Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Just like in the "don't look" phase, the first time the light went out was after the macaque covered its eyes with its hands.

Therefore, it seems that each stage is guided by the Three Wise Monkeys.

In the "Don't Listen" phase, only the rules you see, that is, the words that appear on the whiteboard, are true.

The so-called taboo of "not being able to move" is simply a lie told by ghosts.

Yun Yuan stood next to the red-haired man and silently counted the number of people present.

Five people.

The ghosts have disappeared, which proves they have indeed passed this round of the game.

She pursed her lips and secretly glanced at the red-haired man beside her. He was looking down, seemingly lost in thought.

A question inevitably arose in Yun Yuan's mind:

Third brother.....

Did you know beforehand that this was the way out?

Yun Yuan wasn't the only one with the same suspicions.

Chen Ji silently watched the red-haired man, clearly remembering the second round of the relay game...

The red-haired man witnessed his own actions, which clearly violated the rules, but he did not react at all.

Moreover, it's not hard to guess that the rules we heard were fake.

They turned their heads and shifted their bodies while relaying the message; although the movements were small, they still counted as moving.

If the red-haired man knew, why didn't he protect Zhang Heng in the third round?

Is it because they're unwilling to take the risk, or because...?

Does he not care, or perhaps he even wants Zhang Heng dead?

The red-haired man turned his head and met Chen Ji's gaze.

He smiled kindly.

"......"

Chen Ji showed no expression.

A calloused hand patted his shoulder; it was female boxer Zhang Wenyi.

She did not overlook Zhang Heng's targeting of Chen Ji, and she also realized that Chen Ji, Zhang Heng, and the other two might have some connection.

"Do you know them?"

Zhang Wenyi asked directly.

Chen Ji shook his head: "No."

"What do you ask for this?"

Zhang Wenyi pondered for a moment before saying, "Is there an organization behind them? I mean, the kind within the domain."

“Yes,” Chen Ji said, then added after a moment’s thought:

"They must be quite powerful in real life as well."

Chen Ji's implied meaning was quite clear: he wanted Zhang Wenyi to be on high alert.

Given his own experience of being framed and disgraced in real life, Zhang Wenyi's fame is actually not a good thing.

This means that if Tang Qin's organization were determined to retaliate, they could do so from many angles.

Reputation, private life, competitions, and so on.

Moreover, no matter how skilled Zhang Wenyi is, it would be difficult for him to resist the power of the strange creature.

"I see."

Zhang Wenyi nodded, gave Chen Ji a deep look, and then fell silent.

One minute later.

A small hole silently appeared in the ground at the very center of the children's square.

The cave entrance was pitch black. The five people looked closer and found that it was bottomless inside, with a long ladder hanging on the stone wall next to them that seemed to have no end.

"Going down from here should lead to the 'Silence' stage."

After saying that, Zhao Xun carefully climbed up the ladder.

After the game ended, everyone explored the area and found that the children's square was closed off with no other exits.

Soon, everyone climbed down from the cave entrance.

The cave was deep and narrow, with a diameter of no more than two meters, and had no lighting facilities, making it look like a tunnel leading to an abyss.

About two minutes after Zhao Xun climbed, a rumbling sound came from not far above them, like an electric drill drilling a hole in the ground.

"The macaque went down—"

Yun Yuan's voice echoed inside the cave.

A minute or two later, Zhao Xun, who was at the very bottom, suddenly shouted, "I see the exit!"

There was light, appearing a dozen meters below his feet.

All five of them quickened their pace of descent. After a short while, Zhao Xun let go of his hands, and his body emerged from the cave, landing on the ground a few dozen centimeters away from him.

But as soon as he landed, his eyes suddenly widened and his whole body tensed up instantly!

thump!

Behind Zhao Xun, four other people also climbed out of the vertical tunnel, but Zhao Xun stopped them.

In this small space...

Besides the giant macaque that occupies half the area, there is something else waiting here.

He stood right in the center.

They were only a few meters away from Zhao Xun.

When they saw those figures with their backs to them, everyone's minds went blank and their expressions changed drastically!

They immediately remembered the first sentence Ghost had written during the previous game of telephone.

There are eight ghosts among us!

Those eight figures, with their bare skin, seemed no different from humans.

It's the bald man, Zhao Xun, Chen Ji... all eight people who survived the first round.

No, that's not right...

Zhang Wenyi took several steps back, staring intently at the feet of the things in front of him.

The skin on their feet was covered with loose wrinkles and folds, like that of a newly hatched bird that hadn't yet grown feathers; or like that of an old man nearing a hundred years old...

It was very disconcerting compared to the rest of their smooth skin.

It's the ghost with several people's faces on it from the second round of the game, the one with the neck showing what it looks like.

But, are there really eight ghosts...?

It was originally one, but split into eight?

Like leather being violently rubbed, an unsettling sound came, and the eight figures turned around hesitantly.

Chen Ji's breathing became rapid, and he suddenly realized something terrifying.

This ghost only has a face that's the same as theirs.

Why have we evolved to the point where our entire bodies are almost indistinguishable from theirs?

Is it an attempt to replace... or simply imitation?

Of the eight ghosts in front of the five people, three suddenly had cracked skin.

It is the deceased [bald man], [Wang Xiaoming], [Zhang Heng].

Soon, the human skin peeled off completely, like pieces of scab, until the three ghosts returned to their original forms.

They were five living people who had never seen the demon they knew before—the one that had killed nearly half of the newcomers in the first stage...

The three ghosts, their empty eye sockets fixed on Chen Ji and his companions, retreated to the side with their wet, sticky footsteps.

Now, only the ghosts corresponding to the five living people remain standing in the same spot.

brush--

Just when everyone was extremely tense, a sound of fur rubbing together came from where the macaque was sitting.

Its hands... are slowly rising.

Until their mouths were completely covered.

The "Silent" phase has begun.

Almost simultaneously, a stiff and strange smile appeared on the remaining five pale blue ghost faces, as if they were imitating but not quite succeeding.

Chen Ji's heart suddenly skipped a beat!

He discovered that at the very instant the ghost's smile appeared, the corners of his own mouth were also uncontrollably lifting up!

He immediately looked around, and was horrified to see...

The remaining four people wore the exact same smiles as the ghost in front of them!

However, those four pairs of eyes, some filled with fear and others with confusion, showed that they, like Chen Ji, were unable to control themselves!

The next second, Chen Ji felt his lips slowly opening.

He and everyone else, following the ghost, unconsciously began to speak:

“There are eight demons among us.”

"One of them has lost a leg."

Ten emotionless, intermittent voices rang out simultaneously.

There were female voices and male voices, but what remained unchanged was that the tone of each voice sounded eerie and sinister!

As soon as the last word was spoken, all five people present collapsed to the ground, blood gushing out instantly!

At the same moment, their left legs seemed to come into contact with an invisible blade and were instantly severed.

Instantly, a scream of extreme pain echoed throughout the entire space!

Chen Ji's face turned deathly pale in an instant. The sudden, intense pain left him completely unaware, and his vision went black.

Moreover, he immediately realized what was going to happen next...

During the "don't listen" phase, they had already been told the content of "don't speak"!

In the previous round of the relay game, the complete ghost story went like this:

“There are eight ghosts among us.”

"One of them had a broken leg."

"One of them is missing a hand."

"There are three more... headless!"