Lifting the Suppression

The Dachang City was shrouded in gloom and deathly silence, as if the sun would never shine again. It seemed that the city was about to become a ghost town, forever sinking into darkness and losing its last glimmer of light.

But it's outside the city.

Where the gloom did not extend, the sun shone brightly, and the heat was intense; there was not a trace of coldness or eeriness.

All roads leading into the city have been placed under lockdown.

The area within five miles of the gloomy area was designated as a restricted zone, with special forces personnel carrying live ammunition patrolling every section.

The Headquarters the Asian Ghost Tamer in Dachang City made two preparations.

Either we can work together, both internally and externally, to successfully resolve this large-scale paranormal event, or we must isolate the entire city to prevent the entity inside from spreading further and causing greater casualties and losses.

Now.

On the road leading to Dachang City.

A middle-aged man in uniform, with a resolute and calm demeanor, stood outside the boundary line, staring intently at the dark blue-green haze before him.

The gloomy haze writhed, like a living thing, and could not be dispersed by the wind. Even the use of large-scale weapons could not drive this ghostly thing away, nor could it clear a road into Dachang City.

The only saving grace is that the signal was not affected, and some connections were still maintained.

"Li Jun, latest intelligence: the situation on the professor's side is very bad. Most of the Ghost Tamer gathered in Dachang City are dead. Only Zhao Kaiming, Yang Jian, and Zhang Han are still alive. The liaison officer sent earlier, Sun Yi, has already sacrificed himself." At this moment, Zhao Jianguo walked over with a grim face, and the special forces personnel next to him saluted.

"The professor intends to put all his eggs in one basket and make a final push on Yang Jian. There is a chance, but it's slim."

Li Jun's straight body trembled slightly, and he turned around with a grim expression. "The other Ghost Tamer can't get in either? With so many Ghost Tamer, surely there will be a few exceptions?"

Zhao Jianguo shook his head. "This Starvation Ghost Incident has been classified as S-class. There are very few Ghost Tamer in Asia, let alone the whole world, who can handle this level of incident. Once those things revive, they change too quickly, and our research and deployment can't keep up."

"A city, and you just stand by and watch it die?" Li Jun roared, tears welling in his eyes.

"I'll risk my life to revive them."

"Li Jun, don't be impulsive."

Zhao Jianguo pressed down on his shoulder. "This isn't something you can solve by risking your life. Yang Jian is still trying, so there might still be a chance. And you need to understand, if you really sacrifice yourself and the ghost in your body comes out, it will only make things worse."

Li Jun understood this principle, but he couldn't just stand by and watch such a hopeless situation unfold.

"What are the arrangements from above?"

"The minister has contacted Headquarters to see if they can resolve this. After all, there have been precedents of S-class paranormal events abroad. Although they weren't resolved, they were at least suppressed," Zhao Jianguo said.

Li Jun said, "It's no use. They'd love to see us Asians make a fool of ourselves. Even if they had the ability to solve it, they wouldn't help."

"Paying a higher price is always a possibility, but even if we can't save the city, we must save the professor. He absolutely cannot die here," Zhao Jianguo said in a low voice. "Yang Jian has left himself a backup plan, and I agreed. I told him to save the professor at the crucial moment."

"Will it work?" Li Jun asked.

"I don't know. I trust Yang Jian. Like those wolf cubs in the army, he's capable but unruly. He just needs an instructor to tame him, but he knows what's good for him in important matters."

"Even if he saves the professor, this situation can't be resolved or maintained for long. But buying some time is good. Let's see what the higher-ups say. Maybe they'll use that thing. After all, the professor is very important. We just need to obey orders and not panic or cause further losses."

"I understand," Li Jun said.

Zhao Jianguo watched him stand there straight, looking at Dachang City, and couldn't help but sigh.

He certainly felt aggrieved.

He was also a former soldier; how could he bear to watch helplessly as a city of his country was handed over to a devil?

