Chapter 1567: Chapter 1530: The Burning City

“What has this era turned into? Li Yang and the others say they can’t feel it, but I need to see it for myself.”

This was Yang Jian’s current thought.

After all, he has been gone for a full six months. Now that he’s awake, no matter what he wants to do, he needs to first understand the current situation. Making hasty decisions can easily lead to mistakes.

So Yang Jian didn’t stay in Dachang City.

He felt that he couldn’t see the truth in Dachang City because, thanks to the efforts of Li Yang, Tong Qian, and the others, the city remains peaceful. Therefore, he can’t feel the brutality of this era. Yang Jian wants to visit those cities without custodian to roam around, to witness those places where supernatural events are out of control.

According to Yang Jian’s understanding, there are quite a few such places.

Although he has some private matters that need attending to, he believes he can postpone them for now.

Soon.

Yang Jian arrived at a city near Dachang City.

This city is called Dashan City.

He has some impressions of this city because the previous custodian of Dashan City was named Seow Yang. They had met and cooperated while handling the supernatural events in Baishui Town. Unfortunately, Seow Yang refused to leave the supernatural zone to save people and ultimately met danger, dying in Baishui Town.

Through data inquiry, Yang Jian learned that after Seow Yang’s death, another custodian came to Dashan City, but shortly after their arrival, they were transferred. The reason for the transfer was that the headquarters believed Dashan City, being close to Dachang City, wouldn’t pose any danger.

With this transfer, Dashan City has remained without a custodian status for a long time, up to this point.

In the dead of night.

Yang Jian walked on the central street of Dashan City and found that from the beginning to the end of the street, there wasn’t a single person. An air of desolation and coldness permeated the atmosphere. With the night breeze, plastic bags, torn newspapers, fluttered on the ground.

Occasionally, there were noises, mostly cans rolling on the ground.

There weren’t even any vehicles moving on the road, with only a few vehicles left abandoned without ignition.

This scene was evidently abnormal, for a city should never be so dead.

Yang Jian looked up at the distant tall buildings.

He noticed that only a few windows occasionally showed light, while most others were shrouded in darkness.

“This city experiences supernatural incidents, with panic driving many to flee. But a number still choose to live in the city. They live cautiously, fearing provoking vengeful spirits.” Yang Jian opened his Ghost Eye and observed a pitch-black residential building.

Inside the building, people were not absent; they simply chose not to turn on the lights. They shut the windows, draw the curtains, and sleep quietly, and some even have someone assigned to keep watch.

Yang Jian continued forward, intending to resolve the city’s supernatural incidents as he observed it.

But quickly, he stopped.

Because he saw four or five people gathered ahead, trying to break open the door of a shop, seemingly intent on stealing.

“Hurry up and pry open the door. It’s too dangerous to be out at night. We might encounter ghosts.”

“Stop talking nonsense. Do you want to attract those filthy things? If I weren’t starving, I wouldn’t be out here. Just grab some provisions and leave. Don’t linger too long outside.”

“Most people around here have already moved, likely to Dachang City. When can we move to Dachang City? I hear Dachang City is safe, with no supernatural events, plus there’s always a custodian handling supernatural issues.”

“Going to Dachang City? Wake up! That’s not a place for poor folk like us. You must know how high the property prices are there. Buying a home in Dashan City saddles us with a thirty-year mortgage. We haven’t cleared the loan yet, and property prices here have plummeted due to ghost incidents, but mortgage payments persist. Just surviving is good enough, no time to be choosy.”

Yang Jian stood a short distance away, listening to their conversation, and understood their predicament.

These people lacked provisions and money and didn’t have the means to move to a better city. Poverty forced them to stay in this supernatural-infested city.

Soon.

These four or five people managed to open the shop’s door, revealing a convenience store inside. Shelves neatly stocked with various living necessities, but covered in dust, suggesting the shop has been closed for some time. The shopkeeper either left the city or died in some supernatural incident.

They were excited, grabbing a cart to take all essential provisions, ready to leave.

Yang Jian averted his gaze, pretending nothing had happened, and calmly passed by.

“Wait, it sounds like someone outside.”

“Who would be out this late? Have we encountered a ghost?”

Perhaps Yang Jian’s footsteps caught someone’s attention, and they immediately stopped, frozen in the store, not daring to move.

“I’m not a ghost, just passing by. You carry on, don’t mind me.” Yang Jian casually remarked.

Immediately, the people in the shop breathed a sigh of relief.

“Turns out it’s a person, scared me to death. I thought we hit a ghost at night.”

They resumed their busy work.

But soon, one man poked his head out, checked outside, and saw Yang Jian heading forward, and immediately whispered, “It’s haunted over there, best stay away.”

“I am heading to where it’s haunted.” Yang Jian replied without turning his head.

The man refrained from advising further and withdrew.

A woman’s voice emerged from the shop: “Don’t meddle. Majority likely another dreamer wanting to become a Ghost Handler in haunted places.”

“What do you mean ’dreamer’? If others become a Ghost Handler, it’s like a direct leap. My fear of death holds me back, or I’d give it a try. Living like this is too painful.” The man retorted.

