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After the names Zhou Deng and Zhang Jun were mentioned, the meeting room fell silent.

No one expected that Cao Yanhua's chosen candidates for the crucial decapitation operation would be these two.

Team leader Zhang Xun, who had just returned from abroad, and Zhou Deng, who was said to have some questionable dealings.

The other team leaders didn't have a deep impression of these two, nor were they clear about their specific abilities. Entrusting such an important matter concerning everyone to them was indeed difficult to convince the team.

Cao Yang's stiff face darkened: "Minister Cao, if I remember correctly, headquarters isn't a place where you can make the decisions all at once, is it? I think it's better to let everyone vote on such a crucial appointment."

Cao Yanhua remained calm in the face of Cao Yang's questions.

"Headquarters is certainly not a place where I can make my own decisions. In other words, I, as the nominal deputy minister, am nothing in front of the captains and have no say. After all, in the current environment, whoever has the strongest fist has the right to speak."

"However... this arrangement was Captain Lu's idea."

"Captain Lu? Lu Ming?"

The atmosphere in the meeting room changed imperceptibly.

Upon hearing the name Lu Ming, everyone took it seriously.

It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why the headquarters is in such an awkward situation is largely because Lu Ming has not stepped forward to take charge.

Now that Cao Yanhua has brought up the name again, the captains' hearts are filled with a faint sense of anticipation.

"Minister Cao...you're saying this is Lu Ming's idea? Does that mean he's secretly controlling the situation?"

Faced with this question, Cao Yanhua remained outwardly calm and selectively glossed over the issue.

Even when facing these captains, he would not easily reveal his secrets.

Given the already turbulent situation and the Ark Project causing widespread anxiety, the most important thing now is to keep everyone calm and focused.

If Cao Yanhua were to tell the truth to these team leaders that Lu Ming had truly disappeared, not only would the others in the paranormal community be filled with anxiety, but even these team leaders themselves would be in a state of unease.

Of course, Cao Yanhua wasn't lying.

It was indeed Lu Ming's idea to assign Zhang Jun and Zhou Deng to carry out the mission.

Before leaving, Lu Ming specifically instructed that Zhang Jun was very capable and Zhou Deng could be trusted. If the headquarters encountered any difficult supernatural events, they should give more consideration to these two captains.

Especially Zhou Deng.

This guy's abilities may sound unremarkable, but they can be surprisingly effective at certain times.

In the original timeline, Zhou Deng could have even stolen Zhang Xianguang's broadsword first.

"Alright, if everyone has no questions, then it's decided. This operation is top secret. You are all captains at headquarters, so you must know the seriousness of the matter. I won't repeat myself."

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It was late at night.

In an unnamed sea area abroad.

The headquarters briefly detected unusual paranormal phenomena using high-tech methods.

This unusual paranormal phenomenon appeared very briefly, almost instantaneously, but it was still detected by the headquarters' equipment.

It seems that something is shuttling between the haunted place and reality, like a ghost bus.

At first, there was only a thin, hazy fog on the distant horizon. Although it was a thin fog and not thick, it was so dense that it was impossible to see through it, and no one knew what was hidden behind it.

This is because there is some kind of supernatural presence in this fog that interferes with normal people's vision.

In a seemingly insignificant moment, an old, dilapidated, and lifeless ship appeared.

The ship was clearly in a terrible state of disrepair, obviously abandoned for a long time. From bow to stern, there wasn't a single intact part, which fits the description of ghost ships in foreign legends.

Logically speaking, such a dilapidated ghost ship could not possibly have set sail, let alone travel to such distant waters and brave the storm.

In some places, there were even dim lights on the ship, as if people lived inside.

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It can be said that all the strange and unreasonable things here are just the tip of the iceberg; there are many more incomprehensible oddities on this ship.

Although no vengeful spirits were seen wandering on it, according to the information provided by Lu Ming, this ghost ship was pieced together from countless supernatural forces, and it was undoubtedly full of vengeful spirits.

