I have a ghost diary

Chu Jiang nodded. "So, Zhang Haoran can now open the gate between the two worlds at any time?" He looked at his old classmate as he spoke.

Zhang Haoran nodded in agreement, his spirits high as he said, "We have successfully brought several experimental subjects back to the real world. Now, like me, they are unaffected by any supernatural forces, proving that our path is correct!"

Ning Miaowei added, "Similarly, those people can no longer use any sealing artifacts, which means they are completely cut off from ghosts."

"Moreover, we've tried, and the Ghost Master can't enter the real world."

"Wait a minute," Chu Jiang raised his hand, "I have a question. Can all ghosts enter the real world? Why can't ghost masters go in, but ghosts can?"

Chu Jiang had previously imagined that if Slender Man really invaded the real world, he would chase after him; however, due to the urgency of the situation, he couldn't care less about those messy rules at that moment.

Ning Miaowei casually picked up a stack of reports. "Since Slender Man can enter the real world through the Bell of Two Realms, then theoretically, other ghosts can do the same."

"For this reason, we have cautiously released some ghosts in the past few days to conduct observation experiments."

"The result is that even if the door is opened, these ghosts remain unmoved. They either linger outside the door without triggering the killing pattern, or they trigger the pattern and actively begin hunting living people."

"So all we know so far is that ordinary ghosts don't have the same strong urge to invade the real world as Slender Ghost."

"In the end, we didn't dare to actually let those ghosts into the world behind the door, because that could very likely lead to disastrous consequences."

Expert Chen tapped the table. “My idea is that a Ghost Master is a combination of a human and a ghost, or to put it bluntly, an impure hybrid. Ordinary people and ordinary ghosts are much purer, so theoretically they can both enter.”

"Moreover, once ghosts enter the real world, it's very likely that ghost masters can also enter. This is because they permanently alter the rules of the other world: since the real world contains both humans and ghosts, why can't ghost masters enter?"

"In short, you don't need to worry too much about these things. The current situation is to prevent any possibility of evil spirits entering the door, because we can't afford to gamble."

Chu Jiang nodded slightly; there was no need to gamble on such a thing.

"The difficulty we are facing now is related to this: how to safely send all ordinary people around the world back to the real world, instead of letting one or two ghosts in."

Chapter 459 Global Open Door Plan

The issue raised by expert Chen is indeed a thorny one.

Even though the supernatural resurgence is intensifying and many people around the world are becoming ghost masters, whether by choice or by force, ordinary people still make up the vast majority of the world's 7.8 billion population.

To allow the entire population to engage with the real world, at least the following challenges must be addressed:

First of all, it is not difficult to make the sound of the Two Realms Bell spread throughout the world; it has demonstrated this ability before.

The difficulty lies in how to get these people to obediently open the doors and enter the real world after countless doors have appeared.

As the saying goes, a tall tree will have withered branches, and a large population will have idiots.

Some people won't obediently listen to you or do what you want them to do. Even if you repeatedly explain that it's for their own good, they can still do all sorts of thoughtless, even harmful, actions.

Secondly, because the paranormal revival is ongoing, ghosts could appear anywhere in the world.

If someone happens to be being chased by a ghost, and a door opens in front of them, and they immediately escape through the door, they might bring the ghost in with them...

Finally, some people are actually unhappy to see the paranormal revival end; these are the vested interests.

For example, if Chu Jiang were an evil villainous boss, would he want the supernatural revival to end?

Of course not. He himself possesses immense power, easily defeating S-class vengeful spirits everywhere. The fact that humanity worldwide faces the threat of vengeful spirits highlights his value as a savior and makes everyone admire him.

Although many people cannot reach Chu Jiang's level, within their own little territory, he is the supreme local emperor. Without external threats, they can no longer continue to act arrogantly.

In short, these people are worried that the paranormal revival will intensify and completely destroy their rule; at the same time, they are also worried that the paranormal revival will suddenly disappear and cause their status to plummet.

