At this moment, Yang Jian arrived at a small town.
This small town is not large, but it is full of life. However, when he stepped foot here in the morning, he didn't see a single person. His ghost eye scanned the entire town and found that all the residents had evacuated; it was unclear where they had moved. But he sensed a supernatural presence in the town, as he saw dozens of eerie corpses in the fields nearby.
Those corpses weren't decomposed nor did they move, standing like wooden mannequins, emitting a chilling aura.
But aside from these corpses, Yang Jian didn't find any traces of vengeful spirits.
He speculated that not long ago, a supernatural event occurred in this town, causing quite a few deaths. Thus, in panic, the residents fled with their families, but during their evacuation, it was possible that a ghost also blended into the crowd and left with them, leaving behind an empty town.
Unfortunately, ordinary people who don't know the truth can only make erroneous decisions, and once the rumor of the town being haunted spreads, no one dares to come here, even if the town is safe.
Yang Jian burned those eerie corpses with ghost flames, then put up a notice on the road entering and leaving the town.
The notice was simple: Dachang City representative Yang Jian has confirmed the town's safety, with no supernatural events.
He then wrote down the time and date.
If anyone dares to move into the town, with time, it will slowly regain some liveliness.
Of course, the prerequisite is that supernatural events remain under control, otherwise, even if he confirms the town's safety now, it might still have more supernatural occurrences later.
After handling these simple matters, Yang Jian continued his journey, visiting nearby villages. He found that the villagers lived normally, unaffected by supernatural occurrences. At some village entrances, several elders gathered to discuss recent happenings, adding dramatics to the peculiar events they've experienced before.
"Remote villages, due to sparse interaction with the outside world, are relatively safer. Additionally, with fewer residents and low population density, the chances of attracting supernatural occurrences decrease."
Yang Jian summarized his views.
Since there were no supernatural events here, he didn't linger and left the villages, heading to the next big city.
Using Ghost Domain, he moved quickly.
Before long, Yang Jian arrived at another city.
This is a big city, even with frequent supernatural events nowadays, the city still hosts many residents. Besides, there are several sealed zones, which surprised him. Weren't the residents afraid of hauntings?
It seemed that the sealed supernatural zones and the residential areas formed an invisible boundary, not interfering with each other—exuding a strange harmony.
"This city probably has spirit controllers, or maybe someone in charge, hence the control over supernatural events, preventing widespread panic." Yang Jian guessed, and then checked the city's data.
This city is called Dazhang City. Being a first-tier city, its headquarters has always appointed someone to manage it, even during tough times like now.
However, the Dazhang City representative has changed several times. The first was Zong Shan, a name Yang Jian vaguely remembers. He once attempted to compete with Guo Fan for the captain position, but after Guo Fan's death and failing the position contest, he disappeared.
Back then, Yang Jian was dealing with the Eight-Tone Music Box curse fiasco in his friend circle and paid no attention to Zong Shan's disappearance.
He later learned that after failing the contest, Zong Shan returned to Dazhang City as the representative and lived long enough. But during a confrontation with the King Organization's rise, he couldn't hold on and died from ghost revival, yet before his death, he managed to keep supernatural events at bay.
Subsequently, Dazhang City welcomed a second representative named Yu Chengzhi.
Yu Chengzhi succeeded Zong Shan, serving for half a year so far.
However, Yu Chengzhi's capabilities are limited; he's not a top-tier spirit controller. So, he can barely maintain stability in Dazhang City and can't deal with particularly dangerous events, only opting to seal off regions.
Due to various reasons, this has resulted in the current unique situation in Dazhang City.
"If a supernatural event causes no death nor spreads, it is relatively safe. Yu Chengzhi isn't wrong; he's managing the city to the best of his ability. Yet having five sealed zones within a city is clearly abnormal. It appears he's reaching his limit."
Yang Jian pondered as he walked toward the nearest supernatural zone.
Whenever he passed through areas, besides observing changes, he would handle supernatural events to reduce danger for nearby residents.
The closer to the sealed zones, the fewer pedestrians on the streets.
Eventually, Yang Jian saw the sealing lines, surrounded by security on 24-hour patrol to deter overly curious or clueless individuals from entering.
