Searching for the Missing Piece

"This thing didn't disappear during this Starvation Ghost Incident."

Yang Jian looked at the bench at the end of the street, and the people on the bench looked somewhat solemn.

After the Starvation Ghost Incident in Dachang City, almost all local paranormal events were resolved by the starving ghost.

For that thing to grow, it needs to seize other ghosts and piece together a terrifying body. Therefore, whether it's Ghost Tamer or some other supernatural being, none of them can escape this Starvation Ghost Incident.

Unexpectedly, after he fled his home in a sorry state, that monster was still lingering there.

Yang Jian did try to go back and look for it, but he couldn't find it. After all, at that time he needed the red paper in the ghost's hand to suppress the gradually reviving Ghost Eye.

He had begun to forget about this thing, but unexpectedly it reappeared in front of him today.

"We'll lock this thing up here." Yang Jian made up his mind immediately.

He is no longer the weakling who had just become Ghost Tamer. Now, as long as he doesn't face some terrifying and intractable vengeful ghosts, he can still imprison them.

Without hesitation, he immediately activated his Ghost Domain.

The Ghost Eye emitted a red glow.

But the next moment, he froze.

Countless red papers flew in, obscuring his vision and also preventing the opening of the Ghost Domain.

"Can this thing suppress the Ghost Eye by nature?" Yang Jian frowned, recalling his past experiences, and immediately gave up the idea of using the Ghost Eye.

Then a dark shadow gradually emerged from his body. This shadow took on a human shape and overlapped with Yang Jian's body, completely engulfing him.

Yang Jian's body has now completely turned into a ghostly shadow, with only his head remaining on his neck.

At first glance, it looks like a shadow with a human head on top. This head is not dead; it is still alive, with a pair of eyes staring intently ahead, sending chills down your spine. This bizarre and incongruous combination appears extremely eerie.

If Yang Jian hadn't been able to maintain consciousness, he himself would be a supernatural event.

A ghostly figure covered his body, replacing his normal flesh; from the head down, he had completely transformed into a ghost.

Moreover, the resurgence of the ghostly figure has begun to affect the surrounding environment.

Beneath Yang Jian's feet, a thick darkness, like ink, slowly spread outwards, as if it were about to condense into a dark mass that would engulf the entire street.

During his few days of rest, he didn't do nothing. He improved his control over the headless ghost figure to a new level, and he wasn't weak even without using the Ghost Eye.

Because the headless ghost has already crashed, Yang Jian can use this power temporarily without worrying about it reviving, so he can proceed with various attempts.

But the person sitting at the end of the street reading a newspaper didn't seem to intend to do nothing.

A strange, eerie wind swept through the area.

Red paper fluttered everywhere, each paper bearing a human face. Each face was filled with expressions of despair, fear, and collapse. These expressions intertwined, making one feel as if they were in hell, filled with negative emotions, with not a glimmer of light or hope in sight.

Behind every face may lie an innocent victim of an attack; those expressions of despair are what they left behind before their deaths.

Yang Jian was definitely not the first target of the attack, and Zhao Lei is definitely not the last.

Heaven knows just how many human faces this ghost has collected.

The red paper with human faces printed on it flew to the ground and stuck there without moving. It flew onto the gradually spreading ghostly figures, but it pressed down on them like a heavy stone. The surrounding ghostly figures actually lost the ability to move and were in a state of stillness.

It was as if it was being suppressed.

More red papers flew towards Yang Jian, especially the human faces which had eerie expressions and rushed directly towards his face.

It seemed as if they wanted to cover Yang Jian's face with the face on the red paper, giving him a new face.

Once the face swap is successful, what will happen next is unknown, but it will definitely not be a good thing. Yang Jian might even have his memories altered again and become this ghost's puppet.

Each demon possesses unique abilities, some of which are simply unsolvable.

"The ghostly figure can be suppressed by this red paper? Although it's only a small part of it, this thing is already incredible. If used well, it might just be a coffin nail. But no matter how strange the ability is, it's useless. The inability to completely suppress it means that the level of terror is not high. As long as that thing doesn't succeed, I won't lose." Yang Jian thought to himself.

He then expressionlessly grabbed one of his arms.

"Snap!"

The black arm was removed, revealing his original body.

Yang Jian used the power of the Ghost Shadow to detach a part of its body.

This is a new application inspired by the coffin nails that imprisoned the starving ghost.

Yang Jian actually used Ghost Shadow's arm as a javelin and threw it out.

Its body was altered by a vengeful ghost, granting it superhuman strength. One of the ghost's arms instantly pierced through several red papers with human faces printed on them, sending the paper flying away at a terrifying speed.

