Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

"......joke?"

It's that simple?

Li Bo was stunned for a moment, feeling that something was wrong.

He carefully looked at the pen and said, "Master Pen, what kind of joke would you like to hear?"

The fountain pen seems to like this name.

It jumped merrily, but did not respond to Li Bo's words.

Li Bo pursed his lips, a strange feeling flashing through his mind.

Although he had never possessed a ghost, he had heard Xu Yuanshuang mention that the essence of a ghost was still that of a demon, and there would always be a price to pay.

There's usually a trap in this "joke".

He rolled his eyes and suddenly said, "How about this?"

"Show me a way out first, then I'll tell you a joke, okay?"

In fact, Li Bo was prepared to make two plans: first, he would use his pen skills, and then he would ask Xu Yuanshuang for her opinion.

【no problem】

The pen responded very quickly this time.

The next second, it began to give directions:

Walk 100 meters to the right.

Turn at the fruit stand

.......

Li Bo turned the corner and followed the pen's instructions to turn left and right.

During this time, the pen kept writing and drawing on his hand, causing his arm to itch and nearly getting hit by a car.

"Where are you taking me?!"

Li Bo, his face pale, gritted his teeth and spoke to the pen.

The pen did not respond.

"......"

Li Bo took a deep breath, forced a smile, and asked again.

"The Great Master of the Pen"

"Where are we going?"

[Almost there]

Walk 20 meters to the left.

Finally, the pen indicated that it had stopped in a certain place.

Looking east

What did you see?

Li Bo raised his head and stared straight at the eastern sky.

Suddenly, he looked stunned.

"Road sign...?"

To his east, behind the canopy of trees along the street, was a road sign that was half-hidden.

Above is a sign pointing left, and next to it is the name of a street.

Remember this street name.

"Why....."

Just as Li Bo was about to ask further questions, he suddenly froze, and his heart skipped a beat!

He looked around and suddenly realized that the place he was standing in was so familiar!

This is where the Red Umbrella Man first appeared!

They were gazing in the direction of this road sign!

"So that's how it is! So that's how it is!"

Li Bo's face immediately lit up with overwhelming joy; it turned out that the path to survival had been hinted at all along!

[All three locations have been searched]

I'll tell you what to do last.

"Yes Yes."

Li Bo nodded repeatedly, now having no more doubts about the pen's capabilities.

"Master Pen... there's one more thing."

Go back to the hotel if you want.

As if knowing what he was thinking, the pen raised its cap towards the hotel not far away.

Li breathed a sigh of relief; the pen was more understanding than he had imagined.

After a few minutes.

The floor for those entering the domain.

Li Bo stepped out of the elevator and suddenly paused.

In the corridor, Liu Zi was leaning against the window smoking, occasionally looking down at the street below, as if searching for someone.

He turned his head and saw Li Bo, and couldn't help but frown:

"Why are you back?"

Li Bo ignored him and walked forward with his head down.

"I'm fucking asking you a question, are you deaf? Can't you hear me?"

Liu Zi cursed irritably, peeked into the elevator, but didn't see anyone else.

"Where are Tian Qinghe and the others?"

Li Bo remained silent.

He was already somewhat intimidated by Liu Zi's fiery temper, and now, feeling guilty, he dared not utter a single word.

However, Liu Zi stretched out his arm and blocked him directly.

What are you doing, sneaking around like that?

Liu Zi asked suspiciously.

He spends his life on the streets and can tell at a glance whether someone has something to hide.

Even from the very beginning, Liu Zi had a vague feeling that Xu Yuanshuang was pretending to be something.

Li Bo, on the other hand, appears honest but is actually full of wicked schemes.

"This is none of your business, get out of the way."

Li Bo clicked his tongue and turned his head away somewhat guiltily.

"Do not."

Liu Zi stared at him menacingly: "You're under a curse. Instead of following Du Tingfeng to find a way to survive, what are you doing sneaking back by yourself?"

He did not overlook the red umbrella in Li Bo's hand.

"Get the hell out of my way! What I do is none of your business!"

Li Bo shouted angrily and reached out to pull Liu Zi's arm away.

He was extremely anxious. Time was of the essence. At Ah Xiang's house, those four people probably already knew that he had stolen the pen.

