Mingde High School, Class 3, Senior Year 2.
Su Ming leaned wearily against his seat.
Probably because he died too many times last night, he couldn't muster any energy today.
His buddy, who was close to him, patted Su Ming's shoulder with a mischievous grin: "Su Ming, did you exhaust yourself last night?"
"Get lost."
Su Ming rolled his eyes at him in annoyance.
It wasn't surprising they would say that.
Mainly because Su Ming looked so haggard, with dark circles under his eyes and sunken cheeks, he looked like a zombie.
At this moment, Jiang Qian pushed the door open and entered. Seeing Su Ming's worn-out appearance, she was initially stunned and wanted to go over and ask, but Su Ming gently nodded his head.
She said nothing more and quietly returned to her seat.
When the class bell rang, Chi Nian entered, clapping her hands: "Today, for morning reading, we'll recite the 'Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng.'"
"Raise your hand if you've memorized it. Every student must go through it. Do you understand?"
The classroom immediately erupted in wails and howls.
"Truly like ghosts."
Su Ming, however, was focused on his scanning page.
When Chi Nian came in, he activated the scan.
There were three red dots at Mingde High School.
One of the red dots was Chi Nian.
It seemed Jiang Qian's guess was correct.
He discreetly sent Jiang Qian a message: "It's a ghost, confirmed."
Jiang Qian didn't turn around, but her whole body was visibly trembling.
Su Ming didn't send any more messages.
He was contemplating.
These days, he indeed had the idea of containing another ghost.
He just hadn't found a particularly good target.
Now, looking at it.
Chi Nian was undoubtedly a very good choice.
Her intelligence was much higher than the Jumper Ghost from the beginning.
This meant Chi Nian was likely at the Extreme Danger Level.
Moreover, Chi Nian was his homeroom teacher.
If he could contain her, high school life would be much easier.
After confirming, Su Ming sent Jiang Qian another message: "We'll act after school."
"Contact the Bureau, have them seal off the surroundings, and try not to alarm Chi Nian."
"She should be at the Extreme Danger Level."
Jiang Qian replied with two words: "Got it."
Soon, Jiang Qian raised her hand to indicate she had memorized it.
After reciting to Chi Nian, she said she wanted to go to the restroom.
Watching Jiang Qian leave the classroom, Su Ming knew she went to contact the Anomaly Bureau.
Enduring until after school.
Students at Mingde High School began to leave one after another.
Teachers also left one by one due to various reasons.
The entire school became silent.
By the time Chi Nian sensed something was wrong, it was already too late.
Su Ming, along with Jiang Qian, pushed open the office door, smiling as they looked at her.
"Su Ming, Jiang Qian, why are you still here so late?"
Chi Nian was indeed much smarter than ordinary people.
Even though she sensed something was off, she didn't show any flaws.
Su Ming smiled and said, "We just came to take a look."
"Teacher, you mentioned tutoring me before, does that still count?"
Chi Nian put down the lesson plan in her hand, then sat up straight and said, "Of course it counts."
"Su Ming, you want to..."
Before she could finish, the Jumper Ghost appeared behind Chi Nian, its pale ghostly hand resting on her shoulder.
Chi Nian turned her head, her face instantly turning pale with fright, and a sharp scream erupted in the office.
"A ghost~"
Jiang Qian gritted her teeth and whispered, "Great King."
Chi Nian's fear didn't seem fake.
Su Ming ignored Jiang Qian and instructed the Jumper Ghost, "Kill her."
The Jumper Ghost received the command, its ghostly hand pressing down hard, piercing into Chi Nian's body, and then yanking out a fresh, beating heart.
Chi Nian's pupils dilated, she collapsed to the ground motionless, her aura gradually dissipating.
"She really put on a good act."
Su Ming grinned, stomping the ground, and silently thought, "System, begin containment."
[Scanning "Extreme Danger Level Aberration" Human Skin Ghost, proceed with containment?]
[Containment success rate 30%]
[Containment successful, initial loyalty 60]
As expected of an Extreme Danger Level Aberration, the containment success rate was only 30%.
In an instant, several iron chains rose from beneath Su Ming's feet, quickly stabbing toward Chi Nian.
At that moment.
What should have been a "corpse," Chi Nian suddenly opened her eyes.
She couldn't keep pretending.
The incoming chains posed an extremely strong threat to her.
"Damn it."
She let out a sharp screech, retreating swiftly, dodging the chains aiming for her.
But these arm-thick chains seemed alive, constantly pursuing Chi Nian.
Yet her speed was too fast.
While dodging the chains, her greedy gaze was fixed on Su Ming.
The office floor began to soften.
Grimacing faces appeared on the ground, emitting terrifying howls.
Then came bloody ghostly hands.
Jiang Qian reacted quickly.
Her palm burst with astonishing lightning.
Raising her hand to strike, the lightning exploded.
Judging by the hand gestures, it was a standard Tai Chi move.
"So this is Jiang Qian's awakened ability?"
"Quite impressive."
But Jiang Qian's strength was ultimately too weak.
Facing more and more little ghosts, she was increasingly struggling.
