Mysterious Awakening-Chapter 591: Outrage

Yang Jian's Ghost Domain spread too fiercely. Previously, it had only affected one street, but at some point during the night, this boundary was effortlessly broken. The scope of the Ghost Domain suddenly surpassed all imagination, and in less than ten seconds, half the city disappeared.

"This is impossible."

In the headquarters office, Cao Yanhua, who had just fallen asleep not long ago, was urgently awakened. Upon arriving at the office and hearing Shen Liang's report, his complexion changed drastically, and he slammed his hand on the desk, roaring while trembling all over.

It seemed that Yang Jian's ghost had fully resurrected, and the Ghost Domain now covered nearly half of the city.

"Previously, it was clearly just one street..."

Cao Yanhua gripped the report in his hands tightly, staring intently at Shen Liang.

Feeling Cao Yanhua's murderous gaze, Shen Liang had no choice but to persist, "The estimate was inaccurate... Yang Jian's ghost is more terrifying than we imagined, and I haven't been the one in charge of him all along, so my understanding of many pieces of information about him is not comprehensive. If there were no issues with Zhao Jianguo, he should have a new assessment report."

Cao Yanhua thought of several reports during Zhao Jianguo's tenure, which indeed mentioned that Yang Jian required special attention and that he was extraordinary.

However, he didn't take it too seriously at that time. Although he did pay close attention afterward, he didn't think deeply about it.

Shen Liang continued in a subdued voice, "Moreover, this incident came too suddenly, disrupting everyone's arrangements. Some exorcists already want to flee the city area, after all, with Yang Jian's resurrection and the Hungry Ghost incident still unresolved, the pressure is immense. Even people in our circle are preparing for retreat, though it's not confirmed yet, but things are looking grim... Deputy Minister, morale is beginning to collapse."

"Damn these friends circles, these dog things, capitalists. Not only did they cause me to lose a top captain, but they've also created another S-class supernatural event, wrecking what was a somewhat manageable situation into chaos, beyond salvage, and now they are scared, wanting to smooth things over and leave, dumping all the trouble back on us?"

Cao Yanhua crushed the report in his hands into a ball, flinging it away with an enraged roar in his bloodshot eyes.

"I should never have persuaded Yang Jian to reconcile with the friends circle. I should have stood out and supported Yang Jian in eliminating these parasites. These people are useless when dealing with real ghosts, one more cowardly than the next, but when it comes to dealing with people, they're all ruthless. Without Yang Jian, Li Jun, Leuk San, Cao Yang stabilizing the situation, would they still think about sitting in Ping'an Tower, sipping tea, and plotting?"

"Now they want to run, now they think they can run..."

Cao Yanhua was shivering with rage, pacing back and forth as though considering emergency measures.

Time was incredibly urgent now. Evil spirits had revived, the Ghost Domain covered nearly half the city, and apart from the unimaginable effects this would have on the global situation once the incident was over, the damage caused during this period alone was chilling.

After the Hungry Ghost incident, he had seen the report of Dachang City with his own eyes, and it was horrifying.

And that incident from start to finish only lasted about a dozen days.

"We must not let the people from the friends circle escape. If they run, the team's spirit will be completely broken."

Cao Yanhua's mind wasn't clouded by anger. If the people from the friends circle escaped as if the matter didn't concern them, what would the others think?

They were afraid of death, and so were his own ghost exorcists.

"Go and invite Old Qin. Have Old Qin make a trip to Ping'an Tower and tell the people from the friends circle that no one is allowed to leave. They must take responsibility for this matter. If anyone dares to run, kill them immediately. There's no room for negotiation, no possibility of choice, that's the deal. Whether they like it or not, they have to do it," Cao Yanhua said through clenched teeth.

"If Old Qin leaves, what if something happens here, now that the headquarters is also within the affected area?" Shen Liang reminded him, worrying that a rash decision could spoil everything.

Cao Yanhua said, "If we worry about everything, we'll accomplish nothing. We can't manage so much right now. Dangerous? Where is there a safe place at the moment? If we can resolve this matter in the shortest time, there's still a chance for recovery, but if it drags on, the consequences are unthinkable."

