Stopping Everything

Headquarters is urgently contacting Liu Xiaoyu, attempting to find key clues about controlling the Ghost Infant by working with people around Yang Jian.

This is especially important; it is key to salvaging this failed experiment.

Wang Xiaoming had considered asking others for support, but he rejected the idea as soon as it came to mind. Under these circumstances, who could stop the out-of-control Yang Jian and Wei Jing from joining forces?

Moreover, continued confrontation will only make things worse.

As the lights inside the building dimmed, almost going out, the Ghost Domain began to invade from underground, gradually affecting each floor.

This is Yang Jian's Ghost Domain.

Although the lockdown of the five underground levels provided some relief, it was not a complete seal-off.

"Ghosts go out by opening the door."

As Wang Xiaoming climbed the stairs, he found that the doors on every floor were open, which made things even more difficult for him.

What does this mean? It means that ghosts may very well possess the memories of the living.

The ghost imprisoned in the portrait on the memorial tablet was more unusual than I had imagined.

He was panting as he chased after them.

The first, second, and third floors of the building had already been corrupted by the Ghost Domain, but just as the Ghost Domain reached the fourth floor, something unusual happened.

The hungry ghost in the second stage, also known as the ghost child.

It's located on the fourth floor.

The ghost child has been chasing a strange figure that has invaded the building, but due to some kind of weakness, it has never been able to kill or drive away the strange figure that has invaded the building.

However, when the Ghost Domain descended from the third floor, the ghost child was naturally enveloped within it.

The ghost child, who was in the Ghost Domain of Yang Jian, had one of his weaknesses improved.

The relentless ghost child stopped, clutching a rotting human head. It tilted its head slightly, watching the eerie figure fleeing in haste, no longer chasing after it, but watching it recede into the distance.

The Ghost Domain continued to spread, from the fourth floor to the fifth.

The eerie figure moving inside the building seemed to have noticed something as well. It became impatient, its footsteps quickening, leaving puddles of foul-smelling water on the ground.

But no matter how fast that figure was, it couldn't possibly outrun the Ghost Domain that Yang Jian was unleashing.

Therefore, the eerie figure was panicking and fleeing, no longer caring about continuing to entangle with the ghost child.

On the fifth floor, a window in a corridor was open.

The eerie figure immediately went to the window, attempting to climb out and jump from the fifth floor to get away from the building, as it realized that the situation here was beyond its expectations and the existence of the ghost child was an unexpected variable.

If a ghost of low terror level encounters a second-stage starving ghost, there will only be one consequence.

That is one of the pieces of the puzzle: to be eaten and become a starving ghost.

A strange figure had already climbed onto the window.

However, just as the figure was about to leave, the ghost child appeared behind them.

At that moment, the ghost child finally caught up.

A small, bluish-black hand grabbed the eerie figure about to jump out of the window.

At this moment, the eerie figure finally revealed its true form: a humanoid silhouette with only a head and limbs, but no facial features, no hair, no fingers, and no toes. It was like a skeleton draped in a terrifying dead skin.

The moment the eerie figure was grabbed by the ghost child.

Water was seeping from the dark brown skin of the dead man, as if in resistance.

However, the black shroud worn by the ghost child could withstand the damage from supernatural forces. Even Yang Jian's five-layered Ghost Domain and the revived ghost rope could not harm it. The water that kept seeping out dripped onto the ghost child's body, but was blocked by the shroud and had no effect.

The ghost child opened its mouth, a pitch-black, empty maw that resembled an abyss, ready to swallow the ghost before it.

The seemingly harmless ghost child finally revealed the terrifying nature of a second-stage starving ghost.

That's all.

The strange intruder that had entered the building began to shrivel up little by little, and large amounts of bodily fluids were disappearing.

And the ghost child's belly was gradually bulging.

The eerie figure writhed and struggled incessantly at the window, trying to break free from the ghost child's control, but all to no avail. It was already clear from the previous confrontation that this ghost that had entered the building was unable to resist the ghost child and had only been stalling for time.

As the out-of-control Ghost Domain of Yang Jian spread.

The ghost child possessed the ability to freely appear within the Ghost Domain, so this eerie figure could not escape.

Soon.

The strange person in front of them vanished, leaving only a dark brown human skin lying on the ground.

The ghost child was soaking wet, as if it had just taken a bath, and reeked of a strong stench of corpses. It paused for a moment, staring at the dark brown human skin on the ground, seemingly judging whether it conformed to its killing patterns. After a while, the ghost child made a move, opening its mouth and reaching out to eat it.

But at that moment, the ghost child suddenly turned his head and stopped, his pair of scarlet, pupil-less eyes looking towards the lobby on the first floor of the building.

Immediately afterwards, the ghost child disappeared from the fifth floor.

