Chapter 81: Suspected S-Class
On the second day at the research institute, Chu Jiang met Zhang Haoran.
Zhang Haoran looked healthy on the outside, but seemed a bit sad. He was surprised by Chu Jiang's arrival and rarely felt uplifted.
However, when he heard that Chu Jiang became the head of the research institute, Zhang Haoran sighed.
Chu Jiang just smiled and comforted him.
According to Zhang Haoran, his family had moved to Yunjing City, and they often had meals together. He could also go out, but it bothered him when a large group of people followed him.
Taking this opportunity, Chu Jiang shared his and Zhang Haoran's recent situation in the Class 2 Group of Grade 3, so that the others wouldn't worry.
By the way, Chu Jiang also asked if anyone had confessed everything to the police.
Cheng Jie and Gao Yifei both said no, only Liu Mingming quietly left the group.
This surprised both Cheng Jie and her friend.
After asking Cheng Jie and her friend, Chu Jiang learned about the tempting offers given by the authorities, such as a house, educational opportunities, and a large sum of money. No wonder Liu Mingming fell for it.
Chu Jiang didn't blame Liu Mingming too much. It's just that he couldn't handle the guilt of leaving the group, and he probably won't have any further involvement with Chu Jiang and his friends in the future.
This made Chu Jiang feel a bit sad. He hopes this classmate won't regret it in the future.
After all, the world is becoming more and more dangerous. Sometimes, it's better to know responsible people like the person in charge rather than focusing on immediate benefits.
After encouraging each other, Cheng Jie and Zhang Haoran ended their meeting.
Zhang Haoran knew what was happening in the world. From his perspective, the so-called "ghosts" seemed more like a special form of energy.
So Zhang Haoran also understood his own worth. His last words to Chu Jiang were, "I can definitely help in some way. I won't always be useless..."
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In the afternoon, Chu Jiang completed all the necessary procedures and brought relevant materials and new supplies. He took a plane to Luohe City.
Originally, Chu Jiang planned to first go home and then go to Luohe City for work.
However, after thinking about it, he was afraid his parents wouldn't let him go, so he temporarily gave up this idea.
Let's talk about it next time, after the responsible person's work is on track. Anytime is fine since the two cities are very close.
It's worth mentioning that before Chu Jiang boarded the plane, he had already received the results of DNA comparison.
Han Zhengde personally delivered this result to Chu Jiang, and his exact words were, "Unfortunately, no match was found."
"It appears that your biological parents didn't report their missing child to the police. At the same time, they have no criminal records, so there is no DNA data of your parents in the police database. There isn't even any highly similar DNA data to yours."
At first, Chu Jiang felt a bit disappointed, but soon he felt relieved. Forget it, he didn't plan to look for them anyway. As long as he takes care of and supports his own parents, it's enough.
During these two days at the research institute, Chu Jiang was not idle. On the contrary, he was very busy.
After becoming the leader, Chu Jiang's authority on the spooky website automatically upgraded from level 4 to level
2. Now, Chu Jiang not only can access some special forum sections, but also search for a lot of information that was previously unavailable.
Upon learning more about the detailed levels of the dangerous spirits, even Chu Jiang started to suspect that Slender Man might be an S-class entity.
A so-called C-class ghost, besides being not very efficient at killing, mostly only moves within a certain area.
B-class spirits have the ability to roam freely, able to move from one city to another at any time.
A-class ghosts possess the means to commit large-scale murders, wiping out entire cities without any problem.
As for S-class ghosts, they have several obvious distinguishing features. In addition to having extremely strong influence and destructive power, they often possess a nearly unsolvable abnormal ability: such as unlimited duplication, manipulation of time, manipulation of space, manipulation of causality...
Chu Jiang vividly remembers Slender Man demonstrating a similar ability to manipulate time.
Furthermore, only he, holding the diary, remembers that Slender Man once restarted time, while the memories of other ordinary people were lost.
Now thinking back, Chu Jiang and his friends were extremely lucky to survive.
The most fortunate thing was that Slender Man was always fascinated by that mysterious bell sound. As for killing, it was just its instinct, like how humans need to eat and drink.
Additionally, Slender Man had a unique trait - it would actively eat other ghosts!
At first, Chu Jiang didn't think there was anything strange about it, it's just survival of the fittest, like animals in nature.
But now, after learning some crucial information, Chu Jiang understood that ghosts generally don't attack each other, let alone eat one another.
Because in a ghost's instinct, there's no inclination to harm other ghosts. Unless in certain unexpected situations, if Ghost A is attacked by Ghost B, then Ghost A will retaliate spontaneously.
Just like when dealing with the Stretching Ghost before, Chu Jiang made the ghost's head attack its hair, and the hair would automatically strike back at the head.
But in such a situation, even if one side wins, the victor won't try to eat the loser.
Unless the winner has instincts like "greed" or "devouring," like the ghost named Fang Tianci with the codename "Ghost Mouth," his ghost seems to possess such instincts.
This ghost can grow stronger by eating suitable ghosts.
Just imagine, if Slender Man can continue to get stronger, then in the end, it will grow to an unimaginable extent...
Thinking about things that are too far away, Chu Jiang shook his head and decided not to think about it for now. He could only pray that he wouldn't encounter Slender Man again.
If there is no mysterious ringtone to attract Slender Man's attention next time, there is a ninety-nine percent chance that Chu Jiang will die. Whether he dies in the hands of the ghost shadow or in the hands of the Ghost Diary doesn't really make a difference.
Besides all this, Chu Jiang also specifically searched for information about various cults. He didn't forget the mysterious Holy Word Religion.
Despite becoming the person in charge, he still couldn't find any information about this sect.
You should know, paranormal websites have collaborated with several official organizations abroad, sharing various paranormal information, especially when it comes to cults.
However, with the resurgence of paranormal activities, there have indeed been a group of cults/organizations around the world involved with paranormal powers.
I heard that there is a pretty influential sect called the "Blood Rose" abroad.
It seems like there are also some in the country, but they are scattered and not prominent. Chu Jiang only noticed that there is a place called the "Four Emperors' Temple."
Since this Holy Word Religion is so mysterious, without any clues, Chu Jiang can only temporarily set it aside and see if their people will still come into contact with him.
By the way, now that Chu Jiang has become the leader, he also has a code name, which is "Blood Hand."
It has to be said, it's very fitting.
