PROLOGUE & 44 Years Later

2086, Man's fear for the unknown elevated into a fear of the known, scientists were now able to explore the deep recesses of the ocean and were able to discover the horrors and alien creatures that hid within its depths, even though they now had the ability to explore it, they were but only able to explore 27% more of it due to its vastness.

Within the said year an unorthodox scientist group that focused their research on occult and supernatural phenomenons released a startling theory and even had evidence prepared to back their claims, the community dubbed it as 'The Ecto Species Theory' which supported the existences of ghosts, specters, and the like, even demons.

The specifed theory was enough to make a grown man and woman break into cold sweat as humanities innate fear for the occult and supernatural along with their fatal curiosity surfaced, after the theories reveal ghost hunting teams became more common and cults flourished.

The Government had to diapatch teams and teams of military personnel to apprehend these cults in order to bring back order to the streets and the City Of Mo Lu, during this time ghost movies and documentaries had ratings that broke throught the roof and was even able to break a few blockbuster records, many writers of this age even referenced to eastern ghosts stories and movies.

Taoists and many religious establishments flourished in this era, many bought talismans, charms, incense, and even hired exorcists, witch doctors, and priests to purify or cleanse and bless their homes, many abodes began to hang bagua mirrors and talismans that used black dog blood on their doors, even though they were all at the age of higher technology.

The scammers flourished at this era as well since not many an differentiate them from the real deals.

As more people believed in the existence of ghosts and the occult the more active and powerful they became, the Government added curfews at night time where the yin energy was the strongest in order to prevent supernatural accidents, it was all great and dandy for the first few months until businsss owners noticed a rather large dip on their profits.

The business owners large and small began to protest for their rights to stay open longer than the set curfew and the former started to pressure the government officials, this lead to the government into brainstorming for solution and a solution indeed did they provide for those 24 hours businesses.

The Government devised a system and a license which they dubbed the 'Midnight Pass', which in the future the general public would refer to the license as the 'Deadman's Invitation', its function was to allow the licensee to roam the city even late at night and even allow business's to open 24/7, to get the license is quite a tedious endeavour though.

First, they had to be 17 and above which should be legal enough for independence.

Second, Citizen I.D. and its corresponding documents should be valid.

Third, one must have a health record that indicates they do not have heart related problems or mental, respiratory problems, and diseases thatll cause heart failure.

Fourth, they must have documents and a clearance from the police and related authorities that indicate they do not have a criminal record. Finally, If requirements three and four arent met, they must state their working hours if applicable and they must bring a letter from the manager if the business is large and the business owner if its small, a certificate from city hall, and a proof that one has a simple workers insurance or an insurance premium on general from a legal ans trusted insurance firm, ofcourse in this high technology era it can all be done online but the network traffic caused by applicants will yield the same results as a physical application, even though the government has implemeted and used a a high end photon super computer that is occupied by a fast paced non-resting AI.

This specified year was also the year that specters loved and later hate, they would haunt many houses and terrorize many innocent households that they could and their amount was no different from and entire army, the ghostbusting connoisseur's were harassed and scared witless, the hospitals and mental institutions being filled to the brim and in response to this tragedy the government spent dollars and dollars of cash to train ghost hunting units and research a containment method, for the subsequent 3 years they had done non-stop hunting they spared none from capture, from lingering spirits to harmful specters till they no longer appeared on the year 2089, they were all sealed off within a lab under a deserted island never to be seen nor heard from ever again, how they were able to detain them was never revealed by the government.

44 years later in the future the previous events became history and people forgot about ghosts and the theory due to the supernatural and occult being rarely seen over the years, the license still existed but people realigned its purpose as a way to keep criminals at bay and was now even considered as a proof of a clean record when applying for a job, at this year of 2133 the underground lab was forgotten by the new officials and scientists, it was now abandoned and only eerie fluttering on the floor, the fear inducing whistling of the wind entering the building, the dripping of water that can make ones hair stand, and the sight of decaying documents along with stained lab coats that were ruined overtime were left on the floor as darkness enveloped the ruins, the stench of decay and animal feces wafted in the air.

A beam of light pierced through the mantle of darkness and behind it was a young caucasian looking man from the features of his face he was about 19 to 21 years old, he looked quite handsome with his long brown hair in a pony tail like those wuxia protagonist's, he had a nose that made him look like an actor if not for his accent that pointed out that he was asian nobody would ever suspect that he was asian at all, he was 178cm tall and his attire was composed of a backpack, a thick jacket, denim pants and a yellow shirt, he was holding a flashlight on his left hand and a cellphone on the right.

"As night falls the ghosts come and communicate with the living, the land of the living overlap with the dead letting the breathless move with the breathing.

Gooooood~ Hauntings! My beautiful and handsome viewers! Yellow Dragon here to carry you along on my journey once more to the depths of another haunted location, as you can all remember yesterday we arrived on black turtle island a hotspot of the paranormal in order to investigate the hauntings that surrounded this small detached world thats far from our very own and we found this ruined underground structure, with the help of the locals ofcourse and now i shall let you all once more venture with me towards the abyss called fear"

After brother yellow made his introduction he went and looked at the comments to see his audiences reactions, this mans name was Edward Long, his mother was a foreigner from europe but his father was a chinese, he was a paranormal streamer that had an average level of bravery but was talented at acting so nobody knew deep down his handsome and brave facade he was actually screaming within his mind 'WHY THE HELL AM I STREAMING AGAIN!?!! IM AFRAID OF GHOSTS!! WHY IN THE WORLD DID I CHOOSE THIS CAREER!!! MOMMMY HELP ME!!!!' he looked at the chat to calm himself.

"IAmALonelyIsland: Woohoo go brother yellow, you are a real man, if only i had a pinch of your bravery i would be happy"

"AngelsWhispers: Marry me Brother Yellow!!!!!<3"

"LibraryImmortal: Fu Meng! No screaming in the library!!!"

"TheMightyBuddhasPalm: Brother yellow i can sense you have innate talent to become an immortal so ill give you a 25% discount for the technique " Heaven And Earth Primordial Upheaval" instead of the old 60Rmb youll only pay 45Rmb isnt that a steal?"

The comments flowed like water and Brother Yellow calmed as he read the comments, he was a streamer with a good amount of followers that ranged between 160k to 200k, he gave a smile to the audience, he enjoyed the adoration even though he was not truly brave , he turned the camera to face his backpack as he took many items out, he then spoke in a calm voice.

"Okay friends lets see what i have brought with me today, we have a whole stack of talismans ready for when ghosts appear, an EM wave detector along with the jade around my neck which brings us to todays sponsor, if youre looking for good equipment for ghostbusting then stop by Uncle Ju's Ghostbusting Emporium! You can go bust with prices you can trust, and now for the final piece we have a butchers knife with a bloody history, before we venture please do subscribe if you havent yet, to not miss any of my exciting content and to get a whole weeks worth of good luck!"

He returned all the items into his backpack and placed it on his back, he pointed the flashlight once more to the abyss in front of him along with his phone camera, he inhaled a hefty amount of air before exhaling and entering the light devouring maw of dark ruins.

Brother yellows figure disappeared and blended into the darkness even the beam of the flashlight was no longer visible, dogs then howled from a distance which was later joined by a loud blood curdling scream.