The Reversed Situation

The ghost child, who had not yet fully matured, was unable to stop Wei Jing from leaving. Yang Jian was only able to be stopped because of the rotting dead man's head. The ghost child was currently wearing Ghost Shroud, which gave him more resistance to damage caused by other vengeful ghosts.

Therefore, even if Wei Jing suppressed the ghost child, he was unable to kill it. Without continuous suppression, the ghost child could come back to life.

This is crucial.

Yang Jian chose to have the ghost child wear the Ghost Shroud because he was worried about one thing: the ghost child wasn't a real ghost and might be killed.

He had killed the second-stage Ghost Infant before when he was in Dachang City.

As for why the ghost child isn't allowed to control other ghosts, it's to prevent the ghost child from going out of control, so Yang Jian is very conservative in his choice of ghosts.

Now, the conservative approach has worked.

Wang Xiaoming didn't need the ghost child to stop Yang Jian; he just needed the ghost child to be alive.

Wei Jing continued walking forward, stepping on the dead infant on the ground. He had already left the building and was about to reach the street outside. He wasn't moving very fast, and it looked like it might take him several hours to reach the city center.

But don't forget, Wei Jing also has Ghost Domain, it's just that his Ghost Domain was affected by Yang Jian's Ghost Domain.

However, the area covered by Yang Jian's current Ghost Domain is not very large.

At this pace, Wei Jing would be able to leave Yang Jian's Ghost Domain in just a few minutes.

Now.

The ghost child, which had been motionless on the ground, opened its eyes again. Its killing pattern remained unchanged; it would not stop until it was dead. It was going to continue its third attack on Wei Jing.

At that moment, a voice came from the phone; it was Wang Shanshan's voice. "From now until nine o'clock tomorrow, you will obey Wang Xiaoming's orders."

Although it was a telephone conversation, Wang Shanshan knew that she could command the ghost child with her words. She had tried this before, so she was very confident. As for whether the command would work and whether it would allow Wang Xiaoming to command the ghost child, Wang Shanshan was not sure. She could only try and see.

The ghost child, who had already stood up, suddenly stopped, tilted his head, and looked at Wang Xiaoming. His eerie red eyes moved slightly, as if he was thinking and judging.

However, the old commands are no longer valid.

The killing patterns that Yang Jian had previously given to the ghost child were altered by Wang Shanshan, so it did not continue to attack Wei Jing.

"Did it work?" Wang Xiaoming's eyes flickered slightly. "Whether it works or not, we'll know once we try."

"Come over."

Wang Xiaoming was quick to learn and immediately gave orders to the ghost child. If it were anyone else, seeing a ghost standing right in front of them, they would be lucky not to run away, let alone give orders.

The ghost child vanished the next moment.

It didn't come to Wang Xiaoming's side, but it didn't completely disobey his commands either. Instead, it appeared behind a counter in the hall, peeking out at him, seemingly spying, or perhaps trying to hide itself.

This is because the ghost child cannot appear in front of living people and must avoid crowds.

Wang Xiaoming is a living person, so the ghost child must avoid him, but he must obey orders.

Faced with these two conflicts, the ghost child adopted a compromise: although it passed by, it went into hiding.

"It worked. Wang Shanshan's order took effect, and I have temporarily gained control of the Ghost Infant." Wang Xiaoming saw the Ghost Infant hiding behind the cabinet.

Although the attempt didn't yield perfect results, at least it allowed us to try and cope with the current situation.

"Eat this thing, control it." Wang Xiaoming threw out the bloodstained memorial tablet that no longer bore a portrait.

The ghost child who had been peeking out at Wang Xiaoming suddenly ran out and disappeared in the blink of an eye. All that could be seen was a bluish-black hand touching the memorial tablet, and then the tablet on the ground vanished.

The ghost child hid behind the counter again.

Wang Xiaoming's command had the same effect; the ghost child's pitch-black mouth opened again.

Judging from its physical structure, such a small ghost child shouldn't be able to swallow an entire memorial tablet. However, it's clearly impossible to judge by common sense. The ghost child forcefully stuffed the memorial tablet into its mouth, its head was even stretched out of shape, but it was completely unharmed.

Soon.

This affected the results of the experiment, causing the spirit tablets of the two people to be swallowed whole by the ghost child.

If we don't count the ghost child's Ghost Shroud.

It has now swallowed the corpse water and this memorial tablet. Perhaps they are not two complete ghosts, but at least they can be considered two incomplete ghost puzzle pieces.

"He successfully ate it." Wang Xiaoming walked to the side and saw the ghost child behind the counter from another angle.

Its belly swelled up so much that it strained against its burial clothes, making it look more and more like the starving ghost that had been imprisoned.

