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Supernatural Resurgence: Controlling a Mirage from the Start
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Arc 3The Ghost Grass Disaster

Hu Jiu uncovered Yuezhao City’s rule-making ghost, then helped contain the Ghost Grass disaster while secretly manipulating events and guiding He Ming toward becoming a Ghost Tamer. The arc ended with new threats gathering around Hu Jiu and the haunted house as He Ming prepared to travel to the Capital.

  • Hu Jiu and Yue Renchun uncovered Qin Fangtong’s use of the Ghost Pen to impose rules on Yuezhao City, and Hu Jiu took the pen before leaving the city.
  • Hu Jiu tamed the Mirage Ghost, expanded his Ghost Domain across Linjiang City, and learned that a supernatural disaster was spreading from Xihe City and Longevity Village.
  • Hu Jiu traveled into the Ghost Grass outbreak, investigated its killing mechanism, and clashed with Xu Bo’s team while the grass and Ghost Water spread.
  • He Ming used the Human Skin Paper to find and merge with a fierce ghost, then helped deploy a statue whose red moonlight weakened the Ghost Grass.
  • Hu Jiu reunited with He Ming after the disaster and admitted he had used hidden ghosts and the Human Skin Paper to manipulate events and make He Ming’s debut.
  • Wei Shanhai entered Happiness Apartment and was killed by the Drunkard, Ghost Head-Shaving, and Ghost Wall-Building, after which Hu Jiu recorded the ghosts’ abilities.
  • Lin Guangning found her boyfriend’s severed head in apartment 203 and died when an inexplicable force overturned her car, prompting her powerful family to demand an investigation.
  • An unfamiliar young man captured Yin Wenxian, while Ye Zhuxing’s team sought Hu Jiu and Hu Jiu monitored He Ming as the Human Skin Paper spoke in He Ming’s voice.
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Ch. 51Forcing Morality to Grow

Hu Jiu, Yue Renchun, and Ye Songlan struggled to advance along Yuezhao City’s Green Passage, where supernatural rules forced them to perform good deeds and residents sabotaged anyone trying to leave. After learning that repeated rule violations turned people into obedient NPCs, they headed toward an explosion as a young woman revealed her plan to complete a quill that could make her rules permanent.

  • Hu Jiu and Yue Renchun repeatedly moved backward on the Green Passage until they helped an injured cyclist, returned a discarded coin to the police, and dealt with other apparent emergencies.
  • Ye Songlan exposed a man who faked an injury to obstruct them, and Yue Renchun used his powers to control him.
  • Hu Jiu and Yue Renchun read a secret group chat and learned that Yuezhao City’s residents deliberately trapped outsiders under the pretense of improving their morality.
  • Yue Renchun used the Ghost Inquirer necklace to learn that residents who violated the rules too often became NPCs, while surviving locals had been twisted by despair and supernatural influence.
  • Hu Jiu and Yue Renchun theorized that the mastermind had targeted the city’s law enforcement and administrative personnel, then set out toward an explosion after dealing with the injured man.
  • A pale young woman wrote in a supernatural diary with a strange quill and vowed to complete it so she could impose rules across the world and create a population of only good people.
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Ch. 52Vengeful Ghost Puzzle Pieces That Attract One Another

Hu Jiu followed the Ghost Book’s pull to the Yuezhao City government building, where he discovered that the city’s rules were tied to a being called God. Invited into a space created by Qin Fangtong, he met the woman behind the rules, while the Ghost Book grew restless and Qin Fangtong began speaking of her grand ideal.

  • Hu Jiu and Yue Renchun arrived as the Rose Squad was arrested, and Hu Jiu recorded the scene so he could report them.
  • A strange taxi took Hu Jiu, Yue Renchun, and Ye Songlan to the Yuezhao City government building, where the office workers gathered for a meeting led by the mayor.
  • The mayor claimed that God had brought blessings through the city’s rules, and Hu Jiu praised the changes until a door appeared in the wall and invited him inside.
  • Hu Jiu entered the door alone, while Yue Renchun found that it was only a picture and could not follow.
  • Hu Jiu met Qin Fangtong in her created space and learned that she had used a Divine Pen to impose rules on Yuezhao City.
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Ch. 53An Idealist's Heaven and Hell

Hu Jiu deceived Qin Fangtong into surrendering the Ghost Pen, and she died as its supernatural power vanished. He left the collapsing supernatural space with the pen contained and told Yue Renchun and Ye Songlan that they should abandon the search.