After all, ghost shadows can also take over the bodies of other ghosts, which is a form of suppression in itself. This power of suppression can be used as a weapon. Although it can't easily deal with starving ghosts like the coffin nails, Yang Jian is confident that he can still suppress ghosts of a lower terror level.

Although the Ghost Eye on its forehead couldn't open its Ghost Domain smoothly, it could still directly lock onto the person reading a newspaper at the end of the street.

This attack could not possibly fail.

The next moment.

The person sitting on the bench fell straight to the ground, the red newspaper in their hand pierced through by the ghostly arm, which had pierced it like a javelin.

"Did it succeed?"

Yang Jian was filled with trepidation. This was his first time trying this ability, and if he failed, he would have to think of another way to use the power of the vengeful spirit.

However, practicing on a ghost that isn't too threatening is a good opportunity. If successful, it means he now has a way to fight back against vengeful ghosts, instead of having to desperately search for patterns and exploit loopholes in the ghost's actions to imprison it, just like in the previous paranormal incidents.

It seems to be working.

The desolate streets around them suddenly seemed to return to normal.

Pedestrians began to appear around the street, and the paper faces that had been fluttering and swirling around Yang Jian fell to the ground, no longer appearing eerie.

Yang Jian glanced at them; they were rows of blood-soaked human faces.

They looked as if they had just been peeled off from living people, and every face was perfect, even the eyelids were intact. If they still had bodies, they would be vivid, living people.

Ignoring these things, he knew they were merely supernatural phenomena arising from vengeful spirits.

There is only one source.

I strode over there, wanting to see what the result would be.

However, Yang Jian paused slightly after walking over.

A few tattered pieces of clothing scattered on the ground.

The torn human face didn't belong to Zhao Lei; it belonged to a strange woman, who should be an innocent victim.

There were no other victims.

"It's fake, just a stand-in. The real Zhao Lei probably took the opportunity to escape when the fight started."

Yang Jian frowned. "Does this guy dare to come looking for me because he knows that the red paper can suppress my eyes, so he's so fearless?"

His own Ghost Domain was suppressed, and he possessed abilities similar to Ghost Domain, so he certainly had the right to show off in front of him.

However, he felt that Zhao Lei could no longer be considered a normal Ghost Tamer. He believed that Zhao Lei's memories had been completely altered and indirectly controlled by that ghost. Otherwise, his personality would never have become so unfamiliar, and he would be a completely different person compared to before.

Pushing aside the pile of tattered clothes and retrieving Ghost Shadow's arm, Yang Jian saw a line of words left by Zhao Lei in blood: We will meet again, but now is not the time.

"Liu Xiaoyu, issue an arrest warrant for Zhao Lei."

Yang Jian ignored those words, turned around and went back to his car, picked up his satellite-guided phone and directly contacted the communications officer.

Liu Xiaoyu was stunned when she received his call.

Wasn't the incident in Dachang City supposed to be over? Why is something else happening?

However, Yang Jian does have the right to issue arrest warrants; he can issue a nationwide warrant for the arrest of any individual as long as the conditions are met.

"Zhao Lei? Who is he? Do you have any information about him? What did he do?" Liu Xiaoyu didn't ask too many questions, just some basic information.

"My classmate, the one who survived from No. 7 Middle School, you should have a record of him. He is suspected of being controlled by a vengeful ghost, but he has retained his own thoughts and intelligence. It even seems that he inherited some of my memories and knows a lot about my situation. I don't know the specifics, since we only met once, so I can only guess. But I am sure that Zhao Lei is an anomaly. If left unchecked, he will cause big problems sooner or later," Yang Jian said directly.

Liu Xiaoyu was stunned when she heard this.

Are you kidding me? How could something like this happen?

"Okay, I'll issue an arrest warrant immediately." Liu Xiaoyu didn't ask for evidence.

In Dachang City, Yang Jian's words are the evidence; no further explanation is needed.

"Notify me immediately if you find anything, and I'll take care of it," Yang Jian.

In Zhao Lei's case, there's no need to worry about whether they're classmates.

Despite saying that, he wasn't very confident that he could find Zhao Lei through the national facial recognition system.

The faces on the ground are the best evidence; he could easily change his face and start a new life.

Issuing such an arrest warrant and hoping for the best is better than doing nothing.

However, as he left, looking at the human skin face on the ground that was rapidly rotting and emitting a foul stench, Yang Jian suddenly thought of the Ghost-faced Tong Qian for some reason.

That female Ghost Tamer.

If the ghost controlling Zhao Lei is constantly collecting other people's faces, is it searching for that androgynous, eerie face with a strange smile on the back of Tong Qian's head?

If this thing succeeds and acquires Tong Qian's face, what will happen?

For some reason, thinking about this made Yang Jian feel a strange chill.

But then he thought it must be just a strange coincidence.

But is this really just a coincidence?

Yang Jian drove while lost in thought.