Mysterious Resurrection: The Peddler

Chapter 139: Investigating the Haunted Road

Dajing City, Shangjing Hotel.

"It seems that the operation against the ghost painting is not going well, but I can't waste time here any longer. I have to go back to Otsu City. The text that appeared on the human skin list is not simple. This world may not be that simple."

Cao Yang stood in front of the window, overlooking the scenery and buildings of Dajing City.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Cao Yang returned to Otsu City. As the captain, he did not need to report his actions to others. He had the right to take all actions without reporting to others later.

"There are only six ghosts in the file given by Mr. Qin, but there are seven transactions on the human skin list. Does it mean that the last transaction does not need intelligence support?"

"Or... the seventh transaction is between me and the ghost peddler?"

Cao Yang took the file out of the safe and looked at it carefully.

"Huh? It's not a ghost lake?"

Suddenly, Cao Yang was a little surprised, because the female ghost for the next transaction was not in the Ghost Lake and had nothing to do with the Ghost Lake.

"Menggui Road. Headquarters established a plan for this incident a long time ago. The danger level is A-level, and it has not been resolved yet."

"But in terms of the degree of harm and growth, there is no doubt that Jing Qiao has reached S-level. Therefore, the intelligence on Menggui Road has not been updated for too long. This incident has been shelved for a long time and no one has tried to solve it."

"Han Yu, retrieve all the information about the Menggui Road incident and send it to me. Also, compile a list of the people who came into contact with this incident. Tell Shen Liang that I, Cao Yang, have taken over this case."

There is no hesitation. If intelligence is needed, we still have to rely on headquarters.

"Understood. I'll go sort out the information and files right away. I'll pass on your words to Captain Shen."

Han Yu was as efficient as ever. He didn't ask too many questions and didn't talk nonsense. Cao Yang was very satisfied with this operator.

"The Haunted Road, the exact location is unknown, the rules are unknown, it will appear randomly and replace any road in reality."

"So, the medium of ghosts is the road? But if that's the case, there's no way to start..."

Cao Yang frowned. The file given by Mr. Qin was indeed very detailed, but the fierce ghost road was mobile and the medium was extremely special. It was impossible to lock the location, let alone enter it to solve the incident...

Two hours later, Cao Yang received the information that Han Yu had sorted and summarized.

"The file of Meng Gui Lu was created by Jiang Shangbai, a ghost rider in the friend circle. However, when the file was created, Jiang Shangbai was already stationed in Dajing City, and now the friend circle has been wiped out by Yang Jian."

"In order to accumulate credit for Jiang Shangbai, the circle of friends formed a ghost-control team to try to solve the Menggui Road incident in one fell swoop, but it ended in failure."

Cao Yang then looked down and saw a report on Operation Ghost Road made by his friends in the circle of friends.

"The team was led by Jiang Shangbai, with Gao Zhiqiang and Lin Ye as deputies. They encountered the Menggui Road incident on a side road west of Dajing City, but ultimately returned empty-handed."

The action report was not long, and it could even be said that it did not contain any useful information. At least Cao Yang did not get any valuable information from it, except for a possible location.

"Jiang Shangbai and Gao Zhiqiang have been killed by Yang Jian. The dead won't speak. I have to find Lin Ye to find out what happened."

After thinking for a moment, Cao Yang dialed the satellite phone again.

"Help me check if there is anyone in charge of the headquarters or among the ghost riders whose code name is related to 'Lu'. It would be fine if their abilities match. The sooner the better. If there is anyone, please let him know. I may contact him in the near future so that he can prepare in advance."

"Okay, but there are a lot of people in charge at the headquarters, and there are some ghost riders who are not in charge. It will take some time to check the files one by one."

"That's fine, just do whatever you want. By the way, ask Shen Liang or the deputy minister to tell Lin Ye, the person in charge of Dahang City, that Captain Cao Yang wants to visit in person."

"Okay, I'll tell Captain Shen." The next day, at 10:40 a.m., Cao Yang's flight landed at Dahang Lin'an Airport. Although he was informed in advance, Cao Yang specifically requested that there be no airport pick-up, as he didn't like it.

"Southern air, Xuan!"

Cao Yang breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, the feeling of flying was not very good, especially for such a long distance journey.

"Lin'an Building, people in charge always like to choose some landmark buildings for their offices. But this is also normal. Being high up is in line with the ghost rider's understanding of himself. But more importantly, being high up allows one to observe all directions of the city more clearly."

Cao Yang looked at this prosperous city with great interest. The cold winter did not dampen people's enthusiasm. The city always exuded vitality. Perhaps this was also an important reason why it could surpass Otsu City.

In an instant, Cao Yang's sight fell on a young man on the side of the road, because his clothes were so strange. The pale white clothes looked just like the mourning clothes people wear at funerals, and it was totally out of place in this vibrant city.

"Captain Cao Yang, I have long heard of your name."

The man who was noticed was not surprised. He was the person in charge of Dahang City, Lin Ye. A captain wanted to visit in person, even if the other party asked not to pick him up at the airport, but he couldn't just do nothing and wait for the other party to come to him.

Lin Ye's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and Cao Yang could not see any emotion on his face. But it was not his fault, most ghost riders were corrupted by evil spirits, and they had an ugly dead face all day long, and Lin Ye was no exception.

"You're welcome. I'm visiting you unexpectedly because I have something important to discuss. Why don't we go to your office?"

"Of course. I hope Captain Cao won't blame me for not hosting you well enough."

Lin Ye forced an ugly smile and waved stiffly, and soon a special car drove over.

Ten minutes later, at the top floor of Lin'an Building.

Along the way, Lin Ye was a little nervous. He didn't know why such a captain who represented the headquarters came to him. He heard that Yang Jian and Cao Yang had wiped out the circle of friends. Lin Ye was really afraid that Cao Yang came to purge the remnants of the circle of friends today.

"Don't be nervous. I've read your files. You've worked diligently to solve many supernatural incidents. You didn't get involved in the stupid things in your circle of friends, so you don't have to worry that I'm here to fight."

Cao Yang seemed to see Lin Ye's embarrassment, so he spoke to try to calm him down.

"I came here today because of the Ghost Road incident. I heard that you once participated in this supernatural incident with Jiang Shangbai and Gao Zhiqiang. Now I am ready to intervene and need some intelligence support."

Cao Yang showed due respect to the person in charge of a city. In theory, he could forcibly mobilize Lin Ye to participate in the Menggui Road incident with him, but for various reasons he did not do so.

After hearing this, Lin Ye's expression relaxed. As long as they were not here to take action, everything would be fine.

"The Ghost Road doesn't exist in reality. You must have heard about Gao Zhiqiang's ability, but he can only make a small section of the road appear, and it can only appear for a short period of time."

Lin Ye carefully recalled the entire operation and did not hide anything.

"And this road is very strange. The reason why our friends asked the three of us to go is because two ghost riders had already died there before us. In other words, this incident was only defined as a C-level incident at the beginning, and it was only upgraded to an A-level after two people died."

Listening to Lin Ye's words, Cao Yang's expression changed slightly.

"Tell me the specific details of your operation, and some points that need attention, such as the conditions required to enter the Ghost Road, or the medium or something like that."

"It's hard to say. The medium should be a road. Any form of road will do. But there's nothing to say about our actions. We failed completely. We can't even enter that road."

"Is that so... I seem to be stuck in a dead end now. The next transaction is stuck at the start-up stage. I can't even find the Ghost Road..."

Cao Yang frowned, unable to make up his mind for a moment.

(End of this chapter)