Dazhou City is a rather unremarkable city in the country.

Because no supernatural events have ever occurred in this city, there isn’t even an assigned person in charge, and Yang Jian knows somewhat of the reasons behind this, mostly due to that ancient mansion.

Although there are many fierce ghosts around the old mansion, due to the existence of that elderly man from the Republic of China era, all the fierce ghosts are well contained and cannot leave the supernatural area to appear in the real world.

Hence, corresponding to this, supernatural events rarely occur in Dazhou City, making it a relatively safe city.

This situation is similar to the one under Sun Rui’s jurisdiction in Dahan City.

Because there is a Ghost Post Office in Dahan City, there haven’t been any supernatural incidents; although the safety behind this is somewhat unsettling, it is good news for the vast majority of ordinary people. However, if someone from the supernatural circle knew the truth, they certainly wouldn’t stay in Dahan City.

Who can guarantee that the Ghost Post Office won’t suddenly lose control someday?

However, at this moment, Yang Jian no longer has the mind to ponder the real reason the Ghost Ship appeared here, as he has already taken action.

The surrounding air instantly became humid.

Nearby, the ground and walls began to seep water continuously, and these water traces increased more and more, appearing at a very fast pace. In just a dozen seconds, a layer of cold stagnant water appeared on the street, and then these waters gathered again quickly, flooding the entire nearby area.

The supernatural occurrence of Ghost Lake appeared once more.

As usual, Yang Jian covered the entire area near the Ghost Ship with Ghost Lake’s supernatural power, so even if any fierce ghost appeared, it would be immediately engulfed by Ghost Lake.

Although Ghost Lake’s supernatural power can’t engulf all the fierce ghosts, it can at least reduce a significant portion of their number, greatly lowering the surrounding danger.

“Came a bit late, after all, having expanded the blockade area, some fierce ghosts have already spread from the Ghost Ship.”

Yang Jian’s ghost eye rotated, peering into the city’s corners where he saw many cold, eerie figures, and some ghosts already started killing people.

However, the fierce ghosts haven’t escaped for long, so relatively speaking, Dazhou City is still fairly calm, but once it brews for a while, the whole city might fall into massive panic.

Therefore, he must act quickly to prevent these terrible situations from occurring.

“I will pull the residents of Dazhou City into the ghost painting world and release them after resolving the Ghost Ship incident. If the action is fast enough, they won’t have any suspicions.” At this moment, He Yuelian also took action. Her ghost painting’s Ghost Domain can easily cover a city or even several cities.

Pulling an entire city into the ghost painting world is not difficult for her.

In fact, if He Yuelian were willing, these people could even continue to live in the ghost painting world indefinitely.

As the gray-white paper ash continuously fell from the sky, the entire city buildings began to seem somewhat unfamiliar, and many people disappeared from the real world without even knowing what happened. After entering the ghost painting world, they continued their work and life as usual, with only those trying to leave Dazhou City realizing something was amiss.

However, the headquarters staff had already made preparations.

Anyone attempting to leave the ghost painting city would be stopped, as all highways and railways in and out of the city were under lockdown.

In just a moment.

The Dazhou City in the real world turned into an empty city, with the vast majority of living people pulled into the ghost painting world, leaving only a few unfortunate survivors still in the city. It’s not that He Yuelian didn’t want to save them, but their specific positions were too close to the Ghost Ship’s area, causing supernatural interference to prevent the ghost painting’s Ghost Domain from covering them, so she had to give up.

“Yang Jian, what should I do now?” Tong Qian asked at this moment.

Yang Jian, holding a red spear and his ghost eye staring at that old and dilapidated Ghost Ship in the mist, his face filled with seriousness, answered: “You don’t need to do anything right now; just watch. Only when I fail should you take action. At that time, don’t hesitate and go all out, but I hope that situation won’t arise.”

Tong Qian solemnly nodded, asking no further questions.

“Leuk San, how is Old Qin’s statue coming along?”

Then, Yang Jian looked to the other side.

Leuk San hadn’t come over himself, but he did send a paper figurine to deliver all sorts of information and intelligence promptly, as there weren’t many captains left now.

“It’s on the way. Within ten minutes, Old Qin’s statue will be above Dazhou City. At that time, with just one command, it will immediately be dropped by air.”

“Ten minutes? During this time, the Ghost Ship likely won’t leave here yet, but whether or not we need to take risks depends on Tong Qian’s action’s success. If he encounters obstruction, then release Old Qin without hesitation, but if his actions proceed smoothly, then the statue must remain sealed. If Old Qin reawakens as a fierce ghost, it would be a huge problem.” Yang Jian instructed.

“Alright, I understand.” Leuk San’s paper figurine nodded.

After giving some instructions, Yang Jian began the second step of his action.

At this moment, Ghost Lake’s blockade was complete.

Yet, the Ghost Ship continued sailing, and Ghost Lake couldn’t make this supernatural ship sink, even though the Ghost Ship had already tilted and was damaged.

Yang Jian stepped onto the lake’s surface, continuously approaching the Ghost Ship.