The lightning struck the little ghosts, shattering them to pieces.
But as long as Chi Nian wasn't dead, these little ghosts could revive.
On the other side, Su Ming also joined the battle.
He didn't summon the Ghost School Belle, wanting to test his own strength instead.
It was pure brute force, each punch and kick carrying immense power.
With super-strong mental resilience, he was unaffected by any mental contamination.
Dealing with aberrations, the most dangerous aspect was mental contamination.
Many handlers seemed to have resolved an Anomaly Incident, but after some time, due to mental contamination, they would turn into monstrous beings neither human nor ghost.
"Enough."
Su Ming grabbed Jiang Qian by the collar, tossing her out: "Wait outside."
Jiang Qian's condition was already off.
The most obvious sign of mental contamination was the eyes.
Eyes turning black, red, or green were early signs of mental contamination.
Then black lines would spread from the eye sockets.
When enough black lines spread from the eye sockets, they would explode instantly, like two black holes.
This was a sign of moderate mental contamination.
Once reaching this stage, ordinary treatment was difficult to be effective.
If the contamination continued, even the body would become deformed.
A deformed body, with current technology, is incurable.
Therefore, for some high-risk Anomaly Incidents, if the level isn't high enough, even approaching is prohibited.
Jiang Qian was considered strong among Level 2 Handlers.
Even when facing Danger Level, she could temporarily resist mental contamination.
But she was facing an Extreme Danger Level Aberration.
Being able to hold on until now was already impressive.
The one fighting Chi Nian head-on was the Jumper Ghost.
The Jumper Ghost was clearly at a disadvantage, its body being torn apart.
It was understandable.
It had only recently stepped into the Extreme Danger Level.
While Chi Nian had likely been at the Extreme Danger Level for quite some time.
Fortunately, the chains formed from Su Ming's mental power helped the Jumper Ghost a lot.
"Pathetic."
Su Ming glanced disdainfully at the Jumper Ghost, whose head had been torn off.
They're all ghosts.
You're truly both weak and ugly.
He pulled a strand of black hair from his inventory.
Raised his hand and tossed it out.
Buzzing, the space vibrated, and the light bulbs flickered a few times before shattering.
"What!"
Chi Nian retreated abruptly.
She felt an unprecedented crisis.
It was the oppressive force from a Disaster Level Aberration.
And not just any Disaster Level, but the topmost, even more terrifying.
Run.
That was the only thought in her mind.
However, the moment she turned around, her world changed.
The entire Mingde High School was shrouded in endless black hair.
Like a giant bowl, covering the entire school.
This was a Ghost Domain belonging to a Disaster Level.
A pale finger extended from the black hair, touching Chi Nian's forehead.
With a buzz.
Black energy spread from the fingertip.
Chi Nian's head exploded with a bang, her body flew backward, and before hitting the ground, it was sliced into countless pieces by the billions of black hairs.
But Chi Nian wasn't dead yet.
The recovery ability of ghosts was the most defiant.
The fallen pieces of flesh began to reassemble with difficulty.
Meanwhile, the chains locked onto this pile of struggling flesh.
After the Jumper Ghost reattached its head, it knelt on the ground, not daring to lift its head.
Because it knew, the little king had arrived.
Jiang Qian stood dumbfounded, watching the school covered in endless black hair.
Is this the power of a Level 5 Handler?
Completely on a different level.
On the other side, after the Ghost School Belle appeared, Su Ming grinned and lunged forward.
Sweetly calling out, "School Belle, I've missed you."
He thought he would miss.
But this time, the Ghost School Belle didn't dodge.
Even Su Ming was stunned.
Feeling the coldness in his arms, he smiled even brighter: "School Belle, you smell so nice."
Seeing Su Ming hugging her and rubbing against her, the Ghost School Belle wanted to say something, but her brows suddenly furrowed.
The next second, she grabbed Su Ming's head and flung him away.
Su Ming rolled over and sat up, quickly explaining: "Couldn't help it, really couldn't help it."
And this scene was witnessed by the just-recovered Chi Nian.
Chi Nian's mind went blank.
This terrifying existence, with just one finger, had blown up her head.
Yet it grabbed Su Ming's head.
That was five fingers.
Threw him hard, and Su Ming was still lively.
Not to mention injured, he didn't even have a scratch.
The hidden hint of affection and joy in its eyes, Chi Nian saw it clearly.
It's over.
The world has gone mad.
[Detected Human Skin Ghost's passive consciousness, abandoning resistance]
[Containment success rate maximized: 100%]
[Ding! Containment successful!]
[Extreme Danger Level Aberration: Human Skin Ghost]
[Detected Human Skin Ghost's passive attitude, initial loyalty +10]
[Loyalty: 70]
Su Ming ignored the Human Skin Ghost, instead holding the Ghost School Belle's hand, reading her palm.
"School Belle, your palm line, long life."
"And you'll meet true love soon."
"From your palm line, your true love should be male, height 185, weight 75.4 kilograms, a student, age 17..."
Blah blah blah.
Su Ming was just short of reciting his ID number.