Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Squeak——

The outermost wooden door was pushed open.

Chen Ji repaired this door himself yesterday.

“I could see him, but he was too fast.” Jiang Zhong chuckled, “Don’t be mad at me.”

"Anyway, the flavor ends here."

Chen Ji held his breath and concentrated.

Through the gap, Chen Ji suddenly paused.

The gray goats gathered together, jostling and crowding, and the spot where he was rolling around was exactly where he should be.

Oh, right... a mark!

He would leave muddy footprints when he rolled around, but the gray goat blocked them!

Just then, he heard the sound of hooves coming this way, and the gap suddenly turned black.

A few strands of dirty gray wool peeked out from the gap, very close to Chen Ji.

At this moment, Chen Ji realized that these gray goats, which originally belonged to the villagers, were providing him with cover!

Chen Ji's heart skipped a beat.

Just then, a voice came from outside, and it sounded like "Jiang Zhong" was talking to the sheep:

"Don't worry."

"You'll be able to come out tonight, hehe..."

night.....

Isn't there a big show tonight?

Suddenly, a sentence that "Jiang Zhong" had said not long ago popped into Chen Ji's mind!

[I already said it's a big production, so there's definitely more than just a few actors like you.]

He suddenly understood what it meant.

The villagers who transformed into gray goats... are the characters in the night's grand show.

Therefore, the fate of the other entrants is predictable!

They were right; the ghosts were indeed going to turn them into gray goats. However, the newcomers greatly underestimated the malice of these ghosts!

The banquet had only six seats, symbolizing six ghosts who served as spectators and guests.

The wedding feast was actually a celebration of the ghosts' rebirth!

The gray goats that the humans turned into not only had to entertain them, but they would also probably be slaughtered as food on the day of the wedding feast!

Knowing this, Chen Ji understood...

There isn't much time left for him.

We must find the black ewe and the madman as soon as possible, solve the last few problems in this domain, and then find a way out.

Not long after, the squeaking sound rang out again.

The ghost and "Jiang Zhong" left.

But Chen Ji could still faintly smell a hint of grass mixed with the stench of sheep dung in his hair.

This proves that the goal remains unchanged.

He didn't rush out until light shone through the crack again and a goat's hoof nudged him. Only then did Chen Ji carefully crawl out from under the black goat's carcass.

Before me stood several members of the Wu family...

The gray sheep in the very center, with an old face, is Aunt Wu.

Having grown accustomed to standing on all fours, it gazed gently at Chen Ji.

From her eyes... Chen Ji suddenly realized that perhaps this family had already discovered that he was stealing the pancakes.

The gray goat bleated softly and made way for him.

Chen Ji felt a mix of emotions.

A vague conjecture that had been in his mind for a long time... Chen Ji decided to make it a reality.

These ghosts must "die".

He pursed his lips tightly, glanced back at the flock of sheep, and then flipped himself out of the sheepfold.

.....

In the mountains and forests.

Chen Ji's speed was very slow.

This time, he went around into the mountains from the side, much further than when he went to the lake.

It is almost certain that "Jiang Zhong" and the ghost are lying in wait in the mountains.

He hid in the bushes and calculated that if he were to be led into the ghost realm, he would definitely go directly to the back mountain.

Even the ghost was trying to figure out what he was thinking.

Chen Ji's goal was already very clear.

No matter where they hide, they will eventually come to the mountains and forests, after all, the black ewe is here too.

Moreover, ever since he entered this forest, the chill on his body had only increased... yet he couldn't hear any footsteps.

This made it impossible for Chen Ji to determine "Jiang Zhong's" whereabouts.

Are they not taking the same path?

Chen Ji remained silent and walked very carefully toward the location of the lake as he remembered it...

They're getting closer.

Gradually, he caught a glimpse of a pair of ram's horns peeking out from beside a rock by the lake, though he couldn't see them clearly.

A black ewe?

Chen Ji was taken aback, but did not make any rash moves. Instead, he remained hidden behind the tree and observed.

The goat's horns bobbed up and down, like a goat playing behind a rock.

Chen Ji's body remained motionless, like a stone.

He heard the clatter of hooves, but kept his body leaning back, ready to flee at any moment.

Two black sheep hooves were revealed...

In an instant, Chen Ji realized that it was not a black ewe!

Because black ewes walk upright, if their hooves are visible, then their entire body must also be visible from behind the stone!

He immediately stepped back!

At that moment, Chen Ji saw a twisted figure slowly crawling out from behind the rock.

It's "Jiang Zhong"!

It actually squatted behind the rock the whole time, with its feet on its hooves and its hands raised high as if it were a sheep grazing behind the rock!

The disguise was so lifelike, just waiting for Chen Ji to take the bait!

But what's even stranger is why he didn't continue waiting?

Why did he suddenly abandon his pretense at this very moment?

Jiang Zhong's figure suddenly stopped.

Jiang Zhong turned his head, staring intently in Chen Ji's direction, and grinned sinisterly.

But... Chen Ji knew very well.

The stone couldn't see where he was hiding at all.

A sudden chill ran through him, as if he were being immersed in a winter river—the invisible ghost that had chosen him could still smell a hint of grass.

And from the spot where he had been a minute earlier, came the crunching sound of footsteps on wood, but Chen Ji had already run far away!

There were no footsteps behind him.

But the chill in my body had not yet subsided!

As Chen Ji ran past a mountain wall, he suddenly swayed and was grabbed by a hand that reached out from behind a tree.

My hands are warm.

Before he could react, he saw the branches beside him being moved, revealing an extremely narrow gap in the mountain wall!

The man pushed him inside.

He himself cleverly squeezed in as well.

The branches were immediately lowered again, like a curtain, to cover the gaps in the mountain wall.

Only then did the figure turn around...

He made a "shh" gesture at Chen Ji.

It is a ylang-ylang.

She wasn't tall and had a small frame; she was indeed the girl who had been hiding from them yesterday.

Chen Ji remained absolutely silent, quietly hiding there with Hua Yilan for a while.

Squeak—

A faint sound of a tree trunk snapping suddenly rang out not far away.

Chen Ji finally understood why he hadn't been able to hear any footsteps.

Because "Jiang Zhong" was actually hiding in the tree canopy, moving from tree to tree, his eyes scanning the ground like an eagle!

It lingered there for a long time, sniffing around, but never saw Chen Ji.

A moment later...

Chen Ji's body gradually warmed up.

This proves that the two ghosts left the area.

Hua Yilan breathed a sigh of relief and then said softly, "I'm sorry."

"Yesterday I thought you were ghosts."

Chen Ji shook his head. If it were him, he wouldn't have taken that risk either; after all, they were repairing the sheepfold at the time.

He followed Hua Yilan, slowly backing away through the extremely narrow gap.

About a minute later, I saw the light.

A hidden world lies beyond the crevice!

It turned out to be a cave.

Chen Ji's gaze froze, staring straight at the figure in the middle of the cave.

That's a man.

He was hunched over, like a wild man.

A few seconds later, he slowly turned around.

"who are you?"

Chen Ji stared at that filthy face and asked softly.

The man's voice was as hoarse as ever, sounding like he was laughing, but the muscles in his face didn't change at all.

This scene was indescribably strange.

The man said:

"Young Master Zheng."