Ghost Card

Gao Tian was just trying his luck.

After all, he had been pushed into a corner. Even if he failed, the situation couldn't get any worse than it was now.

He had gambled right. This headless corpse was indeed Xu Yuan's. The sealed item Xu Yuan had given him naturally worked.

With one stab, he simultaneously completed two missions from the "Jialan Society" Chat Group and the Living Person Apartment. The feeling of coming back to life was something only those who had experienced it would know.

A normal gun tip couldn't pin down a vengeful ghost, but this was the main weapon Xu Yuan had used for half his life. Even after death, his body reacted to its aura.

The female star's head that grew out of nowhere seemed unwilling. A beautiful face struggled and roared, driving the body to tremble and thrash wildly, as if trying to pull the gun tip piercing its chest out.

But no matter how she struggled, the corpse's strength was gradually weakening. Finally, the female head that grew from the corpse began to melt, and the corpse itself, its six severed parts, lost their original connection and slowly began to split apart again.

Witnessing this indescribable scene, Big Elephant Jin, Su Jiu, and the others were still immersed in the great terror of narrowly escaping death. At this moment, the mobile phones of the four mission participants simultaneously received text messages, emitting a sound.

The most experienced Shata, after confirming that the female corpse could no longer cause trouble, turned around and reminded them:

"This is the sound of a Green Text Mission being completed and rewards being received.

"Confirm your rewards. Be careful not to tell others about the effects of any Supernatural Items you receive.

"Otherwise, the item's effects might become invalid."

Gao Tian, who had inexplicably been drawn into his second Green Text Mission, naturally received a reward as well. He opened his mobile phone and checked the voice message from the unknown number:

Congratulations on completing your second Green Text Mission.

As compensation for the Living Person Apartment temporarily including you in the second Green Text Mission, upon settlement, your first and second missions are automatically considered completed. This reward is also the sum of the rewards for both missions.

Your reward is—

Ghost Card.

Ghost Card Effect.

The Ghost Card is a standard deck of 52 playing cards, excluding jokers, with four suits and numbers from 1 to 13.

After each of your deaths, you will revive on the spot. Then, as a penalty, the Ghost Card will randomly draw one card and place it on your soul.

When your soul has two playing cards of the same number simultaneously, you will die instantly and violently. No defensive Supernatural Item can save you.

To make it easier for the user to understand, here's an example.

For instance, the first time you are killed by Ghost A.

The Ghost Card's effect activates, you revive on the spot, and draw a 5 of Clubs.

The second time, he was killed by Ghost B.

The Ghost Card's effect activated, reviving you on the spot and drawing a King of Hearts.

The third time, he was killed by Ghost C.

The Ghost Card's effect activated, reviving you on the spot and drawing a 5 of Spades.

The 5 of Spades has the same point value as the 5 of Clubs, and you died on the spot. This death was a direct soul erasure. No matter what Supernatural Item you used for defense, or even if you attempted to enter the Living Person Apartment to suppress the supernatural power, nothing could prevent this death.

Looking at the description of the new Supernatural Item, the Ghost Card, Gao Tian felt a slight surprise. As expected of a reward for two Green Text Missions combined, its effect was indeed quite devious.

Theoretically, the Ghost Card had 13 point values in total. This meant he could revive up to 13 times.

However, in reality, it was impossible to be that lucky. After reviving about 7 or 8 times, Gao Tian would easily draw cards with the same point value and die instantly.

Furthermore, this Ghost Card had a fatal weakness.

The revival location was on the spot. Where he died, he would revive, unable to change the revival location.

This created a very awkward situation.

If Gao Tian encountered a ghost with a particularly vengeful nature, like the Shattered Face Ghost. After killing Gao Tian, if the ghost discovered that the kid had suddenly revived on the spot, the Vengeful Ghost would definitely kill him again and then choose a spot to camp.

No matter how many times you revive, the ghost would kill you once for each revival. If you revived a hundred times, the ghost would kill you a hundred times.

In such a situation, the Ghost Card's ability would be greatly wasted.

Fortunately, Gao Tian had another item in his hand that could perfectly compensate for the Ghost Card's drawback.

That was the Black Card.

After being revived by the Ghost Card, if he found that the Vengeful Ghost that killed him was still nearby camping his corpse, Gao Tian would definitely not give it a second chance to kill him and would directly activate the Black Card to escape back to the Living Person Apartment.

These two Supernatural Items combined could achieve an effect greater than the sum of their parts.

Overall, Gao Tian was quite satisfied with the Ghost Card's effect. Even without the Black Card's assistance, it could greatly increase his margin for error. In this era of supernatural events where every step was like walking on thin ice, it added a lot of Sense of Security.

Regardless, obtaining a divine artifact from the first two Green Text Missions was a good start.

