Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

".....yes?"

Xie Hengshan also realized something was wrong: "In the story of the cassette tape, the couple heard the 'thump' sound first, and then they encountered the ghost, right?"

He wasn't tall, and this was his seventh time in the domain, so he was very experienced.

All the newcomers this time have participated in at least seven domains.

“No, that’s not right.” Zhou He immediately recalled: “That recording was in two parts. Little E felt the spying first, which was when she first entered the guesthouse.”

"After that, the recording skipped, her boyfriend went to smoke, and then the 'thump' sound came through!"

This means that "being spied on" and "slamming" are not necessarily linked.

"Did you two do anything before you felt the gaze upon you?" she asked Chen Ji and Fei'er.

Fei'er shook her head.

"No," Chen Ji said. "There is no reason that could trigger the appearance of the ghost."

He and Fei'er were just leaning against the railing talking.

Whether it was leaning against the railing or "speaking," all those who entered the realm did it in the corridor after the door opened, but the ghost did not appear at that time.

Kui Gu frowned.

He didn't say anything, but quietly walked to the door and opened it a crack.

Suddenly, an extremely intense feeling of discomfort swept over his entire body!

Kui Gu tensed up instantly, slammed the door shut, and turned around to say, "It's still outside."

The atmosphere suddenly became tense. No one expected that they would be trapped in the room by ghosts as soon as the domain opened!

Dong Xiaohu, with his thick neck, was clearly a trained fighter. His face was grim as he asked, "What do we do now?"

"There are no clues in this house except for two dead bodies. Being trapped here means certain death!"

This was something not only he understood, but all those who entered the domain also understood.

Hiding in the house won't help.

The tape recording shows that the ghost could easily enter the bedroom, it just depends on whether it wants to or not.

Chen Ji stood beside Fei'er, lost in thought.

The blind men and the elephant.

The first task is to recognize it.

How can you tell what an "elephant" looks like if you don't touch it?

This is actually telling those who enter the realm that even if you don't come into contact with the ghosts, the ghosts will come into contact with you on their own!

"Go out." In the silence, Chen Ji spoke: "Little E didn't die immediately after sensing that she was being watched, but after the thud, everything was beyond repair."

"Assuming the current danger level is 50, then once the thud is heard, the danger level will jump to 100 or higher."

Chen Ji is right. Both situations carry the risk of death, but this is clearly better than what was recorded on the tape recorder.

And nobody knows when the thud will sound.

That's what they said, but everyone remained frozen in place, no one willing to be the first to go out.

Especially Liu Song, Zhou He, Dong Xiaohu and Xie Hengshan, these four people had been staying in the house and had never been "seen" by the ghost. At this moment, they all looked away or turned their heads away, not responding to Chen Ji's words.

Fei'er didn't care about all that.

Fei'er suddenly opened the door and walked straight out.

Chen Ji followed closely behind, and then it was Kui Gu's turn.

The three of them looked at the opposite corridor, where three doors were tightly closed and the corridor was empty except for a crystal chandelier that swayed gently in front of them.

Kui Gu gently touched his face, feeling his skin as cold and piercing as if he were outdoors in winter.

This is a symbol of being watched by a ghost.

He glanced briefly at the other two people standing to the side.

The hairs on their arms stood on end, proving that the ghost's gaze was also fixed on the two of them.

That short girl with pigtails... is that Fei'er? She looks petite, but she's incredibly brave.

Kuigu only determined that Xiao F's body was on the bed through the recording; he did not actually search for it himself.

But Fei'er reached out and touched him directly, revealing the state of Little F's death.

Hesitant footsteps gradually sounded behind them. The four people inside waited for a while and only came out after confirming that everything was alright.

A chilling feeling instantly spread throughout the four of them, and their faces turned deathly pale. The fact that they appeared late did not mean that the ghost could not see them.

Kui Gu didn't care about these few people.

He looked at Fei'er, exchanged a glance with the boy beside her, and the two of them went down the stairs first.

That boy.....

Chen Ji.

Kui Gu gazed silently at Chen Ji's retreating figure. He had heard this name many times before.

Without making a sound, he pulled down his sleeve, concealing the six small, worm-like dots on his left wrist...

......

Seven people stood in the living room on the first floor.

Looking up, you can see the crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

The north side is the living room, while the south side, where the ghost first appeared, is a billiards room; in the middle is a long corridor.

The ghost's gaze followed him like a shadow.

Even Chen Ji felt slightly uncomfortable under these circumstances.

Only Fei'er remained expressionless. She could sense the gaze, but her own emotional dullness meant that her heart was almost completely unmoved.

However, Liu Song, who was at the very end of the line, was not so calm.

The feeling of being spied on intensified, and Liu Song had the illusion from time to time that something was closely following him!

suddenly.

Liu Song felt a chill run through his body, as if someone had gently touched his back. This was the second time he had felt this since he went downstairs!

Is it his imagination?

Or... is someone really touching me?

Liu Song turned his head sharply, but just like last time, there was no one behind him!

"What's going on?" Xie Hengshan turned his head alertly, following his gaze as he looked around: "Why are you so startled?"

The goosebumps on his arms hadn't subsided either, clearly indicating that Xie Hengshan was also under immense psychological pressure under the ghost's gaze.

Liu Song didn't know how to answer. Was someone touching him?

But he had no concrete evidence at all; ghosts are invisible, and no one can see them!

He shook his head stiffly without saying a word and squeezed to the front of the line.

At the very front were Chen Ji and Wei Gu, who were looking up at the ceiling of the billiard room.

Nothing.

"The ceiling height is approximately 3 meters."

Chen Ji murmured, "How tall is this ghost that it can touch the ceiling?"

The thud is known to be the sound of something hitting the ceiling, and its frequency is highly likely to be related to the footsteps of a ghost.

That means there are several possibilities.

“The knocking sound could be a ghost’s head hitting the ceiling,” Chen Ji said. “Then it wouldn’t be humanoid, but a monster.”

The tallest person present was only a little over 1.8 meters, but if what Chen Ji said was true, then this ghost was at least 3 meters tall, with a huge body!

“Elephant…ghost.” Wei Gu pondered, “The blind men and the elephant are like that because the elephant is too big, they can’t touch the whole thing. This guess makes sense.”

There is an even more terrifying possibility: that the ghost is actually walking upside down on the ceiling.

“If that’s the case, then when a ghost appears beside us, it must make a sound,” Phil objected. “But we can only sense its presence, not hear any sound. Why is that?”

"It's possible that it only hits the ceiling at specific times."

Kuigu offered another idea, such as that the ghost was not actually that tall, but perhaps a part of its body had undergone a mutation.

“There was a ghost in my previous domain that usually disguised itself as a normal person.”

Kui Gu said, "But if you are alone with it for more than ten minutes, you will see the ghost's true appearance if you suddenly look up."

"The neck... can stretch and contract like a spring, reaching up to two meters in length."

“If you look up, you can see its face. Its body is still far away, but its head is stretched up above your head, watching your expression.”