"..."

After listening to Wu Liang's words, He Zhan first fell silent for a moment, then looked out the window at the edge of the city that was about to be reached.

In about two or three more minutes, they would arrive at their destination.

To be honest, it's still not too late to back out now!

"I'm not joking with you, He. Perhaps from the very moment you step into the city, you'll need to resist the invasion of supernatural infection, and finding the main body won't be a matter that can be resolved in one or two minutes—the delay is too long... you might not hold out," Wu Liang said seriously.

According to his calculations, there was no need to wait for any crying sound to start resisting the supernatural infection.

Maybe that team of Awakened had issues the moment they stepped into the city.

They didn't fall before the final BOSS but hadn't even left the novice village.

At this moment, Wu Liang also understood why this Crying Ghost didn't create a supernatural lockdown.

The essence of supernatural lockdown is to prevent the living from escaping, transforming a space to allow the abilities of Fierce Ghosts to be fully exerted.

Besides the Nightmare, which can wander through dreams anywhere and is not afraid of targets escaping, there's another type of Fierce Ghost that doesn't need a supernatural lockdown.

That's because they don't want to hinder human entry and exit at all, and the current Crying Ghost is just like that.

It doesn't need to lock down any place; the farther the infected walk, the more people they contact, the larger its domain becomes!

"Hoo... I appreciate your good intentions, Wu Liang, but just as you said, this isn't something that can be solved in one or two minutes. How could you search through several cities all on your own?" He Zhan said, taking a deep breath.

Before Wu Liang could say anything, he continued, "I know you don't need to worry about being infected by supernatural means; you can stay in the city for however long it takes to search every place thoroughly."

"But the more powerful you are, making it impossible for the Fierce Ghost to attack, the deeper it will hide. If it really takes ten days to half a month to search every corner of each city, the range of supernatural influence will already be completely uncontrollable."

Hearing He Zhan's reasoning, Wu Liang instantly understood his point.

And he had to admit he had a point.

Just like when faced with the Shadow Ghost in the Peach Blossom Spring warehouse; when it realized it couldn't deal with him at all, it hid with all its might, like a human fighting for survival.

While playing hide-and-seek with him wasn't a problem,

those already infected by the supernatural wouldn't stop advancing, and the range of supernatural influence would continue growing larger until, as He Zhan said, it was uncontrollable.

Under such powerful pressure from Wu Liang, there needed to be a place where this City-annihilating Ghost could break through.

"You're not here to help suppress the City-annihilating Ghost; you're here to be the bait!?"

As he deduced this uniquely angled approach, Wu Liang's pupils suddenly contracted, exclaiming in surprise.

No wonder he felt something strange. Besides the matter with the Crying Ghost's method of supernatural infection, He Zhan's presence was off.

Despite his Awakened Ability having no direct way to exorcise Fierce Ghosts, he entered the infected mysterious city alongside himself. Facing a City-annihilating Ghost, he would inevitably have to passively resist!

Click—

Just then, the taxi stopped on a road outside Chang'an City. Ahead was Shangluo, which had already fallen to a mysterious city.

He Zhan clicked open the car door and stepped out.

After putting on the earplugs securely, he first glanced in Shangluo's direction, then turned back to Wu Liang with a smile and said, "Kid, you're strong. I believe it can't beat you, so don't let me down!"

"I will hold out until it needs its main body to act, then my life will be in your hands. Be sure to come quickly."

With that, He Zhan turned and walked straight into the territory of Shangluo City.

Leaving Wu Liang alone bewildered by the roadside.

Indeed, only He Zhan could perfectly execute this bait mission.

Due to the uniqueness of his Awakened Ability, he had a certain resistance against this type of infectious Fierce Ghost ability, coupled with a strength barely reaching city destruction, he estimated to hold out for a long time.

Apart from Wu Liang himself, He Zhan, being one of the only two living people in the mysterious city, remained unaffected and uninfected for a long time, the Crying Ghost would inevitably discover his existence.

When it also realized that normal supernatural infection methods didn't work on He Zhan, to eliminate hidden dangers, it would personally target He Zhan.

This bait plan eliminates the need to search through cities one by one. They only need to wait for the Crying Ghost to attack He Zhan.

This indeed is the quickest way to find the Crying Ghost, but naturally, the risks are extremely high!

After all, facing an unknown ability City-Destroying Level Fierce Ghost, no one knows how long He Zhan could last.

If he couldn't hold out before Wu Liang could support him, or if he couldn't wait for the Crying Ghost to act personally and got infected by other sources, this behavior would be no different from sending himself to die.

"Damn! Why act so cool? Isn't this just shifting the responsibility onto me? He Zhan, you bastard, can you really throw the blame?" Wu Liang said helplessly.

He did not stop He Zhan's plan.

He simply pulled out a tattered-looking Puppet from the shadow.

Then pointed at the Puppet's nose, cursing, "Go follow He Zhan, but you must hide your presence well; otherwise, the Fierce Ghost won't easily attack him. Once you find the Crying Ghost's main body appear, notify me immediately, got it?"

Rarely seeing Wu Liang show such a serious expression, the Puppet Ghost naturally knew not to mess around at times like this. It quickly nodded in agreement and scampered off in the direction He Zhan had left.

As Wu Liang remained in place, he took a deep breath and used the Mist Ghost's ability to float into midair.

Swoosh—

The whole person drew a beautiful arc in the air at an extremely fast speed, quickly moving to another direction of Shangluo City.

He couldn't stay too close to He Zhan.

Otherwise, if the Crying Ghost saw him, it'd hide again, rendering the bait plan meaningless.

Fortunately, he had the special ability [Ghost Shadow Following].

As long as He Zhan didn't get instantly infected by the Crying Ghost, he could use the Puppet Ghost to switch positions for support.

Yet this very instant was the most dangerous.

Because when the Crying Ghost emerged from the shadows to attack He Zhan at first, while he was constantly resisting the supernatural infection of other sources in the city, there was absolutely no way he could detect it in advance.

It meant facing the Crying Ghost, who had infected several cities, the first strike sneak attack must be endured!

"Damn it, don't die in such a weird place! I'm still waiting to have hotpot with you back in Chengyang City!" Wu Liang cursed as he stepped into the range of Shangluo City.

And right ahead of him was a little boy crouching on the ground fiddling with toys or something.

Hearing the sound of someone approaching, the little boy looked up and cast a glance. Immediately, his mouth twisted into an exaggerated grin that reached his ears, making Wu Liang feel a surge of alertness.

He indeed wanted to understand what this supernatural infection was all about.

If he could quickly detect infection methods aside from the cries, then instruct He Zhan through the Puppet Ghost on how to avoid them, boosting his endurance time as well.

The next moment, that eerie and creepy crying sound came out of the little boy's mouth—

"Woo woo... woo woo..."

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