In such a harsh environment, many dream of risking it in haunted places, hoping to become Ghost Handlers, even though life expectancy may be short, just one or two years. Still, success could alter a family’s fortunes, perhaps buying several homes in Dachang City, living without worry, earning a lot of Gold…

If they’re lucky and manage to handle two ghosts, they become powerful, wealthy, may even become city custodians.

Yang Jian passed through the street and soon saw the roadblock ahead with various warning signs.

“Restricted area, dangerous.”

“Strictly prohibited from any approach.”

“Perilous supernatural zone”

Some slogans are extremely eye-catching, as if afraid others won’t know there’s a haunting here.

“Blocking the area to isolate the fierce ghost is an emergency method. After all, many ghosts don’t move much, and if we further isolate living people, the fierce ghost can stay in one place without coming out, unaffected by the killing pattern. That’s why some residents of Dashan City haven’t left, because the ghosts here are relatively docile.”

Yang Jian thought darkly to himself, as he directly entered the haunted area, ignoring the cordon.

Compared to the previously deserted street, this blocked area actually seemed a bit more ’lively’.

Though there was no one, the streets were full of parked cars, shops on the roadside appeared open for business, showing that when the area was sealed off, everyone evacuated hastily, leaving many things behind, and afterward, no one dared to enter the area to gather supplies.

The family stealing near the cordon zone earlier was already being quite bold.

The deeper he went into the sealed area, the eerier the surroundings became.

First, Yang Jian smelled a familiar odor.

It was the stench of decaying bodies.

Next, the extinguished streetlights flickered intermittently, as if receiving some interference.

Moreover, there were many dense and fresh footprints on the road, suggesting someone still lived here.

In addition, many long-dead bodies lay on the nearby ground, though the corpses were well-preserved, showing extreme decay even in hot weather.

Yang Jian glanced over.

In the next moment, pale green flames suddenly emerged from several of the nearby corpses.

The ghostly flames burned with a sinister sizzle, and amidst the light, the corpses twisted in painful struggle, as if enduring enormous suffering.

“Bodies tainted by the supernatural, yet not to the level of a Ghost Slave, and such things… there are many.”

Yang Jian opened his ghostly eye, casually scanning the surroundings.

But soon, he slowly closed his eyes again.

Because he saw scenes so strange and tragic, they were unbearable to witness.

And this was just the work of a single ghost.

“Burn it all away,” Yang Jian sighed softly.

Then the surrounding buildings, shops, streets, even the pavement, were ignited by the ghost flame.

A supernatural fire appeared out of nowhere, raging through the sealed area.

Furthermore, the ghost flame grew larger, even engulfing the sky, illuminating the night as it burned, with plenty of fuel to keep the ghost fire so intense.

This peculiar phenomenon also drew the attention of many in the city.

“That’s the locked supernatural area; is there another haunting?”

Seeing the sinister ghost flames, they were terrified, even waking family members to prepare for evacuation, uncertain if the eerie flames might spread to their homes, or if the green glow meant certain death.

As the ghost flames burned, strange screams emanated from within, resembling both the dying cries of mortals and the wails of fierce ghosts, sending shivers down spines.

“We can’t stay here, let’s go quickly.”

On the street, the family who just finished stealing shivered at the sight behind them, pushing their cart in a frantic escape.

In an instant, panic once again swept through the calm night city.

“I am Yang Jian, the person in charge of Dachang City, capturing ghosts. After tonight, no more paranormal events here.”

As the city’s panic peaked, a voice suddenly echoed in the sky, heard by everyone.

After the statement, the city’s panic subsided.

“The responsible person, great, it’s the person in charge of dealing with the paranormal in Dachang City. We finally have hope.”

“Oh my god, finally, I thought this city had no one in charge.”

“Catch all those filthy things!”

Many shouted in the night, venting their long-held fears, as lights across the city began to flicker on in succession.

They didn’t recognize Yang Jian, but they knew of the responsible individual’s existence, someone who deals with fierce ghosts and paranormal events.

They had long hoped for a responsible person in their city.

Unfortunately, after waiting so long, no one came, leading to so many leaving Dashan City.

“Yang Jian? What a joke. How could the legendary ghost-eyed Yang Jian appear in this city? Isn’t he missing for six months already? Many say he’s dead.” In a high-rise in Dashan City, a ghost hunter was stunned when he heard the voice.

He was a newbie in the paranormal circle but knew of Yang Jian’s existence.

“Probably someone impersonating him,” he speculated inwardly.

Yet, seeing the towering flames from afar, his eyes revealed astonishment.

This flame seemed to burn the supernatural.

And even from such a distance, the searing heat on his skin was palpable. Any closer, he feared spontaneous combustion.

“This isn’t the supernatural of the sealed place, it’s Yang Jian’s own supernatural power… but can a ghost hunter create such a vast paranormal fire?” Watching from afar, it filled him with dread, unable to imagine someone wielding such supernatural power.

If he had such power, why fear any fierce ghost?

“Oh my god, the fire is still spreading, expanding in scope. Does he want to burn the city down?”

The ghost hunter couldn’t bear to watch, feeling the air heat up, forcing him to leave, unable to withstand it.

Such supernatural power was akin to a natural disaster.

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