Taboo Rebirth

After confirming that Tong Qian was under restrictions, Yang Jian handed over the follow-up work to Feng Quan.

Because of the ghost's special identity, he couldn't handle it alone. The best way was to have Feng Quan handle it on his behalf, and Feng Quan would naturally contact Headquarters.

However, when it comes to Headquarters...

Zhao Jianguo is in a bad mood right now. His command error led to the supernatural invasion of the communications room, causing considerable casualties. Although it was stopped in time, many operators were still affected and died.

The operator's death caused many problems in subsequent work, indirectly resulting in significant losses.

If Zhao Jianguo hadn't recently recruited Yang Jian, he probably would have been fired by Headquarters and put in solitary confinement for this mistake at work.

"Zhao Jianguo, you're not a newcomer to special operations anymore. How could you make such a serious mistake? I really don't know how to criticize you."

Inside the office, Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua slammed his fist on the table angrily. "Look now, look! A total of thirty-two operators have died!"

"You know, these operators went through a lot of trouble to build relationships with the Ghost Tamer they were responsible for, and now they've all been wiped out here. Even if they're replaced with new people, can you imagine the consequences that will follow?"

Generally speaking, Headquarters will not easily change operators unless the Ghost Tamer dies.

Just like Yang Jian, his operator is Liu Xiaoyu. Later, new operators will only be assigned due to his importance, not replaced.

After all, gaining the trust of a Ghost Tamer is no easy task.

"This was my mistake, and I won't argue about it."

Zhao Jianguo lowered his head, a deep sense of self-reproach on his face.

Cao Yanhua continued, "What you're saying means you haven't even realized your mistake. Your real mistake isn't that phone call. I've already seen the recording of the whole thing. Yang Jian was handling a paranormal case in Z City, and he called you after confirming that Tong Qian was a ghost."

"That's the key point."

At this point, he angrily added, "You know Yang Jian's personality very well. Although he's a bit unruly, he doesn't talk nonsense like those old hands in the underworld. Everything he says is very important. You overlooked this point and didn't understand the hidden dangers behind Yang Jian's phone call. That's the main reason you caused this incident."

"So after this incident, I'm very worried about you continuing to be in charge of Yang Jian."

Zhao Jianguo lowered his head and accepted the scolding. He did not refute it because he was indeed primarily responsible for the deaths of those thirty-two operators.

But just then, the office door suddenly opened.

"What is it?" Cao Yanhua's anger subsided, and he asked very seriously.

"Minister, we've received news from Feng Quan in Z City. He says the matter in Z City has been resolved, and the ghost that replaced Tong Qian's identity has been restrained. He wants us to send someone to take it over," a staff member said hurriedly.

"Okay, I understand." Cao Yanhua thought for a moment and said, "Arrange for Shen Liang to go there."

"Yes, Minister."

The staff left quickly.

Zhao Jianguo sighed inwardly. With the Deputy Minister's arrangement, Yang Jian would likely be under Shen Liang's care from now on. Although he met with Shen Liang often, he didn't really like him. While Shen Liang was very capable, he couldn't accept some of his ideas.

At this very moment, in City Z.

After restraining the ghost, Yang Jian didn't rush to leave, but he was also worried about leaving the city alone.

Although the ghosts were restrained, the danger was not completely over.

Heaven knows how many other people here have had their memories altered, secretly watching him, and he can't just arrest them one by one and change their memories back.

So the best way is to go to the suburbs and find a secluded place to hide.

Luo Suyī has a villa in the suburbs of Z City, and Yang Jian decided to stay there for a few days to deal with the Ghost Face incident.

As for Xiong Wenwen...

Yang Jian did not keep him there, but instead contacted Headquarters directly and asked them to pick him up by Headquarters jet.

He had done his best to help Yang Jian escape several crises. If it weren't for Xiong Wenwen's precognitive abilities, he might have died there during the first contact and wouldn't have been able to survive until now.

"I hope he can find a way to survive," Yang Jian sighed inwardly after seeing Xiong Wenwen off.

If this child were to die from a resurrected vengeful ghost, it would not only be a pity, but also a tragedy.

Whether Xiong Wenwen can survive depends on whether Headquarters is willing to invest some resources to help him control the second ghost.

And this was something Yang Jian was powerless to change.

Evening.

Outside a villa in the suburbs of Z City, Luo Suyī set up a barbecue grill and was enthusiastically grilling meat skewers with another companion named Huang Fei, drinking beer and clearly in a very good mood.

After all, they barely survived the Z City incident; the feeling of escaping death isn't something you can enjoy every day.

