Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Wow!

As the sound of a window shattering rang out, a dispute was about to erupt downstairs in the red brick building.

"Woo——"

The mules let out a startled bray!

With its front hooves raised, the pile of corpses on the cart instantly slid to the ground!

His lifeless eyes were fixed intently on the thugs.

Amidst the chaos, a dozen or so figures slowly emerged.

The miners' expressions all changed drastically!

These figures had been keeping a distance from the group and had gone unnoticed.

But then... they realized it was a ghost!

Everyone fell silent instantly.

One of the workers, who was already standing in the back row, turned pale and was trembling all over!

He saw with his own eyes that the figure passing by had its head tilted to one side, with only a thin strip of skin connecting it to its neck.

Chen Ji looked around, his heart sinking.

He suddenly realized something terrifying...

Do these ghosts, like Liu Yunfeng and the other ghosts, not realize that they are dead?

If the miners clearly showed fear, wouldn't the dozen or so ghosts feel "out of place"?

If that's really the case....

Then the consequences will be unimaginable!

The ghosts he had seen before were all killed by ghosts, and Chen Ji didn't know if the taboo could be applied to the group of mining disaster ghosts in front of him.

In complete silence...

Four-Eyes' voice rang out, carrying a barely perceptible hint of tension.

"Don't panic!"

"We're all miners! Don't forget, these... people are your fellow villagers, your brothers!"

"They went down the well with you and supported each other!"

A commotion arose in the crowd.

Then, it quickly calmed down.

Chen Ji stared in surprise at the bespectacled man's retreating figure, which was trembling slightly.

He knew that Four-Eyes was also scared.

However, what Four-Eyes said had the perfect effect.

The miners present had complicated expressions and remained silent.

The ghosts slowly approached the thugs.

As the distance closed, some of the thugs seemed to finally realize something, glancing at the corpse before them, then at the approaching figures...

His eyes widened suddenly.

.......

After a while.

In front of the red brick house, only the miners remained.

Chen Ji guessed correctly.

"Disharmony" remains a fundamental taboo for all ghosts in this mining area, and cannot be violated.

The terrified screams of the fleeing thugs echoed through every corner of the mining area before fading away.

Four-Eyes opened the gate to the courtyard, but... there was no one inside.

Only the back door was open, and Zeng Guichuan escaped!

However, they didn't have time to take the money with them.

Under Lao Yang's supervision, Si Yan distributed wages to the workers one by one, and put some money into envelopes to send to the families of the mine disaster victims after they left.

Meanwhile, Xu Sandao and Chen Ji were conducting an inspection in Zeng Guichuan's office.

Everything is normal here.

The two searched for information that was not related to Mr. Wang, human skin, or the tomb.

"As expected." Chen Ji pondered, "At this point in time, Zeng Guichuan was just an ordinary coal mine owner."

He then speculated:

"Assuming this unfolds as it does in reality, then it is very possible that Zeng first encountered the ghost in Tuotuo Mountain."

"It was because he witnessed the power of demons that he conducted those bizarre 'experiments.'"

Xu Sandao nodded.

He looked around, lost in thought, his eyes unreadable.

After a moment, Xu Sandao suddenly spoke:

Does Tuotuo Mountain really exist in reality?

Chen Ji was somewhat surprised: "Of course."

“Although I’ve never heard of this place, the fact that Zeng Guichuan is here proves that this coal mine once existed.”

"...I just don't know what its real-life ending will be."

"I've been thinking about something just now." Xu Sandao was silent for a few seconds, and a hint of coldness appeared in his voice.

"Tell me, if we had killed Zeng Guichuan right here, wouldn't all of this have been prevented?"

His idea was absurd.

But Chen Ji did not answer immediately.

He thought for a moment before saying, "First of all, what we do in the domain cannot change reality."

This comes from my experience with red-eye flights.

"After all, the domain is just a projection; we haven't really gone back to the past."

"Secondly, even if this were reality—you still couldn't kill Zeng Guichuan."

Xu Sandao raised an eyebrow.

"why?"

“The grandmother paradox,” Chen Ji explained, “is that you can’t go back in time to kill your grandmother because that would prevent you from being born. And if you weren’t born, the murder couldn’t have happened.”

"Same reason."

"We came to the tin mine because of Zeng, and we entered this region through the gate of the tin mine. Without Zeng, none of this would have happened."

"Don't forget, this domain didn't appear automatically; we forced our way in."

"..."

Xu Sandao seemed to be deep in thought.

After a while, he smiled slightly and said, "You're right."

"Indeed... if he were dead, none of this would have been possible."

Chen Ji stared at Xu Sandao for a while.

For some reason, he felt that what Xu Sandao said about "all of this" was not the same as what he had just said.

“I think I understand,” Xu Sandao said calmly. “Even if I were to kill him, various coincidences would occur during the process, causing the murder to fail.”

"Correct."

Chen Ji added: "The correction of fate."

The two stopped discussing the topic.

The roar of tractors could be heard outside. Many miners received their wages and left the mining area with their pre-prepared bags.

Old Yang hasn't left yet.

I'm helping Four-Eyes put the money into an envelope.

Chen Ji knew that because of Lili, Lao Yang might not leave so soon.

but......

"Where's Xiaoyu?" Chen Ji asked.

"Going to pack my things."

Without looking up, Lao Yang said sullenly, "I'll have the villagers take them back to their hometown later."

"I'll go back later."

Chen Ji remained silent. Through the window, he saw that many miners had joyful expressions on their faces.

Mining disasters and ghosts...

All the fear and pain, no matter how long it may last, have been overshadowed by the thought of "going home".

Rumble...

The tractor roared.

boom!

boom!

boom!

But at that very moment, a thunderous explosion rang out outside the mining area!