"My name is He Ming. I was about to travel to Capital to attend an important meeting. I thought it would be a pleasant trip, but I never expected that I would lose my precious freedom."
"After receiving the commendation from Headquarters, I was invited to a mysterious laboratory for a medical examination. The examination was just an excuse; completely unsuspecting of Headquarters, I was captured by the Ghost Contract and turned into an obedient tool."
He Ming's expression turned solemn as he looked at the words on the Human Skin Paper.
In the days since becoming Ghost Tamer, he was actually quite proud of himself. "From a peasant in the morning to a high-ranking official in the evening," he suddenly achieved a leap in social class. He first showed off in front of his grandmother and former classmates. The expected scene of pretending to be weak while actually being strong and slapping people in the face did not happen. People with a little status in Xihe City basically knew his identity and naturally did not dare to act recklessly in front of him.
Even if He Ming deliberately pretends to be low-key and stirs up trouble, others aren't stupid. No matter how arrogant and domineering they are, they'll immediately back down once they realize he's not someone to mess with.
He Ming quickly abandoned this low-level interest and turned to studying the ghosts and Human Skin Paper he controlled.
He originally thought the Human Skin Paper would gradually reveal information about the future, but since he became Ghost Tamer, the Human Skin Paper has been like a dead thing, with no more words appearing, and it has no response no matter what he says.
But He Ming still cherished the Human Skin Paper and carried it close to his body.
In addition, he also developed a new ability for the Mirage Ghost —to create Phantom.
Unable to interfere with reality and only useful for deceiving Phantom, he regretted that his ghost lacked offensive capabilities. However, Headquarters said that his Insubstantiality was already quite practical and could produce unexpected results in many situations.
He didn't know when the words on the Human Skin Paper appeared; they were there when he took it out to look at it, and then gradually disappeared after he finished reading them.
"What is Ghost Contract?" He Ming asked hurriedly.
Words reappeared on the Human Skin Paper: "My name is He Ming. I am about to travel to the Capital to attend an important meeting. After this meeting, I will become a slave to the Ghost Contract. The Ghost Contract is a Supernatural Item held by Headquarters, which has the ability to forcibly restrain and manipulate its users. I have been reduced to a pathetic cannon fodder tool."
He Ming's face darkened. Now the question was: should he trust his own "golden touch" or the Headquarters?
He hesitated.
Hesitation only reveals a bigger problem!
Why does he lack sufficient trust in state institutions?
Clearly, this shouldn't have happened...
On the other side, Hu Jiu stopped writing. He had temporarily lent the Mirage Ghost's Supernatural to He Ming to stir up trouble, not to let him get along with Headquarters.
In recent days, several strangers have been inquiring about Hu Jiu's whereabouts, and Hu Jiu is fully aware of this. The fact that these people are also investigating Haunted House is somewhat unexpected.
Has the unusual behavior of Haunted Houses in Supernatural events already attracted attention?
"How should we deal with this group of people?"
At this moment, in a convenient hotel in Linjiang City, Ye Zhuxing was frowning. "Since we can't contact the person in charge of this city, perhaps we should abandon this route. But I'm still a little worried about going directly to the Haunted House. The clues are pitifully few; going rashly might lead to trouble..."
"I've received a new intelligence report, everyone take a look," the girl in white standing by the window called out, raising her phone.
Everyone else gathered around, and the girl in white continued, "I have a connection with a Special Employee of Big Dipper. I asked him to help me look into information about Haunted Houses, and now I've finally received a reply."
When Ye Zhuxing saw this information, he was pleasantly surprised to find that, together with the small amount of information he had obtained from Yin Wenxian, they could actually piece together a new clue!
"Great! We've finally got a lead! Yin Wenxian was hypnotized by my Hexagonal Copper Bell, so he definitely won't lie. That means... this new clue might greatly improve our survival rate!"
With the mission progressing, Ye Zhuxing's brain was working at high speed, and his expression gradually relaxed.
He had previously hypnotized several people to gather intelligence, but he dared not target truly important figures. Not only did he lack the opportunity, but he was also afraid of being discovered and bringing trouble upon himself. Therefore, he only sought out "marginal figures."
Among them, Yin Wenxian knew the most due to his status; before the Haunted House became Haunted House, it was the Yin family's property.
To be precise, it was the property of Yin Wenxian's maternal grandfather.
Strange things happened when the Haunted House was being built; several construction workers died, but the incidents were suppressed. However, several more murders occurred after the house was completed, and the villa was eventually abandoned and sealed off.
As for Big Dipper, they never provide particularly important intelligence when issuing missions, only some vague clues; otherwise, there would be no need for them to investigate.
Thinking of this, Ye Zhuxing clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging into his palms. He had to persevere through this precarious existence and climb up step by step!
According to Big Dipper's rules, new recruits are Ordinary Employees. Once they complete a certain number of tasks, they will be promoted to Senior Employees. If someone unexpectedly becomes Ghost Tamer, they will be directly promoted to a "Special Employee" and enjoy various high-level benefits.
There is a very important person waiting for Ye Zhuxing to rescue him, and he absolutely cannot fail in this Haunted House!
"Based on the current intelligence, those who move into that Haunted House will inexplicably kill each other and perish together," Ye Zhuxing, legs crossed.
"I did some research online, and there were only a few fragments about the cases that happened in the Haunted House, but basically the victims did die from mutual killing."
No matter where he sits, Huo Xun is always looking down at his phone. According to him, he is a severe internet addict. He can stay in one place all day without moving, but he cannot live without the internet. He would rather not get married or have children than be without the internet!
Ye Zhuxing trusted Huo Xun quite a bit. He, Huo Xun, and another female teammate, Xiao Yu, the girl in white standing by the window, had completed a mission together and experienced a life-or-death crisis together. They were relatively familiar with each other as companions.
However, within the Beidou Organization, it is actually very difficult for employees to establish stable alliances. Although in most cases, they will indeed unite to survive when faced with terrifying supernatural phenomena.
But this doesn't mean their relationship will improve, because Supernatural events have a pattern of killing, and everyone could die. To survive, the best way is to use other people's lives to test the pattern and avoid the killing mechanism themselves. It's better to sacrifice a fellow traveler than oneself, so betraying one's companions becomes commonplace.