The Vanished Circle of Friends

Just moments before, everyone on WeChat Moments was having a meeting, discussing whether to stay or leave. After all, what was happening in the city had exceeded their expectations, and staying here might mean certain death. But unexpectedly, the next moment, something unexpected happened.

A red light, with an eerie gaze, looked in this direction.

It was as if a vengeful ghost was watching from the shadows, instantly sending chills down everyone's spines. At the same time, they discovered something even more terrifying.

This red light can affect reality; it feels as if my body is about to disappear from this world.

Everyone in the conference room was horrified at that moment.

Because the attack came so quickly, without any prior warning, and even if you were aware of it, you wouldn't have time to react.

Under the red light, everyone disregarded everything else and tried to use the ghosts within their bodies to ward off everything around them.

"Mr. Fang, save me!" Someone cried out in terror, reaching out to Fang Shiming for help.

He was also Ghost Tamer, but he discovered that the ghost within his body was disappearing, leaving him with no ability to resist, unless a vengeful ghost were to resurrect.

However, the red light that enveloped him was not aimed at the vengeful ghost, but rather at people. So before he could even use the vengeful ghost's abilities, his body was already rapidly disappearing.

Just like the words on a book, it was quickly erased by the eraser.

There was no corpse, no wounds; the person simply vanished into the red light, and even the ghost within the body disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed in this world.

Besides.

Even the entire Ping An Building, with its three floors, vanished in an instant.

What's most despairing is that the red light doesn't just last for a moment, but continues indefinitely, seemingly without any intention of stopping; it won't rest until they're killed.

Some people couldn't withstand the terrifying attacks of these vengeful ghosts and died on the spot.

Some people barely managed to hold on, but their bodies were already mutilated, leaving only half a broken corpse, and it was suspected that a vengeful ghost was about to resurrect.

But some people actually managed to block the attack.

The outer suit of Jiang Shangbai disappeared, revealing a strange piece of clothing underneath. The dress was obviously a shroud specially worn by the dead in that era. It had the word "Longevity" written in black on it, and it was also stained with some dried blood stains that could not be removed. It looked old and dirty.

Ghost Shroud?

This garment is very familiar to Yang Jian; he won't forget it. The first owner of this garment was Ye Feng, who had a fierce fight with Yang Jian in Dachang City. Later, after the Starvation Ghost Incident broke out and Ye Feng died at the hands of the Starving Ghost, the Ghost Shroud were put on the Starving Ghost's body.

Unexpectedly, only half a year later, this Ghost Shroud had changed hands a third time.

However, judging from this, it's clear that Headquarters found a way to extract it from the starving ghosts.

The Ghost Shroud are a very unusual existence. Wearing them can protect you from attacks by other evil spirits, but Ghost Shroud also possess a curse or a strange power. As time goes by, the person wearing the Ghost Shroud will be gradually corrupted, eventually turning a living person into a dead person, a corpse.

Moreover, once the Ghost Shroud is put on, it seems impossible to take it off.

Yang Jian had considered it before, but he refrained from doing so because he was concerned about the horror of the starving ghosts.

Now, the shroud he wore on the ghost's body has brought him trouble once again.

The red light of the five layers of Ghost Domain was blocked by this burial shroud.

Unlike the others, Jiang Shangbai did not disappear directly, nor did he die from the resurrection of the vengeful ghost as the red light wore off.

As for Fang Shiming, he was even more bizarre. The red light emanating from the Ghost Eye disappeared around him, and he was completely unaffected, without the slightest problem.

There was another Ghost Tamer named Wu Yun. Yang Jian didn't know him, but he had seen the information collected by Manager Fei. This guy was also an anomaly, and of course, an important figure in his circle of friends. Like He Tianxiong, who had escaped from here before, Yang Jian had considered eliminating him, but later gave up on this option.

Wu Yun did not disappear because blood was constantly seeping from his body. Some strange force blocked the attack for him, and the flowing blood outlined some words on his body, but because they were not connected, they were indistinguishable.

