With Hu Jiu's operation failing, there was no need for the ghosts he released to continue causing trouble.
The Capital finally weathered that thrilling night.
This night was incredibly crazy, and an unimaginable disaster.
The emergency lines were overwhelmed with calls that day, the emergency rooms were overflowing, there were sudden power outages, and various electronic devices malfunctioned...
The resulting losses are unimaginable.
This matter is extremely sensitive. After the incident, all media outlets were censored. However, no matter how much control was exercised, with so many people and so many opinions, quite a bit of information still leaked out.
The impact of this incident on the country was nothing short of a huge upheaval. While the cleanup efforts were in full swing, all sorts of rumors were flying around.
The various pictures and videos alone have sparked heated discussions online, with many people hearing that some unknown incident had occurred in Capital, resulting in a huge number of deaths and injuries.
In this situation, it's difficult to forcefully suppress public opinion; the only option is to proceed gradually. The Headquarters cannot reveal the truth; they can only try to divert public attention as much as possible by using other means.
Therefore, with the recent spate of scandals in the entertainment industry, netizens who seem to think it's none of their business have turned into leeches, feasting on the gossip.
At this moment, the Capital is under full military control, with the army carrying out rescue, cleanup, and investigation of any remaining supernatural Supernatural.
The surrounding areas were negatively affected; some sections of the highway were blocked, and people who wanted to go to Capital were temporarily unable to travel there, so the news naturally spread.
There has been no official response yet, and rumors are rampant. Fortunately, the Supernatural event occurred late at night when most people were asleep at home. If such a disturbance had occurred in broad daylight, the consequences would have been unimaginable!
With all government departments mobilized, they faced even greater challenges after the Supernatural incident was resolved.
How to explain this to the public has become an urgent and pressing problem.
China is a great nation with its national strength growing stronger every day. It would be unacceptable for internal strife to occur. We must come up with a foolproof plan to appease the people.
Furthermore, other countries are watching closely; none of them have a weak intelligence system, and a series of power struggles may ensue.
Leaving behind a mess, Hu Jiu turned and left with an air of nonchalance.
After causing such a ruckus in the Capital, Headquarters certainly won't let it go. It's just a matter of how far they can investigate. Hu Jiu has been using Zou Cong's face the whole time and has even involved members of the Beidou Organization, hoping that Headquarters will focus their suspicions on Big Dipper.
Of course, even if he were completely exposed, Hu Jiu wouldn't mind. He could run away and change his appearance with ease.
Back in his own territory in Linjiang City, there were several missed calls and unread messages on his Satellite Phone. He never carried electronic devices when he went out to do business.
The unread message notified him to participate in an exploration mission, which he accepted.
In the afternoon, Qian Ying called to say that another Supernatural event had occurred in Linjiang City.
Hu Jiu nodded, indicating that he understood. "I will handle it as soon as possible."
In fact, a large portion of the Supernatural events in Linjiang City were caused by Hu Jiu, the person in charge. The people of this area are truly unlucky. By sucking the blood of the Beidou Organization, Hu Jiu has recently acquired quite a few Supernatural Items. In order to test these Supernatural Items and Fierce Ghost, he can only increase his killing spree. Forgive me, forgive me~
In many cases, Hu Jiu's tests do not have a significant impact. It only takes a few people to figure out the patterns of Fierce Ghosts or Supernatural Item, and such cases generally do not attract outside attention. However, sometimes a large number of people are needed to conduct the tests, which naturally leads to new Supernatural events.
For example, the [Red Dancing Shoes] can only affect one person at a time. It's a pair of pink high heels that creates a strong desire in anyone who sees it. The shoe size changes depending on the wearer, and once worn, the wearer will endlessly repeat a bizarre dance until they die from exhaustion. The color of the shoes deepens with each person killed.
The Red Dancing Shoes have a strong control effect, but the downside is that they can only control one person at a time, and the hit rate is low. Some ordinary people with strong willpower can resist the temptation of the Red Dancing Shoes and not wear them.
[Cursed Letter]: "Forward this message seven times within three days, or you will be plagued by bad luck and your family will be ruined."
It looks like some kind of spam text message, but this Cursed Letter is real.
