Alarm and Rage

Yang Jian's Ghost Domain spread far too fiercely. Previously, it only affected the area of one street, but at some point during the night, that boundary was easily broken. The extent of the Ghost Domain suddenly exceeded all expectations, and in less than ten seconds, half of the city disappeared.

"That's impossible."

In the Headquarters office, Cao Yanhua, who had just fallen asleep, was urgently woken up. Upon hearing Shen Liang's report, his face immediately changed. He slammed his fist on the table, roaring as his whole body trembled.

It is suspected that Yang Jian's ghost has been fully revived, and the Ghost Domain covers nearly half of the city.

"It only affected one street before."

Cao Yanhua gripped the report tightly in her hand, staring intently at Shen Liang.

Feeling Cao Yanhua's murderous gaze, Shen Liang had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I miscalculated. Yang Jian's ghost is more terrifying than I imagined, and I haven't been in charge of Yang Jian all along, so my understanding of him is incomplete. If Zhao Jianguo hadn't run into trouble, he should have a new assessment report."

Cao Yanhua recalled several reports from Zhao Jianguo's previous work period, which did indeed mention that Yang Jian should be given special attention, as he was a very special person.

However, he didn't take it too seriously at the time. Although he did pay special attention to it later, he didn't think about it too deeply.

Shen Liang lowered his voice and said, "Moreover, this matter came too suddenly, disrupting everyone's plans. Some Ghost Tamer are already trying to flee the city. After all, Yang Jian's resurgence and the unresolved Ghost Painting Incident are putting immense pressure on people. Even those in our social circles are preparing to evacuate. However, the news hasn't been confirmed yet, but the signs are very bad. Deputy Minister, morale is starting to crumble."

"Damn my WeChat Moments, those bastards, capitalists, not only caused me to lose one of my top captains, but also added another S-class supernatural event to my life, turning what was originally a relatively stable situation into a complete mess, beyond repair. Now they're scared and want to pack up and leave, dumping all the trouble on our shoulders again?"

Cao Yanhua crumpled the report in his hand into a ball, threw it away violently, and roared with bloodshot eyes.

"I shouldn't have advised Yang Jian to reconcile with his circle of friends before. I should have stood up for Yang Jian and helped him get rid of these parasites. These people are all useless when it comes to doing things. They're all afraid of dying when facing real ghosts, but they're all incredibly capable when dealing with people. If it weren't for Yang Jian, Li Jun, Liu San, Cao Yang, and the others stabilizing the situation, would they still be sitting in the Ping An Building drinking tea and scheming against each other?"

"I want to run now, I want to run now."

Cao Yanhua was trembling with anger. He paced back and forth, seemingly thinking of emergency countermeasures.

Time is of the essence. The vengeful spirit has been resurrected, and its Ghost Domain covers nearly half the city. Regardless of the impact on the global situation after this is over, the losses caused in the meantime are chilling.

He had personally seen the report from Dachang City after the Starvation Ghost Incident, and it was shocking.

That incident lasted only a little over ten days from its occurrence to its conclusion.

"We absolutely cannot let the people in our WeChat Moments leave; if they do, the community will be completely disintegrated."

Cao Yanhua wasn't blinded by anger. If those in his WeChat Moments simply walked away, unconcerned, what would others think?

They were afraid of death, and so were the Ghost Tamer under their command.

"Go and invite Old Qin the Ping An Building. Tell everyone in your WeChat Moments that not a single one is allowed to leave. They have to take responsibility for this. Anyone who dares to leave will be killed immediately. There is no room for negotiation, and there is no possibility of choice. These are the conditions. They have to do it whether they want to or not," Cao Yanhua said through gritted teeth.

"The Headquarters is also within the affected area. What if Old Qin leaves? What if something happens here?" Shen Liang reminded him, afraid that he might make a mistake in his anger.

Cao Yanhua said, "We can't worry about the consequences right now. Danger? Where is there any safety now? If this matter can be resolved as quickly as possible, there is still room for redemption. If it drags on, the consequences are unimaginable."

