I have a ghost diary

Now, seeing the Ghost Diary reappear before him, the ghost corpse might mistakenly believe it's about to be imprisoned again. This causes it to influence the human it inhabits, resulting in Yan Wanli's various inexplicable reactions.

However, Chu Jiang had some doubts. Ghosts shouldn't be afraid, nor should they run away or surrender. That's precisely why they are so terrifying.

Of course, ghosts have instincts. Does that mean the ghosts in Ghost Diary are the absolute superiors of the ghost corpses?

It's possible, just as Chu Jiang guessed before, that a certain S-class vengeful ghost that can multiply infinitely is likely at the top of the same series of vengeful ghosts, and is the ultimate enhanced version of all ghosts in this series.

Such an existence should be able to suppress lower-ranking demons of the same series to a certain extent, and after the demons are suppressed by their instincts, they will in turn affect their hosts.

Tsk tsk, Chu Jiang is finding Ghost Diary increasingly terrifying. Speaking of which, could the true form of Ghost Diary be a corpse-like ghost?

A powerful being within the corpse... a zombie? An Emperor Corpse?

Hey, this is getting more and more fantastical. It can't be possible.

While he was thinking, Han Zhengde received a phone call, asking him to take Chu Jiang to the personnel department on the third floor.

Chapter 75 To Save All of Humanity

Arriving on the third floor again, Han Zhengde couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. But this time, thankfully, he successfully brought Chu Jiang to the personnel department without any problems.

In the deepest office of the personnel department, a middle-aged woman in her forties with a serious face was comparing Chu Jiang's appearance with the information.

Then she asked, "Chu Jiang, your intention is to become the city's head, right?"

"Correct."

"Given your exceptional abilities, you have other options besides becoming the person in charge." The middle-aged woman put down the documents.

"After I compiled your information into a file and uploaded it, two experts at headquarters were very interested in you and they hope you can serve as a research assistant."

Chu Jiang was somewhat surprised. Could it be that someone was interested in him because of what had just happened?

According to Han Zhengde, this expert is someone on par with the team leader.

In fact, because they are highly skilled individuals who specialize in studying ghosts, their numbers are even fewer than those of the captains, and there are probably not many people at headquarters who can reach this level.

"What are the responsibilities of a research assistant? How does their compensation compare to that of a city manager?"

The middle-aged woman nodded. "It's very simple. What the research assistant does is assist the top researchers and experts in their research on ghosts."

"This position is usually held by a Ghost Master, because it requires close contact with the test subjects, so it requires a certain level of combat skills and adaptability, and the risk is relatively high."

"In terms of compensation, research assistants are at the second-level professional title, which is the same level as the project leader."

"However, the actual situation faced by the person in charge is often more complex, and the scope they need to protect is also larger. Therefore, the actual treatment and subsidies that the person in charge can receive are generally higher than those of the research assistants."

"Of course, research assistants also have a special reward mechanism. As long as they can assist our researchers in producing important results, their treatment will not be much worse than that of the person in charge."

Research Institute No. 21 has four levels of professional titles: Level 3, Level 2, Level 1, and Level 0.

Han Zhengde is a Level 3 Researcher, while the lowest level of a manager is Level 2; there are no Level 3 managers.

In large cities, leaders like Li Buhuo are often at the first-level professional title; team leaders and experts, on the other hand, are at the zero-level professional title.

I heard that above the captains, there is also a position for a chief captain.

However, the position is currently vacant because none of the captains are willing to submit to the others, and there is no powerful figure who can forcefully subdue all the captains.

Therefore, this position will remain vacant for the time being.

As for Mr. Xu, he does not hold any position. Or rather, the position of chief captain is not worthy of him; he is simply one of the core members of the entire research institute.

After listening to the middle-aged woman's explanation, Chu Jiang continued to ask: "Is a research assistant a research assistant for a specific expert, or is it a shared role that a research assistant has to go to the project to help whenever someone applies?"

