From beneath the red bridal veil of the Ghost Queen Yanzhi, a voice came out, "Whether it's the Fighting and Victorious Buddha and them, or the King of Hell and them who failed to guard, this place must be guarded, the mortal world cannot fall into chaos."
As she spoke, the figure of Qin Ye surfaced in her mind.
"Commander Yin, inform the other commanders to come and assist this king in repelling the enemy."
As these words were spoken, the ghostly face of the Yin Soldier Commander turned solemn and serious, and respectfully replied, "Yes, Ghost Queen Lord."
The Yin Soldier Commander took out a stick of incense. Its color was gray, unlike the regular incense used for praying to gods, this was ghost incense.
The next second, the ghost incense was lit. Like a prairie fire, ghost smoke surged into the sky, transforming into a symbol of the ghost domain.
This was the emblem of the Ghost Domain ruled by the Ghost Queen Yanzhi.
No matter how far from this place, all Yin soldiers and ghosts scattered by the Ghost Queen Yanzhi across the lands of Daxia, upon seeing it, all took out ghost incense and lit it.
It was like the ancient war horn being blown. Even more like the wolf smoke of beacon fires.
———
[Daxia, Zhejiang.]
"It's the signal from the Ghost Queen Lord. Let's go." The speaker was a Yin Soldier Commander.
He was under the command of Ghost Queen Yanzhi, searching for traces of King Qin Guang, and had encountered the guardian of Bureau 749. At first, they had clashed, but once they understood there was no hostility, the Yin Commander and the guardian had a casual conversation.
"Come, follow me to assist the Ghost Queen."
"Yes!"
Following the commander's order, all Yin soldiers and ghosts responded in unison.
Before leaving, the Yin Soldier Commander bid farewell to the guardian.
"After this matter is over, if I am still alive, I shall drink with you."
"Hmm?" The guardian was surprised and couldn't help but stop him to ask.
The Yin Commander didn't say much, only replied, "The Ghost Queen's Ghost Wolf Smoke, unless absolutely necessary, will never be used. If it is released, there must be a matter of life and death. Even the Ghost Queen feels danger, how dare I speak of survival?"
As he said this, he looked toward the guardian. Hesitating for a moment, he still spoke, "For the Ghost Queen Lord to raise the Ghost Wolf Smoke, I fear it must be because of them. You are a protector of the mortal realm, at the very least, notify your so-called Bureau 749 to prepare."
The Yin Soldier Commander left. He did not say "we'll meet again," because, it was not certain there would be a next time.
Similar events were unfolding across the lands of Daxia.
———
[Daxia, Tibet.]
This Yin Soldier Commander was subduing a demonic monk, accepting him into his ranks, to strengthen the Ghost Queen Yanzhi's ghost army.
Upon seeing the Ghost Wolf Smoke rise, the Yin Commander spoke without a second word, granting the title of Centurion among the ghosts to the demonic monk, and led the Yin soldiers onward.
"Go, follow me to battle."
———
[Daxia, Western Hunan.]
"Ghost Wolf Smoke?"
Four Zombie Kings were first stunned, then scanned the wild tomb-filled mountains, roaring, "All corpses, heed the order. The Ghost Queen Lord has returned, if she calls upon you, follow us to aid her in battle."
As the corpses roared, a cold wind rose across the hills, and countless graves burst open with terrifying zombies.
They had been buried here for hundreds or thousands of years. These were ghost beings that had been stationed in the mortal world by Ghost Queen Yanzhi when she left.
———
[Fujian, Bureau 749 Nanping Sub-bureau.]
A staff member yawned and pointed at a device similar to an ancient seismoscope, and asked, "This thing is for detecting what kind of ghost? Are you sure it works? Could it be broken?"
"It's been here two days already, and we've had paranormal events happen, yet there's no reaction. Didn't they say it was for detecting special ghosts? Why no reaction?"
"I don't know either."
The staff shrugged, "Sub-bureau Lei just said that if this thing activates, we notify immediately. He didn't specify what kind of ghost. Who knows, maybe a rare type? Or maybe a high-level ghost?"
As he spoke, he glanced toward the door and lowered his voice, "I heard that this thing was made by Professor Chen from the central bureau. Since it was made by Professor Chen, it's unlikely to be faulty. She's even created nation-guarding level magical tools. She's the best we have in Bureau 749..."
Buzz~
The seismoscope-like device vibrated without warning.
"It moved!"
The staff member's eyes widened, forgetting about the conversation, he hurriedly picked up his phone and dialed.
When the call connected, "Sub-bureau Lei! It moved! It moved!"
"What are you saying?"
"That device you said was distributed to sub-bureaus nationwide, it just moved!"
"Hiss..."
A sharp inhale came from the other end. Without saying anything else, "Coordinates! Tell me the location shown by the instrument!"
"It's in the southwest."
"What color is the instrument glowing?"
The staff member glanced at the device and replied, "Red."
Receiving the answer, Sub-bureau Lei didn't even respond, he immediately hung up and dialed the central bureau of 749.
"Director Lin, the device for detecting infected beings has reacted—in Nanping, Fujian. Strong reaction. It's a red alert."
Bang!
Director Lin De jumped out of bed, instantly wide awake.
"Red alert?! Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"I got it. Immediately mobilize all Daoist cultivators above guardian level in Fujian to head there."
After hanging up, Director Lin sat on the edge of the bed, quickly dialing another number.
"Old Zhang, I need your help with something urgent. The device detecting infected beings has reacted, red alert level. There may be quite a number. Can you invite Old Daoist Li Hanguang to step in?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Old Zhang's face changed instantly and he replied, "Okay, I understand. I'll go ask the ancestor immediately. Don't worry, the ancestor will help."
"Good. You go contact him. I'll have someone reach out to Daoist Master Wang Wenqing of the Shenxiao Sect."
As Director Lin finished his words, Old Zhang also hung up.
Just as he dialed the phone number of Old Daoist Li Hanguang, Lord Yue walked over.
As the guardian of Fengdu County's Ghost Gate, Lord Yue overheard Zhang's words. Even if it was just one sentence, just hearing "ask the ancestor", he didn't need to think to know something big had happened.
"What happened? Why do you even need to ask Old Daoist Li Hanguang to act?"
Old Zhang, still on the phone, turned his head and said gravely, "Infected beings have descended into the mortal world, red alert level. That means there are at least 10 of them."
Lord Yue's breathing paused.
———
[Daxia, Fujian, a residential building.]
Qin Ye had left Xiaowen's house and had already visited the homes of two other girls to check on their conditions.
After checking the third girl and confirming her safety, he left behind a yellow bean entangled with hair as usual.
Having finished all this, he left the girl's house, stretched and said:
"Finally done." Qin Ye looked up at the sky. "It's already this late. Better hurry home and test the infected priest, maybe watch some dramas too."
Buzz~~
Just as Qin Ye took a few steps, his phone vibrated in his pocket.
"Old man Li?"
Seeing the caller ID, Qin Ye was surprised, it was Old Daoist Li Hanguang calling back.
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