Mysterious Revival-Chapter 461 - 459: The Danger in the Team

The situation was more complex than imagined.

It was unclear how many ghosts the Ghost Coffin could suppress. Instead, that attack had led Yang Jian to release a ghost with his own hands.

As for the nature of the ghost in the golden bottle, Yang Jian had no clue, and it hadn’t revealed itself even after being released.

He speculated that the released ghost might be hiding in the third layer of the Ghost Domain like the Ghost Hand, invisible to ordinary ghost controllers who relied on sight, which was why he hadn’t seen any trace of the ghost from the bottle.

Perhaps that ghost was lurking among the five of them.

But it didn’t matter anymore.

As long as the Ghost Candle didn’t go out, they could continue to attract the ghosts from the Ghost Coffin and use the coffin to suppress the unknown ghost.

Now, they needed to find a way to meet up with the remaining people and look for a way to escape.

The longer they stayed here, the more dangerous it became.

"Follow me and be careful. The ghosts here have undergone some sort of unforeseen change. Wang Jiang’s attack is the best example. Don’t rely too much on the rule that sticking together will keep you safe. Moreover, there might be another ghost hidden among us. But right now, you’re not being suppressed. In a critical moment, you can use the power of your fierce ghosts to save your lives. That’s all I can do."

Yang Jian looked at the empty soul bottle, gritted his teeth, gathered himself, then picked up the Ghost Candle and started to act.

This action plan was far from perfect, fraught with grave danger, but at least it was certain that the ghosts in the Ghost Coffin had not continued their killings. They had managed to delay their total annihilation.

This time was their final hope.

Whether they could leave this place alive depended on the actions to come.

"Yang Jian, are you sure this is okay?"

Zhang Lei asked with some uncertainty, "What if the ghost you released is taken away by the Ghost Coffin? The balance among us might be disrupted."

"We can’t worry about that now. I can’t control the entire situation alone. As it stands, this is the best I can do," Yang Jian said. "At least we have lit the Ghost Candle and haven’t been attacked by the ghosts from the Ghost Coffin, which means the plan has mostly been completed."

"In a paranormal situation, no one can guarantee that everything is under control. I am just a human, not a god. Besides, what’s the point in being picky at this stage? As you’ve seen, the moment I did not increase the number of ghosts, we were immediately attacked."

"This indicates that the number of ghosts currently suppressed is nine. If it kills just one more person, just one more, we will all perish because we have reached our limit."

At these words, a chill ran down everyone’s spine.

They realized just how perilous their situation was. If the Ghost Candle had been lit a moment later, and the ghost took that opportunity to kill again, they would lose any chance of survival.

Now they had the chance to live and possibly turn the situation around. Even if it meant taking some risks, it was worth it.

There was nothing to criticize.

"Let’s move, Yang Jian. Even if the ghost you released attacks us, we’ll find a way to fend it off," Wang Jiang said, having just calmed down a bit. The thought of a ghost possibly infiltrating their group had sent shivers down his spine.

However, the ghosts lurking in the darkness outside were even more terrifying, so they had no choice but to continue on the path with the ghosts.

As for whether they could survive, he had no idea; he only knew that he was not dead yet, and he would live for as long as possible.

"You’re right. At this point, we can’t expect too much. You’ve done very well. If it were me, I’d already be dead. We still have a chance, don’t give up, we’ll definitely find a way to get out of here," another ghost controller expressed understanding.

Doubts dispelled, ready for a do-or-die struggle.

Thereupon, the group continued to advance.

With Yang Jian leading at the front, everyone else groped their way forward in the dark, continuing to search for traces of the others in the training base shrouded by darkness.

The flame of the Ghost Candle in Yang Jian’s hand flickered, as a cold and gloomy aura enveloped them, causing chilling sensations throughout.

There were even times when he could smell a faint stench of decay nearby, and occasionally, he could catch glimpses of strange figures darting past the edges of his vision.

Ghosts were lingering all around them.

The Ghost Candle served as a guide light, while they were bait.

Together, the two attracted the terrifying ghost firmly to their vicinity, preventing it from leaving to kill others.

However, the risk of group extermination was taken just for this step of the plan; at least two more steps were needed to completely escape the danger and leave this place.

