The Beginning of Death

"Are you kidding me? How could a ghost suddenly appear in the training base when everything was fine?"

Yang Jian gripped his satellite-guided phone tightly, his gloomy face looking rather unpleasant.

He was nearly killed during that brief encounter, but he didn't know why the ghost's target wasn't him, but rather the human skin paper in his hand. And after being repelled once, the ghost didn't attack him again.

Surviving was largely due to luck.

Liu Xiaoyu, on the other end of the communications room, paused for a moment, then lowered her voice and said, "There's a problem in the lab. Professor Wang had been conducting some kind of experiment, but today—no, about half an hour ago—an unknown-level ghost escaped from the lab and left. The training base is the only place that's relatively close."

"Therefore, the higher-ups suspect that the ghost is very likely to head to the training base. Because that thing is very special and terrifying, the order from above is for everyone at the training base to evacuate; every person who can leave is a person who can leave."

"Wang Xiaoming?" Yang Jian frowned.

How could he make such a mistake?

"We can't blame Professor Wang. I heard that there was a problem in the lab while he was away talking to you. The responsibility doesn't lie entirely with him; there might be some inside story."

Liu Xiaoyu said, "Now is not the time to talk about this. It's great that you're still alive. Get out of the training base quickly. This time, the higher-ups don't need you to rescue anyone; you just need to protect yourself."

Yang Jian's expression shifted slightly.

Is this order issued because the higher-ups know that this ghost is extremely terrifying and that the Ghost Tamer at the training base are incapable of dealing with it?

However, considering the previous situation, where he had to use the abilities of three demons to barely repel the demon's attack, that thing was indeed extremely dangerous.

"Wait, Wang Xiaoming's failed experiment? The escaped ghost, the ability to suppress my three ghosts, damn it, could that ghost have escaped from the ghost coffin?" Yang Jian was immediately shocked and furious.

Putting these pieces of information together, he immediately guessed what had gone wrong.

Code name: The Ghost Coffin Incident.

That was Yang Jian's nightmare, and its danger to him at the time even surpassed that of the later Starvation Ghost Incident and the Z City incident.

Because that ghost possessed an ability that instilled despair in its Ghost Tamer.

It can suppress the abilities of your three ghosts without any countermeasure.

In other words, if you don't control at least three ghosts, you'll be instantly killed when facing that thing, without any chance of fighting back.

But what terrified Yang Jian was not just that, but that this ability had the potential to grow.

If a ghost that suppresses three ghosts successfully kills a Ghost Tamer, it will take the ghost from the Ghost Tamer's body. Then, the rules change, and it becomes a ghost that suppresses four ghosts. This process repeats until it grows to a certain level, at which point it will become a truly terrifying and unsolvable existence.

There is no Ghost Tamer can withstand it.

That would be a real nightmare.

"I don't know that much information. I only know that this is very dangerous. Yang Jian, you must run! Please don't die!" Liu Xiaoyu's voice was very agitated, even pleading.

She didn't want to see Yang Jian die at the training base.

"It's getting late. I was attacked by that ghost just now. I was lucky; I was the first person it attacked. But it seems the other Ghost Tamer have already been killed. That ghost must have grown stronger by now." Yang Jian looked in the direction of the dormitory building.

The Ghost Eye on his forehead began to twitch restlessly.

This is a rather bad sign.

"What should we do?" Liu Xiaoyu didn't know what to do either.

"I still have some resources at hand, I should be able to escape." Yang Jian quickly looked away, picked up his duffel bag, and immediately walked out of the training base.

Now is not the time to worry about others.

The more people die, the stronger the ghost's power will likely become. Once everyone in the entire training base is dead, it will surely meet its end as well.

Right now, in the dormitory building of the training base.

The group of people who were about to rest had already noticed that something was wrong with their surroundings. They were all Ghost Tamer and had the vigilance they should have, but they did not immediately realize that this was a sign of impending disaster until a desperate and shrill scream echoed near the dormitory building, at which point everyone's expression changed drastically.

"What happened? Someone was murdered?"

