Ghost Compendium

"Ah! This is... that strange spore!"

The Zodiac Pig gasped, feeling the pain in his heart, and said with some disbelief.

He remembered that the Symbiont before him, who claimed to be the Shadow, had already resolved the thing affecting his brain, hadn't he? Why was this thing still growing from his body?

Seeing the situation, Wu Liang was not panicked and casually swung his kitchen knife.

With a swish, he cleanly sliced it off.

"Oh, I can only temporarily erase the influence in your consciousness, but the main body of this thing is planted in your real heart."

Then he waved the kitchen knife in his hand and said: "Now, either you quickly go back to the official headquarters and let Old Guo perform surgery to dig out the body of the spore, or... like in a dream, let me dig it out directly with this kitchen knife, your choice."

Looking at the rust and blood stains on the kitchen knife in the other's hand, the Zodiac Pig couldn't help but imagine the scene of this thing stabbing into his heart.

His mouth twitched as he quickly refused, "Then let's forget it... let's hurry back to headquarters. Isn't this a hospital after all?"

Wu Liang lightly wiped the bloodstains on the kitchen knife, shaking his head helplessly, saying, "You're just saying it's dirty, aren't you? My knife is offended!"

Hearing this, the Zodiac Pig suddenly had a strange feeling - this guy before him seemed more like a real Polluter, right?

This damn guy clearly has a bit of a mental problem!

But then, Wu Liang's words shocked him even more.

"This is a hospital in a long-term supernatural event. If you're willing to have surgery here, I can also help contact the Fierce Ghost here. I don't think it would refuse to cut you open."

Gulp—

The Zodiac Pig swallowed.

He realized where the inexplicable sense of incongruity he's felt since waking up was coming from; it turned out this place was a supernatural scene!

"Then how do we get out of here..."

"Exorcise the Fierce Ghost; it's already come looking for us." Wu Liang interrupted the Zodiac Pig.

Boom——

Just as he spoke, the door of the ward collapsed with a roar!

Outside the door, a doctor with all seven orifices stitched shut, his white coat already stained red and black with blood, rushed in, holding a bunch of strange test tubes.

"Roar! Roar!!!"

Upon seeing the Zodiac Pig stand up, it let out a beast-like growl from its throat, furiously waving its hands and pointing repeatedly at the bed and the Zodiac Pig.

Clearly, this Ghost Doctor meant for him to lie back down.

But when he saw it waving its hands, quite a bit of liquid from the test tubes it clutched spilled to the floor, immediately making a sizzling sound, and the Zodiac Pig even saw a large hole being corroded into the floor.

His mouth twitched involuntarily.

If he lay back down, he'd probably be able to get up in his next life.

"Quick! Brother Shadow, just use whatever ability you have on me directly! All the damage will transfer to it; there's no way to avoid it!" the Zodiac Pig said as he took two steps back.

He knew very well that in a supernatural event, the hardest tasks were finding the Fierce Ghost's main body and destroying it.

And his marking transfer ability was second to none; it only needed to see the Fierce Ghost show up!

No matter where the main body was hiding, once marked, all the damage dealt to him by his allies would transfer entirely to the Fierce Ghost's main body!

But Wu Liang just shook his head and said, "Absolutely don't use your ability, the Promised Land has marked every informal Awakened in the Capital City with a spore using your mark. If you transfer damage, they will truly go to meet Satan."

"What? This kind of thing happened?"

The Zodiac Pig froze, not expecting such an event to have occurred while he lost consciousness!

But now, without using his ability, how would he escape this haunted place?

Unexpectedly, Wu Liang spoke again, calmly saying, "Do you think I found you hidden in this long-term supernatural event?"

"How did you find me?" the Zodiac Pig reflexively asked.

Swish—

Just as he spoke, a thick mist burst out from behind Wu Liang, filling the entire room to prevent the Ghost Doctor from escaping, and the Nightmare Mask at his waist glowed red, trapping the Ghost Doctor in a dream.

In the moment the Ghost Doctor didn't react at all, the kitchen knife in his hand swung like a divine weapon from a martial arts novel, flashing a blade light.

The next second, in the amazed eyes of the Zodiac Pig, the Ghost Doctor's entire body was split in two along the center of his brow!

"Of course, it's because I hit through all the long-term supernatural events in the Capital City!"

After speaking, the gloom outside the window instantly vanished!

The blinding warm sunlight came in directly, making Wu Liang, standing by the window, shine brilliantly.

The Ghost Doctor on the ground also began to dissipate gradually.

The Zodiac Pig was dumbfounded.

He had never seen such a simple and violent exorcism method, charging at a Fierce Ghost and splitting it in two with a kitchen knife.

This damn ability must be incredibly strong!

The Symbiont Fierce Ghost within this man is probably at the City-Destroying Level!

Oh, wait, it seems he's not entirely unfamiliar with this level of ability...

Some guy with an eyepatch who likes to play with a Magic Cube could probably do this.

"Are you... really someone Minister Long sent to find me in the Capital, and not Long impersonating a rookie to have fun with me?" the Zodiac Pig could barely speak straight.

Wu Liang, hearing this, loosened his waistband slightly and took a quick glance at his "brother," then earnestly replied, "Without accident, I should be the original, not anyone in disguise."

"..."

Okay, the Zodiac Pig figured that this guy definitely wasn't Long in disguise; that guy wouldn't stoop so low.

Reluctantly, he leaned against the wall to walk out, mumbling as he said, "About the Promised Land's matters in the earlier days... sorry, but now all your information is unsubstantiated; I'll find a way to contact Dragon after we return, and only once your identity is confirmed will I tell you."

Wu Liang shrugged, indicating he didn't mind.

It seemed that even though the Zodiac Pig had been lost in consciousness for two years, he hadn't turned into a fool.

If he had simply told everything just because Wu Liang saved his life, Wu Liang would have been too skeptical to trust such intelligence.

Having doubts is the normal course of things.

Moreover, with the other guy's mind still fragile, Wu Liang didn't want to use his Nightmare Ability to peer into his memories, lest this guy really suffered brain damage and died suddenly.

He'd just wait for him to verify his identity first.

"By the way, didn't Minister Long say you all have confidentiality agreements and such restrictions? You're just telling me this without any issue?" Wu Liang walked towards the bed, rather than leaving, and asked.

The Zodiac Pig forced a smile and turned back to say, "Don't worry, headquarters still thinks I'm a 'Polluter,' and it's normal to talk nonsense when I'm 'mentally unsound,' right?"

At this moment, he also noticed Wu Liang turning back to fiddle with something on the bed, and couldn't help but ask, "Wait, what are you doing?"

"Hehe, since it was the Promised Land that took you, isn't it just normal for me to leave them a 'surprise'?" Wu Liang said, grinning slyly.

Under the pillow on the bed, he left an ordinary cell phone with just one number on it.

Wu Liang believed that after the Promised Land discovered the Zodiac Pig missing and found this phone, they would certainly call the number, out of necessity.

After all, it was the only clue.

And that number led to only one place—

Phone Ghost's Midnight Evil Bell!