  • Qin Fangtong told Hu Jiu how her sheltered childhood and her family's destruction led her to use the Ghost Pen to remake Yuezhao City into an ideal society.
  • Hu Jiu showed Qin Fangtong the Ghost Book, and she lunged for it before the Ghost Pen flew to him and he sealed it in a gold container.
  • After losing the pen, Qin Fangtong began turning into a painting, and Hu Jiu soothed her with promises of a happier world.
  • Qin Fangtong remembered a peaceful childhood moment, said she had died with her mother long ago, and collapsed into a painting.
  • Hu Jiu left the supernatural space and told Yue Renchun and Ye Songlan that they should leave Yuezhao City without the ghost.
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Ch. 54Hu's Leap in Strength

Hu Jiu tamed the Ghost Pen and fused its power with the Ghost Book, then gained full control of the Mirage Ghost and spread his Ghost Domain across much of Linjiang City. He began testing his expanded abilities and preparing to replicate the powers of ghosts he had kept.

  • Hu Jiu gave Yue Renchun a Golden Corpse Bag in exchange for the Ghost Pen, then hurried home to tame it.
  • As the Ghost Book's protection faded, the Mirage Ghost nearly turned Hu Jiu's body into a phantom, but he used his blood to sign his true name and claim the Ghost Book and Ghost Pen.
  • Hu Jiu wrote rules to protect his consciousness, erase the tools' self-awareness, and perfectly tame the Mirage Ghost.
  • Hu Jiu expanded the Mirage across more than half of Linjiang City and discovered he could manipulate objects and teleport within his Ghost Domain.
  • Hu Jiu tried to turn the Drunkard into a phantom but found the Mirage Ghost's replicated power too weak to finish the conversion quickly.
  • Hu Jiu opened more Golden Corpse Bags and began replicating the powers of Wu Xuan and another unknown ghost.
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Ch. 55The Spreading Supernatural Disaster

Hu Jiu returned from Yuezhao City after copying and concealing his supernatural abilities, then learned that a spreading Ghost Domain had triggered a major disaster across several cities. Headquarters suspected that the source was an unsolvable ghost from Longevity Village, and the Ghost Tamer suspected of subduing a Chang Ghost had disappeared.

  • Hu Jiu reviewed his acquired ghosts and supernatural items, fused the Ghost Book and Ghost Pen into his arm, and used them to draw a door back to Qin Fangtong's secret room in Yuezhao City.
  • Hu Jiu preserved the secret room, disguised the city's rules to make it seem as if the Source Ghost remained uncontained, and returned home to secure his ghosts and conceal his private information.
  • Hu Jiu reported the Yuezhao City incident to Xiao Mei, who told him that a supernatural disaster was spreading from Xihe City toward Linjiang City and several surrounding cities.
  • Hu Jiu saw black light spreading across the sky as Linjiang City began evacuating its residents, while electronic communications failed across the affected region.
  • Fu Youhua convened an emergency meeting at Headquarters, where officials assessed the spreading Ghost Domain as a possible S-class incident and discussed sending support to Xihe City.
  • A Research Department official identified Longevity Village as the likely origin of the escaping ghost and warned that the missing Ghost Tamer may have released an unsolvable composite ghost.
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Ch. 56Headquarters Takes Action

Headquarters responded to the Ghost Domain spreading from Xihe City as Shen Jiliang insisted on investigating in person, while Hu Jiu’s attempt to learn about the Source Ghost exposed a dangerous, possibly forbidden power. As Shen Jiliang and Fu Youhua reached Yuzhou City, their dispute over the Ghost Contract and Yue Renchun ended with Shen ordering Xu Bo to teleport them inside.