"Damn it, could this be a paranormal event?"

"It's unlikely. It's probably like the Ping An Hotel incident, where a Ghost Tamer died from the resurrection of a vengeful spirit. This happens often; when a dozen people gather together, it's inevitable that one or two people will have problems."

"No, it's not a vengeful ghost resurrecting; it must be a paranormal event."

Wang Jiang walked out of the dormitory building, his face tense and uneasy. He came to the corridor and looked outside. It was already dark, as if he was surrounded.

"I just received a call from Headquarters. They told us to leave immediately, saying that a paranormal event has been confirmed to have occurred here." A person put down their phone with a look of fear, because the call had emphasized that the incident was very serious.

"Wang Jiang, have you seen Yang Jian?" Suddenly, Zhang Lei walked over quickly, his stiff face showing a hint of urgency.

"Wasn't he practicing shooting at the shooting range? Why didn't he come back with you?" Wang Jiang asked in surprise.

Zhang Lei said, "He was indeed practicing shooting at the shooting range before I left. I wanted to make sure he had returned early. It seems Yang Jian is still at the shooting range at this time."

"If he's alone now, the chances of him being attacked by a ghost are high. I'm worried something might happen to him."

Wang Jiang exclaimed in shock, "No way!"

He understood Zhang Lei's meaning. If Yang Jian were to die unexpectedly, they would most likely not survive either, because they couldn't stop Yang Jian after his resurrection as a vengeful ghost, or this unknown level of ghost.

"I hope he's alright. Now's not the time to talk about this. Let's figure out how to get out of here first." Zhang Lei said, then shouted to the people in the dormitory downstairs, "To be on the safe side, let's leave together. That way we can look out for each other."

Although many people felt panicked and uneasy, the ghost had not yet appeared, and there were many of them, so they did not feel fear or despair.

With a dozen or so Ghost Tamer gathered together, their safety was guaranteed, at least that's what they believed.

"Alright, time is of the essence. Come down quickly, we'll meet on the first floor and then we'll break out together." Someone responded from downstairs.

"Good."

Zhang Lei nodded and immediately prepared to retreat quickly, along with the other Ghost Tamer on his floor.

However, before they could even move, everyone suddenly trembled and involuntarily looked up at the sky.

"Thump! Thump!"

From the rooftop came a series of clear yet heavy footsteps.

It was as if someone was walking down the corridor on the floor above.

But everyone understands.

No one lived upstairs, because their floor was the fifth floor, which was also the top floor; above that was the roof.

Is someone walking on the roof?

Are you kidding me? Who would be so bored?

Zhang Lei quickly lowered his head and then looked at the others.

Extreme tension was evident in everyone's eyes; though no one uttered a word, their thoughts were aligned.

The ghost has appeared, and it's on the roof.

Hurry up!

Without a second thought, everyone quickly began to flee, and one person was even more direct, immediately flipping over and jumping straight off the fifth floor.

This wasn't a desperate act; rather, the Ghost Tamer was confident he wouldn't die from the fall, so he wanted to get away from the dangerous area as quickly as possible.

But to everyone's surprise, the Ghost Tamer was hanging in mid-air before even landing.

An old straw rope hung from the roof, looping around the neck of the Ghost Tamer in an incomprehensible and bizarre way, before immediately tightening.

What?

The others glanced back as they fled, and were immediately terrified.

That rope?

Zhang Lei and Wang Jiang's eyelids twitched.

Isn't that the rope Yang Jian was holding?

He had previously used this rope to bind Lin Shan when he was in a state of vengeful ghost resurrection at the Ping An Hotel.

Could Yang Jian be dead?

There was no time to think about anything else, because at that moment, the Ghost Tamer, whose neck was bound by the ghost rope, was struggling in mid-air, seemingly trying to escape, but failing.

The other end of the old straw rope seemed to be held by someone, who was slowly pulling the Ghost Tamer upwards.

"Help, help me!"

The man, his face darkened, reached out his hand to the crowd with difficulty and despair, hoping someone could save him.