The Mysterious Letter

"Now we need to consider how to survive these four minutes."

Feeling the frequency of the falling droplets and the material of his school uniform, Wang Ye frowned slightly.

Having died once, he did not fear death.

But that did not mean he wanted to die. If there was a chance to survive, he would still do everything he could.

"Take off their coats?"

Zhang Kai hesitated, pointed at the mummified corpses on the ground, and asked.

"Stupid!"

At a time like this, doing that was no different from courting death.

The moment they reached a hand outside, who knew whether a droplet might happen to fall? Besides, the clothes on the floor had already been soaked by the droplets and were useless now.

If only there were an umbrella...

By Wang Ye's estimate, his school uniform could hold out for another two minutes at most before it became completely soaked. The moment the clothes were wet through would mean death was arriving.

"Zhang Kai, stand with me. We'll wear one coat."

"Once my coat reaches its limit, we'll use yours."

Zhang Kai froze for a moment. Once he understood Wang Ye's intentions, his eyes instantly lit up. He moved close to Wang Ye, carefully shielding his own coat from the rain.

The two men huddled tightly beneath a single small school uniform.

The entire fourth floor was terrifyingly quiet, with only the constant sound of dripping water.

The dripping grew louder and denser, now resembling a light rain.

That meant more people had died.

Minute by minute, time passed. Feeling the change in the weight of his coat, Wang Ye said quietly, "Take off your coat."

Zhang Kai decisively held up his own coat while Wang Ye tossed away the clothes in his hands.

A perfect handoff.

"Ten."

"Nine."

"Eight."

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"One."

"Start!"

Wang Ye closed his eyes and rhythmically tapped his index finger against his arm, counting the time.

Suddenly, Wang Ye opened his eyes and spoke.

At that instant, Zhang Kai, who had been waiting anxiously, had a strange green radiance bloom in his eyes as he stared fixedly at the phantom standing behind the principal's corpse.

A green beam shot from Zhang Kai's eyes and connected to the phantom.

In an instant, the sound of falling droplets vanished.

The phantom froze in place.

"Did it work?"

Wang Ye cautiously held up the coat without relaxing, carefully observing his surroundings.

Fortunately, everything remained normal.

"Now, we can only hope your teammates aren't late."

Wang Ye silently threw away his nearly soaked coat and said coldly.

As for sealing the General Ghost back into its container, that was not something an ordinary person like him could accomplish.

It could be said that Wang Ye's life, along with the lives of every survivor in the building, now rested entirely on Zhang Kai's teammates.

Because all Zhang Kai could do was intimidate it, not seal it.

Although the droplets had stopped falling, the Ghost Domain still remained. They could not escape this school building.

Watching Zhang Kai suppress it with his superhuman ability, Wang Ye's eyes held a trace of surprise.

Five minutes of intimidation—although part of that was due to the ghost's relatively weak magnetic field and its innate lack of mobility—

it was still an absurdly powerful skill. No wonder the Crimson Ghost Hunt Squad had been able to advance to an A-Class Squad in his previous life.

What a pity.

The stronger the skill, the greater the price of using it—and the faster one died.

That was humanity's greatest weakness.

Sure enough, as time passed, Zhang Kai's face grew increasingly pale.

By the fourth minute, blood was even flowing from Zhang Kai's eye sockets.

Zhang Kai's body gradually began to tremble.

Even the ceiling was becoming damp again.

Wang Ye frowned slightly. Was Zhang Kai's intimidation already nearing its limit?

Given Zhang Kai's current condition, even if this incident could be resolved, he probably would not have more than a few months left to live.

But that was the price Superhumans had to pay.

They enjoyed the highest privileges and the most abundant resources in ordinary times, but when danger came, they were also the ones who had to risk their lives.

Fortunately—

the glass in the principal's office suddenly shattered.

A figure leaped fiercely through the window.

"Zhang Kai, are you all right?!"

A middle-aged man with a pair of fleshy wings growing from behind his ribs looked at Zhang Kai and said with a slight frown.

At that moment, Wang Ye quietly retreated. Before long, he disappeared into the darkness.

He knew that this Supernatural Incident should already be resolved. He had no desire to get involved in the subsequent cleanup.

After all, he was only an ordinary person.

When ordinary people encountered Supernatural Incidents, they only needed to do their part.

In his previous life, as the only ordinary person in an A-Class Squad, he often visited various schools and places where ordinary people gathered to teach them what they needed to do when encountering Supernatural Incidents.

But unfortunately—

there were many ordinary people, but only one Wang Ye.

Some had even said that if Wang Ye possessed a superhuman ability, even if only one part of his body had awakened, he would become a top-tier existence.

Sure enough, by the time Wang Ye reached the first floor, the Ghost Domain had disappeared.

Countless investigators entered the school building, rescuing survivors and handling the aftermath.

Meanwhile, Wang Ye gradually vanished into the crowd.

As he walked home, Wang Ye frowned slightly. In his previous life, at this time, he had still been attending school in Yong'an City.

To test whether he could change the future trajectory of his previous life after being reborn, he had transferred to Shangjing City. Yet he had not expected to encounter a Supernatural Incident immediately after transferring.

But in his previous life, he did not seem to have heard of any supernatural issue breaking out in Shangjing City at this point in time.

After all, Shangjing City was already considered the safest city at present. The Headquarters of countless ghost-hunting squads were all located here.

Was it because he had obtained too little information in his previous life, or had the future changed accordingly in this life along with his own changes?

All of this left Wang Ye somewhat bewildered.

Before he knew it, Wang Ye had returned to his new home.

After Wang Ye's parents died, they had left him a sum of assets.

Opening the door, Wang Ye froze in place, his pupils contracting sharply.

Not even the Supernatural Incident at school had affected his emotions this much.

In the living room of Wang Ye's new home, a door that was half real and half illusory stood there, though he had no idea when it had appeared.

A Supernatural Incident?

That was Wang Ye's first reaction.

But immediately afterward, the door opened.

Then a powerful suction force came from within, dragging Wang Ye into the door against his control.

A flash of white light passed before him.

Wang Ye slowly opened his dazzled eyes and immediately surveyed his surroundings.

This layout...

It was the Post Office!

The Post Office was empty. Every object and the entire environment flickered faintly, as though existing between illusion and reality.

Wang Ye was standing before the counter desk of the Post Office.

On the desk lay an old envelope that seemed to have been stained red with blood.

Beside the envelope was a note.

"Address: Suburban Cemetery, Grave No. 3."

"Burn the envelope in front of the gravestone."

"Reward: Ghost Messenger Rope."

"Time limit: Three days."