Chapter 739 706 Requirements for Replacement

Yang Jian encountered this “father” in his nightmare and got a lot of information, resolving many doubts in his heart. He roughly understood the whole story, although many details were left unexplained, it didn’t matter, because he knew that his father must have gone through a lot during his lifetime.

He was uninterested in those experiences.

What he cared about was some truths, not the details of some supernatural events.

However, the situation before him was even more bizarre.

To think that a large black wolf dog had also entered this nightmare was simply unimaginable.

This was the first time an animal had been involved in a supernatural event, and although Yang Jian didn’t know how the person before him had done it, he was sure that he had used his own methods and conducted many attempts…

Yang Jian recalled the pile of dog bones buried in the woods in reality.

His father used to raise dogs in those woods while he was alive.

Those dogs disappeared overnight after growing up, not because they were sold, but because they died.

The cause of death was most likely various bizarre experiments until he finally succeeded in bringing this dog into the nightmare.

“But, should I believe the person before me…”

Yang Jian still had doubts in his heart. Although many questions had been answered, his vigilance had not dissipated as a result.

After becoming a ghost with living human memories, a person certainly no longer possesses personal feelings, let alone any compassion, and it is even less likely that they would take extra care of you because of some blood relations from when they were alive. If that were the case, it would have been an arrangement made while they were still living. After more than a decade of being eroded by the supernatural, it’s impossible to predict what they might become.

“You don’t quite believe my words, and it’s normal for you to have reservations about me,” that person said, noticing Yang Jian’s thoughts, and spoke with an expression as impassive as a dead man’s.

Yang Jian didn’t dwell on this topic, saying instead, “We’re short on time, what do you want to do?”

“I’ve already arranged this nightmare. All that’s needed is a bit of external help,” the person replied.

“What external help?” Yang Jian asked.

The person glanced at the large black wolf dog beside him and continued, “Ghosts can affect reality through dreams, and conversely, reality can also affect dreams. That corpse is the key. After you leave this nightmare, within one day, you must find a way to leave some clear marks on the body of the ghost.”

“Ordinary means won’t work. It requires some supernatural power. Since you’ve harnessed a ghost within your body, you should know the method.”

“After the marks appear, the ghost in the dream will be easily distinguished, and it will no longer be able to hide.”

Yang Jian frowned, “What’s the use of that?”

“This is only the first step. Besides, you also need to piece together the body of the ghost. This is quite difficult; the ghost’s body was initially dismembered using some extreme methods. Now to reassemble it, it’s not something that can be achieved simply by some supernatural power. If you can do it, then please make it happen within one day,” the person explained.

Yang Jian’s gaze shifted imperceptibly.

He immediately thought of the method the Headless Ghost Shadow used to piece together corpses.

“And then?”

The person paused, his wooden dead face looking at Yang Jian, seemingly lost in memories, and said slowly, “Old Qin was right. After my death, I’m more important than when I was alive. I didn’t understand his words before, and even retorted, ‘Why don’t you go die?’ Now it seems he was right.”

“What did Old Qin say?” Yang Jian asked, his expression shifting.

This mascot of the headquarters has been living since the Republican era, born with the ability to control ghosts, an anomaly among anomalies. And what he has experienced and understood, nobody knows, shrouded in mystery, probably even my father didn’t know enough when he was alive.

“He probably won’t live much longer. No matter how special a dying person is, it’s not important. What matters now is you,” said the person.

“If you can leave a mark and reassemble the corpse, by no means should you place the corpse in Gold’s box to isolate it from the ghost’s senses. Just put the body somewhere uninhabited, and the last step is the most crucial.”

“The body will be at risk of awakening. You must watch the body and use all means to ensure it doesn’t wake up, not even its eyes opening once. The reason the ghost pulls people into dreams at night is that during the day, the ghost’s eyes are open.”

The person made rather demanding requests.

Leaving a mark on the body was already difficult, to say nothing of piecing together the ghost’s body and ensuring it couldn’t wake up.

This required absolute suppression.

Yang Jian looked at his left hand.

The Ghost Hand didn’t exist in the dream; his current left hand was nonexistent, leaving him a one-handed disabled person.

“How long do I need to watch the body?” Yang Jian asked.

“Maybe a few days, maybe more than a dozen days… If I succeed, then the body will gradually decay. When you see signs of decay on the body and the extent of decay exceeds one half, then the plan will have been successful,” the person replied.

