Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

"Xiao Chen!"

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

Zuo Shiming felt as if he had been struck by lightning upon hearing Chen Ji's words!

A chill ran through him immediately; his survival instinct made it impossible for Zuo Shiming to accept such a conjecture.

"We...are dead?"

Hu Li murmured, her thoughts seemingly glued together, and she was momentarily lost in great confusion.

So what does all of this mean?

What was all that effort I just made to escape the illusion?

And what was the point of Fei'er nearly bleeding to death to save her...?

Blood loss....

"and many more!"

Hu Li looked up, a hint of disbelief flashing in her eyes.

"If we are already dead, why is Phil still bleeding from her wound?"

"Furthermore, what's the deal with Yuanyuan, Zhuang Rui, Murong Qing, and Teacher Wu?"

Zuo Shiming immediately replied, "This is also the fundamental reason why I can't believe it in my heart:"

“Hu Li is right, these four are the ones we saw die with our own eyes.”

Their bodies are still in the same spot.

Compared to the gruesome deaths of Yuanyuan and the other three, the remaining four were clearly alive and well.

Chen Ji shook his head. Although he already had some ideas, they were too mystical.

Even if he told them, the other three might not believe him.

He thought for a moment before recounting some of his speculations.

"All my ideas are based on the four ghosts we encountered."

"The elevator ghost, the mirror ghost, and the chainsaw ghost and the split-mouth ghost that the four of us experienced firsthand."

Chen Ji looked at Hu Li, whose beautiful face still showed confusion:

“Hu Li, you saw it too, the Slit Mouth Ghost looks exactly like you.”

Hu Li murmured, "That's true, but..."

"Isn't that how it bewitches Yuanyuan?"

"No."

Chen Ji shook his head, his voice certain: "That's you."

"what?"

"You mean... I killed Yuanyuan myself?"

Hu Li took two steps back, completely incredulous, her expression changing drastically!

If what Chen Ji said is true, this is an almost devastating blow to Hu Li, and she will never be able to forgive herself for the rest of her life.

"Listen to me first."

Chen Ji paused for a moment, then said reassuringly.

“Hu Li, according to my deduction, there should be three of you in this apartment right now.”

"First, your true form, which is Hu Li standing in front of me, is alive."

"Second, the corpse you left behind after being attacked after the cycle ended."

"Thirdly, your corpse, which was created as a demon after being affected by the apartment curse."

He then continued his analysis:

"At first, I also thought that the Slit-Mouthed Demon was just wearing your appearance."

“But,” Chen Ji looked at Fei’er.

"It wasn't until the moment Phil's strange chainsaw appeared that I thought of the chainsaw ghost and was completely certain..."

"These four ghosts are all ourselves."

Zuo Shiming immediately recalled the ghostly figure he had seen the previous night and was startled.

A thick, fleshy abdomen...

Two antennae hanging down.

He slowly looked at Fei'er.

On the doll-like, delicate Fei'er, the huge skirt was fluffed up.

She tilted her head, her two curly pigtails swaying over her shoulders.

The blurry, distorted ghostly figure in the darkness slowly merged with the petite girl before him...

Completely overlapping.

Zuo Shiming immediately turned to look at Chen Ji, who was almost convinced by him.

But there was still one thing he didn't quite understand:

"What about the mirror ghost and the elevator ghost?"

None of the remaining four people have ever seen these two ghosts with their own eyes.

Besides, they don't seem to have any connection with anyone else?

"Have you noticed that all four ghosts have limitations?"

Chen Ji countered with a question.

"The chainsaw ghost can't leave the fourth floor."

"Because, the day before it appeared, Phil ended that cycle in 403."

"The reason why the Slit-Mouthed Ghost only gets lost in the stairwell is because Hu Li lost consciousness in the stairwell on the first floor!"

As Chen Ji spoke slowly, the morning the mirror ghost appeared in his mind came to mind.

As he looked around the bedroom, he noticed small mirrors scattered around Yuanyuan...

"Hu Li, what were you doing the night before the mirror ghost appeared, before the cycle ended?"

Hu Li was taken aback, thought for a moment, and then her eyes suddenly widened.

“At that time, Yuanyuan was looking for it for me; it was a piece of paper she had put in her bag during the day where she had jotted down clues…”

"When we lost consciousness, in her bag..."

"It looks like a small mirror fell out."

Hu Li's voice grew softer and softer.

No wonder Zhuang Rui's last words sounded so unsurprising...

He probably thought the person he was talking to was Yuanyuan.

At this point, all the clues have come together!

The limitations, or rather, the abilities, of demons.

It all depends on the state of each person before the cycle!

"As for the elevator ghost, we'll find out soon enough."

Chen Ji concluded that he still hadn't given up on his plan to pry open the elevator.

"Also, you can think about the guidance for this mission..."

He paused for a moment, then slowly recited, as if chanting poetry:

"The past is never gone, and what has passed away has never left."

"What has passed away has never truly left."

Zuo Shiming murmured, then suddenly realized...

This statement does not only refer to the old woman and Wang Lijun!

This is just the most superficial interpretation, and it could even be said to lead them astray.

And this phrase, "What's gone has never left,"

Isn't that what it means? After everyone dies, their ghosts will be trapped in this apartment!

Therefore, only a genius would add new ones after each loop!

"This is the curse of Liding Apartments."

Chen Ji sighed softly.

It was because of this sentence, coupled with the malfunction of the dumpling and the dormancy of the fountain pen, that he suffered.

Only then could they deduce the fact that everyone had already died once.

"We should have known this a long time ago."

Zuo Shiming looked rather grim; the group had really been unlucky.

The elevator ghost and mirror ghost in the first two cycles were both impossible to see their true faces.

Any other restrictions, as long as I can see the ghost's face clearly...

The meaning of the second half of the introductory sentence is not difficult to decipher.

Zuo Shiming's expression gradually turned to one of understanding.

However, this time the domain is really too convoluted.

He still couldn't quite understand how everything Chen Ji had just said could be connected to the corpse in the elevator.

"So why are our bodies in the elevator?"

"Furthermore, if we are already dead, then why are we alive now?"

Chen Jidao:

"I'm not sure."

"This is just a guess, which is why I'm going to check the elevator."

"The main reason is that we have been unable to find the bodies of the Wang family members."

"But I saw Wang Lijun and the ghost old woman with my own eyes."

"The appearance of the old hag revealed the apartment's curse to us in the basement..."

"Therefore, I speculate that Wang Lijun's escape into the elevator was actually a way of providing us with clues."

Chen Ji did not continue speaking.

His purpose in prying open the elevator was not actually just to prove the existence of the corpses of the entrants.

Rather, it was to find...

Those bodies, which they had searched everywhere but couldn't find.

The bodies of the three families who had died in the Liting Apartments.

Chen Ji touched his pocket and found half a photograph in the basement; the crack was a bit rough to the touch.

He couldn't help but purse his lips as he recalled the scene of Wang Lijun floating into the elevator.

If Wang Lijun's body could be found....

Find the rest of the photo.

Perhaps Chen Ji could then confirm his guess.

Thus...finding a way to escape from the Liding Apartments!