Temporary Safety
A series of hurried footsteps and panting echoed in the darkness as Yang Jian, pulling Zhang Lei along, led the others away quickly.
Stay away from that ghost, its body entirely black, standing before everyone.
That was real terror.
Moreover, rash contact will lead to unexpected changes, and even the so-called rules of how vengeful ghosts kill may be altered.
"It didn't catch up?" Yang Jian used his Ghost Eye on the back of his head to check the situation behind him as he fled.
The ghost did not follow.
This wasn't due to the vengeful ghosts' mercy, nor was it the effect of the ghost candles, nor was it simply good luck. Rather, it was because after Yang Jian and Zhang Lei reunited, the number of ghosts changed. At this point, the condition of being alone was no longer met, and they would be safe for the foreseeable future.
Until this numerical comparison is broken again, or the ghost undergoes some unexpected and bizarre change.
They ran all the way without stopping.
Yang Jian didn't even plan to stay in the dormitory building any longer, because there was no need for it now.
He searched from the first floor upwards, and went to every place except the fifth floor, so the entire dormitory building should only have these people left. The rest are either dead or scattered around the training base.
But now is not the time to think about that. The most important thing is to get away from this ghost, and then think about the next step.
The group remained silent, their only activity being their constant movement.
They stopped a few moments later when they appeared on a playground at the training base.
The few people who were exhausted were already panting heavily. Running under such fear was extremely taxing on their physical strength. Although they were Ghost Tamer, their bodies were still those of ordinary people. Not everyone had the superhuman strength that Yang Jian possessed.
"Ha, ha, we didn't die, we survived!" With his fear lessening, Wang Jiang couldn't help but laugh at the joy of escaping death.
Faced with a ghost of this level, a situation that should have been a death sentence, they miraculously survived.
This is a miracle.
"Yang Jian, thank you so much. I would be dead if you hadn't arrived in time."
Zhang Lei was also relieved to have survived the ordeal, because the darkness around him was no longer as intense as before, and he could barely see his surroundings. He expressed his gratitude to Yang Jian.
"Yes, if it weren't for Yang Jian's actions, we would all have been killed." Huang Ziya nodded in agreement.
"It's too early to be happy. This is only the first step of the operation that has succeeded. The danger is not over. We are still in that ghost's Ghost Domain, and this Ghost Domain is different from other Ghost Domain. It is a terrifying place where we cannot get out." Yang Jian's expression was solemn. Although he breathed a slight sigh of relief, the situation was still not optimistic.
"If we don't find a way to get out of here as soon as possible, we'll still die in the end."
"You're right, but we should be safe for now, right?" Zhang Lei asked.
Yang Jian, "Currently, we have five people, and the total number of ghosts is eight. If I'm not mistaken, that ghost can suppress the other ghosts to a maximum extent by six or seven. But don't forget, we're not the Ghost Tamer left. There are still some people who weren't killed by the ghosts and got separated from us in this training base."
"So the ghost will continue to kill and grow stronger. Once it kills about three more Ghost Tamer, we may become its target again. So there's no time for you to rest. We need to find the others and regroup during this time."
Yang Jian analyzed the current situation and compared the current numbers of both sides.
Although it has advantages, these advantages are not very significant.
"You're right, now is not the time to relax. We should speed up the process of reuniting with the others." Wang Jiang nodded and said, suppressing his joy at surviving the ordeal.
"Very good, let's get started. We'll start from over there and quickly circle the training base. If there are Ghost Tamer, they will definitely appear far away from the training base. They wouldn't still be inside the training base." Yang Jian pointed in the direction of the gate and then said.
The others nodded, showing their trust in Yang Jian's arrangements.
This is the person who, with their help, single-handedly pulled them out of a seemingly hopeless situation.
The surrounding darkness wasn't dense enough to make out the path around us clearly.
Yang Jian walked ahead, leading them onward.
The group stood close together, not daring to separate, and remained alert to any movement around them.
Although the others seemed relatively relaxed, Yang Jian knew that his situation was getting worse and worse. He had lost the Ghost Rope during the previous attack at the shooting range, and this reunion had cost him a Ghost Candle, a red one at that.
The Ghost Eye is about to revive.
The losses were enormous, and he wasn't confident he could survive this paranormal event unless he found a way to resolve his own problems.
"The only thing I have left to save my life is a rag doll." Yang Jian's face was gloomy as he considered what he had in his hand.
A rag doll that can redirect the attacks of vengeful ghosts.
A ghostly hand that has been imprisoned.
A golden bottle, suspected to still harbor ghosts.
Human skin paper.
Old newspapers that alter memories.
However, in the judgment of that ghost, human skin paper and old newspapers do not count as ghosts, or perhaps because they are incomplete ghosts and do not meet the criteria for a ghost, so these things cannot be used to increase the number of ghosts at crucial moments.
The ghost inside the bottle is dangerous and cannot be released casually.
The Ghost Hand could suppress it.
I just don't know if being part of a ghost counts as being a ghost.
"Yang Jian, you're still alive, right?" Suddenly, Wang Xiaoming's voice came from the satellite positioning phone in my hand.
"He's not dead yet. How's the situation I asked you to investigate?" Yang Jian.
Wang Xiaoming said, "I restarted the monitoring at the experimental base. Because I left in a hurry, I caused considerable damage to some of the base's facilities, so it took some time."
He doesn't need to personally check the situation in the lab; he just needs to restore the monitoring.
"And the result?" Yang Jian.
"The ghost coffin is still there."
Over the phone, Wang Xiaoming replied, "The ghost coffin is still in the special room of the laboratory. It hasn't been moved, but it's in an open position, which is different from the initial situation."
"Is the ghost coffin still there?" Yang Jian's eyes flickered slightly.
But what about what I saw with my Ghost Eye before?
The coffin was outside, but he was inside it.
This situation is simply incomprehensible.
And aren't the ghosts here supposed to be in ghost coffins?
"Didn't you turn the ghosts in the ghost coffin into coffin nails before?" Yang Jian suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question.
"Yes, but I lost that thing. Due to special circumstances, Li Jun used it to deal with Wei Jing, who had failed to transform into a vengeful ghost, to ensure my safe departure," Wang Xiaoming said.
"Damn it, no wonder that thing could suppress three ghosts from the start. Turns out you lost the coffin nails you made." Yang Jian couldn't help but curse.
Wang Xiaoming said, "That's right, the ghosts in the Ghost Coffin cannot be destroyed. The coffin nails were made from three ghosts that the Ghost Coffin collected in Huanggang Village before, which means I imprisoned the Ghost Coffin once. So Wei Jing, who has failed to become a vengeful ghost, belongs to the second wave of attacks. However, what I'm worried about is not how many ghosts the vengeful ghost can suppress now."
"Furthermore, the ghost that has now been fully formed possesses other abilities, but I don't have enough data to analyze them yet."
"Professor Pi, you're truly remarkable. You've unleashed something incredible. This ghost can now suppress six or seven ghosts. Whether it has other abilities is no longer important. What's important is that if it continues to grow, the entire J City will suffer a terrifying disaster."
Yang Jian, "Don't think this thing is only interested in lone Ghost Tamer. Ordinary people are also targets, because ordinary people don't have ghosts inside them, so they are always alone. Right now, this ghost is in the training base. Once we are all killed, where do you think this ghost will go?"
"Is J City ready to welcome this demon?"
"That's exactly what I'm worried about," Wang Xiaoming said. "So I wanted to ask you if you have any good ideas. If you don't have any good ideas, perhaps you could ask the thing you have nearby."
It.
It refers to the human skin paper in Yang Jian's hand.