Because its killing patterns have been triggered again, and something is trying to leave the building, it has to stop it.

Ghost children roam freely within the Ghost Domain, arriving at the gate in the blink of an eye. Holding a rotting human head, it set its sights on a new target: two invisible figures, detectable only by the ghost child.

As the two figures gradually emerged from the Ghost Domain and appeared in the middle of the hall, it became clear that they were Yang Jian and Wei Jing, both with strange expressions.

With the help of the out-of-control Ghost Domain, the ghost child dealt with the strange person who had invaded the building, but now it will face two top Ghost Tamer who are controlled by ghosts.

The out-of-control Yang Jian and Wei Jing did not actively attack the ghost child. It seemed that the ghost controlling them did not want to stay here. They wanted to leave and go somewhere else. However, when they left the building, they triggered the ghost child's killing pattern and attracted the ghost child.

This situation was unexpected by everyone.

The ghost child stood at the gate, soaking wet, tilting its head as it looked at Yang Jian and Wei Jing.

At this moment, Yang Jian, with a strange expression, took the first step and disappeared. He tried to use the Ghost Domain to leave the building directly, without intending to walk out step by step.

However, the next moment...

Yang Jian, who had just disappeared, reappeared in the hall, stiffly taking several steps back before being stopped.

The rotting human head held in the ghost child's hands opened its eyes. The deathly gray eyeballs moved slightly, like a resurrected vengeful ghost, staring unmovingly at Yang Jian directly in front of it. A terrifying vengeful ghost power appeared and landed on Yang Jian invisibly, forcibly suppressing him back.

Moreover, the oppressive feeling from being stared at by a rotting dead man's head is continuous.

Yang Jian, who was being controlled by the ghost, seemed to have been defeated by this suppression. He became motionless, standing in place like a cold corpse.

This is a battle between ghosts.

It seems that the rotting dead head has gained a slight advantage, but not a significant one, because a Ghost Eye on Yang Jian's forehead is still restlessly turning, indicating that the Ghost Domain is still covering the building, but the spread has stopped and it has not continued to revive.

The suppression was not complete; it only temporarily achieved a certain balance.

But it wasn't just the out-of-control Yang Jian who wanted to leave the building.

Wei Jing, who was standing to the side, also moved at this moment. He was unable to use the Ghost Domain because the Ghost Eye's Ghost Domain coverage affected him, but this did not hinder his actions.

With a strange expression Wei Jing walked step by step towards the gate, intending to leave.

Even without using the Ghost Domain, he would still walk out.

The ghost child's killing pattern is not targeted at one person, but at everyone, even ghosts. Even if Yang Jian is controlled by a ghost, it will still attack the current Yang Jian unless Yang Jian speaks up to change its killing pattern.

But Yang Jian is clearly unable to do that now.

Wei Jing walked over step by step.

This being, codenamed the Ghost Messenger, will become even more terrifying after being invaded by other ghosts.

The ghost child tilted its head, looking at Wei Jing and then at Yang Jian. It seemed to lack its own thoughts and didn't know whether to stop Yang Jian or Wei Jing, since it had only been born a few months ago and was still quite ignorant.

However, it is not simply a second-stage Ghost Infant; it is an anomaly conceived by the Ghost Eye Yang Jian, the living Wang Shanshan, and the starving ghost.

This is an exceptional case nowhere else in the world.

Therefore, ghost children possess both the eeriness of ghosts and some characteristics of living people.

The ghost child seemed to be thinking at this moment. It was growing because it had just eaten a ghost, and now it had the conditions to continue growing. According to the pattern of starving ghosts, the ghost child should have reached the third stage at this time.

Although the ghost child appears unchanged, some unknown changes have definitely occurred.

It quickly made its choice, and at that moment, it put down the strange human head it was holding.

The rotting dead head continued to stare at Yang Jian, neither moving, maintaining a stalemate.

The ghost child himself walked in front of Wei Jing, his fierce, bloodshot eyes fixed on him, waiting for Wei Jing to cross the hall door so he could attack him.

Now.

A heavy breathing sound accompanied by hurried footsteps appeared at the bottom of the stairs on the first floor.

Wang Xiaoming climbed up from the fifth basement level. He was a bit weak, and it was quite a struggle to run up from the bottom in one go. So, he leaned against the wall, panting heavily with a flushed face.

"We made it."

When he saw this scene in the lobby on the first floor, his eyes narrowed slightly, showing a mixture of surprise and inexplicable delight.

The ghost child actually stopped Yang Jian and Wei Jing.

No.

Currently, only Yang Jian has been stopped; Wei Jing is still active and will soon be fighting against the Ghost Child.

Ghost Messenger fight against starving ghosts.

Although it's not a true confrontation at the source, Wang Xiaoming is still very much looking forward to the outcome.