Time ticked by, second by second. Just as the fifteen minutes were about to be up, Zhou Kun suddenly relaxed when he saw the figure at the village entrance.
Wang Liang came out of the village carrying a gold body bag, walking toward the several people about a hundred meters from the entrance.
When he reached them, Zhou Kun glanced at the bag in Wang Liang’s hand, and delight appeared in his eyes.
“That’s the slit-mouthed female ghost, isn’t it? Excellent. Looks like you succeeded. If that vicious ghost had wandered out, it probably would have been rated as an A-rank supernatural incident. I never expected you’d actually be able to contain it.”
“No, it isn’t,” Wang Liang said.
“What?!” Zhou Kun’s expression changed.
Wang Liang shook the bag in his hand.
“This is another ghost I ran into. As for that female ghost…”
The corners of Wang Liang’s mouth lifted. In quite a good mood, he snapped his fingers, ready to give Zhou Kun a little shock courtesy of a cheat-like existence.
He did not intend to hide the fact that he had immediately controlled the Slit-Mouthed Woman. Even if Zhou Kun spread the word, it would only add to the sense of mystery others had of him.
Besides, with his current strength, he had no need to play the game of lying low and developing quietly. Against those weaker than him, there was no need to hide; against those stronger than him, he could not hide it anyway.
As Wang Liang’s snap rang out, Zhou Kun suddenly felt an extremely intense chill appear behind him. That hair-raising sensation instantly drove the sense of crisis in his heart to its peak.
Zhou Kun turned back in disbelief. Sure enough, his field of vision was completely blocked. A tall slit-mouthed female ghost was lowering her savage head to look down at him, her sharp, frenzied eyes making him not dare move a muscle.
But the female ghost only stood quietly in place, without making any move.
“You! You controlled this vicious ghost!” Zhou Kun found it hard to believe; his voice even cracked.
The three messengers beside him were also staring at the scene in stunned silence. They had all witnessed the terror of this female ghost, and could hardly imagine that such a vicious ghost had not only been contained, but controlled on the spot.
“That’s right. Through a string of coincidences, I was lucky enough to control this ghost. The supernatural incident in this village can be considered over,” Wang Liang said as he withdrew the Slit-Mouthed Woman.
Zhou Kun came back to himself and shook his head with a wry smile.
“Still, just to tell me you controlled this ghost, you actually used the power of a vicious ghost and summoned it directly. Are you really not afraid of ghost revival?”
Wang Liang smiled, raised his thumb and forefinger, and pinched them close together, leaving a small gap between them.
“I have my methods. The time before ghost revival arrives for me can be just this much later than for other people.”
What else could Zhou Kun say? He could only shake his head helplessly. Who knew how long the “this much” Wang Liang’s fingers indicated actually was?
“Since the incident is over, I need to report the situation to the higher-ups.” Zhou Kun’s face turned serious again.
“But please rest assured. Since headquarters doesn’t have much information on the vicious ghosts you control, I won’t say much about the ghost abilities you displayed earlier. However, I will report this female ghost truthfully. Please understand.”
“Handle it as you see fit. I just took a look around the village. Only three households survived, and they’re still sleeping like dead pigs. Since this is your jurisdiction, you can take responsibility for the follow-up. I’m going back to Da’an City first,” Wang Liang said.
Zhou Kun said in surprise, “In such a hurry? Then leave the rest to me. As for this village…”
At this point, Zhou Kun looked at the village ahead with a fierce gaze, then glanced at the hunchbacked old man still unconscious at the three messengers’ feet.
“Those who are still alive are not lucky. They will receive the punishment they deserve.”
“Mm. I’ll leave it to you.”
“Right, what about these three?”
The three messengers trembled. Hearing this, they knew it was finally their turn. Whether they fought, fled, or survived unharmed all depended on what the person in charge named Wang Liang had to say.
“Them…”
Wang Liang looked at the three messengers and pondered for a moment.
“Kill them.”
“Don’t, big brother! We’re useful. We can help you,” Fang Rui hurriedly said.
“Oh?” Wang Liang looked at Fang Rui with a faint, unreadable smile.
“What can you do to help me?”
Chang Feng took a deep breath at this moment, then stepped forward and cut in.
“After we finish delivering this letter, we’ll rest for a while. Only after some time passes will we continue delivering letters. When that happens, I’ll go up to the second floor and become a second-floor messenger. Huizhen and Fang Rui will deliver one more letter on the first floor.
“In other words, after we receive our letters, we’ll know at least two locations where supernatural incidents may break out. We can tell you those places when the time comes and act as your moles inside the post office, helping you gather information on the post office. Is that enough for us to stay alive?”
Fang Rui and Lü Huizhen both stared fixedly at Wang Liang, waiting for his reply. Even though Lü Huizhen was a ghost controller, at this moment she had no temper at all.
Zhou Kun thought for a moment, then said,
“I think it’s feasible. That place is too dangerous. Our connection to it can’t just be cut off like this. Wang Liang, what do you think?”
“Fine. Then let’s do that.”
In truth, Wang Liang already knew where the supernatural space of the Ghost Post Office was. After controlling the Slit-Mouthed Woman, he could even directly invade the Ghost Post Office.
A place like the Ghost Post Office was indeed something Wang Liang wanted to control in his own hands, but not now. He still had things to do recently. Leaving Chang Feng and the other two hidden pieces inside was fine too.
“All right, I’m off. I still have to hurry back for breakfast.”
“Uh, then I’ll call a helicopter over for you. It can arrive in ten minutes or so at most.”
“No need. I’ll just take a stroll. Farewell.”
With that, Wang Liang stepped forward, his body becoming faint and insubstantial. With one step, he appeared eerily several dozen meters away. With another step, he had already vanished from Zhou Kun and the others’ sight.
“A ghost domain, huh.” The corner of Zhou Kun’s mouth twitched. “Isn’t that a little too extravagant? Using a ghost domain to hurry back for breakfast…”
After taking several deep breaths, Zhou Kun calmed himself down and silently repeated in his heart several times: “Ghost controllers are different from ghost controllers. Keep a normal mind. You have to keep a normal mind.”
Then he took out his satellite phone and began reporting this experience to the higher-ups. He glossed over how Wang Liang had fought the vicious ghost in a single sentence. Even when the person on the other end of the call hinted at wanting more, he ignored it. This was his principle.
After that, however, he described in detail the Slit-Mouthed Woman’s related abilities, and finally pointed out:
This vicious ghost, whose danger level was enough to reach A-rank,
had already been controlled by Wang Liang!
Through the ghost domain, Wang Liang’s figure moved in an eerie and unpredictable manner. In just a few steps, he had left the location of Wangshan Village.
When his ghost domain unfolded, it could envelop an area within a radius of twenty meters. But if it extended forward all at once, it was enough to rapidly transfer him to a place a kilometer away.
The inherent characteristic of a ghost domain was that it was everywhere within its range, allowing one to shift to any position inside it almost as if teleporting.
In other words, after Wang Liang formed his ghost domain into a passage and fully extended it outward, he could appear a thousand meters away with a single thought.
However, extending the ghost domain required time. While he was still unfamiliar with it, it took several seconds to extend it to its limit.
As a result, after Wang Liang fully opened his ghost domain, he fell into a rhythm of taking one step of a thousand meters, pausing for several seconds, then taking another step of a thousand meters.
But he was rapidly familiarizing himself with it and changing the way he used it.
Having read the original work, he understood a method of controlling the ghost domain with greater precision. Now was the perfect time to try it.