This is a curse.

According to the information, his becoming Ghost Tamer was entirely due to a reckless outdoor adventure. Whether it was a bet with a friend or to prove his daring, he went to a rural cemetery at some point and carved his name on an abandoned tombstone. From then on, he seemed to be haunted by vengeful ghosts.

Fang Shiming's eerie isolation, Jiang Shangbai's burial shroud, and Wu Yun's tombstone curse.

They were the only ones in the entire conference room who were unharmed; almost everyone else had vanished. One person was left behind with a shriveled, sunken head, his lifeless gray eyes revealing the terror and resentment of his impending death.

But the shriveled head wasn't truly dead. After a brief moment of calm, it began to blink, its grayish-white eyeballs turning slightly, and the flesh on its face began to rot rapidly.

This is a vengeful ghost that could not be banished by the five layers of the Ghost Domain; it is now reviving.

After lasting for a moment, the red light seemed to realize that the attack had not had any further effect, and began to gradually dissipate, eventually disappearing completely.

However, the top three floors of the Ping An Building have disappeared.

The few survivors could only stand on the ruined building, watching helplessly as the events unfolded and ended, all silent, feeling a strange sense of dread and unease, clearly still reeling from the terrible attack.

"Damn it, what's going on?" Wu Yun cried out in alarm, looking around.

Only a few people remained at the conference table. A man Liu Dong had vanished, leaving only his rotting head. In particular, the head seemed to be moving, its lifeless eyes slightly shifting as if surveying its surroundings.

In an instant.

In just a moment, the WeChat Moments suffered a devastating blow, and even three floors of a building mysteriously disappeared.

"We were attacked by ghosts."

Jiang Shangbai was still shaken and looked uneasy. He gazed into the distance and said, "That red light seemed to have come from the direction of the hotel. Yang Jian died nearby. It was his Ghost Eye. I've seen this kind of terrifying attack before. Yang Jian used it once, making a tree disappear into thin air."

"I thought I couldn't stop them, but now it seems that trading with Headquarters for this ghost's Ghost Shroud was the right thing to do."

Just a moment ago, he really thought he was going to die, because he wasn't entirely made of ghosts, and there were parts of his body that the power of vengeful ghosts couldn't affect. If a part of his body disappeared, it would be difficult for him to maintain his life.

However, the sheer terror of the Ghost Shroud surprised Jiang Shangbai, even exceeding his expectations.

After all, this was his first time experiencing such an attack. Most of the time, this Ghost Shroud was just an insignificant ghost that helped him maintain his balance.

"Why would we be attacked by a ghost out of the blue? And Yang Jian's ghost at that? We didn't do anything, we were just sitting here having a meeting and drinking tea. Does this also fit the pattern of ghosts killing people?" Wu Yun's eyes widened, and he said in a trembling voice.

I can't help but be afraid.

Because such attacks are very likely to happen again, and he can't withstand the next one. He might not die from that eerie red light next time, but he will definitely die from his own curse.

The risk of a vengeful ghost resurrecting is almost insurmountable.

Fang Shiming's face was cold and his brows were deeply furrowed as he looked around at the tragic scene.

Several people have disappeared, leaving only the three of them and a dead head. Apart from Zhang Jian and He Tianxiong, who disappeared earlier, almost all the core Ghost Tamer in the circle of friends are dead.

"Is it a coincidence, or is it a deliberate targeting?"

At this moment, Fang Shiming even suspected that Yang Jian was not dead and was carrying out revenge, but upon closer thought, he did not think so.

Yang Jian had already died from his own Ghost Scissors. Even the vengeful ghost had been resurrected, so there was no possibility that he was still alive. Perhaps they had unintentionally triggered the ghost's killing pattern just now.

However, as Wu Yun said.

Being targeted by Ghost Eye is highly unlikely. We haven't even been to the place where Yang Jian died. If the vengeful ghost were to start killing, why would it choose this place in such a large city?

There are too many unreasonable aspects.

Fang Shiming also struggled to deduce a reasonable answer.