Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Just in case, Chen Ji reordered all the things he needed to do after he left.

After he was fully prepared, he adjusted his facial expression and yanked open the door.

What came into view was Du Tingfeng's face.

He seemed to have been waiting outside the door the whole time.

The circuit broke again...

As he had expected, Chen Ji's brain became sluggish and numb.

"What happened inside?!"

Du Tingfeng asked anxiously, his voice sounding very worried.

Chen answered mechanically:

"Du Tingfeng, I saw my father..."

His face was extremely confused, filled with deep sorrow.

"Your father...?"

Du Tingfeng was stunned for a moment, then said incredulously, "But, your father—"

Chen Ji suddenly raised his voice, his hands trembling, seemingly very excited:

"No, impossible, he's already dead!"

"The one inside is a demon in disguise!"

Du Tingfeng's expression hardened, and he gritted his teeth: "No wonder this ghost hasn't shown up yet!"

"He is the director of this mental hospital!"

Chen Ji remained silent for a few seconds.

After a moment, he said somewhat dazedly, "Tell me, am I really going crazy?"

Du Tingfeng sighed.

He did not deny Chen Ji's words, but simply said:

"Will be fine."

The male doctor walked silently over from the wall and led the two away from the fifth floor.

He did not allow Du Tingfeng to enter the dean's office.

.......

Soon, the group returned to the third floor.

Chen Ji walked at the very back, scratching his arm the whole way, as if there was something foreign growing on it.

Du Tingfeng acted as if he couldn't see it.

Just as the group reached the door of ward 3A02, Chen Ji suddenly looked up and glanced around.

His gaze finally settled on the iron gate.

The door was still slightly ajar; the male doctor hadn't had time to lock it yet.

"Someone is calling my name..."

Chen Ji suddenly whispered.

"It's nothing, just an auditory hallucination."

Du Tingfeng patted him on the shoulder reassuringly, without commenting.

Chen Ji turned his head, his eyes still unfocused: "He said he wanted me to go to this ward and get something for him."

"Which ward?" Du Tingfeng was taken aback.

Chen Ji did not answer.

The next second...

Chen Ji suddenly broke free from Du Tingfeng's hand, and before anyone could react, he shoved open the iron gate and ran into the [Closed Intensive Care Unit]!

His target was not 3A02 in front of him, nor the ward he hadn't searched before, but 3A03, which was filled with blood!

"Chen Ji!"

Du Tingfeng froze for a second, his expression changed drastically, and he immediately shouted, "What are you doing?!"

On one side, the male doctor's hands trembled instantly, and his expression became extremely ferocious!

However, Chen Ji had already opened the door to the ward and was frantically searching for something inside.

Du Tingfeng was faster than the male doctor and immediately followed, restraining Chen Ji and preventing him from continuing to search!

His expression was gloomy, his eyes fixed on the male doctor who was slowly walking towards him.

"What are you looking for?"

The male doctor's voice turned cold.

Chen Ji ignored him and muttered something softly.

His voice was very soft, as if he were talking to himself, but Du Tingfeng and the male doctor could hear it clearly.

"photo....."

"Mirror....."

"where?"

The male doctor's hands began to tremble violently!

He grabbed Chen Ji from Du Tingfeng's hands, his eyes bloodshot and his temples throbbing!

“This is the second time.”

The male doctor said through gritted teeth.

Without saying a word to Du Tingfeng, he grabbed Chen Ji and walked straight out.

Du Tingfeng's expression was very complicated. He stood there and sighed heavily.

A few minutes later...

Chen Ji was shoved into a room.

There are no windows, no bed, only a toilet.

The extremely glaring white light on the ceiling will never be turned off.

This is the solitary confinement cell in the mental hospital.

The patients were no longer able to communicate with the outside world, and the constantly lit lights made it difficult for them to sleep.

This is the mental hospital, used as punishment for those who repeatedly break the rules.

The male doctor closed the door, his voice icy:

Who is talking to you?

What else did he tell you?

Chen Ji slumped to the ground, his head remaining hunched over.

After a long pause, he finally said, "I forgot."

"However, he would come to see me again every two hours."

The male doctor stared at him scrutinizingly for a moment before letting out a cold laugh.

"madman."

He didn't ask any more questions, but turned and left the solitary confinement room, slamming the door shut.