  • Shen Jiliang warned Headquarters that the Source Ghost from Longevity Village might expand its Ghost Domain, and Fu Youhua ordered nearby Ghost Tamers to prepare while rejecting the use of Wish Fulfillment.
  • Headquarters learned that Xihe City and surrounding areas were sealed off, so Shen Jiliang decided to go to the scene with Fu Youhua.
  • Hu Jiu heard from Xiao Mei and Qian Ying about the spreading Ghost Domain, then tried to use the Ghost Pen to learn about the Source Ghost and saw a pair of uncanny eyes that triggered a powerful sense of danger.
  • Shen Jiliang and Fu Youhua reached the barrier outside Yuzhou City, where Xu Bo confirmed that his Ghost Domain could breach it.
  • Fu Youhua accused Shen Jiliang of using the crisis to complete the Ghost Contract and seize the Chang Ghost, while Shen insisted he needed to contain the ghost and investigate Yue Renchun.
  • Shen Jiliang ordered Xu Bo to activate his Ghost Domain and teleport the group into Yuzhou City.
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Ch. 57Teammates Assemble

Headquarters entered the ruined ghost domain in Yuzhou City and found the city unnaturally quiet, while Hu Jiu joined Shi Chang, Zhao Duohui, and Zhao Ruying on a bus bound for Xihe City to investigate the Source Ghost. After a strange boy’s cries for help brought a grass-covered humanoid to the bus, Hu Jiu shattered the window and used a White Sash to guard the opening as the group realized they had encountered danger.

  • Fu Youhua, Shen Jiliang, and Xu Bo entered Yuzhou City with the Headquarters team, noticed its desolation, and heard an eerie swishing sound as weeds emerged from the road.
  • Hu Jiu boarded Shi Chang’s supernatural bus with Zhao Duohui and Zhao Ruying to travel to Xihe City and investigate the Source Ghost.
  • Hu Jiu spotted a twisted humanlike figure outside, and Shi Chang and Zhao Duohui discussed the dangers of the ghost domain and supernatural rumors.
  • After a cry for help, the bus struck something and stopped; Shi Chang and Zhao Duohui got out to inspect it while Hu Jiu and Zhao Ruying stayed aboard.
  • A bloodied boy ran to the bus as a humanoid creature pursued him, and Zhao Duohui shot at the creature before it pressed its face against the window.
  • Hu Jiu shattered the window and knocked the creature down, revealing grass growing from its head; Shi Chang ordered everyone back inside, and Hu Jiu covered the opening with a White Sash.
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Ch. 58Strangely Lush Weeds

Shi Chang’s group survived an attack by powerful, grass-covered Ghost Slaves, but the Supernatural Bus broke down and Shi Chang disappeared. As Zhao Duohui led the others toward Xihe City, the surrounding weeds revealed a new danger, and grass began growing from his injured shoulder.

  • He Ming told Shi Chang and the others how he had escaped green-skinned monsters, and Ghost Slaves soon attacked the Supernatural Bus.
  • Zhao Duohui was injured, while Hu Jiu and the others fought off two Ghost Slaves after Shi Chang restarted the bus.
  • The bus nearly overturned during another attack, and the group discovered that Shi Chang and the driver’s seat were gone.
  • Zhao Duohui followed Shi Chang’s cries into the grass and found him twisted and turning into a grass-covered creature, then hurried back to the others.
  • As He Ming led the group toward Xihe City, Hu Jiu pulled a wriggling blade of grass from his collar and noticed grass moving beneath Zhao Duohui’s injured shoulder.
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Ch. 59Man-Eating Weeds

Hu Jiu’s group encountered grass that infected and consumed people, while Fu Youhua and Shen Jiliang’s team in Yuzhou City struggled against the same supernatural threat. The chapter ended with Fu Youhua receiving Hu Jiu’s report on the Ghost Grass’s killing rules and asking whether the information was reliable.

  • Zhao Duohui’s arm was consumed by grass, so Zhao Ruying helped him cut it off before the group fled through the dangerous grass.
  • Zhao Duohui was infested again inside a car and transformed into a human-shaped plant, so he left the vehicle behind as Hu Jiu drove on.
  • A Ghost Slave attacked Hu Jiu’s car, and He Ming shot another Ghost Slave before Hu Jiu threw it out.
  • Fu Youhua, Shen Jiliang, and Xu Bo struggled through the Ghost Grass in Yuzhou City and learned that it overpowered Xu Bo’s Ghost Domain and accelerated after a Longevity Potion.
  • Fu Youhua and Shen Jiliang used a supernatural item to return to Headquarters, where Fu Youhua questioned Xiao Mei about Hu Jiu’s report on the Ghost Grass’s killing rules.
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Ch. 60Hu Jiu's Hidden Malice

Hu Jiu entered Xihe City as the Ghost Domain spread, warned local authorities about the Ghost Grass, and set out with He Ming while the authorities struggled to decide how to inform the public. As Hu Jiu secretly gathered grass and encouraged He Ming’s interest in becoming a Ghost Tamer, the city broadcast news of the haunting and residents reacted in confusion and panic.