After hearing about these main difficulties, Chu Jiang immediately made a decision: "Let's start with a small-scale pilot program and try to get our people back to the real world first."

"As for other countries, let the research institute handle the communication. They can choose whether to live or die; we've already given them the way, and we can't stop some people from wanting to die."

As for keeping it a secret and deliberately denying foreigners a way out, that's not really going to work.

One reason is that Chu Jiang wasn't so narrow-minded; he always hated ghosts because they disrupted people's normal lives.

Another issue is that even if Chu Jiang and the others did that, the fact that the entire nation of Kyushu is suddenly no longer afraid of attacks from vengeful spirits would be suspicious even to a fool.

While the people of Kyushu are not afraid of ghosts, they can still be killed by humans, by modern high-tech weapons, and by nuclear weapons.

So unless Chu Jiang kills all the foreigners, they might choose to perish together in despair and at the final climax of the supernatural revival.

"Then there's the issue of preventing vengeful ghosts from sneaking in. To address this, we need to ensure that we don't open too many doors at once; it's best to let them in one batch at a time."

"Finally, such a large-scale operation may affect the interests of certain individuals, who are expected to sabotage it behind the scenes."

"Let me handle this personally. Let's slaughter them until the blood flows like a river and heads roll, then naturally no one will dare to get in our way."

When he said his last sentence, Chu Jiang's tone was calm and contained no murderous intent, but the calmer he was, the more chilling he became.

Expert Chen nodded, "That's what I was thinking too. It would be great if you were willing to cooperate. You don't need to keep an eye on things all the time. Just take the lead, and there will be plenty of people both at home and abroad who will respond."

"After all, most people in the world are normal, and they don't want ghosts to infiltrate the real world. If that happened, everything would be over."

After the discussions were completed, the next step was the implementation phase.

In the following days, Chu Jiang did not leave the headquarters, but actively participated in the "Global Opening" project.

The straightforward name of this project was chosen by the elusive old director of the research institute. According to him, things like "Saving Humanity," "Patching the Sky," and "Noah's Ark" are all fancy and complicated. He simply called it "Open the Door to the World," which is simple and easy to understand.

Before the official action was taken, the official institutions of five major countries around the world held an online meeting, led by the 21st Research Institute.

Upon learning that Kyushu had mastered this ultimate method to resolve the resurgence of supernatural phenomena, the high-ranking officials of these foreign supernatural organizations were utterly astonished.

Then comes a long period of wrangling, negotiations, conflicts of interest, and global processes.

Although Chu Jiang was enthusiastic, he found these meetings drowsy; in the end, he simply let the research institute make the decisions, and he was only responsible for killing people and solving all the most difficult obstacles.

Chu Jiang's words immediately silenced the meeting, followed by a quiet continuation of the discussion...

After the initial plan was discussed and finalized, elites from various countries were assigned to optimize the plan and offer new suggestions.

Two weeks later, the meeting resumed. This time it was a global conference, where any country with a name could send a representative, and there was even a voting process.

Of course, the general terms have already been agreed upon by the first five countries, and the later participants can only choose to approve or disapprove.

Moreover, even if the majority opposes it, it doesn't matter, because as long as the first five countries vote in favor, it's fine. This is what is meant by "might makes right".

Of course, smaller countries can refuse to accept existing solutions, but doing so would only lead them to a dead end.

The plan is actually not harsh, after all, it was the result of a long debate. The main purpose is to prevent certain countries from acting on their own and to make them follow the arrangements.

That's the plan anyway. Those who want to survive can join, and those who don't want to won't be forced to.

This round of wrangling lasted for another half month. In the end, there were still some stubborn people, but more than 97 percent of the people had reached a consensus.

Thus, the global opening plan was officially launched!

The first phase will begin in Kyushu, starting with small-scale pilot programs in batches, followed by televised speeches to inform the public of the truth and to seek their cooperation.

Because it concerns their own lives, and all it takes is opening a door, many people are willing to do it.

