As they looked at the densely packed floating corpses in Ghost Lake, everyone on the small boat wore exceptionally grave expressions.
"It seems things have gone a little beyond our expectations." Liu San looked at the white Ghost Candle still burning at the stern.
All the supernatural phenomena had been drawn out by that white Ghost Candle.
Li Jun said, "The corpses that can float to the surface must be connected to Ghost Lake. The other ghosts submerged beneath the lake haven't surfaced, so the source ghost within Ghost Lake is very likely hidden among these corpses, or perhaps it is one of them. If we find it, this will be much easier to handle."
"It won't be that simple."
Shen Lin said, "Ghost Lake is an S-class supernatural incident. S-class supernatural incidents have another name: unsolvable supernatural incidents. If it were this easy to deal with, Cao Yang would have resolved it already."
"We'll take it one step at a time. As long as the Ghost Candle keeps burning, the ghosts will definitely appear. We can try dealing with them then." Yang Jian spoke calmly.
Then he looked at the wound on his arm.
It had recovered considerably, and the Ghost Shadow beneath his feet had nearly pieced itself back together. In just a little while, the effects of the hatchet's curse would be neutralized.
But the situation around them changed again.
As the female corpses floating on the lake continued to undergo strange changes, ripples began spreading across the previously calm water.
There was no wind.
Yet waves rose across the lake.
It seemed as though something beneath the water was affecting the entire Ghost Lake, making its waters no longer peaceful.
The waves grew larger, and the water became murkier.
The black boat swayed across the lake,