Chapter 85: Restarted Bride, Yang Jian

"Chen Qiaoyang, hurry!"

Seeing the Coffin Nail being blocked, Yang Jian didn't have time to think and immediately charged forward.

He cannot let the White Demon Ghost obtain this Coffin Nail, otherwise the threat level of this Supernatural Incident would rise a notch.

Chen Qiaoyang naturally knew this, so the moment Yang Jian burst out, he used his own ability to affect Zhang Hao again.

He made Zhang Hao pause his action of reaching down to pick up the Golden Long Spear after blocking the Coffin Nail attack.

However, the influence didn't last long; Zhang Hao quickly resumed, leapt down from the Coffin, and picked up the Golden Long Spear.

"Red and White Double Evil Zhang Hao!"

"Zhang Hao! Zhang Hao! Zhang Hao!"

Suddenly, at that moment, a strange child's voice rang out, freezing Zhang Hao in place; his instinct to turn his head halted.

Yang Jian also seized the opportunity, snatching the Golden Long Spear from Zhang Hao's hand and thrusting at him.

But this time, the Golden Long Spear missed—not because it was blocked, but because he struck a phantom.

From afar, at the moment Zhang Hao was about to raise his spear after Yang Jian took the Golden Long Spear, he shifted position.

"Zhang Hao? An ancient name!"

Zhang Hao muttered, but his expression quickly turned cold again.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground echoed.

A child who looked only six or seven, trapped in a White Curtain, crashed heavily to the ground and fell still.

Moreover, a Black and White Photo drifted down from midair; a red pair of scissors suddenly appeared in Zhang Hao's hand and sliced at the falling photo.

"Snip!"

The sound of some hard material being cut rang out.

The Ghost Child's brain was inexplicably ripped open out of thin air by some incomprehensible supernatural force.

Yang Jian's face changed dramatically at this sight; he hurried to the Ghost Child, tore off the White Curtain wrapped around it, and picked up the child's corpse and head, stitching them back together.

However, even though Yang Jian used his Ghost Shadow ability to reassemble the Ghost Child's body, the child remained eyes closed and motionless, seemingly suppressed by an incomprehensible supernatural force, unable to act.

The Ghost Child is a little spirit Yang Jian obtained during the Hungry Ghost Incident, and so far Yang Jian has fed it several ghosts.

If the Ghost Child dies like this, Yang Jian would suffer a huge loss.

Even now, the Ghost Child, even when facing the captain, still has some fighting ability and is far stronger than the few teammates beside Yang Jian.

Zhang Hao noticed the Ghost Child was rescued and acted again.

He immediately abandoned the few Fierce Ghosts of Chen Qiaoyang, controlled the Ghost Coffin, and slammed it toward Yang Jian.

No, that's wrong; it should be the Ghost Child in Yang Jian's hand.

At this moment, white curtains kept falling from the sky, assaulting Yang Jian.

However, Yang Jian keenly noticed that these white curtains were not aimed at him but at the Ghost Child in his hand.

"Chen Qiaoyang!"

In urgency, Yang Jian shouted at the Chen Qiaoyang beside him.

"I understand!"

Chen Qiaoyang nodded; he also sensed something off about this ghost.

After the little ghost appeared in Yang Jian's hand, the White Demon Ghost seemed to change its target, abandoning attacks on everything else and focusing all its force on that little ghost.

With his experience, he quickly realized that this little ghost probably possessed some ability that the Mourning Fierce Ghost dreaded, even restraining that ghost.

Chen Qiaoyang controlled the four ghosts that had been released from suppression, helping Yang Jian fend off the continuously falling white curtains from the sky.

At the same time, Yang Jian himself held the Ghost Child in one hand while using the blade of the Golden Long Spear in the other to cut the falling white curtains.

After all, Yang Jian was only one person; with one hand he couldn't cover everything, and soon white curtains attacked from other directions.

Fortunately, at that moment, two figures blocked the attack.

They were the second‑generation couple of the Wang Family.

Meanwhile, Zhang Hao, who was charging forward, halted.

Because at that moment, he sensed the aura of the Ghost Bride vanish.

The Ghost Bride was suppressed, and not only her; even the painting frame was deteriorating, as if it could break at any time.

