Chapter 18: Caesar Grand Hotel (Extended Chapter)

Above the dim city.

Floating are objects that look like balloons; they drift in the city's sky, swaying constantly with the wind. Though they are scattered, a casual glance still reveals at least dozens of them.

If you get close, you can see that the balloons in the sky are actually heads.

Each head bears a horribly pale, blood‑less face, eyes closed, motionless, as if in deep sleep.

The heads float sparsely, yet at least one to two hundred of them hover in the sky.

Below the city, many headless corpses lie on the ground, emitting a foul stench, and there are also objects resembling rotten, moldy rubber balls scattered on the ground.

At the ground level, a red figure and a white figure walk slowly beside the corpses.

After successfully stopping the Ghost Bride from killing, and after some probing, Zhang Hao spent two days and finally brought the Ghost Bride to ZS City.

In fact, Xiaochi City and ZS City are adjacent, so it shouldn't have taken that long.

But as a price for appearing in the Reality World and immediately killing, Zhang Hao and the Ghost Bride had to take a more troublesome route to ZS City.

Zhang Hao doesn't yet know that Headquarters has already assigned the code name Red and White Double Evil to him and the Ghost Bride.

To avoid exposing himself, he leads the Bride through areas without surveillance.

Without a Ghost Domain, it naturally takes a lot of time.

"Is this ZS City?"

Zhang Hao stares at the sky above the city, deep in thought.

He isn't sure whether he will become a target of the Head Balloon attack.

So for now, the only thing he can do is hold the Ghost Bride's hand tightly.

Only by maintaining the Ghost Bride's supernatural influence on Zhang Hao's body can she help fend off an attack the moment it occurs.

This is an a‑grade Supernatural Incident; after obtaining the head, it even wiped out an island nation.

Zhang Hao doesn't want to gamble on whether the Source Ghost behind the Head Balloons will target him.

Meanwhile, at the border between ZS City and Xiaochi City.

A man in glasses and a suit looks into the distance, holding a Walkie‑Talkie.

"This is Xiaochi City's person in charge, Han Mo. Based on my assessment, Red and White Double Evil seem to have entered ZS City's territory,"

"Those two Ghosts are terrifying; I can't get too close, and my supernatural effect on them is hard to manifest,"

Han Mo, code name Ghost Blocking Disaster.

True to his name, the Ghost Tamer lives up to his code.

Han Mo can curse others, sharing his own damage onto Fierce Ghosts or other people, making them help him block disasters.

However, likewise, the target being attacked during this period also suffers damage, and Han Mo takes damage as well.

Han Mo previously tried to set the sharing target to those two Ghosts of Red and White Double Evil.

Unfortunately, merely approaching Red and White Double Evil gave his internal Ghost Blocking Disaster a faint sense of losing control.

Having no choice, Han Mo could only abandon the interception.

"Already entered ZS City?"

Zhao Jianguo furrows his brow; he does not want this Ghost to enter ZS City.

This would greatly affect ZS City's situation.

"Yes, I've been trailing Red and White Double Evil and can confirm they have entered ZS City,"

"I see. Since that's the case, you should go ahead and enter ZS City to help,"

"With you there, it should be a great help,"

"Don't worry, executing the support mission, Headquarters won't shortchange you,"

Zhao Jianguo thinks for a moment and says,

Han Mo's Ghost is unique; while possessing impressive Combat Power, its support ability is also strong, capable of protecting others well.

Recalling that Headquarters has already sent Spirit Child Xiong Wenwen into ZS City, Zhao Jianguo decides to have him help. "Alright, I'm coming right away."

Han Mo doesn't mention any reward.

His special status and upbringing have given him a righteousness that ordinary people lack.

When faced with a crisis threatening a city or a nation, he will not refuse to be a spearhead.

Hearing that Han Mo is about to set out, Zhao Jianguo lets out a sigh of relief.

"It's better to have a direct‑line member; deployment is less convoluted,"

In fact, Headquarters has many Ghost Tamers similar to Han Mo.

However, as the Fierce Ghost resurgence intensifies, many front‑line spearheads have already been sacrificed, and some people, because of Ghost Erosion, cannot maintain their true hearts.

This makes the Ghost Tamers at Headquarters appear to have few good people.

Time slowly passes.

Zhang Hao, with the Bride, spent another half day and finally arrived at the destination—Caesar Grand Hotel.

From afar, it is a luxurious European‑style building, and several warning lines have been set up nearby, prohibiting any vehicles or pedestrians from entering or exiting.

If Zhang Hao wants to sneak inside, it won't be easy.

There are too many people here, and to ensure Headquarters learns of any incident immediately, they have implemented a rotating guard schedule.

"Shall we force our way in?"

Zhang Hao ponders inwardly.

He doesn't wish to use this method, because it would mean he and the Ghost Bride would come directly into Headquarters' sight.

However, without a Ghost Domain, if he doesn't use this method, there seems to be no better option.

"Let's first assess the situation,"

"We still don't know the exact situation inside; at least we should first locate Yang Jian,"

Ghost Crying Face is in Yang Jian's hands; if he can seize the Ghost Crying Face, the exposure for Zhang Hao is acceptable.

"Speaking of it, Feng Quan and Guo Fan are also inside, right?"

Zhang Hao looked at the Caesar Grand Hotel in the distance, where a camp of tents lay.

Feng Quan wielded Ghost Grave Soil, and also a swath of Ghost Fog.

Guo Fan wielded a Ghost Spirit Tablet.

Whether it was a Spirit Tablet or Grave Soil, Zhang Hao thought they both fit him well.

Even the Ghost Fog on Feng Quan's body could make up for the lack of Ghost Domain before the Ghost Bride completed the Ghost Painting.

However, while Zhang Hao was pondering, the Ghost Bride on that side acted.

"We break in!"

A vague concept of consciousness entered Zhang Hao's mind.

Compared with Zhang Hao not wanting to expose himself, the Ghost Bride, upon realizing the Puzzle containing Zhang Hao inside, did not wish to keep hiding.

Feeling his body gradually losing control, Zhang Hao was somewhat helpless.

Indeed, compared to the Wish Ghost, which is already an Abnormal, there is also the Newspaper Ghost that can continuously rewrite and seize living people's memories.

Even with his own help, the Ghost Bride's thought consciousness is still too simple.

With the Ghost Bride's current mindset, she still cannot act according to plan before the Puzzle, restraining the instinct to seize the Puzzle.

"Fine, fine, let's just break in; after all, Caesar Grand Hotel is also a Spiritual Realm teeming with countless Fierce Ghosts."

"Cooperating with the Ghost Summoning's spiritual phenomena, the Ghost Bride and I are still quite safe inside."

Zhang Hao felt relieved inside and followed the Ghost Bride's actions.

Rather than being forcibly controlled, it's better to cooperate voluntarily; this way there is more room for maneuver.

(End of chapter)