Mysterious Awakening

Chapter 346: Chapter 345 Guo Fan’s Call for Help

"I’m Tong Qian, and I have now entered the Caesar’s Grand Hotel. Based on the latest intelligence I’ve received, the first human head balloon incident in Z City occurred right above the Caesar’s Grand Hotel. I personally believe there are some issues with this hotel

"I’ve come to the second floor of the hotel where there are quite a few guests, and everything seems normal… It’s very late, so I plan to check in and continue to investigate discreetly. However, for safety reasons, I think it would be better to seal off the hotel, but I didn’t do so since I currently have no evidence. Rashly sealing off a hotel could easily cause unnecessary panic.”

"When I woke up and left my room, I found myself lost. There’s something wrong with the third floor of the hotel; it seems to have turned into a labyrinth with many rooms that are not usually there. It’s somewhat similar to… the Ghost Domain.”

"The phone signal was cut off, not by supernatural forces, but by a signal jammer—a human act. Now I can only save messages by recording them.”

Yang Jian was listening to the recordings from Tong Qian’s satellite-tracked phone as he drove.

"Buzz

But as he continued to listen, a sharp electronic interference noise suddenly came through the phone. This noise lasted a long time and replaced the original recording content.

The key content that followed seemed to be deleted.

"How is this possible? The phone was taken out from Tong Qian’s stomach; it shouldn’t have been touched by anyone during that time. How could the recordings be deleted? Or does it mean the phone fell into the hands of that ghost after Tong Qian was harmed?” Yang Jian frowned and casually turned off the phone.

He had thought he could find some clues through these phone recordings, but now it seems things are worse than he imagined.

All information had been erased.

All the secrets were left in that Caesar’s Grand Hotel.

"Yang Jian, I have bad news for you,” suddenly, the voice of another operator, Qin Meirou, came from his satellite-tracked phone.

"Go ahead, I’m listening,” said Yang Jian.

Qin Meirou said, “Guo Fan has sent out a distress signal; something has happened on his end, and he wants your support. He’s currently trapped in room 31 on the third floor of Caesar’s Grand Hotel, and the situation is urgent. If you use the Ghost Domain for rapid travel, you can get there within thirty seconds. I hope you act quickly.”

Room 31?

Yang Jian’s expression changed upon hearing this number. It was the clue left by Zhao Lei before he died, who said the ghost was in that room.

But the signal from the Ghost Cabinet was for room 13.

"What about Feng Quan?” Yang Jian didn’t rush to respond but immediately asked.

"We’ve lost contact with him; his situation is probably not good either,” said Qin Meirou.

"Then I refuse to support.”

However, after thinking for a moment, Yang Jian immediately refused coldly.

"Why is that?”

Qin Meirou was somewhat surprised. Under these circumstances, Yang Jian should have acted immediately, despite having some personal grievances with Guo Fan and Feng Quan. ȒΆꞐŏʙËŜ

"Do you really want to sit there and watch them perish in the hotel? Yang Jian, you really shouldn’t do such a thing, this is not the time to be tangled in personal grudges.”

Yang Jian said, “This supernatural event is not as simple as you think. I’m certain that this distress signal is definitely a trap, a trap specifically for me. Whether Guo Fan’s plea for help is real or fake, if he was going to die, he wouldn’t be able to send out a distress signal. I learned something from the recording on Tong Qian’s phone.”

"There is a signal jammer in the hotel. If Guo Fan could send out a distress signal, then it must be with the ghost’s permission. Even if you’re foolish, you should know what that means.”

"Draw in to strike a blow?” Qin Meirou said the four words somewhat surprised.

Yang Jian replied, “That’s about the gist of it. I said before, what we’re facing this time is not a regular ghost. This ghost can control human memory and turn people into its Ghost Slaves. So in this situation, what you really have to fight against is not the ghost but a group of people, and they are a group of very smart individuals,”

"Additionally, the hotel is very dangerous; there’s more than one ghost. There must be a reason that thing chose this place to set traps,”

"But we can’t just stand by and let people die, right? Even if it’s a trap, we have to face it head-on. If Guo Fan and Feng Quan die inside, the situation will only get more complicated, and the case will become even harder to close,” Qin Meirou said after a moment of silence.

