Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Later in the night.

Chu Jing is on duty.

Just like last night, the rain is still falling, pattering on the eaves.

What a perfect rainy night for sleeping...

Chu Jing was drowsy when, just then, a strange noise suddenly came from the sound of rain.

Someone is howling in the alleyway outside the door!

Chu Jing suddenly jolted awake—the madman is here!

She quickly woke Chen Ji and Du Tingfeng, then immediately blew out the candles, while making sure she didn't smell of grass on herself.

The three hid by the wall.

The howling sound was approaching.

This time, they clearly heard two sentences:

"...pigs and sheep sit on the kang (heated brick bed), while relatives are cooked in the pot."

"A daughter eats her mother's flesh, and a son beats a drum made of his father's skin."

Chen Ji was taken aback.

This sentence is practically an blatant implication that Li Fengxiu ate her mother!

but.....

This line wasn't in the "Strange Verse" they heard before, was it?

He instantly realized that Wu Gong had deliberately concealed the truth.

This is probably the real reason why Wu Gong knew about Master Zheng's existence... But now, Wu Gong's plan has backfired.

The howling stopped again in front of the Li family's gate.

The three of them tensed up instantly—

There was silence.

It lasted for an unknown amount of time...

The locked door was easily pushed open.

The sound of hooves rang out, and the black goat entered the courtyard.

Chu Jing's thoughts drifted away unconsciously. She couldn't help but wonder if Li Fengxiu was hiding behind the window of the main room at this very moment.

That said... why was Li Fengxiu afraid of black goats?

She's a ghost...

On the other side, Du Tingfeng saw through the mirror that the goat was stopped in front of the east wing.

It's as if they're spying on what's inside.

The charred ghost in the east wing remained completely still.

The goat grunted twice and turned to leave.

This made Du Tingfeng speculate about the purpose of the white cloth.

The goat seemed to want to go to the main room, but eventually gave up and just paced around the doorway.

Following last night's procedure, the next step... should be to the side chamber.

Chen Ji's heart stirred slightly; given the chance, he even wanted to make contact with the Black Goat.

Bang!

The wooden door suddenly made a loud bang!

At the same time, the black goat let out a roar that they had never heard before, nor had any other entrants mentioned!

The three people inside the room were instantly stunned!

The most surprised person was Chen Ji, who immediately turned to look at the wooden door, his eyes widening in surprise!

Two holes were punched through the wooden door by the horns of a black goat!

"wrong!"

"It's angry... Why is it angry?!"

Chen Ji's mind was in complete chaos. What was happening at this moment directly overturned his wishful thinking—he had originally thought that the Black Goat might be on the side of the entrants!

Bang!

The black goat could have easily opened the door, but now it seemed to have lost its mind, acting purely on instinct, frantically ramming the wooden door with its horns!

Without a second's hesitation, the three of them immediately hid under the bed, Chen Ji's brain working at lightning speed!

What exactly angered the goat?

Why is its behavior different from last night?

and many more.....

They did do one extra thing.

Chen Ji's expression shifted slightly.

Beside him, Chu Jing was sweating profusely!

Why is it like this tonight?

Were they all wrong before? Was the Black Goat's arrival really to replace...? But when Hua Yilan was kidnapped yesterday, Chang Hao didn't mention the goat being so furious.

The door was kicked open.

The three of them held their breath for a moment.

Du Tingfeng's mirror was still on the ground outside the window. They could vaguely see... the black goat in the mirror, whose eyes were completely different from those of last night, glowing with a sinister green light, as if a ball of will-o'-the-wisp was burning in its eye socket.

Da da.

The black goat gradually approached the bedside.

Huff, huff...

Its nose is twitching.

Chu Jing didn't dare to breathe loudly.

Her mind was a jumbled mess, countless questions swirling in her head, but ultimately, they all boiled down to one thing:

Could it be...

Is it really because of me?

But... but Tan Xiangsong's death has nothing to do with me...

She was terrified that the black goat would suddenly squat down and its vertical pupils would meet her gaze!

The black goat did not squat down.

Using the mirror, they saw the black goat inexplicably bend down, as if examining the bed frame... the bed frame?

The next second, a loud bang rang in Chu Jing's ears!

Wood chips flew everywhere!

Her blood almost froze as she watched in utter horror as the black goat's head burst through the bed frame and disappeared under the bed!

Everything happened too fast, like lightning. Chen Ji was grabbed by the collar and pulled out of the broken bed!

Du Tingfeng's pupils suddenly contracted!

Without saying a word, he was about to activate his chips, but Chen Ji shouted at that moment:

"Don't move!"

Du Tingfeng's expression was one of surprise and uncertainty. He gripped the chips tightly, and his other hand was already in his pocket, where there was a piece of paper.

