Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

"By the way, how did you know Chen Ji's name?"

Zhang Cheng quietly pushed open the door and suddenly thought of this question.

"He told me."

"is it?"

Zhang Cheng was somewhat skeptical of Xu Chuan's words. After meeting the boy, he remembered that he and Chen Ji had been together the whole time and they didn't seem to have talked about names.

"Of course," Xu Chuan said innocently. "I can't read minds, so he must have told me."

Zhang Cheng thought for a moment and realized that the thunder must have been too loud for him to hear.

Without saying another word, the two quietly left the study. Zhang Cheng, as before, walked close to the wall.

Although he was innocent and could move freely in and out of the castle, the thought of the law enforcement officer's enormous headless corpse still filled Zhang Cheng with a vague sense of fear.

Xu Chuan, on the other hand, made no attempt to hide it.

He acted as if he were the owner of the castle, swaggering around like a tyrant.

"So where is the place to clear one's name of theft?"

Zhang Cheng asked in a low voice.

"On the second floor, there are two rooms we haven't been to yet, right? It's in one of them," Xu Chuan said.

Boom——

Just then, a dull, thunderous roar sounded again, just as it had in the foyer.

Outside, the rain was pouring down, and lightning flashed and thunder roared. Blinding lightning streaked across the window, illuminating the third floor in a moment of utter white light.

Zhang Cheng's face also turned pale. With the help of the outside light, he saw that diagonally opposite the study was a stone door as black as ink!

The stone gate was stained with blood and looked extremely sinister.

Even from a distance, just looking at this door sent chills down his spine; he had a feeling that there were vengeful spirits wandering inside!

This chilling feeling... he had never experienced even in his prison cell.

What is this room for?

He murmured unconsciously, but Xu Chuan's words gave him goosebumps.

"Execution ground".

"Once the countdown ends, the criminals will be dragged here and executed."

"Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Zhang Cheng immediately shifted his gaze.

Subconsciously, he moved further away from the room and headed directly for the spiral staircase...

He's not stupid; who would willingly go to the execution ground?

......

At the execution ground.

A crimson light flashed in Chen Ji's eyes.

【die! 】

At the same time, the pen seemed to have been awakened:

【? 】

Why are you dying again?

Chen remained silent, looking down at his feet.

His eyes suddenly narrowed.

The white, bony hand, like a growing tree, gradually emerged from the ground and had now reached the elbow!

A bone-chilling cold spread from Chen Ji's ankles to the top of his head.

This is the punishment at the "execution ground".

Instant death penalty.

It was obvious that in less than ten seconds, the ghost in the execution ground would burst out of the ground.

but why?

He did nothing, so how did he blaspheme the castle?

Is it really possible to wrong someone like this?

Chen Ji endured the pen's complaints, his mind racing as he replayed the scenes of his journey to the execution ground...

Is it a stone slab?

No, that's not right. Just in case, he didn't have any physical contact with the stone slab at all.

Will I die if I watch this?

That's impossible to defend against!

The word "death" has appeared for the second time.

There are 8 seconds left.

No, it's not completely irreversible. Prisoner No. 001 has been carrying this crime all along, but he didn't die.

Otherwise, the name should be removed!

Moreover, when Chen Ji was on the second floor, he personally witnessed the wet stains left by Prisoner Number 1, which extended all the way into the room...

Imprint.....

Chen Ji's pupils suddenly contracted!

He immediately looked down and saw a series of wet footprints around the stone slab, the marks left by him climbing up the ladder!

In the shadows ahead, the floor tiles were wet.

It looked as if it had been splashed with blood.

Chen Ji walked across the puddle to examine the stone slab!

In an instant, he understood. Whatever the liquid he stepped on was, he had left a stain on the floor, just like Prisoner Number One, which was why he had committed the crime.

[The crime of desecrating the castle]

The sound of the pen stopped for a moment.

Then its tone became somewhat serious:

You're going to die in 5 seconds.

Chen Ji had no time to respond; he had already taken off his outer clothes and lay face down on the ground.

He couldn't leave the spot because his feet were still being held down by the ghostly hands that had emerged from the ground.

Taking advantage of the passivity of traveling at night, Chen Ji's body was extremely agile and light; he grabbed his coat and quickly wiped away all the marks he had left along the way!

The ghost had already emerged halfway out of its body.

Its posture was extremely rugged.

The emaciated, pale body was curled up, its head lowered to an unbelievable angle, tucked between its knees.

Two slender arms were raised high, twisting and intertwining with Chen Ji.

The force was increasing...

Chen Ji had no doubt that if those hands reached for his neck, he would be strangled on the spot!

Gravel shattered!

The floor has been wiped so clean that not a single water mark can be seen.

However... the ghost did not stop moving. In fact, its deformed skull began to slowly lift from between its knees!

Chen Ji's heart sank.

He knew why, and it was precisely for this reason that the "Desecration of the Castle" crime was committed. Although there was a ten-second delay, it was still a death sentence!

Because the last stain was on the sole of his shoe!

His shoes still bear watermarks, and he's still stepping on the floor tiles.

But Chen Ji was unable to clear it away, because the ghost had precisely targeted his foot.

It's like securing evidence.

Chen Ji couldn't lift his foot or kick off his shoe at all. The ghost's hands felt like they weighed a ton, pressing down on him so hard his bones felt like they were going to break.

He tried to touch the soles of his feet, but his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and the word "death" trembled twice.

Chen Ji immediately withdrew his hand.

At the same time, the ghost suddenly turned its head and was about to greedily bite Chen Ji's hands!

To leave no loopholes, we have no choice but to use strange objects.

Chen Ji's expression was very unpleasant.

But just as he was preparing to reopen the Netherworld, he suddenly felt an itch on his back.

Immediately afterwards, a fluffy little monkey jumped off Chen Ji's body.

Little monkey?

Chen Ji was taken aback.

What shocked him even more was that the monkey's mouth stitches were still there, but it still whimpered twice.

It doesn't quite resemble the strange syllables uttered by the three monkeys before.

It even sounded more like a human swallowing.

But it made the ghost's raised head freeze for two seconds; its originally scarlet and resentful eyes also lost their light and became dim in that instant.

Taking advantage of this brief gap, the little monkey's tail suddenly became as thin as a paper wing, but its belly swelled slightly, as if the cotton in its tail had been transferred to other areas.

It manipulated its tail, which slid into Chen Ji's shoe like a piece of skin, and began to sweep left and right.

The little monkey is cleaning up its own stains!

Chen stared at this scene in utter disbelief. Why?

The last word, "death," vanished in an instant.

A snapping sound rang out, and the ghost resumed its movements.

As if nothing had happened, it raised its head and stared at Chen Ji with malice.

But just then...

There was a rustling sound coming from the stone slab.

Chen Ji's heart stirred slightly. He saw the ghost in front of him freeze again, and then it let out a hoarse scream and buried its head back in its knees.

The characters on the stone slab underwent their third change.

It became:

[The crime of desecrating the castle]

【Prisoner: 001】

Chen Ji's name was crossed out.