Chapter 1085 - 1051: Captain Zhang's Reunion

The Ghost Cabinet’s change at this time was something Yang Jian did not expect.

However, given the current situation, he couldn’t afford to provoke such a special existence as the Ghost Cabinet again. Even though the curse of the Ghost Cabinet had targeted Yang Jian, he still decided to ignore it for the time being.

He walked to the corner of the room.

Yang Jian reached out, attempting to touch the Ghost Cabinet.

This red Ghost Cabinet no longer existed in reality; it only existed within the field of view of his ghostly eyes, accompanying him in an incomprehensible manner.

Something eerie happened.

Yang Jian actually touched the Ghost Cabinet. The real tactile sensation told him that this thing was not just a simple curse, but something real to him.

“After the Ghost Lake incident is over, I’ll come back to deal with this thing.”

He closed the cabinet door at the bottom of the Ghost Cabinet, trying to stop the continuous flow of water.

However, even after Yang Jian closed the door, the water still seeped out from it.

Unable to stop it, he could only allow the supernatural phenomenon to occur.

“I can’t stay here. I have to leave and take the Ghost Cabinet with me.” Yang Jian pondered for a moment.

He didn’t intend to stay at Guanjiang Residential Complex.

Anyway, he had to leave on a business trip; spending the night anywhere would be the same.

Soon.

Yang Jian left quickly.

He left the city center of Dachang City and arrived at an abandoned building in the suburbs, planning to spend the night there.

However, after Yang Jian appeared inside the abandoned building, in one corner of it, the Ghost Cabinet was quietly placed there, still continuously seeping murky water.

This thing still only existed within his vision.

Like a speck of dirt on his retina, unable to be wiped away.

Yang Jian glanced at it and chose to ignore it. He just sat against the wall, then closed his eyes and started to rest.

The dimly lit abandoned building fell into complete silence.

Time passed bit by bit.

Soon, it was the next day.

Early morning of the next day.

The weather wasn’t too good, gloomy as if it were about to rain.

And inside Shangtong Tower, Liu Xiaoyu had already received the message from headquarters.

“Liu Xiaoyu, inform Yang Jian to arrive in Zhongzhou City before nine o’clock. The assembly point has already been sent to you. This mission is very important, and he must complete it carefully.” Soon, the message from headquarters was conveyed.

Liu Xiaoyu received the crucial information along with a piece of special data.

The data was encrypted, and she didn’t have the authority to open it; it would only be decrypted when it reached Yang Jian.

“The Ghost Lake incident has come.” Liu Xiaoyu looked up at the other people in the office.

Yang Xiaohua, Eagle, and several other staff members all became grim-faced.

“I’ll inform Yang Jian now, and let’s all pretend this hasn’t happened and keep it confidential.” Liu Xiaoyu said.

Although the news was classified, quite a few people were aware of yesterday’s meeting at Shangtong Tower.

Soon.

Liu Xiaoyu sent the message to Yang Jian’s phone.

Meanwhile.

Yang Jian, who was resting in an abandoned building in the suburbs, seemed to have fallen asleep. Not far from him, in a corner, an old cabinet coated with bright red paint stood eerily, and at some point, the floor had become flooded, even the floor below where Yang Jian was, had been submerged.

The murky, calm water was eerily silent.

But through the light shining from outside the window, one could vaguely see some sinister silhouettes occasionally emerging beneath the water surface, feeling creepily unsettling.

The water spread towards Yang Jian but stopped.

It didn’t approach, naturally bypassing him, but more and more water seemed to be about to engulf him completely soon.

Suddenly.

Yang Jian woke up, opening his eyes.

Immediately, everything around him changed.

All the water disappeared.

Only the floor was wet, with the moisture not yet dried, and it wasn’t as serious as it had appeared before.

The phone screen lit up.

A message appeared.

“Zhongzhou City… is that the source of the Ghost Lake incident?” Yang Jian frowned.

He had seen the Ghost Lake’s archival data, but in the archives, it was just a lake, and he didn’t know where the source location was.

“I’ll know after I take a look.”

Yang Jian stood up, ready to set off.

He glanced at the Ghost Cabinet still in the corner; it seemed to plan to follow him all the way, seemingly forcing him into a transaction during the Ghost Lake incident, or rather, did the Ghost Cabinet feel that he would need it for a transaction during the incident?

He didn’t pay much attention.

