Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

She instinctively turned her head, her pupils suddenly contracting!

pat.

The small knife, which was soon to be used to slit Chen Ji's throat, suddenly fell to the ground.

The moment she saw who had touched her, Li Bi felt a chill run down her spine, and an indescribable, immense terror coursed through her entire body.

This fear is completely different from the fear of facing a ghost.

It is a kind of instinctive human fear, like in ancient times when there was no fire or lamp, walking in the dark.

No one knows what lies hidden in the darkness.

It could be a dead body, or a ferocious beast that could tear her apart in an instant, or perhaps...

It's just a monkey.

A monkey with wrinkles all over its body and sparse fur.

A monkey whose mouth is sewn shut with black and red thread.

Like a human being, he walked on two feet, his back straight, quiet, natural, and composed, emerging from the shadows to stand before her.

It bent down, picked up the knife with its monkey paw, and placed it in Li Bi's hand.

The monkey gave Li Bi a strange smile.

That smile was filled with intense malice.

The corner of his mouth was pulled down to below his ear, and several threads on it had already come undone.

Li Bi stared blankly into the monkey's dark, hollow eyes. Her mind was a complete mess, but her hand rose instinctively, slowly placing the knife against her own neck, and then slashed it deeply...

Not long after, she collapsed to the ground, a gash piercing her throat.

Blood trickled down from the dying woman's body to Chen Ji's feet.

His whole body was tense.

Suddenly, he felt an itch on his face. A shadow fell over him, and a monkey's head peeked out from behind him and reached in front of Chen Ji's face.

Even knowing that such a thing would happen, Chen Ji still felt a sudden jolt of breath.

On the monkey's face, which was covered with deep furrows like old tree bark, two dark eyes were squeezed into the wrinkles, quietly watching Chen Ji.

The man and the monkey stared at each other in bewilderment.

Li Bi was still alive, and Chen Ji was still unable to move, only able to watch as the hair around the monkey's mouth broke off one by one.

Many people died in this domain. A dozen or so hairs that were already loose were completely unraveled after Li Bi was sacrificed.

After a few seconds, it seemed to finally understand Chen Ji's meaning, gave him a sinister look, and then slowly retreated into the shadows.

From beginning to end, it did not utter a single word.

At the same time, Chen Ji's limbs finally returned to normal, which meant that Li Bi was dead and the dice were no longer used.

The surroundings began to crumble.

He only had time to remove the strange object before everything went black again.

The next second, he was back in the classroom!

"Chen Ji?"

Wan Xiaoshuang was taken aback and looked at him who had suddenly appeared, her gaze slightly narrowed.

But soon, everyone present smelled a faint odor of blood.

With a thud, a blood-stained corpse fell to the ground out of nowhere.

"Li Bi was killed by the backlash from her own evil spirit."

Chen Ji said simply, without offering further explanation.

He put one hand in his pocket and touched the die he had taken.

In simple terms, the ability is a comparison of sizes; based on the number rolled by the winner, the loser loses their ability to act for a corresponding period of time.

Compared to the inherent uncertainty of the ability itself, the side effects are actually not that threatening.

This strange creature can easily get itself killed; if the winner is the ghost, then it's like it's digging its own grave.

Li Bi was quite lucky; she just hadn't expected Chen Ji to flip the table.

Of course, it's just not bad.

The dice will find a more suitable owner.

After putting down the dice, Chen Ji calmly touched his other pocket.

The little monkey somehow returned inside... though it was a little different from before.

Although the sacrifice has been made, the word "speech" has not yet been used; this is Chen Jiliu's backup plan.

Feeling somewhat relieved, Chen Ji walked towards Li Bi's body.

I didn't see any strands of hair that Wan Xiaoshuang had replaced.

"I might know where Wan Chengzhong went."

Chen Ji said slowly. At this point, he was about 80% certain that Li Bi's hair had been taken away by Wan Chengzhong, and then he walked towards Hong Tian.

"Li Bi said something very strange."

She said, "If I die, 'he' will die too."

Who is he?

Chen Ji immediately thought of Wan Chengzhong.

Wan Chengzhong kept Li Bi's hair, clearly for intimidation or as a backup plan.

At the same time, he did not find a substitute for Li Bi, which completely explains why Li Bi showed a hint of pleasure when she said those words.

So Li Bi's meaning is: [If Chen Ji dies, Wan Chengzhong will also die.]

There is only one explanation for this statement.

That was Wan Chengzhong; the person he chose to take the fall for was actually Chen Ji!

But Chen Ji had no chance of having his hair taken; the only chance was when he fell asleep at night.

Only one person can do this.

Hongtian, who didn't enter the dream!

Soon, Chen Ji found a piece of paper in Hong Tian's pocket.

There's a shady way to save your life.

Cut off a lock of hair from the person you've chosen and throw it into the Jagu River.

The younger the selected candidate, the higher the success rate.

no doubt.

Hong Tian also used this method to save his life.

The reason Wan Chengzhong knew this was because it was a trap he had set!

The last sentence confirmed Chen Ji's guess. It was so abrupt, it seemed to be directed at Chen Ji.

Moreover, assuming that only the youngest can succeed, then if the youngest dies, the others will not survive.

"What you said earlier should be true."

Chen Ji analyzed, "They probably copied it once and then added an extra line at the end to guide Hong Tian to choose me."

"The truth is mixed with the falsehood. Wan Chengzhong himself was indeed looking for the hair, which made Hong Tian even more convinced that this was a real substitution method."

The boy glanced at the paper absentmindedly and gave a reply.

Chen Ji was taken aback.

He suddenly noticed that the boy's voice was somewhat hoarse.

Only then did he realize that Li Yinghe was silently sobbing to the side.

"Let's go."

The boy said with a somber expression, "Let's go to the riverbank and stop Wan Chengzhong first."

“I just followed the footprints of those two female ghosts and found Zhu Guang’s ear in the classroom at the end.”

"..."

Chen Ji looked at Wan Xiaoshuang, whose face was pale, and nodded slightly.

The ghost call is a single, unidentified ghost.

Putting aside how Zhu Guang got from the 3rd floor to the 2nd floor, he simply couldn't handle two ghosts with just the ghost's phone call.

The ending... is predictable.

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy. Chen Ji went to that classroom but didn't see the ear; it must have been taken away by the boy.

The window was half open, and rainwater drifted in, completely covering the marks on the ground.

Chen Ji pursed his lips, walked to the window, and looked down.

It's all water.

No one is empty.

"Perhaps he escaped through the window."

The boy walked to his side and murmured.

"Hmm." Chen Ji forced a smile: "There's no smell of blood in the room, and the ghost went down, probably because Zhu Guang escaped."

The boy did not speak.

No one mentioned that Zhu Guang, who was deaf, couldn't have gotten very far even if he escaped...

Behind them, Li Yinghe stared blankly at their retreating figures, her eyes red and swollen.

After a few seconds, Tongzi sighed deeply, patted Chen Ji's hand, and left with Li Yinghe.

Chen Ji remained standing in the same spot.

He didn't turn around until he heard the footsteps behind him fading away.

The little note in my palm...

He quietly slipped it into his pocket.