Chapter 521 - Chapter 521: 518

Chapter 521: 518

Entering code name: The World of Ghost Drawing’s Ghost Domain, the situation was more complicated than imagined.

Everything seen and experienced here was eerily unprecedented, and the information obtained from foreign archives was very limited, with even some important information and warnings intentionally reduced or deleted.

The information in the archives was of no help to Li Jun and his team.

They had to figure everything out for themselves.

They certainly wouldn’t forget that this seemingly harmless Ghost Domain had already wiped out a top-level ghost tamer team from abroad six months ago, causing a large number of innocent people to go missing.

If it weren’t for that, the incident wouldn’t have been classified as an S-class paranormal event.

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In the world shrouded in gray, ashes-like substances fluttered endlessly. Anything from the real world was isolated here; it was like stepping into the underworld of hell itself, and various eerie atmospheres revealed in the silence made one feel oppressively suffocated.

Li Jun, Leuk San, Su Fan… The five of them had planned to check on the Ghost Envoy, but when they reached their destination, they discovered that everything familiar had vanished.

A village appeared before them, taking the place of what should have been the Ghost Envoy.

Everyone understood what this village truly meant.

The whole village, including its buildings, was part of the ghost.

Because they knew, they stopped outside the village, not daring to move forward anymore, for fear that they might face an attack from the daunting Ghost Envoy.

“It seems we now have a situation that wasn’t part of the plan. We’re facing a deadlock, caught between a rock and a hard place,”

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Leuk San’s sickly face revealed a strange smile, “The only good news is that we haven’t been attacked by the fearsome ghosts yet, be it the Ghost Envoy or the World of Ghost Drawing, things are relatively calm for now.”

“But I don’t think this calm will last forever, right? If something unexpected happens, we will end up like that foreign team, annihilated here. Even with our weird abilities to save our lives, it’s still hard to say if we can make it out alive, after all, we’re dealing with two S-class paranormal events, and nobody can be sure.”

Li Jun’s expression was gravely serious, the plan was to use the Ghost Domain of the World of Ghost Drawing to subdue the Ghost Envoy and then capture it. If something went wrong, they would retreat immediately. Although unexpected changes were anticipated, the probability should have been low.

Indeed.

When dealing with paranormal incidents, one can’t count on luck. What you fear most often comes to pass.

“Li Jun, you’re leading the team this time. Don’t you have any ideas?” asked another ghost tamer; “If we need to leave now, it shouldn’t be difficult, especially with Su Fan here. He should know the way out.”

After speaking, he glanced at Su Fan, who was still playing with his cellphone.

But Su Fan slowly spoke up: “The way out may not be safe. It might be the most dangerous choice, but now I have a suggestion.”

“Let’s hear it,” Li Jun immediately asked.

Pointing towards the village, Su Fan said, “Enter the village, capture the Ghost Envoy.”

“Are you joking? That could get us all killed if we’re not careful, and it’s not as if you haven’t seen the file on the Ghost Envoy,” the man exclaimed.

“The original name was the Ghost Coffin incident. Who solved that?” Su Fan asked.

“It was Yang Jian. I met him half a year ago. The first time I saw him, he was outside a village. Back then, he and Feng Quan, along with another ghost tamer, successfully resolved the Ghost Coffin incident,” Li Jun recounted, remembering when he first met Yang Jian and how they almost came to blows.

Back then, Yang Jian was a truly dangerous youth. He has improved a lot since, at least he has become somewhat steadier.

“If Yang Jian was able to resolve the Ghost Coffin within the village, then why can’t we?” Su Fan looked at the others and said, “Back then, Yang Jian only had one ghost under his control. If he could solve it with those conditions, why can’t we, a top-level ghost tamer team, solve it? Or are you all scared by the Ghost Envoy incident?”

“And I have a feeling the way out is within the village.”

As he finished speaking, he put down his cellphone.

Because in the game he played just now, his character died no matter which path he took, even if he stayed put; only after entering the village did his character survive for a while.

This keen insight led Su Fan to sense that there lay the safest place.

“How sure are you?” Leuk San asked after a pause.

With no certainty, Su Fan replied, “It’s only a speculation, who dares claim they’re confident in the face of an event of this level? But I can feel the Ghost Envoy has been suppressed; otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a change. It’s the initial state of the Ghost Coffin incident. Though dangerous at the time, the Ghost Coffin could at least be captured.”

“And the previous Ghost Envoy incident? It was uncapturable, unrestricted, a genuine Unsolvable Level paranormal event.”

“The various changes occurring in The World of Ghost Drawing may be worse than before, but there’s also a chance for a breakthrough.”

