When Jiang Yan was observing the orange-peeled corpse in the yard, he suddenly discovered a square bump on the ground. After asking the two of them, he learned that it was Liu Ming's satellite phone.
"Are you sure this satellite phone belongs to Liu Ming?" Jiang Yan still didn't quite believe it.
Because things like satellite phones are probably mass-produced, it is difficult to identify the owner by using a satellite phone.
"Yes, that satellite phone belongs to Liu Ming. He is the alternate captain, has a very high level at the headquarters, and the style of the satellite phone is also more advanced." Feng An affirmed.
"Alternate captain!" Upon hearing this, the man in the black hat was startled.
"Huh? What's wrong? What is an alternate captain?" Jiang Yan looked confused. He still knew little about the headquarters and didn't understand the meaning of an alternate captain.
The man in the black hat looked at him deeply and explained:
"The captain plan was developed by the headquarters in the past few years. A very powerful ghost master will serve as the captain and lead single-digit members to solve supernatural incidents. All captains are top figures among ghost masters, and although the captain candidate Not that powerful, but at least he is an experienced ghost controller who can control two or more ghosts."
"Are there more than two ghosts like you?"
"That's definitely not the case." The man in the black hat smiled bitterly. "Although I have rich experience and have controlled two ghosts, there is still a big gap between me and the alternate captain. The alternate captain has the ability to solve A-level supernatural incidents alone."
"Is it so powerful?" Jiang Yan frowned slightly.
"Yes, but even if Liu Ming is the alternate captain, he will end up here in the end." The man in the black hat sighed.
Feng An on the side was unhappy after hearing this and retorted:
"What nonsense are you talking about? How did you know Liu Ming was dead?"
"Isn't this obvious? Liu Ming's satellite phone is among the ghosts, which means Liu Ming has been swallowed by the ghosts. Because the outer shell of the satellite phone has a gold coating that isolates supernatural beings, it is there without being swallowed by the ghosts." Black Hat The man explained, and at the same time couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Fortunately, they didn't step on that black soil at that time, otherwise the result would have been the same as Liu Ming's.
This village is so weird, even the captain candidate is trapped here, but the corpse oil lamp is still safe.
Thinking of this, the man in the black hat subconsciously took a few steps back, not daring to move too far away from the corpse oil lamp.
Although what the black hat man said made sense, Feng An still couldn't accept it. In his opinion, Liu Ming was so powerful, how could he make such a stupid mistake.
Jiang Yan on the side also felt a little strange. You must know that their journey was very dangerous, and a man-carrying ghost almost wiped them out.
Since Liu Ming has the strength to come this far, he shouldn't die so easily.
But he didn’t know much about Liu Ming yet and needed to get more information, so he turned to Feng An and asked:
"You were attacked by a tall and powerful ghost, and then Liu Ming escaped into the ancestral hall, right?"
"Yes, and after entering the village, Liu Ming made the decision to spend the night in the ancestral hall." Feng An recalled.
Hearing this, Jiang Yan frowned slightly, thinking that this Liu Ming was not simple.
He locked onto the ancestral hall as soon as he entered the village. Even if he was attacked by a powerful ghost, he always fled into the ancestral hall. Did he discover the secret of the village from the beginning?
After entering the village, they decided to go to the ancestral hall after a lot of trouble. Even after entering the ancestral hall, they hesitated whether to exit. It was not until they discovered the ruined temple that they were sure that the root cause of the village's problems lay in the ancestral hall.
Their judgment is much worse than Liu Ming's.
So Jiang Yan didn't quite believe that Liu Ming would fall here.
So his guess is:
Liu Ming successfully entered the ruined temple and discovered the supernatural balance here. Knowing that this balance could not be broken, he found another way and finally ventured into this ghostly black earth.
"Do I still have to step into this ghost land in the end?" Jiang Yan looked at the black soil in the yard with a serious face.
In the yard, the soil was dark and damp.
It looks like ordinary ground, but no one knows what the consequences will be after stepping on it.
Jiang Yan looked back at the corpse oil lamp. The wick was still burning steadily and looked very safe.
It is obviously a very difficult decision to give up this warm light and step into the ghostly black earth.
However, Jiang Yan didn't want to stop there. Just when he was hesitating, a faint sound suddenly came from the ruined temple.
The sound was of someone tapping their nails on wood.
"What's the sound?" He turned around warily and looked at the ruined temple carefully, but everything in the ruined temple was normal.
The oil corpse was still hanging quietly, its ferocious face making people afraid to look directly at it.
On the ground, the scarlet blood coffin was still lying quietly.
He quickly locked his eyes on the blood coffin. Could it be the sound coming from the evil ghost inside?
But he quickly rejected this conjecture. The supernatural balance was still continuing, the corpse oil lamp was still burning steadily, and there was no reason for the evil ghost in the blood coffin to wake up.
It seemed that his nerves were too tight and he had auditory hallucinations, but this sound also strengthened his determination to step into the ghost world.
This ruined temple is not completely safe.
We can't sit here and wait for death. There is no future if we stay here. The only right choice is to escape from the village.
So he turned to the two of them and said:
"I want to enter this ghost land to find Liu Ming."
The two were shocked after hearing this, and the man in the black hat felt incredible:
"Are you crazy? You don't want to stay in a ruined temple that's so safe, but you're going to a dangerous ghost!"
Feng An on the side didn't understand Jiang Yan's decision, but he didn't try to persuade him. He was not familiar with Jiang Yan. Since Jiang Yan wanted to die himself, could he stop him?
Moreover, Jiang Yan is always thinking about opening coffins and killing ghosts. He still hopes to retire in this ruined temple.
So he was eager to send this troublesome guy away.
"The ruined temple is indeed safe for now, but there is no future if we stay here." Jiang Yan said in a serious tone.
"The future? What you mean by the future..." The man in the black hat was stunned for a moment, as if he thought of something incredible.
"It's not accurate to talk about the future. It's better to talk about the past." Jiang Yan sneered.
"Do you still imagine that you can become a normal person?" The man in the black hat sneered, "Haha, from the time you control the first ghost, you can never look back. In order to live longer, you can only continue to control powerful ghosts. , keeps getting stronger, and finally becomes a ghost completely."
Hearing this, Jiang Yan's face darkened and he said nothing.
He also knew that he was wishful thinking, but he just couldn't accept it.
"Perhaps you are right. The longer a ghost master lives, his emotions will gradually disappear, and he will do whatever it takes to survive. I have clearly felt it these days. After driving the ghost bus, my emotions began to gradually disappear."
"So, while I still have a little bit of innocence left, I want to keep trying, and I don't want to live on my last breath."
"You..." The man in the black hat looked at Jiang Yan blankly, and was speechless for a moment.
He originally thought that Jiang Yan was a calm and rational college student who would not do stupid things that would endanger his own life, but he did not expect that this guy still had the ridiculous hope of returning to adulthood.
Is it really that important whether he is a human or a ghost?
No matter what horrific appearance he takes, or what dirty methods he uses, as long as he survives, isn't it good?
The man in the black hat couldn't understand and couldn't see through Jiang Yan.
He could only stare blankly at the slightly thin back, walking towards the darkness step by step...
