Mysterious Awakening

The next day.

A civilian helicopter arrived punctually outside the residential area, and the accompanying personnel were few, only three.

An associated staff member said, "Considering the impact of this matter, the operation needs to be conducted in a rather covert manner, so we can't escort you too ostentatiously. I hope you can understand."

"I understand, let's set off," Yang Jian nodded and then boarded the aircraft.

This was mentioned by Zhao Jianguo yesterday. Given his special status now, if Ghost Eye Yang Jian, who could resolve S-level supernatural events, were to be seen entering Z city, wouldn't it proclaim to the world that Z city's supernatural incidents were extremely serious?

So it was best to keep as low-profile as possible.

As the helicopter headed toward Z city.

Yang Jian sat on the plane, eyes closed, lost in thought.

He hadn't slept the night before because the message Zhao Lei left before dying gave him a sense of inexplicable urgency.

The hint from the Ghost Cabinet, Zhao Lei's appearance, the Dead Man's Head balloon incidents in Z city, and the disappearance of Ghost Face Tong Qian... all these seemed like a tangled mess, impossible to clarify clearly, yet each element hid immense horror, demanding one's vigilance.

The staff member sitting next to him was stealthily sizing up Yang Jian.

It wasn't due to some emotion transcending friendship between men but pure curiosity.

The rumor of Ghost Eye Yang Jian single-handedly solving Dachang City's supernatural incident was an allure any person would want to know more about.

This was the curiosity of humans toward the unknown and mysterious.

"The Caesar Hotel in Z city is a key place. All signs point there," Yang Jian said, listening to the last communication recording between Tong Qian and his own operator through his headphones.

"My name is Tong Qian. I am sorry for the Dead Man's Head balloon incident in Z city. I have been unable to reach a solution for some time, but after examining the city's surveillance and video footage, I discovered that the first few heads were floating above the Southern City area of Z city."

"...Today, I searched for another day, and, driven by some innate sense, I arrived in front of the well-known Caesar Hotel in the Southern City. An instinct told me there seems to be a problem with this hotel, and I need to investigate it personally."

The recording should have paused here.

"There's... a problem here," the last sentence of the recording echoed, and after that, Tong Qian's voice was no longer heard.

The recording material ended there.

Tong Qian had disappeared at the Caesar Hotel, at least that much could be deduced from the recording.

"Can Feng Quan and Guo Fan be contacted?" Yang Jian asked directly into the satellite-located phone after listening to the recording.

From the moment he set out, his phone had been functional around the clock.

Back at the headquarters, his two exclusive operators, Qin Meirou, and Liu Xiaoyu, were also on duty 24 hours a day to handle communications.

Liu Xiaoyu's voice came through, "They can be contacted. Do you need to connect with them?"

"No need, notify Zhao Jianguo that once I enter Z city, I will head straight to the Caesar Hotel. During my mission, those two must stay away from the Caesar Hotel and refrain from appearing before me under any circumstance," Yang Jian firmly stated.

Because starting now, he had to be cautious.

If someone had had their memories altered, then they would somehow attempt to approach him and wait for an opportunity to make a move.

In other words, all the necromancers currently in Z city were untrustworthy, and the safest option was to keep distance from them.

"This means you'll be lacking assistance," Liu Xiaoyu pointed out.

Yang Jian replied, "Didn't you read my report from yesterday? There's a ghost in Z city capable of manipulating memories, so I can't trust them. Keeping my distance until the case is closed is the best approach."

"But according to the communications from Guo Fan and Feng Quan, they haven't been attacked."

Liu Xiaoyu said, "Our side has already analyzed their call logs and voice recordings from last night. The possibility that their memories have been altered doesn't exceed ten percent. We can confirm they are safe."

"Any mistake in the face of supernatural events can be fatal. Maybe the death of a few necromancers doesn't matter, but if the situation worsens, the consequences could be massive. I am already facing plenty of challenges, and I don't want an additional potential threat.

If the headquarters insists on them providing so-called support, then I choose to cancel the mission in Z city," Yang Jian said with utter seriousness.

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"I'll keep an eye out for those people," Yang Jian said.

During the call, suddenly, a helicopter that was flying normally seemed to encounter something, drastically tilting to the right, causing several people sitting in the cabin to almost lose their balance and fall over.

"What happened?" a fellow staff member immediately asked.

The co-pilot immediately said, "We've just entered the airspace above Dachang City, and we nearly hit something during the flight."

After stabilizing himself, Yang Jian immediately looked out the window.

But he saw several objects floating in the sky above Dachang City like balloons. They wandered above the city, swaying with the wind. Even though they were widely scattered, a casual glance revealed at least dozens of them.

The nearest balloon seemed to drift over intentionally.

Yang Jian immediately confirmed that this object was exactly the same as the one recorded in the archive photos.

A human head.

The head bore a face that had lost its color and turned deathly pale, with eyes closed and completely motionless, as if trapped in a deep sleep.

"Is this the Dead Man's Head balloon?" Yang Jian observed for quite a while.

He didn't notice anything unusual about the Dead Man's Head balloon; it seemed to be just an ordinary dead man's head.

But not finding anything unusual didn't mean there wasn't a problem.

Would ordinary dead man's heads float like this above a city?

"Try to avoid these things and find a place to land, then you can leave," Yang Jian said aloud.

"Understood," the pilot replied.

As normal people, everyone knows not to touch such things, for who knows what accidents might occur?

"Although they're scattered, there are at least a couple of hundred heads floating in the sky," Yang Jian noted as the helicopter prepared to descend.

From his assessment, he could only roughly estimate the number of people who died in paranormal events.

Frankly, the number wasn't high.

It didn't even qualify as an A-level paranormal event, but if it wasn't stopped soon, it could still potentially escalate into a disaster.

The helicopter finally landed in a park under construction.

This location was a bit away from the city center and had fewer surrounding buildings, and there were no heads floating above, making it a relatively safe spot in Dachang City.

However, once the helicopter landed, Yang Jian saw several temporary command centers and a few helicopters parked there.

These must be the private helicopters of Guo Fan and Feng Quan.

As soon as he got off the helicopter, a staff member hurried over: "Are you Yang Jian? I'm Zhang Gao, the special event liaison of Dachang City, in charge of contacting you and providing coordination for your mission during your stay."

"I'm Yang Jian from Southern City," Yang Jian stepped down and shook hands with this Zhang Gao: "Has Xiong Wenwen arrived? I don't want to waste time. If possible, I'll start my action right now."

He didn't want to drag things out, giving Zhao Lei too many chances to cause trouble.

"She arrived ten minutes ago," Zhang Gao said sternly. "Ready to cooperate with you at any time."

Ten minutes?

This meant that headquarters had almost timed the delivery of Xiong Wenwen perfectly, which also proved the precious nature of this child.

"Please take me to Xiong Wenwen," Yang Jian said; "I want to have a talk with her."

"No problem," Zhang Gao immediately led the way.

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