The Cursed Letter is the text itself. Its killing principle is that reading the entire text will inflict a curse. If the cursed person writes down the text in any form and forwards it seven times, the curse can be temporarily suppressed.
Unfortunately, it's only a temporary suppression. When the cursed person reads the Cursed Letter a second time, the curse will erupt and kill them on the spot.
Qian Ying just came to Hu Jiu to deal with a Supernatural event caused by Cursed Letter. This thing has a strong tendency to spread, and if it is not contained in time, it may cause great harm.
Actually, dealing with the Cursed Letter isn't difficult. Just gather all the cursed people together and destroy them, forcibly stopping the spread of the curse. The source of the letter is in Hu Jiu's hands, so this matter is considered resolved.
However, this method was too cruel, and Qian Ying couldn't accept it for the time being. But that was none of Hu Jiu's business. Anyway, he had already provided a solution. Even if Headquarters came, they would most likely choose this method. After all, the situation was tense, and no one would waste resources, time, and energy to find a way to lift the curse on a few ordinary people.
The exploration of the Ghostly Ancient Tomb will begin in a few days. Taking advantage of the lull in between, Hu Jiu continued his antics, randomly selecting one from his stash...
It was a dull, dusty coin.
Jiang Yan has been having a lot of bad luck lately.
My boyfriend and best friend are having an affair; I made a mistake at work and got scolded by my boss; three mouth ulcers have merged into one...
When will this hellish life ever end!
Jiang Yan sighed and calmly buried half a pound of mercury in the flowerpot in the leader's office.
"I'll teach you a lesson for always causing trouble! I'll make you pay!" she muttered under her breath, a hint of madness flashing in her eyes. Given the current ambient temperature and the rate at which mercury evaporates, in the relatively enclosed office, by the time the boss showed symptoms of mercury poisoning, the mercury in the flowerpot should have already evaporated completely, leaving no room for suspicion or trace.
Jiang Yan nodded in satisfaction. She wouldn't dare kill anyone, but she was quite daring when it came to harming others.
She'd already taken revenge on her superiors, so naturally she couldn't let her ex-boyfriend and his mistress escape either. Those were precious blood samples she'd spent days staking out at the CDC to collect; she hoped those two scoundrels would show symptoms soon.
When feeling frustrated, it's time to vent. After taking a small revenge on someone who had a grudge against her, Jiang Yan felt much better, and even the mouth ulcers that had been bothering her no longer hurt.
After getting off work and imagining the miserable situations of others, Jiang Yan's smile grew even brighter.
Once inside, I took off my coat, and a coin suddenly fell out of my pocket.
Pat pat--
The coin spun a few times before lying quietly on the ground.
Jiang Yan frowned slightly. She didn't remember carrying such a coin. She was used to electronic payments and didn't have any cash on her.
However, Jiang Yan still picked up the coin. The moment her fingers touched it, a strange sense of unease suddenly welled up in her heart. This coin was very strange. Although it was just an ordinary one-yuan coin on the surface, Jiang Yan subconsciously felt that something was wrong.
Her intuition is sometimes very accurate. When her ex-boyfriend cheated on her, she caught him in the act based on her intuition, and she actually succeeded.
It was only a dollar; even if something went wrong, it wouldn't do much. So Jiang Yan put the coin back in her pocket, and without realizing it, she found a new use for it—making choices.
Decide how to do something by flipping a coin.
Jiang Yan never had decision-making difficulties before, but ever since she got this coin, she seems to have suddenly developed them, wanting to decide everything by flipping a coin.
Soon, Jiang Yan noticed the unusual changes in herself and discovered the problem with the coin—whenever she used the coin to make a choice, following the coin's choice would lead to bad things.
For example, when choosing between climbing stairs and taking the elevator, she would choose the former if a coin landed heads up. When she tossed the coin, she knew she wanted to take the elevator, but since the coin landed heads up, she still followed the coin's choice, treating it as a way to lose weight. As a result, she stepped on a banana peel, slipped, and almost broke her leg.
For example, when faced with the choice between ordering takeout or going out to eat at night, she chose to go out, and almost got hit by an out-of-control car.
After learning her lesson a few times, Jiang Yan became smarter. She still flipped a coin to make her choice, but she did it the other way around.
