Mysterious Revival

Zhang Wei seemed to have forgotten his current purpose. After arranging a meeting, he immediately ran to the internet café. Just a moment ago, he was extremely cautious, but now he didn’t care at all whether anything unclean was following him.

Obviously, he completely trusted Yang Jian because Yang Jian promised to help him deal with that thing beside him.

It was precisely because of this that he could be so at ease.

Yang Jian’s gaze followed him. He saw Zhang Wei enter a nearby internet café.

However, when Zhang Wei went inside, the café’s door opened three times.

The first was when Zhang Wei and Brother Ah Fei went in together, the second was when someone came out from inside.

And the third time… it seemed like there was no one?

At this moment, Yang Jian was suddenly startled because he subconsciously ignored the person who entered and exited the third time. Even though his eyes had seen it, it just flashed by and wasn’t given any attention.

“Something’s not right, there’s definitely a problem.”

The next moment.

Yang Jian left Shangtong Tower and appeared in front of that internet café’s entrance.

He furrowed his brow, recalling that bizarre scene earlier; it was still somewhat unbelievable.

“The door opened three times, but there was someone in my sight that wasn’t noticed. But I can confirm that person indeed exists. It seems Zhang Wei’s previous words were correct; there is indeed something strange following him.”

Yang Jian didn’t enter the café, but his Ghost Eye was fixed on the café’s entrance.

There were quite a few people inside, at least thirty or so were online.

If there was a ghost, then the ghost must be mixed among them, though it wouldn’t be easy to identify it.

“Use the process of elimination to remove each one until the final problematic person is found,” Yang Jian thought to himself, as his Ghost Domain activated, covering the entire internet café.

The others in the café browsing the web didn’t notice they were already entering a Ghost Domain, continuing to surf online.

“I’ll cover all the internet fees here today,” Zhang Wei shouted loudly as soon as he entered the café.

Many people simultaneously looked up at him.

“Ah Wei’s here, where have you been lately? Haven’t seen you for days,” someone greeted him.

Zhang Wei replied, “Don’t mention it, I’ve been really unlucky lately. I got haunted by a ghost while watching a movie at night and had to hide for several days.”

“You must be being paranoid, having hallucinations,” someone laughed.

“Do you think I’d get paranoid? Nonsense, do you know my English name? If not, then from now on, please call me Mr. Rock-Solid, here’s my business card.” Zhang Wei actually handed over a business card after speaking.

It had a strange English name printed on it, along with a Chinese translation below.

“Stop bragging, Ah Wei, are we playing or not? We’re only waiting for you,” Ah Fei called, inviting Zhang Wei to play a game together.

Zhang Wei jogged over: “Coming, coming.”

Soon, he, Ah Fei, and a few other buddies who frequented the café started to play a game.

Not long after, Zhang Wei was cursing: “You guys are terrible, can’t you play properly? I used to think Brother Tui was bad enough, but you guys are even worse than him. I’m holding for seven here, who can withstand this?”

However, at this time, the number of people online in the café was unknowingly decreasing rapidly.

The surroundings seemed to be interfered with by something; the lights went out, screens went black, and people vanished.

The areas with light were quickly being devoured, just like a safe zone in a game, shrinking smaller and smaller. Yet, none of these changes were noticed because, in their vision, everything seemed normal, with people still online and computer screens still lit.

This was an illusion.

An illusion generated within the Ghost Domain that normal people couldn’t discern with their eyes.

Yang Jian used the Ghost Domain to create the illusion, beginning to screen the entire café for suspicious individuals. He first excluded those who were normally online, then sought the strange presence that wasn’t easily discovered.

Soon.

Most parts of the internet café were filtered out by Yang Jian, leaving only the last row where Zhang Wei and others were sitting.

Yang Jian’s eyes moved slightly, lingering on the few people around Zhang Wei.