And in a short while, the ghost child, who was originally only about five or six years old, grew taller and larger. Although he was still a child, he should now be around nine or ten years old. He was no longer a Ghost Infant, but a truly eerie child.

"Wei Jing shouldn't have gone far; there's still time." Wang Xiaoming glanced outside.

You can still see Wei Jing's back.

Meanwhile, Yang Jian and the rotting dead head in the hall remained in a stalemate and confrontation, without losing their balance and causing a new supernatural event, which was a very good thing.

The situation has now turned around.

At this moment, Wang Xiaoming took out a black and white portrait from his pocket. This portrait was the one that had just fallen from the memorial tablet, and it contained the true consciousness of Yang Jian.

"According to our previous thinking, the spirit tablet was successfully consumed by the Ghost Infant. It should now possess the spirit tablet's abilities, allowing it to manipulate the consciousness of the living. Even if this ability is insignificant, it can play a crucial role right now."

Immediately, Wang Xiaoming handed the portrait of Yang Jian to Gui Tong and gave the order, "Send Yang Jian's consciousness back into his body."

Give the order.

The ghost child disappeared again, and began to wander through the Ghost Domain once more. Then, a small, bluish-black hand appeared beside Wang Xiaoming, and a pulling force appeared.

The portrait representing Yang Jian was immediately taken away.

After taking the portrait, the ghost child ran around the hall, sometimes disappearing and sometimes reappearing. It seemed incredibly joyful in the Ghost Domain. In the end, this terrifying child with bluish-black skin appeared next to Yang Jian's corpse.

The ghost child looked up at Yang Jian's corpse, then at the photo in its hand. Then it jumped up and slapped the black-and-white portrait against Yang Jian's forehead.

The black-and-white portrait photo, stained with thick, scarlet blood, was now stuck to the corpse's forehead.

The ghost child has taken control of the spirit tablet and possesses the ability to swap consciousness. This seemingly simple action actually represents a swap of consciousness.

If you look closely, you'll notice that the eerie smile on Yang Jian's face is gradually disappearing, and at the same time, the scarlet blood on the black and white memorial tablet is rapidly dripping down, revealing the true face of the photo.

Previously, when Wang Xiaoming held the photo, he couldn't remove the bloodstains no matter how hard he tried. The blood seemed to have soaked into the photo, and he couldn't wash it off.

But now the blood is actively peeling off the photos.

"It's another kind of eeriness." Wang Xiaoming noticed the blood dripping from the photo and keenly sensed that something was wrong.

He couldn't explain why something was wrong, because he lacked experience and couldn't analyze the cause.

Too many unexpected things happened today; many things have completely exceeded expectations.

As blood dripped from the portrait, Yang Jian's face, covered in blood, was revealed. In the photo, Yang Jian was calm, because he had already accepted the outcome of the consciousness transfer during the experiment, so he showed no panic or fear, like a...

People who die peacefully experience no pain, no struggle, and no fear.

Unlike Guo Fan's previous grotesque portrait, this one was different.

But now, with the switching of consciousness, Yang Jian in the photo has changed.

Yang Jian, who had been calm and serene, suddenly revealed a strange smile, his eyes seeming to be peering into the outside world through a photograph, giving off an indescribable sense of unease.

Soon.

The black and white portrait with a strange smile that was pasted on Yang Jian's forehead slowly fell off.

With the end of the consciousness swap, Yang Jian broke free from the constraints of the portrait and successfully came back to life.

The next moment.

Yang Jian opened his eyes, as if he had been awakened from a long sleep, and looked around at the world again.

"Isn't this the ghost coffin from the lab? Did something go wrong halfway through?"

He saw everything around him and instantly knew where he was. He was in the lobby on the first floor of the building, not in the experimental room on the fifth basement level. But then Yang Jian also realized that the short, repetitive music playing in his mind had disappeared and stopped.

This proves that although there was a problem with the experiment, his Music Box Curse was resolved.

"But why is this rotting human head staring at me?" Yang Jian tried to control the ghost inside his body, but found himself being suppressed.

On the ground directly in front of me, a rotting human head stared at me with a pair of grayish-white eyes.

This is a terrifying gaze, possessing the eerie ability to kill instantly.

However, Yang Jian noticed the ghost child beside him. Although he couldn't understand the current situation, it didn't stop him from giving the order, "Put away that dead man's head."

The ghost child immediately ran over and picked up the dead man's head that was staring at Yang Jian.

Immediately, Yang Jian felt a sense of relief throughout his body, regained sensation, and was able to move around. At the same time, he could also sense the ghost inside his body.

Contrary to his expectations, Yang Jian found his body to be perfectly calm.

The ghosts exist, but they are far from being able to revive.

It seems that a new balance has been reached.

This is incredible.