What dangers these would involve, nobody knew.

"My arm is gradually losing sensation, as if it has been eroded by a Ghost Hand," Yang Jian noted while walking that since the Headless Ghost Shadow forcibly replaced his arm with a ghost hand, his entire arm had become numb.

It had no sense of touch, no awareness of coldness or heat, nor pain, but strangely, it could still move freely.

Moreover, after the ghost hand had been attached, the innate urge of the Headless Ghost Shadow to replace bodies subsided.

Yang Jian knew that this innate urge of the Headless Ghost Shadow was only temporarily quelled because his body had become more ghostly, and his physical deterioration had partially ’improved,’ so the urge had disappeared.

But such arbitrary body exchange could easily disrupt his own balance, leading to even more severe problems.

"No matter how bad my own situation is at this time, I can’t care about it; if we can’t survive, nothing matters," he said with a grim expression.

He felt that if he made another mistake today, he might truly die here.

The ghosts here were too terrifying, leaving him feeling profoundly powerless.

An inescapable supernatural occurrence was very likely to cause despair.

In the midst of his continued action,

The meeting back at headquarters was still ongoing.

After Wang Xiaoming had spoken with Yang Jian, he returned to the conference room and forthrightly arranged a task, "The situation with Yang Jian is worse than we imagined. If we don’t do something, everyone in the training base will die there."

"The situation has been stabilized by Yang Jian for now. He has gathered four exorcists around him, barely maintaining a state of not being alone, temporarily safe."

"He won’t be safe for long. Once the ghost kills the remaining exorcists, ramping up the number it suppressed, they will once again be in an isolated state, and this supernatural event will remain unsolvable," a young man named Jang Shangbai said with an unsightly expression; "So, Professor Wang, I still propose my previous suggestion."

"We should form a team and take out the Coffin Nail that restricts the Hungry Ghost. I am willing to lead a team personally to nail that thing down and resolve this S-grade Ghost Envoy incident."

Everyone present was a top exorcist, each controlling two or even three ghosts.

With team coordination, of course, they wouldn’t be in a lone state.

And with someone in control of the Ghost Domain using the Coffin Nail like Yang Jian, they could possibly recreate the scenario that unfolded in Dachang City, effortlessly subduing the ghost known as the Ghost Envoy.

Jang Shangbai was confident enough to take on this matter because he knew, under permissible conditions, he could do as well as Yang Jian had before.

Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua fell into contemplation.

If the situation continued to develop, he would have to consider implementing Jang Shangbai’s plan.

"I oppose implementing this plan at this time."

However, at this moment, a female ghost-controlling character wearing a headscarf spoke in a clear, cold voice, "The most urgent task right now is to figure out a way to rescue Yang Jian, not to consider the next step of action. If we implement your plan, it would be equivalent to directly giving up on everyone at the training base."

"Right now, we should prioritize rescuing people. We can discuss subsequent actions later."

"Tong Qian? You, a newcomer, don’t yet have a clear understanding of the situation. You don’t know that it’s already too late to save the people at the training base," Jang Shangbai glanced at her and said. "Supernatural events are not like fires that can be extinguished by dispatching personnel to rescue the injured. If the method is wrong, going to support is seeking death. We need to learn to cut losses, not send people to their meaningless deaths."

Tong Qian ignored him and turned to say, "Professor Wang, do you have any good ideas?"

The others fell silent and looked at Wang Xiaoming again.

"I spoke with Yang Jian over the phone, and he told me something," Wang Xiaoming said placidly and indifferently, "The Ghost Coffin in the laboratory is still there; this piece of information is key."

"Is this ghost, code-named Ghost Envoy, the Ghost Coffin itself, or a ghost from within the Ghost Coffin? Now that the Ghost Coffin and the ghost are separated, it seems they are not one entity. If they are not one, then what significance does the current Ghost Coffin hold?"

"Has the Ghost Coffin lost its supernatural power and degenerated into a regular coffin, or does it still... have some kind of connection with the ghost?"

"I need to go to the laboratory to personally study the Ghost Coffin again. This might provide some help in the current situation. However, the training base is very close to the laboratory, so this trip might be a little dangerous."

At that moment, Tong Qian immediately stood up and said, "I will accompany Professor Wang on this trip. With me there, you won’t be in any danger."

