Gao Ming had thought it was incredible enough that Wang Jie's Uncle had created a Dream Ghost. Now that he saw this Dream Ghost might be connected to him, his expression grew complicated.
The rest of the investigation file described in detail how the Birthday Wish Anomaly Event had spiraled out of control, step by step. The residential complex where the anomaly had first appeared was not recorded in the file; even the Investigation Bureau had no idea. Only after discovering that, for no apparent reason, many people in the Old District had begun celebrating their birthdays at midnight did they realize a Birthday Wish Anomaly Event was spreading on a massive scale.
They had missed the best window to deal with it. Since the Old District was also Ghost Story Player territory, the Investigation Bureau had responded with little urgency. At the time, their main focus had been on dealing with the Ghost Story Players.
By the time the Investigation Bureau and the Ghost Story Players reached a preliminary cooperation agreement, the Birthday Wish Anomaly Event had quietly spread to South City. Wang Jie's Uncle's Child was assigned to resolve the anomaly event in this crisis, but no one had expected it to be so difficult. Ordinary methods could not exorcise it at all.
More and more people in South City began making wishes at midnight. All kinds of bizarre wishes gathered together, eventually giving birth to a ghost within the anomaly event unlike any anyone had ever seen.
It had emerged from people's wishes and existed within human greed, longing, and hope. To make it disappear, they would have to kill everyone who had ever made a wish.
What troubled the South City Investigation Bureau most was a tip from an insider: Wang Jie's Uncle's Child seemed to