Yang Jian’s ghostly eyes opened, red light flashed around him, and he disappeared directly.

Meanwhile.

Feng Quan had already arrived at Yang Jian’s villa at Guanjiang Residential Complex.

Zhang Liqin was in charge of entertaining, serving Feng Quan a cup of red tea, then said, “President Yang didn’t come back to rest last night, but with such an important matter today, President Yang definitely won’t forget. Please wait a moment.”

“I know, Yang Jian won’t be late; I’ll wait.” Feng Quan nodded, drinking the scalding red tea in one go.

He didn’t need to eat; it was merely out of courtesy.

“It’s time to go.”

Suddenly.

Yang Jian’s voice appeared, echoing in the living room, but he did not show up. Immediately, Feng Quan disappeared without a trace.

Only the table was left with a teacup, retaining some residual warmth.

Zhongzhou City wasn’t particularly special. On the contrary, it was a very ordinary city, not as prominent as Dahan City, Dachang City, or Dadong City.

There are countless similar central cities across the country.

Yet this seemingly unremarkable city was the source of the S-level supernatural event: the Ghost Lake.

At least, after investigations, the source of the Ghost Lake was traced back here.

At the moment.

The city had long been silent.

Like an abandoned shell, no longer bustling, with the vast majority of citizens already relocated.

This was a Dead City.

Of course, it couldn’t be ruled out that there might be some who weren’t afraid or some out of curiosity that ventured into this city.

But today.

A special helicopter arrived in the skies above the city.

With the helicopter’s descent.

A man and a woman, two special individuals, entered a park plaza within the city.

After dropping off the two, the helicopter quickly withdrew, not lingering for a moment.

“Did we arrive first? I didn’t see Leuk San, nor did I see Shen Lin or Yang Jian.” Li Jun’s face remained calm, revealing a strange numbness, devoid of any emotion of the living.

Observing his surroundings.

It was empty.

With a clear view of everything around in this unobstructed plaza.

This was the meeting point designated by headquarters, and it was a relatively safe place.

“Let’s wait a bit; it’s not nine yet, ten more minutes.” The woman next to him spoke.

This woman was somewhat beautiful, but with a very dissonant heavy makeup, and the colors of her cosmetics seemed a bit mismatched, giving an unspeakably jarring and eerie feeling, but a closer look didn’t reveal anything wrong, leaving people feeling inexplicably baffled.

Her name was Ah Hong, codenamed Ghost Makeup.

Ghost Flame Li Jun, Ghost Makeup Ah Hong.

An excellent Captain Level combination, possessing the capital to confront any supernatural event.

“Yang Jian won’t be late; he’s punctual, but as for the others, that’s not certain.” Li Jun said.

He wasn’t fond of the other Captains, but felt better about Yang Jian.

After all, Yang Jian had tangible achievements to his name.

“I got here earlier than you, so don’t say I wasn’t taking things seriously.” Just then, a voice echoed around them.

Immediately.

Several figures approached from different spots around the plaza, but upon a closer look, there was something odd.

Every person looked the same, without any change.

“Paper figure, Leuk San.” Behind Li Jun’s sunglasses, the ghostly green flames flickered.

Leuk San said with a smile, “I arrived in this city half an hour ago and took a stroll around. This ghostly place, it’s truly not fit for the living. If you’re not careful, you might really die.”

“Did you come alone?” Li Jun said. “No other people with you?”

Leuk San said, “There’s no need for that. If several Captains working together can’t handle it, then having one more person might not make a difference. Besides, do you think I’d take this lightly?”

“Is it you personally who came, or is it just a paper figure?” Li Jun took a few steps forward, his face stern, exuding an inexplicable authority.

“Everyone has their own way of handling secrets; I won’t tell you, but I’ll do my best.” Leuk San responded.

Li Jun frowned and said, “Do your best? I don’t even know if you’re a paper figure or not. How can I trust that you’ll do your best and not just send a paper figure to brush things off? During the Ghost Painting incident, I thought you were really dead, but it turned out it was just a paper figure that died in the painting. Now, it’s hard for me to trust you.”

He had worked with Leuk San, but the process was not pleasant.

Li Jun was risking his life dealing with the Ghost Painting, only to find out Leuk San was just a paper figure, which deceived them terribly.

In the end, Chen Yi died, Xiong Wenwen was trapped in the photo by a supernatural camera, and he himself experienced a ghost revival…..

