Mysterious Awakening

Chapter 257: The Last Night

In the city of Dachang, the ghost-eyed detective Yang Jian is about to hold a conference call with the headquarters of the detectives?

When Zhao Jianguo received the news from Liu Xiaoyu, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

Yang Jian is a ghost controller that he pays close attention to.

In addition, the recent incident of starving ghosts in Dachang has attracted worldwide attention, and the title of "Ghost-Eyed Detective" has already spread in the circle of ghost controllers. While discussing this S-level supernatural event, there is always some discussion about Yang Jian and Zhao Kaiming.

But there are not many good words.

Things like "these two unlucky guys are doomed" are often said.

However, it cannot be denied that, at present, Yang Jian is undoubtedly the person who knows the most about this starving ghost incident.

"Immediately notify the minister and the deputy minister, and make sure that the technical staff set up this conference call within ten minutes. All relevant important personnel must be present."

Zhao Jianguo does not work at the detective headquarters, but he arrived in Dachang several days ago.

And the call made by Zhao Jianguo alarmed not only the minister and deputy minister of the detective headquarters, but also some military and political leaders, who expressed their intention to attend the meeting.

After all, as Yang Jian made it clear, this meeting concerns the life and death of Dachang.

Who would dare to be careless about the safety of a city?

If it weren't for the fact that Yang Jian is a ghost controller and needs to handle supernatural events, his satellite positioning phone would have been blown up long ago.

Within three minutes, the information reached the ears of various very important department leaders.

Within five minutes, the list of participants in this conference call was confirmed.

The list is highly confidential, and no one has seen it, not even Zhao Jianguo, who is responsible for the matter. He only saw the phones on the table in the temporary command center outside Dachang, and they were constantly ringing and already starting to connect.

Behind each of these phones stood a leader of the country.

The minister of the Asian detective headquarters did not come, because he had taken a plane several days ago to seek help from abroad. The one in charge was the deputy minister, Cao Yanhua.

At this moment, Cao Yanhua's face was covered in cold sweat.

He was not nervous about the content of this meeting, but he never expected that just one call from Yang Jian would bring so many big shots.

On the surface, there were not many people in this temporary command center, but countless eyes were secretly watching every move here.

It's understandable when you think about it. The case in Dachang is so serious that it has caused a sensation throughout the country and attracted worldwide attention. If it cannot be resolved, who knows how much impact it will have. The higher-ups remain silent, not because they don't understand the situation, but because they don't want to interfere and cause trouble. But that doesn't mean they don't care.

"Minister, the conference call has been set up and can be prepared to start at any time." Zhao Jianguo walked in and placed his satellite positioning phone in the center of the table.

As long as Liu Xiaoyu switches the line, Yang Jian's communication can be transferred here.

"How long has it been now?" Cao Yanhua asked.

"Ten minutes, but Yang Jian gave a preparation time of twenty minutes, and Liu Xiaoyu promised fifteen minutes. We still have five minutes to prepare because this decision-making meeting is related to a major event. I did not inform many people of lower levels due to confidentiality. Currently, there are only three people in the meeting room, including me, Li Jun, and the minister. The other leaders are all connected by phone. However, those who are qualified to participate in the decision-making process..."

"Alright, as long as you understand. Some of the calls have already been connected. Don't say anything that shouldn't be said. Tighten security, and no one can enter the command room until the meeting is over. In addition, all phones must be destroyed immediately after the meeting, and no information can be leaked." Cao Yanhua said cautiously.

"Understood." Zhao Jianguo nodded.

A small conference call, but the level of escalation is even higher than that of the summit meetings of various countries.

Because no one knows how much confidential information will be leaked out with just one word from Yang Jian.

"Please be seated, the meeting will start in one minute." Cao Yanhua composed himself. "This time, the recording of the call will be kept only by me."

After that, he took out a recording pen.

Once this was confirmed, Liu Xiaoyu informed Yang Jian.