"Generally, it involves working with a fixed expert; there's no such thing as sharing an expert."

"However, if a research assistant has exceptional abilities, other researchers may apply to the organization for a secondment. Ultimately, the secondment can only be approved by the headquarters, the expert, and the research assistant."

Chu Jiang thought for a moment, "The reason they want me to be their research assistant is because my ghost possesses [suppression ability]?"

"Yes, there is a risk in taking the sealed demon out of the sealing artifact."

"Resealing the demon back after the experiment is also extremely dangerous and complicated. If you have this ability, you can greatly ensure your safety and the smooth progress of the experiment."

Han Zhengde, standing to the side, was somewhat uneasy, because this seemingly unremarkable middle-aged woman was the deputy director of the personnel department. Why was she in charge of assigning positions? Shouldn't it be the responsibility of her subordinates?

After thinking it over for a moment, Chu Jiang shook his head slightly, "I still hope to become a city manager."

The female deputy minister didn't force him; she simply asked, "May I hear your reasons?"

"To save all of humanity," Chu Jiang said in a noble tone.

This made the deputy minister smile. "Alright, perhaps in your opinion, confronting ghosts head-on and saving innocent people is a more suitable approach for you."

"Excuse me, can I choose which city I want to work in?" Chu Jiang asked, pressing his advantage.

The vice minister shook his head slightly. "No, this needs to be planned and coordinated nationwide. Because we are really short-staffed, we can only prioritize sending them to the places where they are most needed."

This answer disappointed Chu Jiang somewhat. If possible, he didn't want to take a position too far from Luoxi City. After all, that was where he grew up, and his family lived there.

"Could we try to assign you to a city in the south?" Chu Jiang still held onto a sliver of hope.

"This... wait a minute, let me check." The deputy minister opened his computer and began searching for maps and related information.

Five minutes later, the deputy minister hesitated and said, "Yes, there are, but they're not really suitable for you."

"If you had chosen to be in charge, I originally wanted you to go to Xinyan City."

"The person in charge there is in very poor health and will soon be unable to withstand the resurgence of the vengeful spirit; he will have to return to headquarters and undergo a rather risky treatment plan."

"New Flame City is relatively peaceful at the moment, which is suitable for a new Ghost Master like you to take up your post."

"But Xinyan City is in the north. If you insist on going to a southern city, there is Luohe City to choose from. The person in charge there has died and urgently needs a new person in charge to take over."

"Luohe City is not so peaceful, and the death of the previous person in charge is also very suspicious. Our people are still investigating, but there are no results yet."

"Luohe City..." Chu Jiang hesitated for a moment. He was quite familiar with this city, and it wasn't far from Luoxi City.

The reason why the three cities of Luohe, Luoxi, and Luozhou all have water in their names is because of a river called Luohe.

The Luohe River originates from the Three Gods Mountain, flowing south from the northern mountainous area, meandering down the mountainside, passing through the central hills and the river mouth plain, and finally flowing into the South China Sea at Yangang.

In the past, the Luohe River nourished several cities and was considered the mother river of the region.

Luohe City is located in the upper reaches of the Luohe River, Luoxi is located in the middle reaches, and Luozhou is located in the lower reaches.

As for why the characters 【螺】 and 【罗】 in the city name are different, it's mainly because many people in the old days were illiterate and only knew how to pronounce them, so there wasn't much controversy at the time.

However, when it came time to officially name the city, a disagreement arose among the cities. Some argued that since there were snails in the river, naming it Snail River was correct.

Another group of people believe that the river's name originated from the first Luo clan members who settled here, so it should be called Luo River.

In the end, the two sides argued back and forth and broke up, so they each went their own way.

However, Chu Jiang remembers that the river was ultimately officially named Luohe (Snail River)...

Chapter Seventy-Six: Head of Luohe City

Coming back to his senses, Chu Jiang made up his mind, "Let me go to Luohe City."

