Mysterious Resurrection: The Peddler

Chapter 17 The Real Missing Person
After modifying the file of Ghost Window, Cao Yang contacted Qian Guangming again, but the sudden ringing of the cell phone scared Qian Guangming, who was already in a frightened state.

"Hello? Mr. Cao Yang?"

"I'm coming to see you now. Please summarize the situation. I want to know the casualties tonight within two hours at the latest."

Cao Yang didn't say any polite words to Qian Guangming. The ghost had already started killing people, but he hadn't even seen its shadow. The intelligence provided by the headquarters was almost of no help and even led him to misjudge.

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

After hearing Cao Yang's voice, Qian Guangming felt much more at ease. As long as it wasn't a ghost, it would be fine.

"Xiao Sun, Xiao Li, immediately start investigating the missing persons case that happened tonight. I want to see the results in an hour and a half."

Qian Guangming is a team leader after all, so he has the necessary decisiveness and ability. Xiao Sun and Xiao Li are his two most capable subordinates.

Twenty minutes later, Cao Yang arrived at Qian Guangming's office.

"First tell me why you called me before."

"There have been many disappearances, but the information they provide is still too little valuable."

"Raise the isolation level of that unfinished building by one level. No one except your internal staff and me is allowed to enter or even get close to it."

Qian Guangming immediately gave orders to intensify the blockade of the unfinished building.

"They are missing. Some residents reported that their family members disappeared without a trace. Some even disappeared right before their eyes. It was like a dream."

"Lead the way, go to the family where the incident happened and collect information. I need more clues."

Cao Yang came to this dilapidated and gloomy unfinished building again. He wanted to confirm whether this unfinished building was the only node of the ghost window.

Thinking of this, Cao Yang could already clearly see that this incident was not simple.

"It's still being counted. It will take about an hour to be clear."

"Four bodies are missing. My guess is correct. The ghost window is connected to other nodes. The unfinished building is not the only place where the bodies were dumped."

Two hours later, Cao Yang looked at the information he had sorted out in his hands and fell into deep thought.

First of all, numbers can explain a lot of problems, such as bus seats, rooms in the ghost post office... Although the original book did not clearly explain what the numbers represent, none of the stories involving numbers are simple, and most of them are related to the Republic of China.

"We investigated five or six families, and all the disappearances were related to windows. The transcripts all mentioned that the victims were very close to the windows before they disappeared. Some family members even said that they saw a ghost hand stretched out from the window and directly dragged the person away."

"There are only 32 bodies in the unfinished building. The manner and cause of death are basically the same. There is a dark handprint on the arm that looks like a scratch."

“How many incidents have occurred?”

Cao Yang frowned. He couldn't analyze any useful information from these transcripts.

"I can't give up on this matter. Although the ghost riders in the Republic of China are terrifying, this is a rare opportunity. Even if I can steal a small part of it, it is worth the risk."

"Although Cao Yanhua can secretly fight for a lot of benefits for me, the prerequisite is that I can perform well enough. It is impossible to rely entirely on him."

Cao Yang was very clear about his plan. Besides, not all the people in the Republic of China were Seven Elders. If everyone was a ghost rider at the level of Seven Elders, the supernatural era would definitely be sealed off for hundreds of years, instead of reviving again today after decades. "The gravity ghost and the ghost carrying people, plus the death card, even if it can only buy one second, it is enough for me to escape with the ghost den."

Soon, Cao Yang made up his mind that the ghost window incident was worth further investigation, and the risks and benefits were proportional.

"Qian Guangming, confirm the identities of these bodies as soon as possible. Report the situation of the four people whose bodies cannot be found to me. We will go again later."

It is now early morning. Although Cao Yang is in high spirits, Qian Guangming is not a robot and it is impossible for him to maintain a high-intensity work state all the time.

After returning to the hotel, Cao Yang screened the existing information again and finally fell into a deep sleep.

In his dream, Cao Yang felt like he was in space, without any sense of gravity, and his body was out of control and could only float aimlessly. This feeling was very subtle, he could not feel the passage of time, and there was only nothingness around him, and he could not see anything.

Suddenly, Cao Yang felt his body shake violently, and something seemed to be sticking to his back. It was a thin and long black shadow, with two thin and long arms that were extremely strange. It was this thing that carried him on its back. This black shadow made Cao Yang feel inexplicably uneasy. The next second, Cao Yang found that his limbs had been separated from his body without knowing when, and his vision was also changing, as if his eyes were drooping.

It's a gravity ghost, it's a ghost that carries people on its back...

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound pulled Cao Yang back from his nightmare. When he opened his eyes, he found that all the furnishings in the room were either floating in the air or sunken, leaving a deep mark. It was a complete mess.
And he was not sleeping in the bed at all, the ghost carrying him was almost out of the room. If the death card had not fallen to the ground and awakened Cao Yang, he would have been carried far away by the ghost.

"Although a balance has been formed between the gravity ghost and the carrying ghost, without my subjective restraint, there is still a risk of losing control. The impact of the evil ghost on the surrounding environment is tangible and even fatal."

"Luckily, the Gravity Ghost is satisfied with my body and will instinctively reject other spirits. Otherwise, the Carrying Ghost would kill me in just a moment."

Cao Yang controlled gravity to move the items back to their original positions. Fortunately, he had considered this situation before and specifically requested a hotel with the least people, otherwise unnecessary casualties might have been caused.

"This situation also occurred after Yang Jian controlled the ghost. After Yang Jian fell asleep, the ghost would have the urge to take off other people's heads. Even after the machine crashed, Yang Jian could basically suppress the ghost's instinct."

Taking out his cell phone and checking the time, Cao Yang realized that it was already the afternoon of the next day. The erosion brought by the evil spirit made him weaken his perception of time.

"Qian Guangming, how is the matter going?"

"The bodies have been identified, and the identities of the other four missing persons have also been found. We are ready to go."

"Send me their location, and ask the technicians to compile a satellite map of the area where they disappeared and send it to me as well."

"Understood. I'll give the order right away."

Twenty minutes later, in the downtown area of ​​Zhongtang, Cao Yang and Qian Guangming arrived at the first store.

"My daughter disappeared right under my nose. She was gone in the blink of an eye. I saw her sitting in front of the dressing table taking off her makeup just a second ago."

Ren Guixiu couldn't hide her grief and cried to the two of them.

"Ms. Ren, don't worry. We are here to investigate the situation. Please tell Mr. Cao Yang everything that happened last night. He is the one sent by the higher-ups to investigate the missing persons case."

Qian Guangming comforted the woman in front of him and it took a lot of effort to stop her tears.

(End of this chapter)