Chapter 6: Longmen Town, Yellow Sand Fills the Sky
Experimental base, in the Red Star Hotel.

Everyone from the No. 3 laboratory sat in the private room. Wang Xiaoming sat at the main seat. After the food was served, he raised the drink in his hand and said to everyone:
"We have been working together for a year, and today is a good time to get together as there are new people joining the lab."

After saying that, Wang Xiaoming drank the drink in his hand.

Zhao Guangxian quickly raised his glass and drank it, a bright smile on his face. Chen Wei sat upright with a frown on her face. Her feet were suspended in the air without a headrest to step on, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

"The professor is right," a man standing next to Wang Xiaoming raised his water glass and said, "We are all Professor Wang's lab workers. We should get together more often."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he drank the drink in his hand and sat down.

Cui Chongshi, a former researcher at WeChat Moments, later joined the headquarters along with Wang Xiaoming when WeChat Moments was trading with the headquarters. The only difference was that this person was still secretly accepting funding from WeChat Moments.

Due to various reasons, even if the headquarters knew that this person was a spy, they did not expose him. The funny thing is that Cui Chongshi thought he was hiding well and had not been discovered, and he often portrayed himself as great and glorious.

Ignoring Cui Chongshi, Wang Xiaoming picked up his chopsticks and started eating. Seeing him start eating, everyone started eating.

Seeing the reserved faces of the people in front of him, Wang Xiaoming recalled his past life when he had dinner with his boss. At that time, he hated such occasions the most.

"Everyone, don't be too reserved. Eat when you're supposed to, drink when you're supposed to." Wang Xiaoming advised, but most people remained the same. Only Chen Wei, Pang Dong and Cui Chongshi were relatively normal.

Seeing this scene, Wang Xiaoming stopped trying to persuade them, but just sped up their eating. Leaving early would also make them feel more relaxed.

The reason for this dinner was just because people were so happy after the ghost-exorcising bell sounded, and they wanted to celebrate. However, the previous Wang Xiaoming had left such a deep impression on people that most people did not dare to relax even when eating.

Boom boom boom!
About ten minutes later,

A knock on the door broke the silence of the private room. Zhao Guangxian, who was sitting at the door, quickly got up and opened the door.

I saw someone coming,

Wang Xiaoming put down his chopsticks and said to everyone in the box:

"I'm done eating. You guys should go to bed early after eating. I have a task for you tomorrow."

After saying that, he left the box.

After Wang Xiaoming left, the noise in the box suddenly increased in intensity. Cui Chongshi originally wanted to go out to see where Wang Xiaoming was going, but was pulled back by Pang Dong.

A group of people began to discuss what happened when Zhao Jianguo went to see Professor Wang?
"Something big must have happened!" one of the experimenters said confidently.

……

"What happened?"

"Tsk! This is the first time I see you having dinner with your experimenters." Zhao Jianguo did not answer, but made fun of the scene in front of him.

Wang Xiaoming didn't say anything else, but stopped and looked at Zhao Jianguo in his previous cold manner. As expected, Zhao Jianguo could not bear it.

"Okay, let me tell you," Zhao Jianguo said helplessly, "I just wanted to see if there was anything wrong with your body. You seemed to have fainted this afternoon."

Wang Xiaoming knew that there were surveillance cameras in the laboratory, but he didn't expect his superiors to be so worried about his health that they sent someone to visit him in less than an hour.

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired."

"Why don't you take a break for a while?" Zhao Jianguo asked tentatively.

"No, if there is a problem I will see a doctor," Wang Xiaoming said, and then looked at Zhao Jianguo, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"There was a small problem in Longmen Town." Zhao Jianguo said somewhat embarrassedly.

"You mean there's something wrong with Wei Jing?" Wang Xiaoming thought of his bodyguard Wei Jing, the ghost rider sent by the headquarters to protect his safety.

Just because of lack of manpower, Zhao Jianguo seconded Wei Jing to deal with the supernatural events in Longmen Town.

Recalling the plot in the original novel, Wei Jing's handling of a supernatural incident led to the revival of an evil ghost. Because his skills in controlling the second evil ghost were not perfect, he faked his death and did not appear until the ghost messenger incident broke out.

"No, no." Zhao Jianguo waved his hands repeatedly, "It's just that things are more complicated than expected, and Wei Jing needs to stay in Longmen Town for a while."

Although Zhao Jianguo has always said that it was just a minor problem, based on the plot of the original novel, Wei Jing should have had problems recently, so it is very likely that this was the supernatural incident.

Wang Xiaoming felt that Zhao Jianguo was too optimistic and the Longmen Town incident was most likely not an ordinary supernatural event.

"Do you have detailed information? I would like to take a look." Wang Xiaoming asked directly.

After Zhao Jianguo took out the special mobile phone and operated it for a while, Wang Xiaoming's mobile phone rang.

Wang Xiaoming opened the message sent by Zhao Jianguo and read it carefully.

Longmen Town is located on the edge of a desert in the northwest. It developed because it is located near the national highway. Later, it developed characteristic tourism and prospered for a period of time. The total population is about 10,000.

The incident was caused by a mirage. One day at noon, when busy people were just about to take a break, they suddenly saw a tower towering into the clouds appear on the horizon. It stayed there for about ten minutes and then disappeared.

This mirage was filmed and posted online, becoming a popular video at the time. Longmen Town also took the opportunity to promote the tourism industry, which was originally a good thing, but it went wrong. On the seventh day after the mirage appeared, Longmen Town was suddenly surrounded by yellow sand.