Though the effectiveness wasn't great, it was clear the city was managed—unlike the unmanaged Dashan City.
Yang Jian ignored guards near the caution tape, walking within the Ghost Domain, avoiding all surveillance, and effortlessly entering the sealed zone.
This area was severely eroded by supernatural forces.
Though newly built nearby buildings were just a few years old, they appeared exceptionally rundown, with cracked roads, overgrown weeds, and moss-covered walls.
Entering this area felt like stepping into a dead city.
"The ghost lingering here, being so greatly affected, is not an ordinary one. It seems this supernatural event has exceeded what the person in charge of Dazhang City can handle. However, the ghost has not left this area, so it doesn't seem to be the type that enjoys wandering around."
Yang Jian quickly stopped at the center of this area.
He did not encounter any malicious spirits along the way, nor was he attacked by any.
But that's normal; without triggering the ghost's murder pattern, the probability of being targeted by a ghost in such a large area is quite small.
Yang Jian did not use his ghost eye to search, nor did he use the supernatural power of the Wishing Ghost. Instead, he calmly took out a white Ghost Candle and lit it on the roadside. .
The white Ghost Candle burns and can attract all the malicious spirits nearby. Yang Jian just needed to wait for a moment.
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A loud noise erupted, and something fell from a nearby high-rise building.
"Is it here?" Yang Jian looked in the direction of the sound and saw a corpse lying on the ground. The body had fallen from the building but was intact, instead twisting its head, staring at him with a pair of dead eyes.
Soon after, the corpse slowly crawled toward him.
At first, the speed was relatively slow, but soon it grew faster, faster than a normal person running.
But then, Yang Jian sensed something else. He glanced up and took a few steps back.
A second corpse fell from the building, nearly hitting Yang Jian.
After falling, the body wasn't damaged at all, instead twisting its body and quickly waking up.
"I see, there are two ghosts in this supernatural event. No, it's not right; these two corpses should belong to the same ghost. It's just that the supernatural power of this one ghost is housed in two bodies," Yang Jian quickly realized by looking around.
No wonder this supernatural event couldn't be resolved.
If a ghost master entered here, they would subconsciously think they only needed to deal with one ghost. Once they've successfully restrained one corpse, they'd never expect another would attack them.
If one isn't careful, they might truly die here.
But unfortunately, these two corpses were facing Yang Jian.
Yang Jian simply lifted his foot and kicked the corpse that had fallen beside him.
Just after it had revived and prepared to kill, the eerie corpse was kicked several meters away by Yang Jian's foot, then collapsed on the ground with no movement, completely falling into silence.
The other corpse crawled over quickly intending to attack Yang Jian, but similarly, it was stomped underfoot by Yang Jian, then quivered and stopped moving as well.
In this way, the two ghosts were effortlessly dealt with by Yang Jian, without any difficulty at all.
Thinking back to when Yang Jian used to deal with ghosts, he had to be cautious and make calculated moves. Now, he's grown to the point where even ghosts have to avoid him.
Even if Yang Jian stood still, allowing a ghost to attack, the ghost wouldn't be able to kill him. Instead, it would suffer Yang Jian's supernatural backlash and fall directly into slumber.
"If I weren't so short-handed, and given the limits of one's own abilities, with my current strength I could truly end this supernatural era," Yang Jian couldn't help but think.
But such thoughts are just a fantasy.
Even if he worked non-stop for twenty-four hours, he wouldn't be able to handle everything.
Moreover, high-intensity work would only lead to a quicker death.
Yang Jian threw the two corpses into the Blood Lake, and the supernatural event in this blocked area was considered resolved. He didn't pause and instead headed for the next blocked area.
Ten minutes later, Yang Jian emerged from the second blocked area, preparing to go to the third.
Another ten minutes passed.
When Yang Jian emerged from the third blocked area, someone was standing in his way.
"I thought the headquarters' news was fake, just to calm people down. Didn't expect Captain Yang to truly return." A man, who appeared to be in his early thirties but had a withered face and a frail, almost decrepit body, spoke up.
His name was Yu Chengzhi, the person in charge of Dazhang City.