Mysterious Resurrection: What If

Chapter 101 The Squad (Fourteen)
Shen Liang hung up the phone after he finished speaking.

"Captain Shen, didn't they agree?"

Liu Xiaoyu was organizing a large pile of documents, her forehead covered in sweat from exhaustion.

Shen Liang shook his head.

"This kid, after hanging out with Yang Jian for so long, he's becoming more and more like him. He even said he wanted to go to the nearest airport, what a load of nonsense!"

However, his tone softened immediately afterward.

"Last time, headquarters always owed him something. Let's arrange a special plane for them. Also, notify Dachang City to clear the crowds near the landing area. If they recover, we can keep the risk to a minimum."

Liu Xiaoyu nodded: "Understood, I'll take care of it right away."

On the return flight, Huang Ziya and Feng Quan both regained consciousness, but they looked sickly and could fall into a coma again at any moment.

Zhang Han asked, "Zhao Lei, how exactly did you get into the newspaper? It's unbelievable that a person's consciousness could be preserved until now."

"Well, it's a long story..."

Zhao Lei sighed, seemingly unwilling to continue the conversation.

Huang Ziya suddenly jumped up and rushed over, her eyes shining, completely lacking the restlessness of a resurrected ghost. She said in a very gossipy tone:

"Tell us, tell us! We're all eager to hear it."

Zhao Lei remained silent for a few seconds, seemingly organizing his thoughts.

"At first, I encountered that ghost at Yang Jian's house. It transformed into Yang Jian's appearance and attacked me. When I woke up, my memory was distorted, but I didn't know what the problem was. I only knew that I had a grudge against Yang Jian and that I wanted to kill him..."

Everyone's expression changed slightly upon hearing this. A supernatural entity capable of silently invading the consciousness of the living might not even realize it was being attacked.

Huang Ziya whispered, "Did you know? I heard that what happened at headquarters was that a high-ranking official's memory was altered, releasing a 'starving ghost'."

Feng Quan slumped in his seat, his skin peeling off like clumps of mud. He asked weakly, "Who told you that? It sounds so far-fetched."

"Hmph, of course he's one of my suitors."

Feng Quan scoffed, "You have suitors? You're all about technology, but nothing about you is real. Those suitors of yours are probably just menial workers at headquarters, and it's all just gossip."

Huang Ziya touched her face and pointed at Feng Quan, retorting, "What do you know, you mud doll? With my looks and figure, isn't it natural that I have some suitors at headquarters? Besides, even if a vengeful ghost that can alter people's memories invades headquarters, no one will know, right? I think Zhao Lei should also alter your memories, so that you'll remember to take a bath every day!"

Feng Quan paused for a moment upon hearing this, lost in thought. Huang Ziya's words seemed to flash through his mind like a prompt, but he subconsciously ignored this strange feeling.

'Memory? Is there something wrong with my memory too?'

"Okay, stop talking nonsense."

Zhang Han interrupted the two of them.

"Can't you two ever shut up for a minute? Even at this rate, you still can't hold back your words." He said to Zhao Lei, "Sorry, they've always been like this. Please continue."

Zhao Lei said, "Uh, it's nothing. Actually, I quite like to joke around. Do you guys know Zhang Wei?... He and I are very close..."

Upon hearing the name Zhang Wei, all three gave Zhao Lei a strange look and said in unison:
"You're not as stupid as Zhang Wei, are you?"

Zhao Lei scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said softly, "Back in school, Zhang Wei, Yang Jian, and I were often called the 'Three Scoundrels of No. 7 Middle School'."

After hearing Zhao Lei finish speaking, Zhang Han couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Judging from this, Zhao Lei should also be joining Yang Jian's team.

But Xiong Wenwen always looked like he deserved a beating, and everyone wanted to punch him.

Huang Ziya and Feng Quan were constantly arguing, neither willing to concede to the other.

Tong Qian, the only one who was somewhat normal and didn't talk much, is now dead.

Now another talent of 'Zhang Wei' level has arrived. Is there anyone normal in this team besides myself...?
Zhang Han sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"Let's put that aside for now, Zhao Lei. According to what you said, your memories were altered back then. So what happened after that? Why did you lose your body?"

Zhao Lei continued, "The vengeful ghost's alteration of my memories was clearly incomplete. I remember my experiences with Yang Jian very clearly. I realized that my memories had been tampered with, so I wrote down some clues in my notebook to guide Yang Jian to find me..."

“I tried to modify the newspaper itself to make it think that I had mastered it, but I failed. An ordinary person’s consciousness is no match for a vengeful ghost. When I regained consciousness, my body was gone and Yang Jian had taken the newspaper. But this gave me the opportunity to partially master that half of the newspaper.”

Zhang Han nodded thoughtfully. Zhao Lei spoke lightly, but only he knew the danger involved. Even the lowest level of vengeful ghost would be fatal for an ordinary person, let alone this kind of supernatural phenomenon involving consciousness.

But it must be said that Zhao Lei's reaction was indeed quick; he actually thought of using the newspaper's own rules to counter it. Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have lived to see Yang Jian take the newspaper away.

The plane had begun its descent. Feng Quan sat up, looking like he had recovered somewhat. He asked, "So how did you find that ghost, and how did you get to DQ City?"

"A ghost that walked out of the Caesars Hotel"

A deep fear was evident in Zhao Lei's eyes.

"That hotel was infested with many terrifying ghosts. The ghost that led me out was special; I called it the Shy Ghost. Its characteristic was that it hid from the living, but once someone saw it, it would follow that person until its entire face was clearly seen, at which point it would start killing..."

“A passing office worker accidentally saw it. I used the newspaper to barely prevent the Shy Ghost from triggering its killing pattern. In this way, the Shy Ghost kept appearing around that person, and eventually I came to DQ City. You all know what happened next. I met Cao Yang and deliberately trapped him there, just because I wanted to use him to awaken my consciousness.”

"You're really something!"

Huang Ziya was surprised after hearing this. Zhao Lei had not only managed to control half of the newspaper, although it was not a perfect control, he had at least survived.

Furthermore, based on this, they used the murder patterns of vengeful spirits to leave Caesars Hotel and arrive in DQ City.

The Caesars Hotel, a haunted place imprisoning countless vengeful spirits, contains an almost endless number of rooms and contains entities that even Yang Jian cannot resolve.
(End of this chapter)