  • Hu Jiu shared what he knew about the Ghost Grass with Xiao Mei, who passed the information to Fu Youhua and Shen Jiliang.
  • Xu Bo learned Yuzhou City was trapped inside the Ghost Domain, tested its boundary, and led his group toward Xihe City to search for the Source Ghost.
  • Hu Jiu told Xihe City’s authorities that Shi Chang had died, warned them about the grass, and left to search for the Source Ghost with He Ming.
  • Zhao Ruying asked the police for access to the safe house, while Hu Jiu deliberately avoided other people and secretly collected Ghost Grass.
  • Hu Jiu explained Ghost Tamers and their risks to He Ming, who began wondering how he could tame a ghost himself.
  • Police broadcasts warned Xihe City’s residents about the haunting, prompting a range of confused, skeptical, and reckless reactions.
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Ch. 61Why Must the Truth Be Hidden from the Public?

As unrest spread through Xihe City, Hu Jiu explained to He Ming why the state concealed the existence of ghosts, arguing that knowledge of the supernatural could destabilize society. When the Ghost Grass suddenly killed two people and grew more aggressive, Hu Jiu led He Ming toward a place where the grass was sparse while trying to figure out its killing rule.

  • He Ming questioned why the state kept ghosts secret, and Hu Jiu explained the social upheaval that public knowledge of the supernatural could cause.
  • Hu Jiu told He Ming that people might seek supernatural power for revenge, advancement, or curiosity, threatening the established order.
  • Ghost Grass spread over a passerby, killed him, and then transformed a young man who tried to flee into another grass man.
  • Hu Jiu noticed that the Ghost Grass had become more aggressive and led He Ming toward an area where it was sparse.
  • He Ming saw people unsuccessfully trying to destroy the grass with fire and weedkiller, while Hu Jiu wondered why the first victim had been killed despite avoiding direct contact with it.
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Ch. 62Breathing Is Hazardous to Your Health

Hu Jiu and He Ming determined that Ghost Grass spread its supernatural power through the air, infecting people who breathed near it. At Headquarters, officials debated ways to contain the expanding incident, including using the dangerous statue [Praise the Moon].

  • Hu Jiu let the exhausted He Ming sleep at an abandoned construction site while the Ghost Grass outbreak worsened around them.
  • After waking, He Ming learned that weeds had spread into homes and that some residents had become Ghost Slaves.
  • Hu Jiu explained that Ghost Grass's supernatural power permeated the air and accumulated inside people until grass grew from their bodies and killed them.
  • Hu Jiu's findings reached Headquarters, where Shen Jiliang praised He Ming's insight and criticized the Research Department's Ghost Tamers.
  • Fu Youhua and the others considered burning the Ghost Grass or using [Obituary], while Shen Jiliang proposed deploying [Praise the Moon] despite its deadly side effects.
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Ch. 63Everyone Took Action

Hu Jiu learned that the situation in Linjiang City was stable, then joined the response to the Ghost Grass crisis in Xihe City after learning that people had died inside a safe house. At the special department, he defended He Ming from Xu Bo, and the team began organizing survivors and searching for the Source Ghost.