Since then, Jiang Yan has discovered that this strange coin has started to bring her good luck. The next morning alone, she found money on the street three times!
"What a great find!" Jiang Yan looked at the coin in her hand, but there was no smile on her face. What would be the price for such a windfall?
As a beautiful young woman with extensive experience in harming others, Jiang Yan's thinking was undoubtedly meticulous. When she got off work that day, she realized the crux of the problem.
Jiang Yan had two choices: take the bus home or take a taxi home. She could choose the former if the coin landed heads up and the latter if it landed tails up. Since the coin landed heads up, Jiang Yan decisively chose to take a taxi.
That evening, a news alert popped up on her phone: a local bus had broken down while crossing a bridge and plunged into the river. When rescuers arrived at the scene, the driver and passengers were already dead. And this bus was one of Jiang Yan's previous options!
A cold sweat broke out on her back. She suddenly realized that the choice made by the coin toss would bring her bad luck, but were these misfortunes already present? Could it be that the tragedies occurred after she flipped the coin?
Jiang Yan didn't dare to think too much about it and immediately threw the coin out the window.
[Cursed Coin]: It looks like an ordinary one-yuan coin, but when humans come into contact with it, they are tricked into using a coin toss to make a choice between two options regarding a certain matter.
There are two choices, A and B, for a certain event. Originally, both options A and B are normal random events. However, when the user flips the coin, the coin manipulates the probability, transferring the good luck of one option to the other, thus creating two extremes.
The coin only works for multiple-choice questions with two options. When there are more than two options, the user's perception is distorted, and they only choose from the two options.
Once it touches a coin, it will relentlessly pursue it until the holder dies or the coin lands on its edge, at which point it will begin searching for the next "Lucky One" owner.
Hu Jiu briefly noted down the rules of the coin. This thing may have other characteristics that have not yet been discovered. It seems ordinary on the surface, but its killing efficiency is surprisingly high. Most people are killed by it on their first use.
It's rare to find Lucky One as Jiang Yan who can actually get something for nothing. Besides, the curse of the coin still applies to her. Whatever benefits she's taken now, she'll definitely have to pay back in the future. Supernatural are always harmful to humans, and the coin will eventually lead her to a dead end. For example, one option might result in death, while the other might result in high-level paraplegia.
If Hu Jiu's mission to participate in the exploration was not about to end, he would not have hastily taken back the coin and would definitely have continued to observe Jiang Yan's situation. In that sense, Jiang Yan was indeed quite lucky.
The Ghostly Ancient Tomb appeared in Lanqiong Mountain. Hu Jiu took a plane through a special channel to a nearby airport. As soon as he got off the plane, he saw a special agent waiting for him. The agent immediately came up to him and got into a car as he left the airport.
"Mr. Hu, we have arranged hotel accommodations for you. All the Ghost Tamers participating in this exploration mission will gather at this hotel. I don't know anything else; I'm only responsible for transportation," the driver said softly.
Hu Jiu smiled and nodded. A short while later, they arrived at the hotel. After registering at the front desk, they checked into a suite and immediately received a call from the operator, Xiao Mei.
"There will be a meeting at 2 PM, please don't be late," Xiao Mei reminded him. "Ghost Tamer exploring the ancient tomb must attend. Headquarters will explain some precautions in advance to avoid violating any taboos within the tomb and endangering your own and the team's safety."
"I understand." Hu Jiu's attitude towards Xiao Mei remained the same as always.
Less than five minutes after I hung up Xiao Mei's call, a video call request popped up on my phone.
Hu Jiu raised an eyebrow and pressed the call button.
A young face instantly filled the screen, He Ming greeted him coldly, "Long time no see, Old Hu."
"Should I say 'How are you' at this moment?" Hu Jiu asked, trying to lighten the mood.
He Ming was instantly put in a strong position, and the corners of his mouth curled up. "I'm fine, thank you."
"It hasn't been that long since we last met, but you've changed quite a bit. You're much more mature than before," Hu Jiu said with a smile.
"People always have to grow, especially those in my prominent position." He Ming revealed a hint of pride and smugness, like a teenager showing off his achievements to his parents.
"Truly impressive." Hu Jiu offered a perfunctory compliment, no one able to see through the superficiality beneath his acting...