Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Snowflakes drifted down, but Chen Ji's shoulders were only slightly damp, proving that he hadn't been outside for too long.

Based on my experience in dreams, once Xiaofei starts talking, it means it's angry.

We need to wake up Lao Yang before that happens.

Chen Ji took two quick steps and was about to pat Lao Yang on the back when he saw the other man suddenly open his eyes, his eyes filled with terror!

It was as if his soul had returned to its rightful place.

"I had a nightmare—huh?"

Old Yang was suddenly startled and looked around incredulously: "How did I really end up here?"

To make a long story short, Chen Ji glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye and immediately said, "It's Xiao Fei."

The two quickly exchanged a few words and confirmed that Lao Yang had suddenly become sleepy while on night watch.

After that, he had the exact same dream, except that in the dream, there was no one else but himself.

The bed was empty.

That's why Lao Yang was able to get out of the dream so quickly, because the dream was too unusual!

There were only two figures outside. After three cycles, Lao Yang decided to go out and check it out himself, only to find that the person in front of him was himself, and he was pulled back to reality.

"Xiaofei said... it was gone during the day?"

Old Yang muttered, "What does he mean by that?"

Chen Ji grabbed his arm, and his pace slowed instantly.

At the same time, a chilling scream, exactly the same as in the dream, came from behind:

"It's gone during the day!"

Chen Ji said, "He was talking about the glowing object on his body."

Old Yang looked completely bewildered. After thinking for a moment, he hesitated before saying, "You mean that 'scrap material'?"

He had heard Chen Ji and Xu Sandao mention this word.

"Correct."

Chen Ji nodded: "In short, Xiao Fei means that other ghosts will take this thing during the day."

Just as Lao Yang was about to say something, his gaze suddenly went blank when he glanced behind him, and then he quickened his pace!

"He's getting closer and closer to us!"

"Don't go," Chen Ji said. "We need to make him catch up with us."

If I'm not mistaken, after having such a long dream, not much time should have passed in the real world.

Xiao Fei's pulling them into that dream was more of a warning, or rather... a hint.

The goal is to make them stop.

And this circling in the snow... no matter how you look at it, it looks a lot like the ghost wall that the helmeted ghost went through before.

The Helmet Ghost is preventing Xiao Fei from meeting them. This can be seen from its invasion of Chen Ji's dream; it doesn't want Chen Ji to return to reality and encounter Xiao Fei.

The reason is precisely that phrase, "It's gone during the day!"

Xiao Fei is fighting with the Helmet Ghost for scrap materials. For some unknown reason, the Helmet Ghost can only collect the scrap materials during the day.

Pulling himself back to reality, Chen Ji could already feel the chilly wind behind him. Soon, a hand colder than snow landed on Chen Ji's shoulder—

Instantly, Chen Ji felt that he could control his feet again.

When the two people and the ghost came into contact, the ghost wall binding Chen Ji and the ghost broke.

He stood still, watching Xiao Fei slowly walk towards him.

His face was deathly pale, and there was a large hole in his throat.

At first glance, he seems no different from the previous Xiao Fei... but upon closer inspection, one can see that Xiao Fei's eyes no longer hold the naivety and confusion of before.

Instead, it carried a subtle hint of malice.

This is the irreversible change that occurs after becoming a ghost.

Chen Ji's heart sank, and he couldn't help but recall how, in the previous three dream cycles, the impatient Xiao Fei had killed him time and time again.

"Get it back for me."

Xiao Fei's voice was devoid of any emotion.

Having said that, it turned and left.

Chen Ji and Lao Yang exchanged a glance, and the two of them had no choice but to follow suit.

However, Chen Ji's gait was strange; he stepped heavily on the snow, quickly leaving a trail of curved footprints.

It won't be covered by snow anytime soon.

Where is he taking us?

Old Yang said nervously, the further he went, the stronger his unease became.

"To hell with that dead mine," Chen Ji whispered. "Help him find some 'scrap metal'."

Old Yang paused for a moment, staring at the figure with the red backpack ahead, a hint of apprehension in his eyes.

He never imagined that those bizarre dreams, his repeated killings... were all because Xiao Fei wanted to ask them for "help"?

I'll die if I don't help this!

"Aren't we pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth?!" Old Yang said urgently, "If he's not satisfied, we'll be dead!"

Chen shook his head: "It's nothing."

“I guess it won’t touch us as long as we don’t blatantly break the taboo.”

After all, Chen Ji and the other man still had some use to them, and Xiao Fei needed their help to find scrap materials.

But whether things will remain the same after we get them is hard to say.

Chen Ji's gaze was solemn.

"Of those three, Xiao Fei is dead, Zheng is dead, and Pan Yin is still alive..."

Old Yang remained silent for a long time before sighing, "He's really unlucky. He barely escaped being beheaded by Liu Yunfeng, and then he ran into a mining accident."

Pan Yin's fate remains unknown.

Faced with the absolute power of the demon, his and Zheng Jinming's previous elaborate schemes now seem utterly laughable.

......

Inside the accounting office.

Xu Sandao slowly opened his eyes.

A chill swept over him, and in the darkness, it was clear that it was Chen Ji.

"Is it time?"

Xu Sandao yawned and sat up lazily, but couldn't help but be startled.

Chen Ji was silent for two seconds before letting out a heavy sigh:

"Old Yang has been taken away by Xiao Fei!"

"what?"

Xu Sandao was startled, while Si Yan, who had just opened his eyes, heard these words and couldn't help but exclaim:

"How can it be?!"

“Absolutely true!” Chen Ji said, “I was dozing off when I heard the door slam shut with a bang!”

"When I woke up, I was all alone in the room."

Xu Sandao thought for a moment, put on his coat, and limped off the bed: "Are you sure it was Xiao Fei who took him away?"

Chen nodded with great difficulty.

"After I chased after them, I saw two figures in the distance, one of them carrying a schoolbag!"

"It seems to have gone in the direction of the mine shaft."

Xu Sandao walked to the outer room, touched the chair, and glanced out the window.

He pondered for a moment before saying to the pale-faced four-eyed man, "He must have been taken to the corpse by Xiao Fei."

"why?"

The four-eyed man was stunned.

"Just guessing," Xu Sandao said casually, opening the door and saying, "Let's go... and bring him back."