Chapter 1 "Really Dragged Into the Computer..."

"It really was dragged into the computer..." Seeing this scene with his own eyes was a completely different feeling than reading about it on paper, and General Chen's expression couldn't help but turn somewhat ugly.

"That's right." The person in charge on the other end also seemed a little nervous. "To be precise, those who disappeared were dragged into a movie, becoming characters within it."

"Of course, they...they are definitely dead."

"What kind of movie is this?" Lin Wan'er asked, lowering her voice.

The person in charge hesitated for a moment, "We...we can't find the name of this movie. It doesn't seem like...it was filmed by a person. To open this movie, you must first enter a forum."

"It's a forum dedicated to discussing horror movies. In that forum, you can see the name of the movie. Enter the name into the computer, and you can find the movie. But...but the strange thing is, only when a person is facing the screen can they find this movie, and the name of this movie cannot be transmitted, nor can it be shared..."

The person in charge's description was chaotic, but Lin Wan'er understood. "Only the person who has logged into that website can remember the movie's name, but they can't express it to others, is that right?"

"Exactly!" The person in charge said with certainty, "We've tested it. As long as someone stands in front of the person involved, when the person involved says the movie's name to others, what others hear is a bunch of garbled noise."

"The lip movements can't be recognized either. Even if the movie name is written on paper and given to others to read, the words on it are a series of scribbles that no one can recognize."

"In other words, this spiritual event cannot be spread from person to person." Lin Wan'er's expression eased slightly. If it could be spread from person to person, then this event would be troublesome.

"Why is this event defined as four stars?" Lin Wan'er questioned. Four stars represent the degree of threat to the world. To put it bluntly, it's the lethality. Once a four-star spiritual event is out of control, it's enough to destroy a city.

Hearing this, the person in charge's voice rose, "Specialist, this matter is not what you think it is. It...it's very scary. At first, we also thought that we just needed to find a way to control that forum, but the result was completely different!"

"The ghost's initial method of killing people was indeed to use ghost movies, and then drag the people who watched the movies into the screen to kill them. But soon we discovered that the missing people's families and friends also began to disappear, but they hadn't watched that movie!"

"After our subsequent investigation, before they disappeared, they had all received phone calls, the numbers were the cell phone numbers of those who had disappeared, phone calls from those...those missing people!"

"Dialed from that movie!"

Now General Chen couldn't remain calm, his expression suddenly changed. "What did you say? Those missing people have turned into ghosts and will also drag the people around them into that movie...ghost movie?"

"That's right. Some people in our institute have already been caught. There are six of them, all from the same department. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, otherwise we would be finished now." Mentioning what had happened not long ago, the person in charge was still feeling lingering fear. They had already been very careful, but they didn't expect such a thing to happen.

"Is there a way to curb the spread?" Lin Wan'er asked, "Is it that the ghost can drag people away by making a phone call, or must you answer the phone to complete the killing?"

"You must answer the phone!" The person in charge's words revealed certainty, presumably having grasped concrete evidence.

Lin Wan'er frowned slightly. "In other words, as long as we don't answer the phone calls from those who have disappeared, nothing will happen, even if the ghost calls."

She vaguely felt that this matter wasn't that simple, after all, it was a Class A spiritual event with a threat level of four stars.

"It's not that simple." The person in charge's side transmitted a rustling sound, as if he was flipping through documents. "First of all, the speed of this spiritual event's spread is extremely fast. We can't accurately count every missing person. For example, a friend who just had dinner with you a few hours ago calls you. Do you answer or not? He may have already been dragged into the movie by a ghost. This phone call is coming to claim your life."

"Those ordinary people aren't us. They don't have the awareness to distinguish. They don't even know that their friends and family have disappeared. Under such a premise, how can they prevent it?"

"Then cut off the city's signal so that the ghost phone can't make calls!" General Chen couldn't sit still when he heard that the situation was so serious. This was undoubtedly another blood debt owed by the Night Watchers. It must be their fault!

The person in charge's face turned bitter when he heard General Chen's roar on the other end. "It's useless, we've tried it. This ghost phone is very evil and can't be cut off no matter what. Even if your phone is out of power, it can still call."

Lin Wan'er's expression was terribly cold, and she didn't say a word.

The person in charge on the other end seemed to sense Lin Wan'er's anger and immediately offered a piece of good news, "But we...we're not completely without a solution. As long as you stay away from your cell phone and ensure that there's no one within 5 meters of your cell phone, then the ghost phone won't be able to call. Also, we can use landlines without screens to communicate, just like now. That's also no problem. Ghost phones can't call landlines."

"We're preparing to send people to notify each household." The person in charge was a little guilty, and his voice became quieter as he spoke.

"By the time you finish notifying them, almost everyone in the city will be dead." Lin Wan'er said coldly. "It's too late. Have you found the interface between this spiritual event and the real world?"

"We've only found the approximate location so far, near Jing'an Road in the west of Rong City. We've already sent a team to verify it and we should be able to pinpoint the exact location soon." The person in charge said in one breath.

Lin Wan'er frowned slightly, seemingly thinking of something. "Jing'an Road, that alley full of bars and dance halls?" Jiang Chen was secretly working there to earn money behind her back. Lin Wan'er knew this.

"Yes, that's the place!" The person in charge said excitedly, "Why, Specialist, do you often go there to play too?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the person in charge regretted it. He didn't have any malicious intent. The pressure of doing research was high, and one of his ways to unwind was to go to the bars on Jing'an Road and chat with the young ladies.

Fortunately, Lin Wan'er wasn't in the mood to argue with him, and this person in charge wasn't wrong either. The one in her family was indeed a regular at the bar, and she heard that he was the top performer at three of them.

"Da da da..."

The sound of hurried footsteps came from the other end of the phone, followed by a very soft but urgent female voice, as if someone was leaning in to say something very urgently to the person in charge on the other end of the phone.

A moment later, the person in charge's urgent voice rang out: "What did you say?"

"What's happening there?" Lin Wan'er grabbed the microphone and asked.