Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chen Ji,

To make a long story short, I just came out of the domain.

The first sentence stunned Chen Ji and his companion.

"Your uncle is also a Domain Enterer?" Du Tingfeng asked incredulously.

Chen Ji shook his head; he really didn't know.

“He raised me for three years. I was young then and didn’t understand many things.”

"All I know is that he's always out of the house, and when he is, he's drinking."

Du Tingfeng's expression was somewhat complicated. He never expected that such an unlucky thing as being chosen by the domain would happen to two generations of the Chen family.

I apologize for leaving without saying goodbye; I never imagined this domain would last a full seven years.

[After I got back, I saw the news that you had been arrested for murdering your mother.]

I can tell you very clearly that your mother died ten years ago.

No matter how they try to lie to you, don't believe them!

Don't believe it!

[Usu said she saw you drifting on the Yu River. I don't know how many times you've entered the Yu, or how much you know about it.]

[Time is too short, I have something very important to do, so I can't talk to you for too long.]

【remember:】

[1: If you see any strange objects in the domain, take them if you can. The difficulty of the domain will increase, eventually becoming almost unsolvable!]

【2: Don't just pursue [survival], find a way to become the one who finds a way to survive. You must win the approval of the Ghostly Constellation and obtain one of the 28 marks.】

[3: Obtaining the mark is just the beginning]

[4: The evolution of the mark can cause the transformation of the strange substance, but it is limited by the domain, so I cannot tell you the reason directly. Wait until I get back.]

The last two lines are very messy and illegible:

[PS: You don't need to leave; you're safe here. Wusu will come looking for you in a while.]

[More information can be found at this website]

Written by: Chen Yuetan

"this....."

Du Tingfeng was stunned; the information in this letter was extremely valuable!

It is not difficult to infer from Chen Yuetan's words that he has a wealth of experience and has entered the domain countless times!

"One domain... lasted for a full seven years."

Chen Ji murmured, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

This was beyond anything he and Du Tingfeng could have imagined.

Some of the resentment and misunderstanding buried deep in his heart slowly melted away.

"Compared to your uncle, I'm just a greenhorn."

Du Tingfeng sighed. He thought he had a deep understanding of the domain, but judging from the contents of this letter, he had only scratched the surface.

"Wait, who is Usu?"

Just as Du Tingfeng was about to read the annotations again, he suddenly caught sight of this person's name.

"It's the wine he likes to drink."

Chen Ji was somewhat puzzled:

"But this seems to be a person's name, which I don't recognize."

Du Tingfeng pointed to the words on the letter: "Then how did he know you were drifting on the Yu River?"

Chen Ji was already recalling his two experiences on the Yu River, and his brows gradually furrowed.

"I do not know."

“Every time I leave the domain, I make a point of looking around, but I haven’t seen any other ships.”

Du Tingfeng first ruled out the first time, because it was just him and Chen Ji, while Ding Xiang escaped.

Ding Xiang is a painter, very young, and has only been to the field twice. It is unlikely that he would have any connection with Chen Yuetan.

Who were the people who came with you the second time?

"Zuo Shiming, Hu Li... she's a newcomer, she shouldn't be."

Chen Ji said, their faces appearing one by one in his mind.

"Oh, and there's another really amazing girl named Fei'er."

"Who?"

"Zuo Shiming, Hu Li, Fei'er."

Chen Ji glanced at Du Tingfeng with a bit of a puzzlement, only to find that the other man's face was ashen.

Du Tingfeng's voice was somewhat low.

"Isn't that Fei'er particularly short, and she's wearing a very gorgeous dress?"

"And then, he has an eccentric personality, and is sometimes very manic?"

Chen Ji nodded: "Probably, but I feel she's a nice person and doesn't have a bad temper."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but ponder, thinking that Fei'er might actually be the "Wusu" mentioned in the letter.

But what about what she said before she left?

Fei'er clearly didn't want to meet Chen Ji in the real world...

Of course, it's possible she was being sarcastic.

But does Phil have the skill of saying the opposite of what she means?

Chen Ji thought about Fei'er's straightforward personality and couldn't figure her out for a moment.

After thinking for a moment, he looked at Du Tingfeng:

"Since you know Fei'er, do you think she might be [Wu Su]?"

Du Tingfeng was silent for a few seconds before gritting his teeth and saying, "Impossible."

"Fei'er is my sister's patient."

"She has autism."

"..."

Chen Ji paused for a moment, and hesitated several times before finally choosing his words very carefully.

"You're making a joke..."

"Or does she actually have autism spectrum disorder?"

During his few days in the mental hospital, Chen Ji would flip through the popular science books inside when he was bored, which is why he used very professional terminology.

"It's the pathological kind."

Du Tingfeng shrugged. "Otherwise, why would she come looking for my sister?"

Du Muyu is a psychological counselor.

“But I really didn’t know she was also a Domain Enterer,” Du Tingfeng continued.