Yang Jian said somewhat angrily, “This is why I hate incompetent teammates. I had already instructed Zhao Jianguo to command these two to leave the hotel, but they insisted on going inside. And I can’t even be sure that Guo Fan and Feng Quan haven’t had their memories altered by the ghosts. Plus, with Tong Qian’s Ghost Face being taken and the source of the human head balloon incident still unclear, everything is already out of control.”

"If I go to support them, it’s quite possible that I could end up dead at the hands of Guo Fan. Can you guarantee he’s fine now? What if he’s already dead and is conspiring with the ghosts to harm me? Once I die, the case will definitely spiral out of control, and then Z city will fall, creating another S-class supernatural event.”

Hearing all this analysis, Qin Meirou was somewhat taken aback.

As an operator, she hadn’t considered all these factors; her job was simply to relay messages. However, hearing Yang Jian break it down like this, she couldn’t help but feel a chill go through her body.

Ghosts are truly terrifying.

She had thought that an A-class supernatural event in Z city could be resolved quickly and smoothly with Guo Fan, Feng Quan, and Yang Jian on the case.

Yet, in just one day, the situation took a drastic turn for the worse.

Guo Fan called for help, Feng Quan went missing, and Yang Jian also suffered setbacks, forcing him to leave the Kaiser Hotel to investigate clues outside.

The only piece of good news was that Tong Qian had been rescued, but it was already too late to make a difference.

Qin Meirou was not stupid; she gradually realized that Yang Jian’s worries might have become a reality. How could things have escalated so rapidly if it weren’t for a trap that was laid out in advance?

"What do we do now?” she asked, no longer panicking.

"Tell Zhao Jianguo to just cooperate with my work, and not to give any rash commands. I have my way of doing things. If anyone wants to meddle, let them come to Z city. And I’ll say it again, I won’t go rescue Guo Fan, not because I’m indifferent to his life, but because I’m considering the bigger picture. If you think it’s due to personal reasons, then call in another Ghost Slave to support him. I won’t object,”

Yang Jian said and immediately turned off the communication.

"Things are getting out of control, starting with Tong Qian’s disappearance… We must find a breakthrough soon, or else when that ghost comes for me, I’m done for.”

Right now, that ghost was still accumulating strength and increasing the number of people under its control. It hadn’t yet taken proactive measures.

Yang Jian stepped on the brake and stopped at a red light.

"I remember, that incompetent trio was also in this city. One of the girls among them has the ability to use Ghost Sound to locate people. Maybe I should utilize that ability to find crucial individuals Suddenly, he remembered another important ally.

"Right, I’ll find her. With her and Xiong Wenwen, we can form the strongest exploration team to accurately locate the target,”

After realizing this, Yang Jian promptly prepared to set off.

But just as he was about to step on the gas and drive away, a car suddenly screeched to a halt on an adjacent lane, stopping to his right.

The car window rolled down, and a man in a suit glanced at Yang Jian, his face wearing a stiff, eerie smile.

This smile was hauntingly familiar, almost identical to that of the Ghost Face.

Yang Jian’s expression shifted, and almost instinctively, he reached for his handgun, aiming it at the chilling smile.

The suited man seemed oblivious to Yang Jian’s warning and the danger, smiling all the while.

"Another victim with altered memories? Killing him would be useless. As long as the source isn’t dealt with, the number of victims will only continue to grow.”

In the end, Yang Jian chose not to shoot. Instead, he slammed on the gas pedal, and the car enveloped in a red glow, vanished from the road in an instant.

The man in the suit, still smiling, continued to drive unhurriedly forward, not even bothering to check if the light was still red.

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