Chapter 302

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Chapter 302: Emergency Meeting

"Captain Chu, are you going to leave immediately?" Wang Lei asked.

Chu Jiang nodded. "You’re almost done here. When I arrive at headquarters, I’ll inform the deputy minister about your situation."

"Anyway, if you can adjust your mental state before the evaluators arrive, there’s a good chance of gaining recognition from the research institute."

After giving a few more instructions, Chu Jiang left Nangao Village and boarded the helicopter that came to pick him up.

He didn’t bring Jing Ruoxue along, instead, he let her drive the car back to the company.

But an awkward situation arrived, Jing Ruoxue can’t drive, so Chu Jiang had to ask Chen Keai to take a taxi and bring Jing Ruoxue, along with the car, back.

……

Four and a half hours later, during which Chu Jiang had to transfer flights and change cars, he arrived at the headquarters located in the outskirts of Yunjing City.

At this time, in the large conference room on the third floor, the captain who was nearby had already arrived early.

Chen Yuting followed behind Chu Jiang into the conference room. Today she wore glasses and held a tablet computer, responsible for helping Chu Jiang take notes during the meeting.

Some of the other captains brought assistants, while others didn’t. At this moment, they were all chatting at their respective positions.

When Chu Jiang entered, the conference room quieted down for a moment, after all, many people were seeing Chu Jiang for the first time.

Chu Jiang looked around and recognized a few familiar faces, including Yan Wanli with dyed blonde hair, Tao Ji dressed maturely in a red robe, and an energetic old man leaning on a cane.

The old man, Chu Jiang remembered the first time he came to headquarters, the other party witnessed his conflict with Yan Wanli, and he never thought that after so long he was still there, still the captain.

His name is Chen Changsheng, and his code name is "Undead."

By the way, Tao Ji’s code name is "Refluxer," which should be related to her ability to rewind time.

At this time, Chu Jiang didn’t see the long-haired Captain Yuwen Ting, maybe she hasn’t arrived yet. Her code name is quite ordinary, just called "Skeleton."

By the way, Zhang Yibiao, who had fought Chu Jiang last time, is the missing captain, and his current status is unknown.

Although the research institute believes that there is a high probability that he is dead, Chu Jiang thinks he is not that simple, and it is not necessarily easy for him to be finished.

When Chu Jiang entered, Yan Wanli immediately stood up and greeted, "Captain Chu, over here!"

But Chu Jiang ignored this guy’s greeting, making Yan Wanli very embarrassed, and Chu Jiang walked towards the corner of the conference room.

It was empty there, with only a little girl wearing a gothic-style black princess dress, holding a rag doll, sitting there. The people in the meeting room seemed to deliberately avoid her.

When Chu Jiang approached the girl, Chen Yuting instinctively felt nervous. Should she remind him? But Captain Chu should already know this person…

The girl looked up as Chu Jiang sat down on her right side. She had a still and silent expression, tilting her head to look at him as if asking if there was something he needed.

Chu Jiang took the initiative to extend his hand and said, "Hello, I’m Chu Jiang. Last time, I got a cloth doll from Ning Miaowei, and it worked really well, so I wanted to get to know you."

The little girl didn’t shake Chu Jiang’s hand; instead, she held the hand of her teddy bear and made the bear shake his hand.

Chu Jiang didn’t mind at all. He earnestly shook hands with the teddy bear. During that moment, the bear’s eyes moved slightly, as if it looked up at him.

From then on, the two of them didn’t exchange any words; they just waited silently.

Chen Yuting, on the other hand, sat nervously next to Chu Jiang, not daring to make a sound.

……

Before long, everyone who needed to be there had arrived. Those who couldn’t attend in person tried their best to join the captain-level meeting through remote video.

But it’s strange that Chu Jiang still hasn’t seen Yuwen Ting, not even her video.

Besides the captain, the people at the meeting included three experts and the deputy ministers of various departments.

Chu Jiang learned from this that the scale should be slightly lower than the last time, the S-class event in Luohe City. From what Chen Yuting said, even the dean attended that event.

The person who chaired the meeting this time was still Deputy Minister Liu Xuewen from the paranormal department. He was also straight to the point, speaking directly into the microphone, "Let’s officially begin. Today’s main topics for discussion are two."

"The first one is that paranormal incidents have been happening all over the country. Although there hasn’t been another S-class event, there have been several very challenging A-class events."

"There was an incident called the ‘Ghost Bride’ in Langchao City, and Chu Jiang personally dealt with it. Currently, it’s considered resolved, but there are still hidden dangers. The ghost is only restricted to a certain area, and there is a possibility of it coming out again in the future."

"As for the other two incidents, they haven’t been resolved. One captain even died, and another captain went missing."

"Currently, people all over the country are feeling uneasy, and we must take strong action to quickly resolve these two events with the highest level of threat."