Unfortunately, even the most precise instruments can only capture fleeting images.

The eerie ghost ship quickly disappeared back into the thick fog, leaving no trace.

The reason for this is that the ghost ship has now returned to the supernatural realm and left the real world.

Since it doesn't exist in the real world, naturally no instrument can detect its trace.

“We have very little information... In fact, most of this information was provided by Lu Ming before, and we have almost no new intelligence of our own.”

Although none of the team leaders understood why Lu Ming didn't step in for this plan and instead had Zhang Jun and Zhou Deng, two guys whose backgrounds were unknown, make the decision, they couldn't say much since it was the captain's arrangement.

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Headquarters captain Zhou Deng and Zhang Jun quickly arrived at the sea area where the ghost ship was detected.

Zhou Deng remained nonchalant, shaking his head as he said, "I don't know what those people in the King's Organization are thinking. Even if their Ark Project succeeds, it won't delay them for long. Once the situation deteriorates completely and the supernatural fully resurfaces, they will still have no chance of winning."

Zhang Jun glanced at Zhou Deng.

As a team leader who spends most of his time abroad, he has some understanding of the internal workings of the King's Organization.

Zhang Jun's guess was that a real vengeful ghost had infiltrated the King's Organization and influenced the decisions of its top leaders.

However, seeing Zhou Deng's unreliable appearance, Zhang Jun thought for a moment and still didn't say anything.

Seeing that Zhang Jun was ignoring him, Zhou Deng continued to mutter to himself, "But... on the other hand, I do hope that there really is something good on this ghost ship, so that I can bring something back with me and not have made a wasted trip."

Before even boarding the boat, Zhou Deng was already thinking about stealing other people's things.

If the other team leaders were here, they would probably be looking down on him in their hearts.

"Let's not think about these things for now. We must seize the opportunity to board the ship the next time the ghost ship appears."

Because there's no way to locate it in advance, and the ghost ship moves erratically between the supernatural and reality, they must seize the next opportunity; otherwise, there's a high probability they won't have another chance to appear for a long time.

About five minutes later, somewhere a hundred kilometers away, the thin fog that could obscure one's vision reappeared, and the boundary between the supernatural and reality blurred in that instant.

The lifeless, dilapidated, and old ship in the scene reappears once again.

"Right now."

As Zhang Jun finished speaking, the two seized the opportunity and used their Ghost Domain to simultaneously invade the ghost ship.

But the next moment, both of them felt a strange sense of horror.

Because they realized they had oversimplified things.

The five-layered ghost realm can break down the boundary between the supernatural and reality, and can also invade most supernatural places.

However, when Zhang Jun's ghost domain came into contact with the ghost ship, he discovered that his ghost domain had been forcibly distorted.

Twisted, deformed, and finally collapsed, it couldn't penetrate the ghost ship in the slightest.

"Are you kidding me? My Ghost Domain is as fragile as a sheet of paper in front of the Ghost Ship..."

"That's not all. Even if we manage to board the ghost ship after going through all sorts of hardships, our own supernatural abilities will be severely suppressed. I was wondering before why so many vengeful ghosts stayed obediently on the ship. Now it seems that the ship itself is very special and has an extremely strong suppressive power against supernatural beings."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Deng added, "In that case, this ghost ship is somewhat similar to the ghost bus I used to ride. Whether you are a ghost tamer or a vengeful ghost, once you get on, you have to stay put."

"Sigh... In that case, it's really unrealistic to steal anything from up there. If only Lu Ming were here..."

Although Zhou Deng was greedy, he was not stupid. He knew when to take action and when not to take risks.

"Lu Ming? If it's him, he might indeed have a solution."

Zhang Jun and Zhou Deng both fought alongside Lu Ming.

Or rather, they had all witnessed Lu Ming's terrifying nature.

One is facing a desperate situation where five kings are besieging them, and the other is dealing with the seven elders of the Republic of China in an unreal world.