[A Ghost Story a Day: Umbrella and the Two Extremes]

It can provide temporary protection, and although the side effects are huge, Du Tingfeng still carries it with him at all times.

But at that very moment, he suddenly heard Chen Ji roar; as if he were telling the goat, or the madman outside—

"We didn't kill the gray goat!"

Chu Jing was taken aback.

But the black goat did not stop its actions, as if it could not understand, its mouth splitting open to an unbelievable degree, its expression extremely ferocious!

Unlike its treatment of Hua Yilan, it didn't even consider taking Chen Ji away.

It's more like...

They had to peel away Chen Ji's skin piece by piece.

Suddenly, amidst the pouring rain, a man's heavy cough could be heard.

"Cough cough..."

"Ah—baa!"

"Ah—meh—come here!"

The goat's upright body jolted violently.

Chen Ji calmly watched the black goat.

He was 100% certain that this was yesterday's black goat.

At the same time, he noticed that the goat on the goat's back, carrying a female soul, was not Hua Yilan.

The black goat was panting heavily, the malice in its eyes still undiminished, and the green light had not faded.

However, it still released Chen Ji.

Chen Ji fell to the ground.

A clattering sound rang out, and the black goat left...

The room fell into silence.

The other two immediately crawled out from under the bed in a disheveled state, and with the help of the flashlight, Chu Jing covered her mouth!

Chen Ji's neck was covered in blood!

"It's nothing," Chen Ji said, getting up. "Just a minor injury."

"When it bit my collar, its teeth touched."

He walked to the window, letting the other two examine his wounds, and looked gloomily toward the main room.

The red lanterns swayed precariously in the wind.

You can vaguely see a dark figure, seemingly passing by the window.

Using others to do one's dirty work, shifting blame to others... not only those who enter the realm can do this, but ghosts can too.

"Li Fengxiu".

Chen Ji murmured.

"Her purpose in asking us to help carve the sheep at noon was to make us smell of gray goat blood."

"That's the real reason the black goat was furious."

“We have all overlooked an important point... Black goats and gray goats are of the same kind.”

.....

Zhou house.

Chang Hao lay on the bed, his eyes bloodshot.

His brain was almost numb; he was so tired that he didn't want to move at all.

But he absolutely, absolutely cannot fall asleep.

Chang Hao stared at the black wool in his hand; he had found it on the threshold of the side room.

This confirmed something for him.

Black Goat came by while they were in the kitchen, but Wu Gong didn't mention it.

Wu Gong... was not in the side room at the time.

Strange folk songs gradually drifted in from afar.

"...The daughter eats her mother's flesh, and the son beats the drum with his father's skin."

Chang Hao's expression froze instantly.

A hint of ferocity slowly crept into his eyes as he muttered to himself in a somber tone:

“Wu Gong...”

Without further hesitation, Chang Hao rolled off the bed and chose to hide under it again.

a long time.

The sound of hooves faded into the distance.

The black goat... didn't even enter the Zhou residence.

.....

Zheng Residence.

Jiang Zhong tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

It stinks!

I can smell it even through the door... Did Wu Gong eat shit?

With such heavy rain this afternoon, how come the smell of cow dung hasn't been washed away yet?

He felt like his sense of smell was all messed up.

For some reason, amidst the stench of feces, he could always smell a rotting grass scent around him.

It smells like a clump of weeds that has been crushed in a plastic bag and left to simmer for a long time.

Jiang Zhongzhi felt nauseous.

His thoughts quickly drifted away... his own phone was still under the roof tiles in the main room.

However, he never had a chance to take it.

Xiao Yan led them directly to the east wing and locked the door from the outside.

This can't stop the goats!

Anyway... what time is it now?

Why hasn't the goat arrived yet?

Jiang Zhong had mixed feelings. He didn't want the goat to come, but he also hoped that the goat would appear soon so that he could finally relax.

Perhaps... the goat has already caught someone?

After a few minutes.

Footsteps approached the gate.

It also brings a new verse.

"...The daughter eats her mother's flesh, and the son beats the drum with his father's skin."

The room was silent, and Wu Gong did not react at all.

Yin Ziqin lay on the ground and uttered a puzzled "Hmm?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhong was so angry he felt like vomiting blood!

His leg, which he had injured at noon, was still throbbing slightly, as if reminding Jiang Zhong...

He's a complete traitor!

Squeak——

The goat pushed open the door.

Jiang Zhong suddenly felt a strong sense of unease.

The goats walked straight toward their quarters.

Clenching his teeth, Jiang Zhong rolled over and, almost simultaneously with Yin Ziqin, tumbled under the bed.

At the same time, he took out the strange object from his pocket.