Mysterious Revival

After returning to Dachang City for two days, Yang Jian was relatively relaxed but not completely at ease. He dealt with many trivial matters, finding some leisure amidst his busyness.

However, this respite is only temporary.

He still has tasks at hand. The fifth floor of the post office needs to be examined, and incidentally, the problems at the post office should be resolved. The supernatural incidents appearing in the suburbs of Dachang City also need to be handled, and then the curse of the Ghost Cabinet vaguely makes him feel uneasy. Apart from this, there are also various changes in the supernatural circle that need to be constantly monitored.

In short.

Even if he doesn’t handle supernatural incidents, Yang Jian is not that relaxed.

However, the situation in Dachang City is still developing for the better, and it is much better than before.

The company’s operations and development are rapid and have gradually formed a circle of interests around Yang Jian. This circle of interests has attracted many capitalists. If it continues to develop like this, Dachang City will only become more stable. Even if the situation really becomes chaotic in the future, this city can still be self-sufficient.

In the afternoon of the next day.

Yang Jian received a piece of good news from Doctor Chen.

The bizarre hand brought from the ancient mansion has already revealed its pattern of killing.

The efficiency was faster than expected, but there was some luck involved, as it often happens with experiments. If one is lucky, results can be achieved quickly; if not, it requires repeated experimentation, a bit of exploration and elimination.

Upon hearing this news, Yang Jian immediately left the office and went to the department where Doctor Chen was located.

As soon as he arrived, Doctor Chen said with some delight, “Captain Yang, we did not fail you; we’ve already figured out the pattern of this thing. As you previously stated, it has a certain inevitable pattern of killing. Although terrifying, it’s not so easily triggered due to being only a single hand.”

“I won’t bother with a written report; it’s more intuitive if I demonstrate by experiment.”

With that, he led Yang Jian to the laboratory.

The laboratory was somewhat rudimentary and not fully equipped with protective measures yet. However, Doctor Chen was very cautious; he only dared to experiment in that specially-made glass box and did not dare to release the Ghost Hand.

This specially-made glass box contains gold, which can isolate supernatural leakage and is also sufficiently sturdy.

“Let me see your experimental results.” Yang Jian was very interested as well.

A pattern of inevitable killing triggers has considerable help for him.

The Ghost Eye only possesses the Ghost Domain; the Ghost Hand can only invade and suppress a fierce ghost; the Ghost Shadow only splices corpses and invades to steal others’ memories.

Strictly speaking, what Yang Jian lacks is a relatively extreme supernatural attack method.

Having a pattern of inevitable killing would be a great asset in maintaining the strength of a top captain level.

In this world, everyone is progressing.

If you do not progress and grow, you’ll soon be left behind by other ghost handlers.

Failing to maintain at the top level means elimination and downfall.

“The ghost’s attack does not distinguish between humans and animals, so we generally use mice for experiments. However, since mice are not humans, some patterns targeting human killing can’t be detected. But this situation is an exception. Look, Captain Yang.”

Doctor Chen made a gesture.

Immediately, an assistant put a mouse into the yellow glass box.

The mouse jumped and scampered around the glass box, even standing on the eerie ghost hand with blackened nails, yet it remained unscathed.

As if this hand was a dead object, devoid of any supernatural power.

“The pattern of a severed hand’s killing is incomplete, as we discussed last time. To make this ghostly hand kill, the pattern must be completed.” Doctor Chen said.

Then the assistant slowly rotated the glass box.

As the glass box inclined.

The stiff, motionless eerie hand suddenly had a slight tremor, as if spasming, moving slightly.

Immediately after.

The mouse inside the glass box stopped moving.

It lost its life signs and was killed silently, directly triggering its inevitable killing pattern.

“The box turns, the ghostly hand revives, the mouse dies…” Yang Jian’s eyes slightly moved; his mind quickly pondered, connecting the clues, and then analyzed the killing pattern.

“The pattern of killing is… balance?”