Yang Jian was somewhat surprised. He knew that when he was under the curse of the music box, he had already used the Ghost Eye to a very dangerous extent. He was worried that after the curse of the music box was resolved, he would have to face the danger of the Ghost Eye reviving.

Why is this happening?

At that moment, he saw that his originally pale and stiff ghost hand had turned black. It seemed that his palm had been eroded by some kind of supernatural force, causing some kind of special change.

It now looks a bit like... the hand of Ghost Messenger.

It also possesses the abilities of a true Ghost Messenger, capable of suppressing ghosts.

Although Yang Jian still had one spot left to suppress the demon, this time was different. This time he was strengthened, as the fact that his Ghost Eye was completely suppressed was the best proof of that.

"Now is not the time for you to worry about your physical changes. The plan has run into problems and unexpected events have occurred. Not only have you lost control, but Wei Jing has also been controlled by a ghost and is currently leaving this place. If you are still in good condition, go and help stop him. I'm worried that something terrible might happen."

Suddenly, Wang Xiaoming's voice rang out from the side.

He stared at Yang Jian, observing him, still feeling a little uneasy.

After all, even he himself is a little confused about who the ghost is now.

"Has Wei Jing lost control?" Yang Jian noticed Wei Jing leaving the area at that moment.

I hadn't paid much attention before, but now that I'm looking closely, I realize that Wei Jing's condition is indeed very unusual. He doesn't show any signs of being alive at all, unlike before when, although he was numb and cold, he was at least still conscious.

"The experiment was a trap set by a ghost. Guo Fan in the spirit tablet didn't even know he was being controlled by a vengeful spirit. So what entered your body before wasn't Guo Fan, but the ghost in the spirit tablet. Now that ghost should have invaded Wei Jing's body."

"This invasion is infectious; that's the only conclusion I can draw," Wang Xiaoming said.

Yang Jian frowned. He was most worried about the trap happening before the experiment, and it still happened. However, it seemed that the trap had been deactivated when he woke up.

Was it the presence of the ghost child as a backup plan that played a crucial role?

I'll think about that later.

Yang Jian said at this moment, "When I first saw the ghost coffin, I noticed that there was a memorial tablet in front of it. So the memorial tablet and the ghost coffin are very likely the same ghost. Wei Jing's loss of control was not an accident. It was most likely because the ghost found the puzzle piece. How could the consciousness of a living person fight against a real ghost?"

"There's no reason why both of them should lose control at the same time," Wang Xiaoming noticed the flaw in the argument.

"I don't know. Maybe there's something wrong with me, or maybe it's like you said before, that the ghosts in the spirit tablets are contagious and anyone who uses a spirit tablet will be corrupted by the ghosts. I was corrupted after using one. Wei Jing didn't use one, but because he was a piece of the Ghost Messenger puzzle, he was also corrupted."

Yang Jian quickly said, "But that's not the point. The point is that I broke the curse of the music box and survived."

"Since Wei Jing is out of control now, I'll be a good guy and help you deal with him, so there won't be any more trouble later."

After saying that, he was about to take action.

Yang Jian already disliked Wei Jing, so this was a perfect opportunity to eliminate him.

Wang Xiaoming immediately said, "No, I fed the spirit tablet to the Ghost Infant. It has the ability to swap consciousness. You can continue to imprison that ghost and let Wei Jing recover."

Wei Jing is very special and powerful, so it's worth saving him.

"What? You let the ghost child eat the memorial tablet?"

Yang Jian was somewhat surprised. He looked at the ghost child and, sure enough, the ghost child's belly was swollen. He wondered what strange things it had eaten during his slumber.

"However, killing Wei Jing and rescuing Wei Jing are two different things in terms of difficulty." Then he changed the subject. "What conditions can you offer me?"

"Let's keep things separate. The matter of the Eight-Tone Curse is over. We're even now. What's left is to settle accounts clearly. Of course, if you think I'm mercenary, you can find someone else to deal with Wei Jing. I have no objection."

He felt that Wei Jing could fetch a good price.

Extracting more from Wang Xiaoming would benefit his future survival.

"Now is not the time to talk about this," Wang Xiaoming said.

"That's true, but at least we should give a general outline of the conditions," Yang Jian, "So we don't go back on our word later."

Wang Xiaoming didn't speak, but simply held up three fingers.

"Good."

Yang Jian responded and, with the ghost child, disappeared from the hall, chasing after Wei Jing.

"Three" refers to three conditions.

One condition can be exchanged for one ghost candle, which can help someone control a second ghost.

Or perhaps they could take away a supernatural object from Headquarters.

That price is already considered quite high.

Moreover, Yang Jian also wanted to see exactly how the ghost child swapped the consciousness of the living, and at the same time, he wanted to see the specific changes in himself.

Wei Jing is a good target to try.