar abilities, but the power they displayed was far less terrifying than Slender Man's.

Ghostly figures can devour not only other ghosts, but even the ethereal concept of time, and they indiscriminately devour supernatural forces.

The black hole it spoke of was just like a real black hole, causing a time rift in the surrounding area, and for a moment, Chu Jiang couldn't see anything at all.

But soon, everything began to flow again, because time is an endless river that can never be completely swallowed up; when this part is cleared, time from other places will spontaneously surge in to fill it up like a tide.

As time begins to flow again, the full moon, a symbol of life, continues to cast its light across the sky.

But this time, the light was swallowed up by the Gauntlet as soon as it fell, and its body began to recover rapidly, returning to its original state in no time.

Chu Jiang decisively stopped this offensive. It was the first time he had encountered a ghost that could swallow anything.

They then exchanged a glance, their lifeless eyes meeting each other's lifeless eyes.

The next instant, the Slender Man vanished.

However, its ghost domain remained, and it overlapped with Chu Jiang's ghost domain. Then, the two ghost domains disappeared together on the spot.

Yes, the support personnel from Research Institute No. 21 were still nervously observing everything from the outside, hoping that Chu Jiang could return victorious.

However, the battle between the two sides did not last long before the overlapping ghost realm disappeared, leaving the place empty.

This terrified some of the staff. What... Chu Jiang is gone? Vanished along with that ghost??

Several experts were also observing the situation, and Chen Yehua decisively contacted Chen Yuting at headquarters.

As soon as the call connected, Chen Yuting immediately said, "The ghost realm of the Slender Man has returned to the site of the Luoxi No. 7 Middle School ruins."

Expert Chen was somewhat puzzled. "What is it doing? Is it trying to escape?"

The expert, Liu, asked, "I'm curious, was Chu Jiang led there by it, or did he actively chase after it?"

The answer to this question is probably only known to the person who asked it.

However, Chen Yuting can't just call and disturb them, so she can only closely monitor all the changes on site through satellite maps and other real-time footage.

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On Chu Jiang's side, he actually forcibly used his own Ghost Domain to anchor the opponent's Ghost Domain and chased after them together.

He didn't quite understand why Slender Man had realized he was difficult to defeat and was therefore deserting in the face of battle.

Soon, Chu Jiang realized he was wrong, because as his location changed, a familiar yet unfamiliar figure appeared in front of him.

She was a sweet-looking, petite woman with an intellectual air about her.

This is Yu Fengmei, Chu Jiang's English teacher. She was fatally struck by the ghost tree at the library entrance while covering her students' escape.

While being chased by the vengeful ghost, Ms. Yu died in Chu Jiang's arms. He didn't even have time to bury her; he could only hastily place her body in the roadside greenery...

In fact, Chu Jiang thought about the teacher's fate later on. She was in the ghost realm of the Slender Ghost, and would eventually be transformed into one of the countless ghost servants.

But Chu Jiang never expected that this woman would appear before him in a different way; her face was pale and her eyes were closed, just as she had looked when she was alive.

If Chu Jiang had not been completely corrupted by Chu, he would have been angry, and therefore this act was a desecration of the dead.

But because Chu Jiang has become a zombie, he is now devoid of emotion. He is simply analyzing rationally the intentions behind Slender Man's actions.

The current "Yu Fengmei" looks like a ghost with a very weak aura.

Even if the Slender Ghost could summon this being who was like a ghost servant but not quite, it would be difficult for him to defeat Chu Jiang, especially since Chu Jiang was currently in a state where he could not be provoked.

After the English teacher appeared, Chu Jiang saw more and more "familiar faces" in just a few breaths.

This includes Han Feixiong, the first classmate to die in front of him; Li Yan, his best friend and deskmate; and many more classmates, some whose names he could recall, some whose names he couldn't, who seemed like classmates from many years ago.

After these people appeared, all the dead in Luo Xi Qi also appeared one after another; their eyes were closed, and they stood around Chu Jiang, as if inviting him to their funeral...

Chu Jiang remained silent for a few seconds before extending his right hand. Countless black flames surged from his palm, transforming into three thousand streams of fire that attacked, determined to destroy everything!

Regardless of whether they were real or fake, reason told Chu Jiang that the dead were dead and could not come back to life; now it was a life-or-death struggle between him and the Gauntlet, and nothing could stop him from sealing the ghost.

Unexpectedly, the three thousand black flames transformed into chains and flew out, causing the ghostly domain of the slender, ghostly figure to shift once again.

Left with no other choice, Chu Jiang had to interrupt his offensive, merge back into the opponent's ghostly domain, and leap away with the opponent.

