Chapter 450

Chapter 450: Slender Man’s "Invasion"

Asian island nation Mie Prefecture in Nagoya, El Paso City in North America, San Marino in Europe, Moscow region in Russia, Cairo in Egypt, Queensland state in Kangaroo Country in Oceania, and Rio de Janeiro in Samba Country in South America.

A Ghost Domain, which is getting bigger and bigger, is appearing one after another in these places.

They correspond to the areas where various S-class ghosts, such as the Ghost Abyss, false god, Black Sun, Ghost Train, black pharaoh, original revenge, and headless emperor, have wreaked havoc.

This time, it is causing a great disturbance, even ordinary people can perceive that the sky suddenly turns dark, and a strange full moon appears in the sky.

This has caused many people to panic and think that the end of the world has come.

After all, these areas have already experienced supernatural events and the deaths of many people; many survivors are convinced that a major crisis has occurred in the world. The current changes in the environment instantly bring back their terrifying memories.

The only good news is that each area covered by the Ghost Domain usually returns to its original state within a few minutes…

Such a large-scale global abnormal event naturally drew the attention of Ghost Masters from different regions. Official institutions in various countries also communicated and sought the root cause of the problem.

Soon, Research Institute No. 21 in Yu Zhou provided reliable information: an S-class ghost with the codename "Slender Man" appeared outside Yunjing City. The newly appointed captain Chu Jiang was appointed to fight this ghost in a deserted place.

However, there have been some changes in the current situation. Slender Man is teleporting around the world with an unknown purpose.

Additionally, Chu Jiang’s Ghost Domain and the fierce ghost’s Ghost Domain overlap, and this ghost relentlessly pursues it. Official organizations of various countries must strengthen their guard and, if necessary, carry out cross-border joint actions.

As the news broke, many people felt both excited about the resurgence of the supernatural and increasingly pessimistic about the growing number of S-class ghosts. At the same time, they couldn’t help but think that Chu Jiang, this guy, always battles against top-level fierce ghosts on the front lines.

And now, unbelievably, they started chasing S-class ghosts all over the world. How powerful, how confident…

In summary, official institutions of various countries began calming the people with various excuses while monitoring the latest movements of that large-scale Ghost Domain. They prayed that the battle between Chu Jiang and that fierce ghost wouldn’t extend to the areas they governed.

The ordinary Ghost Masters of various countries, a bit late to know this news, then engaged in heated discussions. As long as the danger hadn’t arrived at their doorstep, most Ghost Masters still had the leisure to argue.

At the same time, they were also searching for any clues related to that ghost.

Soon, people discovered that this ghost had appeared before, and its previous rating given by the research institute was A-class. Now it had unexpectedly risen to S-class.

What’s most special is that this ghost and Chu Jiang had a longstanding grudge. It was only after it killed over 99% of the people in the high school where Chu Jiang was, that he decided to become a Ghost Master and embarked on his subsequent extraordinary journey.

This intelligence was first leaked domestically, but some people didn’t believe it because in their understanding, Chu Jiang was clearly the heir of a certain Ghost Master family.

But no matter what, the battle between Chu Jiang and Slender Man caught the attention of many people.

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Inside the Ghost Domain, Chu Jiang discovered that both sides of the Ghost Domain had become "transparent" to some extent.

To say they were transparent would be inappropriate, it was actually forcibly enlarged. It was like thick fog spreading out, allowing people outside the Ghost Domain to vaguely see the scenes inside.

At the same time, this Ghost Domain was layered. People outside could only see the scenes on the first layer; those on the first layer could faintly see the scenes on the second layer.

Generally, as long as Chu Jiang and Slender Man didn’t run to the first layer to fight, even if they were enveloped by the Ghost Domain, nothing would happen temporarily.

So why did the Ghost Domain keep getting bigger? Of course… it was because there were more and more restless spirits and fierce ghosts inside, they were practically countless.

Now, Chu Jiang saw N ghosts in front of him. They appeared just as they did when they were alive, representing the deceased from various countries.

At first, Chu Jiang attempted to eliminate these things with black flames, but he soon realized that the black flames couldn’t touch these entities, as if they existed in different dimensions.

So, Chu Jiang concluded that the Ghost Domain not only had two layers, but at least three layers.

Regular people were on the first layer, he himself was on the second layer, and these dead people were on the third layer, and they didn’t bother each other.

Then there was a very important question: Where did Slender Man go?

Since it disappeared, not even Chu Jiang could detect its presence; and as soon as it disappeared, numerous dead people began to appear one after another, but they were hardly likely to be the souls of those dead people.

Because according to what Jing Ruoxue and Chu Jiang said, within the first seven days after a person dies, the Great Fate Giver can bring back the soul of the deceased; after seven days, it’s not possible anymore, as if those souls had permanently left this world.

Since even the past generations of Chu’s Jiang couldn’t bring back the souls of the dead after seven days, it’s even more unlikely that Slender Man, a ghost without the power to control life and death, could do such a thing.