Doctor Chen appeared slightly surprised and then nodded, “Captain Yang indeed grasped it immediately. Yes, it’s balance. Once balance is lost within this hand’s influence range, instantaneous death is triggered, whether human or mouse, both will die suddenly. This influence range is very small, extremely small; one must almost contact it, so others nearby won’t be affected, only those who are contacted.”

“Contact, then lose balance, follow the pattern to be killed, that’s roughly it.”

Yang Jian’s eyes slightly moved.

He thought of the scene where Da Qiang was killed inside the ancient mansion.

Da Qiang, wearing a mourning attire, was targeted by the ghost resting on the black Taishi Chair. His body seemed to endure some tremendous force, then lost balance and died immediately.

Reversely deducing, Da Qiang indeed met the conditions of being killed by losing balance back then.

“If holding this ghost hand, push someone, or press someone’s shoulder with some force, causing them to lose balance, then this person will undoubtedly die.”

Doctor Chen adjusted his glasses and said, “A very dangerous and terrifying ability, Captain Yang must use it with special caution.”

“Supernatural power itself is dangerous; mastering this dangerous supernatural is precisely our task. You’ve done well, worthy of working with Wang Xiaoming, completing tasks so quickly in such a primitive environment. I’ll later have my secretary discreetly issue a bonus to your department.” Yang Jian said.

“Captain Yang is too kind, it’s all deserved.” Doctor Chen very modestly did not take undue credit.

“I’ll take this thing with me now. This trigger of inevitable supernatural power should be utilized, not wasted.” Yang Jian finished speaking and walked over, directly opening the glass box and taking the eerie hand away.

“Let’s go.”

He had no extra words and left quickly after completing the purpose of this visit.

As Yang Jian left.

The assistant beside him immediately breathed a sigh of relief, “The pressure of staying with such a person is really high.”

“The rumored Ghost Eye Yang Jian, the top ghost handler of the supernatural circle, working under him assures a considerable period of safety and survival in the future.” Another assistant sighed.

Doctor Chen smiled slightly, “This shows my choice back then was correct. After all, Yang Jian is not the headquarters; there’s not much to be researched, so our tasks aren’t that heavy. Light tasks mean very low probability of encountering dangerous experiments; isn’t that exactly what we’re pursuing?”

“Now I kind of sympathize with Wang Xiaoming. Although he’s at the headquarters and has a lot of status and power, it’s like dancing on the blade’s edge. A moment’s carelessness and he could die, but either way, he won’t live much longer.”

“What do you mean by that?” the assistant next to him asked, surprised.

Doctor Chen said helplessly: “Wang Xiaoming came into contact with many dangerous substances during his experiments. He tried to find something in reality that could eliminate ghosts. Many of these substances are highly radioactive, so he got cancer early on. But he himself also doesn’t care much. After all, although cancer sounds dangerous, if controlled well with medication, one can live a long time.”

“If medical means are ineffective, then treating him with supernatural means shouldn’t be a problem,” the assistant said.

Doctor Chen nodded: “Supernatural means can indeed easily cure Wang Xiaoming’s cancer. However, he refuses to do so. He believes that once his body is influenced by the supernatural, it becomes difficult to make the correct decisions and judgments, so although he is always researching the supernatural, he actually maintains a very pure state.”

“If he continues to persist, in a few years he’ll be lying on a hospital bed.”

While they were chatting, Yang Jian had already returned to Guanjiang Residential Complex.

Once again, he entered his number one safe house.

Yang Jian circled around, his gaze lingered on those eerie artifacts for a moment and finally took out that cracked long spear.

“Unless absolutely necessary, it’s best not to harness the supernatural personally. It’s not just about losing balance easily; supernatural erosion is also an issue. To maintain one’s state, the more parts that belong to a living person, the better. This bizarre hand, it’s better not to replace it myself.”

“If not replacing, then I might as well turn it into a supernatural weapon. Besides, this patched-together supernatural weapon of mine can still be further improved.”

He looked at the cracked long spear again and took out that eerie hand.

The next moment.

Yang Jian’s ghost eye opened, and without any hesitation, he directly activated the Five Layer Ghost Domain.