“My sister may know, but she never discloses clients’ privacy to outsiders.”

Chen Ji wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Fei'er had not only entered the domain multiple times, but her abilities were also incredibly strong, far surpassing the physical abilities of the two of them.

It also possesses two extremely powerful monsters.

However, it seems that Du Tingfeng and Fei'er don't get along very well.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Ji said:

"Actually, Fei'er is a very nice person. She saved my life."

"She speaks very bluntly to everyone, which is due to her autism, so it's not her fault."

Du Tingfeng looked at Chen Ji with a complicated expression.

"maybe."

As he spoke, he picked up his phone and began typing rapidly: "She lives quite close to my house. I'll call her over and ask her in person if she knows Wusu."

Chen Ji nodded and then picked up Chen Yuetan's letter.

His expression was somewhat subtle, with a faint trace of melancholy in his eyes.

When I was a child, before Chen Yuetan would suddenly disappear, he would always leave a few hundred yuan and a note on the table.

I'm going away for a few days to focus on my studies.

[Take this money and spend it; it's for your meals and snacks.]

I'll be back in a few days, don't worry and don't wander off.

The handwriting was also very messy, and he became impatient towards the end, often forgetting to add punctuation marks.

The last sentence is always the same:

I'll be back in a few days.

The last time was the same.

Chen Ji also thought that in a few days, perhaps one day after school when he returned home...

He could see Chen Yuetan sprawled on the sofa, holding a bottle of beer in his hand.

Until seven days, seven weeks, seven months...

Seven years.

After that, he lived alone, relying on the inheritance from his parents and uncle.

Shaking his head, Chen Ji shook off the chaotic emotions in his mind and looked at the last line of text.

That's a website address.

He entered the URL into his phone, but the interface loaded very slowly.

"After all these years, this website address must be outdated."

Du Tingfeng had already sent the text message. He leaned close to him, frowning as he watched the loading circle spin continuously.

After a few minutes, the interface finally appeared slowly and very lazily.

It's an old forum.

【Yuhe】

Chen Ji and Du Tingfeng looked at each other in surprise. Neither of them had expected that the newcomers to the domain had their own information exchange channels!

"How come I've never heard of this forum before?"

Du Tingfeng was somewhat puzzled. He had entered the domain four times and had interacted with many other domain visitors.

If so many people are really using [Yuhe], there's no reason he wouldn't know.

Chen Ji's fingers swiped the screen quickly. The interface was still lagging, but judging from the number of replies to the posts, the forum used to be very lively.

But that was only "in the past".

"This forum has been shut down for a long time."

Chen Ji said that he had just noticed that the post and reply buttons on the forum had turned gray.

The last post was made in December 2014.

Beware of thieves!!!

0 replies, over 7000 views.

Posted by: Supervisor Little Squirrel.

"This post is a bit odd."

Du Tingfeng said, pointing to the number of views, "This has more views than a post with a few hundred replies."

However, the number of replies was 0.

The two tried to click on the post, but the screen seemed frozen and they couldn't click on it at all.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Chen Ji scrolled down again and found a post with valuable information that had been highlighted among a bunch of casual posts.

[Domain Number and Difficulty Level Classification - My Personal Experience, For Reference Only]

The poster was still the supervisor, Little Squirrel.

Hello everyone.

Congratulations everyone on surviving another day!

Based on my own experience and the experiences of several other domain owners, I have compiled this guide on domain registration and partitioning.

[Note: The content of this post may not apply to everyone; it represents general trends and is for reference only!]

[Let's assume you're a user who just received your ticket to the ship]

[Rank from lowest to highest: EA]

[Your 1st to 3rd domains: Difficulty varies in EC mode. Usually, there will be no more than two ghosts. The path to survival is relatively simple and straightforward. There is a higher probability that your teammates will be newbies.]

[Note: These types of areas almost never contain strange creatures.]

[Divisions 3-9: Difficulty increases dramatically, survival paths become more complex, and it's impossible to encounter divisions below level C. Divisions are typically level CA, with a low probability of level A.]

If you've already entered this range, it proves you have at least one of the following: luck or skill.

[Probability of encountering a strange object: Low to Medium]

[Note: The probability of encountering new players decreases significantly after the 4th domain. If you do encounter one, congratulations, the difficulty of this domain will not exceed B.]

[Subdomain 9-12: Very few people can reach this range, and I, of course, am one of them. Extremely difficult, between A and B, with a high probability of A.]

[Probability of encountering a strange object: Medium to High]

[Note: This area is impossible to survive without encountering monsters; it is mostly entered by teams.]

[12-.....] Unknown, I've only heard that some people fall within this range.

[Note: The longer the interval between two fields, the longer the interval becomes.]

[To reiterate: This post is for reference only. Any discrepancies are not the responsibility of the user.]

[Click here for the post about the strange creature: (link)]

The post contained a wealth of information, and Chen Ji's brain was racing. His hand had already clicked on the link about the strange creature.