Curse Against Curse

"The area covered by the ghostly mist is larger than I imagined. From the outside, it seems to only cover the area of a hotel, but once you step into the ghostly mist, it's like being in a misty world. Distance doesn't seem to matter much here."

Yang Jian opened his Ghost Eye, unleashing his own Ghost Domain, and had been walking through the ghost mist for five minutes.

Based on normal distance calculations, he should have already entered the Caesar Hotel by now, but right now, he's still on the street, with not a trace of the hotel in sight.

The space within the ghostly mist seemed to be magnified many times over.

However, Yang Jian wasn't worried about that; what concerned him more was the ghost hidden within the ghostly mist.

From the moment he entered the ghostly fog, Yang Jian vaguely sensed that something in the thick, gray fog was following him.

Occasionally, the thick fog would gather and seem to form a human-shaped silhouette, standing beside you and watching you; occasionally, a faint footstep would come from behind you.

These subtle movements all proved that there was indeed something within this thick, ghostly fog.

Fortunately, this ghost doesn't seem to be very terrifying and hasn't invaded Yang Jian's Ghost Domain, so he's safe for now.

"Arrive."

It took Yang Jian nearly ten minutes to pass through the ghostly fog and finally stand in front of the Caesar Hotel.

The journey was relatively safe, though not dangerous.

The hotel looked no different from when I arrived yesterday, but what seemed like a normal hotel was actually eerie in every way.

However, Yang Jian's purpose this time was not to find anyone, nor to imprison any ghost. His goal was to minimize the potential danger of the hotel and facilitate his next move.

If they try to force their way out like last time, even if Yang Jian believes he can come out alive, Xiong Wenwen and Luo Suyī will definitely perish here.

Although Yang Jian could disregard the lives of Luo Suyī and Lin Luomei, from a broader perspective, the death of any Ghost Tamer was never a good thing.

Yang Jian walked into the hotel lobby and saw many footprints on the floor tiles, as if someone had repeatedly entered and exited the hotel. The footprints were of different sizes, but the material of the footprints was the same: dry, black, and with a faint rotten smell.

It looked like the liquid left on the shoes after walking on a rotting corpse.

"Are these signs of the ghost's activity on the second floor?" Yang Jian looked up towards the second floor of the hotel.

The deep corridor stretched into complete darkness, without a single light. Strangely, the door to the second floor was wide open, as if someone had just walked up the steps and gone up to the second floor not long ago.

"The second floor is haunted, and the fourth floor is where Guo Fan and Feng Quan went missing. It's even more dangerous there. Based on the current information, we can conclude that the first floor of this hotel is a relatively safe area for now, but the ghost on the second floor is always active and might suddenly wander down to the first floor."

"Therefore, I need to act quickly. If that memory-altering ghost successfully attacks Guo Fan and Feng Quan, they will definitely know of my arrival. As fellow Ghost Tamer from Headquarters, their satellite-guided phones can also locate my position."

Yang Jian's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately strode forward.

He was going to the hotel's surveillance room, and he already knew its location when he did his research last night.

He had a clear understanding of the hotel's layout and architectural structure. To confirm the hotel's internal structure, he even had his staff consult the hotel manager.

The information is unlikely to be wrong.

Yang Jian walked through the lobby, being extremely careful and cautious the whole way.

However, he discovered that as he ventured deeper into the hotel, the ghostly fog surrounding it had less and less of an impact. Initially, it was shrouded in thick fog outside the gate, but as he entered the hotel, the ghostly fog became less dense.

This is not good news, but rather a potential danger sign.

The fact that even the ghostly mist couldn't invade this hotel meant that there was something far more terrifying inside that was restricting the ghostly mist.

"This should be it."

Instead of circling along the hotel corridor, Yang Jian used his Ghost Domain ability to pass directly through the walls and went straight until he arrived at a room with the door locked.

This is the hotel's monitoring room. He asked the hotel manager, and he was told that there is also broadcasting equipment here, which can broadcast to the entire hotel.