If they can't find themselves, their first instinct will be to ask Xu Yuanshuang.

The longer we linger here, the greater the chance of being caught red-handed by Du Tingfeng and his group!

Upon hearing this, Liu Zi laughed in extreme anger:

"Li Bo".

"You're really bold."

"Try talking to me like that again."

He didn't give way at all; instead, he took several steps forward, pressing Li Bo closer and closer until he was cornered against the wall in the corridor.

In reality, Liu Zi is a troublemaker who has no scruples whatsoever.

"you....."

Li Bo nervously moved his throat, just about to find an excuse to brush it off, when he suddenly froze.

Bang!

A dull sound of a blunt object hitting bone rang out.

The sneer on Liu Zi's face froze.

"Xu——"

He had barely uttered a single word when he collapsed to the ground, blood gushing from the back of his head.

Behind Liu Zi, Xu Yuanshuang held a fire extinguisher in her hand, her expression indifferent.

"Sister Shuang!"

Li Bo shouted excitedly.

Xu Yuanshuang glanced at him with some disdain, clearly annoyed.

"You got it?"

Li Bo quickly nodded and took the pen out of his pocket.

"This broken pen? Are you sure you didn't grab the wrong one?"

Xu Yuanshuang looked at the pen suspiciously; this didn't quite match the rumors she had heard.

In Li Bo's hand, there was a black fountain pen that had been used for an unknown amount of time. It was pitted and full of corroded holes.

There were even a few gray-brown threads stuck in the gaps of the pen body, as if they had been torn from some doll.

"I'm sure."

Li Bo said, and quickly explained the skills he had acquired with the fountain pen.

Xu Yuanshuang's expression changed drastically!

She had already borrowed the strange object from the "company" twice, and was quite familiar with its abilities!

However, she had never heard of any strange creature whose abilities were spoken aloud rather than appearing in her mind!

Xu Yuanshuang took the pen, but no prompt appeared in her mind.

First of all, the claim that the pen can be used "unlimited times" is clearly a lie.

But Li Bo only needs to use it once, which is fine.

The other capabilities of the fountain pen, and their costs...

A wave of suspicion rose in her heart, but she couldn't ask directly, so she forced a smile and said:

"Master Pen...you seem a bit different from other strange creatures?"

The pen slowly wrote in her hand:

Have you ever used an A-grade monster?

Xu Yuanshuang's expression hardened, and her heart pounded!

How could she have used it? She's never even seen it!

In Li Bo's eyes, Xu Yuanshuang is the company's "mentor" and seems to hold a very high position.

But Xu Yuanshuang herself knew that "mentors" were also divided into levels, and she also had her own "mentor". Someone of her level could only be considered a mid-to-low level in the company.

This sales-like personnel structure is what has allowed the "company" to grow to its current size.

However, Xu Yuanshuang did not show it on her face, but just smiled and returned the pen to Li Bo.

Anyway, she wasn't the one using it.

Once we return to the company, there is a dedicated department that can analyze the strange objects.

Xu Yuanshuang's face showed no trace of greed:

"Xiao Bo, the path pointed out by the Great Immortal of the Pen is correct."

She said, taking a book out of her backpack.

The Red Umbrella Girl

"I was on my way to the police station when I saw someone reading this book on the roadside."

"It's said to be a newly released book, and it's very popular."

Xu Yuanshuang began to recount the story of the novel.

This book is clearly a heavily modified version produced by the magazine after copying Liang Ming's draft.

This book is marketed as a horror story, but it's actually a popular novel. The gist of it is this:

A beautiful female ghost with a red umbrella appeared in Xianggang, yet she could kill people.

[And the manner of their deaths was exactly the same as the assimilation curse that Li Bo and Du Tingfeng suffered.]

The male protagonist notices that every time the female ghost with the red umbrella appears, she is gazing intently in a certain direction.

He followed the gaze of the female ghost with the red umbrella, unraveling mystery after mystery, ultimately leading to a poignant love story between a human and a ghost.

Li Bo's emotions were churning, but his mind finally calmed down!

At this moment, he no longer had any doubts about the pen master, only one question remained:

"Sister Shuang, what's the price for this 'joke'?"