  • Qian Ying told Hu Jiu that the Ghost Grass and the Haunted House had reached a fragile balance in Linjiang City, while Xihe City police reported that people had died in a safe house.
  • Xiao Mei told Hu Jiu that Headquarters had devised a plan to break through the Ghost Domain from outside and ordered him to meet the reinforcements and watch for the Source Ghost.
  • Hu Jiu and He Ming returned to the special department, where Xu Bo ordered Zhao Ruying thrown out after revealing that Headquarters had an unusual identity on file for her.
  • When Xu Bo threatened He Ming for defending Zhao Ruying, Hu Jiu intervened and said He Ming had discovered part of the Ghost Grass's killing mechanism.
  • Xu Bo instructed the team to move people into enclosed spaces away from natural light, warn them not to look at the sky, and help Headquarters locate the malevolent ghost's true body.
  • He Ming thanked Hu Jiu for taking the blame for his supposed discovery, while Hu Jiu privately recalled that he had actually found the pattern by testing it on people and had credited He Ming.
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Ch. 64Deliberate Sabotage

Hu Jiu confronted Xu Bo and several Ghost Tamers, who tried to provoke him into disrupting Headquarters’ plan, and killed them after suppressing their Ghost Domains. He Ming fled the confrontation, regretted his cowardice, and approached a strange bare patch of ground, hoping it might offer him a chance to become a Ghost Tamer.

  • Xu Bo demanded information about Yue Renchun and revealed that Headquarters planned to use a Ghost Tamer as bait to draw out the fierce ghost.
  • Hu Jiu insulted Xu Bo and the other Ghost Tamers, then used Ghost-Covered Eyes to blind them.
  • Xu Bo tried to open his Ghost Domain and attack Hu Jiu, but Hu Jiu suppressed it and tore through the group.
  • Hu Jiu noticed the Ghost Tamers seemed to have subdued the same kind of fierce ghost, then cleared away the Ghost Grass and helped the Ghost Water spread.
  • He Ming waited for Hu Jiu but did not return to help, and he regretted running away.
  • He Ming spotted a bare patch amid the roadside grass and approached it, wondering if it could help him become a Ghost Tamer.
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Ch. 65Human Skin Paper

He Ming found a Human Skin Paper that warned him about the Xihe City disaster and led him to a fierce ghost on Apricot Tree Street. After controlling the ghost named Shen, he discovered he could turn intangible and escaped the Ghost Grass, then set out to return and save people.

  • He Ming picked up the Human Skin Paper, which described his future death during the supernatural disaster in Xihe City.
  • The paper told He Ming that becoming a Ghost Tamer could give him a chance to survive and pointed him toward a fierce ghost on Apricot Tree Street.
  • He Ming reached the street and found a humanoid apparition that the Ghost Grass could not affect.
  • As the apparition began moving away, He Ming took the risk of approaching it and merged with it despite the intense pain.
  • He Ming discovered that he could become intangible, allowing the Ghost Grass to pass through him, and decided to return to save people.
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Ch. 66A Freshly Minted Ghost Tamer

He Ming arrived at the flood caused by the out-of-control Ghost Grass and was recruited by Fu Youhua to help contain it. As Headquarters sent a Ghost Tamer into the sealed Ghost Domain, Ghost Grass attacked him before he could act, leaving He Ming stunned.

  • Fu Youhua learned that Ghost Tamers in Xihe City had disappeared and Ghost Grass's main body had become agitated, so Shen Jiliang ordered the operation to speed up.
  • He Ming returned to help Hu Jiu but found a spreading flood of sewage and weeds, and learned that Hu Jiu and the other Ghost Tamers had disappeared.
  • He Ming revealed that he had become a Ghost Tamer, then received Fu Youhua's request to restrain Ghost Grass until reinforcements arrived.
  • He Ming entered the flooded area unharmed, spotted a nearly black blade of grass at the lake's center, and reported it to Headquarters.
  • Hu Jiu watched nearby as a Headquarters Ghost Tamer entered carrying a gold safe, but the area went dark and Ghost Grass and Ghost Water attacked him.
  • He Ming watched the attack and questioned whether the newcomer was really the promised support from Headquarters.
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Ch. 67It's Over

He Ming witnessed a backup Ghost Tamer die while trying to recover the golden safe, then opened it and triggered a statue that summoned a red moon. The moonlight destroyed Ghost Grass and dissipated the filthy water, leaving He Ming to contain the weakened Ghost Grass as the statue cracked.