Chen Ji heard the door lock click three times in a row.

He finally raised his head...

His eyes, however, were extremely clear, completely different from before.

"Finally, I have a legitimate reason to stay away from the Painted Skin Ghost."

Chen Ji murmured softly.

.......

A little earlier.

Inside the dean's office on the fifth floor.

Employee Handbook

[Measures for handling patient violations]

[1. For patients who violate the rules for the first time, a verbal warning should be given. If the violation is serious, please take them to the dean's office.]

2. When dealing with patients who have repeatedly violated regulations:

[(1) Take them back to their ward and do not allow them to have any communication with the outside world]

【(2) Cease all entertainment activities】

(3) No visits allowed

[Note: If the attending physician determines that the situation is particularly serious, the patient may be placed in a solitary confinement room as punishment.]

This is the starting point of Chen Ji's plan.

In the dean's office, he had already thought about what he needed to do after he left.

Because of the passivity of "delirium," Chen Ji knew that after leaving this office, he would no longer be able to analyze things rationally.

Therefore, he had planned two "plays" in advance.

The first trigger point is leaving the dean's office.

All he had to do was feign madness and make Du Tingfeng believe that Chen Ji thought he had correctly identified the Painted Skin Ghost.

because.......

This is the purpose of the creature disguised as his family member.

It wanted to confuse Chen Ji's understanding and make him believe that it was the Painted Skin Ghost.

But it isn't.

If Chen Ji wasn't mistaken, this creature was merely a hallucination caused by the residual effects of the medicine.

The purpose was to provide cover for the real imposter!

That is, Du Tingfeng, who has been by Chen Ji's side from the very beginning!

He is the one who was actually the one disguised by the Painted Skin Demon!

At first, Chen Jizhen never suspected Du Tingfeng.

Because he was so natural, his performance was very realistic.

Moreover, Du Tingfeng did indeed appear in the scene predicted by Wusu.

Another reason is that Du Tingfeng constantly exudes a passive quality that influences people's thinking, which also interfered with Chen Ji's initial understanding.

However, when the female nurse was administering the medicine, Du Tingfeng claimed that he was lucky and the medicine had been hidden.

This scene made Chen Ji begin to have doubts!

There are two unusual points here:

First, the pill that Du Tingfeng took out from the bottom of his tongue was intact.

However, there is already saliva in the mouth, especially if there is something hidden under the tongue, more saliva will be secreted, so the pill will definitely melt a little bit!

The pills that Chen Ji himself dropped on the ground were just like that!

Second, and most importantly:

Du Tingfeng said that he has always been very lucky.

This is a fact.

When Du Tingfeng is driving, he never encounters a red light. When they go out together, if a car next to them splashes water, it will deliberately avoid Du Tingfeng and only splash water on Chen Ji.

So, this lucky person was pulled into the Netherworld simply by buying coffee at the coffee shop next to the bookstore.

The other employees and customers of the coffee shop weren't brought in; instead, Du Tingfeng, who was the luckiest, was affected...

Is this reasonable?

Once suspicion begins to arise, other abnormalities will seem particularly jarring:

When he first entered the Netherworld, Du Tingfeng said, "After all, everyone in the bookstore was dragged in, and I won't be an exception."

This statement sounds strange when I think back on it.

Because when Du Tingfeng said this, he wasn't looking at Chen Ji, but at the room where Xiao Guo was.

Moreover, if he was referring to Chen Ji, he could have simply said "you were dragged in too," instead of "the people in the bookstore."

This only proves that he knew Xiao Guo was also in the bookstore, which is why he unintentionally used the general term "people in the bookstore".

But Du Tingfeng had never been inside a bookstore before, so how could he know that Xiao Guo was also in the bookstore?

And, when Chen Ji encountered the ghost, the door he couldn't open was easily opened by Du Tingfeng...

The male doctor didn't let Du Tingfeng into the dean's office...

Besides, every time Du Tingfeng said something that sounded like he was comforting Chen Ji, he was actually subtly implying that Chen Ji did indeed have a mental disorder.

If it were really Du Tingfeng, he would only keep Chen Ji sober, and would never do such a thing.

Moreover, Du Tingfeng has been convinced that Chen Ji is not sick ever since they met.

Throughout the entire asylum, Chen Ji was the only person there!