Mysterious Revival - Chapter 1139 - 1105 Testing and Withdrawal

Yang Jian perceived the danger and didn’t want to get involved in such an ominous affair, so he chose to turn around and leave.

The others looked at his actions with some surprise, as according to Yang Jian’s personality, he wouldn’t usually distance himself from a supernatural event without direct contact.

“Is it really that dangerous? We’ve gone through the Ghost Lake incident, and the supernatural phenomenon leaking out from the Ghost Lake shouldn’t be scarier than the Ghost Lake itself,” Li Jun mused with a thoughtful expression.

“Yang Jian’s judgment should be accurate. Given that there’s only this one supernatural phenomenon nearby, appearing under the influence of the Ghost Lake must indeed be terrifying. His choice to not move far away is a cautious and prudent approach, no problem there,” Cao Yang stated.

Leuk San was slightly squinting at the deserted black and white theater stage, with rows of red wooden benches beneath it.

It seemed as if there were eerie shadows sitting on each wooden bench, and a terrifying ghost was pacing about the stage.

However, these elements were invisible and required some kind of medium to be triggered.

“The water is disappearing, and this county town is disappearing too. We need to leave. If we’re caught up disappearing with this town and left in this ghostly place, that would be terrible,” Leuk San then said.

Li Jun replied, “It’s clearly a supernatural event, and just leaving like this might seem like a failure. I think we should try to resolve it.”

He’s always responsible, encountering a supernatural phenomenon and thinking of solving it, tackling it, regardless of the risks.

“Resolving this will require confronting new ghosts, and I don’t think solving it right now is a good idea. Because Ghost Lake is nearby, if we trigger some kind of chain reaction, what if both supernatural events lose control? I think even if we wanted to solve it, we shouldn’t choose here, but somewhere else.”

“Li Jun, next time, just record this event and report it, leave it to me. I’ll establish a new file, level X, dubbed ‘Mysterious County Town,’ how does that sound?”

Cao Yang wasn’t shirking responsibilities; after speaking, he prepared to establish a file, defining the event as level X.

X is a special level.

It refers to mysterious and eerie supernatural incidents that, despite not presenting direct harm, harbor significant hidden dangers, requiring further investigation to reset the level.

“Fine, I have no objections,” Leuk San nodded.

Li Jun hesitated for a moment, seemingly contemplating, “I think the intelligence data is still lacking; the best approach is to probe a bit to determine the specific dangers. Once this town reappears, we’ll have some precautions, rather than knowing nothing and needing to investigate all over again.”

“You guys don’t need to act; I’ll investigate, just protect Ah Hong. I won’t die.”

He didn’t want to leave without doing anything, so he wanted to take advantage of the town’s disappearance to uncover more useful information.

Having said that, Li Jun didn’t waste words; Ghost Flame flickered in his hollow eyes, reflecting a ghostly green glow around.

Cao Yang, Leuk San, and Feng Quan exchanged glances and immediately pulled Ah Hong back, not wanting to get swept up in Li Jun’s Ghost Flame, while also avoiding possible impending dangers.

The next moment.

The entire silent and deserted county town was instantly set aflame with Ghost Flame.

The entire town was engulfed in flames, burning furiously as if intending to incinerate everything, erasing traces of the supernatural entirely.

Ghost Flames danced across the streets, fiery light spilling from the windows of dark, empty buildings, and also tainting the theater stage.

These flames can burn the supernatural; apart from the real ghosts not burning, all derived supernatural phenomena and entities would be destroyed by Ghost Flame, though unfortunately, Li Jun couldn’t maintain it for long, resulting in the terror level of Ghost Flame not appearing very high, unable to unleash its full horror.

“Is the county town gradually melting?”

The others surveyed the scene, witnessing the county town’s walls melting like wax, the ground twisting, and strange, faint screams emerging from the flames.

The screams were extremely piercing, sending chills down the spine.

Accompanied by the onset of the screams, they saw a person engulfed in green flames rushing out from a long-abandoned old building but collapsed after only a few steps, leaving nothing behind except a human-shaped black char, faintly revealing a few still-burning bones.

“Not a living person, living people can’t be ignited by Ghost Flame,” Cao Yang commented, observing closely.

From the residual matter within that charred corpse, it was barely discernible that it belonged to a person who died here over a decade ago, preserved by some supernatural influence without decay, hiding in that abandoned building till Ghost Flame finally incinerated it completely.

Similar situations have occurred several times.

Occasional screams would arise, but those corpses couldn’t endure the Ghost Flame for even a moment, promptly turning into heaps of charred remains.

Nevertheless, despite the entire county town showing signs of melting from Ghost Flame, what concerned them most was the untouched black theater stage at the crossroads which remained unburnt.

Despite the flames burning, the stage remained intact.

This phenomenon indisputably indicated that something unimaginably significant might reside on the stage; hence Ghost Flame was blocked.

Li Jun wasn’t particularly surprised by the scenario; igniting the county town was merely to confirm certain conditions.

Currently, it seems that the truly eerie place is just this stage, while the empty town is merely close-to-reality supernatural phenomena, not the source of danger.

“I’ll go over and have a look,” Li Jun approached the stage, flames emanating from his body.

The red wooden benches were orderly arranged around, and walking amongst these benches, he encountered no threats, only felt an exceptional chill that even Ghost Flame couldn’t resist.