"Do we need to discuss this or report it?" Shen Liang asked hesitantly.

Cao Yanhua's face darkened. "No need. I'll take responsibility. I'll resign after this is over, so you don't need to worry about anything else."

Shen Liang nodded, preparing to leave immediately.

However, at that moment, a phone rang.

Cao Yanhua glanced at the call and immediately answered it.

The call was from Li Jun: "Deputy Minister, where are you now? I've come to your office, but I don't see you."

"You're in my office? Are you sure?" Cao Yanhua paused for a moment, then her eyes narrowed as she looked around, but she couldn't see Li Jun anywhere.

"That's right, I'm standing right in front of your desk," Li Jun said. "This matter is very urgent, so I rushed over here immediately."

Shen Liang, who was standing nearby, said in surprise, "Li Jun, the Deputy Minister and I are in the office right now, but we haven't seen you."

Li Jun, on the other end of the phone, fell silent after hearing those words.

Cao Yanhua's breathing also became rapid.

Because the situation might be worse than we imagine.

"It's the Ghost Domain. The Ghost Domain has isolated us. Only now do I realize that there's not a single person left in the entire Headquarters."

Li Jun seemed to have used the time he had just spent to confirm the situation, and he spoke in an unusually solemn voice.

Upon hearing this, Cao Yanhua swayed; he was struggling to keep up after working long hours for the past few days and almost fell.

"Deputy Minister." Shen Liang quickly helped him up.

Cao Yanhua gritted his teeth and said, "Go, go inform Professor Wang. From now on, everything will be handled by Professor Wang. Hold off on Old Qin's matter for now. If Professor Wang needs it, he can touch the coffin nails of the starving ghost if necessary."

He no longer dared to give orders because he couldn't understand the bizarre situation, so he had to leave the task to the person most familiar with paranormal events to devise a solution.

Wang Xiaoming has been researching this area, and no one understands the current situation better than him.

At the same time.

The top floor of a building in the city.

Yang Jian sat casually on the building's perimeter wall, his feet dangling nearly two hundred meters in the air. The fierce winds from the high-rise buildings blew wildly around him, creating air currents that seemed to threaten to sweep him away, but his body remained motionless, as if unaffected.

However, on his head, three red eyes were watching the entire city with an incomprehensible eeriness.

The three Ghost Eye represent three separate, three-tiered Ghost Domain.

Yang Jian made full use of all nine Ghost Eye without holding anything back.

The opening of the third layer of the Ghost Domain was not a spur-of-the-moment impulse, nor was the scope of its coverage arbitrary; rather, it was purposeful.

"I've isolated all ordinary people in the first layer of the Ghost Domain. They can just stay there and live their normal lives; there's no need for them to get involved in this kind of thing."

Yang Jian superimposed the first layer of the Ghost Domain onto reality without making any changes. In other words, ordinary people would neither notice nor be interfered with, and would have no connection to what was about to happen. In fact, staying in his Ghost Domain could be considered a form of protection.

Because he has friends and acquaintances among ordinary people, and he is only pretending to be a resurrected vengeful ghost, not a real one, this measure is necessary.

"The second layer of the Ghost Domain is where all Ghost Tamer reside. In their eyes, the entire city is empty, devoid of living people and light, only a world stained red. This is the truly dangerous place."

"And I am in the third layer of the Ghost Domain."

Yang Jian spent some time screening and separating everyone in the Ghost Domain to facilitate his next move.

After doing all this, he slowly stood up.

"Then, from this moment on, I take over this city." Yang Jian took a step forward.

He stepped onto a platform two hundred meters in the air, but instead of falling, he took a few steps forward, and then, with a flicker, mysteriously vanished.

The biting cold wind that had been blowing around them instantly subsided, and everything around them became lifeless and devoid of any vitality.

Yang Jian entered the third level of the Ghost Domain.

Within the three layers of the Ghost Domain, he can appear anywhere in the city, and no one within the range of the Ghost Domain can resist his invasion.

Walls, floors, bank vaults—everything is penetrable. Unless it's a safe house built of gold, the city holds no secrets before his Ghost Eye.