The Person on the Sofa

The Ghost Domain altered the layout of the third floor, and the exit disappeared.

Judging from Yang Jian's previous experience, there is only one possibility for this phenomenon.

The ghost drawing is right here.

This change in the surrounding environment was not intentional, but rather a transformation created by the Ghost Painting to conceal itself, so that Yang Jian could not easily find it.

Because once found, Ghost Painting would face the risk of being imprisoned.

Unlike ghosts in other paranormal events, the ghost painting itself does not move.

This is the biggest flaw of Ghost Drawing.

"So, these corpses on the ground are very likely not ordinary people. Perhaps most of them were Ghost Tamer in life." Yang Jian stared at the dozen or so corpses on the ground and this conjecture came to mind.

At some point, a team of Ghost Tamer from abroad arrived in the ghost Ghost Domain of the Ghost Painting and roughly located its position. They went to this building, trying to find the source of the Ghost Painting, but were trapped on the third floor. During this time, some terrible things happened, and then the entire team was wiped out.

This explains why there is an unknown ghost on the wooden staircase on the fourth and fifth floors.

The ghost on the stairs was created after the death of the Ghost Tamer, and for some reason, it lingers in this building and has not left.

"Yang Jian, what should we do now? We need to find a way to get out of here quickly, I don't want to die here." Li Yang panicked; he could already sense the extreme danger of the place.

Yang Jian remained calm. "What's the panic? There are only one or two ghosts nearby. Do you think there are fewer ghosts outside this building? If you want to survive, you have to fight for your lives. If I don't lead the way, you won't even have the courage to explore this place. Now I can tell you the truth: the exit from this place is on this floor."

"If you find it, you can leave sooner."

There was an exit hidden in a jigsaw puzzle background, so he was pretty sure that the city's exit was on the third floor of this building.

"Now keep quiet and calm down. I need to check the bodies on the ground. You guys keep an eye on the surrounding area."

He assigned tasks very forcefully, leaving them no choice. Even if it was confirmed that there was something fishy going on, they had to bite the bullet and do it anyway.

Yang Jian then remained calm and began to squat down to examine a corpse.

The corpse was almost completely decomposed, leaving only a layer of disgusting hair and blackened bones.

Yang Jian roughly confirmed the deceased's identity by examining the clothes on the body.

Although Ghost Tamer are no different from ordinary people after death, since they chose to enter this place, they must have brought some equipment with them. Through these items, it can be determined whether the Ghost Tamer team that died here is the one from abroad that was wiped out.

"There was nothing on the body."

Yang Jian lowered his head and went to look for another corpse nearby.

Soon, he found a special model of pistol in the hand of a nearby corpse.

After a casual inspection, Yang Jian's expression darkened. The pistol still had a few unused bullets remaining. The bullets were made of gold, and he couldn't affect them with his Ghost Shadow technique.

"This is a Ghost Tamer from abroad."

This piece of equipment almost certainly confirms the person's identity during their lifetime.

He then began examining the other bodies.

Yang Jian found it strange that some of the corpses had no weapons and looked normal, most likely ordinary people. However, a few corpses had some special equipment and weapons left behind, which were meant for Ghost Tamer.

"Five people with equipment, suspected to Ghost Tamer; twelve ordinary human corpses; a total of seventeen corpses. No, that's not right. There's still a room that hasn't been searched; perhaps there are other corpses inside."

"But regardless, the number of corpses matching the characteristics is indeed enough to form a team of Ghost Tamer."

"Our previous guess was most likely correct. This is the place where those people from overseas were wiped out. Moreover, there were no signs of struggle near the bodies, so they weren't trapped to death, but killed by ghosts."

Yang Jian's eyes flickered as he thought of this.

As for why the bodies decomposed at different degrees, that's easy to understand.

After the Ghost Tamer dies, the ghost remains inside the body, and the corpse will be preserved for a considerable period of time.

"Didn't any of these people escape? Or were they all bewildered by the Ghost Painting's constant restarting?" Yang Jian didn't think the Ghost Painting was that scary.

To wipe out such a team, Ghost Painting will definitely keep restarting.

Six months ago, paranormal events weren't as serious; back then, encountering a ghost that could restart was definitely a nightmare.

Now, with the sharing of information about paranormal events such as the Starvation Ghost Incident Ghost Coffin Incident, the Headquarters of the Ghost Society in various countries must already know about its resurgence and will take precautions accordingly.

Last time, when Yang Jian encountered a ghost painting in Miao Xiaoshan's school dormitory, he wouldn't have been able to imprison a painting so easily if he hadn't been experienced.

"What a pity, a whole group of people wiped out in such a godforsaken place. If they had had more information or experienced more supernatural events, they certainly wouldn't have died such a pathetic death."

