Mysterious Awakening-Chapter 583: Choose One out of Three

Chapter 583 -580: Choose One out of Three

At this moment.

Li Jun looked at the empty street before him, furrowing his brows slightly. Not a soul was to be seen on the entire street, no vehicles either; everything had eerily vanished in an instant, leaving behind only an undeveloped vacant lot.

Such a situation was impossible to occur in the highly valuable city center.

Moreover, as time went by, Li Jun realized that the disappearing area was continuously spreading outward.

The road surface seemed to be eroded by something, rapidly vanishing from sight.

"The range of the Ghost Domain is expanding,” he said.

...

Li Jun’s expression changed drastically, and then he immediately issued an order for all staff to prepare for evacuation, not daring to stay there himself.

Once engulfed by the Ghost Domain, no one could assure their own survival.

Because inside the Ghost Domain, there is definitely a ghost present.

However, what Li Jun didn’t notice was that the Ghost Domain was not expanding but extending, and the direction of its extension was very specific.

Toward the nearby Ping’an Hotel.

What kind of place was the Ping’an Hotel?

A hotel that did not open to the public but only accepted ghost handlers, housing a large number of special personnel and hiding some very terrifying people and things. Yang Jian had previously stayed in the hotel, along with other members from his cohort.

Inside the fourth level of the Ghost Domain.

Yang Jian, with only half a head remaining, barely controlled his sole ghost eye, extending the Ghost Domain while also keeping watch over his surroundings.

He wasn’t interested in the ordinary people on the street; his focus was on his own corpse.

On that blood-drenched headless corpse.

At that moment, Yang Jian saw his own body, in the absence of a head, gradually moving away from him, heading towards the most crowded area, where dozens of fresh, living human heads awaited the eerie body.

No one could escape.

Within the fourth level of the Ghost Domain, it was a vast cage: those outside dared not enter, and those inside could not leave.

So, when Yang Jian’s body began to kill, a horrific shadow would loom over everyone.

And Yang Jian was powerless to stop any of it; now he had only half a head and one ghost eye left and couldn’t do anything but watch helplessly as it all happened. The only thing he could do was race against time, to stop everything before the headless corpse successfully seized its first head.

Not for others, just for himself.

"The Headless Ghost Shadow has not fully awakened, and its eeriness and danger levels are still low. It can’t control the Ghost Eye, it can’t control the Ghost Hand, it can only rely on instinct to control my body he thought. “So the first person targeted, if cautious, won’t be immediately finished off, but could at least buy a moment’s time.”

"During this time, I must choose someone to help put my head back together,” he resolved.

By now, Yang Jian could see the towering Ping’an Hotel, and even make out many of the residents inside.

It was night, and there were sure to be many people returning to the hotel to rest.

But Yang Jian couldn’t pull the entire Ping’an Hotel into the fourth level of the Ghost Domain. It wasn’t that he couldn’t do it now, but bringing a large number of ghost handlers into the fourth level of the Ghost Domain would only worsen the situation, turning a manageable scenario into complete chaos. By then, it wouldn’t just be his own ghostly revival at stake.

It would be the awakening of a legion of ghosts.

So Yang Jian needed to make a selection, choosing one person to enter the Ghost Domain to assist him.

This person had to pose no threat to him, be willing to help put his head back together, and there had to be a foundation of mutual trust between them. Otherwise, should things go awry, not only would Yang Jian die, but the entire city would be in peril.

Zhang Lei, Wang Jiang, Huang Ziya.

Yang Jian’s remaining Ghost Eye saw these three individuals inside the Ping’an Hotel, and they were the best candidates he could think of at the moment. He didn’t know or trust anyone else; these three had gone through the Ghost Envoy incident at the training base with him, establishing a certain level of trust. Previously, they even had the intention of forming a team.

However, out of these three, he planned to select only one to enter the Ghost Domain.

The time to think was fleeting.

Among the three candidates for help, Yang Jian first ruled out Wang Jiang. He was a bit too naive, just a college student, and had experienced very few supernatural events. During the Ghost Envoy incident, he didn’t perform well, so he wasn’t a good choice for seeking help.

So, the remaining choice was between Zhang Lei and Huang Ziya.

