Mysterious Resurrection: The Peddler

Chapter 29 Jiang Shangbai

But this time it was a phone call, but a text message, the content was very simple:
"Tomorrow at 12 noon, Yuheng Bus Stop, Beidou Road, Otsu City."

In addition, there are files on the floating corpse incident.

"The Daji City Floating Corpse Ghost Incident, Hazard Level B, Terror Level Unknown, File Creator: Daji City Director Jiang Shangbai."

The following is a rough outline of what happened:
"On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, several corpses appeared floating in the Yellow River basin in the north of Daji City. At first, Jiang Shangbai didn't pay much attention to it. After all, so many people committed suicide by jumping into the river every year, so the appearance of corpses in the water was not a big deal."

"But what's strange is that many pale, swollen corpses appeared in that area of ​​water every day for the next three days. Jiang Shangbai then realized that it might be a supernatural event, so he went to investigate."

"According to the report provided by Jiang Shangbai, the floating corpse is indeed tainted with supernatural powers, and its nature is similar to that of a ghost slave, and it seems to have certain mobility."

"Not only that, the identities of these floating corpses cannot be confirmed, even with the most advanced matching technology. Some of the corpses are even wearing clothes that are decades old."

"The following is Jiang Shangbai's personal speculation: I reasonably suspect that these floating corpses are not from Daji City, but that they drowned decades or even more years ago and surfaced because of the influence of the supernatural."

"For safety reasons, I did not dive underwater. I just temporarily isolated the waters, urgently processed a batch of gold salvaging tools, and sent professionals to take turns to salvage."

"The ghost appeared, and some salvage workers clearly saw a body that was obviously different from the one under the water, and three people were pulled into the water and drowned."

"The ghost walked out of the water onto the shore. I used my ability to control the ghost, but it was useless. The ghost returned to the water after I kicked it. I failed to restrict its movement."

Jiang Shangbai, the person in charge of Daji City, codenamed Ghost Foot, his specific abilities are unknown. The person in the photo is a young man who is about the same age as Cao Yang.

At the end of the text message, Zhao Jianguo also thoughtfully attached Jiang Shangbai's photo and file.

Jiang Shangbai updated a report again two days ago:
"The ghost didn't leave. It's still in Daje City. I received more than a dozen reports of floating corpses in one day. Through some means, I finally determined the location of the ghost - Daje City Foreign Affairs College."

"Note: Do not try to enter the water. The entire area of ​​water may have been polluted by evil spirits. There is no limit to the possibility of evil spirits entering the water."

Find Jiang Shangbai, and the two work together to solve the floating corpse ghost incident. This is the task assigned to Cao Yang by the headquarters. However, Jiang Shangbai is the person in charge of Daji City, and this incident should be solved by him. Cao Yang is just a support.

Somehow, Cao Yang always felt that this floating corpse ghost was a bit similar to a ghost that appeared in the original book, but he didn't have a deep impression, so Cao Yang had to continue watching.

Cao Yang touched his chin and thought in his mind.

The report stopped here. Perhaps Jiang Shangbai was on the verge of recovery during the fight against the ghost. Fang Shiming behind him provided him with information about the bus, which is why he lost contact with the headquarters.

"The results of the salvage are not optimistic. There are swollen and pale human heads, various human limbs, and various human tissues such as hair and teeth."

"In general, it's not that difficult. It can be said that this is a great feat. As long as I can get Jiang Shangbai off the bus, no one will say anything about the floating corpse incident even if I don't participate."

"I waited for two days, but the ghost didn't appear again, and no bodies floated up in the water. The ghost may have left."

The next day, Cao Yang blocked Beidou Road early, and the buses passing through this route also received a notice of suspension of service inexplicably. Everything was prepared just to wait for the arrival of the ghost bus.

At noon, Cao Yang stood at the Yuheng bus stop. Not far away, an old bus that was mottled and dilapidated and even missing a rearview mirror was slowly approaching here.

Here it comes. "Crack~!"

The ghost bus stopped smoothly at the Yuheng bus stop, and Cao Yang had a serious expression. It was not difficult to pull Jiang Shangbai off, but the key was to beware of the ghosts who might get off here.

However, Cao Yang's worries seemed unnecessary. There were not many passengers on the bus, and no ordinary people or ghosts got off at this stop. Only then did he get on the bus with peace of mind.

There was a black electronic display screen hanging in the middle of the bus, with red lights forming a line of words floating by: "Current number of passengers: 4".

Cao Yang's eyes fell on the interior of the carriage, carefully looking for Jiang Shangbai.

"Four ghosts, minus the bus itself, that means there are three ghosts in the car, and the others are either ghost riders or ordinary people."

"found it!"

Jiang Shangbai was sitting in a window seat at the back of the car at this moment, but he seemed to have fallen asleep and did not wake up because the car stopped.

No, he was not asleep. It seemed that some kind of spiritual influence had affected him. It was hard to say whether Jiang Shangbai would die in his sleep if he really fell asleep.

Cao Yang quickly walked to Jiang Shangbai, picked him up, and then quickly left the bus through the back door.

Jiang Shangbai was confused when he opened his eyes, but his expression changed instantly when he saw Cao Yang.

"Who the hell are you?! Are you looking for death? How dare you touch me, Jiang Shangbai?"

That bus was specially provided by Mr. Fang based on the information to help him delay the resurrection of the evil spirit, but this strange man in front of him actually took advantage of his confusion and pulled him off the bus?

Jiang Shangbai felt like he was about to explode with anger, and immediately prepared to use the power of Ghost Foot to deal with Cao Yang.

Jiang Shangbai lifted both of his feet at the same time, and from the shadows beneath his feet, a pair of soles that looked like those of a dead person suddenly stretched out. The soles of these feet were covered with corpse spots, and looked eerie and cold. They replaced his feet and landed on the ground.

"What an idiot who can't even see the situation clearly."

Cao Yang's tone was cold and disdainful. These guys in the circle of friends always behaved the same way. They were the kings of civil war, but now they became cowards in the face of supernatural events.

"You didn't even realize that you were almost killed by a ghost, and you even tried to attack me. I really don't know how you became the person in charge with your IQ."

Jiang Shangbai was stunned when he heard this, and Cao Yang had already written Jiang Shangbai's name on the death card with blood. Invisible shackles instantly restricted his hands and feet, even the movement of his dead feet was affected.

The sudden change made Jiang Shangbai shocked and scared. The opponent made him unable to move with just a wooden sign. His strength was definitely far above his own.

Thinking carefully about his experience on the bus, he really didn't know when he became confused and unconscious. Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Jiang Shangbai's forehead, and he took back the pair of dead feet.

"Let me introduce myself, I'm Cao Yang, the person in charge of Dajin City. The headquarters sent me to find you, hoping that we can work together to solve the floating corpse ghost incident in Daji City."

Cao Yang erased Jiang Shangbai's name written in blood on the death card and removed the shackles. Jiang Shangbai then shook hands with Cao Yang in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)