So, Chu Jiang leaned towards the idea that these numerous dead people were actually transformed from Slender Man!

Moreover, this kind of transformation was extraordinary, not just a simple imitation of the appearance of the dead.

The reason Slender Man made the Ghost Domain teleport all over the world to the places where the deceased lived before is probably to gather some special mediums, such as the remnants of the deceased’s presence.

Now, Slender Man’s plan seems to be going well, but instead of directly attacking Chu Jiang, it isolates itself, as if it doesn’t want Chu Jiang to bother it.

And that’s not all, the Ghost Domain is also leaping around the world, awakening more and more dead people…

This proves that Slender Man believes that the current number of dead people is not enough, it needs more, more!

This intensifies Chu Jiang’s ominous feeling, as he controls his "Moonlight Ghost Domain" to interfere with Slender Man’s Ghost Domain. At the same time, he takes out his satellite phone and calls headquarters.

Normally, in the ghostly Ghost Domain, Chu Jiang cannot contact the outside world. But now, he uses his Ghost Domain to unlock the other’s Ghost Domain, allowing wireless signals to go in and out.

Moreover, there’s more to it. Isn’t Ghost Domain about layering? Although Chu Jiang hasn’t studied this technique before, Chu’s Jiang theoretically knows it. Chu Jiang just didn’t have time to delve into it in detail.

Not to mention that Black Sun can do the same. In the past, Zhang Haoran couldn’t even send a level-zero sealing object to support Chu Jiang because of this damn layering.

If Black Sun can do it, then Chu Jiang can too.

So, Chu Jiang can be said to be multitasking. While having a conversation, he also releases the Sun Ghost Domain and uses this Ghost Domain to integrate with the other’s Ghost Domain layers, trying to invade from the second layer to the third layer.

Soon, the phone connected and Chu Jiang directly asked Chen Yuting to transfer the call to Expert Chen.

"Hello? What’s happening over there? As of now, we have observed that the Ghost Domain has moved to Antarctica. Oh my! Has there been a major paranormal event there too? I’m a bit confused by both of you."

Chen Yehua thought he had figured out the pattern, but Antarctica… that continent doesn’t have permanent residents, only temporary research personnel or whale hunting teams, and theoretically, even if there were paranormal events, it shouldn’t have caused widespread casualties.

Upon hearing this, Chu Jiang immediately looked beyond the Ghost Domain and indeed found himself surrounded by ice and snow.

At this moment, there was no strong emotion, otherwise even he would be surprised.

"I have encountered some trouble. Here is the general situation. Can you help me guess the intention of this ghost?"

While speaking quickly, Chu Jiang successfully infiltrated the third level of the Ghost Domain, only to find that he still couldn’t touch the deceased.

This means that the deceased are also not on this level but in deeper layers.

Unable to do anything, Chu Jiang could only continue infiltrating further into the depths, layer by layer.

Around the time when Chu Jiang reached the tenth level of intrusion, he had said everything he needed to say, and he couldn’t go any deeper if he wanted to receive answers from a few experts.

Because it was relatively easy to pry open a passageway in the second level, but now that he had gone deeper to the tenth level, the difficulty of prying open was increasing. Chu Jiang guessed that if he went a few more levels deeper, the signal would completely fail to transmit.

Over at the command and control room at headquarters, a few experts quickly exchanged opinions.

About five minutes later, Expert Chen gave the answer, "It’s troublesome. We speculate that Slender Man is likely going to invade the real world!"

Chu Jiang responded calmly, "How can it invade? The Two Realms Bell is in my hands, or more precisely, inside a ghost within me."

"But whether it’s you or the ghost within you, you are both within Slender Man’s Ghost Domain, aren’t you?"

"After you displayed the immense power of Chu’s Jiang, Slender Man realizes that it’s not possible for it to overcome you in a short time. It may even be gradually suppressed and sealed by you. So it took an alternative route and directly started its ultimate intention, which is to invade the real world."

"The purpose of the Two Realms Bell is: it can help those who have mistakenly entered the underworld to return to their original existence in the mortal world."

"Now, Slender Man is very likely trying to create a large number of ‘fake people.’ It hopes to deceive the Two Realms Bell and make it willingly open the passage between the two realms."

"If this passage can really open, then every deceased person in the Ghost Domain, as long as even one enters the real world, Slender Man’s long-held wish will come true."

"At first, we thought that Slender Man only appeared in places where there were a large number of deceased people, but now it seems that it only prioritizes these locations because it can collect the aura of many deceased people all at once."

"After visiting all these places with a high number of deaths, it will naturally not be limited to quantity. Wherever someone dies from supernatural forces, that’s where its Ghost Domain will appear…"

While the two were communicating, Chu Jiang discovered that the Ghost Domain had jumped again, this time to an unfamiliar place that seemed like a tropical rainforest.

But one thing is beyond doubt, the Ghost Domain is getting bigger and its coverage is becoming wider, and more and more deceased people are appearing inside…