He wondered what items Boss Jin and the others had obtained. However, seeing Li Jin's dejected appearance and Big Elephant Jin putting down his Mobile Phone without a word after looking at it, it seemed they were not satisfied with the Supernatural Items they had received.

Regardless, this mission was now completely over.

Since the overall situation was settled, Gao Tian walked to the side of the dismembered corpse and reached out to pull out the Gun Tip of the Ghost Transformation Spear.

Although this weapon's effect is heaven-defying, to be honest, it's very sharp and quite useful in certain situations.

Besides, Xu Yuan also said that as long as I can complete the mission, this weapon that he and his teacher spent their lives researching will be given to me.

As long as the Ghost Transformation Spear is treated as a particularly sharp ordinary knife, it's quite useful. Just be careful not to use it to kill people.

Moreover, perhaps if this gun stays with Gao Tian and is used for a while longer, Gao Tian might actually discover some secret within it.

Although the possibility of this is as low as winning the lottery.

The surrounding onlookers were still desperately taking pictures. This bizarre scene was witnessed by so many people in the First Floor Plaza. There were too many eyewitnesses; even if Gao Tian controlled the Memory Ghost, it would be impossible to modify all their memories one by one.

Su Jiu was still shaken, half covering his face and tugging at Shata's sleeve:

"So many mobile phones took pictures of us. Will everything that happened in the mall today soon be on the Hot Search?"

Shata wasn't doing Green Text Missions for the first time; he was already used to it:

"Don't worry, they won't be able to post it.

"Supernatural events are reviving in every corner of the globe. The reason most people in society haven't realized what's truly happening in the world...

"All posts related to these will be instantly deleted online. The next day, no one will remember what happened at Sapphire Mall."

Before, during her fifth Green Text Mission, at an even more crowded Superstar Concert, a more bloody and absurd scene had occurred. But after the mission ended, Shata retreated to the Central District of the Living Person Apartment amidst the chaos and found that the internet was silent, with no discussions about the related events.

Humans and ghosts coexisting in the world is too terrifying a fact. Various Governments are remarkably taciturn on this issue, doing their best to delay the public's knowledge of the world's truth.

Furthermore, after the mission ended and the White Mist dispersed, the people in the mall were terrified of being trapped. They all retreated towards the mall's Exit like startled birds, fearing they would be left behind by the White Mist if they were too slow. Few dared to approach to check the condition of the corpse that had died, resurrected, and died again.

Boss Jin looked at the Ghost Transformation Spear in Gao Tian's hand, somewhat curious, and asked the question the other two newcomers had wanted to ask but dared not:

"Did you obtain this gun as a Supernatural Item before entering the Living Person Apartment?

"Its effect is so heaven-defying? It can directly suppress Vengeful Ghosts?"

In reality, it could only suppress Xu Yuan's corpse.

It was a targeted item. Its normal effect... was truly the most garbage effect Gao Tian knew so far.

Facing Boss Jin's question, Gao Tian didn't offer much explanation, merely asking with some surprise:

"Suppress what?

"I don't understand.

"This gun head was sold to me by a friend who deals in Antiques. I usually use it for self-defense. Occasionally, I use it to chop people or something.

"It has nothing to do with this supernatural event."

As he watched him spout nonsense with his eyes open, the timid Su Jiu couldn't help but lean over and interject:

"That's not right. I just saw you suddenly stab the gun into that body's back. After it took a shot, it fell to the ground, motionless, and fell apart.

"I was so scared to death at the time, I thought I was definitely doomed. Because Sister Shata said ghosts can't be killed. I didn't expect you to save my life so casually. It still feels like a dream to me."

Facing Su Jiu's repeated confirmation, Gao Tian looked into her amber eyes:

"You were too scared to think straight.

"It's true I saved you just now. But I'm quite strong, I kicked the corpse away, and then its time was up, so it stopped automatically.

"It has nothing to do with the Gun Tip in my hand."

How could a person possibly be stronger than a ghost?

Even Shata only dared to say that she could try to hold off the corpse for a while, never claiming she could subdue it. Gao Tian kicking away a Vengeful Ghost was a lie that wouldn't even fool a child.

However, at this moment, the Memory Ghost's ability activated again, affecting Big Elephant Jin, Su Jiu, Li Jin, Jiangyang, and the others. The more they recalled, the more they felt it was plausible that the corpse's time was up, and coupled with Gao Tian's timely kick, it had saved Su Jiu at the last moment.

Regardless, Big Elephant Jin and the others' second Green Text Mission was finally completed. No one wanted to stay in this unlucky place any longer.

Shata and the others picked up the Corpse Pieces scattered on the ground, rewrapped them in Black Garbage Bags, and prepared to take them away from the Sapphire Mall.

After all, if they were left here, these Corpse Pieces could still reassemble at any time and turn back into a Vengeful Ghost.

Only by taking them back to the Living Person Apartment and containing them would they be absolutely safe.