Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chen Yuetan retreated step by step.

With his head bowed, his gaze never left the surface of his shoes.

"Uncle, it's here! It's coming to cut off my leg! Help me!"

The child in her arms squirmed restlessly.

"woke up?"

That's not your cousin.

Chen Yuetan said softly.

The smell of rust filled the air... Someone was bleeding.

"Ouch—it's grabbed me, my leg!"

"Uncle, save me!"

Chen Yuetan remained silent.

His body swayed from side to side from time to time.

Each time, it just barely avoided the willow branches that suddenly fell from above.

Wusu's eyes were half-open, and he seemed very tired, relying on the last bit of his strength to stay awake.

"Please... turn back, Uncle!"

"Look back!"

"Look back!"

As they drew closer, Chen Ji's agonizing screams grew louder.

Chen Yuetan listened intently to the sounds behind him.

stab-

The metal rubbed against the rock, producing a dull, rattling sound like fingernails scratching a blackboard.

Very close to him.

There really is such a ghost...

However, there was no sound of limbs being severed by a knife.

Chen Yuetan nodded silently.

wow——

wow——

It sounds like paper is being rustled by the wind.

......

Chen Ji stopped in his tracks and stared ahead.

The situation is very complicated now.

He didn't know how his real uncle was doing or where he was now, but he was certain that his uncle would definitely come back to save him.

This ghost forest was extremely patient, not making a move when they first entered the forest.

Instead, they wait until the target is almost at the edge and then launch a surprise attack.

There are at least three ghosts on my side, and we are trapped in the mist.

The first one was the willow-leaf ghost on his back.

Chen could feel an occasional itch on the back of his neck; the ghost's body wasn't covered in hair, but in willow branches.

It extinguished the yang fire on his left shoulder, but was still not satisfied, and continued to probe, trying to extinguish the other two.

Fortunately, the little monkey can still barely hold on.

After losing a wisp of Yang Fire, Chen Ji could clearly feel his vision blurring and his body shivering with cold, because his vital energy was slowly leaking out.

The second ghost was the paper-faced ghost that Chen Ji passed by.

This ghost.....

He pretended to be an uncle.

I am still standing in the same spot.

And then they tricked Chen Ji into looking up and seeing the last ghost hidden in the treetop.

Also... the biggest vengeful ghost in this fog!

A knife-wielding demon!

He could clearly hear the sound of the long sword scraping against the ground.

The mist was thick, and now Chen Ji had only one goal:

leave here.

At the same time, one must avoid violating taboos:

Don't turn around, don't let anyone pat your shoulder, and don't look at the paper face.

How can we escape?

Why did the fog appear?

Chen Ji's brain was racing, and as he was thinking, his foot clicked as he stepped on something.

Chen Ji's gaze suddenly sharpened.

He slowly moved his foot away, revealing half of a moss-covered step underneath.

Because of the erosion of time, it has broken, and if you don't look closely, you would just think it is a tile.

Chen Ji had a deep impression of this stone step... because there were no buildings in this forest, and the stone steps were obviously smashed and left here.

But what terrified him was...

He saw the stone steps on the way he came.

At the same time, Chen was very certain that this was the same piece.

This only proves one thing.....

He's going back to the old ways!

When did it start?

He looked up slightly and could see that the fog seemed to have thinned out a little in the distance, revealing a faint green hue.

That's the entrance to this forest.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Ji put the pen out.

The pen continued to fly forward, while he began to retreat step by step.

Behind them, the sound of the ghost sharpening his knife suddenly disappeared.

But the strong smell of blood proved that it had not left.

If Chen Ji makes the wrong bet, he will run straight into the knife-wielding ghost without even having a pen.

One minute later...

The fountain pen is back.

Its posture was awkward, as if it had been flipped over.

But since it's just a pen, it doesn't have much of an impact.

A line of words appeared on Chen Ji's hand.

[Even more cunning than me]

The entrance is not far; you can walk there in half a minute.

Once it reaches the edge

[They can't control their bodies]

It will turn directly.

So there's no way to get out from there.

"Can you turn back?"

Chen Ji asked, turning the pen over, but the pen always automatically returned to the correct position, keeping the feed in front.

【cannot】

Get me out of here right now!

This is really uncomfortable!

Chen Ji felt a chill run down his spine; he knew it wouldn't be that simple!

The faceless, knife-wielding demon was behind him.

Once you've reached the end in a daze, your body will automatically turn around, and you'll face the knife-wielding demon directly.

The face of the knife-wielding demon... was a blank sheet of paper.

It is very likely a variant of the Paper-faced Ghost, and it also follows the taboo of "not making eye contact".

"let's go."

Gripping the pen, Chen Ji roughly understood.

However, Chen Ji still had a question in his mind... When exactly did he start going back to the old ways?

He probably had a guess.

Retreat step by step.

A moment later, he retreated to the front of the fake "Chen Yuetan".

The other party was still standing in the same spot.

Using the reflection from the pen, Chen Ji confirmed his idea.

What he saw was still that black and white photocopy paper!

That is, the ghost's face!

If he were walking forward, what he would be seeing right now would be the back of the photocopy!

The direction of the shoe toe also proves this point.

So, the first one to walk up to this ghost was turned around without the ghost noticing, thinking he was walking forward when in fact he was walking back!

reason.....

Chen remained silent and continued to back away; he couldn't understand this.

Was it to prevent him from discovering that the knife-wielding ghost was actually ahead? To lower his guard?

Or was it so that Chen Ji could be controlled to face the knife-wielding demon directly?

and many more.....

Why must it be related to the ghost with the knife?

Chen Ji suddenly stopped walking.

He slowly raised his head and looked at the back of the paper-faced ghost's head.

That should be the back of the photocopy paper.

He saw... his own photo.

That piece of paper has two sides.

The front features a black and white photograph of Chen Yuetan, while the back... features Chen Ji.

At the same moment, a hand suddenly reached out from the void, coming from directly in front of the Paper-Faced Ghost!

"I can finally see you."

The fog suddenly dissipated.

Chen Ji's shoulders suddenly felt lighter, and the ghost he had been carrying on his back vanished.

His mind cleared instantly, and he figured everything out!

The person who pulled him back was Chen Yuetan, the real Chen Yuetan, who had been standing next to Paper Face the whole time!

"Close your eyes and follow me!"

Without saying much, Chen Yuetan led Chen Ji directly towards the temple, which was actually very close.

A gust of cold wind came.

The sound of sharpening the knife became grating, and the ghost carrying the long knife was actually right next to Chen Yuetan!