Without hesitation, Zhang Hao abandoned the chase of Yang Jian and chose to Restart the Ghost Bride.

This was the first time Zhang Hao proactively Restarted the Ghost Bride; previously, Zhang Hao was suppressed and the Ghost Bride Restarted him.

Thus Zhang Hao had never seen the scene when both sides Restart.

Only then, on Zhang Hao's right side, a pair of pale Ghost Hands suddenly appeared, followed by a figure materializing from left to right.

It was as if a person were being shaped out of thin air.

"So, if I am Restarted, it would be from right to left."

Looking at the bride beside him, Zhang Hao memorized the scene in his heart.

Soon, behind the Ghost Bride, a painting frame appeared; from a distance, Zhang Hao and the Ghost Bride looked just like figures in a painting.

However, this painting was half vivid in color, the other half entirely black and white, without a single hue.

"Failed!"

Li Jun sealed the Ghost Painting frame into the Golden Box, watching the endless falling ash in the sky and the still‑fading city.

He knew this operation had failed.

The Red and White Double Evil combined with the Ghost Painting's triple Restart were too difficult to handle, demanding great coordination among the participants.

Not to mention, it was still unknown whether the Red and White Double Evil had obtained Restart ability from the Ghostly Servant.

Li Jun left his spot and went to the place where Yang Jian and the others had been.

"Action failed?"

Seeing Li Jun, Wang Chaling asked a question.

"Hmm." Li Jun replied in a deep voice.

"Our coordination has a problem. The Ghost Bride successfully restarted at the Ghost Frame, but while I was imprisoning it, the Ghost Frame restarted again."

"Perhaps something went wrong on Yang Jian's side," Li Jun said, giving his judgment.

While the two were exchanging information, they noticed several silhouettes sprinting toward them from ahead.

Behind those silhouettes were countless White Curtains, but they were being blocked one by one.

"Is that... Yang Jian? How did it end up like this?"

Li Jun and Wang Chaling exchanged a glance, both finding it somewhat unbelievable.

Yang Jian's résumé is spectacular, even legendary; he became a Ghost Tamer in an A-Class Paranormal Event.

Later he resolved the Huanggang Village incident, which was B-Class but actually A-Class, and after becoming a Ghost Tamer, within a month he solved the S-level Paranormal Event involving the Starving Ghost.

Subsequently, he got involved in the X-level Paranormal Event Spiritual Bus and solved the A-Class Paranormal Event Head Balloon incident.

After entering Dajing City, he led his team to survive the S-level Ghostly Servant, then became the squad leader.

Later came the Ghost Dream, the Ghost Post Office, defeating Ye Zhen, and taking part in solving the Dachuan City Ghost Shadow Head incident; all these deeds made every squad leader at Headquarters extremely wary of this Yang Jian.

And Li Jun and other squad leaders who had worked with Yang Jian placed even more trust in this colleague.

They could not have imagined that the illustrious Ghost Eye Yang Jian would become the side that failed the plan and fled in desperation.

"Let's act first and help," Wang Chaling said in a deep voice.

"We previously speculated that the Red and White Double Evil might possess intelligence; perhaps now it appears that the intelligent side lies with the White Evil."

"Facing such an intelligent Fierce Ghost, it's understandable that Yang Jian could slip up."

Li Jun heard this and nodded.

Ghost Fire ignited, setting ablaze the White Curtain that had fallen from midair along with the Paper Money.

After the recent incident where the first generation of the Wang Family dealt with the Ghost Bride, Wang Chaling also realized how little he knew about his parents and grandparents.

Previously, he always thought that, since his parents were the children of his grandparents, they should go first when something arose.

Now this course of action may need to be altered.

The Wang Family first‑generation couple stepped forward, giving the fleeing Yang Jian and Chen Qiaoyang a sigh of relief.

With these two ghosts present, at least there is some way to confront the Red and White Double Evil.

"Yang Jian, what's the situation?"

Wang Chaling waved his hand toward them.

Yang Jian stepped forward, placed the Ghost Child properly, and then slowly recounted everything that had just occurred.

"Indeed, just as we guessed, the intelligent side of the Red and White Double Evil belongs to the White Evil," Wang Chaling's face darkened. "The plan failed; how do you intend to deal with the Red and White Double Evil now? The previous method is no longer effective against them."