“Li Jun, if you don’t trust me, then it’s fine for us to split up and act separately,” Leuk San said.

With those words.

It seemed to irritate Li Jun, who already disliked Leuk San. His face darkened immediately, and he raised his hand to grab Leuk San.

“Li Jun, you don’t really think about attacking me, do you?” Leuk San retreated to avoid him.

However, the next moment, a sinister Ghost Flame emerged from Leuk San.

The Ghost Flame burned, and his body disintegrated.

After the burning, it was revealed that Leuk San was just a paper figure, hollow inside with nothing.

“I just wanted you to come out and meet me yourself. Stop sending a paper figure to brush me off, and get your attitude right,” Li Jun said.

His suspicion was correct; the Leuk San before him was just an unremarkable paper figure.

“Why are you so hung up on whether I’m a paper figure or not, Li Jun? As long as the outcome is good, isn’t that enough?”

Another Leuk San appeared, squinting his eyes, “The last time with the Ghost Painting incident was indeed my fault, but you can’t hold on to that. If you’re looking to settle accounts, I’m not afraid of you, but I can’t guarantee what the consequences will be.”

He also had a temper, and being burned for no reason by Li Jun was not pleasant.

“If you can, just try it.”

Li Jun, too, had a personality. He loathed Leuk San, believing he got Chen Yi killed, and Lu San’s poor attitude only infuriated him further.

His palm opened, a green Ghost Flame flickering.

A deathly silent modern skyscraper loomed faintly amid the Ghost Flame.

Ping’an Tower.

A supernatural location that held the Ghost Painting and Ghost Envoy.

Only Li Jun could connect to this terrifying supernatural place through the Ghost Flame.

“Li Jun, if you really do it, you’ll be dead,” Leuk San warned seriously.

“Come here in person and we’ll talk,” Li Jun said.

He still didn’t believe this was really Leuk San.

“Bang!”

However, in the next moment.

A sudden loud noise erupted in the plaza of the park.

A long golden, cracked spear descended from the sky, deeply embedding into the ground and shattering the surrounding ground.

“Impressive, full of spirit, Li Jun. Your temper seems to be more fiery than before. It’s unwise to get into a fight now, even if you dislike Leuk San,” a voice remarked as a red light flashed.

Yang Jian appeared with Feng Quan.

“Ghost Eye Yang Jian…..” Leuk San looked at Yang Jian and then at the spear standing in the ground, showing a wary expression.

That was the legendary Coffin Nail and the exceedingly strange Firewood Knife.

“Don’t even know where his true form is, just sending a paper figure to fob us off. Yang Jian, do you trust him?” Li Jun said.

Yang Jian said, “I don’t trust him either, but we need to see if he’s really dismissive. If he truly is, I’ll be the first to kill him. We don’t need such a captain; it’s one thing to slack off usually, but during an S-Class supernatural event, that’s just sabotaging others.”

“Not killing him, saving him for the New Year?”

“Well said,” Li Jun uncharacteristically agreed with Yang Jian.

An S-class supernatural event requires Captain Level ghost tamers to sacrifice themselves, and if someone is shirking their duties, it would be better to join forces to kill them.

“I don’t think I’ve offended Captain Yang,” Leuk San chuckled. “Meeting for the first time and already talking about taking me down, that’s kind of scary. Though I know you two are here to intimidate me, that kind of joke shouldn’t be made.”

“I want to see your sincerity.”

Yang Jian said, he struck the spear lightly with one hand, and it came free from the ground with a slight pull.

“I understand.” Leuk San paused for a moment, then stood still in place.

At this moment, another Leuk San emerged.

He was no different from the others, but he took out a small knife and cut his own finger.

Thick, black blood flowed out.

“How about now?”

The Leuk San who cut his finger looked at the two, “This time, I’m prepared. My true form is here, not a paper figure. To be safe, I chose to hide, bringing out something from the supernatural place, I have to be cautious with everyone and hold back a hand. I don’t want to fall here either.”

Being able to bleed proved that he was not a paper figure but the real Leuk San.

“That’s because your previous actions were unsatisfactory,” Yang Jian glanced at him.

“If I hadn’t used a paper figure in the Ghost Painting incident, I’d probably be dead by now,” Leuk San said. “I did it to survive, nothing wrong with that.”

“Now that you’re here in person, the misunderstanding is temporarily cleared,” Li Jun said. “Hope we can work well together from now on.”

