51: Chapter 51 The King of Hell Has Arrived? First, Take This "Land Management Law"!

In the western suburbs of Yanjing, the night was as dark as ink.

The abandoned Third Psychiatric Hospital resembled a giant beast crouching in the darkness, deathly silent and hideous.

A fire years ago had left the place completely deserted, and now, it had become the most ominous Forbidden Ground in the mouths of the nearby residents.

"Old Li, did you hear that? It's happening again!"

In a self-built house less than a kilometer from the hospital, a man wrapped in a military overcoat was still chattering his teeth.

Even though it was early summer, the room felt like an ice cellar, with a layer of white frost forming in the corners.

Outside the window, the faint, rhythmic sound of footsteps approached from afar, accompanied by the shrill wailing of a woman.

The sound seemed to ring directly inside one's mind, making one's scalp tingle.

"Don't make a sound! Block the doors and windows!" The man called Old Li stuffed a quilt under the door gap with trembling hands. "This place is extremely ominous; whatever you do, don't look outside!"

Yet at the source of their fear, on the third basement level of the psychiatric hospital, it was a completely different scene.

This place had originally been the hospital's morgue, but it had been dug deeper and wider, forming a massive underground cavern.

The Yin Qi had condensed into a tangible substance, swirling everywhere as a sickly green mist.

In the center of the cavern stood a throne built from hundreds of ghastly white skulls.

A youth with a feminine face sat perched upon it.

He wore a hand-stitched black Dragon robe, his eyes closed and his expression intoxicated, seemingly savoring the bone-chilling Yin cold.

His name was Ye Yan, and a week ago, he was still an ordinary person moving bricks at a construction site.

Until he accidentally dug up an ancient jade and experienced an Awakening of the [Underworld System].

"System, Sign-in!"

Ye Yan thought silently in his heart.

[Ding! Host detected in a location of extreme Yin, Sign-in successful!]

[Reward obtained: Yin Soldier Tiger Tally (Can summon three thousand Yin Soldiers, consumable).]

[Reward obtained: One-hundred-year-old Fierce Ghost (Red Attire).]

[Current Underworld construction progress: 5%. Host, please continue your efforts to rebuild the Six Paths of Reincarnation as soon as possible!]

The mechanical notification sound faded.

A palm-sized, pitch-black Tiger Tally appeared out of thin air in Ye Yan's hand. It felt ice-cold to the touch, and a hideous ghost head was carved onto it.

At the same time, the Yin Qi behind him churned, and a female figure wearing a red wedding dress with hair reaching the ground slowly condensed into form. Her hollow eye sockets faced Ye Yan, exuding endless malice.

Ye Yan didn't even glance at her, only obsessively stroking the Tiger Tally in his hand.

"Hahaha! Three thousand Yin Soldiers!"

He stood up abruptly, spread his arms, and let out an irrepressible, maniacal laugh.

"Fantastic! This is absolutely fantastic!"

He looked down at this "Underworld Prototype" he had built with his own hands, his eyes full of twisted ambition.

"As long as I keep signing in, continue expanding the Ghost Domain, and turn this entire Yanjing City into my territory!"

"I will be the true King of Hell! The lifespans of the living and the Reincarnation of the dead will all be decided by my whim!"

"When that time comes, no matter the high-ranking officials, the wealthy tycoons, they will be nothing but pigs and dogs waiting to be slaughtered before me!"

His laughter echoed in the empty basement, startling the lonely ghosts and wild spirits lurking in the corners, making them tremble.

However, he did not notice.

High in the sky, a thousand meters above his head, a micro-drone disguised as a bat was transmitting everything here in real-time to a line of black vehicles more than ten kilometers away.

At the very front of the convoy was a heavily modified black command vehicle.

The interior of the vehicle was brightly lit, but the atmosphere was as cold as ice.

"Director, the negative energy index in the target area is still skyrocketing, it has already surpassed the four-thousand mark!"

Chen Xiaobei pointed at the sickly green data bar on the screen that was about to pierce the sky, cold sweat covering his forehead.

