Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

The courtroom was silent.

Zhang Cheng's mouth opened slightly. Although he was just an ordinary person, he could always understand words like "sinner" and "doomsday".

After his raging anger subsided, he suddenly realized what Zeng Guichuan meant by what he had said earlier.

At some point in the future, the apocalypse will occur, and ordinary people like himself, like the victims of the Chuncheng case, will die.

The culprit... was Chen Ji?!

Even though they hadn't known each other for long, Zhang Cheng knew very well what kind of person Chen Ji was. The reason Chen Ji came to the Netherworld was to rescue him and Du Muyu.

He didn't believe that such a person would usher in the end times.

impossible!

Yes...yes! This is only Zeng Guichuan's side of the story, just to buy time and kill Chen Ji!

...But why is Chen Ji not saying anything?

Zhang Cheng's mind was in complete chaos, and it was at that moment that he finally saw Chen Ji move.

No one saw the sly smile that appeared on Zeng Guichuan's face.

“There’s a loophole in what you’re saying,” Chen Ji said softly.

He slowly raised his head, which had been hanging down.

"If you scratched the mural, why did you cover it up, and now you're telling me?"

"If you didn't scratch it, then how...did you know what was written on it?"

"I think."

"You didn't see it at all."

Chen Ji's voice remained completely still.

"These words were told to you by Wang Chao, right?"

Zeng Guichuan sneered, just as Chen Ji's words were nothing more than a baseless guess.

On the human skin, a pair of eyes were still staring intently at Chen Ji, but the moment Chen Ji's face came into full view, his expression finally changed!

Chen Ji's eyes were tightly closed.

He wasn't even looking at Zeng Guichuan.

Zeng Guichuan's initial confidence suddenly cracked. He had laid the groundwork for so long, all for this final moment, to seize that last chance for survival—

Upon seeing the monkey... Zeng Guichuan realized that his chances of survival were almost zero.

It can replace the core ghost [Enforcer] in the prison, and even a bat with four stars cannot corrupt the monkey head.

Given everything that had happened before, how could he not see that Chen Ji had opened the Netherworld, an extremely strange Netherworld, and the only way to break it was for Chen Ji to die?

He failed.

Without the slightest hesitation, Zeng Guichuan's eyes instantly darkened.

Since he can't kill Chen Ji, then nobody else should live!

His skin was trembling violently. In the blink of an eye, the skin on Zeng Guichuan's limbs withered away, and his body shrank rapidly. His life was slipping away at a rapid pace, but in return, his speed increased dramatically!

At the same moment, like a bullet, Zeng Guichuan darted past Chen Ji!

Rumbling--

Zhang Cheng's vision went white!

The next second, Zhang Cheng saw a white shadow flash beside him and suddenly grow larger!

It's Zeng Guichuan!

Immediately, he did as Chen Ji had instructed, closing his eyes tightly and pulling Xu Chuan's head into his arms!

Boom!

The rocks crumbled and broke apart.

Both he and Xu Chuan were suddenly pushed aside by something in that instant.

After confirming that there was no more movement, Zhang Cheng raised his head, his pupils suddenly contracting!

Half of a huge skeleton lay across their path.

Countless pieces of rotten flesh remained on the bones, but what was even more horrifying was that the skeleton had long, sharp horns on its head, like a long sword, pinning Zeng Guichuan's human skin to the ground.

Inside the skeleton is a python with a human face, its eyes gleaming with extreme greed and hunger.

"Greed knows no bounds..."

For some reason, Zhang Cheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of this sentence.

The snake slithered across the human skin, rapidly devouring Zeng Guichuan's skin.

【Bashe】

In [The Netherworld: Fate], the [Bashe] is no longer just a strange creature, but briefly returns to its original form as the core ghost in the realm.

Chen Ji slowly walked over from behind.

He stared at his watch.

Five seconds left.

His ghost realm will end, and Zeng Guichuan will die as scheduled.

The agonizing screams of Zeng Guichuan as he was eaten alive were swallowed up by the torrential rain.

Chen Ji's expression was complicated.

He squatted down next to Zeng Guichuan and said in a very low voice:

It's raining outside.

"Wang Chao is right."

Zeng Guichuan's eyes widened suddenly.

Why would he know—

next second.

Before Zeng Guichuan's eyes was no longer the black-haired boy, but two vertical pupils gleaming with an eerie green light...

His remaining facial skin was completely devoured by the serpent.

The entire Netherworld suddenly rippled slightly, as if a layer of mist had finally disappeared.

The images in Chen Ji's mind finally disappeared.

【Netherworld·Fate】Closes on time.

The three stars were extremely dim.

The fountain pen has entered a dormant period.

Until Xing recovers, Chen Ji will no longer be able to use any ghostly objects in reality.

Chen Ji looked at the ground where Zeng Guichuan had been standing, where only a shiny piece of waste remained. But just as he was about to take it away, his hand suddenly stopped involuntarily.

It was during this gap period.

A bony hand took the piece of waste material before he could.

Chen Ji frowned. He immediately looked up and watched as Du Muyu, holding the piece of waste belonging to Lao Sun that was inside Zeng Guichuan's body, walked towards Zhang Cheng!

Zhang Cheng also witnessed all of this.

His gaze swept quickly over Chen Ji, and he saw that the other man's expression changed slightly. Without the slightest hesitation, he threw the 0711 police badge in his hand into the crack in Xu Chuan's chest!

Then, everything went black, and his body plummeted into an endless, dense darkness...

At the end of the darkness, there is a faint ray of light.

He could feel the stinging pain in his back disappearing rapidly, and the bloody holes that made him feel nauseous at the mere thought of them were slowly healing.

Zhang Cheng felt an unprecedented fatigue.

finally.....

Can we go out now?

What time is it outside?

Has everyone at the company left work?

Zhang Cheng smiled absentmindedly; he needed to find an explanation for the company...

Sudden diarrhea? Did I faint from low blood sugar? Or... have I entered another world?

Bang!

He fell to the ground, feeling dizzy, and then a hand pulled him up.

It's Chen Ji.

Chen Ji glanced into the shadows beside him.

Several beams of flashlight shone directly on their faces; it was already late at night!

A familiar voice called out:

"Mr. Zhang!"

"Chen Ji!"