Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Time is of the essence!

In the flash of light, Chen Ji vaguely glimpsed the blood-stained hole in the wall, and in an instant, he made a decision!

But he still needs to confirm one thing...

When the lights came on last time, Chen Ji was hiding in the area around the road below, directly north.

Based on the angle of the curved corner, he quickly determined that he was standing in the northwest or southwest.

It's most likely the northwest, because the road through the pass is to his right and slightly ahead.

A preliminary map of the entire tunnel had already formed in Chen Ji's mind.

In less than two seconds, Chen Ji had already decided on his route.

While remaining silent, he used the fleeting light to pinpoint the exact location of the blood-stained cave entrance.

The lights are flashing faster and faster!

Chen Ji had already felt the hole in the wall!

These openings are different from those on the first floor; they don't have entrances and are more like windows.

The cave entrances varied in size, and Chen slowly crouched down, making very small movements, quickly searching for a place to grab onto beside the cave.

He quickly found a protrusion a few centimeters high, below which was the height of three or four stories, leading directly to the outer circular plaza.

He also heard it very clearly at the same time...

The room suddenly became quiet.

The ghost's footsteps disappeared.

pat.

light is on.

Chen Ji was covered in sweat!

He was in an extremely dangerous situation, his hands gripping the protrusion...

His body was suspended more than ten meters in the air outside the passage!

Chen Ji's feet swung in and out of the air until they hit a protrusion on a stone brick.

The pen remained perfectly still in his pocket, as if it too was aware that it shouldn't be moved at this moment.

If it twists and turns even slightly, it could fall out of Chen Ji's pocket at any moment.

As the light returned to the plaza and passageway, Chen Ji remained in shadow.

Behind him, the giant macaque that stood tall and imposing no longer covered its eyes with its hands, but was now stiffly pressed against its body.

The presence of the macaques prevented direct sunlight from reaching a large area of ​​the surrounding walls.

Chen Ji lowered his head, not daring to turn around and look at the center of the square.

The last time the light came on...

He had a vague feeling that macaques might share the same taboos as ghosts.

One of them is:

[Unobservable]

Chen Ji was unaware that the square behind him had become like hell.

On the ground stood the various beings who had entered the realm.

They were still in the same positions they were in before they died; some were running, some had fallen to the ground, and some had finally found a way out and were less than a meter away from the opening on the first floor.

Their heads, bearing expressions of fear and panic, had all been severed and were scattered on the ground.

The macaque sat amidst a pile of headless corpses, expressionless, still like a statue.

Only the gash on its abdomen, ripped open by that ghost...

The intestines that flowed out proved that it was not a dead object.

The lights have been on for a minute.

Chen Ji remained clinging to the wall outside the passageway and on the top of the square.

Chen Ji put all his strength into his arm, gripping the small protrusion tightly.

If it weren't for the things he could stand on, he would have been exhausted very quickly!

However, Chen Ji had no other choice; this was the only glimmer of hope he could find in such a short time.

His lips were tightly closed, his eyes were dark and unfathomable, and his face was extremely gloomy.

This was the first time Chen Ji had felt such intense killing intent towards someone who was also a Domain Enterer!

In the first two domains, the number of people entering the domain was limited to ten.

Driven by the shared goal of finding a way to survive, almost everyone was in a cooperative mindset.

However, this time, the domain presented Chen Ji with a completely different direction.

The goal here is very clear...

It's all about surviving!

Chen Ji knew very well that even if it wasn't him, any other person who had entered the domain would have been hiding behind the previous bed.

Those two people would also use strange objects to switch places.

Because the two people, one tall and one thin, the other short and one fat, had already formed a closed loop in their minds.

In low-difficulty areas, they can maliciously frame others and even watch their teammates die.

In this way, they can increase their chances of obtaining the strange item.

Obtaining the strange item can increase one's chances of survival in the future.

Chen Ji pulled himself out of his thoughts and stopped thinking about the logic and reasons behind their actions.

In the repeat high school scenario, even the burly men who had worked together with Chen Ji would lock him in the sports equipment room in order to save their own lives.

Chen Ji didn't pursue the matter at the time because when he saw the strong man again, the man was already dead.

And now...

Those two people from Tang Qin's organization are still alive and well in the passageway.

Of course, that won't be the case for long.

Chen Ji raised his head, watching the light in the cave become unstable again, and a rare, emotionless smile appeared on his face.

Ten seconds later.

With the hesitant sound of a macaque raising its arm behind them, the entire square and passageway were plunged into darkness once again.

He heard the ghost's wet footsteps gradually fading away.

Chen Ji carefully stepped on the protrusion under his feet and used it to jump.

Once his upper body was on the ground, Chen Ji very gently and slowly wriggled up, bringing his entire body up.

He stood at the cave entrance, listening quietly to the sounds around him in the darkness.

Then, they walked in the opposite direction of the door.

That was the direction of the bed where he had previously hidden.

In this all-consuming darkness, Chen silently brushed past the two men, one tall and one thin, the other short and one fat.

......

The tall man's name was Zhang Heng.

The short, stout man beside him, who called himself Amin, had been assigned to Zhang Heng's team since the first day he joined the organization.

This time, the compass was originally intended for Zhang Heng to use.

However, he lent it to Amin.

From the very first day they met... Zhang Heng knew that A Ming was the same kind of person as him.

They are the same; they only care about their own lives.

However, we still lack experience.

Amin was never given any strange objects by the organization. Ever since he got the compass, he has always carried it with him, as if it were a life-saving treasure.

Zhang Heng seemed unconcerned, and even told Amin directly:

"Your brother was afraid you wouldn't survive, so he lent you the compass, do you understand?"

Amin nodded vigorously.

Amin was unaware of the compass's side effects.

Because Zhang Heng never told him.

At that moment, inside the tunnel, Zhang Heng tightly covered A-Ming's mouth beside him...

They prevented him from screaming out the extreme, agonizing pain.

In the boundless darkness...

At the severed point of Amin's arm, what was still connected to the flesh was no longer the arm itself.

Instead, it was a section of intestine exposed to the air.

As Amin struggled forward, swaying back and forth like a sleeve.

His arm grew out of his abdomen and trembled incessantly due to extreme physical pain.

The two walked forward silently...

They knew that the exit from the tunnel was just ahead.

Behind them, the sticky, ghostly footsteps sounded very abrupt in the tunnel.

Suddenly, a flash appeared before Zhang Heng's eyes.

We need to turn on the lights again!

They had only walked less than a hundred meters!

Zhang Heng gritted his teeth and, in the fleeting moment of light, looked ahead...

There wasn't a single person there.

Chen Ji didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

He didn't see the ghost kill Chen Ji with its own hands, and a doubt inevitably arose in his heart.

However, it's fine as long as Chen Ji isn't ahead.

Because Zhang Heng and Amin didn't have time to get outside!

Even at their fastest pace, they could barely reach the chair.

And the chair... can only seat one person at most.

The passageway was dimly lit as Zhang Heng dragged Amin along at breakneck speed!

Finally, in the last second before the lights came on, he sat down in the chair.

And Amin was placed on his lap.

A sense of impatience arose in Zhang Heng's heart... If his third brother hadn't reminded him, he would have abandoned A-Ming halfway there long ago.

He kept Amin around purely so that if anything went wrong, Amin could use the compass one more time.

pat.

The lights were fully on.

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Thank you, Daobao, for the milk tea; thank you, Ziyu, and NiKi for the update reminder during the rainy weather!