Mysterious Revival

Inside the Guanjiang Residential Complex in Dachang City.

Yang Jian’s room was shrouded in darkness, and in the corner of his room, a shadow seemed unusually dense, lingering and unshakable, as if something was lurking in the dark, watching.

However, he had grown accustomed to it.

Yet at this moment.

Beside the nightstand in the room, the screen of a phone suddenly lit up, casting an eerie glow.

Suddenly.

Yang Jian, who lay on the bed with his eyes closed, abruptly opened them.

Even such a slight change in light was enough to pull him out of his state of rest.

A new message appeared on the phone’s screen.

This was definitely not a spam message.

Although Yang Jian’s phone was just an ordinary smartphone, the number was encrypted and protected by headquarters, ensuring no spam messages, no network outages, and no missing phone credit… Other than lacking the functions of headquarters’ satellite positioning phones, its level was the same.

Thus, only someone who knew his phone number could send a message.

He picked up the phone to look.

The message was simple, just a few short words: I’m in danger.

Then there was a location.

“It’s a distress message from Miao Xiaoshan.” Yang Jian’s expression remained unchanged, his emotions seemed devoid of fluctuation, but his ghost eye suddenly opened at that moment.

The ghost eye looked toward the headquarters.

A crimson light spread out with incredible speed.

The next moment, Yang Jian silently disappeared from the room.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Without the protection of the Ghost Candle.

Miao Xiaoshan, Liu Zi, and Sun Yujia were utterly powerless ordinary people, doomed if targeted by the ghost.

The most critical issue was that they were left behind, while others had already made it downstairs.

In other words, at that moment, they were effectively isolated.

However, they were smart, and despite their fear, they covered their mouths, kept silent, and minimized unnecessary movements, hoping that by doing so, they could avoid the risk of being targeted by the ghost.

Yet, Miao Xiaoshan had no intention of just sitting still and waiting for her fate.

After ensuring Liu Zi and Sun Yujia understood to remain quiet, she endured pain and led them toward the hallway on that floor.

“It’s not certain the ghost is targeting us; it might just be passing by here. I can’t stay on the path of the ghost’s passage; I must leave the staircase first. If we’re lucky, the ghost will continue downstairs and not follow us,” Miao Xiaoshan was uneasy yet kept a calm head.

She led the two frightened and helpless people into the corridor on the floor.

The corridor of the apartment building was not wide, and the three of them practically blocked it. Compared to the stairs, this place was evidently more dangerous.

Because if the ghost appeared, they would basically be unable to leave the floor.

But there was no choice.

Because going down the stairs wouldn’t allow them to evade the ghost either. Once targeted, they would inevitably be caught. So it was better to make a choice and see how the situation unfolds.

However, luck seemed rather unfavorable.

As soon as they entered the corridor of this floor, Miao Xiaoshan heard footsteps emerging in the corridor behind them.

The ghost hadn’t chosen to go downstairs but had followed them.

“This is bad.”

Miao Xiaoshan stopped walking, a sense of despair welled up inside her. At that moment, she realized that one of the three of them was about to be killed by the ghost. It could be herself, Liu Zi, or Sun Yujia.

In any case.

One of them was destined to die.

Summoning her courage, she glanced back with her peripheral vision.

The corridor behind her was still empty, but the sound of footsteps echoing in the corridor was unmistakable.

Clearly.

The ghost was invisible to the naked eye.

“Sizzle! Sizzle!”

Immediately, some abnormal phenomena began to occur. The previously lit lamps started flickering. This situation wasn’t the first time, and this time would be no different.

“After the lights flicker a few times, they’ll go out, and then the ghost will start killing,” a thought emerged in Miao Xiaoshan’s mind.

She looked at Liu Zi and Sun Yujia beside her.

Fear and despair were written all over their faces, their bodies trembled slightly, cold sweat dripping, as they too realized they were about to be killed by the vengeful ghost.

As the lights flickered beneath the sizzling sound, they eventually went out.

In the once-empty corridor, along with the extinguished lights, a silhouette appeared, resembling a corpse walking in the dark. The vengeful ghost was only visible when the lights were out; as soon as the lights came on, the ghost would vanish.

The footsteps grew closer and closer… getting even closer…

The ghost in the dim corridor was now upon the three of them.

At this moment, Miao Xiaoshan and the other two could only stand in place, awaiting their fate, lacking even the courage to turn their heads for a glance.

“I’m about to die.”

This thought emerged simultaneously.

However, just as the ghost behind them approached to a dangerously close distance, a dramatic change occurred in their surroundings.