  • Shen Jiliang ordered the backup Ghost Tamer to retrieve the safe and warned He Ming not to look at the moon or enter the red light.
  • The Ghost Tamer seized the safe from Ghost Grass and threw it to He Ming before the grass swallowed him.
  • He Ming opened the safe, and the altar sculpture transformed into a humanoid statue that emitted a beam of red light and summoned a red moon.
  • The red moonlight withered Ghost Grass and evaporated the filthy water, while some survivors emerged and worshipped the moon.
  • After the red moon faded, He Ming pulled the remaining Ghost Grass and its dew into the golden container and saw that the statue was cracked.
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Ch. 68A Young Hero

After the Ghost Domain vanished, He Ming was recruited by Headquarters and rewarded for his role in the incident. Hu Jiu survived and, under questioning, admitted he had controlled a second ghost, giving him an opening to advance his plans.

  • Fu Youhua and Shen Jiliang met He Ming in Xihe City, praised his actions, and questioned him about his background and ability.
  • Shen Jiliang invited He Ming to join Headquarters, and Fu Youhua promised him a 300-million reward and an operator.
  • He Ming agreed to serve the country and began choosing a codename, but a staff member reported a surviving Ghost Tamer nearby.
  • He Ming reunited with Hu Jiu, who told Fu Youhua that several Ghost Tamers had died and claimed he had survived by hiding in a Golden Corpse Bag.
  • Fu Youhua questioned how Hu Jiu had survived, and Hu Jiu admitted he had controlled a second ghost.
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Ch. 69Playing Cards?

Hu Jiu told Headquarters that a civilian group called the Playing Cards knew how to extract fierce ghosts from Ghost Tamers, then left with He Ming. The chapter revealed that Hu Jiu had secretly orchestrated He Ming’s role in the supernatural incident and was using him as bait to draw out powerful figures.

  • Hu Jiu claimed that the Playing Cards had a method for extracting a fierce ghost from an unconscious Ghost Tamer, and Shen Jiliang questioned whether it could work without killing the host.
  • Hu Jiu said he had met a Playing Cards member called Club 3 in Yuezhao City, then left Headquarters to return to Linjiang.
  • He Ming followed Hu Jiu, offered to share his reward, and worried that Ghost Tamers might be targeted for the ghosts inside them.
  • He Ming exchanged contact information with Hu Jiu and invited him to a meal with his second aunt once the aftermath was over.
  • Hu Jiu revealed that he had staged He Ming’s debut, fabricated the Mirage Ghost, manipulated the Ghost Grass and Ghost Water, and used He Ming as bait while secretly monitoring him through the Human Skin Paper.
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Ch. 70Post-Disaster Rescue

In the aftermath of the Horror Grass incident, survivors received medical examinations while Hu Jiu planned his next moves and advised He Ming. He Ming then discovered that the woman posing as his second aunt was a Ghost Tamer called [Ghost Relative], leaving him conflicted about her capture.

  • The government restored services and began examining survivors, who took special medicine and answered questionnaires about the Red Moon.
  • Hu Jiu saw that He Ming had joined Headquarters and explained why operators used codenames instead of their real names.
  • Hu Jiu remembered Lin Guangning and resolved to make arrangements for her while developing the Playing Card Organization around his ability to help people tame ghosts.
  • He Ming told Hu Jiu that Headquarters had taken away his apparent second aunt after discovering she was a Ghost Tamer posing as his relative.
  • He Ming learned that [Ghost Relative] distorted perceptions, brought misfortune, and changed identities after losing everyone close to her.
  • He Ming said he still felt sympathy for [Ghost Relative], who had wanted an ordinary life, and Hu Jiu replied that the matter was difficult to judge.
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Ch. 71A Thief's Frightening Ordeal (Part One)

Wei Shanhai returned to locked-down Linjiang City to rob the abandoned Happiness Apartment, where eerie drawings and the smell of alcohol unsettled him. As he entered another apartment in search of valuables, a cold gust blew a drawing of a person embedded in a wall into his hands.

