The Figure at the Door

Inside the Ping An Hotel.

Before he knew it, Yang Jian had fallen asleep on the sofa. Although his body allowed him to go without food, drink, or sleep for a long time, he was still very tired after the Ghost Messenger incident at the training base. The feeling of being on edge, walking a tightrope every moment, was more tiring than anything else.

It's already quite impressive that Yang Jian managed to persevere.

After all, most Ghost Tamer are in a relatively poor mental state for a long time.

If fear and panic lead to symptoms such as insomnia, loss of appetite, and paranoia, it indicates that the Ghost Tamer's mental state is approaching the brink of collapse.

Being able to eat and sleep normally indicates that a person's mental state is not problematic.

However, Yang Jian's mental state was very bad when he first became Ghost Tamer, but now, as the ghost in his body has gradually been brought under control, or as he has grown through many experiences, his problems have improved a lot.

But that's all.

He was still being subtly influenced by the ghost within his body, gradually losing some of his emotions, even some of the emotions of a normal person.

However, while Yang Jian could sleep, some people suffered from insomnia.

A few floors down.

This is the room of Zhang Hui Ghost Tamer.

After experiencing the paranormal events at the training base with Yang Jian, he truly witnessed unsolvable paranormal events, which cast a terrible shadow over his heart. He thought that so-called paranormal events would at most threaten ordinary people, and that the situation would not be very serious for Ghost Tamer. If they couldn't handle it, they could escape. Therefore, he was relatively confident and calm.

But the Ghost Messenger incident taught him a harsh lesson.

This inescapable fear, this inescapable presence, this flawless vengeful ghost, shattered the courage within him.

It turns out that such supernatural phenomena exist in the world, and that Ghost Tamer are weak and helpless in the face of such supernatural events.

Although he has survived, the memory of what happened before still wakes him from his daze, and he has suffered from insomnia several times.

"Can't sleep again, damn it." Zhang Hui suddenly opened his eyes, his face covered in cold sweat.

When he closes his eyes and tries to sleep, he feels as if he has returned to that dark place, where he is isolated and helpless, as if there are evil spirits lurking around him at any time. Sometimes he feels that the ghost is right next to him and has never left.

The room was brightly lit, but he felt utterly unsafe.

"If this continues, I'll go crazy sooner or later." Zhang Hui knew in his heart that he had a psychological problem.

He had occasionally consulted some information from Headquarters in the past and knew that most of the former Ghost Tamer had psychological and mental problems. They either went crazy or went to extremes, and some even committed suicide.

These failed cases are simply not brought up specifically; most of the files are sealed away.

Just like this training base.

The deceased Ghost Tamer will only become numbers in the archives and will not be remembered by anyone.

"Who, who's there?"

Suddenly, just as Zhang Hui was about to try to fall asleep again, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw a shadowy figure reflected on the ground outside his door, as if someone was standing outside his door.

The figure outside the door remained motionless, and no one responded to him.

Zhang Hui immediately frowned, got up, and left the room.

But when he went to the living room, he didn't find anyone there, and there was no sign that the door had been opened.

Zhang Hui turned back to look at the light reflected in the room.

But the figure had already vanished.

"Impossible! I clearly saw a figure appear on the ground just now. I'm absolutely not mistaken." He was immediately shocked, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

He looked around again.

The spacious and bright guest room was eerily quiet, and Zhang Hui, who had just come from the training base, immediately felt something was wrong.

He didn't know if he was just too nervous and saw things wrong, or if there really was something strange about the room just now.

Or perhaps a Ghost Tamer is secretly watching him.

"Let's find somewhere else to stay first." Regardless of whether there was anything unusual here, Zhang Hui quickly packed his things and left the guest room.

This place has been haunted before; someone died here before when a vengeful spirit revived. There might be other supernatural occurrences that have been overlooked. Moreover, this is a hotel where Ghost Tamer reside, so it's inevitable that some things won't go as planned.

Having already developed psychological trauma, he is now exceptionally sensitive, even somewhat paranoid.

