Mysterious Revival - Chapter 1422 - 1389: The Meeting Begins Ahead of Schedule
Last time the captains joined forces against Zhang Xiangguang, the most tragic outcomes befell Li Jun and Wei Jing. The former was killed, the latter was severely injured and buried in Grave Soil, unable to get out until now. It’s uncertain if he can ever crawl out of the Grave Soil again.
“Last time, Li Jun gave the Ghost Flame to Yang Jian, leaving behind only a tattered human skin. Although Ah Hong could redraw Li Jun, the lack of Ghost Flame and Ghost Painting’s supernatural powers makes his abilities very limited. I mean no harm, but I don’t wish for him to attend this meeting. He should retire and rest; leave the remaining matters to us. He shouldn’t have to fight anymore.”
Leuk San spoke at this moment, his tone sincere and respectful towards Li Jun.
“I eliminated Chen Qiaoyang, who was with Zhang Xiangguang last time, leaving the body to Lu Zhiwen to take back to headquarters. This was so that Li Jun could acquire the supernatural powers from Chen Qiaoyang. If successful, he will be more powerful than Chen Qiaoyang, becoming the new Ghost Shepherd.” Yang Jian revealed an important piece of information, simultaneously reassuring everyone that Li Jun’s revival wouldn’t diminish his strength, allowing everyone to rest easy.
“Harnessing Chen Qiaoyang’s supernatural powers?” Wang Chajue’s gaze subtly shifted.
He had also seen Chen Qiaoyang, a very powerful ghost handler, who seemed to have a grudge against his parents and was trapped by them in the Wang family’s ancient estate. Although he later escaped, he died during the Zhang Xiangguang incident.
“If Li Jun can join us, that would be best. This way, we’ll have one more captain. But if he doesn’t, I believe we can still handle the King Organization ourselves.” Lin Bei rubbed his bald head and said.
“Let’s wait a bit longer.” Yang Jian said.
Everyone continued to wait because the meeting time hadn’t arrived; they all came early because for something this important, they definitely couldn’t be late.
The time reached around ten in the morning.
The sound of the elevator operating was heard.
Specific people entered Lin Bei’s supernatural world again.
“They’re here. It’s Li Jun and Lu Zhiwen, followed by Ah Hong and another… ordinary person, probably from the management at headquarters.” Lin Bei instantly understood the whole situation.
“There are ten captains now, just missing Zhou Deng to be complete. He really dares to be the last to show up, making everyone wait for him.” He Yiner coldly said.
As she spoke, the elevator doors opened.
Li Jun, Lu Zhiwen, and two others walked out.
“Sorry, we came two hours early for the meeting, but we still arrived late.”
Li Jun said, his voice hinting at an old age, unlike his usual tone, sounding a bit like Chen Qiaoyang.
Everyone looked at Li Jun, noticing several hideous scars on his face, deep into the skin and non-healing, and his body was no longer upright, a bit hunched, with an air of old age.
Although he was still the same Li Jun, his temperament had changed drastically, making everyone feel a touch of unfamiliarity.
Lu Zhiwen at this moment said: “Li Jun now has no issues and is ready for the upcoming battle. There’s no need for excessive worry. By the way, this is Wang Guoqiang from headquarters, the candidate for the next deputy minister. He’s here today mainly to make an appearance, and if anything should happen to Cao Yanhua, he’d succeed him at headquarters.”
Wang Guoqiang said, “Captains, I hope to get more guidance from you in future work. I’ll do my utmost in my duties, putting all my efforts into stabilizing the situation.”
Yang Jian glanced at him and directly asked, “Since you’re the next deputy minister, I’d like to know your views on the King Organization’s situation.”
Wang Guoqiang organized his thoughts and earnestly said, “This isn’t a simple incident. It’s a war, a battle of survival. Since it’s a war, we must abandon all illusions, unite, and win this battle.”
“Therefore, I believe the King Organization should be thoroughly eradicated, and even after annihilation, we must prevent such organizations from rising again.”
Upon hearing this, Yang Jian said, “Not bad, you’re much better than Cao Yanhua. Cao Yanhua has always been considering the overall situation. His approach was fine a year ago, but now his views are outdated. This time against the King Organization is a life-and-death struggle, leaving no room for détente. Wang Guoqiang, you may listen in on this captain meeting.”
Wang Guoqiang nodded.
Lin Bei glanced at the meeting seat side, immediately a row of chairs appeared.
Wang Guoqiang saw this and promptly walked over to sit down, while Ah Hong sensibly found a spot to sit in as well. She’s not a captain and doesn’t have the qualification to participate in this meeting.
“So, is everyone now just waiting for that Zhou Deng?”
