Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chen Ji immediately felt his internal organs freezing. Without pausing for a second, he grabbed Du Tingfeng and rushed out of the stairwell!

"What's going on? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Du Tingfeng said with some surprise.

Chen Ji's heart was pounding like a drum, and his face was extremely pale.

Was that ghostly figure an illusion?

Looking back now, if it really was a hallucination, how could I have been physically knocked off balance?

Moreover, what really made Chen Ji uneasy was...

It was that same ghostly figure, speaking in that strange voice!

That's my true feeling!

He stared intently at the door to the stairwell in front of him; the gaps that were vaguely visible were as dark as an abyss.

Even the dim green emergency lights are not working.

Bang!

Chen Ji slammed the door shut.

He didn't answer Du Tingfeng's question immediately, but instead looked around.

The layout of the first floor was similar to what he remembered about the Third Mental Hospital, but not exactly the same.

The lobby was empty; the glass at the medicine dispensing area and the payment counter was completely blocked by iron plates.

The cold white light from the ceiling lights illuminated the entire hospital lobby, leaving no blind spots.

Chen Ji pulled Du Tingfeng along, taking several steps towards the hall and keeping a distance of more than ten meters from the stairwell before speaking:

"Didn't you hear someone talking just now?"

Du Tingfeng shook his head.

His expression didn't seem fake.

"Did you notice anything else unusual?"

Chen Ji pressed on, saying that he himself was already experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia, and if Du Tingfeng were to have delusions at this moment, the situation would become uncontrollable.

"No....."

Du Tingfeng patted his shoulder helplessly, "Relax, this is the second time you've asked me this question."

Chen Ji forced a smile, and even he could tell that his tone was very wary and tense.

Du Tingfeng didn't speak again, but carefully observed the doors and windows of the hall.

Chen Ji opened his mouth behind him, but still didn't say anything...

That sentence, "I feel like someone is eavesdropping on my thoughts."

Because this idea is too crazy!

Moreover, Du Tingfeng didn't hear the voice of that dark figure at all!

Chen Ji pursed his lips, and the words on the card in his pocket resurfaced in his mind.

"...The patient reported a strong feeling of being spied on and monitored..."

A long time ago, Chen Ji accidentally saw a post on a social media platform.

They call themselves "mind control victims".

The posts these people make are all very strange, with a rambling, incoherent tone that exudes extreme madness.

Most of them describe being monitored and harassed by an "unknown organization" using high-tech weapons, which seriously affects their daily lives.

They claimed that this organization used things like electromagnetic waves to eavesdrop on their inner thoughts.

The comments under these posts are mostly urging the posters to go to the hospital to treat their schizophrenia, while others say it's just a conspiracy theory.

Chen Ji was somewhat confused when he first saw it, but now that he has personally experienced this feeling, he realizes...

This constant state of alertness can drive you crazy!

Just as his mind was briefly in disarray, Du Tingfeng's clear voice broke Chen Ji's thoughts.

"This place is completely sealed off."

Du Tingfeng pointed to the doors and windows of the hall.

The original glass door was not locked, and it was pitch black outside.

Chen Ji stepped forward and realized that it wasn't because of the darkness outside, but because it was welded together by layers of black iron plates of unknown thickness.

However, this was not unexpected for Chen Ji.

"We still need to find the strange object."

Chen Ji said, "Let's search the lobby and see if we can find any clues."

After saying that, he walked to the front desk and began to search carefully.

His hands flipped through the documents, but he could hardly understand the words on them.

Firstly, the text on these documents is written in a very blurry, almost illegible way, like a frame drop in an unimportant part of a game.

However, important information such as signs in the hospital basement and words on cards is very clear.

These documents are likely just simple decorations in the Netherworld.

Second point...

The reason is that ghostly figures keep appearing on these papers!

However, unlike what Chen Ji had seen before, these blurry ghostly figures were distorted, like a wisp of smoke, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

Moreover, Chen Ji's fingers could pass directly through the ghostly shadows.

So, these are just illusions.

"Is illusion and reality intertwined...?"

Chen Ji murmured to himself as he put the useless documents back.

A moment later, the two searched the entire hall but found no useful information.

We can only go to the second floor.

According to the floor plan of the lobby, the layout here is indeed not much different from that of the Third Mental Hospital of Tianhai City.

The hospital has five floors (excluding the basement). Floors 2, 3, and 4 are all wards and examination rooms.

There is only a lobby on the first floor; the cafeteria is locked.

Only hospital staff are allowed to enter the fifth floor.

Previously, Tang Qin's consultation room was on the second floor.

Chen Ji initially escaped into Yuhe's room, which was on the second floor, ward 2C01.

This floor is a key target for the search.

Because of what happened in the stairwell, Chen Ji insisted on taking the elevator up.

Ding-dong-

The elevator had been stopped on the first floor. As soon as the button was pressed, the elevator door slowly opened.

A sliver of bright light emanated from within.

Chen Ji was still somewhat absent-minded. Just as he was about to step into the elevator, he suddenly stopped and was stopped by Du Tingfeng!

".......Nurse."

Du Tingfeng's voice unusually became serious.

The corner of the elevator...

Standing there was a female nurse with her head down and no expression!

But this elevator has always been stuck on the first floor and has never moved!

Moreover, Chen Ji was very familiar with the nurse's face; he had just seen her that afternoon!

It was that face... the face of the high school girl sitting next to Chen Ji in the bookstore.

Her identity in this ghost realm is that of a nurse.

Is this a living person?

She stayed in the elevator the whole time; was she waiting for them to arrive?

Chen Ji was momentarily dazed, and unconsciously took a step back.

The small fruit, soaking in formalin solution in the basement, left a very deep impression on him.

Both of them had been to the bookstore, but who knows what kind of unusual behavior this nurse might exhibit?

"Chen Ji".

"Du Tingfeng".

The nurse, whose body was as stiff as a mannequin, shifted slightly.

Her voice sounded mechanical, just like it came from a recording.

"Go back and take your medicine."

"Take the medicine..." Chen Ji murmured, remembering what the card said about taking the medicine twice a day.

So this must be the second time.

He glanced at Du Tingfeng and saw that the other man's expression was also uncertain, so he secretly backed away.

Even a fool knows this medicine shouldn't be taken!

Without exchanging a single word, the two, as if on the same wavelength, sprinted backward!

The direction is right towards the stairwell!

For Chen Ji, although there were ghostly figures eavesdropping on his thoughts there, there was still a slight possibility that it was just an illusion.

However, Du Tingfeng could also see the nurse in the elevator; she was clearly a physical entity!