Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chen Yuetan remained calm, turning his leg in an unbelievable direction to narrowly avoid the sudden, icy blade!

At the same time, he lightly touched the ground with his toes, moving at an extremely fast speed, carrying Chen Ji and Wu Su forward.

Spit—

Chen could clearly hear the long swords slicing across the ground behind them, seemingly sparking as the sword-wielding ghost pursued them relentlessly!

Fortunately, after five breaths, the two escaped the edge of the forest.

The sound of the long sword cutting abruptly stopped.

"He can't get out."

Chen Yuetan said.

He didn't ask Chen Ji what had just happened, but immediately put Wu Su on the ground and patted the other's pale face.

Chen Ji's eyes narrowed in surprise!

The moment they stepped out of the forest, Wusu's eyelids quietly closed, and his body remained motionless!

"We'll go in after he wakes up."

Chen Yuetan observed for a while and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong with Wusu?" Chen Ji asked with some concern. "After we entered the forest, he seemed to have been sleeping the whole time."

Only on rare occasions will they simply say a word or two to offer guidance.

Chen Yuetan thought for a moment and said:

"...He is digesting."

It turns out that Wusu's unusual condition was related to the coke skull found in the tin mine.

This all starts with Wusu's capabilities.

Chen Yuetan indeed did not have any strange creatures on him, because all of them had been devoured by Wusu!

Including his A-class ghost, and the pocket watch that was repaired after the domain was damaged last time!

Usu can use itself as a container to contain and suppress the strange creatures, and use their abilities.

The benefit is that all the side effects go to Wusu, but because of Wusu's strange constitution, the effects are not yet visible.

The downside is that once Wusu is not by Chen Yuetan's side, or is in a deep sleep, Chen Yuetan will be unable to use any of the strange objects, including "passive".

This is why he was almost hit by the willow branch.

At that time, Wusu was still asleep.

"In short, during this period, Wusu was actually merging with that baby's head."

"We didn't know how long it would take at first, but as we got closer to the tomb entrance, his progress suddenly accelerated, and he merged into the final stage."

Chen Yuetan explained slowly.

"This is a good thing... After all, the great tomb we are about to enter originally belonged to Wusu's main body."

That is, the charred ghost infant corpse.

Chen Ji roughly understood.

However, what he was even more curious about was why Wusu would appear in the domain if his true form was outside.

Chen Yuetan did not provide an explanation for this.

The two sat silently in the open space in front of the temple.

After leaving the Ghost Forest, Chen Ji instantly felt normal again, and his body was no longer so cold.

Sunset West Mountain.

The golden sunset stretched their shadows long...

A moment later, the two shared their experiences.

It turns out that the ghost was impersonating Chen Yuetan on one side and Chen Ji on the other.

The goal was to force Chen Yuetan to change his mind.

"It has two sides, one is you, and the other is me."

Chen Yuetan explained, "Seeing your own photo is fine, but looking into someone else's eyes would be taboo."

He pulled an ordinary knife from his boot, its blade gleaming coldly and reflecting light to some extent, much like a fountain pen.

"When I got close to the paper-faced ghost, I was entangled by the ghost carrying a knife."

Chen Ji was taken aback, and suddenly realized why he hadn't heard the sound of sharpening knives again on his way back.

The knife-wielding ghost's attention was drawn to Chen Yuetan.

"Not long after, you suddenly appeared out of the void... You know what happened after that."

It turned out to be the case.

Chen Ji nodded.

He also sorted things out.

After the yang fire on his left shoulder went out, he was pulled into the mist, and when he reached the paper-faced ghost, his direction was reversed.

Then they started retracing their steps.

At this moment, what was in front of him changed from an exit to an entrance.

With the help of a pen, they confirmed that there was a pit at the entrance.

After he backed up again and walked against the flow towards the exit, he passed the paper-faced ghost again and finally saw the other side of the ghost, which was his own face.

Only then did he emerge from the fog.

"The environment around the tomb has already been altered even before we've entered it."

Chen Yuetan twirled the knife, his expression somewhat grave.

Danger lurks everywhere.

Chen Ji, however, thought of Tuotuo Mountain.

The situation here is somewhat similar.

Similarly, the environment around the tomb entrance was corrupted by ghosts.

That time, the difficulty was already extremely high even before entering the tomb. Thinking about it this way... if the primeval forest were to become a domain, it would definitely be at least level 9 in difficulty.

After all, they were facing Source Corpses.

"It's good that you weren't fooled by the ghost."

As Chen Ji was pondering, he suddenly heard Chen Yuetan chuckle softly.

He felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

In fact, if it weren't for the death warning... he would have been completely fooled.

The main reason was that he felt that even if something happened to him, his uncle would be fine, which led him to overlook many details.

For example, willow branches hang down from overhead, so how could the uncle possibly look up to see them?

I could only manage a couple of awkward laughs before quickly changing the subject.

"Uncle, how do you know that's not mine?"

Chen Ji had roughly heard from his uncle that the scene the ghost described was not much different from his actual experience.

He indeed couldn't get out, and he did encounter the knife-wielding ghost.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Chen Yuetan gently tapped his head.

“How could I not recognize my own nephew? After all, I raised you.”

"And that ghost's acting was so fake."

Fake?

Chen Ji was taken aback.

The paper-faced ghost is actually very realistic; its tone and voice are exactly the same as the real person's.

Otherwise, Chen Ji wouldn't have been so easily fooled.

"Ah."

Chen Yuetan gazed silently at the shadow on the ground.

“You’re not the kind of person who would just ask for help when something happens.”

"It's been like this since I was little."

His voice was slow and dazed, as if he were lost in memories.

"...You always keep your head down and try to solve things on your own, right?"

"I remember the first time I went into the domain after I took you in, I didn't leave you any money for food, and I forgot about it after I came out."

"You managed to stay silent until I realized it myself, and by then almost half a month had passed. I don't know how you survived."

Shaking his head, Chen Yuetan patted Chen Ji on the shoulder:

Sometimes I think you're too stubborn and inflexible.

Chen Ji lowered his head and remained silent.

He wouldn't tell Chen Yuetan....

At the time, he thought his uncle had been arrested by the police and that all his money had been confiscated.

The day after Chen Yuetan disappeared, he sold the watch that Chen had left at home to the convenience store downstairs for 1000 yuan.

He later learned that the watch was worth 5.

He not only didn't comment on the issue of living expenses.

Furthermore, when Chen Yuetan was searching for the watch later, he remained silent.

This matter will be buried in Chen Ji's memory, forever and ever...

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I'm starting to stockpile drafts in preparation for the Chinese New Year...

Just to clarify, the Chinese-style horror instance I mentioned earlier wasn't about entering the Great Tomb, but rather the next domain.