  • Wei Shanhai recalled how he had witnessed a murder years earlier, fled Linjiang City, and later returned to thieving after the case was closed.
  • Wei Shanhai climbed into Happiness Apartment through a broken top-floor window and found a neglected, alcohol-scented home.
  • Wei Shanhai found strange drawings of the apartment building and a figure clinging to a window, but dismissed his unease.
  • Wei Shanhai picked the lock of another apartment and stole cash, jewelry, and watches as the smell of alcohol grew stronger.
  • After Wei Shanhai left, ghostly faces appeared from the wall, unseen by him.
  • Wei Shanhai opened another apartment, where a cold gust blew him a drawing of a person embedded in a wall.
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Ch. 72A Thief's Frightening Ordeal (Part Two)

Wei Shanhai entered Happiness Apartment to steal but was killed by its ghosts while Hu Jiu tested their abilities. After cleaning up the building, Hu Jiu received a message from He Ming about an upcoming Headquarters meeting, while uninvited guests arrived outside Linjiang City.

  • Wei Shanhai saw the figure in a painting turn to stare at him, fled, then returned to retrieve his dropped bag and confront the ghost.
  • The Drunkard, Ghost Head-Shaving, and Ghost Wall-Building attacked Wei Shanhai, who became drunk, was sealed inside a wall, and died.
  • Hu Jiu recorded the three ghosts' abilities and cleaned Happiness Apartment, leaving human-shaped marks on its walls.
  • He Ming told Hu Jiu that strange organizations were trying to recruit him and that Headquarters had summoned him to the Capital for a meeting, assessment, training, and reward.
  • Hu Jiu said Headquarters had summoned him too but that he might not attend, while uninvited guests arrived outside Linjiang City.
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Ch. 73The Operator Who Lost Her Life

Headquarters remained busy containing the aftermath of the Ghost Grass incident while operator Lin Guangning abused her authority to confront her boyfriend over suspected cheating. She discovered a gruesome supernatural killing, fled in terror, and died in a car crash, leaving Headquarters and her influential family to investigate.

  • Headquarters continued recovering contaminated statue fragments, managing Red Moon victims, investigating the Playing Card Organization, and suppressing public discussion.
  • Lin Guangning argued with a colleague by phone and later gathered friends to confront her boyfriend at apartment 203.
  • Lin Guangning used her Headquarters ID to make the landlady open the apartment, where the group found blood, butchered remains, and her boyfriend's severed head.
  • Her boyfriend's head opened its eyes and called Lin Guangning to join him, prompting the group to flee.
  • Lin Guangning escaped in a car, which was struck by an inexplicable force and overturned; she died, while her companions survived.
  • Lin Guangning's father and grandfather ensured the incident would be thoroughly investigated, and Headquarters could not ignore it.
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Ch. 74The Person in Charge Who Couldn't Be Reached

Yin Wenxian attended a banquet where Linjiang City's elites hoped to meet Hu Jiu and discuss safe houses, but he fled after learning his secret crime might have been discovered. In the parking garage, an unknown young man used a bell to make Yin Wenxian lose consciousness while searching for Hu Jiu.

  • Yin Wenxian reflected on his family's history and his secret investigation into his mother's death as guests discussed preparing more safe houses.
  • A friend warned Yin Wenxian that someone had discovered a trace of his having killed his stepmother's family during the Ghost Domain disaster.
  • Yin Wenxian left the banquet and headed to the parking garage to erase evidence of the killings.
  • A driverless car and flickering lights frightened Yin Wenxian, who believed another haunting had begun.
  • An unfamiliar young man confronted Yin Wenxian and used a vibrating hexagonal bell to make him lose consciousness, then wondered whether he would find Hu Jiu.
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Ch. 75The Mysterious [Big Dipper] Organization

Ye Zhuxing and the other Big Dipper employees struggled to find leads for their dangerous mission to investigate a haunted house in Linjiang City. Meanwhile, Hu Jiu explored the house and monitored He Ming, whose upcoming trip to the Capital was interrupted by the Human Skin Paper speaking again.

  • Ye Zhuxing’s team discussed their lack of information about the haunted house and their inability to contact Linjiang City’s person in charge, Hu Jiu.
  • Ye Zhuxing recalled that Big Dipper forced its employees to complete dangerous missions and punished them if they disobeyed.
  • Hu Jiu investigated the haunted house, which had remained unaffected during the Horror Grass Incident and had suppressed the Ghost Grass.
  • Hu Jiu used the Human Skin Paper to monitor He Ming, whom Headquarters had protected and chosen to support as a promising Ghost Tamer.
  • He Ming prepared to leave early for the Capital, and the Human Skin Paper suddenly spoke: “My name is He Ming...”
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