Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

As Chen Ji spoke, the bright red jacket next to the yellow helmet fluttered slightly in the wind once more.

The winch above the cage started turning again.

crunch--

All three of them relaxed.

This proves that everything that just happened was indeed done by the Liu brothers to help them.

The cage continued its slow descent...

Xu Sandao raised his hand to look at his watch, then glanced at the sky that was faintly visible above him.

"There's still a little over a minute left."

The fireflies will then become ineffective.

I wonder how the ghosts will chase after us then.

"Old Sun...sigh."

Old Yang lowered his head, sighed with a complicated look in his eyes. He had never imagined that the honest man who shared a room with him was already a corpse.

Before his death, he suffered inhuman torture.

"But...he's clearly breathing, and his body is warm, isn't it?"

A look of confusion appeared on Lao Yang's face. He had spent several days with Sun Datao, so how could he not tell whether the other party was a human or a ghost?

But the memories Chen Ji saw were so real.

"Uncle Yang, have you forgotten?" Chen Ji reminded him, "Liu Yunfeng, Amei... these ghosts all follow the same underlying logic."

“They still consider themselves ‘humans’ and follow their own daily routines unless stimulated by external factors.”

"I think it's because of Old Sun... the influence of the Helmet Ghost."

Xu Sandao agreed and added, "It's actually very simple."

"The piece of waste material inside Old Sun's body shines brighter than the others, and it's the first one. Perhaps the ability it grants is that if Old Sun believes he's still alive, he will objectively 'live.'"

"Moreover, what he did after he died was no different from what he did while he was alive, right?"

Old Yang nodded silently.

"She went back to her dorm, visited her child, and even continued with her daily work without fail..."

Chen Ji didn't reply, a chill ran through him.

He actually had some doubts. The first night they saw Old Sun, his supposed "going down the mine" wasn't really to dig coal, but rather to an abandoned mining area...

Of course, according to Lao Sun's memory, if that's the case, he must have done it unconsciously.

Because Chen Ji discovered that after being resurrected, his memories in Lao Yang's body would occasionally go blank.

"correct."

There's another question I don't understand.

Xu Sandao suddenly spoke up: "If I were Helmet Ghost, I would definitely kill Zeng Guichuan immediately."

After all, Zeng Guichuan was the culprit who caused all of this. It can be seen from Zeng's note that he instructed Tang Xiezi to kill Lao Sun to silence him.

"But the Helmet Ghost waited until Zeng Guichuan had run away before chasing after him... Why?"

Chen Ji pondered for a few seconds, then his expression suddenly changed.

"Unless... it can confirm that Zeng Guichuan will inevitably die as long as he is in the mining area!"

"It's even possible that the Helmet Ghost won't need to do anything himself."

Chen Ji emphasized the word "inevitable" and continued to speculate: "Therefore, the Helmet Genius didn't touch it, not because it couldn't, but because it felt it was unnecessary!"

"However, Zeng Guichuan's sudden escape broke the helmeted ghost's expectations, which is why it was so eager to hunt him down."

The result was obvious: Zeng Guichuan had an extremely strong destiny and escaped by some unknown means, leaving Tang Xiezi as a scapegoat.

Chen Ji's heart sank. What would happen next that would make Zeng Guichuan "inevitably die" as long as he was "in the mining area"?

Was it a mass incident, or was it specifically targeted at Zeng Guichuan?

Chen Ji preferred the former because the scope was too broad, encompassing the entire mining area.

clang--

The cage crashed heavily to the ground, breaking Chen Ji's thoughts.

He glanced discreetly at Xu Sandao and saw that the other man also had a slight frown.

Xu Sandao shared the same idea as him.

"Half a minute..." Xu Sandao shook his head, temporarily putting the matter aside, as there was a more pressing task at hand.

Find Old Sun and escape the horde of ghosts.

The scrap material in his hand slowly glowed; the binding was not yet complete.

However, unlike when Xu Sandao first received it, it was now humming slightly.

Chen Ji casually pulled a piece of scrap material out of his pocket, and sure enough, it was the same as the one in Xu Sandao's hand.

"It should be a prompt, like a metal detector."

The group speculated that the closer they were to Old Sun, that is, the closer they were to the fifth piece of scrap, the greater the resonance of the other pieces should be.

"This is... the reward for helping Xiaofei and the others."

Chen Ji murmured, recalling the guidance he received from the domain this time.

There are two possible locations where Lao Sun might appear. One is his own village in the east, but Chen Ji and the others only took a few steps there before they noticed that the buzzing was getting weaker.

That is the western mining area, which is the abandoned mining area.

The group immediately rushed there without stopping, and less than a minute later, Xu Sandao's expression suddenly became serious.

A firefly appeared on his shoulder at some unknown time, its transparent wing missing a piece.

Despite facing so many ghosts, the firefly was still injured.

"Come on!"

Xu Sandao gave a low shout. The fireflies were much faster than the ghosts, but the ghosts would catch up in no more than ten minutes.

Before long, they arrived at the abandoned mining area by the light of their lanterns.

The resonant buzzing was already extremely intense!

Old Sun is right here.

Xu Sandao held the doll in his hand. Although he couldn't exploit the bug, he could still use the original ability.

The little monkey was already perched on Chen Ji's shoulder, scratching its mouth with both hands, looking somewhat unwilling.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Before even getting close to District 7, Chen Ji suddenly stopped.

He gestured for the other two to be quiet and listen attentively.

"Wrong... ah..."

A heart-wrenching cry came from not far away!

"It's Lao Sun!" Lao Yang exclaimed in surprise. The sound of Sun Datao crying made his heart clench, filled with deep regret and helplessness.

In the end what happened?

The three looked at each other in bewilderment, then quickly turned into the side road and entered the dead end of the 7-4 district!

As soon as they turned the corner, they saw Old Sun.

She covered her face with her hands in despair, but the sobs kept flowing out.

Chen Ji gave Lao Yang a wink, signaling him to ask, while he and Xu Sandao cautiously walked forward.

They couldn't tell if Lili and the others were still there, because it was extremely quiet all around, and there was no longer the sound of pickaxes striking.

Half a minute later...

Chen Ji's gaze sharpened.

The Helmet Ghost isn't here.

But by the light of the lantern, he could clearly see four dark figures standing like sculptures against the wall!

Besides the three people from before... there's also Grandma Sun's wife!

In that instant, Chen Ji suddenly recalled Old Sun's inexplicable words from before:

"She's gone to enjoy a life of luxury."

"We'll be there soon too..."

However, Chen Ji had no time to pay attention to these four puppet-like people, because both he and Xu Sandao felt a sudden sinking feeling in their hearts!

On the left side of the coal face, a large section was dug deep inside, and five mounting holes were drilled!

At the end of this road lies the side corresponding to the black gate in Old Sun's memory...

There is also 1 place.

There are a total of 6 holes for inlaying scrap materials.