Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

A perfectly healthy person...

Did it just disappear in a confined space like that?

This, in turn, confirms Duan Cong's suspicious behavior!

Chen Ji immediately said, "It seems that Wu Zhou obtained the hair from his neighbor."

At the same time, he also had a guess in his mind that it was Wu Zhou's bump outside the bathroom that caused the man from Chuncheng to come into contact with his hair.

The hair ghosts are like a plague; once you come into contact with them, you will be parasitized silently.

"We split into two groups to search."

Chen Ji said, but Wan Xiaoshuang interrupted him:

"And one more thing."

"I want to know, besides Wu Zhou, are there any other entrants who accepted the deal?"

Wan Xiaoshuang's words were very direct.

None of them spoke; they just looked at each other in bewilderment.

Liu Zi then looked at Sun Weiming.

"I think it's very likely that only two people heard the ghost's invitation."

Qi Chen pondered for a moment and said, "It's a very simple principle. I only have two bullets in my pistol."

He believes this corresponds to Wan Xiaoshuang and Wu Zhou.

Chen Ji remained silent; Qi Chen's words seemed to make some sense.

But it's also possible that there's no connection at all.

Even Chen Ji could only truly trust Fei'er and Liu Zi.

This trust was built through several life-and-death experiences together in the realm.

Even Wan Xiaoshuang was someone Chen Ji suspected...

Based on Wu Zhou's reaction, the "transaction" Wan Xiaoshuang mentioned did indeed exist.

However, it cannot be ruled out that Wan Xiaoshuang deliberately exposed this matter to gain everyone's trust and thus eliminate another competitor.

The likelihood of Lanmeng accepting this deal is very low.

First, she did indeed use the parrot to save everyone, and according to Chen Ji's observation, the number of times the parrot could be used was limited.

Also, when Lanmeng's consciousness enters Xiaoying's body, she herself becomes a walking corpse.

In the process of using the parrot, her life is very likely to be linked to the parrot.

If she was truly bewitched by a ghost, there was absolutely no need for her to pay such a high price.

Secondly, given that Lan Meng proactively revealed her identity from the beginning, it's unlikely that she would have such deep scheming.

Then Qi Chen is an air police officer and he also has important props. If ghosts can still make deals with him, then none of the entrants to the domain will survive.

Normally, the difficulty shouldn't be so unsolvable.

That leaves only Sun Weiming and Wan Xiaoshuang.

but......

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Chen Ji glanced around at everyone and saw that everyone's expression was uncertain, as if they were thinking about something.

"I misspoke."

Wan Xiaoshuang sighed softly, stroking the ring on her hand: "I just wanted everyone to recall if anything seemed off..."

"The result was that everyone started to doubt each other."

Her tone sounded very frank.

"Right now, only Zhang Peng was killed. There's no point in thinking about it too much."

Chen Ji said, "We don't have much time left. Mutual suspicion will only delay the process."

He had figured out his strategy: if you doubt someone, don't use them; if you use someone, don't doubt them. To complete the domain's mission, it's simply impossible to do it alone.

Spending so much time suspicious of each other only plays right into the devil's hands.

"Let's not discuss this anymore."

Chen Ji said bluntly, "Let's continue looking for clues."

"Qi Chen, go check the bathroom in the rear cabin."

Qi Chen nodded, glanced at everyone's faces, and left silently.

The remaining six people were divided into two groups.

Fei'er, Lan Meng, and Sun Weiming went to the cabin to search for the middle-aged man, Duan Cong.

Chen Ji, Wan Xiaoshuang, and Liu Zi first searched Wu Zhou's body.

One minute later.

Fei'er and the other two had already gone to the passenger cabin.

Liu Zi moved Wu Zhou's body to an empty space in case someone suddenly came in.

Wu Zhou's face was pale and wet, as if he had just finished swimming, but the area below his neck was extremely dry.

"I'll take this."

Liu Zi casually put the face mask into his pocket.

He doesn't have any strange items yet. Although the face mask has serious side effects, it's better to have something than nothing.

Moreover, the main function of face masks is not to harm people, but to temporarily obscure the senses of ghosts for a few minutes.

Chen Ji was somewhat worried about the side effects of the face mask.

"Just carry a mirror with you," Liu Zi said, seemingly unconcerned.

Wan Xiaoshuang had no objections.

“Almost an hour has passed,” Wan Xiaoshuang said thoughtfully, turning Wu Zhou’s pockets inside out one by one.

"To this day, we still don't know where the ghosts came from."

"Moreover, its true form has never appeared."

“The ghost’s true form… is very likely just a strand of hair.” Chen Ji pursed his lips. “It’s even possible that it has no true form at all, or that its true form is infinite.”

It is known that hair can parasitize humans upon contact.

Then, it continues to divide and grow, eventually becoming a cocoon.

Finally, a clone of the host is born from the cocoon.

But hair can divide indefinitely, and based on previous observations, it seems that all hair can continue to grow after coming into contact with a person.

Like a virus.

"As you say, how did this hair manage to be brought up here without attracting attention?"

"So far, apart from the entrants and the man from Spring City, no one has died in the cabin."

Moreover, the man from Chuncheng was perfectly normal until he was touched by Wu Zhou, after which he quickly developed symptoms.

Wan Xiaoshuang frowned and pondered.

This was also a question that had always lingered in Chen Ji's mind.

A long time ago, he played a game called Plague Inc.

The game involves designing various viruses to infect everyone on Earth.

Anyone who has played this game knows that highly lethal viruses often don't spread very far.

Because the virus kills its host before it spreads widely, thus preventing further transmission.

At the same time, its high lethality makes it more likely to attract the attention of scientists, leading to the earlier development of an antidote.

The hair ghost is far more lethal than any virus.

If someone manages to bring it onto a plane, given the speed of the Hair Ghost, that person will inevitably develop symptoms very quickly, such as initially having their skin torn apart, or having red eyes, or having their brain invaded.

Chen Ji even doubted that this person would be able to hold out until they entered the domain.

"The Hair Ghost is almost impossible to control..."

Chen Ji said silently, "It can squeeze out of any crack or crevice."

The only thing that could restrain the Hair Demon was the stone bullet in Qi Chen's hand.

The stone bullet was made of a strange material; it could decompose into a cage, temporarily trapping the hair ghost inside.

"And there's the Kunming serial murder case."

Chen Ji brought up the matter again, "That wasn't done by the Hair Ghost, but why would the Domain set up such a pre-plot?"

Wan Xiaoshuang shook her head, a hint of confusion on her face.

"I think..." Liu Zi said casually, straightening Wu Zhou's body.

"There's no need to think so much. Perhaps this is just the domain forcibly filling in the logical gaps to explain why there are so many people on this plane."

Chen Ji remained silent.

The ghost that had all its organs emptied out did not appear.

"Someone is coming."

Liu Zi glanced at the curtain and said somewhat warily.

No hair was found on Wu Zhou's body, proving that he was indeed responsible for the death of the man from Chuncheng.

The group quickly positioned Wu Zhou in a sleeping position and then pretended to chat casually to the side.

The person who came in was a flight attendant pushing a food cart. He glanced at everyone briefly and seemed not to notice anything unusual.

Qi Chen followed closely behind.

He glanced cautiously at the flight attendant, and only after confirming that the man had entered the front galley preparation area did he speak softly:

"The lavatory in the rear cabin was never opened."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ji and the other two breathed a sigh of relief.

"but....."

Qi Chen changed the subject, his expression turning serious.

"Those stone bricks are slowly falling off."

"Chen Ji, you were right before."

"Stone bricks cannot restrain the hair ghost for too long."