"How is one person enough? Count me in," Feng Quan said while smoking.

"Protecting Professor Wang is my duty. I will escort him to the laboratory to retrieve the Ghost Coffin," Li Jun, who had been silent, also spoke up.

Yet Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua suddenly spoke, "I, as the Deputy Minister, might as well make a decision for you now. This time I plan to have you all act together. Everyone present who can control at least two ghosts will escort Professor Wang to the laboratory. We must not only retrieve the Ghost Coffin but also take other important things from the laboratory."

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"If we can find a way to resolve the supernatural event, that would be best. If not, at the very least, we should reduce our losses to a minimum and ensure that the impact of the Ghost Envoy incident does not spread."

A group operation?

Everyone was taken aback for a moment.

One by one, the top ghost-controlling characters from Dachang City had arrived to attend the meeting, for example, Tong Qian, as well as another person in charge from J City, Gao Ming.

These were Dachang City’s top ghost-controlling characters.

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"If anyone disagrees, please voice your concerns," Cao Yanhua said again.

"I have no objections."

"I don’t either."

"Getting a glimpse of this S-class supernatural event is interesting. Since the Deputy Minister has given the orders, naturally we shall follow," Jang Shangbai suddenly smiled, not saying anything more this time.

He understood the Deputy Minister’s intention.

Pooling wisdom to gauge the severity of the event.

If this group of top ghost-controlling characters couldn’t resolve the issue, chances were high—80 percent—that his plan would be used.

"Since everyone agrees, then let’s set off," Li Jun said seriously.

The whole conference room was enveloped in a layer of blue-green light, and everything around it appeared particularly eerie and strange.

He had activated the Ghost Domain, directly intending to take everyone to the location of the laboratory.

As someone who had escaped from the laboratory, Li Jun was especially familiar with that place, so he was the most suited to lead the way.

The eerie blue-green light flickered like a faulty electric light.

In the conference room, except for Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua, everyone disappeared on the spot.

If it weren’t for his being the Deputy Minister, regularly exposed to supernatural events, any ordinary person would have certainly died of fright in such a situation.

However, no matter what decisions were made at headquarters, at least for the time being, for those ensnared in darkness at the training base, like Yang Jian and the others, any form of support was not very realistic.

They, could only rely on themselves.

But although they couldn’t be supported, it was still possible to provide some help with information.

"Yang Jian, there’s news. That Qian Yi is still alive; he wants to convene with us. There’s already his location on the phone, right in front of us, about five hundred meters away," Huang Ziya suddenly said while vigilantly monitoring her phone.

She had located a living signal source.

Through the information at headquarters, it had been confirmed that this signal source belonged to Qian Yi.

A ghost-controlling character like them, participating in the training.

"Qian Yi? That bastard’s still alive?" Yang Jian paused slightly as he moved ahead, his voice exceptionally cold.

"Did he offend you? You seem to really dislike him," Zhang Lei asked.

Huang Ziya explained, "Earlier in the dormitory building, Qian Yi actively contacted me and Yang Jian. He asked us to meet him at the second-floor corridor. As a result, he deceived us. He told us to wait there for him, but he ran away and turned off his phone, blocking the signal. Otherwise, our meeting with you all could have been earlier."

"If it weren’t for his delay, I might have been able to save a Ghost Candle, and even the ghost might not have grown so fast," Yang Jian said coldly. "Now that he can’t get out of this training base, he knows to turn on his phone to contact us?"

Zhang Lei said, "Although what he did was excessive and could even kill all of us, at times like these, we should put aside some of our grievances and focus on finding a way out first."

Yang Jian’s gaze flickered; he was unwilling to swallow this anger.

But Zhang Lei wasn’t wrong; finding any people to team up with now was challenging.

Finding a surviving ghost-controlling character meant increasing their chances of survival. If one more died, they would be one step closer to annihilation.

"Let’s meet up with him first."

Yang Jian fell silent, then abruptly stated.

"That’s right," Zhang Lei nodded. "We’ll teach him a lesson later."

And while they spoke,

In the darkness nearby, the sound of heavy footsteps followed them like a shadow, never leaving their side.

Moreover, a chilling presence lingered, hidden among the team.