Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

To everyone's surprise, Xiao Fei was in much better condition than Zheng Jinming.

After digging for a short while, he unearthed a severed leg and handed it to Liu Yunfeng.

After that, the severed leg was pieced back onto the foot.

The joint in the middle is not neat, probably because the body was dismembered.

Chen Ji keenly noticed that although Liu Yunfeng remained expressionless, the atmosphere around him seemed to be becoming increasingly oppressive.

why?

Another crucial question is: how did Liu Er's body end up embedded in the wall?

And how did Liu Yunfeng find out? Was it because of that red jacket?

Chen Ji and Xu Sandao exchanged a glance; neither of them looked too pleased.

The matter of exhuming body parts... is certainly not that simple.

Zheng Jinming's death is the best example.

To be honest, Chen Ji once suspected that Zheng Jinming died because he tricked Zheng Jinming into taking Liu Er's pickaxe.

But after carefully reviewing the details, he felt that wasn't the case.

Chen Ji watched Xu Sandao leave sluggishly, his mind racing.

First and foremost, getting a pickaxe does not necessarily mean certain death.

Liu Yunfeng did not take any action at the two crucial moments: when Zheng Jinming obtained the pickaxe and when Zheng Jinming started digging.

Moreover, the pickaxe was intact and had not been damaged by Zheng Jinming.

So the price of the pickaxe was simply that Liu Yunfeng could watch from behind, nothing more.

This also fits the brotherly relationship between Liu Yunfeng and Liu Er. Liu Yunfeng's appearance at the time was very similar to that of him instructing Zheng Jinming on how to mine coal.

The turning point that truly determined Zheng Jinming's death was after he unearthed the body parts!

Chen Ji noticed that Zheng Jinming's face first lit up with joy, then he increased his coal-shoveling speed, and finally his eyes widened suddenly, and he abruptly stopped.

And that line: "How is that possible?"

What exactly did Zheng Jinming uncover?

Since Liu Yunfeng did not remove the body parts, this question cannot be answered for the time being.

Chen Ji silently watched Xu Sandao vigorously swinging his pickaxe. Soon, he stopped, as if pondering something.

A while later...

Xu Sandao suddenly said, "We've found the upper body."

He placed a pale, lifeless body on the ground.

It was still the right side of his body, from his neck to his thigh, with long arms covered in a thin layer of muscle.

However, his wrist was severed, leaving him missing a hand.

Now, only the head and right hand remain.

It was Chen Ji's turn.

He didn't get up immediately, but first glanced at Xu Sandao and saw that Xu Sandao looked somewhat anxious.

Xu Sandao pointed at him.

Then he made an X.

If you dig to the head, you'll die.

Chen Ji's heart suddenly tightened. Why?

He could tell that Xu Sandao was only guessing and not certain; this was the only hint the other party could give.

There was no time to delay any longer; Liu Yunfeng's cold gaze had already fallen on Chen Ji.

Pick up that blunt pickaxe...

clang!

clang!

The mine tunnel was completely silent, and the air was extremely stuffy.

Chen Ji quickly broke out in a sweat.

Meanwhile, he continued to think about Zheng Jinming's death and Xu Sandao's final actions.

Why did Zheng Jinming cut off the flesh from his upper body?

Based on the existing body parts, feet, legs, torso...

and many more.

The feet and legs are separate.

The arms and hands should be separate, right? Only in this way can you make up six pieces, corresponding to the number of people present.

That is, the feet, legs, torso, arms, hands, and head.

The body parts that Zheng Jinming dug up were discarded...

Xu Sandao's body parts were still attached to his arm.

Is it to make up for the part that Zheng Jinming cancelled?

Chen Ji's heart sank. So, the body parts in the coal wall weren't embedded there before, but rather manipulated by someone!

Therefore, what Zheng Jinming dug out at that time should have been the torso of the chest and abdomen.

Because when he cut the meat, he only cut off this part.

So what exactly was the taboo that was violated?

The known taboo is to avoid making the ghost feel "out of place"...

As he was pondering, Chen Ji suddenly paused, noticing that the sensation of the pickaxe tip had changed.