Li Jun fell into thought upon hearing this suggestion.

Su Fan’s point was simple: since the Ghost Envoy incident had already escalated to such severity, there is no reason for it to become worse now. This change might be a positive one, not a negative one.

We’re just scaring ourselves.

“Su Fan is right. Although the archives have given us some intelligence, they can also mislead us. There’s nothing to fear. If Yang Jian could capture the Ghost Coffin here, so can we. Let’s enter the village, and if worst comes to worst, we’ll die there,” Li Jun decided, his expression steely.

This mission had to be completed. Turning around to flee might allow an escape from this place but would also mean losing the only chance to capture the Ghost Coffin.

Although it was different from the original plan.

But no matter how smart the planner, it’s impossible to predict every situation; they are the ones who must make the decisions.

Enter the village?

Hearing what Li Jun said, a faint heaviness descended on the hearts of the others.

Were they to have a direct confrontation with the Ghost Envoy?

“I don’t care. Dying a few more times doesn’t really affect me. What if we win?”

A twisted smile spread across Leuk San’s sickly face, his yellowing skin creasing like crumpled sheets of yellow paper, striking fear in the hearts of those who saw it.

“Then let’s not waste words, let’s move,” Li Jun declared.

The others did not respond, tacitly accepting Li Jun’s plan, knowing they had no room to refuse; after all, they were already involved, and backing out now would be impossible to explain to the headquarters.

Once the decision was made.

The five of them began crossing the road.

The village was extraordinarily quiet.

Not a sound to be heard, not even the chirping of an insect, which was a stark contrast to their initial visit.

“What is that?” Suddenly, Su Fan pointed at the entrance of the first house upon entering the village.

An old brick-and-tile house stood before them, its facade dimly lit, but within, a shadowy figure seemed to be watching them from the darkness, eyeing these five strangers.

“A hanged corpse.”

Li Jun’s gaze flickered as he saw the body of a dead person hanging from the house’s beams, feet dangling off the ground and swaying slightly.

“That rope…”

But then, Li Jun’s heart sank when he spotted the straw rope around the corpse’s neck.

It was the same Ghost Rope that had been forcibly taken away by the Ghost Envoy at the training base, previously in Yang Jian’s hands.

“It’s the same one.”

Li Jun even noted that the other end of the rope was wrapped with gold, a clear sign that it indeed was the genuine Ghost Rope, not merely a derivative.

“The Ghost Rope in Yang Jian’s hands was in a state of revival. If there were no other ghosts to suppress it, the Ghost Rope would immediately launch indiscriminate attacks. But why is it so calm this time…” Li Jun furrowed his brows.

He had received intelligence about the Ghost Rope from Yang Jian.

“Is it because of that body?”

Finally, Li Jun’s gaze returned to the body hanging beneath the beam.

Perhaps it was not really a corpse at all but an actual… ghost.

The Ghost Rope and this ghost had entered into a delicate balance.

“Keep moving forward, ignore that thing. We only have one target,” Li Jun said after observing for a moment, deciding not to dwell on it and continuing ahead.

Meanwhile, he made a conjecture.

If the entire village was part of the Ghost Coffin, then the presence of the Ghost Rope here implied that the ghosts from inside the Ghost Coffin had been dispersed.

Maybe, this was truly a good opportunity.

They continued on.

In the third house of the village, they saw another figure sitting in a wooden wicker chair, its face indiscernible because although it was sitting upright, the head was twisted 180 degrees to look backward, the back of its hair-dense head facing them.

The body was already decaying; the hands resting on the wicker chair showed signs of livor mortis, and the legs were particularly stiff. A foul stench wafted from inside the house.

As if it had been dead for many days.

“Another ghost,” Li Jun remarked after glancing at the body, his heart sinking once more.

The previous Ghost Rope, the hanged man it bore, and this body with its twisted head… they had hardly been in the village for long and had already confirmed the presence of at least three ghosts.

“If all these things wake up, then we…” The heavily made-up woman showed a look of unease.

Clearly, they could see that all these ordinary rural houses were inhabited not by people, but by real ghosts.

For some reason, though, these ghosts seemed to be suppressed, showing no sign of activity.

But a ghost is a ghost.

Even if they are still now, it doesn’t mean they won’t suddenly become active later.

“Find the Ghost Coffin. According to the files, its location should be in a house in front of the village,” Li Jun said, looking down the road within the village.

The distance wasn’t great, just about a thousand meters at most.

But passing by each house and seeing what was inside was enough to make one’s blood run cold.

Not all houses contained something, though; some were empty.

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