Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

【June 11】

"I'm starting to think that summoning a spirit through a Ouija board isn't such a fun idea after all..."

The first sentence surprised both Du Tingfeng and the burly man.

They exchanged a brief glance, clutching the paper, which already had some cracks.

"Why did the Ouija board give that answer to the moon last night? She only asked a very simple question."

[Ouija board spirit, will I be able to get into university?]

But the spirit of the Ouija board did not answer directly. Instead, it wrote two sentences in a row: first, that she would be expelled from the monthly meeting, and then that she would die within three days.

Yue always listened attentively in class. Unlike me, she never caused trouble. How could she possibly be expelled?

Meng and Li haven't played with us for a long time, and Yue has lost interest, so everyone left quickly..."

There was a noticeable crease in the middle of the paper, and below it was written in red pen, but no date was marked:

"I actually wrote in my diary twice today. Maybe it's because I really have no one left to confide in..."

"Life is getting harder and harder."

Today was my turn to clean the blackboard, but I kept thinking about what happened last night and forgot to clean it properly.

When Ms. Zhang saw this, she scolded me again in front of the whole class. Finally, she smiled and said that she would only consider not punishing me if my mother came over next week to clean the entire classroom.

Then, I'll let the whole class see what it means to have a mother who is like a son, and what kind of parents could give birth to a daughter like me.

No matter how much she scolded me before, I never cried, but this time, I really couldn't hold back anymore; I felt like my heart was bleeding.

I'm sorry, Dad, Mom, I'm such a useless person...

In the afternoon, something even worse happened: the dorm supervisor discovered that we were playing with a Ouija board!

It's all my fault, I forgot to tidy up last night...

Teacher Zhang lost her temper and announced to the whole class that they had to find out who had started this bad habit, and that whoever reported it first would be exempt from punishment!

Yue's mood worsened, and I knew that she must think that the reason the spirit of the Ouija board mentioned expulsion was because of this!

When get out of class ended, I went to ask her about it, but she kept crying and refused to talk to me about the Ouija board anymore...

I'm so scared. I'm afraid of being discovered, and I'm even more afraid of Yue because I'll be implicated.

What terrifies me even more is the way Li and Meng look at me behind my back...

The last few lines of this diary are blurred and indistinct, as if someone's tears have dripped on them.

Chen Ji pursed his lips tightly. The actions recorded in this diary were eerily similar to their experience yesterday.

But it was the large red characters on the reverse side that made him unable to believe it after reading it!

He turned the diary over and placed it in front of Du Tingfeng and the burly man.

The two looked over with solemn expressions, and were immediately stunned, as if they couldn't believe their eyes!

Du Tingfeng rubbed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his pupils suddenly dilated.

On the back of that paper, large, blood-red characters stretched across the entire page, their force so deep they seemed to pierce through the paper!

Meng Yue jumped off a building!

Why? Why!

"How is this possible?!" the burly man exclaimed in disbelief.

"Didn't you find this on Meng Yue's body? Why did this diary precede her death?"

Chen Ji looked at the two of them. He had seen the paper a long time ago, and now that he was calm, he had made many deductions.

"The first possibility is that someone added this sentence immediately after Meng Yue died and then placed the diary next to Meng Yue's body."

"This possibility means that the owner of this diary witnessed the death of her friend Meng Yue and rushed downstairs immediately after Meng Yue jumped to her death."

Du Tingfeng murmured, "Wu Yan...?"

“But that’s impossible,” Du Tingfeng pondered. “We all saw Wu Yan enter the domain with our own eyes. She woke up last, and her age doesn’t match up.”

“Yes.” Chen Ji nodded. “That’s why I said that the girls might have been influenced by something, causing them to gradually gravitate towards the thinking and behavior of the person who wrote this diary.”

"Simply put, they have been assimilated."

The burly man hugged his arms tightly, a chill running down his spine. The owner of this diary had never appeared, yet he was influencing them every moment!

“The second possibility,” Chen Ji held up a finger, “is that this diary wasn’t written at all recently.”

Du Tingfeng's eyes flashed: "You mean...?"

He held the draft paper, looking at the worn creases and cracks on it, and suddenly it dawned on him.

Chen Ji looked at Du Tingfeng, knowing that the other party already understood his meaning:

"We are simply experiencing the three days recorded in this diary."

Du Tingfeng chimed in, "Yes, the events we encountered have all been experienced by the owner of the diary: being on duty, the Ouija board being discovered by the dormitory supervisor, the teacher asking each other to report on each other, and Meng Yue's death."

The burly man muttered, "And Zeng Mingwei was punished by being made to stand during morning reading because he fell asleep..."

The first diary entry also records her personal experience!

The three looked at the two sheets of draft paper in front of them. If that was the case, these diaries were more important than they had previously thought.

This points directly to the essence of this world, just like its underlying code!

Similarly, it is also the key that enables everyone to complete the mission and return to reality.

“I can roughly guess what happened next,” Du Tingfeng suddenly said.

"Someone informed Teacher Zhang, thus exposing the owner of the diary."

The answer to who tipped them off is self-evident.

Li and Meng, in the diary, must have had the idea of ​​betraying each other on the day of the second entry, which was yesterday when they experienced it.

Chen Ji nodded, but unfortunately they still didn't know the name of the diary's owner.

Before leaving home in the morning, the group removed the new nameplates from the door, hoping to find out who the last person in the dormitory was.

However, the sign, which was originally supposed to display the names of four girls, is missing its bottom half, possibly due to an impact during construction.

Only two names are listed above: Li Xiaoli and Guan Meng.

Chen Ji closed his eyes, his mind racing, and the vague plan from last night had already taken shape.

"There will be at least one diary that we don't know about."

The second diary entry records both yesterday's events and Meng Yue's death today, so he wasn't sure if there would be a separate entry for today.

But no matter what, there will definitely be one, and the most important one, that records what happened on the third day.

"But we have absolutely no clue!"

The burly man pounded on the wall in frustration. They knew there was such an important clue, but they just didn't know where it was hidden!

"We'll find out where it is."

Chen Ji opened his eyes, revealing not a trace of confusion, but only a strong sense of certainty.

"Listen carefully, I need all of us to cooperate."

He turned to look at the two burly men, his tone extremely serious.

"After lights out tonight, I'm going to steal the pen from the dorm manager's room."

"You want to summon the Ouija board?" Du Tingfeng was startled.

"Yes."

"He will tell us where the last diary entry was hidden."