Li Jun was more concerned with how to restrain the Red and White Double Evil; the two ghosts' escape filled him with guilt, giving him an urge to self‑immolate in atonement.

However, he knew that his body had been painstakingly cultivated by Headquarters.

If he were to self‑immolate, Headquarters would lose one combatant capable of confronting Fierce Ghosts to protect the populace.

"For now we can only stalemate,"

Yang Jian lifted his eyes and gazed into the distance.

The Red and White Double Evil possess intelligence; after the Ghost Bride was once restrained by the first generation of the Wang Family,

The recent appearance of the Wang Family first generation seemed to intimidate the Red and White Double Evil, preventing them from advancing further.

"By the way, what's the situation with that little ghost in your hand?" Chen Qiaoyang asked as he stepped forward.

"Since that little ghost appeared, the White Evil has abandoned attacks on others, and even the Fierce Ghosts I had just suppressed were released by it."

Noticing Yang Jian's wary gaze, Chen Qiaoyang waved his hand.

"Don't worry, I'm not after that ghost of yours; I'm just asking for your opinion."

"After all, the Red and White Double Evil situation is unique; perhaps we can rely on that ghost in your hand to find a way out."

Hearing this, Yang Jian fell silent.

He recalled everything that had just happened.

In fact, he couldn't understand why the White Evil fixated on the Ghost Child after its appearance.

It couldn't simply be because the Ghost Child originated from the Starving Ghost with limitless growth ability? Perhaps they wanted to use the Ghost Child to supplement the Ghostly Servant's infinite growth?

Although the Ghostly Servant lost Wei Jing, it should have lost its limitless growth, it shouldn't be to this extent.

The Red and White Double Evil's Ghost Summoning, in a sense, is also a terrifying limitless growth ability, though it offers little benefit to themselves.

"You didn't think of it either?" Wang Chaling asked.

"Not really clear," Yang Jian shook his head. "Both sides are now at a stalemate; I need to think carefully."

"Indeed, I'm a mess right now as well," Wang Chaling nodded in agreement.

The power of the Wang Family first generation left him bewildered, needing time to regain composure.

The four each surveyed their surroundings, confirming that the Red and White Double Evil, wary of the Wang Family first generation, hesitated to advance; they each found a spot to temporarily regroup and contemplate the current situation.

Yang Jian entered a pitch‑black corner and took a golden cylindrical box from his coat.

Opening the box, inside lay an old, yellowed Human Skin paper.

In this circumstance, Yang Jian had already lost any means to handle the crisis.

Thus he could only place his hope on that Human Skin paper that had helped him many times.

Perhaps encountering its kind made the Human Skin paper extremely wary.

So when the Human Skin paper was opened, a line of crooked characters appeared.

"My name is Yang Jian. When you read these words, I am already dead."

Because Liao Fan used the Ghost Caller to shout my name, my memory of Yang Jian unexpectedly seized the dominant position in the Ghost Shadow, causing the Ghost Shadow to mistake itself for Yang Jian.

After confirming that I am Yang Jian, I killed Liao Fan and came to Da Dong City to seek revenge at the Survival Association where Liao Fan and Xu Feng are.

"You know, that's not what I want to hear." Looking at the words on the human skin paper, Yang Jian frowned and said.

But the human skin paper showed no change, continuing to write endlessly.

"I killed the Survival Association inside the Wang Family Ancient Residence, but then an unexpected incident occurred, the residence went out of control, Chen Qiaoyang emerged from its depths, Li Jun fought him, and the accident caused the Red and White Double Evil to appear."

"The Red and White Double Evil is too bizarre; no matter what I tried, I couldn't solve it. It used physical means to block the attack of the Coffin Nail, and I suspect that ghost might possess the wisdom of a living person."

"By the way, something strange happened inside the Red and White Double Evil: after I fed the Ghost Caller to the ghost child, and the ghost child shouted Zhang Hao's name, the White Evil actually gave up attacking others and pursued the ghost child with all its might."

The human skin paper's words abruptly stopped, causing Yang Jian to furrow his brow.

"Zhang Hao?" Yang Jian thought to himself.

He naturally remembered the name Zhang Hao, but what does it have to do with the Red and White Double Evil?

Could it be that the Red and White Double Evil seized Zhang Hao's memory? Suddenly, Yang Jian's gaze at the human skin paper froze.