It is precisely because of the unrest there that Chu Jiang cannot afford to ignore it. After all, Luohe City and Luoxi City are not far apart; in the event of a large-scale disaster, it could very well affect that area.

The deputy minister didn't agree immediately. She thought about it for a moment and even contacted someone on the computer, typing away rapidly.

After the contact was made, the deputy minister nodded and said, "Alright, I hope your appointment will bring a period of peace to Luohe City."

"Now let's talk about the compensation. The person in charge will have a starting monthly salary of 500,000, and a bonus of at least one million for each ghost they solve, as well as various other special resources."

"For example, sealing props, soul-summoning incense, and oil-paper umbrellas."

"Of course, the biggest attraction of our research institute for folk ghost masters is that we can help them to a certain extent to resolve the hidden dangers brought about by the resurgence of vengeful spirits within them."

"You can go see Dr. Chen before he leaves work."

"He will tailor a solution to your problem of the resurgence of the vengeful spirit. This is your first benefit from joining Research Institute No. 21."

"Then tomorrow, or at the latest the day after, you'll have to leave for Luohe City. Time waits for no one."

Chu Jiang was somewhat puzzled, "Solving the resurgence of the vengeful spirit shouldn't be that quick, right?" Even if it's just a temporary fix.

"Of course not, so you need to first establish a ghost's file, which is equivalent to bone marrow matching. Only by finding a ghost that is suitable for you can you temporarily suppress the ghost in your body."

"Furthermore, you haven't been a ghost master for very long. Even if there are ready-made ghosts that suit you, I don't recommend that you accept the plan immediately."

"You should ask Expert Chen for details; he'll definitely explain it in more detail than I can."

Chu Jiang nodded slightly, "Okay, but there's something I need to discuss. I had a conflict with one of the team leaders earlier..."

“I know,” the deputy minister waved his hand. “That’s not your fault. Yan Wanli was in the wrong. Don’t worry, he won’t cause you any trouble because of this. Otherwise, the research institute wouldn’t let him off the hook.”

"Okay, after I become the person in charge, will my family's benefits be improved?"

The deputy minister smiled and said, "You can choose to bring your family to Yunjing City. We have a special residential area for the families of Ghost Masters, which is extremely safe."

"But if they don't want to come, they can only ask the local officials to keep an eye on them."

"Of course, there aren't enough people for the Ghost Masters, but there's no problem with regular police officers. You can apply for professional security personnel to protect your family 24/7. They won't contact your family; they'll just silently watch over them."

Research Institute No. 21 also understands very well that in order to get Ghost Masters to risk their lives, the prerequisite is that they must have no worries about the future.

Now you have two choices: one is safer, but you have to leave your hometown; the other is slightly less safe, but it is still enough to eliminate more than 99% of the potential risks.

After thinking it over, Chu Jiang decided not to bring his parents and younger sister to Yunjing City for the time being, so as not to disrupt their lives as ordinary people.

"Also, may I ask how the previous person in charge of Luohe City died?"

"All we know so far is that it was a sudden death. Also, the ghost on him has disappeared and hasn't revived. Only a corpse was left at the scene." The deputy minister frowned as he mentioned this.

At this moment, Han Zhengde, who had been quiet all along, mustered up his courage and interjected, "Could it be related to the [Ghost Hunting Society]?"

As he spoke, he explained to Chu Jiang, "This is a dark organization that specializes in hunting down ghost masters and stealing the ghosts from them. Although they mostly target folk ghost masters, there are occasional instances where they take the risk and attack the person in charge."

“Our research institute has been trying to eradicate this organization, but they are like rats in the sewers, very difficult to completely eliminate.”

Ghosts are a precious resource, so it's not surprising that this kind of thing happens.

The deputy minister shook his head. "It doesn't seem like it. The situation on the ground is a bit strange. Here's what we'll do: before you take office, you can go to the intelligence department. You can access the intelligence files of the previous head and the relevant intelligence files of Luohe City."

Chu Jiang agreed.