Wang Chaling said blandly, “This person’s importance seems even greater than yours, Yang Jian. I don’t think he’s coming, revoke his captain’s qualification. We can start the captain meeting now; acting sooner increases our odds of victory.”
“It’s not yet the appointed time, we can’t deny Zhou Deng’s participation in this meeting. I set the time for noon, as long as he arrives before then, he’s not late.” Yang Jian said.
He Yiner said, “But waiting like this isn’t a solution. Who knows when he’ll come.”
Yang Jian pondered for a moment and said, “Let’s wait another half an hour. If he still hasn’t arrived, we’ll start the meeting early.”
As he said this, the others had no objections, just feeling that with almost everyone present, missing one person seemed a bit too time-consuming.
Luckily, Zhou Deng didn’t make everyone wait long.
In less than ten minutes, Lin Bei suddenly spoke, “Zhou Deng’s here, he’s entered the building.”
Then the sound of the elevator operating was heard again.
In less than a minute, the elevator reached the top floor.
As the elevator doors opened, Zhou Deng hurriedly rushed out but froze for a moment upon seeing everyone. It seemed he hadn’t expected all the other captains to have arrived already.
“Zhou Deng, you should’ve come early for such an important meeting, everyone’s waiting for you.” Leuk San said.
He Yiner glanced aside, “Probably off stealing someone else’s stuff again.”
Zhou Deng flushed red, “How can you falsely accuse someone? I clearly encountered a thief on the way, and they stole my luggage, so I chased the thief. The thief ran very fast, which delayed some time… catching a thief is a heroic deed, not stealing.”
“Ah, he was indeed out stealing things.” Cao Yang was a bit surprised.
Zhou Deng nearly spat out blood upon hearing this. Is it that no one believes the truth these days?
Actually, it’s not that others don’t believe it, but it’s just too unbelievable. A regular person actually stole luggage from a captain, who would believe that? Moreover, Zhou Deng used to be in this line of work, and even now there’s a record of his glorious deeds in the headquarters’ files.
Yang Jian said seriously, “Alright, enough with the jokes, Zhou Deng is a reliable teammate. Let’s not make fun of anyone right now. Zhou Deng, please take your seat.”
“Thank you, Captain Yang.” At this moment, Zhou Deng’s eyes were almost brimming with tears, truly only Yang Jian understands him.
As Zhou Deng took his seat, the eleven captains once again gathered here, though Wei Jing was absent this time.
At 10:20 in the morning, because everyone was present, the captain meeting began ahead of schedule.
This time, Yang Jian was the first to speak: “The content of this captain meeting is simple, there’s only one topic, which is how to stop the Ghost Ship from landing and how to take down this King Organization. I believe before coming here, you should have already understood some information about the King Organization through the headquarters, as well as the changes in the current situation, so I won’t repeat any nonsense here.”
Everyone looked at Yang Jian, all with a serious expression.
Li Jun said solemnly, “We captains can join forces and defeat the fourteen kings of this King Organization before the Ghost Ship lands. Without their leaders, the remaining Ghost Persons would naturally not pose a threat.”
“Li Jun, do we really have to be so reckless? Can’t we take it step by step? What if we lose? The fifteen kings on the opposing side are all Captain Level experts. Although Yang Jian has hunted one, there are still fourteen left, but I think it’s at least somewhat difficult to take them all down in one go, not to mention that the opposing side also has some aces.” Lin Bei rubbed his bald head and said.
“Lin Bei makes some sense. Given that the opponent knows our strength but still dares to strike first, it proves they have confidence in defeating us. Also, this assessment surely considers our combined captains’ strength too. I think reckless action is inadvisable.” Wang Chaling adjusted his glasses and said.
He Yiner snorted coldly, “You are being timid before even fighting. If it’s a team battle, as long as you give me some time to summon souls, I alone can wipe them out entirely. Nothing unexpected would occur.”
“Such boasting.” Leuk San’s paper man said.
“If you don’t believe it, you can daringly try it yourself.” He Yiner stared at him and said.
Leuk San shrugged and said, “Come on, look at the situation clearly. Yang Jian can instantly take you down, which means he can instantly take down a King with strength similar to yours. But he still convened a captain meeting, what does this signify? You still don’t understand? Fine, I think you just don’t understand. I’ll explain again—this signifies that the King’s strength is very, very strong, stronger than most of us.”
“That’s why a captain meeting is needed to collectively resist the opposition. If the targets were so easily eliminated, Yang Jian could open his Ghost Domain and fly around the world, killing one every hour, the King Organization would be annihilated in less than a day. What’s that ‘Ark Plan’ would directly become a ‘Clown Plan,’ would it still need to be so solemn?”
After speaking, he shook his head with an unwilling attitude to explain further.
