This is a fake city within the Ghost Domain.
It looks exactly the same as Dachang City, whether it's the streets, buildings, or even the trees and greenery.
Anyone entering here wouldn't believe this world to be fake.
The world within the Ghost Domain has the power to deceive humans, and it also possesses the capability to deceive ghosts. Right now, in this eerily silent world, a dark green, strange infant, seemingly just born, lets out a spine-chilling scream as it drifts along the streets, slowly making its way toward a certain place.
That pair of pitch-black eyes without pupils scans this world in a bizarre and fierce manner.
Anyone caught in its gaze would hardly escape its entanglement.
Unfortunately, in the Ghost Domain, aside from Yang Jian, there are no other people for the Ghost Infant to kill, so it cannot grow in this world.
The Ghost Infant is not slow in its movements, quite the opposite, it's very quick.
It's just that its route is not very regular, so it has wasted a lot of time.
But at last, the Ghost Shadow arrived at a place and began to wander around, seemingly wanting to enter but lacking a path to proceed.
There seemed to be a road not present on the map.
Such a road hadn't appeared in Yang Jian's Ghost Domain, so the Ghost Infant started to loiter there.
"It can pretty much be confirmed now, the Ghost Infant seems to have stopped at this location and has been wandering around without leaving," he said.
He immediately opened his phone, used the map navigation, and quickly confirmed the exact location.
"Next to this street, there's a pharmacy, and the Ghost Infant is right across from this pharmacy. If we arrive at the destination, I can pinpoint it accurately," he said.
Wang Xiaoming glanced at the coordinates displayed on Yang Jian's phone and immediately memorized them: "I understand now. The first attempt was a success. You can now restrain the Ghost Infant. I'll gather our team as quickly as possible to make the first contact. If all goes well, we'll solve this supernatural incident."
"If only everything could go so smoothly... wait." Suddenly, at this moment, Yang Jian's expression drastically changed.
"What's happening?" Wang Xiaoming frowned.
Yang Jian tensed up, sweat suddenly breaking out on his forehead: "That road has appeared."
"The road? Are you talking about what I termed Seventh Street? What's going on?" Wang Xiaoming asked immediately.
Yang Jian replied, "Damn it, right where the Ghost Infant was, a new street has suddenly appeared. How is this possible? I didn't manipulate the Ghost Domain to create this change. It feels as if... my Ghost Domain has been invaded, and the power of a fierce ghost has forcibly altered my Ghost Domain."
"That's impossible," Wang Xiaoming declared categorically.
He had never heard of such a situation, where someone could modify someone else's Ghost Domain.
Li Jun also had a Ghost Domain and had dealt with several supernatural incidents, but had never encountered this.
"It is true. I have no reason to lie to you at this time. If you don't believe me, take a good look for yourself," said Yang Jian as he materialized his Ghost Domain.
The operating room was enveloped in red light, and in this world of red, an imaginary city materialized before their eyes, with the clearest view being that of a street.
However, on this street, across from a pharmacy and separated by a road, there used to be a solid wall. But now the wall had disappeared, replaced by a small path leading into a dim, dark green world, like an abyss without end.
On both sides of the street, you could faintly see various closed shops, none of which were open for business.
Wang Xiaoming's expression grew serious as he quickly called up the panoramic map of Dachang City. He found the location of this place and confirmed after a comparison that this road indeed did not exist.
"Immediately retract your Ghost Domain, this street bears a taboo. The moment you found it, it also found you. This has involved another level entirely," he said.
"It's no use. Even if I pull back my Ghost Domain, the street still exists." Yang Jian closed his ghostly eyes and the red light in the operating room vanished.
But what followed was an unrelenting gloom—the entire hospital was filled with a dark, greenish tinge. The lights around quickly dimmed, turning murky. In the area where the gloom was thickest, the image of a street was conjured.
It was as clear as a movie projection.
"Professor Wang, we should retreat immediately. The situation is very wrong," urged the protection personnel as they grabbed at Wang Xiaoming.
