Mysterious Awakening-Chapter 447: Competing with a Fierce Ghost

Although Yang Jian had Wang Xiaoming confirm the situation with the Ghost Coffin, danger still lurked around him. The most urgent matter was to find a way to survive this paranormal event.

As for imprisoning that malicious ghost, he hadn’t given it a thought.

He had experienced the Ghost Coffin incident in Huanggang Village before and had imprisoned that ghost. However, what followed was a second attack by a vicious ghost that led to despair.

If this ghost was indeed the Ghost Coffin, then it surely possessed the same characteristics.

Therefore, confronting that ghost head-on would be the most foolish decision.

"All I need is to figure out how to survive and escape from here. With my current condition, fighting this ghost is akin to courting death," Yang Jian decided on his next course of action.

Looking at the dormitory building being eroded by darkness, the unease in his heart intensified.

Because the real ghost was lurking somewhere in this very dormitory building.

The visibility was not good.

If it were just an ordinary person, it would be like groping around in the dark, seeing nothing at all, nearly as blind as when one’s eyes are open—you wouldn’t know even if the ghost was standing in front of you.

But ghost eyes were significantly better.

They could clearly see things within five meters, barely make out a silhouette beyond that distance—a person or a building could be recognized, but beyond ten meters, nothing could be made out at all. Even if a strong flashlight was turned on, it would hardly be effective, only a bit like a glow stick in darkness.

The power of the malevolent ghost created the Ghost Domain, exerting an absolute suppression.

Everyone was like prey that had walked into the world of ghosts, waiting for their inevitable hunting fate.

Yang Jian took a deep breath, moving closer to the dormitory building with anxiety and extreme caution.

He did not wish to be too close to that ghost.

But he couldn’t just watch other ghost hunters get hunted down and let that ghost grow to a point of absolute terror.

To survive, he had to fight.

After all, the pattern of killings was clear now. The rest was how you managed to live through it.

"Currently, I only have two ghosts with me, which means I am also in a vulnerable position just like everyone else. As I approach this ghost, I am just as likely to be targeted and killed. But at least for now, that ghost doesn’t appear within my sight, which means it likely doesn’t possess the ability to split itself and can only target one person at a time."

"That’s a good thing, so during this time, I must find the other ghost hunters as quickly as possible to increase the number of ghosts on my side; otherwise, this might indeed be the end for me here."

Upon entering the danger zone, Yang Jian exhibited no hesitation or fear.

Instead, he moved quickly towards the dormitory building, not in a straight line, but in a curve, intentionally making a round around the vicinity.

He believed inside the dormitory building to be the most dangerous area and did not want to step inside. If the ghost was in there, then the other ghost hunters would definitely notice it and would normally try to escape from the building.

But due to the encompassing darkness and the loss of visibility and direction, Yang Jian guessed that there must be people wandering near the dormitory, lost.

Sure enough, his guess was right.

In his ghost eye vision, Yang Jian soon spotted a faint light five meters away.

Like a spark.

Although too faint to see clearly, in the dense darkness, the recognition was still quite high.

With caution, he quickly approached.

A human silhouette emerged in the darkness.

But Yang Jian did not immediately rejoice, because the human silhouette could very well be a ghost, not a person.

It was not until he carefully approached within five meters that the silhouette finally became clear.

It was a person, a somewhat attractive woman, but Yang Jian did not recognize her. He recalled that among the ten or so ghost hunters present during Professor Bai’s lecture during the day, there was indeed such a person. He did not have a complete impression of her, but he had seen her a few times unintentionally. ṞА𝐍Ȱ𐌱ΕS̈

"Good, as long as she is a ghost hunter, that will do," Yang Jian sighed in relief.

His vigilance and caution had led him to the first ghost hunter, increasing his number of ghosts.

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"Who—who’s there?"

The rapid footsteps approaching in the darkness made Huang Ziya, who was lost near the dormitory building, tremble violently, her body breaking out in goosebumps as a sense of inexplicable terror flooded her.

She could not see clearly what was making the sound, only knowing that a "person" was closing in on her.

It could be another ghost hunter; it could be a real ghost.

"It’s me, Yang Jian," came a deliberately lowered voice from the darkness.