“Think the same way, after evaluating our strength, they chose to encircle Zhang Jun to launch the ‘Ark Plan,’ which shows they are certain of victory. He Yiner, your soul-summoning is indeed terrifying, but if the opponents devise a response to your strategy, I fear you wouldn’t even have a chance to use it. Even if you could summon souls, they would likely use other means to block your supernatural power.” Lu Zhiwen said slowly.
He Yiner’s face changed, “How can you know without fighting? They haven’t really fought against us; their assessment of our strength could be wrong. Yang Jian, what do you think?”
Then she looked towards Yang Jian’s place.
The others also wanted to hear what Yang Jian had to say since he was the only one present who successfully hunted a King and should be the most informed about the King Organization.
Yang Jian said calmly, “Before discussing anything else, I hope you understand one thing—the King’s strength in the King Organization is indeed very strong. When I hunted that Manor Lord, it wasn’t easy. I spent less than five seconds to take down over twenty Ghost Persons under him, but I couldn’t kill the Manor Lord even after battling him for over a minute.”
“In a life-or-death battle lasting over a minute, he actually withstood all my attacks and even injured me. Although I am confident in killing him within ten minutes, it is extremely difficult to quickly kill a king, especially when they are prepared—as soon as one is attacked, other kings will immediately support him. Then it wouldn’t be me hunting them, but them hunting me.”
“My rapid success in hunting was because I brought He Yuelian over, she intervened once, breaking the balance at a critical moment, thus the Manor Lord was hunted by me within a very short time. Without this, my hunting action would likely have ended in failure.”
“Moreover, the hunting plan can only be executed once, now they are prepared, almost impossible to succeed again.”
After hearing this from Yang Jian, the other captains immediately went silent.
In their minds, a thought involuntarily arose: What kind of joke is this?
Withstanding Yang Jian’s full-force attack for a minute, is the King’s strength that formidable?
Among those present, who can guarantee to withstand Yang Jian’s full-force attack for a minute?
The Enforcement Captain’s position isn’t elected; it’s won by strength.
Many captains have fought Yang Jian before, each and every one was defeated, so they willingly accepted Yang Jian as the Enforcement Captain.
“Yang Jian can kill but not instantly, plus if one of them is attacked, everyone supports… The opponent is truly impressive, predicts our counterattack, has an impenetrable defense, and with Yang Jian’s actions, their defense is undoubtedly even tighter now. If we truly join forces to take them down, to say something unpleasant, it’s likely we’d lose.” Cao Yang said with a gloomy face.
Lu Zhiwen said, “Not just that, the opponent is now hiding, they don’t even want to engage with us directly. They plan to act after the Ghost Ship lands, this way we have internal and external concerns, and the headquarters might truly be defeated.”
“So, the opponent is not only individually strong, but they have joined forces, and their numbers exceed ours. Lastly, they are willing to hide like turtles without facing us directly? I truly can’t think of how to win.” Lin Bei rubbed his bald head, feeling quite troubled.
“We are captains, naturally tasked to solve the most troublesome problems, otherwise what’s the point of sitting here.” Li Jun said seriously, “Since strong attacks aren’t possible, we have no choice but to think of a way to divide them, the opponent can’t possibly stick together all the time, right? If we find opportunities, we can still succeed.”
“Li Jun, the problem now is that we have no time left. According to the headquarters’ documents, at most ten days, no, now at most nine days, the Ghost Ship will land. The opponent absolutely will not reveal themselves or engage us directly in the final period, given they won’t gamble on a winning scenario. As long as they don’t gamble, they won’t lose.” Wang Chaling said in a flat tone.
“Wang Chaling is absolutely right, the opponents definitely won’t make mistakes at the last critical moment.” Leuk San said at this moment, “So right now, I don’t have any good ideas either. If any of you have thoughts, don’t hesitate to speak, see if they’re feasible.”
However, most of the captains remained silent.
Now it seems we can only try to prevent the Ghost Ship from landing, but this action wouldn’t be meaningful, once all captains are restrained by the Ghost Ship, the opponents can freely act, and if the Ghost Ship were easy to deal with, those in the King Organization wouldn’t let it out.
It really is challenging to come up with a good idea to dissolve this stalemate now.
“How about initiating the Great Flood plan as a countermeasure, what do you all think?” Li Leping, who had been ignored, slowly spoke up.
“Who is he?”
Others looked at him, a question arising in their minds.
But then they realized this person should be Li Leping, the only captain whose face they couldn’t remember.
Yang Jian said, “This method can be used as a backup, but it doesn’t change the deteriorating situation, at most we go down together, need to think of other ways.”
How could he not know about activating the Great Flood plan ahead of time, but the result would be both sides’ territories are destroyed, and the only winner would be the ghosts.
Source: Webnovel.com, updated by novlove.com
