A bizarre resurrection: I, Yang Jian, am bound by a contract with the school beauty!

"I've finally waited for this..."

Yang Jian's voice was very soft.

But it was like a thunderclap, exploding loudly in the nascent consciousness of the starving ghost.

We've finally gotten here?

What did we get in return?

Have you been waiting for my arrival?

The starving ghost's chaotic, grayish-white eyes stared intently at the tiny human before it.

It cannot understand, nor can it think.

It was just born.

Only the purest, most primal instinct—hunger.

Devouring everything, filling this endless emptiness.

But at the moment.

Besides hunger, a strange emotion, like a virus, began to grow in its consciousness.

That was... the anger of being offended!

The man in front of me.

This creature, exuding an aura of its own, and even more terrifying than itself, actually regarded it as...prey?

A newly born one.

An S-class vengeful ghost, standing at the pinnacle of the supernatural, was actually treated as food that could be used at will!

"roar--!!!"

The silent roar transformed into a tangible storm of destruction.

The entire city of Chang.

Driven by this rage, he trembled violently.

The earth cracked open.

Deep, bottomless ravines, like ugly scars, spread across the city's body.

Those buildings that were already stripped of their color.

In this tremor.

Unable to maintain its shape any longer, it collapsed and crumbled in large swathes, eventually turning into the most primitive dust, which was completely swallowed up by the gray ripples.

The ominous dark red of the sky grew even more intense.

It was as if endless blood was dripping from the sky.

The thick, oppressive atmosphere seemed to freeze the entire space.

The starving ghost's withered and emaciated body trembled slightly from extreme rage.

Its enormous mouth split to the roots of its ears.

The bottomless black hole began to spin wildly, generating an unparalleled suction force.

This is not a physical attraction, but a conceptual plunder!

It's devouring the city's existence!

The light was distorted, the space was torn apart, and time seemed to slow down at this moment.

Centered around the starving ghost.

A massive gray area is expanding at an alarming rate, threatening to completely erase Yang Jian and everything in this city!

……

The real world.

Deathly silence reigns in the monitoring centers of major countries around the world.

Everyone's eyes widened.

He stared intently at the devastating scene on the screen.

On a huge electronic screen.

The image of Changshi has turned into a chaotic gray vortex, like a black hole that is constantly expanding, about to swallow the world outside the screen as well.

"My God... this... is this the complete form of an S-class vengeful spirit?"

The beacon of light.

Inside the strategic command center, the old man spoke in a hoarse voice.

His fingertips turned slightly white from the force he exerted, and cigar ash covered his crisp military uniform, but he was completely unaware.

No one answered him.

Because everyone was gripped by the primal fear that emanated from the screen.

"This power...this destructive aura..."

Gallic Countermeasures Headquarters.

An elderly man dressed in traditional clothing had a deathly pale face.

"It's even more terrifying and despairing than when the 'human head balloon' first burst!"

The "human head balloon" incident.

It is a nightmare hanging over the heads of all the people of Sakura.

That overwhelming terror, that irresistible despair, nearly destroyed their country.

But now.

The destructive power displayed by the newly born hungry ghost on the screen seems to be even greater than that!

The killing pattern of the "human head balloon" still needs to be triggered.

But this is a starving ghost.

Its very existence is destruction!

Its hunger is its killing rule, a terrifying rule that is indiscriminate, endless, and devours everything!

"Is it really just a regular S-class incident?"

"If...if it were to happen in the real world, would it be even more devastating than the disaster caused by the human head balloon?"

"A young analyst asked in a trembling voice."

this problem.

The atmosphere in the entire command center became extremely tense.

can you?

The answer is yes!

even.

It's not a hypothetical, it's an inevitability!

"Report!"

"Based on our analysis of the rules of the 'Strange World,' when a player dies in a dungeon, there's a chance that the vengeful spirit associated with that player will manifest some of its power in the real world, or even... manifest a clone!"

"How many of our players died in this instance?"

"Reporting to the General."

"According to statistics, apart from players from Kyushu, players from the Lighthouse Kingdom, the Alliance, the Sakura Kingdom... almost all the players who participated in this mission... all became nourishment for feeding that vengeful ghost."

"In other words..."

"In other words, that starving ghost already possesses several, or even dozens, of 'descent coordinates' in our world!"

"If Yang Jian fails."

"It can then use these coordinates to bring its core consciousness into the real world!"

"And what will descend is... a fully-fledged S-rank vengeful ghost, raised to its absolute limit!"

boom!

This conclusion.

It was like a nuclear bomb exploding in everyone's minds.

Fear spread like a plague.

They finally understood.

They finally understood what Yang Jian had done.

That man from Kyushu wasn't simply completing a mission; he was... raising Gu poison!

He treated players all over the world as fodder, using their lives and despair to give birth to this peerless monster!

But now.

This ferocious creature has been released!

The only one who can keep it locked up is the man who raised it with his own hands!

"A madman! He's a complete and utter madman!"

"How dare he! How dare he do this! He's gambling with the safety of the entire world!"

"What's the point of saying all this now!"

"Immediately! Right now!"

"Put all your attention on Yang Jian! He absolutely cannot lose! If he loses, we're all finished!"

The eyes of the world

At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the figure standing at the center of the destructive storm.

They were afraid, they were angry, they cursed.

But they were also incredibly conflicted, praying frantically in their hearts.

Pray for this madman in their eyes.

He was able to defeat the even more terrifying monster that he himself had created.

……

Changshi.

Despite the starving ghost's devastating rage, Yang Jian remained calm.

His eyes.

There was not the slightest fluctuation, like an abyss that had remained unchanged for millennia.

He knew very well the true nature of a starving ghost.

Devour!

A supernatural phenomenon that is almost unsolvable.

A fully-fledged Hungry Ghost, nurtured by the lives and fears of countless players, has had its devouring ability amplified to an unbelievable degree.

It can devour matter, devour energy, devour the supernatural, and even devour concepts.

It's terrifying.

It's really terrifying.

Fortunately...

Yang Jian also possesses this ability!

just now.

It all depends on who devours whom!