Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 64 The Plan to Rescue Yang Jian
Inside the library, shrouded in a thick haze.

Yang Jian knew at this moment that he wouldn't live much longer.

Although he has become a demon tamer, his body is still human and he still needs to eat.

Trapped here, he has no way to escape. If he tries to save himself by cutting off his arm, the dark blue ghostly hand will reach out to stop him.

Even with the body of a Ghost Tamer, keeping his heart rate and pulse at a minimum to reduce his need for food, Yang Jian would still die sooner or later if he continued to go without food and water.

He knew that "something" deep within this dark, gloomy atmosphere had been waiting for him to die, so that he could become a ghost slave!
"The situation is completely different from what Wang Xiaoming said..."

Yang Jian recalled that evening self-study session more than two months ago, when he first saw Zhou Zheng, who was heavily pregnant and about to have a ghost infant burst out of his body. He also remembered that in the end, in order to save his classmates, Zhou Zheng released the ghost infant from his body.

Now that I think about it...

"It was all arranged by 'that thing'..."

Yang Jian thought of the deceased Zhou Zheng and the gloomy atmosphere that now pervaded Dachang City. He knew that this was just the beginning, and the supernatural resurgence would continue to intensify. If this continued, humanity would face extinction in this supernatural era.

Originally, he was a high school senior with no lofty ambitions. However, when he recalled the dead classmates, the newspaper ghost disguised as his father, and the ghost coffin in Huanggang Village, he gradually developed a sense of "with great power comes great responsibility".

So, under Wang Xiaoming's instructions, he released the ghost domain, obtained the coffin nails, and entered the gloom-shrouded Seventh Middle School, intending to deal with the source of the ghost there. But he never expected…

……

"When I got to the flagpole, I couldn't see anything anymore."

In the broadcasting room, Jiang Jin followed the infrared aiming point, pulled the trigger, and finally silenced all the sound.

After the gloom in the broadcasting room dissipated, Jiang Jin saw the playground outside the window.

Although the gloom over the playground was still quite heavy, he could vaguely see a black flag hanging high on the flagpole. But when Jiang Jin rushed to the flagpole, he only saw a bare flagpole.

"This alternate world... will probably be very different from what you've read in the novel!"

In fact, both Jiang Jin and Liu Yan had thought of this to some extent.

Horror instances and their real-world counterparts in movies, games, and novels will have strong connections, but in reality, there will be significant differences. The reincarnation system seems to drastically alter the plot, making it difficult to completely replicate the original story.

“Red flashlights, green glow sticks, and some blue and red potions… Come to think of it, why is it blue and red again? I’m almost allergic to these two colors,” Jiang Jin recalled the contents of the rules. “There are many things that don’t connect to the original plot you mentioned. And now I’m particularly concerned about one thing… that is the flagpole and the old locust tree.”

Both the student code of conduct and the faculty and staff code of conduct specifically emphasize the need to be vigilant against crawling babies appearing under flagpoles.

But judging from the current situation, it seems that ghost babies can appear anywhere, so why do the rules specifically tell them to be wary of ghost babies crawling under the flagpole?

“That flagpole originally displayed the school flag of Dachang No. 7 Middle School,” Liu Yan said. “But starting from the new semester, the flag-raising ceremony was completely abandoned.” Yes, that’s it.

Yang Jian's experiences, such as the Dachang City shrouded in a dark, bluish-black haze in his eyes, and the bluish-black ghost infants rampaging through the school, all match the original plot of the novel. In the novel, No. 7 Middle School had already been completely abandoned.

But in this terrifying scenario, No. 7 Middle School reopened with these bizarre rules. The Ghost Tamer headquarters remained tight-lipped about the principles behind these rules, even Zhao Kaiming, the new head of Dachang City, was unaware of them. Who established these rules, and why was No. 7 Middle School allowed to continue operating? It was all completely unknown.

"Actually, when I was reading the novel, I noticed a very illogical thing at the beginning of the plot. That is... Zhou Zheng, who is in charge of Dachang City, is giving a safety science course to the students."

This is completely unreasonable.

"If the higher-ups have already decided to make the existence of ghosts public, then it's definitely not the case that they'd send a city official, a ghost tamer, to personally conduct an evening study session at a high school to educate the public. This isn't the old print media era anymore. This kind of education is not only inefficient, but do you think a few high school seniors would believe it? Even if they did, would they be able to spread the information? Even if they were to educate the public, would Zhou Zheng, the head of Dachang City, personally do it? With that kind of efficiency, how many schools would he have to visit in a day? And if schools are involved, what about government agencies, fire stations, police stations, and hospitals? And what about someone whose internal ghost is on the verge of resurrection?"

"Actually, I had the same feeling when you mentioned the plot of the novel."

"From the plot perspective, the two plot points of the knocking ghost appearing in Dachang City and Fang Jing finding the parchment have no causal relationship with Zhou Zheng coming to Class 7 of Senior Three. Zhou Zheng's character in the novel is also a very serious and responsible person. Releasing the ghost baby is also to fight against the ghost domain of the knocking ghost. So, if he comes to a school when there is a vengeful ghost in his body at any time, wouldn't he be afraid of losing control and causing safety problems for the students?"

"Of course, I didn't pay much attention when reading the novel. After all, it's a novel, and it's normal for the author to have some oversights in the early stages of serialization. But if it were to evolve into a real world, we couldn't ignore this issue. Why did Zhou Zheng choose to come to Dachang No. 7 Middle School to educate people about ghosts? Was it because he found the square mirror on the parchment, or because he knew in advance that the knocking ghost would appear, or... is Dachang No. 7 Middle School something special?"

Liu Yan herself leans more towards the last inference.

Jiang Jin also agreed with Liu Yan's deduction.

The two had now moved from the fifth floor to the third floor.

Through their combined efforts with those of the ghost tamers, the first wave of supernatural forces had been suppressed. However, they all knew that this was merely a brief calm before the storm.

"Liu Yan... According to the basic settings of the [Terror Resurgence] plane, ghosts with ghost domains can turn the ghosts of those killed by their ghost domains into ghost slaves, right?"

"Yes, for example, Wang Shanshan in the original novel had the mark of a ghost slave on her body. Once she died, she would immediately become a ghost slave in the ghost realm of the ghost infant."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jin seemed to be deep in thought.

A black flag flies amidst a dark, gloomy haze...

The red flashlight under the locust tree...

And... the blue and red medicine from the medical department...

"Liu Yan, when do we set off to rescue Yang Jian?"

"Let's see how things go," Liu Yan thought to herself. "The more information we can gather, the better. But we must rescue him before midnight tonight, before our wedding anniversary ends. That's the best opportunity!"

(End of this chapter)