After Yang Jian and Liu Qi left Wang Shanshan’s grandmother’s house, they began to re-examine this county town.

Reality and supernatural blend, the living and the dead coexist.

It seems normal, but in fact, it is filled with eeriness everywhere. Although danger hasn’t manifested yet, Yang Jian vaguely feels a sense of unease.

Even though with his current abilities he can fight against most of the supernatural, including vengeful ghosts, this doesn’t mean he can navigate through paranormal events effortlessly. Who knows when a terrifying ghost might suddenly appear.

“The county town is so big, where should we look for Wang Shanshan and them?” Liu Qi is a bit bewildered at the moment, unsure of where to start.

Investigation and finding people aren’t his strengths.

“Go to places that seem unusual to search, although this county town is larger than before, it’s still within an acceptable range, at most just spend a little more time.” Yang Jian said.

He walked deeper into the county along the street.

On the path he walked, he can basically confirm there’s no danger, so he has to venture deeper into the county.

Currently, there’s not a single car on the street.

The pedestrians on the road seem to have become sparse, occasionally one or two people pass by. Those passing pedestrians look abnormal, some pale, covered in paranormal rainwater, unknown if they’re alive or dead.

“I’ll go stop someone and ask about the situation.” Liu Qi said.

At the moment.

A middle-aged man approached, wearing a raincoat and rain boots, soaked as if just drenched by rain, his face somewhat pale, his expression dazed.

Yang Jian did not refuse Liu Qi’s proposal.

“Excuse me, brother, may I ask you about the situation here?” Liu Qi asked politely.

However, this middle-aged man in a raincoat seemed not to hear, still continued walking on his own, showing no change on his slightly pale face.

Yang Jian stared at the eyes of this middle-aged man, discovered a thin layer of vapor over his eyes, like fog on glass, this vapor obscures light, causing the man’s eyeballs to look somewhat dark, but this anomaly is quite subtle, not easy to notice.

“Wait.” Liu Qi reached out to stop him.

The middle-aged man continued to walk forward, ignoring Liu Qi’s obstruction.

But just as he was about to contact Liu Qi, Liu Qi withdrew his hand with a frown.

He worried that his interference might harm the person.

“This person’s eyes are covered by a layer of vapor, most likely bewitched by the supernatural, causing hallucinations. Without careful observation I wouldn’t have noticed. Now it seems not only this person, but everyone in this small town may be like this.” Yang Jian said.

“No wonder, despite such changes in the town, there are still normal people walking on the streets, turns out they’ve all fallen for hallucinations.” Liu Qi realized.

Yang Jian walked up at this moment, grabbing the middle-aged man in front of him.

The charred Ghost Hand has the ability to suppress a ghost.

Just a touch, the paranormal clinging to this middle-aged man rapidly dissipated, the vapor in his eyes quickly vanished.

Soon.

This middle-aged man regained his senses from bewilderment and stupor.

But when he regained his senses, his eyes immediately filled with horror, his whole body intensely struggled, trembled, as if witnessing something utterly terrifying.

“Ah!”

The middle-aged man couldn’t escape Yang Jian’s grasp, letting out a desperate scream.

“A grown man scared like this is really disgraceful.” Yang Jian casually threw him to the ground.

The man fell heavily, perhaps from pain, perhaps from Yang Jian’s words, he calmed a bit, reducing his terror and gaining some reason.

“Dead, dead, all dead… Quickly leave here, quickly leave here, there are ghosts here, can’t stay, ghosts everywhere, many people died.” The man sat paralyzed on the ground, shouted loudly, his demeanor somewhat hysterical, seemingly recalling terrifying events.

Liu Qi stretched out his hand at this moment, put on gloves, then slapped the man heavily in the face: “Stop yelling, we’re not ghosts, we’re here to save you.”

“Really troublesome.” At this moment, Yang Jian couldn’t help but want to extract this person’s memory to avoid wasting words asking.

After being slapped heavily by Liu Qi, the middle-aged man finally calmed down completely, but instead became somewhat angry: “How dare you hit me? Do you know who I am?”