Yang Jian asked, “What happens after success?”

He didn’t quite understand the purpose of his actions, but he knew in his heart that he was helping the person in the nightmare through that corpse in the real world.

“After success, I will disappear, and the ghost will be completely replaced. It will become the source of the nightmare,” the person pointed to the large black wolf dog beside him and said.

“Why choose a dog instead of you?” Yang Jian asked with a frown.

If a rational person can control a ghost, aren’t they no better than a dog?

The person continued, “Part of the ghost is me, and since I can’t control the ghost, I certainly won’t let the ghost control me, but a third party can…”

“Others in the dream could also be candidates for controlling this ghost, like Xiao Yuan,” Yang Jian said, mentioning a name. “She has lived in this nightmare for quite some time.”

“Xiao Yuan?”

The person replied, “Are you talking about the girl with the knife? She is an accident, and one shouldn’t gamble on an accident. As for the others, they are simply not worth it. In comparison, I trust a dog more, and that was prearranged, not a spur-of-the-moment decision. After all, humans are too unpredictable, whereas animals are a bit more stable.”

“Xiao Yuan is an accident? How so?” Yang Jian inquired.

“It’s not important.”

The person didn’t answer about Xiao Yuan. Perhaps he felt that, in the face of over a decade of waiting, Xiao Yuan’s situation was inconsequential.

“You should leave now, go end today’s nightmare. When you wake up tomorrow, you’ll have a lot more to deal with, so don’t waste any more time here.”

Perhaps having said enough, he didn’t wish to prolong the conversation.

For the nightmare wasn’t over yet, and ghosts before dawn are particularly dreadful.

“Can I trust what you’re saying?” Yang Jian stared at him. “How do I know that following your method will definitely succeed?”

“You have a choice, but just this once. After today, I will die, and it will replace me. As long as you do what you need to do, this nightmare will cease to appear. If successful, one day, this dog will come looking for you,” the person explained.

Instead of letting a person control the ghost in the nightmare, this individual had already chosen a dog from within the nightmare as his preference.

Clearly, he trusted a dog more than a person.

Or perhaps, the person had other plans and secrets he was not disclosing.

“Let’s end today’s conversation here. Do what you must,”

Having said this, the person turned and entered the small cabin.

The cabin door shut, and only a large black wolf-dog crouched at the entrance, its eerie eyes fixed on Yang Jian, seemingly with a hint of hostility.

“Is that it?”

Yang Jian was hoping for something more useful, for some news, but in the end, all he got was a task to assist a dog in controlling a ghost.

Not only was the outcome unknown, but he also had to take on the risk of a malevolent ghost awakening.

Even though he might resolve the supernatural incidents of the nightmare, there might also be even more serious consequences.

After a short pause,

Yang Jian eventually left the woods. He did not have time to waste, the village was still haunted by ghosts. As time passed, the more ferocious the ghosts became, the more passive his position grew.

And his cousin, Xiao Yuan,

This existence, which even he couldn’t explain, and why she lingered in nightmare after nightmare, remained a mystery.

“Go back,”

With no hesitation, Yang Jian turned and walked away, feeling that his meeting with this man was rushed, addressing only urgent matters, and much important information was left unrevealed.

He returned to the village quickly, carrying a slight regret.

By now the sky over the village had changed.

It had grown even darker.

The nearby houses were all cloaked in shadows, but the surroundings were still visible.

This change indicated that the nightmare had moved to the next phase, or perhaps the phase after that, and the threat of the ghost had increased.

The village, once somewhat lively, now lay deserted and silent. Here and there, some corpses could be glimpsed in the corners, their bodies cold and stiff, lying dead in pools of blood for quite a while, showing that the ghost had continued killing in the time that had just passed.

People were still being targeted by the ghost and dying in this nightmare.

Yang Jian recognized the bodies. Although the people were strangers, he had seen some of them during the day and remembered them slightly.

“How do I even begin to search?”

He looked around, not knowing how to start, without a single clue.

The village wasn’t large, but it wasn’t small either. Finding the location of the ghost was indeed difficult.

But no matter how difficult, he had to search and end this second day’s nightmare as soon as possible.

Yang Jian took a deep breath and began searching the village quickly, all the while hoping for some progress on Xiao Yuan’s side. Having gone through nightmares one after another, she might be able to provide some help this time.

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