But after joining the Asian Ghost Tamer branch, Zhao Jianguo understood this deeply.

The world is different now.

Fighting these monsters won't solve anything; in the end, this incident is a hidden danger left behind by Zhou Zheng's desperate actions back then.

But can Zhou Zheng be blamed for this?

Cannot.

Zhou Zheng meant well but ended up doing something wrong. He was just being loyal to his duty, but he never expected the mess he left behind to turn out like this.

Now.

Inside a hospital in Dachang City.

Looking at the ghost candle in his hand, which was about to burn out in about two minutes, Yang Jian knew that he no longer had the chance to hesitate.

"I've already figured out the patterns of the first, second, and third stages of the Ghost Infant for you. The conditions for them to kill are triggered individually, while the source ghost has the characteristic of repeated superposition. I can guarantee that once you extinguish the ghost candle, the first ghost to attack you will definitely be the source ghost."

"I don't want to say anything more; it's a waste of time. If the operation fails, and you're still alive, run. Maintain necessary communications and report the situation to your superiors. That's doing your last bit of effort. The rest is up to fate. As for me, don't worry about me. Right now, your role is more important than mine as an ordinary person. If I die, so be it."

After Wang Xiaoming finished speaking, he didn't give Yang Jian any chance to speak and blew out the ghost candle.

The last remaining section of the ghost candle must be used for Yang Jian's escape; it cannot be wasted here.

As soon as the ghost candle went out, a gloomy atmosphere instantly enveloped the surroundings.

The quiet outside was now broken by the sound of hurried footsteps once again.

The voice was heavy, stiff, and chilling.

Yang Jian didn't speak, but turned and left the restroom. At this moment, he wasn't acting so noblely, not for the city, nor for the country, but simply for himself.

In order to survive this paranormal event.

After all, the entire city was involved, and no one could remain uninvolved. If he could escape, he probably would have already done so.

"Zhang Han, go help him," Wang Xiaoming said again in the darkness.

"Professor, what about you?" Zhang Han asked in surprise.

"It's alright, we still have Zhao Kaiming. He shouldn't die for now. He should be fine if he can hold on a bit." In the darkness, Wang Xiaoming glanced at Zhao Kaiming again. He wasn't saying this to Zhang Han, but to him.

He was willing to risk his life to keep Zhao Kaiming in check and prevent him from interfering with Yang Jian's affairs.

Zhao Kaiming didn't seem to notice Wang Xiaoming's gaze; he simply gave a cold smile.

Sending Zhang Han at this time clearly indicates that Wang Xiaoming is wary of him.

Dealing with these people is definitely not easy.

But it doesn't matter, no matter what, you're all going to die here anyway. Trying to resolve this incident is just a pipe dream.

That ghost had grown to an incredibly terrifying level.

In the end, only you will survive, no, only your whole family.

Zhao Kaiming glanced back in the darkness.

In the darkness behind him, a seemingly non-existent figure appeared before his eyes, but there was no smile on his face, only a gloomy and crazed expression.

"Yang Jian, I'm here to help you." Zhang Han rushed out.

Having only managed to control two ghosts, he still had at least several years before the vengeful spirits revived. However, the attack just now greatly shortened the time he had managed to gain to survive.

If this happens a few more times, he'll probably be resurrected as a vengeful ghost prematurely.

However, there's no time to wait for the vengeful ghost to revive; if he fails this time, he'll die here anyway.

"I must open my Ghost Domain again to have any chance of fighting back. Once you enter my Ghost Domain, you only need to do one thing: help me suppress the ghostly shadow behind me with all your might. If it kills me, or if it possesses the body of a vengeful ghost, then we can declare ourselves doomed."

Yang Jian speaks quickly, and he acts just as quickly.

He wants to reclaim the Ghost Eye and abandon the suppression of the Ghost Shadow. Once this suppression is gone, the Ghost Shadow will go out of control, and the Ghost Eye will also go out of control.

He wanted to capitalize on the changes brought about by this recovery and seize an opportunity.