Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Kui Gu, hiding in the restaurant cabinet, gently closed the cabinet door.

Like Liu Song, he also heard that extremely tragic scream and could vaguely make out that it was Zhou He.

She must be dead, and we don't know what kind of torture she suffered.

Kui Gu not only heard the sound, but also saw everything that happened in the living room. Zhou He was floating in mid-air, her hands were obviously being controlled, and she was groping for something.

She then teleported away, but less than three seconds later she let out a scream, and with that clearly fading thud, the ghost must have found her again.

Even using strange objects cannot escape death?

A guess gradually took shape in Wei Gu's mind:

Ghosts can teleport.

.....

"Ghosts can teleport."

"To be precise, it is that once it identifies the target, it can lock onto and track it."

Chen Ji closed the door and turned to Fei'er, speaking in a low voice.

Although he was on the second floor, he could see Zhou He trapped in mid-air through the crack in the door.

This is because the living room has a high ceiling and is open-plan.

"...Zhou He is dead?" Fei'er asked softly.

She heard it too, a terrifying scream that came from the first floor, sharp enough to pierce through the floorboards.

Chen Ji nodded, his brows furrowing slightly. Fei'er's words had come true.

This realm won't last long because the demon's power is too strong!

In other words, it's either a quick victory or a quick death.

“It can teleport, so once it's discovered, even your [Night Walk] will be useless,” Phil said. “Does getting caught mean certain death?”

Chen Ji shook his head, believing that it was impossible for the solution to be so unsolvable.

It's impossible for a ghost to kill without any restrictions.

If something can teleport instantly, kill on sight, and has no limitations, then it fundamentally violates the principles of the domain.

“I saw Zhou He’s hand moving, her joints were stiff, she was probably being manipulated to touch something,” Chen Ji said. “Think about this mission, the first of the three requirements:”

"Recognize it."

"If we contact this guidance again, it is very likely that the ghost asked Zhou He to touch 'it' and then give an answer within a limited time. If she can answer correctly, she can live."

but.....

This is precisely where the difficulty lies.

Because ghosts are invisible.

You can only find it by touch, but if this ghost were really that easy to find by touch, Zhou He wouldn't have shown that confused expression.

Its form must be different from that of ordinary people.

Or, to put it another way, like the blind men and the elephant, what they touch is often not the correct answer.

"The biggest problem right now is that when the ghost appears, sometimes there's a sound, and sometimes there isn't," Chen Ji muttered to himself. "Is the safe zone when there's no sound?"

"Or is the thud unrelated to the ghost's form?"

"No, that's not right. After the attack began, when the ghost appeared in the living room without a ceiling, it didn't make a thud; but there was a sound in the hallway with a ceiling..."

"During the time we were being spied on, we passed through many places with ceilings, but the ghost didn't make a sound."

His voice grew softer and softer, as if he had grasped something, but he couldn't be sure.

The reason for this uncertainty is due to the pronouns used in the domain's guidance regarding the task...

it.

......

The thud never sounded again.

It wasn't until the door to the audio-visual room was pushed open and Dong Xiaohu staggered out that everyone returned to the first floor.

Dong Xiaohu was also in the audio-visual room!

The fact that he came out alive proves that the "Dong Sheng Ghost" has disappeared.

However.....

That feeling of being watched didn't arise either.

All of this overturned everyone's previous assumptions, making the ghost's whereabouts even more mysterious.

"Is it hibernating because it killed someone?" Wei Gu glanced at Chen Ji intentionally or unintentionally, but the other party stared straight at Zhou He's corpse and did not respond to his question.

Chen Ji was not unaware of Wei Gu's attention towards him.

He and Fei'er both saw the mark on each other's wrists. Kui Gu was also chosen by Zhen Shui Yin, but this did not stir any waves in Chen Ji's heart.

There are only 28 Ghost Constellations in total. The chance of someone who survives to the 7th or 8th Dimension without being chosen by a Ghost Constellation is almost zero. It's not strange to encounter someone with the same mark.

Once inside the tomb, he realized that the selection of people by the Ghost Constellation was not highly competitive; they simply wanted to accumulate strength in advance to cope with the apocalypse.

In other words, everyone is actually on the same side, and their common enemy is the devil.

Chen Ji turned his gaze to Zhou He, seemingly lost in thought.

Zhou He died in the exact same way as Xiao E.

The difference is that, although one of her legs was broken and stuffed into her mouth, she was able to maintain her balance and stand on the ground.

His expression was one of extreme terror.

"What happened in the audio-visual room back then?" Chen Ji asked Dong Xiaohu.

"What else could it be?"

Dong Xiaohu's expression was full of resentment: "That woman suddenly appeared here, and she even brought a ghost with her!"

"Luckily I hid under the sofa, so the ghost didn't see me, or I would have died too!"

Liu Song nodded: "From beginning to end, I only saw Dong Xiaohu hide in the audio-visual room."

"Zhou He probably used a strange object, so the ghost... followed her?"

Xie Hengshan showed a hint of apprehension: "That's probably how it is. Once the ghost discovers you, it can find you no matter where you hide in the world."

This means that all escape-type monsters won't work here.

"Perhaps invisibility is possible?"

These words remained unspoken in Xie Hengshan's heart; he simply squeezed his ring tightly.

In this realm, more or less, everyone actually has some kind of supernatural artifact to save their lives.

But whether it will be of any use is another matter...

Fei'er pulled the leg out of Zhou He's mouth, but the other party had indeed stopped breathing, so she could only lay her body flat on the floor of the audio-visual room.

Zhou He did not find any strange object on her body.

Liu Song glanced at Dong Xiaohu but didn't say anything. At least before leaving the domain, there was no need to argue about this.

He then reached into his pocket and took out a sheet of printed paper.

"I found this under the pool table."

After quickly glancing at the warning on the front, Liu Song flipped the book over to the back, where the important part was.

[A series of seemingly random murders are suspected to be occurring along Highway 21. The following footage is from CCTV cameras; please be aware:]

If you encounter this person hitchhiking, flagging down cars, or causing a collision, please ignore them and call the police immediately.

The suspect is highly deceptive; remember to lock doors and windows and do not park!

The suspect is highly deceptive; remember to lock doors and windows and do not park!

The last two lines are in bold.

Attached below is a blurry photo, in which a pale face can be vaguely discerned, seemingly that of a woman, who appears very weak.

I sat in the passenger seat.

"Her expression..." Xie Hengshan hesitated, "Why does it look so strange?"

To be precise, the person's face looks normal at first glance, but the longer you stare at it, the more you feel a sense of unease.

For example, she appears to be resting with her eyes half-closed, but her pupils are slightly tilted to one side, as if she is peeking at someone.

For example, her furrowed brows suggested she was in pain, but her lips twitched slightly, as if she were chuckling.

It's a bit creepy.