Liu Qi coldly slapped him again: “We are responsible for handling paranormal events from headquarters, no matter who you are, if you don’t cooperate with us properly, shooting you here is quite reasonable.”

After saying this, he directly took out a pistol and pressed it against this middle-aged man’s forehead.

“Big brother, I’m sorry.”

The cold metal touching his forehead, scared the middle-aged man into shivering, the threat at hand surpassed his fear of the supernatural.

“I ask, you answer, don’t hide anything.” Liu Qi then withdrew the gun, speaking coldly.

“Okay, okay.” The middle-aged man promptly nodded.

Liu Qi continued the questioning.

This middle-aged man is named Zheng Xiaorong, a local of Baishui Town, operates a restaurant in Baishui Town, considered a rather small to medium-sized business owner.

“You say the town is haunted? Where specifically is it haunted?” Liu Qi asked.

“At night, ghosts wander the town, many, very terrifying. At first, I thought someone was deceiving me until later I saw with my own eyes… people kept dying, then Baishui Town started raining, many wanted to escape here but couldn’t get out, everyone was trapped in the town.”

This man named Zheng Xiaorong revealed with some fear the horrifying events on the small town.

“It’s Seow Yang’s doing, his Ghost Rain covers the town, supernatural infused everyone, rainwater turns into vapor blinding the eyes of the living, causing them to hallucinate, wandering endlessly in the town.” Yang Jian said calmly.

Liu Qi nodded and continued to ask: “After it started raining, what else did you see?”

“Not, not clear, I just found this rain unusual, so wore a raincoat and tried to escape Baishui Town, but walking in the rain I later lost consciousness, wandered dreamily, not knowing how long until suddenly woke today.” Zheng Xiaorong said.

“Right, before I tried to leave Baishui Town I saw many people appearing in the rain, those people didn’t use umbrellas, didn’t wear raincoats, they only appear at night, I suspect those who don’t use umbrellas in the rain aren’t humans, all are ghosts, here is too terrifying, ghosts everywhere, mixed among people, indistinguishable.”

He then remembered something, hurriedly added.

“Ghosts appear at night? Or because of the paranormal rainwater ghosts in the town manifest.” Yang Jian pondered.

“So we have to wait until nighttime?” Liu Qi said.

Yang Jian replied: “Perhaps nighttime is when supernatural and reality intersect, if that’s the case, waiting a few more hours is no problem. You are Zheng Xiaorong, right? While it’s not dark yet, you should leave Baishui Town now, follow this road straight ahead, you will leave here smoothly.”

He pointed in a direction, indicating for him to leave.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Xiaorong hurriedly got up and ran, but after a few steps, he suddenly ran back, knelt down with a thud, begged: “My wife is still in Baishui Town, I beg you to save her, let me leave with her.”

“I didn’t hear you mention you had a wife before,” Yang Jian said.

“I was too nervous and scared to remember,” Zheng Xiaorong said with some embarrassment.

“The incidents that have occurred in the town involve more than just your wife. If you want to save her, do it yourself. I won’t wander around Baishui Town just for her. You have about three hours to find her. Once night falls, the choice won’t be yours anymore,” Yang Jian said coldly.

Zheng Xiaorong’s expression changed upon hearing this. He contemplated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and stood up to run towards the outskirts of Baishui Town once more.

Liu Qi watched indifferently, accustomed to people like Zheng Xiaorong leaving in such situations.

In paranormal events, this kind of thing is not unusual.

He had experienced such things himself and had witnessed much of the darker side of human nature.

Yang Jian and Liu Qi decided not to continue investigating the anomalies within the town; they would act after night fell.

Meanwhile,

Without Yang Jian’s Ghost Flame burning, the previously dispersed dark clouds had, at some point, begun to gather again, and a cold drizzle now fell continuously. The town, which had briefly enjoyed sunshine, returned to its previous state.

With the weather turning foul once more, night seemed to approach the town swiftly.

By just after five o’clock, the town was already as dim as night.