As if there really were ghosts sitting up there.

“Yang Jian mentioned before, to see ghosts you must sit on the red wooden bench. The bench serves as a medium to break the boundary between humans and ghosts,” Li Jun reached out, attempting to touch the red wooden bench.

“Li Jun, don’t be reckless, you’re going to investigate, not to confront the ghost,” Cao Yang immediately shouted upon seeing the situation.

Li Jun paused his hand briefly at the words, “Don’t worry, I’m practically a dead man, without a life, what’s the point of desperation? Even if I die, I can come back to life, no problem.”

He finished speaking and proceeded to reach out to touch the red wooden bench.

Upon contact.

Li Jun immediately felt a chill; he still couldn’t see what was on the red wooden bench, but his palm felt slimy, as if touching something.

Instinctively, he pulled back his hand to take a look.

On his palm was branded a blood-red handprint, which was very small, not the hand of an adult, probably that of a twelve-year-old child.

Moreover, this handprint had no palm lines, indicating that what he touched earlier was likely a hand without human skin.

“A ghost, indeed, exists on the red bench,” Li Jun confirmed this suspicion.

However, there are at least dozens of red benches here.

If every bench had a malevolent spirit on it, the problem here would be severe.

Li Jun’s expression gradually turned serious, although the blood-red handprint on his palm was slowly fading away.

Covered in human skin, he himself was a ghost, and the supernatural had very limited effects on him, so killing him wasn’t an easy task either.

“Let’s check the stage,” Li Jun then turned and looked at the black-and-white stage.

This stage, arranged like a mourning hall, was filled with an eerie atmosphere everywhere, and the intermittent strange sounds were coming from the stage. But the sound was incomplete, impossible to hear clearly what was being said, yet the large curtain behind the stage piqued his curiosity.

Li Jun hesitated a bit but still turned over and jumped directly onto the stage.

But the moment he leaped onto the stage, the sound suddenly ceased.

“Li Jun, don’t try it anymore, come back, what you are doing will break some kind of balance,” Leuk San couldn’t hold back anymore and urged Li Jun to return.

If a situation arises, they would also get involved.

Silence filled the vicinity of the stage, and the hanging white strips of cloth slowly swayed as if a chill wind was blowing around, and the ghost flames lit around were going out at an incredible speed, simultaneously, the previously melted town was instantly restoring to its former state.

The red benches below the stage started to move eerily.

The benches moved back a little.

As if everyone sitting on the red benches had stood up, but these people were invisible.

The more this was the case, the greater the sense of oppression.

Because those moving red benches numbered at least twenty, leaving only a dozen benches still.

Seeing this scene, Li Jun prepared to confront, the ghost flame in his hand igniting, faintly revealing the outline of a building in the firelight.

“Li Jun, don’t test anymore. Let’s go, or we might not be able to leave,” yet Cao Yang suddenly appeared behind Li Jun the next moment.

He patted him on the shoulder, then grabbed him, disappearing instantly from the original place.

“Retreat.”

Feng Quan also realized something was wrong, and a thick fog appeared around him, without hesitation using the Ghost Domain.

The thick fog spread quickly, enveloping the several of them.

The group quickly retreated, needing to leave before the town disappeared, ensuring they were not affected.

Everyone utilized the Ghost Domain, retreating quickly.

Within just a few seconds, they had already appeared in the suburban area outside the town.

The outline of the town in front grew increasingly blurred, the only difference being that the black-and-white stage in the town’s center appeared particularly prominent.

“Li Jun, your probing went too far, nearly leading to direct confrontation with a ghost,” Cao Yang looked at him, somewhat displeased.

“I think I can discover more, in fact, I’ve indeed gained something.” Li Jun’s expression was calm, “Moreover, this operation, although risky, I think I can bear it.”

“I know you can bear it, but you can’t handle the aftermath alone, right?” Leuk San said, “Yang Jian has already retreated; sticking it out here is sheer foolishness.”

Lacking a top-tier captain like Yang Jian.

Facing paranormal events of this level could very likely lead to annihilation.

“Alright, let’s end it here, let the town just vanish like that,” Cao Yang gestured to stop any dispute among them.

Leuk San no longer spoke.

After all, although Li Jun’s approach was inappropriate, it was also out of responsibility and not truly intending to cause trouble for everyone, so he didn’t want to dwell on it.

“Are you guys done?” suddenly.

Yang Jian’s voice appeared, he showed up on the open ground not far away, calmly watching these people retreat from the soon-to-disappear town.

“Don’t think that just because a few captains joined forces you can do whatever you like, those from the Republic of China Period couldn’t completely handle paranormal events, and you think we can? Plus, my collaboration with you guys is limited to the Ghost Lake. I won’t get involved in supernatural incidents I’m not in charge of, so if something really happens I’ll just stand by and watch you die, won’t intervene.”

He issued a warning, stating his attitude and stance.

After all, his position as captain was only nominal and he wasn’t actually affiliated with Headquarters.

“You’re still the same character,” Li Jun said.

He knew Yang Jian’s character and wasn’t upset.

Yang Jian said, “Today is the second day. If the Ghost Lake lockdown remains normal tomorrow, I’ll return to Dachang City. By then, whatever you do is your business, just don’t involve me.”

The group remained silent without words.

Though Yang Jian’s words were heartless, they were indeed not unreasonable, since his agreement with Headquarters was exactly like that.

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