His brain immediately tensed up!

Although Xu Sandao was only guessing, the other party must have discovered something, so...

Please, please, don't let it be the head!

A few meters behind him, Xu Sandao was staring intently at Chen Ji, his hand already subtly reaching for his waist.

Coal dust flew everywhere, and finally, part of the body parts were revealed.

It's a finger.

Chen Ji felt a sense of relief wash over him.

Without hesitation, he continued digging through the coal seam until his entire right hand was completely unearthed.

Bluish-white, with long, slender fingers...

Chen Ji was taken aback.

These don't look like the hands of a coal miner.

It's so clean, and there's not a single callus.

how.....

A chill ran through Chen Ji's heart; he had definitely overlooked something!

Without any pause, the clanging continued; Chen Ji was stalling for time.

"So that the ghosts don't feel out of place."

Liu Yunfeng's goal was to get them to dig up "the missing half of his brother's body"...

If you dig to the head, you'll die.

Chen Ji's heart suddenly pounded, and in that instant, he suddenly realized why Zheng Jinming had died!

because.....

The other person had a large tattoo on their chest.

Chen Ji's breathing almost froze. The pickaxe tip flipped the severed hand over, right at the break in the wrist...

He saw six truncated semicircles forming a small worm.

The mark of "Zhenshui Earthworm".

These are Chen Ji's hands.

What each person digs out... is a part of their own body.

This is the biggest trap in the process of "finding the younger brother".

As long as there is even a slight personal feature on the body parts, such as the Guan Gong statue on Zheng Jinming's body, Liu Jinming would feel "out of place".

Because his younger brother does not have these characteristics.

Liu Jinming probably only had a vague impression of Liu Er's physical condition.

But he knew perfectly well whether someone had tattoos, marks, or birthmarks.

Having made up his mind, Chen Ji didn't hesitate. With a flick of the pickaxe, he sliced ​​off a small piece of his wrist.

It just removed the half of the mark.

"Right hand."

He spoke softly and handed his hand to Liu Yunfeng.

With the severed hand being pieced back together, the corpse was only missing its head...

And then the cobbled-together headless half of the corpse suddenly twitched!

Everyone's gaze immediately sharpened.

The finger... moved.

It stretched out to the west, then slowly lowered itself.

"Using a corpse to find another corpse!"

The word suddenly flashed through Chen Ji's mind.

If all the body parts are collected, will they be able to lead them to Liu Er's other half of the body?

But.....

If the body can be disguised, how could Pan Yin's head become Liu Er's?

"Is that your hand?"

Xu Sandao suddenly whispered to Chen Ji.

Chen Ji nodded.

"Luckily, I don't have any moles on my body," Xu Sandao said. "You have hands, which are small and easy to handle."

Chen Ji quietly rolled up his sleeves, revealing the mark on his wrist.

Xu San said: "..."

Everyone fell silent, their gazes all fixed on the last person, Pan Yin.

All that's missing is for him to dig out his head, and this nightmare of helping the ghost find its relatives will be complete.

Only Xu Sandao and Chen Ji exchanged a glance.

This head couldn't possibly be pieced back together.

Time passed second by second...

The sound of pickaxes ceased.

Chen Ji took a few steps back, not intending to watch how Pan Yin dug his own head off.

He closed his eyes and heard Liu Yunfeng walk lifelessly toward the coal wall—

pat.

Boom!

His eyes suddenly snapped open, and his expression changed drastically!

At this moment, everyone's expression, both underground and above ground, revealed intense terror!

At that very moment, a gigantic figure appeared in Chen Ji's mind.

Forging Demon.

Boom!

Like ink being applied to a painting...

The second appearance of the Forging Demon is accompanied by more details—

Chen Ji was utterly devastated!

Because, contrary to Lao Yang's description, a phantom of a mountain appeared behind the forging demon:

Tuotuo Mountain.

The forging demon is in Tuotuo Mountain.

Before Chen Ji could even ask what had happened before the first appearance of the forging ghost, his eyes instantly froze—

The blacksmith threw something into the phantom image of Tuotuo Mountain behind him.

Chen Ji muttered, "Waste."