Chapter 421

Chapter 421: The Ghost Shadow Appears Again

"What kind of danger are you referring to?" Chu Jiang asked.

Ning Miaowei nodded and took the initiative to answer.

It is worth mentioning that since the last time Chu Jiang "taught her a lesson," the young Miss Ning seemed to have given up on certain unrealistic ideas.

Of course, this is also related to Chu Jiang becoming increasingly powerful and twisted. She really doesn’t have confidence that she can provoke this guy without jeopardizing her own safety and that of her family.

"Although none of us have seen the Two Realms Bell or know what will happen after it is unsealed; one thing is clear, Slender Man is always chasing after this bell."

"The best case scenario is that when it is opened, the ghost is not nearby, so it won’t appear. But the worst case scenario is that once the presence of the Two Realms Bell leaks out, it will immediately sense it and descend directly."

"This is not a baseless claim, do you still remember when Slender Man disappeared with the Ghost Domain in an instant at Luoxi No. 7 Middle School? It has the ability for remote jumps."

To be precise, that ghost took the whole school away, a fact that Chu Jiang naturally wouldn’t forget.

And this coincides with the hint given by Holy Word Religion…

Chu Jiang thought for a moment and said, "We should still give it a try, but only to see if it’s possible to open, not necessarily to open it directly."

After evaluating it, the three experts agreed to let Zhang Haoran try, but not here, they had to go outside.

So in the end, the group of five arrived at the place where Chu Jiang dealt with Ghost Bride last time.

Chu Jiang placed the black metal box on the ground. From Zhang Haoran’s perspective, it was just an ordinary box, and his curiosity was within normal range.

"Should I try directly?" Zhang Haoran looked at everyone and asked.

"Wait, let me try first," the tall and skinny Expert Liu spoke up at that moment.

"Last month, I had accommodated a special ghost and was planning to go to the warehouse one day to try to open that strange box. But when I checked the records, I found out that Chu Jiang had taken the box with him."

"Yesterday, when I heard you guys say that the Two Realms Bell might still be inside this box, I became even more interested. Anyway, let me try it first, it won’t take long."

No one else stopped him, and it didn’t take long.

Then they saw a creepy thing, pink and bloody, coming out from Expert Liu’s belly, like a huge tumor.

It didn’t completely separate from Expert Liu’s body, but extended with something like a blood vessel, then the tumor opened up and swallowed the black iron box.

Ning Miaowei felt disgusted and asked, "What is this gross thing? How do we open the box, without getting corroded?"

Liu Jingsheng calmly shook his head, "I call this ghost the ‘Mother of Resentment.’ Don’t you think its shape looks like a womb that gives birth to life?"

"It can forcibly turn other targets into its children, controlling them. These targets can be alive or dead because the Mother of Resentment can temporarily give its children some ‘life force.’"

"Of course, I can’t be sure if that strange power is actually life force. It might be something more negative, extreme, and worse than that."

"How long will it take?" Chu Jiang instinctively ignored the appearance of the ghost.

"Normally, it only takes two to three minutes to get results."

……

Ten minutes later, Expert Chen looked at his watch and said, "Stop trying. I doubt this broken thing can be opened with supernatural powers."

Expert Liu shrugged and said, "Well, forget it. Although my ghost is still hopeful."

Just as Liu Jingsheng was about to forcefully retrieve the resentful mother, Chen Yehua suddenly received a phone call. Around the same time, Chu Jiang’s satellite phone also rang.

Chu Jiang picked it up and saw that it was his operator Chen Yuting calling. This was a rare occurrence since he was no longer in the country. Chen Yuting would usually contact other members of the branch for any issues.

"Hello?"

"Emergency situation! Slender Man has appeared again, this time in the same location as last time, at Luoxi No. 7 Middle School; to be precise, it’s at the ruins of Luoxi No. 7 Middle School."

Ever since the incident at Luoxi No. 7 Middle School, the research institute had set up an observation point next to the ruins so they could quickly detect any anomalies.

Hearing Chen Yuting’s urgent voice, Chu Jiang’s expression darkened. "I’ll be there immediately! Mobilize personnel to evacuate the surrounding residents."

Bring it back!" yelled Expert Chen on the other end of the phone, "Stop, Expert Liu!

Liu Jingsheng himself also realized what was happening. He quickly suppressed his ghostly powers, even though the ghost let out a piercing, resentful howl. And in that instant of withdrawal, it forcefully caused some kind of harm to its master’s body.

Expert Liu’s mouth was bleeding. His expression twisted as he clutched his stomach.

"Wait, hold on," Chen Yuting seemed stunned, "The shadow on the satellite map just disappeared suddenly, just now, in an instant."

Chu Jiang looked at Expert Chen, who nodded with a serious expression, "It should be related to Liu Jingsheng’s experiment."

"No way??" Expert Ning exclaimed in an exaggerated tone, "That ghost can really open the box?!"

Expert Liu shook his head slowly, taking a breath before speaking, "I can sense that the Mother of Resentment is isolated by some kind of special and powerful force. It’s almost impossible for her to succeed. She’s just stubbornly following her instincts."

"Why Luoxi No. 7 Middle School?" Chu Jiang furrowed his brow, "I understand that the Two Realms Bell intentionally rang in other places. It may be because it had been entangled with foreign ghosts for too long, so it made this kind of self-protective behavior."

"But the Mother of Resentment can’t hear the sound from that far away. In reality, the only one who can hear it is Slender Man, who has been chasing after that sound regardless of distance."

"That means, Two Realms Bell couldn’t tell well, it mistook the angry mother for Slender Man? But I don’t understand why it’s the same location again."

"And if it’s really as I guessed, then on the day Luoxi No. 7 Middle School had an incident, there must have been other ghosts who tried to open this metal box."

"That’s unlikely…" Expert Ning whispered to herself, "During that period, the metal box was always kept on the eleventh floor underground of the research institute, and there were no research records at that time. How could there be ghosts trying to open it?"

"No!"

"Wait!"

"There’s one!"

These three sentences were said by Chu Jiang, Expert Chen, and Expert Liu, and almost at the same time.

The three big men glanced at each other and said in unison, "Scrooge!"