Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

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Chen Ji did not reply to the message and turned off his phone.

On the dark screen of his phone, he saw his reflection, his brows furrowed slightly, his eyes looking somewhat tired.

This face made Chen Ji feel inexplicably unfamiliar.

He held his phone up as if he were holding a camera, staring blankly at his reflection on the screen.

Chen Ji recalled a little-known fact he had seen before, which explained why some people are afraid of looking in the mirror.

It's because when you look at your own face for too long, you start to feel that something is wrong.

The same facial features, the same familiar expression, but the person in the mirror is definitely not themselves.

He stared for a long time until the monkey rolled over next to the pillow, which pulled Chen Ji out of his thoughts.

"...Why am I thinking about this now?"

Chen Ji paused for a moment, then gave a self-deprecating laugh.

He turned on the screen, and his face disappeared into the light, leaving only the clock on the wallpaper ticking numbers.

Now it's 21:30.

Du Tingfeng has not returned yet.

Usu was fast asleep in the room next door.

Chen Ji thought for a moment, then slid open the album. Inside were only a few photos, all screenshots, and two paintings that Chen Ji had drawn himself.

His original phone was confiscated before the interrogation, and thousands of memories on it disappeared along with it.

Not to mention there were no photos of Chen Ji himself; the last time he saw one was in a wanted poster in a news report.

The phone Chen Ji is using now was a new one bought for him by the Du siblings.

Chen Ji opened the first painting, which was drawn after the Three Wise Monkeys instance ended.

A strange shape was hastily drawn with black pen ink.

Two cylindrical columns, hollowed out in the middle like the Roman Colosseum, are joined together at the top.

Below is a funnel-like shape, but with a flat, pointed bottom.

This is the venue for the "Three Wise Monkeys".

Chen Ji brushed his hand across the screen. He felt that the location of this domain was strange and its appearance was somewhat familiar, so he drew it.

Du Tingfeng had also seen it, but perhaps because Chen Ji's drawing skills were too bad, he didn't feel that the shape of the place was familiar.

Fei'er examined it for a long time before saying, "It looks a lot like taro."

Chen Ji couldn't help but chuckle as he thought of Fei'er's serious expression, his thoughts drifting away.

According to forum posts, the reason why key information in a domain cannot be transmitted is because, according to legend, a domain may recruit people more than once.

However, Chen Ji was able to draw the area where the Three Wise Monkeys lived, and even make it visible to others.

why?

Chen Ji thought about it and figured that perhaps because the giant monkey that guided him had been taken away, it was impossible to bring anyone else into this domain.

Of course, there is also a very small chance that this domain no longer exists.

He glanced at the serene monkey doll beside him, then crossed out the painting.

The second image is a painting of the "scene" depicted by Wusu.

It was still drawn with a pen.

Several small figures stood scattered along the side of a highway.

One of the stick figures, with a stubble beard, is carrying a child on his back and leaps high into the air.

It's Chen Yuetan and Wusu!

Opposite them were two tiny female figures, one of whom had long eyelashes and a protruding left eye; it was none other than Tang Qin.

The other one, according to Wusu, had his hair all combed back and his skin very white (Chen Ji was unable to replicate this feature on the stick figure, so he added a note in the text).

She was wearing a pure black suit dress, and her lips were tightly pursed.

Usu said she looked very sad.

That's for sure, Chen Ji thought, because this scene clearly showed Tang Qin and her mentor confronting Chen Yuetan.

Their plans were thwarted, so of course they weren't in a good mood.

A few meters away from these four people, there were two more people, whose names were simply marked by Chen Ji: Me - Feng.

It was Chen Ji and Du Tingfeng.

According to Wu Su, this "scene" will occur within five days after Chen Ji leaves the region this time.

This means Chen Yuetan will be back soon!

Meanwhile, Wu Su witnessed this "scene" precisely after Chen Ji and Xu Sandao had reached a preliminary agreement.

This initial agreement was that the two of them would set a trap to lure Tang Qin into restarting the arrest plan.

If all goes well, Chen Ji's crime of murdering his mother might be cleared, and Xu Sandao could use this opportunity to climb to Tang Qin's position.

Therefore, there must be a causal relationship between the "scene" and the agreement.

According to Xu Sandao, after Tang Qin's plan to arrest her at the mental hospital failed, a high-ranking official ordered that the next operation must be meticulously prepared and reported in advance.

In other words, more arrests are inevitable in the future.

Moreover, it was a meticulously planned, large-scale arrest operation that assisted in capturing even more people.

Moreover, Xu Sandao revealed that Tang Qin has been searching through the city's surveillance footage of the mental hospital on that day, and Chen Ji can no longer hide for long.

If they wait until then, Chen will likely be unable to find a single loophole, and the difficulty of escaping will increase exponentially.

Therefore, Chen Ji had to disrupt this plan and turn the tables.

At the very beginning...

It was Xu Sandao's entry report.

He did not directly identify Chen Ji, but wrote in the report that in his previous domain, he saw a black-haired youth who seemed to be holding a powerful mysterious object.

All the information was vague, unclear, and ambiguous.

Afterwards, Xu Sandao pretended to ask for leave and had the sales department employees come to his desk to retrieve the materials themselves, thereby allowing them to obtain the information in the report.

The sales manager and Tang Qin are rivals, both craving an A-grade artifact to unlock the Netherworld!

Unsurprisingly, Tang Qin will soon learn of this news.

Before the sales department can verify the authenticity of the information, the clues deliberately left by Xu Sandao will guide Tang Qin to realize that the person in the entry report is Chen Ji.

At the same time, Tang Qin has an impatient personality, and this sudden news will make her focus entirely on obtaining the strange object!

She could not tolerate another force finding Chen Ji and obtaining the A-grade artifact before she could!

"This forced Tang Qin to launch the arrest operation ahead of schedule without any prior preparation..."

Chen Ji silently recited Xu Sandao's words, his face expressionless.

Even with Xu Sandao's help, he only seemed to have gained a slight initiative, rather than being forced into a passive position.

However, the "scene" that Wusu saw was Chen Ji's greatest reliance.

It is highly likely that Chen Yuetan's emergence was the key to turning the tide.

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Several new messages appeared on the screen.

[Xu Sandao: We've finished talking]

[Xu Sandao: She overstepped her bounds and transferred all the sales department employees who knew the contents of my report to other departments.]

[Xu Sandao: But there's still one person we haven't heard from.]

[Xu Sandao: Call her Xu Yuanshuang]

Chen Ji smiled and replied without surprise:

[Extreme: She and I entered a domain, and she's already dead.]

Xu Sandao: OK

[Xu Sandao: It's fine]

[Xu Sandao: If Tang Qin can't be found, it's impossible to confirm that the report's contents were truncated.]

[Xu Sandao: She will make her move within a week.]

Xu Sandao sent over a recording, which was a transcript of his conversation with Tang Qin.

Tang Qin was furious, while Xu Sandao's tone conveyed just the right amount of confusion and self-blame.

From this conversation, Chen Ji confirmed that Tang Qin had figured out his identity.

She has just ordered an acceleration of the search for surveillance footage.

A new message came in:

[Xu Sandao: Address (Bookstore)]

[Xu Sandao: The owner of this shop is her informant]

[Xu Sandao: If you don't want Tang Qin to find out about your friend, you have no choice but to deliberately expose yourself to her.]

[Xu Sandao: It's your turn to play the prey.]