Chapter 1584 - 1547: Hope

Although Miao Xiaoshan heard from Zhang Wei about Yang Jian’s revival not long ago, seeing him in person still made her incredibly excited since she hadn’t seen him for over six months. She had previously tried to find out about him, but all she heard was the news of Yang Jian’s death.

However, now many of her worries have completely vanished.

“Are you… okay?” Despite having much to say inside, Miao Xiaoshan ultimately only asked this out of concern.

Yang Jian replied, “Not too good, but not too bad either. You know, it’s fortunate enough for someone like me to be alive. This time, I’m planning to return to headquarters, and I specifically came by to see you since I was passing through. Knowing that you’re doing fine, I can be relieved.”

“I’m very safe here, there won’t be any danger. You don’t need to worry about me,” Miao Xiaoshan softly said. “You should be more concerned about yourself.”

Yang Jian didn’t respond to her but instead asked, “Are you still writing books recently?”

“Yes, I’m almost finished. Just lacking an ending, though I haven’t figured it out yet,” Miao Xiaoshan replied.

Yang Jian asked, “The ending is not important; I want to know what the story is roughly about.”

Miao Xiaoshan was just about to speak when Yang Jian suddenly changed his mind: “Forget it, telling the story now would ruin it. Let me see it once you’ve finished writing.”

“Alright,” Miao Xiaoshan nodded.

“But I hope the ending is a bit more beautiful. After all, this world is so cruel and hopeless, a beautiful story is more desirable,” Yang Jian said.

“I also think the ending should be very beautiful,” Miao Xiaoshan showed a smile.

“I don’t know when you can finish writing, I’m really looking forward to it. However, I have things to attend to soon, and I can’t stay long. Next time, when we meet again I’ll take you around, look at the world, maybe it’ll help your writing.”

Yang Jian didn’t stay long, he chatted with Miao Xiaoshan for a while, greeted others in the house, gave some instructions, and finally left alone.

Everyone watched Yang Jian leave, knowing that it was uncertain when they’d meet next — maybe months later, maybe years, maybe never again.

After leaving Miao Xiaoshan’s residence, Yang Jian headed straight to headquarters.

During the supernatural era, headquarters was increasingly declining.

A battle with the King Organization had buried too many top ghost handlers at headquarters; now headquarters was devastated, barely able to sustain itself. If not for the absence of external threats, maintaining headquarters would be questionable.

Yang Jian’s arrival immediately drew everyone’s attention at headquarters.

Simultaneously, a meeting centered around Yang Jian promptly commenced.

At the meeting table.

Yang Jian saw all unfamiliar faces, none were familiar, except for Deputy Minister Wang Guoqiang whom he somewhat recognized.

This showed that the headquarters personnel had experienced several rounds of changes.

Cao Yanhua, Wang Xiaoming, Shen Liang, Zhao Jianguo, and others had long disappeared.

Unawares, Yang Jian now became one of the most senior people at headquarters.

“Yang Jian, your coming to headquarters this time is truly crucial. You’ve gone around outside, you should have an understanding of the situation. I won’t waste words here; I just want to know what headquarters should do next?” Wang Guoqiang asked seriously.

“Since you have prepared for this meeting, you must have also prepared a plan. You might as well speak first,” Yang Jian didn’t rush to answer, instead he countered.

Wang Guoqiang was frank and said directly, “Even the best plan needs people to execute it, as Professor Wang once said. Facing the current situation, headquarters indeed prepared a few plans, but all need your support.”

A staff member immediately picked up a document and started reading.

“The first plan requires Captain Yang to gather the remaining captains, then rebuild ghost handler teams with a few captains leading. Next, redefine regions, letting ghost handler teams handle supernatural events in each region.”

“The second plan requires Captain Yang to step forward and call for ghost handlers to join headquarters, restoring headquarters’ strength and reimplementing the leadership plan.”

“The third plan…”

Yang Jian interrupted: “Alright, stop saying it. I’ve heard your plans – all temporary solutions for stabilizing the situation, treating symptoms not roots. To me, these plans are all garbage.”

“…” Many at the conference table fell silent.

Wang Guoqiang responded, “This is already the best plan currently.”

“Wang Guoqiang, you’ve mistaken. Your plans cannot resolve supernatural events; they’re merely attempts to stabilize the situation quickly, ignoring later effects. Frankly, now is not the time when spirits just began awakening; we’ve fully entered the supernatural era.”

“The rulers of this world are no longer humans, but ghosts. If you remain naive, I will resign from headquarters today,” Yang Jian tapped the table, speaking earnestly and seriously.

With these words, everyone’s face immediately changed drastically.

Yang Jian’s words were undeniably devastating to everyone.

Currently, headquarters is sustained solely because of Yang Jian’s presence. If he leaves, once the news spreads, the remaining captains and many leaders would resign right away.

Wang Guoqiang did not panic, still calmly asking, “Then, Yang Jian, what ideas do you have? As long as it benefits the situation, headquarters will support unconditionally, not just headquarters but other departments will also cooperate fully.”

“No need for these courtesies,” Yang Jian waved his hand. “Now, everyone is worried, everyone thinks self-preservation is key. Expecting all ghost handlers to continue working hard like before is impossible. Now, the status of ghost handlers is not what it once was; headquarters is in decline not just due to situation, but because the era has changed.”

“An era of despair, expecting ghost handlers to work for ordinary people sounds ridiculous. When supernatural events just started, the situation wasn’t chaotic, ghost handlers still respected headquarters out of inertia; but now amid the chaos, headquarters’ words are dismissed as nonsense.”

“Apart from Wei Jing, which captain can headquarters still mobilize?”

“Even if I fully support headquarters, the supernatural circle won’t give me face. Still, the era of captains is over, headquarters’ era is over, old methods are useless now. There’s only one way to stabilize the situation.”

Yang Jian raised a finger, then stared at Wang Guoqiang.

“What method?” Wang Guoqiang asked seriously.

“Make ghosts no longer appear,” Yang Jian said slowly.

“This… is not possible, right?” Though Wang Guoqiang wanted to achieve this goal, faced with reality, he felt it was impossible.

Yang Jian said, “I will take care of this; no need for your worry. Now headquarters can only think about what to do once supernatural events cease, since besides this, there’s nothing you can help with.”

“Yang Jian, how confident are you?” Wang Guoqiang attempted to ask.

“Don’t know, nor is there a need to know; as long as there’s a chance, I’ll try. I have some ideas, you just need to wait for my news,” Yang Jian said.

Wang Guoqiang immediately fell silent.

Immediately, another staff member couldn’t help but ask: “Captain Yang, then we do nothing?”

Yang Jian glanced at them, shook his head: “It’s already the supernatural era; what can you ordinary people do? Who among those willing to work for headquarters on supernatural events is idle? If headquarters could spare a person, I’d apologize for what I said.”

Others fell silent again.

Yang Jian was right, headquarters now consisted entirely of ordinary people, with not a single ghost handler. Wei Jing, who returned earlier, was busy handling supernatural events.

With only one ghost handler, headquarters had indeed lost much of its necessity.

“However, I know you wish to do something, I can only offer you one piece of advice,” Yang Jian stood up from his seat at this moment.

Everyone looked at him again.

Yang Jian calmly said, “Bet everything on me; I’ll bear it all and personally end the supernatural era.”

Everyone was immediately shocked and amazed, seemingly overwhelmed by his courage.

Yang Jian continued, “Until then, you just need to watch, for this time won’t be long, as people of this world can’t wait too much longer.”

“And the reason I came here is only to tell you that there is still hope for the future.”

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