This manifested in the outside world as the disappearance of the ghost realm at the site of the former Luoxi No. 7 Middle School. Chen Yuting immediately reported this to the experts.

Soon, the monitoring department sent back the latest intelligence: a black ghost domain had appeared in Luohe City!

That's right, it's Chu Jiang's stronghold, and the strongest of his strongholds.

Once this ghostly domain appeared, it occupied the Tianfeng Building and its surrounding area.

After Chu Jiang discovered that the location of the transfer was here, even without any emotion, he couldn't help but search around. He wanted to protect the people he knew, and reason told him that he should do this, otherwise he would definitely regret it after he withdrew from this state.

However, there was not a single living person in this ghostly realm; it was eerily quiet, even though the company should have been empty at this time of day.

No, Chu Jiang looked around and spotted a familiar face – it was his former assistant, Luo Yifeng.

Luo Yifeng concealed the truth about the death of the previous person in charge. He had just revealed the truth to Chu Jiang when he died from the meme infection of the Black Sun.

Chu Jiang witnessed him die in his office and saw him transform into a black fire skeleton.

But at this moment, Luo Yifeng, just like Yu Fengmei before him, appeared before him with a pale face and closed eyes, standing motionless.

Soon, Chu Jiang saw more dead bodies, all of whom had died tragically in the Black Sun incident.

Chu Jiang didn't recognize many of them, but they still appeared, and they densely packed the entire Ghost Realm...

Just as Chu Jiang was about to make another move, the ghostly domain of the slender, ghostly figure shifted once more.

Outside, when the Ghost Realm occupied the Tianfeng Building, all the Ghost Masters here were shocked and immediately stood up.

However, Zhou Wenshan, Jing Ruoxue, Lin Mohua, Duan Ming'en and others did not sense any threat, nor did they see anything in the ghost realm. They could only tell that this was a complex and special ghost realm.

Jing Ruoxue could still sense Chu Zhi's power, but before they could analyze it or actively probe it, the Ghost Realm suddenly vanished, as if nothing had ever happened...

Fifteen minutes later, Chen and his team finally returned to headquarters and entered the emergency operations room.

Here they learned a crucial piece of information: the ghost realm of Slender Man is rapidly shifting across the globe!

Initially, it was confined to Kyushu, such as Luoxi City, Luohe City, Xiaoyue City, Fanhai City, and Dongzhou City; but now it has begun to spread overseas, and its coverage area is also expanding.

Several experts immediately and astutely analyzed a common point among these locations: these places had seen a large number of innocent people die in paranormal events.

These cities correspond to the following paranormal events: the Slender Man Incident, the Black Sun Incident, the Cold Machine Incident, Drawing a Circle to Curse You, and the Silent Dream Incident.

P.S.: Only a few chapters left and I'm still experiencing writer's block, so frustrating. Today's chapter is 3289 words...

Chapter 450 The "Invasion" of Slender Man

Nagoya and Mie Prefecture in Asia; El Paso in the United States of North America; San Marino in Europe; Moscow Region in Europe; Cairo in Egypt; Queensland in Oceania; and Rio de Janeiro in South America.

A ghostly realm, growing ever larger, is appearing one after another in these locations.

These correspond to areas ravaged by S-class vengeful ghosts, such as [Ghost Abyss], [False God], [Black Sun], [Ghost Train], [Black Pharaoh], [Primal Revenge], and [Headless Emperor].

Moreover, this commotion was so great that even ordinary people could sense that it suddenly got dark and a full moon appeared in the sky in a strange way.

This caused panic among many people, who thought it was the end of the world.

After all, these regions have experienced paranormal events and many people have died; many survivors are convinced that the world is facing a major crisis, and the changes in their environment have instantly brought back their memories of fear.

The only good news is that each area shrouded in the ghostly aura usually returns to normal within minutes...

Such a large-scale global anomaly naturally attracted the attention of ghost masters in various regions, and official agencies in various countries also communicated to find the root cause of the problem.

Soon, Research Institute No. 21 of Kyushu provided reliable information: an S-class ghost codenamed "Slender Man" appeared outside Yunjing City. The newly appointed captain, Chu Jiang, was ordered to fight this ghost in a deserted place.

However, the situation has changed somewhat; Slender Man is now teleporting around the world with an unknown purpose.

Furthermore, the ghost realm of Chujiang and the ghost realm of the vengeful ghost overlap, relentlessly pursuing this ghost; all official organizations in various countries are urged to strengthen their vigilance, and if necessary, to conduct transnational joint operations.

Upon hearing the news, many people were pessimistic about the arrival of the peak period of the paranormal revival and the increasing number of S-class ghosts; at the same time, they felt that Chu Jiang was truly always fighting on the front line against top-level ghosts.