Chapter 33: The Killing Pattern of the Stretching Ghost
"As for the pattern, it's very simple." Fang Tianci took the sunglasses from his assistant and put them on.
"First, the ghost only targets people who drive or ride in cars, but for now, it doesn't include bicycles."
"Second, the ghost's aim is not actually to kill the drivers or passengers. At least its primary goal is to force fast-moving cars to stop."
"So far, in all the cases, there hasn't been an example of the ghost immediately rushing into the car to attack anyone. It only creates a fixed obstruction, causing the car to flip over or be severely damaged."
"Third, the ghost starts killing people after the drivers and passengers have survived a traffic accident."
"However, the accidents it causes are often serious. After the accidents, whether it's the driver or passenger, they either die on the spot or suffer severe injuries. Very few people can survive in good health."
"In fact, this goes against the ghost's purpose."
"Fourth, when healthy survivors manage to survive, the ghost will have a supernatural effect on all the survivors in the car. The method and principle of how it happens are unknown."
"The result of this effect, as you reported, is that you involuntarily develop a sensation of losing something."
"Under this sensation, even driven by obsessive-compulsive disorders, the survivors will voluntarily go back to find the ghost."
"After finding it, the ghost will remove the head of the living person and put its own head on the healthy body of the living person."
"Furthermore, during this process, it seems that the living person will not resist or lose the ability to resist."
"Based on observations from two existing examples, the consciousness of the living person will temporarily continue to exist. The living person still feels like a living person, and their memories, personality, and way of thinking will not change."
"But in reality, they are already dead, and I dare to guess that as time passes, this type of living person's head will continue to rot."
"When it completely rots and no longer resembles a human, this living person will truly die."
"As for the ghost, ghosts don't die. Do you remember the discarded living person's head from the beginning? That head will become a new ghost and continue to choose the next target, the next body."
"In short, this is a ghost that can constantly change its host. Initially, I classified it as a C-level, and now I still consider it as a C-level."
"However, its complex patterns and inherent danger make it comparable to some B-level powerful ghosts."
The so-called S, A, B, and C danger levels refer to relative rankings compared to all humans.
Even though the Stretching Ghost is very dangerous, it only causes one or two, maybe three people to be injured or killed each time; and if someone happens to survive, it will stay quiet for a period of time, not committing any more crimes.
Therefore, it was classified as C-grade.
But this doesn't mean that C-grade ghosts are easy to deal with, it just means that their killing efficiency is not as high.
For example, Slender Man, it easily locks down an entire school, kills thousands of people in half a day, without giving its all. That's why it was rated as A-class.
If the harm caused by an A-class ghost fully erupts, it can often lead to the downfall of an entire large city, not just a school.
As for S-class ghosts, they can be considered as terrifying beings of an almost unbeatable level.
If one loses control and allows an S-class ghost to grow and become stronger, it wouldn't be a problem for it to destroy a medium-sized country.
As Chu Jiang listened to Fang Tianci's detailed explanation, his forehead wrinkled in deep thought.
When the other person finished speaking, he asked, "You mentioned two examples earlier, so does that mean that the person who posted on the paranormal forum is dead?"
The internet user who posted a curse targeting the Stretching Ghost, Chu Jiang recently sent him a private message.
"Yes, I killed him. Oh no, he had already died in the hands of the ghost. I just helped him to be free," Fang Tianci said without changing his expression.
Chu Jiang finally connected all the events together.
The Stretching Ghost incident has been going on for more than just a few days. Although Fang Tianci doesn't seem to have a good character, he still takes his responsibility seriously and has been conducting a thorough investigation.
After receiving information from the forum users, he believed this could be a breakthrough, so he met him in person.
Just like Fang Tianci meeting Chu Jiang now.
However, during this meeting, Fang Tianci realized something was wrong. In short, he discovered that the forum user had already died, and it's very likely that the user was just a puppet in the hands of the ghost.
So Fang Tianci decisively killed the user.
But killing the internet user didn't put an end to the Stretching Ghost incident. On the contrary, the Stretching Ghost began to wander around the city, like a ghost.
At this time, Fang Tianci was still feeling helpless, thinking that the Ghosthead's rule of killing was definitely more than just killing passengers on the train.
At that very moment, Chu Jiang arrived in Luozhou City and, shortly after his arrival, he was attacked by a Stretching Ghost.
Because Chu Jiang had obtained relevant information on the forum in advance, he remained calm when faced with a situation. He decisively took action to prevent a traffic accident.
This happened to fulfill the ghost's intention, as it placed some kind of incomprehensible curse on the driver and Chu Jiang.
As a result, not long after, both the driver and Chu Jiang had strong thoughts of "I lost something."
Perhaps due to Chu Jiang's supernatural power, his thoughts appeared a little slower.
In addition, since the driver had a car and Chu Jiang had to catch a ride, Chu Jiang first returned to the scene of the incident and it was the driver who found the Ghosthead.
Then, the driver's head was replaced, and he remained unaware and confused.
It was because the Ghosthead found a healthy body that the thoughts in Chu Jiang's mind automatically dispersed, and he returned to normal.
After Chu Jiang sold this very important information to the person in charge, Fang Tianci carefully considered the cause and effect and decisively targeted the driver.
If his guess was correct, the driver should already be dead at this moment.
Coincidentally, the driver had reported to the police before the incident, so Fang Tianci asked the police to find a reason to keep the driver at the crime scene.
According to his plan, with the driver present and both of them there, this time Stretching Ghost's real body will absolutely not be able to escape.
However, judging from the current situation, that ghost still managed to escape right under Fang Tianci's nose; because when the ghost didn't trigger any patterns, it would be in an invisible state.
Helpless and frustrated, Fang Tianci had no choice but to call for Chu Jiang, and this is how the current situation unfolded.
Seeing Chu Jiang deep in thought, Fang Tianci grinned and said, "Well, did I deceive you?"
"Next, there are two possibilities. One is that the ghost head will find a new victim."
"The other is that the ghost head will seek out the second survivor of this incident, which is you. That's the most important reason why I asked you to come here."