"Let's celebrate that we've survived again!" Luo Suyī shouted, raising his beer bottle.

Huang Fei smiled and raised his glass.

However, Lin Luomei, standing beside him, looked at Luo Suyī with an expression of concern for the mentally challenged, without saying a word, and simply fiddled with a brand-new business card in her hand.

This is the business card Yang Jian gave him; it's blank except for a unique phone number.

This is Wang Xiaoming's private contact information.

Yang Jian gave the spot to control the second ghost to Lin Luomei, who is now considering when to make the call.

Of course, not now.

I've only just finished being busy; it'll be at least a few days before I'm done.

"By the way, where's Yang Jian? He was just eating kebabs here a moment ago, how come he disappeared?" Luo Suyī only realized Yang Jian was gone from the deck chair next to him after finishing a bottle of beer.

Huang Fei said, "He went back to his room, and before he left, he took all the meat skewers we had just grilled."

"Damn, can this guy eat that much?" Luo Suyī. "Isn't he afraid of stuffing himself to death?"

"Shh, keep your voice down, or you'll get beaten up," Huang Fei said worriedly.

Luo Suyī sneered, "Anyway, I can't kill him, so what's there to be afraid of?"

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He spoke with such confidence and without a shred of reason that anyone who didn't know better would think he was going to challenge Yang Jian to a duel.

Yang Jian was sitting in his room eating kebabs. He chewed the grilled beef in his mouth with a blank expression, while in front of him were rows of clearly defined human faces.

The air was filled with the stench of rotting corpses.

Some of the faces had been removed by ghosts for quite some time and had rotted away, but most were still relatively intact.

While eating, Yang Jian controlled the headless ghost to sort through a pile of human faces.

Each face represents an identity, a person's memories. By replacing a face with another person's, it means that person can be resurrected in another person's body.

This bizarre method is similar to an alternative form of resurrection.

However, Yang Jian then had a very crazy idea.

If giving someone a face and replacing their body could bring them back to life, what if that body belonged to a ghost?

Is it possible for a person to control the body of a ghost, so that the ghost would essentially possess human memories?

So, is this final hybrid a human or a ghost?

"I can try it another day, but I don't have a ghost body right now, not even one." Yang Jian frowned slightly and continued eating his skewers.

He had seen ghosts with physical bodies, but not many.

For example, there's the Door-Knocking Ghost, the knife-wielding ghost at the Caesar Hotel in Z City, the weeping ghost, and the mummified bride. But the bad thing is, I can't deal with any of these ghosts myself right now.

"Forget it, we can think about that later. The most urgent thing right now is to figure out how to solve this problem."

Yang Jian suddenly stared blankly at a human face.

A headless ghostly figure stood before them, holding a woman's skin mask in its hands. The mask had exquisite features and a heroic air about it; it was clearly the face of a beautiful woman.

However, this face belongs to Tong Qian.

The real Tong Qian is dead; only this face remains, her body stolen by that ghost.

Yang Jian was no longer able to reattach Tong Qian's face to her body.

Her original body was no longer usable.

The only solution was to find her a body and piece it back together before the face rotted away.

"There were a lot of faceless corpses in room 13 of the hotel before. Although most of the corpses are dead now, some still have signs of life. However, there are other supernatural things in that place, and I don't want to go back for a body."

Yang Jian thought about it and decided it wasn't worth risking his life for a corpse.

Moreover, he has another body in his possession.

Alive.

It also has no face.

It was his classmate Zhao Lei's body.

I glanced to the side.

Zhao Lei's body lay on the bed, still showing signs of life, but this condition wouldn't last long; at most, his body would die within a day or two.

Meanwhile, Zhao Lei's face had not yet been found.

It may no longer be found.

"Zhao Lei will die, and Tong Qian will die too. Since that's the case, let's combine the two and let Tong Qian's memories live in Zhao Lei's body." Yang Jian's eyes flickered as he looked at Tong Qian's face and then at Zhao Lei's body.

This is an extreme way for him to make up for his regrets.

This would both save Tong Qian and allow Zhao Lei to live on in another way.

"Do we really have to do this?"

However, when Yang Jian was about to do it, he couldn't help but ask himself a question.

To change one's appearance is a taboo that violates morality.

Will the newly resurrected Tong Qian accept her rebirth?

But if they don't do this, Tong Qian will die, and Zhao Lei will die too. Yang Jian can't find another face to put on Zhao Lei, nor can he find another body for Tong Qian.

Using Zhao Lei's body and Tong Qian's face to piece together a new body is the best and safest approach.