Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

The villagers led Chen Ji through a series of turns, gradually bringing them closer to the giant drum, where the village chief's house was located.

This giant drum is so big, I wonder who it's for.

A gentle breeze rustled the hanging chain, accompanied by a muffled hissing sound.

The outline of the drumhead appears to undulate slightly...

The drum is breathing.

"The ghost soldiers are inside."

The villager wearing a straw hat said warily, turning around to look at them: "Go in."

There was no one behind him.

Chen Ji has disappeared!

The villagers' eyes widened instantly. Just as he was about to shout, a sudden tremor ran through his body, and a drumbeat resounded in his ears!

Boom!

It’s getting light!

Chen Ji hid in the alley at the village entrance. Only at such close range could he clearly see the entire drum, and also the chains hanging below it...

It was a string of corpses chained together like sausages.

There are men and women.

They are modern people, wearing clothes that were popular more than ten years ago.

As the drum trembled, it struck the drumhead again and again.

Chen Ji narrowed his eyes. Although there were no chains hanging next to the giant drum, it made him almost certain where Xu Chuan and the law enforcement officer were.

Footsteps approached from the opposite direction.

Chen Ji dodged and hid behind the wall.

A hunched villager, wearing a straw hat and cloth clothes, slowly turned to the other side.

A few seconds later, after confirming that he was gone, Chen Ji came out. He did not intend to leave through the village entrance, but instead used his passive ability to travel at night to lightly climb onto the roof of a low building.

He had previously discovered that by walking across this rooftop, passing a few small huts, and then jumping down, he could also leave the village.

Chen Ji remained expressionless, bending down as much as possible.

From here, he could see Xu Sandao still outside the village, a forced smile still on his face.

It's exactly the same as when he first came to the village.

Boom!

The drumbeats are still going on.

Xu Sandao, who was outside the village, suddenly stirred slightly.

He wasn't the only one who was affected.

There were also two villagers wearing straw hats at the village entrance.

They raised their heads slowly in the exact same way, looking directly in Chen Ji's direction.

At the same time, he revealed a sinister smile.

Chen Ji's lips twitched slightly. To be honest, seeing three completely identical faces grinning at him made his scalp tingle.

He stopped looking at the three "Xu Sandao" and focused on his feet, running quickly towards the outermost house.

Boom!

The drumbeats grew louder and louder.

The corpses hanging nearby were some of them smashed to pieces.

One by one, the villagers came out of their houses. In the sunlight, Chen could clearly see their raised faces...

All exactly the same!

The "Xu Sandao" who hanged himself, the "Xu Sandao" who guarded the village, and the one who took him to the village chief's house was still "Xu Sandao"...

To be precise, they shouldn't use that name, because they are all ghosts!

"return.....

These ghosts shouted in unison, their faces bearing eerie smiles, as if they were calling for souls.

They seemed quite certain that Chen Ji would stay here.

“Come back... Wu Gong..."

Chen Ji was completely unaffected.

He heard the ghostly howl behind him pause for a few seconds after uttering the name "Wu Gong".

But Chen Ji had already run out of the village.

Boom!

Chen Ji glanced back and saw that the expressions of the ghosts had all changed, becoming extremely resentful. After their summoning failed, they immediately realized that Chen Ji had signed a false name on the document!

Instantly, these identical people rushed towards Chen Ji, but after seeing Chen Ji enter the dense forest, all of them, except for the hanging ghost at the beginning, stopped in their tracks.

Chen Ji walked quickly.

The chilling aura behind him grew stronger and stronger, no different from what he had felt when he first entered the forest.

Only after sensing that aura did he see "Xu Sandao" hanging himself.

He sensed something was wrong the moment they met.

Because Xu Sandao's 9th domain was Tuotuo Mountain, and his 8th domain was the Three Monkeys, and before that, Xu Sandao was not familiar with him at all!

However, Xu Chuan was initially very familiar with him, but it turned out that it was because he and Xu Sandao were subconsciously connected.

Since this is actually the domain in Xu Sandao's memory, in order to prevent a situation like Xu Chuan's, Chen Ji did not make any hasty conclusions, but instead probed with words.

He discovered that during casual conversations, when Chen Ji specifically said "You might not know," Xu Sandao would genuinely act as if he didn't know.

But Xu Sandao would go along with what Chen Ji thought he knew.

Moreover, he never called out his own name throughout the entire process.

The travel permit doesn't even exist. In fact, as long as you sign your name, you'll be summoned back to the village by those ghosts, or even controlled, or turned into the same face...

As soon as Chen Ji showed hesitation, someone else came up and said that "ghost soldiers" had come to the village, describing it exactly the same as what Chen Ji had said.

It was all just to get Chen Ji into the village so he could sign the document.

But why did all these people have "Xu Sandao's" face? Chen Ji had a guess about this, but he preferred to be wrong...

Because if it were true, then all of this would be far too cruel.

While he was pondering, he had already approached the cave!

He felt a thorn in his side. This ghost, the only one who could enter the forest at the sound of drums, was clearly the core and original ghost of this domain, and was already extremely close to being the one.

The cave was pitch black.

I don't know where that skinless monster is.

The ghostly footsteps behind them gradually slowed down.

But Chen Ji suddenly stopped.

He stared at the half-exposed white thing in the cave, and his expression instantly became very distorted.

He guessed correctly.

The ghost behind him didn't miss the opportunity and pounced, but at the same time, its leg was suddenly grabbed.

pat.

What caught him was the skinless monster.

Chen Ji did not turn around.

He slowly walked toward the cave, passing the human skin.

The skin was very thin, covered in bruises.

Deep inside the cave, there was a small rattle drum, next to a worn-out school uniform and fluorescent soccer shoes that Chen Ji had seen in the house.

Half a piece of paper was sticking out of the school uniform pocket.

This is an exam paper dated 2011, still awaiting a parent's signature.

On the other side, it was recorded very carefully:

They say this is the domain, this is the guide.

They were terrified, saying that at my age, there was no way I could get in.

My guidance seems to be different from theirs.

Why is mine: "Put yourself in a desperate situation and you will survive"?

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They are all dead.

I must survive, I must go home.

Chen Ji put down the note.

He first looked at the human skin of Xu Chuan next to him. This skin belonged to 2011 and to reality.

Chen Ji already understood.

This was actually Xu Sandao's first time entering the domain. He entered the domain in 2011 when he was captured by Zeng Guichuan. Like himself, he escaped from Zeng Guichuan's clutches by using the domain.

Then look at the fluctuating air deep inside the cave.

There, he saw the Enforcer slumbering in the darkness, his entire body enveloping Xu Chuan, the thief from the Netherworld, almost swallowing him whole.

Holding a black dagger, Chen Ji sliced ​​the thief Xu Chuan off the law enforcement officer. At that moment, he felt the surrounding air vibrate. He was about to take Xu Chuan back to the Netherworld Prison!

wow-

The fluctuations here have no impact on the outside world.

The familiar exit of the Yuhe River slowly opened.

Just a second before returning to the Netherworld, Chen Ji saw a short boy, covered in blood, trembling as he walked towards the exit of the Domain River.

The new skin he possessed belonged to a ghost in this realm.

But his hair was still as black as when he was Xu Chuan.

After he leaves... Xu Chuan will no longer exist in this world.

And there was an additional character named "Xu Sandao".

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The Netherworld Prison will end in the next day or two.

This Netherworld story, which is no more than 20 chapters long, is closely connected to the main plot. Its main purpose is to explain Chen Ji's identity.

Next week we'll be entering the ninth domain.