"The surrounding magnetic field is completely chaotic, and all electronic equipment will be strongly interfered with. The temperature is nearly fifteen degrees lower than in normal areas, and we have detected high-intensity infrasound waves. This thing can directly attack the human nervous System; if an ordinary person stays there for too long, they will experience severe hallucinations, or even sudden death!"

Gu Changan sat in the command seat, holding a pair of military binoculars, watching the abandoned hospital through the screen.

He ignored the terrifying data and just asked indifferently.

"Haunted?"

"No, it's not haunted."

Gu Changan put down the binoculars, his tone as flat as if he were discussing the weather.

"It's someone playing tricks."

He turned to Chen Xiaobei.

"Pull up the land zoning map for that plot."

"Yes!"

Chen Xiaobei operated the console immediately. The screen flashed, and a detailed regional zoning map overlaid the satellite map.

Gu Changan extended a gloved finger and drew a circle on the screen over the area marked as the psychiatric hospital.

Inside the red circle, a few large characters were clearly marked: State-Owned Reserve Construction Land.

"Do you see that?"

Gu Changan's voice rang out in the quiet vehicle.

"This land belongs to state assets. Three years ago, it was listed by the Municipal Planning Bureau as a project to be developed, and in the future, a public leisure park is to be built here."

He paused and tapped his finger on the building on the screen that was still emitting Yin Qi.

"This person surnamed Ye has been digging privately on state-owned land, constructing underground fortifications, and goodness knows where he got so many human remains from..."

Gu Changan's tone had no fluctuation, as if he were reading a dry legal document.

"His actions are suspected of violating Article 342 of the Criminal Law, the crime of illegally occupying agricultural land; they are suspected of violating the Land Administration Law, constituting a serious illegal construction; at the same time, he is suspected of violating Article 302 of the Criminal Law, the crime of theft, insult, and intentional destruction of corpses or remains."

"Self-proclaimed King of Hell?"

Gu Changan's lips curled into a cold arc.

"He doesn't even have a legal business license."

Having said that, he picked up the encrypted communicator on the table and pressed a few channels.

"Connect to the State Grid Yanjing Dispatch Center."

There was a crackle of static from the communicator, and soon, a steady male voice responded: "This is State Grid Dispatch, Team Leader Gu, what are your instructions?"

"I want to urgently set up eight temporary ultra-high voltage mobile substations around the abandoned psychiatric hospital in the western suburbs, at coordinates XXX, XXX."

Gu Changan's voice was unquestionable.

"Form a closed ring power grid and set the power to maximum. I want to see them all activated within half an hour."

The person on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, seemingly not understanding why such a big operation was needed in the middle of nowhere, but immediately replied: "Yes! Guarantee to complete the mission!"

Gu Changan did not stop and switched directly to another channel.

"Connect to the Meteorological Bureau Artificial Intervention Department."

"Team Leader Gu." A crisp female voice came through.

"Tonight, over the western suburbs of Yanjing, I don't need any clouds." Gu Changan looked out the window. "Give me a clear night sky, especially the moon; I want it to be exceptionally bright tonight."

"Understood!"

After the two calls, the atmosphere in the vehicle became even more bizarre.

Chen Beixuan listened from the side, dumbfounded, forgetting to drink the milk tea in his hand.

Using an ultra-high voltage power grid to surround a ghost nest?

Making the Meteorological Bureau blow the clouds away so the moon would shine brighter?

What kind of operation is this?

Just as he was utterly confused, Gu Changan had already stood up and started putting on his equipment.

He took a black tactical vest from the equipment rack and picked up a pair of uniquely shaped goggles.

"Tonight's mission is demolition."

Gu Changan's voice was transmitted clearly through the built-in communicator to the ears of every Special Police officer in the vehicles behind.

He turned around and looked at the team members behind him who were already fully prepared. Their weapons were not conventional firearms, but some heavy equipment with strange shapes, flickering with blue energy halos.

"Bring all of our best 'demolition tools'."