Yang Jian?

The Ghost Eye Yang Jian?

Hearing that name, Huang Ziya, who wasn’t particularly mentally resilient, nearly burst into tears.

"You, how are you here?" However, her rationality as a ghost controller steadied her emotions.

"Just like you, I got dragged into this man-made paranormal incident. Now’s not the time for explanations. If you want to live, follow me. If you keep wandering around here, you will only be waiting to die. That ghost will target you soon." Yang Jian didn’t rush closer, but instead spoke as he walked over.

This would allow her to lower her guard so she wouldn’t attack him suddenly, using the ghosts’ powers out of fear.

Under extreme tension, it’s easy for one to react excessively.

Yang Jian had personal experience with this.

"I don’t want to die, please help me get out." The woman named Huang Ziya said with fear and trembling in her voice.

"I’ll do my best."

Yang Jian walked over, grabbed her hand, and placed it on his shoulder: "Lean on my shoulder, and follow me. Don’t let go all of a sudden thinking to escape on your own under any circumstances. This ghost is very special. The only chance we have to survive is if all ghost controllers gather together. Alone, you’ll surely die."

"I understand, I’ve dealt with paranormal incidents too, trivial ones, but I still know the rules," Huang Ziya, reassured by the warmth from Yang Jian’s shoulder, felt her fear lessen.

"Just don’t be a dead weight." Yang Jian replied, then continued towards the direction of the dormitory building.

In his eyes, he couldn’t see the situation of the dorm building at all, only the silhouette of a large building standing stark against the darkness.

And the sphere of ghosts was once again absolutely suppressed.

So he had to move forward blindly and somehow figure out a way to gather all the scattered ghost controllers in the dorm building.

"Do you have a satellite-positioned phone? If so, contact headquarters and see if we can determine the location of the others by phone." Yang Jing thought of a pretty good method.

"I can use mutual positioning to determine locations," Huang Ziya said from behind.

"No use, you can’t rely on that kind of positioning, it’s too prone to accidents. It’s possible that when the ghost appears, some people don’t have their phones with them, or maybe someone was killed by the ghost and their phone was lost. Rashly positioning might lead us into danger, so we can only confirm the location through calls, which can eliminate most of the potential dangers," Yang Jian said.

He needed to concentrate on his surroundings, so he couldn’t do this task, and this Huang Ziya was quite suitable since she was currently blind anyways.

Swiftly,

Huang Ziya behind him began communicating with headquarters.

But such a response would be slow.

Yang Jian couldn’t wait for headquarters to report locations, so he had to keep moving.

He arrived right under the dormitory building.

His expression immediately turned solemn.

Because he saw bloodstains on the ground.

The rich, scarlet blood was smeared across the ground, and it wasn’t even clotted yet, with fragments of corpses lingering beside it.

"A ghost controller has been killed," Yang Jian said. Although he had been prepared for this, he still harbored a sliver of hope that the other ghost controllers wouldn’t die so quickly.

But cruel reality shattered that bit of hope.

"Counting the Ghost Rope I lost and this killed ghost controller, the ghost can now suppress at least five ghosts, and on my side, including the person behind me, we only have three. Even if I can release one more in an emergency, we can at most muster four."

"We’re still isolated and possibly targeted for killing," Yang Jian thought with increasing urgency.

It felt like he was racing against the malicious ghost, seeing whether it could kill faster, or if he could gather these scattered ghost controllers quicker.

If the race was lost,

Even if Yang Jian assembled a group of ghost controllers, it would be futile. He would still be isolated and doomed to be killed.

Therefore, time was of the essence.

Without hesitation, he went up the stairwell of the building.

The stairs within the darkness exuded an indescribable sense of oppression, with faint echoes of footsteps resounding in the silent stairwell.

Not his own, nor Huang Ziya’s behind him, but those of an unknown presence.

Yet, Yang Jian hadn’t stepped into this perilous dorm building unprepared.

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In his hand was a Ghost Candle that had barely burned at all. If he encountered an attack or even saw that ghost, he wouldn’t hesitate to light it.

But not yet, as he couldn’t be sure how long he needed to stay here. The small amount of resources he had could only be used in critical moments, and wasting them carelessly could squander his chance to survive.