Mysterious Revival

Yang Jian had previously suspected that Wang Shanshan would come to Baishui Town, as there must have been something leading her deep into the realm of wandering souls; otherwise, she couldn’t have accurately found that little house and arrived at what was called three years ago.

He never expected that the one leading Wang Shanshan here would actually be the human skin paper.

He was always very wary of the human skin paper, which is why he had the Ghost Child carry it.

Once the human skin paper showed any abnormalities, the Ghost Child, inheriting the Hungry Ghost’s trait of devouring ghosts, would definitely swallow the human skin paper whole.

Yang Jian was now looking at Wang Shanshan.

She still wore a calm expression, and her fair face seemed somewhat translucent under the sunlight. She didn’t appear surprised at Yang Jian’s sudden arrival, as if she had known all along that Yang Jian would come here.

“The human skin paper doesn’t have the ability to move by itself; it must have given you a compelling reason to come here. Why did you enter that realm of wandering souls?” Yang Jian asked, “To resurrect a loved one?”

“No, I just wanted to find someone,” Wang Shanshan replied.

“Who?” Yang Jian continued.

Wang Shanshan looked at him seriously and said, “To find you.”

“To find me?”

This answer made Yang Jian immediately frown: “Why would you say that?”

“By chance, the human skin paper fell out from the bell on the Ghost Child’s neck. The Ghost Child immediately picked it up and tried to shove it into its mouth. I stopped it and took a look at it. As soon as I touched the human skin paper, twisted black words emerged on it,” Wang Shanshan carefully recounted what had happened.

“I am Yang Jian. By the time you see this sentence, I am already dead…”

Wang Shanshan continued: “This was the first sentence that appeared on the human skin paper.”

“And then?” Yang Jian’s face remained calm as he listened patiently.

Wang Shanshan continued: “At first, I was doubtful, but it detailed all your past experiences very thoroughly. I had no choice but to believe the content revealed by this human skin paper. I kept reading until I saw the Hungry Ghost incident. In that supernatural event, you had died.”

“I was indeed dead at that time, but I resurrected,” Yang Jian said.

“But the you who resurrected, is it really you? Maybe the real you is already dead, and perhaps you, like the Ghost Child, are just a product of the supernatural,” Wang Shanshan said. “I needed to verify this.”

“So you entered the realm of wandering souls in Baishui Town?” Yang Jian asked.

Wang Shanshan nodded: “Perhaps by coincidence, there was a supernatural occurrence in Baishui Town, and I followed the human skin paper’s guidance, carrying the Ghost Child into the depths.”

“Did you find me on the road wandering souls?” Yang Jian asked.

Wang Shanshan shook her head: “I didn’t find you. The human skin paper guided me to a deeper place, saying you could be found there.”

“A wooden house,” Yang Jian squinted his eyes and said.

The human skin paper indeed didn’t lie; there was no Yang Jian in the world of wandering souls, but there was a Yang Jian from three years ago. So, the human skin paper deceived Wang Shanshan into going to that wooden house, pushing open the door on the second floor, and returning here.

“Yes, I entered that wooden house, went to the second floor, opened that door, and when I opened my eyes, I found myself back at home, back to my home from three years ago,” Wang Shanshan said.

“When I realized this, I found that I had been deceived.”

“The human skin paper indeed led me to the real living you, but only the you from three years ago, when you were just an ordinary person, still living in that rented house, still a failing student who slept in class, with no connection to me.”

Wang Shanshan turned her head and looked at the sky.

“So you rushed to Baishui Town as soon as you knew you’d been deceived?” Yang Jian continued to ask, “What made it worth coming here?”

“If I had indeed gone back to three years ago, the best choice would be to live in Baishui Town for three years, waiting for everything to return to the way it was,” Wang Shanshan said. “So I made this decision. But when I got here, I found it was another trick.”

“If this was three years ago, then my coming would have already changed the future, but what I’ve experienced hasn’t changed, which is a time paradox.”

“Thus, there’s only one possibility left: we didn’t arrive three years ago, but in a creepy world constructed by the supernatural.”

Wang Shanshan analyzed very rationally.

“I am certain that this world is false. Those who enter this world will be trapped in the past; the only real thing beside me was the Ghost Child.”