Both were undoubtedly in dire straits at the time.

An ordinary ghost tamer wouldn't even be able to imagine how to survive and leave in this situation.

But Lu Ming succeeded both times.

Therefore, in the hearts of Zhang Jun and Zhou Deng, Lu Ming was a true god.

"There's no time to think about all that. Opportunities are fleeting, and this is the only chance. This is headquarters' last hope to stop Project Ark, and we absolutely cannot let it slip away."

Although reason told Zhang Jun that forcing his way in now was definitely not a wise move, he still couldn't accept doing nothing and just sitting there waiting to die.

Although Zhou Deng did not express his own opinion, his thoughts were clearly the same as Zhang Jun's.

The two rushed toward the ghost ship at the same time.

But then something astonishing happened.

Just as the two approached the ghost ship, their ghostly auras simultaneously failed, and they both fell into the sea.

The seawater near the ghost ship appeared calm, but it was pitch black, impossible for anyone to see through, and seemed capable of swallowing everything.

From Zhang Jun and Zhou Deng's perspective, the icy seawater soaked their bodies, and everything around them was pitch black. One after another, cold and withered hands reached out from the seawater, trying to grab them and pull them into a deeper, more supernatural realm.

The two were powerless to resist. Even though they knew it was dangerous, they could only be pulled into the sea by those hands.

"Zhou Deng! Grab that rope! We can't go on like this. If we stay submerged in seawater any longer, we'll all die."

Zhang Jun keenly noticed a tattered rope hanging from the ghost ship, knowing it was their chance to survive.

The next moment, Zhang Jun activated the supernatural power of the Ghost Heart, and the heart in his chest began to beat violently, providing him with tremendous power in a short period of time.

With Gui Xin's help, Zhang Jun not only managed to grab the rope himself, but also brought Zhou Deng, who was already dizzy and disoriented, onto the boat.

Zhou Deng lay on the ground, somewhat exhausted. In terms of raw strength, he was definitely no match for Zhang Jun, so he looked much more disheveled.

Of course, we can't blame Zhou Deng for being useless.

Swimming in that cold seawater doesn't count as swimming in the true sense of the word.

Each wave's impact is like a supernatural shock; if the ghost tamer stays inside for too long, even the vengeful spirit within them might be expelled.

Zhang Jun thought to himself, "The decapitation plan was too hasty. To put it bluntly, Cao Yanhua was simply grasping at straws in desperation..."

"Boarding the ghost ship and assassinating the king codenamed Captain sounds simple, but it's just the first step. There are many difficulties in boarding the ghost ship, and our two captains are simply not enough."

The fact that Zhang Jun has been able to stay active abroad for many years without getting into any trouble speaks volumes about his cautious nature.

He was completely different from Ye Zhen, that hothead.

The more critical the moment, the more carefully they will analyze their current situation and avoid taking rash actions.

Boom!
After resting for a while, the two went up to the deck along the ship's side.

"There are two pieces of news, one good and one bad. The bad news is that the supernatural power within us is being suppressed. Each time, the supernatural power can only be used for a few seconds, and these so-called few seconds are basically only able to maintain normal intensity for the first three seconds. After that, the intensity of the supernatural power will weaken drastically every second."

"The good news is that the supernatural forces within us have been suppressed. As a result, we can use our usual trump cards without restraint here, without worrying about the backlash from the possession of vengeful spirits."

Zhou Deng nodded and replied, "I understand. Isn't this just an enhanced version of the ghost bus?"

"You're not wrong to think that way. In short, don't let your guard down. We need to find the captain's exact location first."

After observing for a while, the two went up a narrow staircase to the second floor of the ghost ship.

They have far too little information about the ghost ship. Even if they manage to board it by chance, they'll just wander around aimlessly like two headless flies.

Just as the two stepped onto the stairs one after the other, a melodious song suddenly came from the deck behind them.

Zhou Deng was taken aback: "What was that? No... someone just patted my back." (End of Chapter)