Yang Jian had only just returned to Dachang City when he received a call from headquarters.
The caller was the operator, Liu Xiaoyu.
“Yang Jian, Xu Feng’s satellite signal disappeared just now. How did your mission go?”
Hearing this, Yang Jian’s expression darkened somewhat.
He had not even taken headquarters to task yet; he had not expected headquarters to take the initiative to call him first, and with such an accusatory attitude at that.
“This matter involves too much. Put Zhao Jianguo on the line. You don’t have the clearance.”
“If there’s anything, you can tell me directly. Captain Zhao, he…”
“Get Zhao Jianguo.”
Yang Jian repeated himself one last time, his tone carrying a chilling coldness that made one’s hair stand on end.
Liu Xiaoyu curled her lip. She had wanted to retort, but seeing how forceful Yang Jian’s attitude was, she ultimately did not dare speak.
After a burst of noisy static, a deep male voice came from the other end of the satellite phone.
“Hello, Yang Jian. This is Zhao Jianguo. If there’s anything, you can tell me.”
“Prepare to establish a new supernatural file. Supernatural level: X.”
An X-level supernatural file represented a supernatural incident whose degree of terror was unknown.
With Liu Xiaoyu’s current rank, she indeed had no authority to access secrets of this level.
Afterward, Yang Jian reported what had happened on the ghost bus to Zhao Jianguo and had him record it truthfully in the file.
However, regarding information about Lu Ming, he concealed a considerable portion.
Zhao Jianguo was silent on the other end of the line for quite some time before saying, “With such a dangerous supernatural incident occurring, it’s only normal that you couldn’t save Xu Feng. There’s no need to blame yourself. However… as for that Lu Ming’s situation, do you know anything about him?”
Although Yang Jian had only briefly mentioned Lu Ming’s situation, Zhao Jianguo had still very keenly noticed that there was something different about this Lu Ming.
“I only know that he became a ghost controller through some twist of fate. As for the rest, I haven’t had much contact with him. I’m not clear on it.”
With that said, Yang Jian did not give Zhao Jianguo another chance to speak and directly hung up the phone.
Headquarters arranging this kind of mission for him was no different from sending him to his death.
To be honest, Yang Jian did feel resentment in his heart.
Moreover, that Xu Feng—with his personality, if Lu Ming had not been there, he definitely would have screwed him over.
Zhao Jianguo told him not to blame himself too much?
What a joke.
Headquarters was not even willing to give him any compensation. What did he have to feel guilty about?
At this moment, in J City, at the Ghost Controller Headquarters, Asian Branch.
Zhao Jianguo stared at the disconnected phone and was stunned for a moment.
Then he instructed Liu Xiaoyu in the communications room, “Try to contact a ghost controller named Lu Ming. While you’re at it, investigate his background.”
“If there’s a chance, do your best to recruit him into headquarters.”
“Understood.”
The authority of the Ghost Controller Headquarters was immense. Especially at Zhao Jianguo’s level, if he wanted to find all of a person’s information, it could be done in minutes.
But after Liu Xiaoyu operated the system for a while, she only found a single number.
All other information related to Lu Ming was blank.
Even this number seemed as though it had been deliberately left behind by some existence, inexplicably strange.
“As long as a person survives in this society, they are bound to leave traces behind… but this Lu Ming not only has no identity information, no family, no job, he doesn’t even have a social media account.”
“Can such a person really exist? Or were all these things erased by some supernatural force?”
A chill rose simultaneously in Liu Xiaoyu and Zhao Jianguo’s hearts.
With an uneasy mood, Liu Xiaoyu dialed that number.
…………
On the other side.
Dachang City.
With the characteristics of a ghost domain, a ghost controller could use supernatural power to move at high speed.
But Lu Ming did not do this.
For him now, this method of movement was far too extravagant, and it had no cost-effectiveness whatsoever.
After getting off the bus, Lu Ming came for the first time to his new home in this world.
Right now, he only had a satellite phone and a virtual bank card registered online.
There was one hundred thousand yuan in the bank card. Although it was not much, it was enough for Lu Ming to find a suitable temporary residence.
The reason he chose Dachang City was because, after experiencing the S-level Starving Ghost incident, Dachang City would instead become the safest place for a short period of time.
Especially in the sparsely populated suburbs, the probability of encountering a supernatural incident would be greatly reduced.
“If my luck is decent, the first-stage mission won’t be hard to complete. When the time comes, I can obtain attribute points, and I can also temporarily leave the Mysterious Revival world.”
“However… the problem of ghost revival has only been alleviated; it has not been completely resolved. An ancient once said that if a man has no long-term concerns, he is sure to have immediate worries. I must find a way as soon as possible to control the complete Mourning Ghost in order to balance the Mummified Bride.”
Lu Ming analyzed his current situation.
It could not be called optimistic, but it was not as though there was no way out.
Compared to others, his advantage lay in the fact that once he completed the missions of the Lord God Space and obtained attribute points, he could allocate those points and strengthen himself.
It was precisely because of this that after the Mummified Bride held his hand, Lu Ming had not died immediately. Instead, he had survived and even become a ghost controller.
Moreover, after becoming a ghost controller, the other horror film instances in the Lord God Space were truly not very challenging for him.
He could even treat those instances as opportunities to break the deadlock.
“In my original world, I should have died after being hit in a car accident, my consciousness dispersing forever, my body returning to dust.”
“But now, since the Lord God Space has given me hope of living on, then even if the situation before me is darker and more desperate, I must use every ounce of strength I have to seize this final chance.”
“I have only one goal.”
“And that is to survive.”
Lu Ming secretly made up his mind in his heart.
Just then, the satellite phone’s ringtone rang.
The caller was not Yang Jian, but a completely unfamiliar number.
“It should be someone from headquarters.”
Lu Ming answered the call.
A pleasant female voice came from the other end.
Most operators were female because, in headquarters’ view, women’s voices generally had a soothing effect on the mind.
But Lu Ming felt this decision was quite foolish.
An ordinary person, whether male or female, only understood supernatural incidents through hearsay and had never personally experienced them.
Having such people serve as operators made communication inconvenient in far too many ways.
“Hello, I’m Liu Xiaoyu, an operator from the Ghost Controller Headquarters. Is this Lu Ming?”
“If there’s something you need, just say it.”
Liu Xiaoyu followed procedure and said, “According to the data, you were involved in the recently occurred supernatural incident codenamed Ghost Bus, and you became a ghost controller. We hereby specially invite you to join the Ghost Controller Headquarters and enjoy generous benefits.”
“In addition, you have an obligation to report to us every detail concerning the supernatural incident Ghost Bus.”