Deafness

Just a moment ago, Yang Jian and Xu Feng were at loggerheads, looking like they couldn't stand each other and were ready to fight.

But when a faint crying sound came from the woods near the road, the two of them stopped arguing at the same time. Almost instinctively, their nerves tensed up, and they looked in the direction from which the crying sound came.

They both knew exactly what the crying meant.

The weeping ghost lives nearby.

And it's very likely they've already set their sights on us.

From the conversation between Xu Feng and the man in the baseball cap, it can be deduced that while there is a chance that the ghosts who get off the bus have left, it is also possible that they have not completely left and are still lingering in the vicinity.

The current situation falls into the latter category.

"Don't cause trouble now. Let's deal with anything on the bus later."

Xu Feng said coldly, ignoring Yang Jian and turning his attention to the crying.

"That depends on whether you can get back to the bus alive." Yang Jian smiled lightly, not taking his threat to heart.

He was terrified of ghosts, but he felt confident in his arrogance towards people.

Unfortunately, I face ghosts more often than people, so I rarely have the opportunity to be arrogant and conceited.

"I really don't know where you, a newbie, get your courage. You've been Ghost Tamer before, you must know the classification of vengeful ghosts. These things can kill people just by crying, and they also have a certain degree of self-movement. If they were outside, they would be classified as A-class. There aren't many ghosts of this level in the Headquarters' files. You can count the Ghost Tamer in the country on your fingers if you count them on your fingers."

Xu Feng was also very experienced, and at a glance, he immediately classified this wailing ghost as an A.

Aside from the rare S-class paranormal events, A-class paranormal events are currently considered the highest level.

"As a newcomer, you have absolutely no chance of encountering these kinds of events. You're not qualified to talk big."

Yang Jian calmly said, "Are you belittling newcomers like this because you think you're so great for having lived this long? Sometimes, the strength of Ghost Tamer isn't judged by how long they've lived. If you were truly capable, you would have gotten off the chariot long ago. Why are you still stuck on this ghost chariot?"

"Stop talking. There's no time for arguing now. Don't you know what's going on? We can hear the crying. Focus on protecting yourselves. If we can survive this attack, we'll be safe once the bus starts moving again," the man in the baseball cap said very seriously.

What he least wants to see right now is the two of them suddenly getting into a fight.

Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, everyone could die here.

"Waaaaah~!"

The crying continued nearby, the voice dry and hoarse, indescribable, exuding an eerie atmosphere. At first, it didn't seem like much, but as the crying persisted, Yang Jian inexplicably felt an urge to cry along with it.

Tears were already welling up in her eyes.

A look of sadness involuntarily crept onto his usually serious face.

Yang Jian sensed this change in himself, and although he tried his best to restrain himself, he couldn't help but do such a thing.

If this continues, he will soon join the crying, just like those who got off the bus before, and die amidst the sobs.

I didn't think much of it.

He took a step back, retreating directly into his own Ghost Domain, attempting to use Ghost Domain to isolate the crying.

The crying didn't completely disappear; instead, the sound suddenly dropped to a minimum, almost imperceptible, and could be barely heard unless one listened very carefully.

"The Ghost Domain worked. Although it didn't completely isolate the crying, it eliminated most of its effects." Yang Jian breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The Ghost Domain is very useful for self-preservation; he has saved his life many times in the face of supernatural events thanks to Ghost Domain.

The isolation provided by the Ghost Domain alone was not entirely effective.

Less than a minute after the isolation, Yang Jian noticed that the crying within the Ghost Domain was rapidly increasing in volume again. He didn't know if he was being targeted by the wailing grave ghost, or if everyone was experiencing this, or if the eerie crying was simply a matter of gradually intensifying over time.

"Big brother, how did you suddenly disappear? Where am I? I want to go home! I don't want to die here! That crying sound is back! What do we do now?"

Zhang Hao, still inside the Ghost Domain, hadn't yet adjusted to his surroundings. Hearing the terrifying cries, he was terrified and his expression changed completely.

Only after experiencing it did I realize how terrifying that cry was.

The other two girls didn't say much; they huddled together, trembling, and sobbing with their heads down. It was a miracle they weren't having a mental breakdown.

"It looks like you're unlikely to leave here alive. If you have any last words, record them on the phone. At this critical juncture, you could die at any moment, and there's not much I can do to help you." Yang Jian glanced at them and then ignored them.

It's a miracle that three ordinary people have survived this long.

That's all we can do after giving them a hand.

Without becoming Ghost Tamer, it's truly difficult to survive such supernatural events. Perhaps dying sooner would be a relief for them, better than constantly suffering from this fear and threat.

Ignoring their situation, Yang Jian couldn't help but touch his face.

Before I knew it, a tear had rolled down my cheek.

He cried.

The influence of the wailing grave ghost on him was becoming increasingly profound. Even someone like him, who could control the headless ghost shadow and possessed Ghost Eye, could not completely eliminate the influence of the wailing grave ghost.

"The second layer of the Ghost Domain."

Yang Jian remained calm. He simply covered the Ghost Eye with one hand, causing the two Ghost Eye to overlap, thus activating the second layer of the Ghost Domain.

The crying, which had been gradually growing louder, was now weakened to a minimum, becoming almost inaudible, as if it had disappeared once again.

However, the second layer of the Ghost Domain was not completely isolated, and cries could still be heard coming in.

And soon, the situation became the same as in the first level of the Ghost Domain Realm.

The crying gradually grew louder.

It's like a death warrant, a curse you can weaken through various means, but you can never completely get rid of it.

However, by comparing the first and second layers of the Ghost Domain, Yang Jian discovered some characteristics of the crying sound.

"The sound gets stronger because of the echo. The wailing of the grave ghost cannot be eliminated naturally; it will linger in a certain area, and the sound will reverberate within that area, becoming stronger and more terrifying. At first, ordinary people can withstand it, but in the end, when the wailing intensifies to a certain degree, even the top Ghost Tamer cannot withstand it."

His gaze shifted slightly as he compared the sounds within the two layers of the Ghost Domain and discovered some patterns.

In other words, the only way to avoid being killed by such a cry is to run away as fast as possible when the cry begins. If you run fast enough, you can get out of the range of the cry and it will be almost impossible to be killed.

If they were outside, Yang Jian would slip away before the grave-crying ghost even started crying.

But this doesn't seem to be the world I know anymore. What if I get off the bus now and it drives away? I might be trapped here forever.

This option should only be considered as a last resort and should never be a priority.

"If I can't escape the sound, then I can only isolate it." Yang Jian tried to cover his ears.

Use the simplest and most common method.

But it had almost no effect. Covering your ears could not completely block out the increasingly loud crying. This kind of crying, even if it was only a little bit at first, would continue to grow stronger over time. And covering your ears could not completely block out sound unless you were deaf.

With this in mind, Yang Jian immediately put it to the test.

He directly controlled the ghostly figure to invade his ears, temporarily rendering him deaf.

Fortunately, Yang Jian had recently read some books on medical anatomy, and he knew which parts of the body could be affected to cause deafness without affecting the brain. He dared not mess with his own head, because it would be a tragedy if he accidentally killed himself.

With both ears plugged, Yang Jian immediately became temporarily deaf.