Yet Wang Xiaoming said, "Hold on, this is a very rare opportunity. It's very likely the ability of a Fourth-stage Ghost Infant. We must see it for ourselves."
The protection personnel were both scared and anxious. If not for the absolute orders from above, they would have let go of Wang Xiaoming and run for their lives.
These ghostly entities were more terrifying than the next, not one of them could be understood by a normal person.
"That Ghost Infant could no longer be detained," Yang Jian's ghost eyes opened, piercing through the darkness, and saw the Ghost Infant wandering in front of that illusory street.
Out of caution and wariness of the Seventh Street, he did not risk detaining the Ghost Infant that was within arm's reach.
There was no need to take this risk.
There were so many Ghost Infants in Dachang City, having one more outside wouldn't make much difference.
He absolutely couldn't afford to die here.
Yang Jian was cautious while slowly backing away.
However, at that moment, footsteps suddenly came from that illusory street, and a figure appeared amidst the dark bluish haze deep within the street.
The face couldn't be seen clearly, only an outline was visible.
The figure drew closer and closer, the sound of footsteps grew clearer and clearer, echoing thumping sounds within the quiet and dim surgery room.
It was as if the ghost at the deep end of the street was about to walk out.
Once the ghost inside came out, it was very likely to be a Fourth-stage Ghost Infant, surpassing the third stage — the terror would be unimaginable.
Perhaps that was the origin of the entire supernatural incident, the Ghost Infant that revived after Zhou Zheng's death.
"Is this even possible?" However, Yang Jian was shocked at the moment.
What shocked him was not how terrifying the ghost was, but that everything unfolding before his eyes was forcefully opening the door of Seventh Street within his own Ghost Domain, and a real ghost was walking out from the false illusion?
If that were possible, then the Terror Level of this incident, defined as a Hungry Ghost event, could reach an unprecedented height.
Because such ghosts had completely deviated from common rational understanding and evolved into a kind of idealistic existence.
As the footsteps approached, the darkness around became even denser.
The human-shaped silhouette also became clearer, and Yang Jian could even see the slightly swaying hands, stiff, bluish-black, the color resembling the skin of a dead baby.
"Leave this place, the situation has gotten a bit complicated; the ability of that ghost has slightly exceeded my estimation," Wang Xiaoming observed for a moment and then immediately turned to leave.
"Like I need you to tell me that; if we don't leave under these circumstances, we're just waiting for death. I would bet that Ye Feng most likely fell at the hands of this thing."
Yang Jian also turned and ran; he burst out of the surgery room and distanced himself from the illusory street as quickly as possible.
The two met outside the surgery room and headed towards the hospital exit through the corridor.
"Sound the alarm, evacuate everyone from the hospital, save as many as possible," Wang Xiaoming instructed the personnel beside him.
Soon, the sound of the alarm echoed through the hospital's loudspeakers.
"You're only sounding the alarm now, isn't it a bit late?" Yang Jian said.
While running, Wang Xiaoming replied, "Don't worry; the majority of the people in this hospital have already been evacuated, only some staff and some special patients are left. I considered this possibility when doing research here. In case of an emergency, immediate evacuation and lockdown would mean the most we would lose wouldn't exceed fifty people."
"And I've set up three research sites one, as long as we can leave here, the research can continue, unaffected. As for the lost personnel, when compared to the crisis in Dachang City, this is nothing."
Yang Jian's expression changed slightly, but he didn't say anything.
He had no right to criticize Wang Xiaoming's actions, because if it were him, he would do the same.
In the face of a major event, everyone had to make some sacrifices, it's just that the manner of sacrifice varied.
As Wang Xiaoming and Yang Jian were evacuating, the figure inside the surgery room's street scene gradually walked out.
The locked doors of the surgery room had been securely shut, but now they creaked open slowly,
The person hidden within the darkness actually pushed the door open and walked out from the surgery room.
The entire hospital began to be rapidly eroded by a dark greenish aura.