The World Has Entered an Era of Terror At This Moment

Chapter 20: Anxious Hearts! The Shock of Veteran Ghost Controllers!

“No wonder that so many ghost controllers are competing for hazard-grade ghosts?”

In the orchard, Lin Feng looked at the items in his hand and thought.

The rewards for killing dangerous-grade ghosts were not much.

Mainly, the ghost energy could be absorbed by one’s own ghost spirit.

Additionally, with some luck, one’s ghost spirit might gain extra talents or abilities.

But when a hazard-grade ghost was killed, there were other rewards as well.

These items were all recorded by the system.

For example, the damaged ghost rope.

This was the ghost rope possessed by the hanging ghost, although it was now damaged, it still had a significant use — it could bind ghosts.

Although this ghost rope was dropped by a dangerous-grade ghost and probably could only bind other hazard-grade ghosts at most, it was still considered a genuine ghost tool.

Moreover, Lin Feng held another rope in his hand.

This rope was a grass rope from one of the bodies hanging in the apple trees.

In the system’s evaluation, this was identified as a ghost spirit item!

—

“Is this the source of the ghost spirit items in the base city?” Lin Feng wondered.

These ghost spirit items could be handed over to the base city in exchange for over 100 contribution points, depending on the grade of the ghost spirit, or the potential of the ghost within.

For ordinary people, the ghost spirit must be a benevolent or at least neutral ghost spirit.

Only then could they develop a bond from a young age.

If it’s an evil ghost, it would undoubtedly go out of control during awakening, and some evil ghosts might even corrupt a child’s mind from an early age.

This grass rope probably became a ghost spirit item after being possessed by the ghost of someone who was killed by the hanging ghost.

Lin Feng tossed it into his storage space.

He had no use for this ghost spirit item and didn’t care for it, so he planned to sell it once he returned to the base city.

—

“Tongtong, you’ve worked hard. Let’s go!” After reviewing his gains, Lin Feng patted Tongtong’s little head and led her down the mountain.

By the time they reached the bottom of the mountain, it was already afternoon.

Soon after, Lin Feng arrived at the village where the orchard farmers lived and informed them that the hanging ghost on the mountain had been killed, even showing the broken ghost rope as proof.

The farmers breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Feng then activated the satellite signal and began checking for other tasks.

In recent years, as the number and strength of ghost controllers have grown, the areas surrounding the base city of Liucheng have been expanding, mostly filled with grain fields, as the city needs to feed its population of several hundred thousand.

There were also numerous vegetable gardens, orchards, reservoirs, and so on.

The area of human activity around the base city was quite large.

Of course, it’s nowhere near the scale of a hundred years ago.

After about seven or eight minutes, Lin Feng found the location of another hazard-grade ghost.

For him, the main purpose of these tasks issued by the Liucheng base city was to help him locate hazard-grade ghosts.

“It’s a bit far… I’ll head over and check it out first.”

Lin Feng looked at the distance, finding it several kilometers away.

He packed up his things and decided to head over and take a look.

—

“Another few died, and it escaped again.” As Lin Feng made his way to the next hazard-grade ghost’s location, the red paper man appeared again in an old farmhouse.

“I told these ghost controllers not to wander around, but they keep doing it. They’re just asking for death,” the red paper man said.

“President, it’s getting closer to Liucheng. If this continues, will it enter the city?” the middle-aged female ghost controller asked.

“There is a possibility. Chasing it like this isn’t working. I’ll return to Liucheng and see if I can figure out what it wants. You keep tracking it, but be careful not to confront it. Your ghost spirit is very sensitive in this regard. The three of you working together should manage just fine,” the red paper man said.

“Okay, President, we’ll be careful,” the middle-aged woman said.

“Alright, I’ll head back to the city then.”  With that, the red paper man quickly burned out.

—

“Have you heard? It seems a powerful ghost has appeared outside the city, and many veteran ghost controllers have returned.”

“Yeah, I heard. Apparently, the inner city gates are now closed 24 hours a day, and people can only enter and exit through the small gate.”

“The outer city is the same.”

“Looks like that ghost is really powerful. I wonder what grade it is.”

“…”

In the newbie group that Lin Feng had joined, discussions about this matter began to surface.

However, since Lin Feng had left the city yesterday and was now outside the range of the signal, he was unaware of this situation.

—

The outer city of Liucheng base had become busier than before.

On a street lined with small taverns, many were now filled with people.

These were ghost controllers who had returned from outside the city.

“Old Qi, you’re back too?”

“Yeah, I heard the ghost outside is incredibly strong. Even a team led by a Grade-4 Ghost Controller was wiped out. If I ran into it, I’d be dead for sure.”

“Sigh, even though we’re growing stronger, who knows how powerful those ghosts outside have become? I’m starting to worry.”

“What’s there to worry about? If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. At worst, we die, and maybe we’ll come back as ghosts, living on in a different form.”

“…”

In one of the taverns, several ghost controllers were chatting in small groups.

The appearance of that ghost outside the city had already caused some anxiety among them.

“Hey, did you guys hear? A rare genius has emerged among the recent newcomers. During the first housing test, he got himself a villa.”

“I heard that too. Must be a psychic, right? Nothing to envy.”

“Not a psychic. If he were, he would have been taken away long ago. No way he’d end up in Liucheng.”

“…”

As they chatted, someone in the tavern brought up Lin Feng.

Not just anyone could live in a villa.

Aside from passing the first housing test, anyone wanting to live in a villa later on has to buy it with contribution points, which were expensive.

A Grade 3 Ghost Controller would need connections to afford it. Most of those living in villas were Grade 4 Ghost Controllers.

Even then, most Grade 4 Ghost Controllers had to accumulate points over a long time.

So, Lin Feng’s achievement had indeed sparked some envy among the veteran Ghost Controllers.

“You’re behind the times. I just heard from some newbies that the genius who moved into the villa has already reached Hazard Grade with his ghost spirit. He just hasn’t gone for certification yet. Who knows if it’s true!”

At this point, someone spoke up.

“What? Hazard Grade? That would make him a Grade-3 ghost controller like me?” A man in his thirties stood up, his face showing surprise.

“So quickly at Hazard Grade? If he was a psychic, I could believe it. I’ve heard that some spirit mediums can control powerful evil spirits even as children,” another ghost controller spoke, clearly skeptical.

There were quite a few Grade 3 Ghost Controllers in this tavern.

Most of them had taken several years, or even over a decade, to reach Grade 3.

Now, hearing that Lin Feng had reached Grade 3 so quickly, and without being a psychic like them, was somewhat shocking.

No wonder they were having trouble believing it.