Because Liao Fan used the Ghost Caller to shout my name, my memory of Yang Jian unexpectedly seized the dominant position in the Ghost Shadow, causing the Ghost Shadow to mistake itself for Yang Jian.

"After the ghost child shouted Zhang Hao's name, the White Evil actually abandoned attacks on others and pursued the ghost child with full force."

Yang Jian noticed two key points in the human skin paper's words.

"By the way, the Ghost Caller."

Yang Jian recalled that he had confirmed his identity as Yang Jian because the headless Ghost Shadow, across countless memories, was called once by the Ghost Caller.

"Now that you mention it, I think I also heard a sentence just now."

Yang Jian remembered that after he seized the Coffin Nail, the White Evil seemed to have spoken.

However, the environment was so chaotic at the time that he thought it was his own illusion.

"Could the Ghost Caller make the White Evil think it is Zhang Hao?"

Yang Jian pondered, quickly ruling out that possibility.

Clearly, things could not be that simple; the ghost child's Ghost Power was not strong.

It could not cause the White Evil to misjudge its identity, and even Yang Jian's own becoming an Abnormal that could confirm his identity as Yang Jian was due to multiple coincidences.

Only after countless memories in the Ghost Shadow's recollection, the Ghost Newspaper, and the protective transactions of the Ghost Cabinet could the chance coincidence allow the dominant position to be confirmed within the Ghost Shadow.

"However, judging from the Red and White Double Evil's situation, the Ghost Caller should have briefly affected the White Evil."

"So is it because of this that the White Evil abandoned attacks on others and prioritized killing the ghost child?"

Prompted by the human skin paper, Yang Jian quickly clarified the possibilities.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

At this moment, after Zhang Hao noticed the appearance of the Wang Family Generation, he also gave up the idea of continuing to attack the ghost child.

In fact, it was much like what Yang Jian had thought.

The ghost child's shout triggered a deep memory in his mind, which then took the lead.

Although it was only a brief instant, it was clearly a threat.

Thus, after Zhang Hao reclaimed the dominant memory, he immediately attacked the ghost child.

Even if the chance of such a Ghost Power freeing him from this state was less than 0.01%, he would still eradicate it in the cradle.

Unfortunately, he failed.

The Ghost Scissors' Ghost Power works well against living people, but against an Abnormal like Yang Jian, who can help the ghost child stitch bodies, the threat is minor.

Later, Zhang Hao tried to seize the ghost child, but because the ghost bride was suppressed by the Wang Family Generation, he had to choose to Restart the ghost bride first.

After all, if the ghost bride and the ghost frame were to be completely isolated by gold, he couldn't Restart them.

Carrying the ghost bride, Zhang Hao went to the place where the ghost bride had previously clashed with the Wang Family Generation.

Although the ghost bride was Restarted, the Paper Flower Sedan did not restart with it.

After all, the Paper Flower Sedan is no longer piloted by the bride; if left here, it would run away on its own in no time.

After retrieving the Paper Flower Sedan and spending some time letting the bride pilot it, Zhang Hao looked toward a certain spot in the city center.

Facing the protection of the Wang Family Generation, Zhang Hao temporarily abandoned the idea of attacking the ghost child and Yang Jian.

Because these two ghosts could actually imprison him.

Moreover, the ghost child's ability is not without a way to be blocked; the reason his mind became confused when the ghost child called out a name is that his consciousness is essentially not a ghost.

As long as Zhang Hao finds a ghost that can protect his consciousness through Ghost Control, he will become a true Fierce Ghost and no longer be affected by the ghost child's cries.

Zhang Hao arrived at the colorless city center, in front of a gray‑white skyscraper.

"Ning An Building."

Zhang Hao stood outside the building, seeing those four characters.

It is the building Wang Chaling uses for his office, and also the tallest structure in the city.

From the top floor, one can easily see the entire city's panorama.

Most leaders in their own cities generally choose such a building for their offices.

Of course, "office" is just a nice word; no one cares how you play inside.

Zhang Hao came to this building because he recalled that in the original story, during this period, a strange red stool had appeared here.

And just now, after checking through the Ghost Domain, he sensed that a wandering Fierce Ghost indeed roamed inside the building.

(End of chapter)