Soon, Zhang Hui left the Ping An Hotel as if fleeing a disaster. He no longer dared to stay there; only being in the bustling city gave him a sense of security.

The others were unaware that Zhang Hui had left.

They wouldn't care about a Ghost Tamer's temporary trip, since there were more important things to deal with right now.

The Ghost Coffin Incident is not over yet.

Although it's good news that Yang Jian and the others escaped alive, as long as the source of the supernatural events remains, terrible things will continue to happen.

"Ding ding!"

A telephone suddenly rang.

In Yang Jian's guest room, a notification sound came from the satellite-guided mobile phone on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

Yang Jian, who was fast asleep, was awakened by the bell. He regained consciousness almost immediately, opened his eyes abruptly, and even his Ghost Eye were revealed. His body was shrouded in a faint red light.

This is an unconscious overreaction.

Just like a professional boxer instinctively throws a punch to counterattack, Yang Jian, as Ghost Tamer, gradually developed this instinctive physical reaction as well.

How long have you been sleeping?

After confirming his condition, the red light on Yang Jian's body gradually faded. He glanced at the satellite positioning phone that had been making a sound next to him.

The above indicates that an operator has contacted you.

"Is Liu Xiaoyu looking for me?" His eyes flickered, but he didn't get up. He simply reached for his phone rather lazily and answered it.

"It's me, Yang Jian."

Liu Xiaoyu's voice came through the phone immediately, sounding quite anxious. "Yang Jian, something's happened."

"What happened?" Yang Jian's gaze sharpened slightly upon hearing this.

"The Ghost Messenger's attempt to imprison Professor Wang failed, his operation was thwarted, and he was also subjected to a supernatural attack."

Liu Xiaoyu quickly and briefly recounted what had happened while Yang Jian was sleeping.

Yang Jian said, "It's common for paranormal events to fail to be handled, it's nothing. Professor Wang has over a dozen top-tier Ghost Tamer protecting him, so even if he can't handle it, he can leave. Why are you looking for me?"

He wasn't worried about their safety.

These people are not like the group at the training base. They went prepared, knew the rules of ghosts in advance, and successfully altered their memories, reducing the terror level of ghosts by at least one level. Even novice Ghost Tamer would not be in mortal danger.

Of course, there are certain risks involved in forcibly imprisoning the Ghost Messengers.

"You're right, Professor Wang could have left, but he changed his mind at the last minute."

Liu Xiaoyu said, "Professor Wang's previous plan was to let the vengeful ghost return to the ghost coffin and restore it to its previous state. Although it succeeded, because there wasn't enough time to seal the ghost coffin, it underwent a strange change, and the ghost quickly came out again."

Yang Jian was taken aback when he heard this.

Mutation?

Hearing this, he felt that Wang Xiaoming had been having bad luck lately, and that the re-encounter between the ghost coffin and the ghost could indeed produce some unexpected results.

But I didn't expect this to happen so quickly.

But that's not surprising. Didn't something also happen when he dealt with the hungry ghosts? The hungry ghosts kept growing, and the patterns were different at each stage.

Since the ghost coffin is classified as S-class paranormal event, it is naturally possible for it to undergo abnormal changes.

"Why does he refuse to leave?" Yang Jian asked.

Liu Xiaoyu said, "Because Professor Wang is determined to take the ghost coffin away. He believes that the ghost coffin cannot be in contact with ghosts for a long time, otherwise it will have irreversible and terrible consequences. Moreover, Professor Wang believes that as long as the ghost coffin can be taken away, it is worth sacrificing several top Ghost Tamer."

"Would anyone else agree to this? Why not just kidnap him?" Yang Jian said. "After all, he's just an ordinary person."

"But Li Jun and Feng Quan agreed," Liu Xiaoyu said.

"What? Feng Quan is in there too?" Yang Jian, somewhat surprised.

He didn't know the exact number of people at the previous Headquarters meeting, and he never expected that Feng Quan would get involved in this Ghost Messenger incident as well.