The originally dim hallway suddenly became shrouded in an eerie crimson, as if lit by red lights throughout, even the walls appeared smeared with blood, vibrant yet sinister.

At the end of the hallway.

Someone stood there abruptly, without anyone noticing.

Naturally, as if they had long been there, yet unbelievably, because there was clearly no one there before.

Facing such a sudden scene.

Miao Xiaoshan, Liu Zi, and Sun Yujia widened their eyes.

Because they all recognized this person, and were very familiar with him.

This is….. Yang Jian?

But how is this possible, it’s clearly only been a few minutes since the text message, how could Yang Jian appear here.

Is it a hallucination, or some sort of near-death memory?

Yet most incredibly, with Yang Jian’s appearance, the rapidly closing footsteps behind them no longer continued to approach, but instead turned away, and left quickly, within mere seconds the footsteps vanished in the staircase, seemingly heading downstairs.

“Am I late?”

At this moment Yang Jian remained expressionless, his aura cold as if devoid of emotion.

He strode forward.

The distance in the hallway seemed compressed, within only a few steps Yang Jian was already before Miao Xiaoshan, his gaze slightly shifted to look at Miao Xiaoshan’s slightly swollen foot, then without a word he reached out and lifted her horizontally.

Miao Xiaoshan was light, felt weightless, easily picked up.

“Weren’t you in Dachang City, how did you get here so quickly,”

Miao Xiaoshan’s fear vanished instantly with the hug, she did not resist, but held Yang Jian’s neck, looking at that incredibly familiar face, timidly asked.

Her demeanor resembled a child who caused trouble at home, very apologetic.

“You’re lucky, I happened to be on a business trip nearby.” Yang Jian said calmly.

“Then you must be careful, it really seems haunted here, could be dangerous like last time.”

Miao Xiaoshan now realized the danger wasn’t over, promptly reminded.

Yang Jian said: “It’s not a supernatural event, someone is using supernatural power to kill, several people are already dead, but most managed to escape here safely, and someone is even holding a Ghost Candle, did you give it to him?”

“No, it’s not.” Miao Xiaoshan hurriedly shook her head.

“It was snatched away, Wan Hao snatched the candle from us, Yang Jian, you mustn’t let him off, that guy nearly got us all killed, we were kind enough to help them before, who would’ve thought they’d repay kindness with betrayal, leaving us behind.”

Liu Zi’s eyes were brimming with tears, she felt the thrill of escaping death and the joy of finding a protector.

“Oh, is that so.”

Yang Jian remained calm, showing no sign of anger.

His ghostly eye had already seen a lot of information, roughly understood the situation here, and confirmed it’s not a true supernatural event, just a man-made incident.

But one thing’s certain, there is indeed a ghost here.

“This is not the place to talk, I’ll get you out of this building first.” Yang Jian said.

As soon as he spoke.

He then disappeared from the hallway with Miao Xiaoshan and the other two, when they reappeared they were already outside the building.

This method of instant location shift was astonishing to ordinary people, rendering them bewildered.

“How did your foot get injured.” Yang Jian placed Miao Xiaoshan down, a chair appeared behind her abruptly, just right to sit on.

Miao Xiaoshan said: “Seems like I accidentally twisted it while leaving.”

“Why don’t you tell me what happened?” Yang Jian glanced, knowing Miao Xiaoshan was hiding something, directly asked Liu Zi beside her.

Liu Zi said: “She was bumped by someone, someone knocked her and then she twisted it, seemed quite severe, when leaving it was Sun Yujia and I supporting her, then Wan Hao took advantage of our inconvenience to snatch the candle, leaving us unable to escape without protection.”

“It wasn’t Wan Hao who bumped me, it was just chaotic, I couldn’t find who it was.” Miao Xiaoshan added, hoping Yang Jian wouldn’t go after the person who unintentionally bumped her.

Yang Jian didn’t speak, just crouched down.

He grabbed Miao Xiaoshan’s swollen foot, applying some force to twist and press, a crisp bone sound was heard, and the dislocated joint instantly recovered, though the bruise remained, needing days to heal.

Though Yang Jian could use supernatural means to clear the bruise, he didn’t.

Even for healing, he used conventional bone-setting methods.

In his view, all supernatural powers possess a degree of corrosion and influence, best not used if avoidable.

“Walking should be barely doable now.” Yang Jian said, then stood up, turning away.

Meanwhile.

A group of panicked people were quickly leaving the building, the person at the front was holding a red candle.

The candle burned, emitting an eerie green light.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by novlove.com