"Otherwise, if they spread to other areas, it will not only cause harm to many innocent people, but also have a very negative impact, further creating panic among the masses."

Everyone present were experienced Ghost Masters, and they didn’t think that Chu Jiang couldn’t completely solve the A-class event was something difficult to understand. It’s more accurate to say that it’s already quite good to achieve this level.

Because ghosts encountered in supernatural events often cannot simply be classified using SABC. This is only a standard for assessing the level of danger artificially, but ghosts won’t follow your standards.

If not careful enough, it is entirely possible for the captain to die at the hands of a C-class ghost.

However, since they are experienced Ghost Masters who have lived for a long time, it also proves that they are very skilled. Not everyone is willing to sacrifice themselves and selflessly dedicate themselves.

Or rather, these honorable Ghost Masters are the ones who die the fastest.

When the deputy minister mentioned this, there was silence in the room. No one asked for detailed information about the other two A-class events, and no one volunteered.

Seeing that no one spoke, Liu Xuewen awkwardly cleared his throat and continued, "The other two are the [Cold Machine] incident in Xiaoyue City and the [Draw a Circle to Curse You] incident in Fanhai City."

When the others heard the last few words, they couldn’t help but show a strange expression, and some even couldn’t help but want to laugh. What kind of weird names are these? Are they like Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf?

Seeing this, the deputy minister had to explain first. "Let’s be serious, this naming convention is very formal."

"The ghost in this incident is temporarily named the "Falling Ghost". When it appears, it will crouch around you and draw circles. When the circle is complete, you will fall into a mysterious dark cave."

"And it doesn’t fall to the deep underground of thousands of meters, but disappears directly from this world, leaving no body behind."

"Didn’t the internal report say that Zhang Yibiao went missing before? He disappeared by falling into the cave of the Falling Ghost, and none of the missing people have returned so far."

Upon hearing this, most people furrowed their brows, pondering how they would deal with such a situation if they encountered it.

As for those who wanted to laugh before, they now had no mood for it at all. It was almost like triggering certain death.

"Has its killing pattern been discovered?" the captain asked proactively.

"Not yet. Currently, the Falling Ghost seems to kill indiscriminately. As long as there are living people nearby, it will spontaneously appear next to the target and start drawing circles."

"As a result, many people have died in Fanhai City, and those caves will not disappear on their own after appearing. Currently, the incident cannot be resolved, and we are evacuating the local residents."

After introducing this incident, the deputy minister returned to another one and said, "As for the ghost in this incident, it is temporarily named the ‘Mechanical Ghost’."

"This doesn’t mean it is a robot, actually its appearance is very similar to humans, at first sight, you might even find it difficult to realize it’s a ghost."

"But that’s not the most terrifying part of this ghost, what makes it horrifying is that anyone who gets close to it will involuntarily repeat some mechanical movements."

"For example, tilting the head, nodding, bending over, flexing and stretching the arm joints, taking steps forward – every movement is extremely mechanical and stiff, even repeating thousands of times."

At that moment, Chen Yehua, the expert, pointed out, "It’s like a robot dance."

"Exactly," the deputy minister continued, "it’s somewhat similar to the robot dance that those foreigners like to do, but it’s much stiffer and has fewer variations, more like a malfunctioning machine."

"Although if you just look at one individual victim, you might just find it a little strange."

"But think about it, when suddenly half of the city’s population, at the same moment, loses all expression and synchronously performs extremely stiff and mechanical movements, as if they completely lose themselves in that moment. The scene would leave a deep impression on anyone who witnesses it."

"Finally, the way this ghost kills can be described as extremely brutal, entirely through mechanical wearing and metal fatigue."

"When a person nods tens of thousands of times in a short period, they can shake their own head off…"

"They did similar actions, but it is uncertain whether it was fortunate or unfortunate that they had no expression on their faces when they died."

"We still don’t know if the people affected by the ability of the Mechanical Ghost can remain rational and perceptive. If they can, it’s simply…"

The mood of the crowd became even heavier upon hearing this, and someone asked, "What about the rule of killing?"

Another person asked, "If we are affected, does that mean we will become mechanical? Can we resist that kind of supernatural power with our own ghosts?"

The deputy minister’s response was, "Unknown. Currently, everyone who has attempted to investigate has died, including a captain."

Yan Wanli muttered, "This is too twisted. It’s probably not much different from encountering an S-class ghost, or worse."

Chen Changsheng pondered and asked, "How wide is the range of influence?"

"Currently, it covers half of the city. We have tried our best to rescue as many people as possible. At this stage, the Mechanical Ghost seems to be staying in one place. However, we cannot guarantee that it will stay there indefinitely."

Chu Jiang sighed inwardly. The reason he had been so cautious throughout his journey was that he was most afraid of encountering these kinds of ghosts, who completely disregarded reason.

And the scariness of the Mechanical Ghost, among all the ghosts he had encountered, probably ranked in the top few.