The Five Layer Ghost Domain can banish some not-very-terrifying ghosts. This hand is incomplete, so it can also be banished, but he did not do so. Instead, he used the Five Layer Ghost Domain to influence the shape of this eerie hand.

The Ghost Domain tugged, and so did the hand.

The Ghost Domain distorted and deformed, and so did the hand.

Finally, Yang Jian directly covered this twisted and deformed eerie hand over the cracked long spear in front of him.

The areas of the cracked long spear where the firewood knife and coffin nail are located couldn’t be covered, so he could only cover most of the cracked shaft.

A layer of cold dead man’s skin stuck firmly to the long spear, as if merged into one, indistinguishable from one another.

This layer of dead man’s skin was formed by the pulling and twisting of that hand. However, the image of the supernatural is variable, and Yang Jian doesn’t care whether this thing is a hand or a layer of dead man’s skin. He only cares that the deadly supernatural force is still there.

“Now this supernatural artifact has become even more dangerous. If it hits someone, losing balance will immediately trigger the deadly killing rule and kill instantly.”

Yang Jian can already imagine.

How terrifying this thing is. The firewood knife can dismember fierce ghosts, the coffin nail can limit them, and once the shaft hits someone, just a stumble will immediately result in death.

Even an ordinary ghost handler with this supernatural item would become extremely troublesome.

However, this is the best outcome.

Yang Jian doesn’t want to be excessively eroded by the supernatural. Last time, riding the Ghost Shadow almost cost him his life. If it weren’t for his luck in surviving and becoming an anomaly, he’d be long dead.

So he doesn’t want to rely on luck to survive anymore.

Wang Chaling’s saying is quite right: if you don’t gamble, you can’t lose.

At this point, unless in a perilous situation, Yang Jian won’t recklessly gamble with his life.

Now he bears many burdens and cannot die easily.

Especially now that Yang Jian, in certain special conditions, can activate the Eight Layer Ghost Domain, he must maintain his own state. After all, mastering a wide-scale restart holds the possibility of reversing everything.

He can become the last hope.

“Not bad. And with a layer of dead man’s skin, this thing is not that easily damaged anymore. With the maintenance of supernatural power and the material of gold and special steel, it has strong resistance either to physical or supernatural forces.”

Yang Jian tested it to see if it would affect the triggering of the firewood knife medium.

The result was obviously not.

His Ghost Shadow could still invade through the unwrapped areas of dead man’s skin and then touch the firewood knife to trigger the medium.

This action is quite subtle, and given enough time, even fewer people will know the correct use of the firewood knife.

“By adding one more trigger of deadly supernatural power, my own strength has also improved.”

Yang Jian thought about it.

And started preparing for tomorrow to handle that supernatural event coded as the Black Umbrella.

He must take his supernatural weapon with him.

A white Ghost Candle should also be taken.

Initially, Yang Jian didn’t plan to bring the black and red Ghost Dice. This thing is about gambling with ghosts, and is very risky, easy to cause self-harm, a double-edged sword. But now he can combine it with that Deceiving Ghost’s necklace to resurrect the dead. Maybe it can play an unexpected role at critical moments, so he decided to bring it along.

Yang Jian didn’t plan to bring other items.

Some are not suitable, some are not useful.

Like the red embroidered shoes and the very risky old doll used last time, Yang Jian felt they shouldn’t be brought.

As for the ghost detained yesterday that couldn’t be discovered, he hadn’t thought of a good way to make use of it yet, so for now, he’d put it aside and explore it later.

“That’s it for now.”

Yang Jian left the safe house. Although the items were ready, he didn’t take them with him. He would come to retrieve them tomorrow.

But as soon as he walked out of the safe house.

A bizarre child with bluish-black skin, scarlet eyes, and wearing a burial robe stood there, tilting its head and staring at him.

“Ghost Child?” Yang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly, and he looked behind the Ghost Child.

A girl in a dress, with a gentle body, snow-white skin, expressionless, like an ice-cold maiden—Wang Shanshan stood there looking at him.

“Wang Shanshan, do you need something?” Yang Jian asked, a bit surprised.

He rarely saw Wang Shanshan actively seeking him out; usually, it was something important if she did.

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