Yang Jian nodded: “Though you made a mistake, you reflected on it in time. Now the question is, why did the human skin paper go to such great lengths to use you to push open that wooden door to bring it here?”

“Your arrival and mine are accidents, not important. What’s important is that the human skin paper is already here, and it has achieved its purpose.”

“I believe there’s a reason the human skin paper had you bring it here.”

The truth or falsity of this world was not so important, but everything Wang Shanshan did bore traces of the human skin paper, and this human skin paper would definitely not do anything meaningless. Having seized the opportunity, escaping Yang Jian’s control, and evading being devoured by the Ghost Child, whatever it wanted to do must be extraordinary.

“Is that human skin paper really so dangerous?” Wang Shanshan became a bit doubtful.

Though she had made contact with the human skin paper and knew she’d been deceived, she hadn’t suffered greatly, so her vigilance against the human skin paper wasn’t as high as Yang Jian’s.

“It depends on how you define the danger of the human skin paper. If you completely disregard the information on the human skin paper, then it’s just a piece of waste paper that poses no threat to you. But if you believe its content and act based on its information, then it will certainly lead to quite terrifying consequences.”

“I nearly got killed by the information on the human skin paper at least three times, so I speak from experience,” Yang Jian said seriously.

Wang Shanshan said, “Sorry, I wasn’t aware of this.”

“Forget it; pursuing these things now doesn’t have any significance. Since we’ve found you and the Ghost Child, we should now find a way to leave. By the way, where’s the human skin paper? I want to take it back,” Yang Jian said.

“Here it is.” Wang Shanshan pulled out a golden box from her clothes.

Evidently, she had learned Yang Jian’s habit of using a gold box to contain supernatural items to prevent any incidents.

After opening it, a dark brown human skin paper was neatly folded inside.

Yang Jian grabbed it and unfolded it to take a look.

Immediately upon touching it, he was certain it was genuine, neither a counterfeit nor a substitute.

Meanwhile, twisted black characters had appeared on the dark brown human skin paper: “I am Yang Jian…”

Before the sentence could be completed, the twisted characters suddenly changed: “…why aren’t you dead yet.”

The tone shifted, seemingly engaging in a certain dialogue with Yang Jian from another existence.

The human skin paper, in front of Yang Jian, abandoned a certain façade in its narrative style.

After all, they were long-standing acquaintances.

Yang Jian held the human skin paper with a cold smile: “So anxious for my death? Am I the most challenging among all you’ve interacted with?”

No new characters emerged on the human skin paper; it seemed to choose silence.

“No need to hide anymore; I know having Wang Shanshan come here achieved your goal. Although I don’t know what that goal is, it will definitely cause enormous danger. If I can’t handle it when danger comes, I’ll choose to deal with you first.”

“If you’re willing to cooperate with me, perhaps you’ll have a chance to turn things around in the future.”

After Yang Jian spoke, the human skin paper didn’t respond, seemingly choosing silence again.

“Playing dead?”

He wasn’t surprised by this situation.

Just as he was about to put the human skin paper away, suddenly, characters appeared on it.

Yang Jian immediately halted his actions and stared at the human skin paper.

“I am Yang Jian. By the time you see this sentence, I am already dead… On this day, I came to the supernaturally corroded Baishui Town, a terrifying place, but to search for the missing Ghost Child, I ventured deep into Baishui Town… I walked the road of wandering souls and entered a wooden building. Driven by curiosity, I followed the wooden stairs up to the second floor of the building.”

“I pushed open a wooden door, and a bizarre thing happened—I ended up back in the past, three years ago.”

“Too much nonsense, just get to the point,” Yang Jian said.

Beneath the seemingly endless words, the text twisted once more, reappearing as: “I arrived at a certain day three years ago. After much effort, I finally found the missing Ghost Child. But at 6:10 PM, I realized I had been tricked.”

A mass of verbose words—get to the point,” Yang Jian said impatiently.

“At 6:10 PM that night, I died in Baishui Town, only to be resurrected.”

A shocking realization washed over Yang Jian’s face.

He knew that the information revealed by the human skin paper was true, even if it related to the future.

If nothing unusual happened, Yang Jian would die in Baishui Town tonight at exactly 6:10 PM.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by novlove.com