"Do we need to discuss this and report it?" Shen Liang hesitated for a moment.

Cao Yanhua's expression darkened, "No need, I'll take responsibility. Once this is over, I'll resign. So you don't need to worry about anything else."

Shen Liang nodded and prepared to leave immediately.

However, at that moment, a phone rang.

Cao Yanhua glanced at it and immediately answered.

It was Li Jun calling, "Deputy Minister, where are you? I've come to your office, but I don't see you."

"You're at my office, are you sure?" Cao Yanhua paused for a moment, then his eyes narrowed as he looked around, but there was no sign of Li Jun.

"Correct, I'm standing right in front of your desk," Li Jun said. "This matter is very urgent, I came over immediately."

Shen Liang exclaimed in surprise, "Li Jun, I'm in the office with the deputy minister as well, but I haven't seen you."

After hearing these words, Li Jun fell silent on the other end of the phone.

Cao Yanhua also began to breathe rapidly.

Because the situation might be worse than imagined...

"It's the Ghost Domain, the Ghost Domain has separated us. I just realized there's not a single person in the entire headquarters."

Li Jun seemed to have confirmed the situation just moments before and spoke with exceptional gravity.

Upon hearing this, Cao Yanhua staggered, barely able to hold himself steady after days of continuous work; he almost collapsed.

"Deputy minister," Shen Liang quickly steadied him.

Cao Yanhua gritted his teeth and said, "Go, inform Professor Wang that from now on, everything will be arranged by Professor Wang. Put Old Qin's matter on hold, and if Professor Wang needs it, he can use Coffin Nail of the Hungry Ghost if necessary."

He no longer dared to command because he couldn't comprehend the eerie situation, so he had to leave it to the person most familiar with paranormal events to craft a plan.

And Wang Xiaoming had always been researching these matters; no one understood the current situation better than him.

Meanwhile.

On the top floor of a building in the city.

Yang Jian casually sat atop the building's parapet, his feet dangling over nearly two hundred meters in the air. The chilling wind from the high-rise buildings whipped around wildly, seemingly on the verge of sweeping him away, but his body remained unstirred, as if completely unaffected.

However, above his head, three red eyes watched over the entire city with a kind of strangeness that was beyond comprehension.

The three Ghost Eyes represented the three levels of the Ghost Domain.

Yang Jian had utilized all nine Ghost Eyes, holding nothing back.

The activation of his three-level Ghost Domain wasn't impulsive. The area it covered wasn't haphazardly chosen but was purposeful.

"The first layer of the Ghost Domain has separated all the ordinary people. They should just live their lives normally within the first layer of the Ghost Domain, there's no need for them to get involved in this mess."

Yang Jian overlapped the first layer of the Ghost Domain with reality, making no changes to it. In other words, ordinary people wouldn't notice or be affected, having nothing to do with the events that were about to unfold — in fact, staying in his Ghost Domain might even be a form of protection for them.

Among the ordinary people were his friends and acquaintances; he was only pretending to resurrect fierce spirits, not actually doing so, thus these measures were necessary.

"The second layer of the Ghost Domain is where all the ghost masters reside. To them, the entire city is deserted, devoid of the living and light, just a world dyed red. This is the truly dangerous place."

"And I am in the third layer of the Ghost Domain."

Yang Jian spent some time screening and separating all the people within the Ghost Domain to facilitate his actions.

After accomplishing all this, he slowly stood up.

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"Now, from this moment forward, I take control of this city," Yang Jian stepped forward.

His step was placed into two hundred meters of thin air, but he didn't fall. Instead, he took a few steps forward, and then his figure flickered, disappearing eerily.

The surrounding chilling wind instantly subsided, everything turned desolate and lifeless, devoid of any vitality.

Yang Jian entered the third layer of the Ghost Domain.

Within the third layer of the Ghost Domain, he could appear anywhere in the city, and nothing within the covered range of the Ghost Domain could withstand his intrusion.

Walls, floors, the vaults of banks... he could pass through everything, except for safe houses made of Gold. Otherwise, there were no secrets left in the city before his Ghost Eyes.