Chapter 17: Untitled (I'm done)

"What is it?"

Listening to Zhao Jianguo's urgent voice, Yang Jian felt a bad premonition.

"It can't be that the Supernatural Incident in ZS City has further gotten out of control, can it?"

Fortunately, Zhao Jianguo's next words let him breathe a sigh of relief.

"No, ZS City is still the same as before."

"What I want to ask you about is the matter of the Spiritual Bus."

Zhao Jianguo's tone was solemn.

"What's wrong? Could it be that the Spiritual Bus has appeared in the Reality World again?"

Yang Jian frowned; that bus travels through various Spiritual Realms, packed with ghosts, and each entry into Reality is extremely dangerous.

"Yes, it appeared in Xiaochi City Kui'an Town," Zhao Jianguo's voice came out somewhat low.

"Two ghosts stepped off the bus, they killed instantly, then vanished; their current codename is Red and White Double Evil."

Listening to Zhao Jianguo's words made Yang Jian's heart sink.

If it were only the Spiritual Bus appearing in Reality, as long as it wasn't in Dachang City, he wouldn't be too worried.

But the title Red and White Double Evil reminded Yang Jian of some recent, unsettling memories.

"Don't tell me the ghosts that stepped down were a Dried Corpse Bride and a ghost in Funeral Clothes."

Yang Jian's voice was steady, his face faintly incredulous as he asked, "It can't really be such a coincidence, can it?"

However, Zhao Jianguo's following words made his heart sink.

"How do you know? A woman in a Wedding Dress, and a man in Funeral Clothes."

"But it's a bit different from what you said; that bride is not a dry corpse."

Zhao Jianguo was rather surprised: "Could it be that you saw those two ghosts on the Spiritual Bus before?"

"I'm not sure," Yang Jian's complexion turned sour.

"I have indeed seen a ghost in Funeral Clothes and a ghost in a Wedding Dress, but at that time the Wedding Dress ghost's body was a dry corpse, which I called Dried Corpse Bride."

"And the Wedding Dress ghost you mention does not have a dry corpse body."

Yang Jian seemed to recall something and suddenly asked.

"By the way, how did you determine that the ghost in Funeral Clothes is male? The Funeral Clothes ghost I saw should be faceless now."

Hearing that, Zhao Jianguo was somewhat puzzled.

"That's not right; according to witnesses, that Funeral Clothes ghost has a face and looks about eighteen or nineteen years old."

"Could it be that the two ghosts you saw are not these two?"

Yang Jian did not confirm, but showed a thoughtful expression.

The Crying Tomb Ghost had its Ghost Crying Face taken; without a face, snatching a normal person's face is highly probable.

And the student, he remembered that Zhang Hao, who was hand‑held by the Dried Corpse Bride when he accidentally boarded, should also have looked about eighteen or nineteen.

So the Crying Tomb Ghost took Zhang Hao's face? And then was controlled by the Dried Corpse Bride?

But that would mean the Dried Corpse Bride's flesh and blood are in what condition? "By the way, here's the data on Red and White Double Evil; take a look, perhaps you can confirm whether it's the same ghost."

"If we can confirm the Killing Rule of Red and White Double Evil, handling it would be much easier."

At that moment, Zhao Jianguo sent Yang Jian the file on Red and White Double Evil.

It contained a picture, but the ghost's appearance couldn't be seen clearly; only the silhouettes in Wedding Dress and Funeral Clothes could be glimpsed from afar.

But looking at the picture, Yang Jian's pupils contracted instantly.

So familiar—apart from the Palm turning from a dry corpse hue to a fair complexion, there was almost no difference from the Dried Corpse Bride.

Both the attire and the patterns on the Wedding Dress were the same. Moreover, beside that ghost bride, the style of the Funeral Clothes on that ghost was also very familiar to him.

Because customs vary by region, there are many styles of Funeral Clothes.

But the Funeral Clothes on the Crying Tomb Ghost Yang Jian remembered clearly.

A long White Cloth wrapped around the head forming a hood, trailing to the ground, and over the White Cloth wore a white Funeral Clothes that reached the ankles.

And in the image, that ghost in Funeral Clothes was indeed dressed exactly like that.

Then Yang Jian looked at the description below the picture, his gaze fixed on a sentence.

Those who were killed died while kneeling; the Killing Rule of Red and White Double Evil seems related to kneeling.

"So does that mean after I took the Ghost Crying Face, this ghost's Killing Rule changed?"

"But under these circumstances, this ghost will probably target me again."

After confirming that this ghost was the Dried Corpse Bride and the Crying Tomb Ghost, Yang Jian became immediately alert.

Through his experiences these past weeks, he discovered that Fierce Ghosts have a concept akin to bearing grudges.

Whether it's Ghost Infant or Ghost Newspaper, they have exhibited similar behavior.

A Fierce Ghost that triggers the Killing Rule but, for some reason, does not launch an attack will remember the person who triggered the rule and will strike that person the next time they meet.

And even without a Killing Rule, Yang Jian knew that the ghost would definitely try to snatch the Ghost Crying Face he held.

"Hmm? Speaking of that, could we write something about it?"

Yang Jian thought of the ghost trying to steal the Ghost Crying Face and suddenly recalled that Ghost Newspaper also seems to seek faces.

Thus, if this ghost meets Ghost Newspaper and at that moment he releases the Ghost Crying Face, could it provoke the two ghosts to attack each other? After thinking it over, Yang Jian abandoned the idea.

After obtaining the Puzzle, the Fierce Ghost becomes even more terrifying; the two ghosts fighting for a face seems beneficial in the short term, but once a victor emerges, it will become a huge trouble.

Yang Jian did not forget that Ghost Newspaper can alter others' memories.

And the Ghost Bride possesses Ghost Summoning abilities; now the Crying Tomb Ghost should be under her control.

At that time, whether it's the Ghost Bride summoning Ghost Newspaper or Ghost Newspaper altering the Ghost Bride's memory, both would be difficult for Yang Jian to handle.

"Is it the same ghost?"

Listening to Yang Jian's continued silence, Zhao Jianguo asked.

"It's the same one; that funeral‑clothes ghost I call the Crying Tomb Ghost. It originally had a ghost face, but I removed it."

"Now this ghost should only have the Kneeling Death supernatural."

"As for the ghost bride, she's terrifying; she can perform Ghost Summoning."

"If possible, find a way to deal with her quickly; otherwise, giving her time to develop will inevitably become an S-level Paranormal Event."

"You don't want Xiaochi City to turn into a Ghost City, do you?"

Hearing that, Zhao Jianguo's expression hardened.

"Ghost Summoning? Explain in detail."

"It means summoning other Fierce Ghosts. She can bring other Fierce Ghosts to herself, and the most terrifying part is that the revival level of Fierce Ghosts summoned by the ghost bride will be stimulated."

Yang Jian fell silent, and his voice also became low.

"If the ghost bride kills a Ghost Tamer in Xiaochi City, it means that the Ghost Tamer's Fierce Ghost will immediately be stimulated to revive to its strongest state."

"S-level Paranormal Event?" Zhao Jianguo was silent, saying nothing more.

Even without having experienced it, just from words he can know how severe the Red-White Double Evil Event's danger is.

The review is numb; I don't even dare to give this chapter a title.

(End of Chapter)