Leuk San exhaled slightly.

When did these two start cooperating so closely?

If a real conflict breaks out, with Li Jun and Yang Jian together, who could they not kill?

He also isn’t confident about surviving in the hands of these two people.

“Let’s stop discussing me. Isn’t there someone else who hasn’t arrived? Where’s that guy named Shen?” Leuk San said.

He immediately changed the subject, not wanting to be the focus of the conversation.

Li Jun said, “He seems to be quite mysterious, got famous early, and also solved some particularly unusual supernatural events. Combined with sufficient ability, he was internally appointed as Captain. However, he disappeared for a while afterwards. Although many have met him, those people are from the older generation of ghost handlers, most of whom are dead. Nowadays, not many at headquarters are familiar with him.”

“But Fang Shiming used to know him, as they were ghost handlers from the same batch.”

Fang Shiming.

The old boss of the social circle, unexpectedly had interactions with that Captain Shen Lin.

Nevertheless, Fang Shiming has already been taken out by Yang Jian, long since reduced to a corpse.

Yet, just as they were mentioning Shen Lin.

Suddenly.

A memory that didn’t belong to them flashed into their minds.

In the memory, they seemed to have come to this place, also standing in the square of this park.

But in the memory, this park square wasn’t as deserted; it was normal, there were passersby nearby. Just like today, they gathered there chatting, conversing, yet the only difference was, in the memory, there was one more person at the gathering.

That person named Shen Lin, in the memory, he was sitting on that rest bench in the park.

Yang Jian, Li Jun, Leuk San, even Feng Quan and Ah Hong beside them, all shared the same memory.

Abruptly.

Everyone looked in one direction.

It was the bench where Shen Lin was resting in the memory.

Something bizarre occurred.

Memory and reality overlapped.

The bench that was just empty now truly had one more person sitting there, dressed casually, looking somewhat leisurely with crossed legs, smiling and nodding greetings towards them.

This appearance was identical to Shen Lin in the previous memory.

As if the scene from memory had been re-enacted.

“Shen Lin?” Yang Jian narrowed his eyes. He had seen Shen Lin’s file, which included photographs.

Undeniably.

This is Shen Lin.

“Incredible, it feels like his memory appeared in my mind, then manifested into reality. How did he do it?” Feng Quan felt immensely shocked.

This Shen Lin was no longer a normal person.

“He is a person who doesn’t exist in reality.”

Yang Jian’s ghost eye observed, discovered some traces, and coupled with the earlier situation, made a bold conjecture.

“Shen Lin, how do you manage this, what’s really happening to you?” Li Jun asked.

Shen Lin slowly stood up from the bench; he was alive, yet seemed not to exist in the real world. He said, “It’s just lucky to have survived, becoming like this wasn’t my choice. In supernatural events, anything can happen, isn’t it?”

“First, let me introduce myself, Shen Lin, one of the twelve captains at headquarters, responsible for Daxia City, codename Ghost Face.”

“Ghost Face Shen Lin? What a strange title.” Ah Hong beside Li Jun said.

“That’s not important. What’s crucial is that we need to team up to tackle the Ghost Lake incident this time, don’t you think, Yang?” Shen Lin looked at Yang Jian.

Yang Jian asked, “So, is it just you in this operation?”

“Seems like it for now.” Shen Lin said.

Seems like?

Meaning, Shen Lin still has teammates, it’s just a matter of deciding based on circumstances whether they are needed.

“It’s fine as long as we have all the people, but according to headquarters, this time we need a leader for the operation to prevent chaos from everyone acting independently,” Li Jun added, “I agree with letting Yang Jian lead the team, what do you all think?”

“Reasons?” Shen Lin asked.

Li Jun said, “He has experience dealing with S-class supernatural events.”

“Quite a reasonable argument.” Shen Lin nodded.

Leuk San said, “I have no objections to whoever leads.”

“Then it’s decided.” Li Jun said.

However, Yang Jian said, “It’s unnecessary. We don’t need a captain; let’s work together directly. None of us are beginners, many things don’t need reminders, we all know what to do.”

Captain?

What a joke.

He definitely doesn’t want it.

It’s a position bound to take the fall, good work yields no reward, fail and trouble awaits.

Furthermore, none of these individuals are simple.

In crucial moments, words might not even have influence.

Yang Jian, despite being confident, is also self-aware.

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