Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 65 The Even More Terrifying Deeper Ghost Realm
At this time, as school ended, students left the school one after another, with only boarding students going to the cafeteria for meals.

The Academic Affairs Office has a general view of the entire No. 7 Middle School.

At this time, most of the ghost tamers were gathered here.

Zhao Kaiming, as the person in charge of Dachang City and the person in charge of coordinating this operation, is currently confirming the casualties.

"This is the latest student roster, and the names of the students who sacrificed their lives are marked in red. Next, we need to deal with the aftermath. I hope Zhao Jianguo won't cause any problems. I don't want any parents to come to the school, and I can't let the police get involved."

"Everything has been arranged by headquarters. No matter how many people die, it won't cause chaos," said a woman in a business suit with a ponytail standing next to Zhao Kaiming. "The key is that we're in a very passive position right now. It's only the first day of school, and there are already so many students..."

"This is nothing; more people will die in the future. In this era of supernatural revival, the number of deaths will continue to rise."

The woman in professional attire with a ponytail is named Tong Qian. She is a ghost tamer from another city and was dispatched to Dachang City by headquarters to provide support.

"The situation in Dachang City seems to be slightly better than I expected."

"Not much better." Zhao Kaiming carefully instructed, "After the new student handbook is distributed, remember what to do then, right?"

Whether it was Tong Qian or the other ghost tamers, they could clearly sense that Zhao Kaiming's emotions were very unstable.

Just then, there was a knock on the door of the Academic Affairs Office.

Zhang Han walked over and opened the door, and Jiang Jin and Liu Yan walked in.

"You've arrived," Zhao Kaiming said, his expression softening slightly upon seeing the two of them. "Jiang Jin, you did a good job this time, successfully stopping the first wave of tide before 16:45 PM."

Jiang Jin asked, "Did you see that black flag? Like the red flashlight, the green glow stick, and the blue and red potions, it adds another mystery."

“I’ve already said it, I’m more interested in understanding what these rules mean than you are. I’ll communicate with headquarters about the Black Flag issue,” Zhao Kaiming pointed to the duty roster on the wall. “You guys go eat first, and after you eat, follow the duty roster. Those who are supposed to patrol the night, patrol the dormitories, and those who are supposed to go home, go home. Everyone do their job! Don’t cause any trouble!”

On the back of Zhao Kaiming's neck, there is a bulge that is invisible to the naked eye.

That was the mind-peeping leech implanted by Liu Yan.

Unfortunately, it seems that the mind-reading leech has difficulty reading the memories of the ghost tamer.

Without a doubt, Zhao Kaiming was the person Liu Yan was most wary of. He colluded with a so-called wish ghost and tried to spread the curse of the ghost baby throughout Dachang City.

The problem is... the other party is a ghost tamer. Even if I know he's not a good person, I can't just rashly break off relations and fight him. I can only try to monitor him and wait for an opportunity to act.

Afterwards, Jiang Jin, Liu Yan, and several ghost riders went to the cafeteria for lunch. Each of them took a new student handbook, which specifically noted the students who died in the first wave of the tide.

“Remember, be especially vigilant about the possibility of ‘transfer students’,” Zhang Han reminded Liu Yan. “You are the homeroom teacher, so you need to pay special attention.”

"Nearly ten students died in the first wave," Liu Yan said, checking the newly printed student handbook. "So many students... are we really sure we can handle the aftermath?"

"I don't know, but headquarters said they have a way to handle the aftermath. There should be a Ghost Tamer who specializes in dealing with this kind of situation."

"It's likely a ghost tamer with the ability to alter memories," Tong Qian said. "Right now, the higher-ups still hope to keep the public informed about the resurgence of supernatural phenomena as much as possible."

Both Jiang Jin and Liu Yan felt intense unease.

The situation is increasingly diverging from the original plot.

Supernatural tides, transfer students, mysterious potions...

And then there's that mysterious black flag...

More and more situations, quite different from the original story of the starving ghost incident in Dachang City, began to emerge.

"Jiang Jin, I'm going to the restroom."

When Liu Yan reached the fourth floor, she decided to do something first.

"Ok, I will wait for you."

After entering the women's restroom, Liu Yan first checked herself in the mirror, then found a stall and closed the door. The gray worm appeared and spat out another piece of Tomie's flesh. In less than a minute, a perfectly preserved Tomie appeared before Liu Yan.

"Miss Liu, what are you doing?"

Although there are surveillance cameras in the women's restroom, she had already used the worms to cover the cameras beforehand.

Liu Yan squatted down and looked at Tomie.

“I know that you can sense the situation of your clones in the Lost Layer to some extent. You can sense each other. So, I want to know about the current situation in the Lost Layer.”

"What exactly do you want to know?" Tomie knew how formidable Liu Yan was, and dared not speak too presumptuously in front of her.

"This instance has been off from beginning to end," Liu Yan replied coldly. "The start of the school year at No. 7 Middle School, the bizarre rules, Yang Jian being nailed to the Lost Layer, and the appearance of that strange black flag. So I want to find out from you whether your clones have also begun to become ghost slaves in the Ghost Infant Ghost Realm?"

Tomie stared coldly at Liu Yan for a long time before saying, "Sigh, since you've asked, I'll have to investigate for you."

"hurry up!"

Doing this is actually risky; it wouldn't be good if Tomie's skin also turned bluish-black.

But Liu Yan still decided to take the gamble and see.

Tomie closed her eyes.

After a while, she suddenly opened her eyes!
"Oh my God……"

"What do you see?"

To Liu Yan's surprise, she saw a look of fear on Tomie's face!

This is Tomie!

That legendary immortal witch!

She can be afraid too??
"The situation..." Tomie's expression grew increasingly grim. "It's terrible."

"What's the meaning?"

“Deep within the Lost Layer… that’s what you call it, right… in a very deep place, something is controlling those ghost infants. Regardless of their stage, they are all being controlled; it’s a ghostly realm far more powerful than the one inside the library!”

“Even more powerful…” Liu Yan suddenly realized something, “You mean, the ghost infant is being controlled by another, more powerful ghost realm?”

"The ghost babies seem to be drawn to and summoned by this school... Some more terrifying source of evil is controlling them for its own use!"

Liu Yan's body trembled slightly. Suddenly, she felt a strong sense of nausea and then vomited on the ground!

The thing she spat out made a crisp metallic clanging sound.

Those were one after another rusty, completely metallic gray nematodes!

"No, it's impossible..."

How could a gray nematode turn into something rusty?
Tomie said, her face deathly pale, "'It' has noticed you... that deep-seated source demon..."

At the same time, Jiang Jin, who was waiting outside the door, suddenly saw Deathstroke begin to wail in pain. Then, Deathstroke's head was twisted 180 degrees!

"Death knell!"

Jiang Jin quickly took out the Mourning Cry from the Reincarnator's Watch!
But the next moment, he discovered that the front of the mournful gun barrel had been twisted into a pretzel shape!

Liu Yan continued to vomit rusty gray worms, and eventually even vomited blood.

Tomie said, her face pale, "Miss Liu, please let me go. This is really not a situation I can help you with! I need to leave this school immediately, as far away as possible!"

(End of this chapter)