Actually, some dissenting voices emerged from this stage, but under the violent suppression of the powerful ghost master group led by Chu Jiang, all problems ceased to be problems.

In the second phase, seeing that the people of Kyushu had gotten rid of the evil spirits and were living normal lives, other countries also requested to participate in the pilot program.

So the countries started arguing about the order, and proceeded with the opening plan for the next country in an orderly manner.

The third stage is consolidating the results. By this time, six months have passed, and the vast majority of the world's population has entered the real world.

This is mainly due to the fact that the plan was executed faster and faster in the later stages; after all, it was just a matter of opening a door and that was it, and you could control the number of people, so it was already considered very slow after all this trouble.

If it weren't for the ever-present threat of a paranormal resurgence, some people might have been able to drag it out for a year.

By the third stage, only a minority of people remained who had not yet entered the real world.

Most of them have been delayed until now for various reasons, such as not cooperating in the early stages and then backing down later, so they were put at the back of the order.

Moreover, this time, global official agencies have agreed that the time limit is six months.

If someone doesn't voluntarily accept the opening plan within six months, it means they will be forever stuck in this world entangled with ghosts.

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In the past six months, the global paranormal community has also ushered in a new round of reshuffling and changes in the landscape.

Firstly, since they no longer need to protect other humans, the survival rate of the demon masters has increased dramatically.

As long as you can find a way to save your own life, as long as you're not too unlucky or too reckless, with the various strange abilities of the Ghost Master, you can still struggle to survive in this bleak world.

At this time, sticking together is especially important. Although we can no longer selfishly save only ourselves, the strength of many people helping each other is always stronger than the strength of one person.

Therefore, paranormal organizations in various countries have not disbanded, but have instead flourished. Even folk ghost masters tend to act in groups.

Of course, this is also related to the increasingly terrifying resurgence of the supernatural. Nine new S-class ghosts have appeared in the past six months; and there are countless A, B, and C-class ghosts.

Some powerful ghosts even have their own designated areas to govern, and ordinary ghost masters really dare not provoke them.

As for expecting Chu Jiang to come out and wreak havoc, that's unrealistic. This guy declared that how anyone who doesn't want to enter the real world dies is none of his business.

As for the Ghost Master, he has to rely on his own abilities to survive.

Of course, although Chu Jiang didn't say it, this person would still step in to oversee things if anything major happened at Research Institute No. 21.

This also led to Kyushu's Research Institute No. 21 becoming the paranormal organization with the highest entry requirements in the world.

By this time, even the boundaries between countries and races began to blur.

After all, ordinary people no longer need protection, and the demon masters are more concerned about their own lives. As a result, they naturally gravitate towards places with more powerful people.

Finally, thanks to the strict oversight by official agencies in various countries, not a single ghost managed to infiltrate the real world. Those who did enter repeatedly proved to the world that ordinary people who gain entry declare a permanent farewell to those ghostly entities.

Even more incredibly, when Zhang Haoran was alone in the real world, although he couldn't see ghosts, he could still see the destruction of real matter when a building was smashed to pieces by ghosts.

However, in the third stage, neither Zhang Haoran nor the other people in the real world could see the destruction caused by the ghosts in the real world. In their eyes, the shattered buildings were perfectly fine, and they could even walk on them normally.

Research Institute No. 21 conducted close research on this phenomenon and called it the "observation effect".

Another interesting point is that although people all over the world basically know the truth about ghosts, countries prohibit discussion of related matters.

Leaders from various countries are determined to completely bury the fact that this world has been invaded by ghosts, and even written, pictorial, and video materials are not allowed to be left behind or disseminated without permission.

In this way, even if the stories are passed down by word of mouth, after three to five generations, future generations will only scoff at them and consider them to be the superstitions of the dead.

Perhaps in future generations, scientists and historians will publish a research report on "mass hysteria," recounting how a generation was once obsessed with fantasies about ghosts and monsters...

PS: 2k+3k2 words, about ten more chapters to finish, which is around one million words.

Chapter 460 Chu Jiang's Little Happiness (The Finale)