Chapter 848: Chapter 815 The Light Shines Again

The information revealed by Li Leping was astonishing, and Yang Jian also approximately understood why this person had been chosen as a captain by the headquarters.

A person who managed to control four ghosts several months ago, seemingly inconspicuous and ordinary… No, perhaps he was not low-profile, but many people just didn’t know, yet the headquarters certainly did, which is why they gave him the position of captain.

Such strength indeed qualifies him to be a captain.

At that stage, Yang Jian was absolutely no match for this Li Leping.

Yang Jian became captain based on his merits in solving the Hungry Ghost incident, not on strength.

But now…

Yang Jian had dealt with the fierce ghosts in the Ferocious Ghost District and was facing Li Leping again, who had become an anomaly.

A ghost that seems to possess the consciousness of a living person.

This state was quite special, Yang Jian had some similar speculations before, but he found them flawed because the consciousness of a living person cannot withstand the influence of a fierce ghost’s instinct, and in the long run, one’s self would be eroded, eventually losing all emotions, descending into a monster controlled by the ghost’s instinct.

However, Li Leping was distinct from such a state.

It’s because he had controlled the Forgetful Ghost, relying on the power of a fierce ghost, it wasn’t a mere transfer of living consciousness.

Therefore, the state of Li Leping was not replicable, it was caused by certain specific conditions and an accident, just like when Yang Jian attempted suicide by hanging in front of the Ghost Mirror and survived by chance, unreplicable if attempted again.

“Yang Jian, I don’t wish to be your adversary, I didn’t know you would come to Dachuan City this time, no, it doesn’t matter who comes to Dachuan City, what matters is who will break the deadlock here.” Li Leping stood like a cold corpse by a window inside the building.

He began speaking, continuing to communicate with Yang Jian.

“Is that so? Then why didn’t you report the loss of control in Dachuan City to headquarters?” Yang Jian said: “I haven’t found any relevant files.”

Li Yang, standing to the side, locked his gaze firmly on Li Leping.

Through the conversation that just took place, he roughly understood.

The current Li Leping was no longer human, but a ghost.

What does it matter if he retains a human’s thinking?

As long as he’s a ghost, there’s a possibility he could become uncontrollable, posing a huge potential danger, one cannot simply trust him.

“Headquarters?”

Li Leping’s numb and cold face twitched slightly, as if trying to make some expression, but the state of his body did not allow for it.

“If problems occur with those in charge, a captain can seek assistance from those in each region. If the captain is the one in trouble, even the help that headquarters can offer will be quite limited, otherwise the whole point of having the captains’ plan will be meaningless.”

“Moreover, the situation here hasn’t completely spiraled out of control. I had already made arrangements before my attempts to tame that fierce ghost.”

“The Mingyue Community in the Ferocious Ghost District is both my hiding and confining place.”

Li Leping seemed to have calculated everything, and he was not surprised by the appearance of Yang Jian because, to him, the situation here would inevitably be broken by someone eventually, and so far, there aren’t many people capable of breaking the deadlock.

Yang Jian was just one of them.

Moreover, even if the deadlock cannot be broken, given time, he could handle it gradually.

“So, the ghost within you was released by yourself? You utilized the Ghost Domain formed after the fierce ghost’s revival to block the invasion of the Ghost Shadow Figure, reduced your own danger after losing control, and assured that you wouldn’t be disturbed by other uncertain factors, while waiting for your own transformation?” Yang Jian frowned.

“Roughly so,” responded Li Leping, who stood still like a cold corpse at the dark and hollow window, nodding stiffly.

“But what does all this have to do with me? Your loss of control has caused me a lot of trouble, even almost annihilating my team in the Ferocious Ghost District. Now, after all this, do you think just explaining it away will suffice?”

Yang Jian’s gaze was cold.

But he wasn’t in a hurry.

The curse of the Eight-Tone Music Box was still in effect and would last for several days; a few minutes of conversation made no difference to him.

Moreover.

The cost of using the Firewood Knife had just exploded, leaving his body particularly broken and the Ghost Shadow even more fragmented, requiring some time to recover.

Therefore, wasting time was only beneficial to him without drawbacks.

“There’s no benefit in confronting me here, maybe you can kill me, but that’s all it would amount to,” said Li Leping: “And it seems you visited that Room 301 before.”

“That is the origin of the Ferocious Ghost District incident. I investigated that place and encountered unknown dangers, forcing me to erase my memories of that day. Although I don’t remember what happened there, a place that required even me to erase memories to survive must be extremely dangerous.”

“The balance has been broken, the fierce ghost of Room 301 has emerged, it’s pointless to confront me now, especially since the ghosts you’ve lost control of have been handled by you.”

He did not want to conflict with Yang Jian.

At this moment, Li Leping was in his most vulnerable state; he needed time to erase the Sleepwalking Ghost’s killing pattern from himself, reducing the influence of the fierce ghost and then to achieve a replacement.

To become a truly conscious fierce ghost.

Once he reached that point, if he could retrieve the puzzle pieces, he would become one of the most top-tier ghost controllers within the supernatural circle.