"The meeting will start in thirty seconds. Are you ready on your end?"

"No problem." Yang Jian said.

Soon, in less than thirty seconds, his line was cut off for a moment, and then reconnected.

"I am Cao Yanhua, the deputy minister of the detective headquarters. I am currently the main person in charge of the starving ghost incident in Dachang. Detective Yang Jian, you requested this conference call to discuss the life and death of Dachang. Is that correct?" Cao Yanhua asked calmly from the command room.

Listening to the voice coming from the phone, Wang Xiaoming was stunned.

He had not received any news about this.

Strictly speaking, that's correct. It's just that there are some things I need someone to confirm. After all, I am a detective and cannot act recklessly. I need to consult with someone." Yang Jian said.

"Consult about what?" Cao Yanhua asked.

"If we want to solve the Dachang incident, we need to meet two conditions. Unfortunately, so far, we don't meet either condition. You should have received the specific file information on your end, and you should be clear about these two conditions." Yang Jian said.

"What are these two conditions? We will definitely solve what we can, and we will find a way to solve what we can't, as long as we ensure the safety of Dachang." Suddenly, a vigorous voice came from the phone.

"Who is this old man interrupting? You know nothing and yet you want to join the meeting? Go back and do your homework." Yang Jian said.

Hearing this, Cao Yanhua and Zhao Jianguo in the command room broke out in a cold sweat, and Li Jun couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth."Be polite, little guy. If it weren't an important moment right now, I would have taken you out for talking to me like that." The voice of the old man on the phone immediately became angry, obviously a hot-tempered leader.

Yang Jian said, "Take me out? Can you even handle a gun at your age? And which law says that swearing will get you shot? You can attend this meeting as a leader, but you don't know that killing is against the law? You dare to speak like that."

"Minister Cao Yanhua, I don't want to talk to him, kick him off the line."

"..."

Inside the command room, Minister Cao Yanhua's forehead was even more sweaty at this moment. You probably don't even know who you're arguing with.

"Good kid, if you have the guts to come to my military area, I'll treat you to tea, no, drinks. We'll drink until we drop." The old man seemed to be a leader of a certain military area.

"Cough, Old Li, calm down. Do you not see what time it is? Yang Jian, right? You continue speaking, we're listening." Another man's voice sounded, stopping this meaningless argument.

The man called Old Li seemed to swallow his anger and didn't continue arguing.

"Where were we just now? I forgot after arguing." Yang Jian said.

The calm voice of Wang Xiaoming next to him said, "The two prerequisites for solving the Da Chang City incident are contact and confinement. The probability of death is very high if you directly contact the source ghost, so some insurance measures are needed. The ghost candle is a good tool, but it was used on the fourth stage ghost baby last time, so it's gone now."

"I can solve this condition. Just like I told Wang Xiaoming last time, I'm less than 20% sure until the second layer. If I fail, I will die, but I still decided to give it a try." Yang Jian said.

"Based on what you just said, young man, I take back what I said earlier. If you come to my military area, I'll treat you to tea, no, drinks. We'll drink until we drop." Old Li said.

"Minister Cao, why is this old guy still here? Didn't we say to kick him off the line? He doesn't understand anything and is just talking nonsense here." Yang Jian said.

"After drinking, I'll still have to take you out." Old Li started scolding again.

At this point, Minister Cao Yanhua didn't dare to speak, kick him off the line? All the phones on the table are connected, didn't you see that as soon as Old Li spoke, everyone else was silent?

"Old Li, you need to change your impatient temper. I understand the first condition. I'll leave all of this to you. If there's anything you need to explain, you can say it. The country will solve it for you." Another man's voice said heavily.

"I don't need comfort right now. Wang Xiaoming, please continue with what you were saying earlier." Yang Jian said.

