Mysterious Revival

Jiang Yan was still maintaining her driving posture.

In her eyes, there was nothing but darkness, with only a never-ending road before her. No matter how fast she drove or how much time passed, the road never seemed to come to an end.

There wasn’t a speck of light to be seen on the roadside either.

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Even while sitting in the car, she was still enveloped by fear.

If it weren’t for the fact that Jiang Yan knew Yang Jian was coming to rescue her, and there was still a glimmer of hope, she would have already collapsed or even gone mad by now.

"It’s been so long, your boyfriend probably isn’t going to come, right?" the female sales representative in the passenger seat, pale-faced, stammered.

She wasn’t dead yet. During the previous attack, she was fortunate enough that the car accelerated as if it had shaken off the ghost. After that, she locked the doors tightly and clung to the handle, which had allowed her to survive until now.

But on the wrist of the saleswoman, there was a bruise in the shape of a handprint.

It was left by the hand that had reached in from outside.

The hand was cold, stiff, yet it contained a terrifying strength—it had nearly crushed her wrist.

"How would I know?"

Tears were running down Jiang Yan’s face: "He’s already here, whether he’ll rescue me or not, I don’t know. Stop asking me; if Yang Jian doesn’t come, we’re surely dead."

"All we can do now is stay put and wait, survive as long as we can; beyond that, I don’t know what to do."

However, while she was speaking, her phone rang.

Jiang Yan frantically looked at it and, confirming that it was Yang Jian calling, immediately answered.

"Open the car door."

"Where are you?"

Yang Jian said, "Cut the crap. I’m telling you to open the door."

"But, but I’m driving, and there are ghosts outside, I’m scared. Just now a ghost almost got in when it opened the door." Jiang Yan said, "Where are you? Hurry and save me."

"Quit saying these useless things, or I’m leaving," Yang Jian said.

"Don’t, I’ll do as you say, okay? I’m opening the door." Terrified, Jiang Yan hastened to open the car door.

As the door opened.

Sinister candlelight shone in, revealing Yang Jian standing outside the car, holding a candle.

"You’re quite a nag, you know. Next time, I think I shouldn’t bother rescuing you."

"Yang, Yang Jian, how come you’re here?" Jiang Yan’s eyes widened, but she quickly became ecstatic, almost crying with joy: "It’s so good that you’ve come, I almost died, do you know that?"

After saying this, she threw herself out and hugged Yang Jian.

"You’re still driving," the female sales representative beside her exclaimed in shock.

But when she looked outside again at that moment, the situation had changed.

Unbeknownst to them, the car had stopped, and as the darkness was pushed back by the candlelight, it became clear that the car had been parked by the side of the road all along, not moving on the road at all.

Deluded by a ghost?

The saleswoman, terror-stricken, felt her legs go weak and nearly collapsed in the car.

Had they not started the car at all from the beginning? Was everything she had seen just an illusion?

This was utterly terrifying.

"I knew you would keep your promise and come to rescue me. You didn’t let me down. I’m so glad you’re here. I love you to death." Overwhelmed, Jiang Yan hugged Yang Jian’s neck, wanting to kiss him several times.

"Don’t get so affectionate."

Yang Jian pressed a palm against her face and looked over at the woman in the passenger seat: "Who is she? Picked up from the roadside?"

"She’s a car saleswoman. Didn’t you ask me to buy a car last time? Some paperwork had to be done by you, so I specifically took the saleswoman to see you; how could I know there’d be an accident on the road." Jiang Yan, unable to kiss Yang Jian, clung ferociously to him, refusing to let go.

While prying her arms apart, Yang Jian asked, "She looks a bit pale. Was she attacked by a ghost?"

"Yes," Jiang Yan said.

"To not be dead is to have a big life," Yang Jian said as he withdrew his gaze, assessing that there was nothing wrong with the saleswoman.

"Move to the back seat, I’ll drive. It’s time to leave this Ghost Domain. We’ve been here long enough, and if we delay any longer, that ghost is going to come after us." Finally, Yang Jian managed to push Jiang Yan away.

Jiang Yan acted coquettishly, saying, "No way, I want to sit with you."

"Nonsense, do you think you’re a sofa? Squeeze in and sit down, don’t waste time," Yang Jian said.