What he had to do was upload an audio file from his phone and broadcast it throughout the entire Caesar Hotel.

This audio file contains the knocking sound of the Door-Knocking Ghost that Yang Jian had kept.

This may be the only existing recording on the internet. This recording has a terrifying ability: it can attract the Door-Knocking Ghost, and everyone who hears the knocking will be targeted by the Door-Knocking Ghost.

"Under these circumstances, there's no need to slowly explore the hotel. I'll use the hotel's public address system to lure the Door-Knocking Ghost here. Then, I'll let the Door-Knocking Ghost deal with the potential horrors within the hotel for me. I'm also curious to know, if a person hears the knocking sound and is killed by the Door-Knocking Ghost, what will happen if the ghost hears the knocking sound?"

As Yang Jian uploaded the audio file, he thought to himself.

As for Feng Quan and Guo Fan, who went missing on the fourth floor, he had given up on rescuing them because the cost was too high and not worth it, and there was no guarantee that they had not already become Ghost Slave.

Of course, if they are truly unharmed and can survive the Ghost Knocking incident, they will naturally be able to escape after Yang Jian's next move.

However, Yang Jian would not ruin his plans for their sake.

This is currently the only safe and feasible plan.

The audio file was uploaded successfully. He fiddled with it for a while on his own, and then consulted a professional via his mobile phone before finally learning how to broadcast.

"This curse is also transmitted through sound, so as long as you don't hear it, you'll most likely be unaffected. But just to be on the safe side, I should leave here temporarily after the broadcast takes effect." Yang Jian set the broadcast time.

This time is set at half an hour.

It took a while.

This is to ensure that the Door-Knocking Ghost is lured over as quickly as possible, so as to prevent any changes from happening due to prolonged delay.

After everything was set up, Yang Jian clicked the play button and then quickly left the Caesar Hotel without looking back.

"Hiss~!"

As he left, the entire Caesar Hotel's loudspeakers blared, displaying a jumble of static that was somewhat jarring.

Then a dull, eerie knocking sound echoed through the hotel's various loudspeakers: thump, thump-thump, thump, thump-thump.

The curse of the Door-Knocking Ghost has begun to spread.

The hotel was already under lockdown, so Yang Jian wasn't worried about innocent people getting involved. Anyone staying in the hotel was either the Ghost Slave of the memory-altering ghost or a real ghost. The only ones who might suffer undeserved misfortune were Guo Fan and Feng Quan.

But they should have seen the files on the Knocking Ghost Incident. If they were still alive, they might be able to prevent the Door-Knocking Ghost's terrifying door-knocking murders.

Using the Ghost Domain, he passed through the wall and left the hotel in just a few seconds.

Yang Jian returned to the ghostly mist once more.

The ghostly fog blocked out all surrounding sound. The broadcast should have been working by now, but there was absolutely no sound.

"With this ghostly mist, the knocking sound should be well contained and prevented from spreading indiscriminately." Yang Jian boldly left his Ghost Domain and stood in the ghostly mist to listen.

I was relieved only after I was sure I couldn't hear anything.

However, just as Yang Jian stepped out of the Ghost Domain, he suddenly saw a human-shaped silhouette walking towards him through the thick, gray fog ahead.

"Does this thing appear anytime, anywhere? But for now, this ghostly mist is still useful; at least it can help me seal off the hotel. I can figure out how to deal with the ghostly mist after I resolve this paranormal event."

He still did not choose this time to make contact with the ghosts in the ghostly mist.

Firstly, I didn't want to waste my energy, and secondly, I didn't want the ghostly mist to disappear at this time.

Immediately, Yang Jian used Ghost Domain again and quickly left the thick fog.

If he didn't have the Ghost Domain, he believed that even Ghost Tamer controlled two ghosts would get lost here and have a hard time getting out.

Soon.

Yang Jian emerged from the ghostly mist and quickly moved away from the Caesar Hotel.