Beside him, Wang Xiaoming said, "The second condition is confinement. In fact, there is a prerequisite for confinement, which is to limit the source. I planned to use that finger, as you all already know from the records, but it failed. The limiting object was lost, unless we can find something else that can confine the fierce ghost."

"I can also solve this second condition, but the problem arises here. If I survive the first step, the second step is to find something to replace that finger."

"I know there's a place in Da Chang City that might have this thing."

"Why didn't you go get it then?" a stranger's voice couldn't help but ask.

"How do I get it? Use a keyboard to get it?" Yang Jian said, "That thing confines another ghost, the level of terror is hard to say, but it shouldn't be lower than A-level, probably S-level. If I want to solve the Da Chang City incident, I must have that thing. After all, we currently have no resources to use. Today, we are discussing this difficult problem. In order to solve this, I must release a ghost of an unknown level of terror with my own hands."

"Perhaps the thing released will cause a more serious disaster than Da Chang City, or maybe not. But this concerns the life and death of millions of people. I can't make this decision alone. This decision has to be made by your Criminal Investigation Headquarters."

"Alright, I've said what I needed to. Before 6 o'clock tomorrow night, let Liu Xiaoyu give me an answer."

After speaking, he immediately hung up the call.

The command room outside Da Chang City fell into silence.

"How much have you been hiding?" Wang Xiaoming looked at him with a serious face as he listened to Yang Jian's words.

He never expected this guy to have so many secrets. In such a desperate situation, he still had the ability to solve the starving ghost incident.

"Can I trust you?" Yang Jian didn't answer him, but instead asked.

"You should trust me." Wang Xiaoming said.

"Alright, after you and the others enter the safe house tomorrow, I will start this plan. I'll give you this phone, and I'll leave another phone here to connect with you. I don't know how long the video call on one phone will last, but I believe that when you see it tomorrow, you will understand everything."

"Whether the plan will succeed in the end is based on whether I can survive with less than 20% chance. Once I die, I have no idea how many ghosts will be revived, and the danger it brings, you should be clearer than me."

"If you've already made up your mind, why have this conversation?" Wang Xiaoming said.

"Even if it succeeds, the cost will be very high. I will release a ghost with my own hands, and I don't know what that ghost will bring, but I think it will be very terrifying... and I can't bear the consequences alone. I need someone to share it with, after all, I have to consider the future. Of course, if I die, the plan will be terminated, and there won't be so much trouble." Yang Jian said.

"So you want the headquarters to cover for you?" Wang Xiaoming said.

"Is that not okay? I am a man who is fighting for this city. What's wrong with someone covering for me?" Yang Jian said.

"You're thinking too much. If you really succeed, with your credit, the higher-ups won't say anything. And you can completely keep this matter a secret, so there's no need for this extra step." Wang Xiaoming said.Yang Jian said, "If I don't speak up, how will those above know the merit is mine? If I die, at the very least I could get some kind of hero's reward. The reputation would sound better too, better than dying in obscurity in a corner where no one knows, right?"

"Your desire for gain is too strong, even calculating this," Wang Xiaoming frowned.

"It's not that I'm overly mercenary, but that's how society is. There are things you'll lose if you don't fight for them," Yang Jian replied. "Not everyone is as noble as you. I'm just an ordinary person."

"Alright, let's end our conversation here for today. My plan has already begun, you don't need to worry about the rest, just wait for the results."

"I hope you succeed."

After saying this, Wang Xiaoming stood up and left. Now that Yang Jian was willing to give it his all in the end, there was nothing more he could say.

As for whether the Criminal Police Headquarters would agree to Yang Jian's action, he wasn't worried.

They would definitely agree.

No country could bear the cost of losing a major city; such a precedent couldn't be set, at least not now.

Even if the ghost released by Yang Jian was terrifying, it didn't matter.

Who knows about the future? Take care of the present first.

After Wang Xiaoming left, Yang Jian looked at the increasingly dark sky outside and thought to himself, "I wonder if I'll still be able to open my eyes tomorrow and see this world."