The Locked-Down Place

Yang Jian has indeed left.

But he didn't go back to Dachang City. Although he really wanted to go back, he had more important things to do right now.

Fang Shiming was right; it would be very difficult for him to kill him, especially since both sides knew each other quite well.

So Fang Shiming fled instead of staying to continue fighting Yang Jian. He realized that Yang Jian was in a special state, and if they continued fighting, he would definitely be the one to lose. This keen perception was truly extraordinary. If he hadn't been so clear-headed, Yang Jian might have already succeeded.

Unable to eliminate Fang Shiming or keep him in check, Yang Jian devised a last resort.

A paranormal event occurred in the city that Tong Qian was in charge of.

Yang Jian had once teamed up with Xiong Wenwen, Lin Luomei, and Luo Suyī to enter the Caesar Hotel. A vengeful ghost haunted the hotel, and they almost got trapped inside because the ghost's method of killing was very special. It didn't even need to see or touch people; it could kill simply by stepping on someone's footprints.

Of course, this was not Yang Jian's purpose in coming here; his purpose was for something else.

The ghost seemed to possess a strange, supernatural object in its hand—a rusty knife.

"If I could obtain that supernatural object, perhaps I could also possess the ghost's abilities, killing by stepping on footprints. However, I'm not sure whether the ghost and that supernatural object are a single entity, or whether they exist independently."

Yang Jian did not stop.

The curse of the music box echoed in my mind like a death knell. Although the curse could last for several days, no one could guarantee that it would last forever.

After all, the amount of data collected is very small, and the timeframe is very uncertain. Some people may live for three days, some may live for five days, and of course, there is a chance that the unlucky ones may live for only one day.

Even Headquarters couldn't figure it out clearly.

"Arrive."

Yang Jian used his Ghost Domain to traverse the two locations, arriving at his destination in almost a minute.

Caesar Hotel!

This is a well-known local hotel, but because of paranormal events that have occurred here, the hotel and the surrounding area are still under lockdown. No one dares to set foot here, and there are even patrols at night, for fear that some skeptical and reckless people might sneak in to explore and accidentally bring the ghost out.

Yang Jian observed briefly at that moment.

The hotel had changed somewhat since I left. The walls, windows, and even some ventilation ducts had been completely sealed with cement, leaving no gaps whatsoever. There were also many infrared alarms nearby, which would sound an alarm whether they encountered a living person or a dead person.

Clearly, Tong Qian upgraded the security measures here after he left.

"The ghosts in the hotel don't have Ghost Domain. With the hotel completely sealed off, the corpse couldn't possibly have left on its own, so it's most likely still inside. In my current state, I should be able to completely imprison the ghosts here."

After assessing his own abilities, Yang Jian felt quite confident.

When he first came to this hotel to handle paranormal events, he was only in a state of controlling two ghosts.

He now controls three demons, has three slots for suppressing demons, plus the music box's immortality curse, and has sufficient intelligence; otherwise, he would never dare to enter this place alone.

After a brief, cautious observation, Yang Jian used his Ghost Domain to pass through the thick concrete wall and entered the Caesar Hotel.

There was no light source in the hotel, and with the water and power outages, even the lights were just for show.

So Yang Jian's first impression upon entering was of darkness and oppression. In addition, a faint stench of rotting corpses lingered in the murky air, a smell that seemed to permeate the entire hotel.

"The ghost has been wandering around the hotel."

Yang Jian looked down slightly.

On the dusty ground were many footprints of different shades of color. These footprints were all the same size, so they must have been left by the same person, no, by the same ghost. The footprints were black, which was formed from the decomposition of the ghost's bodily fluids.

Scattered black footprints covered the hotel floor, and Yang Jian even saw footprints left on the low walls. The ghost had actually tried to walk along the wall at some point.

However, the footprints on the wall only went up to a little over a meter high before stopping and did not continue.

However, Yang Jian took some precautions, which was to use the Ghost Domain to remove all the floor tiles on the five floors of the hotel, thus eliminating the footprints of everyone who passed through the hotel.

If we don't do this, this ghost will roam freely for a period of time after I leave, and who knows how many people it will kill.

Although the ghost's footprints are now all over the hotel, it hasn't killed a single person.

Since no one has entered this place since then, it's impossible for the ghost to leave footprints for it to step on, thus preventing the vengeful ghost from triggering its killing pattern.

Yet, Yang Jian risked his life to discover this seemingly simple rule of murder.

"The ghost isn't on the first floor."

Yang Jian remained cautious, because there were still strange things in this hotel that he didn't understand, so he only tentatively covered the first floor of the hotel with his ghost Ghost Domain.

After failing to pinpoint the ghost's location on the first floor, he extended the Ghost Domain to the second floor of the hotel.

Immediately.

No trace of ghosts was found on the second floor either; everything was arranged the same as before, without any difference.

The Ghost Domain extended to the third floor.

At this moment, Yang Jian suddenly frowned, sensing a hint of doubt.

He discovered a corpse in a private room on the third floor.

Immediately.

Yang Jian arrived at the private room on the third floor.

He wasn't mistaken; there was indeed a corpse curled up in the corner, already dead, and emitting a foul stench.

"This isn't a remnant from the last paranormal incident; it's someone who died later, within the last fifteen days. Furthermore, it wasn't killed by a ghost, and there are no obvious signs of the body being cut." Yang Jian roughly assessed the condition of the corpse.

But he was puzzled.

The Caesar Hotel had already been completely sealed off. This had been confirmed when Yang Jian was outside. Under the cover of the Ghost Domain, Yang Jian discovered that even the sewers were blocked. It was impossible for anyone to enter this place without destroying the walls.

Therefore, the possibility of them sneaking in is extremely small.

"There was no cell phone or identification on him. He was an unidentified corpse."

Yang Jian couldn't see any information on the corpse. He could only vaguely determine that it was a woman's corpse, and a very ordinary one at that, definitely not Ghost Tamer.

This is not what happens after Ghost Tamer dies.

"It's strange that there's suddenly an ordinary woman's corpse here, but there's no need to waste time on it."

After confirming that the body was indeed alright, Yang Jian's Ghost Domain continued to the fourth floor of the hotel.

He searched the fourth floor very thoroughly.

Because there was a strange extra passage on the fourth floor of the hotel, he had ventured into that place before. It was an unknown and eerie place with only doors that looked like guest rooms. Guiyi suspected that he had come out from there. What made him most uneasy was that the guest rooms there were not decorated in the style of the hotel.

It resembled an old-fashioned hotel, and some rooms were suspected of being dangerous. Yang Jian didn't dare to open the doors and enter the rooms casually, but he was guided by the information to enter rooms 13 and 31.

"The ghost isn't on the fourth or fifth floor."

"Just like last time, they disappeared into that corridor that wasn't part of the hotel?"

After confirming that there was nothing unusual about the other places, Yang Jian went alone to the corridor on the fourth floor.

A red carpet stretched along the floor into the front aisle.

The corridor was lined with guest rooms, each with a number above it, starting with 1, 2, and so on, stretching endlessly. No one knew how many rooms were inside, or where it led.

Yang Jian was certain that everything here was real, not an illusion created by the Ghost Domain.

"Find that ghost as soon as possible." Without hesitation, he stepped into the somewhat familiar corridor for the second time.