He didn’t intend to confront the Ghost Ship by himself, but aimed to eliminate the fierce ghosts disembarking from the Ghost Ship. If possible, it was best to find out the fierce ghost controlling the Ghost Ship. Only by confining that ghost could the Ghost Ship issue be resolved completely; otherwise, all efforts would be futile.

When he got a certain distance from the Ghost Ship, Yang Jian stopped, and the cold lake water beside him began to bubble.

With the swim of various eerie figures in the water, an old pendulum clock emerged from Ghost Lake.

This was the Supernatural Pendulum Clock from the Wang Family’s old mansion, capable of resetting time.

“The reset of the pendulum, plus self-reset, can extend my limit.” Yang Jian thought to himself.

Previously, he and Ye Zhen had boarded the Ghost Ship, and under the attack of a group of fierce ghosts, he nearly died. Even if he could reset himself, it was to no avail because the supernatural attacks of the fierce ghosts could fill up your reset time point, eventually sealing off your reset completely. But if coupled with the pendulum’s reset, it would be different, using the pendulum’s reset to extend the self-reset time.

Immediately, he took the pendulum clock and placed it on the top floor of a nearby building.

After setting the restart time, Yang Jian felt uneasy and thought he should leave some people to guard it.

Soon.

Corpses, bleached white from soaking, appeared from the accumulated water on the rooftop. These corpses quickly freed themselves from the water, stood up, and started to move slowly and expressionlessly, like loyal bodyguards surrounding the supernatural pendulum clock placed on the rooftop. They prevented any living being from approaching, and even other vicious ghosts had to find a way to break through the blockade of these corpses.

Moreover, these were not ordinary corpses but ghosts carrying the supernatural influence of Ghost Lake. Although their terror level was not high, they possessed the characteristics of true ghosts, making them unkillable.

Thus, if dozens of corpses were to make a move, they could tightly entangle some of the vicious ghosts.

After making these preparations, Yang Jian began approaching the Ghost Ship again.

The Ghost Ship sailed very slowly, with the ship’s body tilted and the bow severely damaged. If not for the supernatural power maintaining it, this wrecked ship would have sunk to the sea’s bottom long ago and couldn’t possibly appear before him.

It’s unclear whether Yang Jian’s approach was threatening to the Ghost Ship, or if he was already targeted by the vicious ghosts on board.

Suddenly.

There was a loud splash, and a spray of water erupted in front of Yang Jian.

Something had fallen from the Ghost Ship.

Yang Jian halted his steps, standing on the lake surface, unconsciously gripping the red spear tightly in his hand, as he saw a cold corpse slowly floating on the water’s rolling surface.

“An unkillable ghost not sunk by Ghost Lake? Can’t wait for it to awaken, must act immediately.”

He realized this and quickened his pace again.

Yang Jian rapidly rushed towards the corpse; he needed to dismember it at the fastest speed and make it sink to the lake’s bottom.

However, just as he moved.

A chilling incident occurred.

A loud splash sounded again around Yang Jian as another object fell from the Ghost Ship, hitting the water surface hard. This time, the object that emerged on the water wasn’t a corpse but an aged wooden chest, emitting a rotting odor as if buried somewhere for a long time.

Yet that wasn’t all; the third splash sounded behind him, with something else floating on the water surface—a black tattered piece of clothing, which gradually inflated over time, until it slowly started to stand as if it were alive.

Thud!

Fourth, fifth… the splashes sounded one after another beside him.

Every ghost dropped from the Ghost Ship wasn’t swallowed by Ghost Lake but floated on the surface, like a deliberate selection, ignoring Ghost Lake’s supernatural influence.

Furthermore, the places where the ghosts fell were all near Yang Jian, while not a single ghost appeared slightly farther away from him, which clearly defied logic.

In just a moment, vicious ghosts surrounded Yang Jian, trapping him with their terrifying presence.

“Looks like I’ve been targeted; these ghostly things really want me dead.”

Seeing this, Yang Jian understood immediately; the real captain of the Ghost Ship had set sights on him, and these ghosts were likely aimed at eliminating him.

But what of it?

The ghosts want to kill him, yet he wants to imprison them.

Yang Jian’s gaze was firm; he did not intend to retreat.

For retreating would mean the supernatural incident spiraling out of control. These ghosts, instead of dealing with him, would roam the city. Supernatural diffusion would lead to complete disaster.

And since he was already here, Yang Jian was prepared to fight to the death, especially as he had Tong Qian and Old Qin as backups even if he failed, so there was nothing to worry about.

After a brief pause, Yang Jian moved again.

The corpse floating on the water may have sensed Yang Jian’s approach, its neck creaking and twisting 180 degrees, the lifeless eyes firmly staring at him.

But what awaited this vicious ghost was the descending Firewood Knife.

Before the terrifying ghost commenced an attack, its neck was already severed, and a head was dismembered.

The severed head quickly sank into Ghost Lake, eventually vanishing from sight.

Yet eerily, although the headless corpse sank somewhat, it still floated on the water, not fully submerged.

It seemed one dismemberment cut was simply not enough.

Yang Jian didn’t hesitate, slashing again, directly dismembering it into four pieces.

In this situation, the shattered corpse slowly began to sink.

However, the splash of water continued to ring beside him, causing Yang Jian’s heart to grow heavier.

Just how many ghosts are on this ship?

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