“My phone is on the stairs, you know that.”
Hearing this, Chen Yue nodded, then without any hesitation, she immediately moved to run toward the place where Jiang Shan was attacked by the Ghost Character.
Although she didn't know why Jiang Shan asked her to do this, she knew Jiang Shan would not harm her.
“He saved me twice; this life is his. I must help him.”
Chen Yue thought to herself on the way.
Within the Ghost Domain, Jiang Shan sensed Chen Yue’s departure; he didn't know if this method would work.
But if he didn't do this now, he would surely die today.
From the moment Chen Yue appeared, the Ghost Character began to constantly emerge in Jiang Shan’s consciousness, forming an image:
“In a hazy world, a strange green Candlelight flickered on a golden candlestick.”
“On that modern European-style candlestick were a pair of hands, a pair of slender, fair hands. Behind the dim Candlelight was the blurred figure of a woman, without features or distinguishing marks.”
“At this moment, these fair, flawless hands had not yet been pierced.”
At the end of the vision emerging in his consciousness, Jiang Shan saw it frantically crossing Dachang City, as if rushing urgently to a place.
And that place was his school!
“Ghost Painting!”
Jiang Shan knew the Ghost Character had the ability to foresee the future, which was why he was extremely anxious now.
Jiang Shan knew the terror of the Ghost Painting better than anyone; even an already formed Ghost Messenger could not make a ripple within the Ghost Painting, let alone his current self.
Because of this, he didn't want to wait for the Knocking Ghost to leave naturally, so he asked Chen Yue to listen to the Knocking Ghost’s knocking sound again to see if the Knocking Ghost could be made to leave artificially.
In Jiang Shan’s memory, he recalled that as long as one avoided the Knocking Ghost’s first killing attempt, if that person heard its knocking sound again, the Knocking Ghost would not launch another killing attack against them.
He needed an opportunity.
An opportunity to control three Fierce Ghosts!
The Ghost Character Deadlocked, the Dead Face Ghost was controlled,
and the Newspaper Ghost existing in his mind.
As long as he avoided the Knocking Ghost’s current Killing Pattern, these three Fierce Ghosts would be completely controlled by him!
And that opportunity was the departure of the Knocking Ghost!
But this method carried danger;
if Jiang Shan misjudged, the Knocking Ghost would launch another killing attack against Chen Yue.
“Jiang Shan, I got the phone.”
Chen Yue’s figure suddenly appeared within the Ghost Domain; she was panting, holding Jiang Shan’s phone.
Upon sensing this, the words Jiang Shan wanted to express immediately surfaced in the air of the Ghost Domain via the Ghost Character:
“The password is cy1314520.”
“cy?”
“1314?”
Chen Yue, who hadn't noticed before, suddenly froze upon hearing the last part.
The eighteen-year-old girl was at the age most sensitive to matters of romance.
Moreover, this password was so direct.
“Doesn’t cy stand for the initials of my name?”
“1314 and 520?”
Meanwhile, Jiang Shan felt extremely awkward inside.
He was truly wronged;
this password was set by the original owner, not him, Jiang Shan.
Jiang Shan understood liking one’s deskmate, but having to voice this admiration came from his mouth.
“Little brother original owner, I really am not the type to flirt.”
At this moment, Jiang Shan finally took a proper look at Chen Yue’s appearance.
After a night of terror, her Expression appeared quite disheveled, but this dishevelment could not hide her exquisite features.
Truly beautiful,
she was definitely the class beauty in the classroom.
But to Jiang Shan, her appearance was merely more pleasing to the eye.
What he appreciated was this girl’s ability to maintain maximum composure even in such a situation, as well as her courage that surpassed ordinary people.
This courage allowed her to possess the belief to survive at any time.
This was the shining point that beauty could not compare to.
“Jiang Shan, I found the Knocking sound recording. Should I play it now?”
Chen Yue raised her phone and asked softly.
The previous moment was just a small interlude; she knew clearly that the Fierce Ghost was still nearby, and romantic entanglement would only hasten their deaths.
After tonight, although her dependence on Jiang Shan had reached its peak, under the current circumstances, saving Jiang Shan was her only thought.
“Ah!”
Something suddenly appearing on her arm made Chen Yue cry out in alarm.
“Don’t be afraid, this will ensure your safety.”
Scarlet Ghost Script began to appear out of thin air on her right arm, quickly dispersing and spreading.
After learning it was Jiang Shan who did it, Chen Yue’s fear began to subside.
Now, her right arm looked as if it were covered in tattoos, the Scarlet characters exuding a chilling eeriness.
This was Jiang Shan leaving one-fifth of the Ghost Script on Chen Yue. Relying on this Ghost Script, even if an accident occurred, it could block a killing attack from the Knocking Ghost for Chen Yue.
This bought him time to save her.
Everything was ready, and Jiang Shan nervously prepared to face whatever happened next.
“It’s ready. Don’t use speakerphone.”
After taking a deep breath, Chen Yue tapped the play button and held the phone close to her ear.
“Knock, knock, knock.”
Hearing that terrifying knocking sound again still made her hands tremble uncontrollably.
She stared intently at the Knocking Ghost behind Jiang Shan, and suddenly her eyes trembled, her face instantly turning pale:
Because she discovered that
the Knocking Ghost had disappeared!
“Jiang Shan! Jiang Shan! The ghost is gone!”
Chen Yue’s shout did not reach Jiang Shan’s ears; the moment the Knocking Ghost vanished, he had already sensed it.
Because the pain, which felt like torture and Rot, disappeared. The Supernatural power within him lost its balance, and in an instant, Jiang Shan’s body, which was left with only a small amount of Rotten flesh and bone, began to disintegrate.
Jiang Shan was horrified; if he didn't do something now, he would die soon!
At this moment, Jiang Shan could only place his hope in the Ghost Character that predicted the future. As expected, the Scarlet Ghost Script involuntarily emerged in his consciousness:
“The Knocking Ghost is gone, but I am going to die.”
“The Dead Person Ghost Face can turn the Newspaper Ghost into a Ghost Face, and this Ghost Face can Restart the self, returning the body to forty minutes ago.”
“Once the Ghost Face is used, the Newspaper Ghost will leave the body.”
The Ghost Character, which had completely Deadlocked, was different from Human Skin Paper; it was now operating entirely according to the Fierce Ghost’s rules to help Jiang Shan.
So, Jiang Shan was ready to risk it all now;
losing one Fierce Ghost was better than death.
With that thought, a Dead Face Ghost resembling a young man with a cold Expression appeared on Jiang Shan’s face.
The vacant eyes of that Human Face suddenly turned blood-red, and the entire face began to twist grotesquely.
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through his brain; Jiang Shan felt like something was missing in his mind, but he couldn't articulate what.
A bizarre piece of paper with a corner stained with dry Fresh Blood was held in the young man’s mouth, and he began to chew it continuously.
The Dead Face Ghost Face began to change; its facial skin started to show old yellow paper, slowly the entire face looked as if it were pasted over with countless sheets of paper, no longer resembling a human.
When that face completely turned into paper, Jiang Shan found that he could see and hear again!
The flesh that had disappeared from his body began to grow back frantically.
If the Knocking Ghost represented Rot, then he was now undergoing a “rebirth”!
This was the Restart!