Chapter 48: Zero Level Seal
First, through experiments, it was discovered that humans and ghosts cannot communicate with each other, at least that was the case for the ones Chu Jiang encountered.
Even though Chu Jiang had a good conversation with Number One before, that was just a replicated personality.
In other words, Chu Jiang was talking to the personality of Sun Xiaoman, not the Imitation Ghost.
Furthermore, when Chu Jiang tried to awaken Number One's will, the Imitation Ghost showed no reaction. This indicates that the personality has most likely been erased by the doll.
Upon realizing this, Chu Jiang sighed. For the Imitation Ghost, there was no issue of wasting anything. If it still wanted to imitate Sun Xiaoman, it could simply make another copy.
However, it no longer had the opportunity...
Next, Chu Jiang took out the Ghost Diary from his backpack. As he looked at the pure black cover of the diary, he hesitated. Should he give it a try?
Chu Jiang opened Ghost Diary and saw the first page.
But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't turn to the next page. Chu Jiang guessed that he either had to sacrifice someone else's life to the diary or capture a ghost to feed it, as the price to turn the page.
Of course, these were just guesses, and he needed to conduct some experiments to find out the truth.
By the way, if Ghost Diary is really a Level 0 sealing object and it keeps devouring ghosts, would it become uncontrollable? Could it even break free from the diary and enter the real world?
Chu Jiang shook his head. Those distant thoughts were too far away; as someone who was about to die, he couldn't think that far ahead.
Making up his mind, Chu Jiang picked up the clay jar, carefully removed the Protective Talisman, and opened the jar.
Since it had only been sealed recently, the blood that had infiltrated Imitation Ghost's body hadn't been completely consumed yet, so Imitation Ghost couldn't move at the moment.
Taking a deep breath, Chu Jiang picked up the figure, which looked solid but felt hollow when grabbed.
He couldn't help but feel that Imitation Ghost was more like a ghost, just choosing a doll as its appearance. Perhaps it had possessed similar things before.
Opening the first page of the diary, Chu Jiang prepared himself and placed the doll on this page.
When the diary was touched, something incredible happened. Suddenly, the diary emitted a suffocating smell of death! It was as if a colossal beast, sleeping all this time, had opened its mouth.
In just a moment, the Imitation Ghost vanished and then the entire Ghost Diary started flipping by itself, very quickly.
Chu Jiang didn't even blink, as he watched the diary flip from the first page to the last page, 1, 2, 3, four,..... 304. This diary had a total of 304 pages.
But except for the first page, the rest of the pages don't have anything on them.
This confused Chu Jiang, what does it mean? Where is my ghost? After eating, you don't admit it?
After reading the entire book, Ghost Diary slammed shut, and then the cover opened by itself.
But by this time, the content of the first page had already changed.
The original content was a diary entry from September 17th, which briefly described Chu Jiang and a few classmates escaping from school.
Now the blood-colored characters on top have all disappeared, replaced by a painting.
To be precise, it's a picture of a ghost, and it's the Imitation Ghost that was just eaten by the Ghost Diary.
Whether it's the skin color, appearance, or the slightly mismatched delicate face, they are completely identical.
Before Chu Jiang had time to be surprised, the first page automatically turned over, and finally, the second page had content, and it was also a diary entry:
[September 19th, cloudy weather]
[Today, at the Linjiang Hotel, I listened to the supernatural events that happened around Sun Xiaoman]
[I am no longer the rookie who knew nothing about ghosts a few days ago. I used my own intellect and the ghosts within me to successfully seal the source of the events]
[However, I have one doubt... Why have I been encountering things related to ghosts so frequently in just a few days?]
"Damn it!" Chu Jiang couldn't help but curse out loud again. This diary actually autonomously turned open for him!
To know about the Ghost Diary, you can only predict things that haven't happened yet on the same day.
But now it's almost 11:50 PM, less than ten minutes until today is over. So this ability to predict the future is basically useless.
This is what Chu Jiang saw in exchange for sacrificing a ghost, future information.
Chu Jiang put a lot of effort into sealing this ghost, not to mention selling it and getting rich overnight...
But is this the result?
It's not Chu Jiang's fault either because when he received the Ghost Diary, it didn't open by itself. He had to open it himself after making a determination.
Unexpectedly, the Ghost Diary has a hidden mechanism: every page after the cover turns automatically, immediately after consuming a ghost.
Of course, this can be a lesson for Chu Jiang. In the future, if he needs it, he can store the ghosts first.
Then, once it's past midnight, he can immediately feed the ghost to the diary. This way, he can see what will happen on that day.
However... is it really worth it? Chu Jiang couldn't help but have doubts.
The prophecies in this diary are too vague and unclear.
Not to mention the past, just talking about today's content, there is only a rough outline.
This means that even if Chu Jiang saw relevant content last night, he still has to rely on himself today.
At most, the Ghost Diary gave him a peace of mind, telling him that this matter could definitely be resolved...
No!
Chu Jiang remembered something, the future predicted by the diary is just a prophecy, it doesn't represent reality.
Because the true future can be changed. For example, Chu Jiang previously changed his own death ending, causing the content of the diary to also change according to reality.
This made Chu Jiang angrily slam the diary, "Is this it? Is this what a level-zero seal really is? Are you really a level-zero seal?!"
Chu Jiang even shook Ghost Diary, hoping to shake out something.
Naturally, there was nothing.
So Chu Jiang covered his eyes with one hand and said, "I declare, you're just a fake, at best a level two seal. No, not even level two."
Although he complained, Chu Jiang couldn't help but pick up Ghost Diary again.
He flipped back to the first page and carefully let his right palm be covered in fresh blood before attempting to touch the Imitation Ghost picture on top.
With this touch, Chu Jiang froze in place.
Don't misunderstand, it's not that he was affected by the Imitation Ghost's ability, but he sensed something special and strange.
After about five minutes of touching the ghost picture, Chu Jiang's body blurred for a moment and then instantly transformed into a man wearing a gray coat and sunglasses.