He knew that one of the people here definitely had a problem. That special presence could make people unconsciously overlook it, lacking any sense of presence, even among just a few people it wouldn’t easily be noticed.

This was supernatural interference.

An inexplicable existence, like some fierce spirits, standing right in front of you yet you couldn’t find it.

This seemed to defy common sense, but within the supernatural circle, it was not surprising.

Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye could see the person exists, but he couldn’t consciously notice it.

“Continue filtering.”

Suddenly.

The monitor on the far right dimmed, and a person abruptly vanished. Although such a sudden disappearance would easily catch others’ attention, the illusion within the Ghost Domain made it so in Zhang Wei and Ah Fei’s vision, the person was still there.

“What’s going on? Why are you standing there not moving? Are you trying to mess with me again?” Zhang Wei was again upset.

“Not this person.”

Yang Jian pondered for a moment, then continued the selection.

The second monitor from the right went black, and another person was screened out, leaving his Ghost Domain.

However, the person being screened out had no reaction; whether in the Ghost Domain or not, he couldn’t sense it. After all, regular people lacked the ability to sense the supernatural and distinguish illusions, easily being disturbed.

“Also not this person.”

Now, only Ah Fei was left beside Zhang Wei.

It seemed very safe here, with nothing unusual, no special strange presence, because Zhang Wei and Ah Fei were fine; Yang Jian could confirm that.

“No, it’s not right. Besides Zhang Wei and Ah Fei, there’s a third person I can see but can’t notice.” Yang Jian didn’t stop because of this; instead, he became more vigilant.

The next moment.

Ah Fei was also gone.

“Where did everyone go? Not moving or speaking, are you still playing or not?” Zhang Wei looked around, wanting to scold his unreliable teammates.

But quickly, Zhang Wei looked at the silent café and was stunned.

Then he abruptly stood up from his seat.

“Something’s not right,” Zhang Wei furrowed his brow.

However, just at that moment.

A person abruptly stood in front of a computer on Zhang Wei’s far left.

Expressionless and silent, like a shadow beside Zhang Wei, but no one paid attention to him. His appearance at this moment seemed to appear out of thin air. When Ah Fei was here, this person didn’t appear; only when Ah Fei disappeared did he finally become visible.

Everything was so eerie.

It seemed he had always been here; you just hadn’t noticed. It also seemed like there was no one at that spot before, and only now did a third person suddenly appear.

The next moment.

Zhang Wei also disappeared.

The internet cafe was silent and dim, not a single person was left.

Everyone, including Zhang Wei, was isolated by Yang Jian using the Ghost Domain.

But after everyone disappeared, there was still one person standing in the internet cafe, all alone, with the surroundings empty. All the computer screens were black, all the lights were off.

“Found you.” A cold smile appeared on Yang Jian’s lips.

He now understood some of the characteristics of this ghostly entity.

This ghost can blend into a crowd. When the number of people around exceeds three, it absolutely won’t be discovered, even if seen, it definitely won’t be noticed.

It seems to forever appear in your visual blind spot, though it lingers around you, you cannot be aware of it.

And when the number of people around decreases to two, it might be discovered, but it would still be overlooked.

When the number of people around decreases to one, it will reveal itself, and will be discovered.

When there is no one around, it will be completely exposed, and that sense of non-existence and paranormal interference will completely disappear.

It seems to know it has been discovered and started behaving unusually.

It swiftly left the internet area and walked toward the exit of the cafe.

As long as it leaves the cafe and enters outside, it will once again perfectly blend into the crowd, disappear, becoming that eternally unnoticed third person.

“Now you want to leave, it’s too late.” Yang Jian stood outside the cafe, watching this scene.

He spent quite a bit of effort, opened the Ghost Domain, locked down the cafe, and screened through over thirty people, only to finally catch this entity, how could he possibly let it leave.

Soon.

Yang Jian took off the glove from one hand.

A dark, cold Ghost Hand was revealed.

Immediately.

