Chapter 25

Zhao Kai Ming unwilling to give up wanted to make another wish, but just as his mouth was about to open, no sound came out.

The next moment, Zhao Kai Ming's neck suddenly snapped in midair; Ye Feng had arrived and decisively used the supernatural power of Ghost Fang.

Thus Zhao Kai Ming died, dying on the day after the Ghost Realm enveloped the area, on an unknown road.

Chen Shoushan clearly felt the Wish Ghost gradually drifting away after Zhao Kai Ming's death; it would seek a new host, and Chen Shoushan could do nothing but silently sense its departure.

Zhao Kai Ming's death was not unjust; Chen Shoushan knew his trump card inside out, and in the clash of scheming vs. unsuspecting, Zhao Kai Ming easily received a boxed meal.

"Are you alright?"

Ye Feng quickly walked over and asked.

"I'm fine, let's go."

Chen Shoushan shook his head and said.

Zhao Kai Ming's corpse might be completely devoured by some unknown Ghost Infant that crawled out of somewhere, so there's no need to bother burying him.

The Wish Ghost need not be worried about for now, but the danger of the Starvation Ghost remains serious; before Yang Jian succeeds, they must still hide cautiously.

"Where should we go now?"

Ye Feng asked.

"Report mission completion to Professor Wang, then head to Shangtong Building; we two should leave a retreat, right?"

Chen Shoushan turned his head to look at Ye Feng and said.

Exactly, although Yang Jian will surely succeed in theory, but what if? This is after all reality.

Chen Shoushan also needed to prepare for Yang Jian's failure; the safe house in Shangtong Building was his retreat, and in the original story Paul survived the Starvation Ghost incident by relying on that safe house.

Upon hearing Chen Shoushan say it was the two of them, Ye Feng felt a surge of excitement—Chen Shoushan was treating him as one of his own—so he naturally had no objection.

"All right, but where can we find a locksmith in this chaos?"

Ye Feng asked, wandering around Dachangshi in this situation would likely encounter Ghost Infants or even Starvation Ghosts.

"In Yang Jian's residential area there are many workers under construction; surely there is a locksmith among them—I already asked Uncle Zhang to find one before I came."

Chen Shoushan had already prepared and said.

Chen Shoushan had done everything he could; whether casualties in Dachangshi could be fewer than in the original depends on Yang Jian.

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At this moment, inside an old republican-era house in Dachangshi, an empty room held a full-length mirror; before the mirror, a grass rope hung a swaying corpse.

At the same time, all roads outside Dachangshi were blocked by the military, forbidding anyone from approaching.

In a military tent, Zhao Jianguo was holding a phone, reporting the current situation to Cao Yanhu.

"How is the situation now?"

Cao Yanhua's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"We still haven't reestablished contact with Dachangshi, and we're still thinking of ways to get in."

Zhao Jianguo reported everything in detail.

Cao Yanhua fell silent for a moment, then said: "Jianguo, we must resolve this starving ghost incident as soon as possible; otherwise, international public opinion is trivial, but any problem within our ranks is a major headache."

Zhao Jianguo replied tactfully: "Minister, after all, this is an S-rank supernatural incident; resolving it quickly will be difficult, so we should prepare for a long-term effort."

What Zhao Jianguo said was already fairly tactful; before the starving ghost incident broke out, the world had only known three S-rank supernatural incidents: the Ghost Painting incident in Gaolu Country, the Ghost Church incident in Beautiful Country, and the Ghost Temple incident in Cherry Blossom Country—none of these S-rank incidents have been resolved.

So Zhao Jianguo now only thinks about getting Wang Xiaoming out, then trying to confine the starving ghost incident to Dachangshi; as for the ordinary citizens of Dachangshi, Zhao Jianguo can only express regret.

"I understand your difficulties, but even if we can't fully resolve the starving ghost incident, we must still make some move!"

Cao Yanhua said firmly.

Zhao Jianguo's brows knit as he listened; this is an S-rank supernatural incident—carelessness could cost many Ghost Masters—how could we act recklessly?

Cao Yanhua sighed and continued: "If you don't make some move, Shen Liang will make a move himself!"

Although Cao Yanhua is indeed the minister, he still has a deputy minister beneath him, and beneath the deputy minister are numerous section chiefs; Shen Liang is the deputy minister of headquarters, and Zhao Jianguo belongs to Cao Yanhua's inner circle, which is why he can handle many headquarters affairs.

Although Shen Liang is indeed the deputy minister of headquarters, he is also a member of the Circle of Friends and has under him section chiefs of the same rank as Zhao Jianguo; although, under Cao Yanhua's suppression, the Circle of Friends' influence in headquarters is minor, aside from Shen Liang as a nominal deputy minister, there are no other major figures.

However, regarding Ghost Masters, it's different: although the headquarters' Ghost Masters vastly outnumber those of the Circle of Friends in total, the headquarters' Ghost Masters are scattered across Huaguo, whereas the Circle of Friends' are concentrated together.

"Deputy Minister Shen?"

Zhao Jianguo asked, somewhat confused.

"He advocates replacing you with another section chief to handle the Dachangshi incident."

Cao Yanhua continued.

"If they really manage to rescue Professor Wang, it will be tantamount to the Circle of Friends telling Huaguo's Ghost Masters that the headquarters is still inferior to them, which would be a major blow to the headquarters' prestige."

Zhao Jianguo fell silent; he understood why Cao Yanhua was suddenly so urgent—after all, if an S-rank incident that even headquarters couldn't enter was penetrated by a civilian force, how would other Ghost Masters view headquarters?

The Circle of Friends enjoys the support of numerous domestic capitalists, and even some foreign forces back them covertly; their CEO Fang Shiming is even compared to Asia's strongest, Ye Zhen, whereas headquarters lacks anyone who can match them.

Old Qin of headquarters refuses to show up and take charge, so Huaguo's Ghost Masters don't even know he exists; they only know the names of the Circle of Friends' Fang Shiming and the Supernatural Forum's Ye Zhen.

"I understand; we will increase our efforts here, striving to enter Dachangshi in a short time and rescue Professor Wang."

Zhao Jianguo knew that Dachangshi had become the focal point of the struggle between the Circle of Friends and headquarters, and he must speed up.

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At this moment, Dachangshi obviously had no idea of the external tension.

At this moment, Chen Shoushan and Ye Feng had already returned to the rooftop of Shangtong Building.

With the help of the locksmith, Paul's safe house was finally opened.

The safe house is about a hundred square meters, fully equipped and well stocked, enough to support ten people for about a month.

Most importantly, it contains a lot of specially made equipment, including but not limited to specially made batons, the specially made black gloves that Chen Shoushan seized from mercenaries earlier, specially made bulletproof vests, many specially made rounds and weapons, grenades, two heavy sniper rifles, and a specially made phone.

Seeing this equipment, Ye Feng was dumbfounded—is this still Huaguo? This gear is enough to fight a small-scale urban battle, yet it actually appeared in Dachangshi.

"How did they smuggle this in? From the Ghost Realm?"

Ye Feng asked in surprise.

"Maybe, but these are all made of gold; the Ghost Realm cannot affect them."

Chen Shoushan put on black gloves, picked up the special telephone and said.

This special telephone is somewhat like the headquarters' satellite phone, but not exactly the same; it should be foreign goods.

Because the minister in the original never appeared, I changed Cao Yan Hua to be the minister, Shen Liang to be the deputy minister, and also some other title or position issues were changed.

(End of chapter)