No, he would be a unique ghost controller.

Yang Jian was aware of his ambitions and also perceived Li Leping’s plans.

That’s why he was considering whether or not to eliminate Li Leping.

If Li Leping succeeded, becoming an enemy in the future, it would be a huge threat. Of course, if he couldn’t kill Li Leping here, there was no doubt he would offend someone of a Captain Level powerhouse.

Although Yang Jian wasn’t afraid.

Having already fought Ye Zhen in Dahai City, now coming to Dachuan City and having to battle Li Leping was too much of a loss.

And the curse of the Eight-Tone Music Box is not always present.

A few days later the curse will erupt, and Yang Jian will still have to spend time dealing with it.

“It’s not wise to start a fight with Li Leping here, as there is no fundamental conflict between him and me. Moreover, room 301 is connected to the Ghost Post Office. I should turn around and investigate further instead of wasting time here. Most importantly, Li Leping’s plan has already succeeded halfway, he might still have the strength to fight back. If I lose people in the process, the loss would be huge.”

Yang Jian restrained the impulse to confront Li Leping physically.

After all, they were both Captain Level figures at headquarters; if one were truly killed, it could become a troublesome matter if headquarters found out.

“It seems our negotiation was successful. I’ll have to trouble you to look after my out-of-control ghost for now. After some time, I will offer satisfactory terms to swap back the ghost under my control.” Li Leping added, “I should apologize to you for this incident. After all, it was my failure that caused such trouble.”

He did not dare to offend Yang Jian.

Because Li Leping truly couldn’t fathom Yang Jian’s limits.

Clearly a newcomer, yet he dealt with the Hungry Ghost incident; obviously in poor condition but could instantly turn the tide against the ferocious ghosts in the Ferocious Ghost District, as well as the resurrected seeking ghost.

Now what other trump cards Yang Jian has yet to reveal, Li Leping himself does not know.

Even if he’s now in a lucid period, perfectly controlling the Forgetful Ghost and the Sleepwalking Ghost.

“Well, whether or not the price you offer will be acceptable, that remains to be seen.”

Yang Jian slightly lowered the Firewood Knife he had raised in his hand: “And don’t cause me any more trouble, nor stir up more issues, otherwise you’ll die a miserable death, I guarantee it.”

“Rest assured.”

Li Leping, standing by the window, replied stiffly, and after the successful negotiation, he slowly backed away.

Eventually, his figure vanished into the darkness beyond the window, disappearing within the smoke-blackened residential building.

“Captain, are we really not taking action?” Li Yang, witnessing this, breathed a sigh of relief.

Two Captain Level individuals fighting here would be akin to replays of the great battle between Ye Zhen in Dahai City and Yang Jian.

As a teammate, the pressure was tremendous.

“This guy has already taken the most critical step, it’s not a good idea to kill him. To deal with such anomalies, we need to rely on consciousness-invasion type ferocious ghosts.” Yang Jian glanced at the box brought over from a charter plane at the airport.

Inside are the Coffin Nail and the Ghost Shadow Figure.

He could use the Ghost Domain to retrieve the Coffin Nail and release the Ghost Shadow Figure whenever he wanted.

But Yang Jian did not do so.

He was also worried about losing control.

“This is good enough. Our goal has been achieved. If we fought, indeed there would be some unpredictable risks,” Li Yang said.

A ferocious ghost left.

A ferocious ghost restrained.

A ferocious ghost dismembered.

Inside Mingyue Community, the most dangerous scene just moments ago had completely dissolved.

“Put away that puppet doll’s limbs; this thing is both a ferocious ghost and a supernatural object, and it’s suspected to be related to a life-replacing doll, worth studying later.” Yang Jian indicated, then used the Ghost Domain to bring several boxes from the charter plane at the airport, and also packaged up the dry corpse in his hands.

This dry corpse was a very ferocious ghost, not to be dealt with carelessly.

Li Yang nodded his head and began collecting the scattered limbs of the puppet doll on the ground.

“Is it over?”

Li Yi and Yang Xiaohua finally came back to their senses at the sight of this scene.

But there was one detail that had been overlooked.

At this moment… the road to the Ghost Post Office did not appear.

Meanwhile.

The smoke-blackened building where room 301 was located suddenly acted out of character.

All the windows in the whole building lit up at once.

The dim yellow light was particularly striking in this crimson world.

“An anomaly has appeared.”

Yang Jian suddenly turned around, his ghost eye fixed on a window on the third floor.

The figure of a woman in a red cheongsam was vaguely swaying at the window.

That figure was familiar.

It was not from room 301, but was the messenger who had followed them, Leuk Qingqing.

“Is Leuk Qingqing not here, still in room 301?”

With a casual glance, Yang Jian instantly took in his surroundings. He found neither Leuk Qingqing nor her body.

The person who had previously been ignored now had some involvement with room 301 at this time.

“Let’s go back and check.”

After sorting out the situation here, Yang Jian quickly turned and headed back to room 301.