Chapter 61: The Dispersed Team

"You woke me up—what's the matter?"

On a certain underground level of the Ping'an Building, there is a Safety Room, and inside the Safety Room there is a separate compartment.

A man with a deathly pale complexion stood before the door of this separate compartment; after a long while, the compartment door suddenly opened.

"You woke me up—what's the matter?"

A long‑sealed stench of corpses surged out, and in the pitch‑black room a silhouette slowly walked out.

A hoarse, low voice echoed within the Safety Room.

When the silhouette finally stepped out of the room, the fluorescent light in the Safety Room barely illuminated the person's appearance.

The man who emerged from the Safety Room was strikingly identical to the man waiting inside the Safety Room.

Indeed, they were both Fang Shiming, only one a duplicate and the other the original.

"Jiang Shangbai is trapped," the duplicate Fang Shiming standing outside said in a deep voice.

"Jiang Shangbai?" Fang Shiming was momentarily stunned, as if searching his mind for the memory of someone named Jiang Shangbai.

Fortunately, his memory did contain a person named Jiang Shangbai.

"Look, this is Jiang Shangbai's file, along with the recent events in Dajing City."

The duplicate produced a sheet and handed it to Fang Shiming.

After receiving the sheet, Fang Shiming stared at it for a long time, then his expression suddenly darkened.

"Ghostly Servant and Red and White Double Evil, huh? So the main reason you woke me is to rescue someone? There shouldn't be anything else, right?"

Jiang Shangbai is now a prominent figure in the Friends Circle; he is trapped in a Supernatural Incident and cannot leave, which indeed makes him worth Fang Shiming's effort to rescue.

"It's fine, after all I know your situation," the duplicate said, shaking his head.

"If those guys at Headquarters weren't so reluctant to act, I wouldn't have called you."

Fang Shiming frowned upon hearing that; it seemed that during his balancing of his own state to prevent the Fierce Ghost's revival, Headquarters had produced quite a few ruthless individuals.

"Damn, it's all because of that despicable Ye Zhen," Fang Shiming muttered to himself.

If it weren't for Ye Zhen, he could have already figured out how to balance his own Fierce Ghost and the Dead Machine.

But ever since he fought that guy Ye Zhen, he had been lying in the Safety Room for a full half‑year, and many people seemed to have started catching up to him.

"Alright, send me the address, and also go talk to Headquarters about my conditions for rescuing someone."

"Even though it's to rescue Jiang Shangbai, the benefits that should be taken still need to be taken."

Fang Shiming left the room; after obtaining the precise location, he took a few steps forward.

A sudden cold wind swirled around, like a Fierce Ghost blowing at your ear, making one's hair stand on end.

The wind carried an inescapable stench of corpses, making one wonder whether the source of the wind was a standing corpse or perhaps a Fierce Ghost. As the cold wind blew, the surrounding lights began to flicker.

Everything around grew dim, "Cough cough cough!"

Jiang Shangbai kept sprinting through the dark Ghost Domain, and behind him several white White Cloth strips surged toward him.

As the Fierce Ghost was employed, the ghost inside their body began to revive.

"Damn, it's getting scarier and scarier, hasn't Fang Shiming arrived yet?"

Jiang Shangbai's figure flashed, stepping a piece of White Cloth onto the ground, his expression growing heavier.

The time rewound to half an hour ago.

After the group discovered a safe zone within the Ghost Domain, they began waiting there.

But the good times were short; after waiting for a while, the spirit hall went out of control. The Ghost Tamer who had died inside eventually revived.

The Fierce Ghost's revival instinct, combined with the bride's Ghost Summoning, overwhelmed the Ghostly Servant's unilateral suppression.

As this ghost revived, the small safe area outside the spirit hall was immediately compressed, until it lost its protective effect.

Without protection, in less than a minute, five or six Ghost Tamers were successively killed by the Red and White Double Evil.

First, Zhong Shan and a Ghost Tamer were eroded by the Fierce Ghost, and without any resistance they knelt in Mourning.

Next was Wang Shuang, who was hoisted by a white curtain falling from the dark sky, losing all movement.

Finally there were two more Ghost Tamers: one was killed by the previously revived Ghost Tamer, and the other was eroded by a paper copper coin that fell from the sky.

In such a short time, so many died, and everyone was thrown into panic, each immediately resorting to self‑preservation tactics.

The entire team consequently scattered, and now they can only fight on their own.

Jiang Shangbai now cannot even determine whether any other Ghost Tamers besides himself are still alive within the Ghost Domain.

A brief moment of distraction, a single lapse, and a paper copper coin falling from mid‑air stuck onto Jiang Shangbai.

Fortunately, Jiang Shangbai was wearing a Ghost Longevity Garment, which is extremely powerful; after the paper copper coin touched the garment, it could not leave any mark on it.

However, although the Longevity Garment can protect Jiang Shangbai's body, it is not omnipotent.

The area the Longevity Garment can protect is not as extensive as Funeral Clothes; once those paper copper coins stain other parts, Jiang Shangbai can only rely on his own Supernatural Suppression.

Fortunately, although Jiang Shangbai dares not open the Ghost Domain in this situation, he does wield a pair of extremely powerful Ghost Feet.

These feet allow Jiang Shangbai, without opening the Ghost Domain, to move swiftly and evade the falling paper copper coins.

However, this evasion cannot last long; with continuous use, he can feel his fragile Balance inside his body slipping away.

"Tap tap tap!"

At that moment, Footsteps sounded not far ahead.

Jiang Shangbai's expression hardened, he halted his steps, daring not to proceed further.

Now the trouble caused by the paper copper coins and the White Curtain from the sky is already enough; if he draws another ghost's attention, it will be even more problematic.

Fortunately, a figure in the darkness quickly appeared before his eyes.

"You are..." Jiang Shangbai hesitated briefly, then quickly uttered a name, "Su Fan?"

However, Jiang Shangbai's words did not make Su Fan lift his head; only when the distance between them fell below two meters did Su Fan finally notice him.

"Jiang Shangbai? You're still not dead?"

Su Fan stared in astonishment at the person before them.

Seeing Su Fan's mouth twitch without any sound, Jiang Shangbai only then realized that both he and the other were deaf.

Earlier, he had activated Ghost Domain, which let him hear others through it; now that Ghost Domain is not active, he naturally cannot hear.

So the two of them briefly used their phones to communicate, and finally decided to act together, looking out for each other.

The Ghost that Su Fan commands is unusual—it is a phone.

He must constantly play a game on the phone, otherwise the Ghost inside the phone will take his life.

But playing this bizarre game naturally also brings benefits.

Su Fan can use the phone game to determine which direction around him harbors danger, gaining some warning.

(End of chapter)