“It officially turns to night at six,” Yang Jian said suddenly as he and Liu Qi sheltered from the rain under the eaves of a house, glancing at the time.

“At six? That matches the time of the Ghost Post Office?” Liu Qi remarked.

Though he hadn’t visited the Ghost Post Office, he had seen the files and paid special attention to paranormal cases related to Yang Jian.

Yang Jian said, “In most paranormal events, night doesn’t begin at midnight; it starts at six in the afternoon. So Baishui Town likely enters nighttime at six as well.”

“Day and night reverse, reality and paranormal intertwine. Be careful not to accidentally die here. If you regret it, I can still get you out of Baishui Town; don’t be reckless.”

Liu Qi said, “I know my limits, don’t worry.”

Yang Jian nodded, saying no more.

Then six o’clock arrived precisely.

Although there had been some light previously, enough to see the surrounding buildings clearly, as soon as six struck, the illumination seemed to disappear, entering total darkness.

Simultaneously.

“Buzz! Buzz!”

A sound like electrical current resonated, and neon signs on the nearby buildings suddenly flickered on, shining in the darkness.

The colorful lights spread out, slightly dispelling some of the darkness, ensuring that the Baishui Town was not pitch black.

The rain continued to fall from the sky.

On the rain-covered streets, shadows turned from ethereal to real, appearing before one’s eyes in moments.

One, two, three… Shadows filled the streets, standing in the rain, heads slightly bowed, walking down the roads.

In the silent, shadowy environment, slightly messy footsteps could be heard.

“My, my,” Liu Qi’s eyes narrowed in shock at this.

So many figures wandering in the rain? Are they human, or are those malevolent ghosts?

This was a truly unsettling sight.

“Creak.”

Suddenly,

The door of a street-side shop beside him slowly opened, the interior pitch-black, but faint strange noises could be heard coming from inside.

Not just one shop opened.

More than half the stores along the street opened their doors, and some windows even glowed with a yellowish light.

The previously deserted Baishui Town suddenly came alive at night.

“A terrifying county town,” Yang Jian squinted, his Ghost Eye perceiving nothing but paranormal interference.

The entire town seemed constructed from supernatural forces, with no normal parts to it.

If an ordinary person wandered here by mistake, their chances of leaving alive would be slim.

Liu Qi seemed to notice something at this moment, looking down slightly.

Through the gaps of the drainage grate, a pair of bloodshot eyes stared fiercely at him, eyes so wide they seemed to crack. Get full chapters from Nov3lFɪre.ɴet

Liu Qi’s expression changed dramatically, and he instinctively stepped back.

“Bang!”

The drain cover made a sound, as if pushed open by something, and a bruised, rotting arm suddenly extended out from underneath.

The arm stretched long, pressing against the ground, reaching towards Liu Qi.

Yang Jian noticed this, opening the Ghost Eye, the flickering Ghost Flame igniting the eerie arm.

The ghost’s arm retreated, burned by the Ghost Flame, but the bloodshot eyes in the dark drain didn’t disappear, instead venomously staring at Liu Qi.

“A ghost haunting the sewers, but apparently unable to attack people far from the drain,” Yang Jian said, seeing no further actions from the ghost.

Liu Qi said, gravely, “It seems this place truly is filled with danger at every turn; this really is a ghost town. No wonder Wang Shanshan lost contact after coming here; the residents of Baishui Town likely faced the same fate.”

“Can Wang Shanshan and the others truly survive in such circumstances?”

“Don’t underestimate the Ghost Child by Wang Shanshan’s side; she’s definitely still alive. I’m sure quite a few people in Baishui Town have survived,” Yang Jian said, glancing at the wandering people on the roads.

Most of these people are alive.

But they’re in a peculiar state, similar to Zheng Xiaorong and Wang Shanshan’s grandmother before, in an unconscious state, showing no signs of life but kept alive by some paranormal force.

In this ghostly town, this state turns into a form of protection.

If he guessed correctly, this was the doing of the Dashan City official responsible.

The ghostly rain doesn’t harm but protects the living.

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