"I can sit on your lap. I’m so slender, it won’t affect your driving," Jiang Yan said.

Yang Jian said, "But you will affect my mood. You’ve already put me in a very bad mood. Do you really think I would come to this damn place for a stroll if it wasn’t to save you? After we get back, your salary will be cut in half and your workload doubled."

He forcibly moved this clingy person to the back seat.

He blew out the Ghost Candle, and sat directly in the driver’s seat to start the car, turning the steering wheel to leave the place.

The headlights flashed.

The female sales associate next to him caught a glimpse of a body that had started to decompose slowly walking towards them outside the car window, which scared her into screaming.

"Outside, outside, there’s something outside..."

"It’s just a ghost, what’s with the fuss? Haven’t you encountered one before? Keep shouting like this, and I’ll kick you out of the car," Yang Jian said with a cold face, glaring at her.

The female sales associate shivered and quickly covered her mouth.

"Don’t scare her. If you kick her out, who will handle the paperwork with you?" Jiang Yan stood up from the back, leaning forward, her face full of joy as she wrapped her arms around Yang Jian’s neck.

"Sit properly, or you’ll be next," Yang Jian said.

Jiang Yan’s smile stiffened for a moment before quickly retracting back, and she sat straight in the back seat, more obedient than a child listening to their teacher.

Yang Jian now had to go and search for that very annoying Tong Qian on the way.

Today, he had definitely taken on the role of rescue team leader.

If he didn’t bring back a few people, it wouldn’t be easy to explain to Zhao Jianguo.

If he only left with Jiang Yan and the female sales associate, Zhao Jianguo would probably explode with rage upon seeing them.

For the sake of police authority, he had to keep playing the good guy.

But when Yang Jian drove to the intersection they had left before, he found not only Tong Qian but also the previous survivors had disappeared.

"Are they hiding?"

Yang Jian glanced around and, not bothering to search, called out, "Three minutes. Anyone who comes here within three minutes can leave alive. Otherwise, stay in the Ghost Domain and wait for death."

He had already instructed them to let Tong Qian lead the survivors to wait nearby for him.

If they chose to run off, then it was their own fault.

Yang Jian didn’t have the energy to go around looking for and saving each person.

He believed there were other survivors in the Ghost Domain, not just the group Tong Qian had gathered; otherwise, the Door Knocking Ghost wouldn’t have left for such a long stretch of time. Under normal circumstances, it would have come looking for them by now.

The voice wasn’t loud.

It echoed through the silent streets, and any survivor hiding nearby could surely hear it.

Soon.

Tong Qian walked out of a store, her hair tied into a high ponytail, swaying from side to side as she walked, complementing her police uniform and giving her a rather heroic appearance, except her complexion was not that great.

"I thought you were just saying you’d come back, I didn’t expect you to actually have the heart to come save us," she said.

Yang Jian opened the car window, looked at her, and said, "If you died in Dachang City, there’d be one more ghost here, and then I’d probably have to clean up your mess, wouldn’t I?"

"No matter what you say, since you were willing to come back to save people, I should thank you. Not just for the other survivors, but also for myself," Tong Qian said, showing her gratitude to Yang Jian instead of getting angry.

Yang Jian paused for a moment, then calmly said, "It seems you’ve come to understand some realities. That’s good. Paranormal incidents can make a person grow up completely, and this reckless action of yours hasn’t been without its benefits."

"Can you not speak to me in such a didactic tone?" Tong Qian said.

"Weren’t you talking to me like that before?" Yang Jian smiled and said, "People always unwittingly become the very kind they despise the most, and yet they remain totally unaware."

While they were talking, more and more survivors had started to appear behind Tong Qian.

"One more minute," Yang Jian said, looking at the clock on his phone.

"Everyone gather round, we’ll be able to leave here soon," Tong Qian commanded, while also asking, "Do you have a way to get out of here?"

"That’s my business, you don’t need to worry about it, just know that I can take you all out of here," Yang Jian said.

Tong Qian stared at Yang Jian for a few moments, her admiration for his ability evident even though she doubted his character.

Not every ghost controller dared to ride a bicycle around the Ghost Domain so casually.

What was needed was not courage, but confidence in one’s own abilities.