Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

In front of the elevator, Wu Zhonghai's body, which had been beheaded by Men Sheng, was still bleeding profusely.

The answer to what's inside the door is already obvious.

......ghost.

That ghost that killed Wu Zhonghai!

The elevator was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Yuanyuan covered her mouth tightly with her hand, her whole body trembling, her eyes filled with extreme fear as tears streamed down her face!

Everyone was too afraid to move, lest the ghost burst out of the elevator!

Chen Ji's whole body stiffened. He was the closest and could hear sounds that others couldn't.

Cluck, cluck...

It was a very faint, yet still chilling, chuckle!

He was just centimeters away from him, through the elevator door, flashing by in an instant.

A fair, delicate hand suddenly reached out from behind him; it was Fei'er.

She gripped Chen Ji's shoulders tightly, with great force, and pulled him back from beside the elevator door.

The two exchanged a glance, and Fei'er's expression was surprisingly calm as she tilted her head back.

Only then did Chen Ji realize that he was drenched in sweat.

He glanced back and saw that almost everyone had quietly retreated into the stairwell, and Zhuang Rui and Murong Qing were nowhere to be seen.

Only he and Fei'er were still standing in the elevator lobby, and Zuo Shiming was standing in front of the fire door, anxiously waving at the two of them.

The three of them silently retreated into the stairwell and closed the fire door connecting to the elevator.

They descended to base 403, where Murong Qing, who had disappeared earlier, was standing in the living room, her face tense.

The sound of vomiting came from the bathroom; it was Zhuang Rui.

"The ghost in the elevator..."

What if it comes out and kills us all?

Hu Li held the nearly collapsing Yuan Yuan in her arms, her voice weak and her face pale.

It was only then that these newcomers truly understood the terror of the domain!

Zuo Shiming shook his head: "I feel there's a high probability that it won't happen."

"Of course, it's hard to say. It's possible that if we break a taboo, it will just break through the door."

Chen Ji nodded, agreeing with Zuo Shiming's words.

On the way to pick him up and take him home, Du Tingfeng explained to him that there are many kinds of ghosts in the realm.

Some are extremely malicious and unrestrained; if they can kill someone directly, they won't say a word.

The example Du Tingfeng cited was Fang Jia, who was on her third day in a repeat high school.

There are also some that are restricted by rules, requiring those entering the domain to trigger specific taboos before they can take action.

There is also a rarer type, similar to the Ouija board, which does not kill people directly, but uses various tricks to lure people to their own death.

The ghost in the elevator is definitely not the first type, otherwise everyone present would have died on the spot.

Chen Ji snapped out of his thoughts and turned to Murong Qing, his expression very serious.

"What killed Wu Zhonghai was not the ghost he had seen before."

"Not the old hag?"

Murong Qing was taken aback, and then a faint fear flashed in her eyes, which proved one thing!

There's more than one ghost in Liting Apartment.

"Correct."

He then recounted hearing the laughter, saying, "It was a man's voice."

"Wang Su? Chen Jianguo? Or Yuan Ge, who was killed in 502?"

Murong Qing murmured, "Who is the ghost? The possibilities have narrowed down again."

"Is it the guy from 502?" Hu Li's voice was still trembling a little, but it was slowly getting better.

She forcibly suppressed her fear and tried to analyze the situation:

"The ghost appeared on the 5th floor, so it's most likely that it was Yuan Ge."

"Possibly, but elevator ghosts should also appear on other floors."

Chen Ji pondered for a moment, having almost figured out his thoughts: "Since the maintenance worker appeared, the elevator on the left has remained on the first floor without moving."

"In other words, the ghost's activity area is actually the elevator shaft, which spans the entire building."

Zuo Shiming agreed with him and immediately said, "From now on, everyone should only use the stairs and not go near the elevator doors on any floor."

They all nodded silently; they would have done so even if Zuo Shiming hadn't said anything.

Wu Zhonghai's death was extremely gruesome.

Zhuang Rui pushed open the bathroom door, his face pale. He heard Zuo Shiming's words and couldn't help but shrink back.

"Ok?"

Chen Ji happened to see him come out, and suddenly paused, remembering the photo.

Deep within his mind, a question he had always ignored suddenly surfaced.

"Aren't we in a cycle?"

Chen Ji frowned, somewhat hesitant: "Why didn't this ghost appear in the last cycle?"

After thinking for a moment, Fei'er suddenly said, "Is it possible that they only release one a day?"

"The ghosts that appear in each cycle are different?"

Chen Ji remained silent for a long time. This guess was somewhat possible, but he couldn't be sure.

"We'll only know for sure in the next cycle."

"Or... wait until the next ghost appears."

If a new ghost appears tomorrow, while the ghost in the elevator remains, the problem will become very serious.

What Chen Ji least wanted to happen was that all the dead people in this apartment would become vengeful ghosts and appear together!

If that's the case, then the survival rate for everyone will be infinitely close to 0.

He took a deep breath and said to the group, "From now on, everyone will act together."

"Go to 305 first and see if there are any clues on the calendar."

He hadn't forgotten his previous guesses, and now his primary task was to determine if there was a limit to the number of loops.

Soon, the seven people arrived at room 305, which was Wang Lijun and Chen Jianguo's home.

But the dates on the calendar inside surprised everyone.

不是6月7日，也不是6月6日，而是......6月12日。

"Is the meter downstairs broken?"

Which one is the real date?

The group was somewhat confused and couldn't decide which time to believe.

"Let me see the photos."

Zhuang Rui quickly opened his camera and flipped through the pages one by one.

When they saw yesterday's photos, the seven of them were even more confused!

Yesterday's calendar showed June 13th!

This calendar didn't turn to the next page as usual; instead, it turned to the previous page!

"Did someone touch this calendar?"

Chen Ji immediately asked, his gaze sweeping over everyone, but the expressions on each person's face showed that they knew nothing about it.

His heart sank, and he had a vague guess, but he needed to check the other rooms to find out.

The group went to room 201, and even braved their fear to go to room 502, to check the time.

The calendars in these three rooms are exactly the same.

Both dates back to June 13th, when the page was turned back.

Having found this place, the answer to the question about loops is already quite obvious.

"The cycle will end when the dates in rooms 201, 305, and 502 match the date in the lobby."

That is, June 7th.

Zuo Shiming said, counting the number of times on his fingers.

"There are a total of 6 cycles. Including today, we have 5 more chances."

"If we haven't escaped by the time the loop ends..."

"What will happen?"

Yuan Yuan asked, trembling, as she unconsciously began to have some terrifying suspicions.

"I will die, that's for sure."

"I just don't know how I'm going to die."

Chen Ji said in a deep voice that he had similar thoughts before.

"But I think the most likely scenario is that we will go back to the day the murders occurred and take the place of the victims in these three murder cases."

"But the murderer... could be a ghost."