Yang Jian collected some usable items and confirmed that there was nothing unusual about the corpse before turning his attention away.

"Yang Jian, something's not right."

At this moment, Li Yang suddenly said in a trembling voice, "I just saw a dark shadow move around a few times at the door of that room over there. I shouldn't be mistaken, the door to that room wasn't closed, and there was definitely a dark shadow moving around inside."

Although it was inside an apartment building, the world of the ghost paintings was not pitch black. Even without a light source, everything around was clearly visible. Although it was dim and gray, it was still highly recognizable.

Yang Jian immediately looked up in the direction Li Yang had indicated.

There, the door to one of the rooms was slightly ajar.

He didn't see any moving shadows, but Li Yang was certain because he had been looking in that direction the whole time, observing the situation.

"In the room?"

Yang Jian's expression shifted, and he looked up the old wooden staircase.

There's a good chance a ghost is on the stairs upstairs.

He guessed that the ghost wouldn't come down until footsteps were heard.

"Let's go take a look," Yang Jian said directly.

The room was already within his search area, and he wouldn't let such a suspicious place slip by.

He immediately walked straight to the unlocked room.

"It could be a ghost from a ghost painting, or it could be an unknown vengeful spirit lingering on this floor. After all, there have been quite a few Ghost Tamer have died here," Yang Jian thought to himself.

He arrived at the door and opened it directly.

A faint light shone from inside.

Yang Jian looked up and saw a window next to the living room. Outside the window was a hazy gray scene, connecting to the outside of the building. In contrast to the outside, the view inside the house was actually clearer.

"There's a window! We can get out of this damn place through the window!" Jimmy behind him said excitedly.

Li Yang immediately grabbed him; "Jimmy, calm down. We need to follow Mr. Yang's instructions. He's the professional. Any recklessness could kill us here."

"What did he say that made him so agitated?" Yang Jian asked without turning his head.

"He said we could leave through that window," Li Yang said.

Leave?

A cold smile appeared on Yang Jian's lips, "Don't you guys even think about why all the other windows disappeared, but that one window remained?"

This reminder made Li Yang's eyes widen immediately.

"There are two reasons. One is that another ghost is interfering with the house, so the ghost painting couldn't change that side. The other is... a trap."

Yang Jian analyzed the reasons and said, "You all stay here, I'll go in and take a look."

Whether it's a trap or not, he has to find out for himself.

After crossing the gate, Yang Jian clearly sensed that the atmosphere inside the house was different from that outside.

There was a strange feeling that I couldn't quite describe.

It was already confirmed that there was something unusual in the room, so Yang Jian was very cautious.

But he didn't move slowly. As soon as he entered the room, he began to search quickly, both for the unknown ghost in the room and for any ghost paintings that might exist.

Yang Jian wasn't too worried about being attacked by ghosts, so he acted very boldly and even dared to make some noise on his own.

Soon.

After searching around, his gaze fell on the single sofa in front of the television in the innermost part of the living room.

Yang Jian saw that there was a strange person sitting on the sofa shrouded in darkness.

The person's figure was obscured by the sofa; only one arm could be seen resting on the armrest, motionless, as if they had been sitting there for a long time.

His gaze sharpened, and he moved a few steps to the side, trying to change his position to get a better view.

Although he changed his position, he still couldn't see clearly who was sitting on the sofa. He could only make out a rotten, pitted arm on the armrest through the dim light from the window. It seemed that the person on the sofa had been dead for a long time.

"Another unknown ghost?"

Yang Jian did not approach; he could confirm that the things in the room had nothing to do with the ghost painting.

If that's the case, then there's no need for him to get close.

So he chose to retreat and leave the room without disturbing the ghost, thus saving himself a lot of trouble.

After taking several steps back, Yang Jian immediately turned around and chose to leave.

But just as he turned around, he seemed to catch a glimpse out of the corner of his eye and vaguely saw a figure flash past the living room. The figure passed by the window, blocking the light and making the surroundings suddenly darken.

"Um?"

Yang Jian's expression changed drastically. Because he didn't have the Ghost Eye, he lost sight of what was behind him and could only turn around again and again.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that the person who had been sitting on the living room sofa was gone.

The old single sofa was empty; no longer was the corpse sitting on it. It seemed that the figure that had just passed by the window was that corpse.

"A ghost is roaming around in this house," Yang Jian thought to himself.

Before he could think any further, a chilling aura emanated from behind him, accompanied by the faint smell of rotting corpses.

"Bang!"

The door, which had been open, slammed shut after a figure flashed by.

Yang Jian turned around again to look in the direction of the door, but found nothing. He didn't see the corpse walking in the house, nor did he find the ghost that might have appeared behind him earlier, but the door was closed by the ghost.

"You won't let me go?"