Die, Replay, Repeat

Chapter 197: I'm Hei Jiji

Fang Xiu felt a spark of interest. He had read posts about the origins of Specters on the Global Specter Forum website.

The posts mentioned that about a hundred years ago, there were hints of strange and unique individuals. But as modernization began, these supposed psychic individuals disappeared, and even legends of Specters faded away.

It seemed like everything beyond reality vanished, creating a hundred-year gap in history. Until now. After a century, Specter incidents reappeared, and psychics came back into the spotlight.

Fang Xiu thought, "This train's design is from a hundred years ago. Does it have something to do with the missing hundred years of history?"

To be exact, it wasn't the history in books. Human history didn't disappear. The missing history was about Specters and psychics, creating a hundred-year gap.

It was as if something erased those hundred years, leaving no Specters nor psychics.

Fang Xiu pondered over it. According to known information, Specters existed in ancient times, and Taotie was the best proof.

The invasion from the Other Side began in ancient times. But because it was so long ago, documents about it didn't exist. Those stories were mostly myths, impossible to verify.

A hundred years ago, there were some traces of Specters, then they disappeared for a hundred years. And then, they reappeared.

It seemed like someone was hiding that part of history.

"Xiu, this train is still running. Who's driving it? Could it be a Specter?" Yang Ming suddenly asked.

"Whoever is driving, I don't care. I just want to know where the female attendants went. Why did everyone disappear except us?"---Fang Xiu didn't need to guess that it was Zhao Hao speaking.

Others entering the Specter Zone focused on Specters. Zhao Hao focused on the female attendants.

"So this Zone likely only absorbs people with Spiritual Energy. Ordinary people are still on the bullet train. Let's go to the front of the train," Fang Xiu suggested.

No one objected, and they followed him to the front of the train.

As they walked, all the carriages were empty and eerily silent.

They tried to break the glass, but everything seemed frozen in time. Nothing can damage the train.

Finally, they reached the driver's cabin. Inside, they heard a crisp clicking sound, like someone was operating the controls.

Everyone tensed, and they exchanged glances, planning to sneak in quietly.

In such a strange train, the chance of a human being in the control room was almost zero. It had to be a Specter.

Just then, Fang Xiu raised his hand to stop everyone. He calmly said to the person in the control room, "Come out, we are from the Greenvine City Investigation Bureau."

As soon as he finished speaking, the noise in the control room stopped abruptly, and everything fell silent.

Everyone was stunned and thought, _'Does that really work? Is the Greenvine City Investigation Bureau's name really that big now?'_

Then, a woman's voice came from inside.

"Are you really my colleagues? Don't lie to me. I'm from the Investigation Bureau of Xihong City."

As she spoke, a pair of long, fair legs stepped out of the control room.

Zhao Hao's eyes widened.

A beautiful woman appeared before them. She wore a tight t-shirt, denim shorts, a denim jacket tied around her waist, and pink cartoon headphones hung around her slender neck.

Her big eyes looked at everyone with a mix of curiosity and caution. She was the psychic Fang Xiu had seen in the dream.

"Are you also psychics going to the headquarters for training?" the woman asked.

Seeing the beautiful woman speak, Zhao Hao quickly replied, "Yes, yes, are you too?"

The woman nodded, "I'm also a psychic going to the headquarters for training. I didn't expect to encounter a Specter incident halfway. Luckily, there are colleagues like you. If I were alone, I wouldn't know what to do."

As she spoke, she patted her chest, looking like a helpless girl finding support. Her big eyes blinked as if asking,_ 'Will you protect me?'_

Fang Xiu glanced at the woman indifferently. He knew this was all an act because the woman in the dream was nothing like this.

She was clearly looking for some free bodyguards.

However, Zhao Hao fell for it. Seeing her eyes, he immediately pounded his chest and promised, "Don't worry, just come with us. Even if it's a Grade-S Specter Zone, I can get you out."

He seemed afraid she wouldn't believe him, so he quickly added, "Really, I'm not bragging. Did you hear about the Nightmare event in Greenvine City recently? We solved it."

The woman's eyes lit up. "Really? I saw this incident on the Global Specter Forum. It said it was perfectly resolved by an investigator named Fang Xiu from the Greenvine City Investigation Bureau. You're not the legendary Fang Xiu, the Foreseer, are you?"

"Uh, no." Zhao Hao coughed. "I'm not, but if Xiu's name is there, mine must be too."

"What's your name?" she asked.

"Zhao Hao."

"Let me check."

The woman said as she took out her phone and logged into the Global Specter Forum to search for related posts.

Fang Xiu glanced at the woman’s phone screen from the corner of his eye and instantly disliked her more.

He saw her account name, **Sailor Moon***, and a familiar avatar.

This woman was the one who posted on the Global Specter Forum, claiming she had the power to control time.

A woman with long legs like his "wife" was already unforgivable, and now her sins were even greater.

The woman kept scrolling through her phone and finally said with some regret, "It seems your name isn't here."

"What!? Impossible!" Zhao Hao quickly looked at her phone. His face fell, clearly disappointed.

"It's okay, I believe you wouldn't lie to me. The Investigation Bureau probably didn't want to reveal too much information, so they didn’t include your name. I heard Fang Xiu, the Foreseer, was mentioned only because he exposed his ability during the Nightmare event, making him well-known in the Greenvine City psychic circle. That's why his name is there. Others were protected."

Seeing the woman being so understanding, Zhao Hao felt like he was in love again and soon left his feelings for Li Feifei behind.

The woman suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "Oh, I almost forgot to introduce myself. We’ll be facing challenges together from now on."

She seamlessly included herself in the group.

**"My name is Hei Jiji, but my friends call me Big Black. I'm a third-tier psychic, and my ability is ice and fire."***

Everyone was stunned.

Zhao Hao was particularly shocked, "Hei Jiji? Big Black? Ice and fire? Are you joking? How can someone have such a name?"

"Really, I'm not lying. Look at my ID."

Hei Jiji, **who wasn't black at all*,** took out her ID card. It indeed had the name Hei Jiji.

Everyone was even more astonished. They couldn’t believe a girl would have such a name, and her nickname, Big Black, was even more outrageous.

"But even if your name and nickname are so unique, why is your ability ice and fire?" Yang Ming couldn’t help but ask.

Hei Jiji tilted her head slightly, "What's so strange about that? I have dual abilities: one is ice, and the other is fire."

"Dual abilities?"

Everyone was even more skeptical, finding it harder to believe than her name.

Fang Xiu looked at Hei Jiji’s innocent face, recalling her behavior in his dream. He began to analyze her character.

He realized that nothing she said was true. Whether in dreams, reality, or online, she seemed to enjoy deceiving people.

Perhaps this was her psychic flaw?...Or was there another reason?