Chapter 124 The person waiting
Cao Yang's words soon reached Shen Liang, and Shen Liang had no doubt at all. He directly mobilized the power of the headquarters to forcefully take over and blockade the entire Donghai County.

Just kidding, Cao Yang is a nominee for the Captain Plan, and in the ghost rider scoring mechanism specially designed by the headquarters, Cao Yang's score ranks among the top.

What does this mean? To put it bluntly, Cao Yang's becoming the captain is a done deal. As an insider, he knows the value of a captain very well.

"Han Yu, transfer Cao Yang. I want to talk to him."

"clear."

Soon, Cao Yang's call was connected.

"Captain Shen, what do you want from me?"

Cao Yang was not actually surprised. According to the schedule, the first headquarters meeting should be held now. As one of the nominees for the captain plan and also the captain representing the headquarters' forces, Shen Liang should go back to attend the meeting himself.

Sure enough, Shen Liang’s next words confirmed Cao Yang’s guess.

"Just after you left Dajing on a business trip, an unsolvable S-level ghost incident broke out at the training base. I believe you know this."

"Just now, this incident has been temporarily contained. The headquarters decided to hold a meeting to discuss the solution to the ghost messenger incident. At the same time, some confidential information will be revealed."

"Of course, these are all official business. There is also a personal matter. Professor Wang asked me to meet you. It seems that he wants to cooperate with you in some experiments."

Shen Liang's words made Cao Yang fall into deep thought. Wang Xiaoming wanted to see him again...

"The ghost messenger incident is not over yet. He should not have time to care about the ghost blood and water ghost experiments now. Could it be that he wants to use the ghost blood to do something to the ghost messenger?"

Cao Yang's mind worked quickly. He vaguely guessed Wang Xiaoming's intention, but he would not let him get his wish.

"I'm sorry, Captain Shen. It's not that I don't want to go back. I'm also dealing with a supernatural incident right now. It's quite tricky. Although it's definitely not as perverted as the ghost messenger incident, I really can't get away for the time being. As for Professor Wang's appointment, please tell him to wait for me to visit him in person after I return."

"Well... okay, I'll tell him. If possible, I still hope you can attend this meeting."

"I'll try my best. Captain Shen, you know that supernatural events are not childish games. They can't be ended just because I say so."

Without further ado, Cao Yang ended the call after he finished speaking. This headquarters meeting was of no value to him, and he was not interested in the conflict between Yang Jian and his circle of friends. The only thing worth paying attention to was the water ghost, but Wang Xiaoming might have already been eyeing the ghost blood, so he would naturally not deliver it to him easily.

With the intervention of the headquarters, Donghai County was quickly completely blocked off, with three layers of cordons set up inside and outside, blocking the possibility for most ordinary people to break in.

"I can't stay here forever. I can only pray that no fools will run in and trigger the silent rules. Otherwise, I'm afraid the ghost peddler will come to kill me directly."

Cao Yang looked at the establishment of layer after layer of blockade lines. Although he was worried, he couldn't stay here forever, so he left after staying for a while.

"The transaction with Jingqiao is complete. I will soon start the fourth transaction with the ghost peddler. From the perspective of the increasing degree of terror, the next transaction is definitely not something I can handle now. Jingqiao was caught by me by taking shortcuts. The next ghost will definitely reach the real S level..."

Despite this, Cao Yang still didn't plan to go back now. Without the water ghost, he would never be able to control the ghost blood. Moreover, he couldn't help much with the ghost messenger incident even if he went back. "Wait a little longer, wait until they have established a plan to use ghost paintings to deal with the ghost messenger before going back. At that time, Wang Xiaoming should have time to study the balance between water ghosts and ghost blood."

Cao Yang wandered aimlessly around Donghai County, not knowing what to do for a moment.

Although Donghai County is very close to the prosperous Dahang City, due to the supernatural events that have occurred here, this place and even several surrounding counties are exceptionally deserted. Cao Yang bought a map from a roadside stall and looked at it casually in his hand.

"Oh? I haven't noticed that Donghai County is quite close to Jingci Town. If I remember correctly, when Yang Jian went to Dajing City, he encountered a case of killing people with a ghost hand. The source of the ghost hand was Jingci Town. There was a ghost controller who locked the ghost in a 'soul bottle' made of gold."

"Let's go and have a look. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to buy a few soul bottles. That can help us accumulate capital and also help kill some time."

After putting away the map, Cao Yang also made up his mind to go to Jingci Town to try his luck. The supernatural incident he told Shen Liang was of course an excuse, he just didn't want to get involved in the ghost incident.

The next day, Jingci Town.

Cao Yang found a wealthy businessman, or more precisely an antique dealer. His name was Chen Jingzhong. He was a tomb raider in his early years. He retired at the age of 40 and spent a lot of money to cleanse himself. But when Cao Yang found him and showed his ID, the other party was so scared that his face turned pale.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to arrest you. The crime you committed is not worth the dispatch of an Interpol. Just help me a little, and I won't pursue the rest. Otherwise, you know~"

Cao Yang deliberately dragged out the word and slammed the golden pistol at his waist on the table. The shrewd and sharp businessman was so scared that his legs went limp and he quickly nodded in agreement.

Soon, Chen Jingzhong reappeared in the arena. He frantically bought antique containers according to Cao Yang's request. He got a lot of bottles, jars and even chamber pots. Moreover, this old guy got a bronze ware from nowhere. The standard red spots and green rust made it a rare item that was eye-opening.

"You kid..."

Now Cao Yang could no longer sit still. He could even get such a forbidden thing as bronze ware. God only knew whether Chen Jingzhong would get something even more important.

But unfortunately, among the hundreds of antiques he had obtained, there were only two soul bottles. Cao Yang accepted the two soul bottles without hesitation, and at the same time contacted the captain of the Jingci Town Municipal Bureau to send Chen Jingzhong, the old man, in.

"You should go in and have some official food."

With regret and unwillingness, Chen Jingzhong was thrown into prison and received justice.

"Alas, although I have gained a lot, my own strength has not improved in any substantial way."

Thinking of this, Cao Yang was still a little worried.

A day later, Cao Yang chose to return to Otsu City, but what made him feel bad was that the ghost messenger was now temporarily blocked at the border of Otsu City and Dajing City. Although it was still far away from the urban area, it was still a hidden danger anyway, and as the person in charge of Otsu City, he could not ignore it.

"Why are you in Otsu City?!"

Beichen Building, Cao Yang just returned to his office, but found that Wang Xiaoming had been waiting here for a long time.

(End of this chapter)