The person attempting to swiftly leave the cafe suddenly stopped, a stiff, cold hand appeared beneath its feet, firmly grabbing its ankle.

Then more hands appeared.

Another cold, dead hand grabbed its neck, others grabbed its wrists, covered its face… In no time, those eerie hands swarmed over its body like wriggling maggots, tightly sealing it.

The suppressive power of the Ghost Hand had formed, it can directly suppress the movement of a ghost.

It stopped moving, lost its motion, no longer struggling, no longer resisting, standing there like a corpse.

Even without relying on the Firewood Knife and Coffin Nail, Yang Jian dealing with this moderate level of paranormal is quite straightforward and easy.

“Trying to leave after killing someone in my Dachang City?”

“Bang!”

The next moment, the door of the cafe opened, Yang Jian finally walked in with large strides.

The empty internet cafe had only him and the eerie person covered entirely by ghost hands.

“Following around Zhang Wei, killing everyone suspicious of you, this behavior doesn’t quite seem like a vengeful spirit, so are you human or ghost?” Yang Jian stopped his steps, asking coldly from several meters away.

The person’s body was stiff, without a response.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t answer. Whether you are a supernatural being or a ghost, you’re destined to be trapped.”

After asking without getting a response, he didn’t bother wasting more words.

At that moment.

The person had some movement, it struggled to open its mouth, appearing pained and powerless.

Seeing this, Yang Jian allowed the ghost hands covering the person’s face to disappear, lessening some of its suppression.

It continued to open its mouth, seemingly trying to speak, but instead made a clicking sound.

“No throat.” Yang Jian’s eyes shifted slightly, he saw the person’s open mouth was empty, no tongue nor throat.

However, it still kept opening its mouth.

At this moment, its face was tearing open, a crack appeared that seemed to have existed on the skin, only when sewn together the gap was too small to see with the naked eye, only now after tearing did one notice the bottom half and top half of the face didn’t quite align, creating a strong sense of disharmony.

It seemed as though the bottom half and top half of the face were taken from two different human faces.

When patched together the disharmony wasn’t noticeable, but after tearing it open, the bizarre feeling became particularly obvious.

Yang Jian immediately thought of the previous cases in Dachang City.

In those cases, someone was killed and part of the corpse was missing when found, seeming like it was stolen, but the wound was particularly neat, not man-made, thus suspected to be a paranormal event.

“I see, no wonder I haven’t seen you before, you were a patched-up corpse.” Yang Jian understood immediately.

His Ghost Hand invaded its body directly.

The person’s body was torn piece by piece, cracks appearing all over.

The limbs, the torso, fell apart like building blocks.

But within this disassembled body, there remained someone, a skeleton-thin, curled-up, and blood-covered person.

It was akin to a parasite within the body, now revealed.

“Living person, or vengeful spirit?” Yang Jian directly used his ghost eye to gaze.

Immediately.

He came to a conclusion.

Living person?

Yang Jian’s eyelid twitched, discovering this skeleton-thin person had signs of life, was not a dead person.

Having life signs and possessing paranormal power, it could only be a ghost handler.

“Interesting, didn’t expect there to be this kind of ghost handler, not using their own body, piecing together a body instead, hiding within that body, no wonder I suspected you of being a vengeful spirit, anyone would suspect this situation.”

Yang Jian squinted his eyes: “Can you still speak? If not, then I’m sorry, I can only kill you like this.”

The skeleton-thin person painfully straightened its body, bones cracked and snapped, the agony causing it to silently scream.

“He seems to be severely ill, like a congenital disability.” Yang Jian observed his body, the spine was twisted, the bones developed haphazardly, couldn’t straighten, nor move.”

If nobody cared for them, they could only lie in bed waiting to die.

“If you can’t move your body, can’t speak, then I will help relieve you of your pain.”

After Yang Jian finished speaking, the shadow beneath his feet stood up, then walked towards the person.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by novlove.com