Zhang Lei, codenamed Ghost Eater, had handled two paranormal incidents. He was experienced, courageous, and had caught the headquarters’ attention as the most capable of the three. Yang Jian was more inclined towards him.

However… his condition was not good, and there was a certain risk of ghastly resurgence.

As for Huang Ziya.

Even though she was a woman, she performed even better than Wang Jiang, only somewhat less capable. Yet, in critical moments, her resolve was no less than Zhang Lei’s. Although she had less experience than Zhang Lei, her state was better than his.

"It’s a pity that Feng Quan and Tong Qian aren’t in the Ping’an Hotel; otherwise, they would have been even more suitable.” Even though this thought popped into Yang Jian’s head, he had already made up his mind and was preparing to ask one of them for help.

Huang Ziya!

Yang Jian’s ghostly eye gazed towards one of the floors of Ping’an Hotel.

Through the massive floor-to-ceiling glass windows, he could see Huang Ziya sitting leisurely on the sofa, watching television, where a very clichéd idol drama was playing.

Choosing her was a well-considered decision.

It wasn’t that Zhang Lei was not good, but Yang Jian worried about the risk of Zhang Lei himself undergoing a ghastly resurgence, and he was also concerned that his own corpse would prioritize attacking Zhang Lei.

Because the ghost within Zhang Lei’s body was more attractive to the Headless Ghost Shadow.

If the Headless Ghost Shadow decided to use Zhang Lei as a puzzle piece to assemble a ghastly body, then Yang Jian’s actions would be tantamount to harming both himself and others.

Huang Ziya had only harnessed one ghost; her target was comparatively small, and her condition more stable, making her a better fit.

At this moment.

Huang Ziya, who was watching television on the sofa, still had no idea about what was happening outside.

From the time Yang Jian was killed to his awakening and then to the resurgence of his headless body, everything happened so swiftly that the headquarters couldn’t immediately issue a relevant notification or warning. Even Li Jun was just reacting to the emergency by rushing to the scene to check it out.

So, the people inside Ping’an Hotel continued as before: those who needed rest did so, those with insomnia had it, and those who had to work worked.

Hmm?

When the fourth level of Ghost Domain approached the hotel and was about to cover one of the floors…

Zhang Lei, who had been working on the ghost painting case all day and was ready to rest, immediately sensed something was amiss.

It was an intuition of impending crisis.

Zhang Lei slightly looked up to glance outside the window. At that moment, he saw the street lamps near Ping’an Hotel rapidly going out. At first glance, it seemed like an invisible darkness was encroaching at an incredibly fast speed, already reaching the outside of the hotel, with a speed that seemed unbelievable.

"Damn, what’s going on?”

He flipped out of bed in shock. He wanted to run outside, but then he stopped in his tracks.

The range and speed of this encroachment meant that the entire building would be affected. It wasn’t something he could escape from with just a few steps, unless one possessed a Ghost Domain.

He wasn’t the only one to notice the anomaly. Some who knew they might not be able to escape still frantically ran out of their rooms, figuring they should leave first and talk later. Even if it only meant getting a bit farther away, it was still better.

Huang Ziya was a bit less alert, or maybe she had been less severely affected by the ghost, not as sensitive to paranormal events as the others. Hence, she sat on the sofa watching television, completely unaware that the street lamps outside had gone out, and an unseen paranormal force was infiltrating the entire hotel.

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"Sssss!”

At that moment, the lights in her room began to flicker, and the normally functioning television also showed a distorted picture, as if the signal and circuitry were being interfered with by something.

"Hmm?”

Huang Ziya blinked and looked up, her expression gradually changing as she just stood up.

The next moment, all the lights in the room suddenly went out, plunging the surroundings into darkness. But this darkness came quickly and left quickly as well. A rich red light beamed in through the hotel’s glass windows, enveloping everything in red, making the whole world seem immersed in an indescribable eeriness.

"This is… Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain?” Huang Ziya tensed up first, becoming extremely alert, but upon seeing everything engulfed in the red glow, she actually breathed a sigh of relief.

The characteristics of Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain were too distinct. She had seen it countless times when she had experienced paranormal events with Yang Jian before, and she recognized it right away.