The yellow sand violated the laws of physics and floated in the air without wind, surrounding most of Longmen Town. Only a small number of people living in remote areas survived.

The Interpol Asia headquarters quickly received the news and dispatched the ghost rider Li Jun to lead a team to Longmen Town to investigate the situation.

It is discovered that the yellow sand is actually a ghost domain. Li Jun enters the yellow sand ghost domain to rescue the trapped residents of Longmen Town. Later, he discovers the source of the supernatural and goes to solve it.

Li Jun then lost contact, and the headquarters subsequently sent Wei Jing for support, because Wei Jing owned the ghost domain and could enter and exit the Huangsha ghost domain.

When Wei Jing arrived at Longmen Town, he did not find Li Jun, so he could only rescue the remaining residents of Longmen Town first. Because there were still many trapped residents and Li Jun's whereabouts were unknown, Wei Jing needed to stay in Longmen Town for a while.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaoming had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu. He immediately turned to the equipment information carried by Li Jun and saw the ghost fire lantern.

The will-o'-the-wisp lantern is a special supernatural item. Wherever the will-o'-the-wisp light shines is a ghostland. Holding it in your hand is equivalent to controlling a powerful ghost that owns the ghostland.

In the original novel, Li Jun was the one who controlled the will-o'-the-wisp in the will-o'-the-wisp lantern, causing the lantern to be scrapped. The remaining lantern skin was later made into a sheepskin bag by the headquarters, which could seal the evil spirit in the bag.

Now he was almost certain that the supernatural incident in Longmen Town was the direct cause of Wei Jing being forced to fake his death and Li Jun's control of the ghost fire.

"Can I contact Wei Jing now?" Thinking of this, Wang Xiaoming immediately asked Zhao Jianguo.

If they could still be in contact now, he could pass the ghost-exorcism bell to Wei Jing. Although he didn't know if he could help him solve this supernatural incident, it would at least make his situation better than in the original book.

Facing Wang Xiaoming's question, Zhao Jianguo answered affirmatively:

"Yes, Wei Jing brought the latest satellite phone with him this time, so he can communicate normally even in the ghost area."

"That's good. I have a piece of music here that should be able to help Wei Jing." Wang Xiaoming said, using his ability to copy the ghost-exorcising ringtone to his mobile phone.

It is easy to say and easy to do.

Unlike the other means he had acquired, the ability to manipulate the ghost-exorcism bell seemed like a gift to him.

Wang Xiaoming can use his mind control to copy and release it, delete and retrieve it, and he can also sense the location of the ghost-exorcising bell.

He can release ghost-chasing ringtones out of thin air without using a player, but if others use it, they must have a device that can store and play music.

This is a wonderful change caused by the mysterious knowledge and this spiritual world, and it is a spiritual ability that belongs only to him.

"What do you mean? Professor, you have a new invention?" Zhao Jianguo looked at Wang Xiaoming happily. "What does it do?"

As supernatural incidents continued to break out, Zhao Jianguo, as the captain of Interpol, was under a lot of pressure. Suddenly, when he heard that there was something that could help deal with supernatural incidents, he was a little out of control for a moment.

"It's just the latest achievement. It can resist attacks from evil spirits. It just hasn't been tested yet, so we don't know its exact strength."

Compared to Zhao Jianguo, Wang Xiaoming was much calmer. Although he knew a lot of information, without comparative tests, he couldn't judge the strength of the ghost-exorcising bell.

"Hahaha... Professor Wang is too modest. Everyone knows that you are an expert in paranormal research. You are the first one to discover that gold cannot be affected by paranormal forces." Zhao Jianguo had a look of trust on his face, as if he had more confidence than Wang Xiaoming.

"Uh!" Wang Xiaoming showed a helpless look on his face, "Well said, don't say it again in the future."

He started researching supernatural powers very early. At that time, there were not many supernatural events in the world, and people just regarded them as urban legends.

Later, he came into contact with gold during his research. After discovering that this material was not affected by supernatural forces, he published his paper in order to enable people to have the means to deal with the supernatural.

As a result, after learning about the history of ghost riders in the Republic of China, we found out that the role of gold had been discovered a long time ago. The real big powers all knew the role of gold, but they all concealed this news just to control gold.

When supernatural events broke out frequently and some folk ghost-chasing forces began to emerge, Huang Jin's information began to loosen, and the paper he posted on the ghost-chasing website was not deleted.

After this incident, many new ghost riders thought that he had discovered the function of gold after reading the paper, which made him feel a little embarrassed when he knew the truth.

The main reason is that he is no longer the same person he used to be. After all, his previous personality was too cold and he would not worry about these boring things at all.

Seeing that Wang Xiaoming was unwilling to mention it, Zhao Jianguo did not say anything more. In his heart, Wang Xiaoming was a young man with a sense of justice.

It's just that his personality is too cold, and he brought up these things just to liven up the atmosphere, and he didn't mean to mock.

Because of this paper, many new ghost hunters learned the role of gold and survived supernatural events.

Even though they later learned that the gold had been used to imprison evil spirits a long time ago, they still owed Wang Xiaoming a favor.

In the paranormal circle, Wang Xiaoming is definitely one of the most prestigious people.

Then...

Wang Xiaoming introduced the ghost-exorcising bell to Zhao Jianguo. When Zhao Jianguo heard that it had no cost to use, his eyes lit up.

He immediately said that he would pass the ghost-exorcising bell to Wei Jing and let him experiment with the power of the bell during the mission.

(End of this chapter)