Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Ussuri does not belong to the real world.

He was brought out of the domain by Chen Yuetan!

Chen Ji had a terrible headache. He and Du Tingfeng exchanged a glance, both of them looking deeply confused.

Can the people inside the domain get out?

Moreover, with whom did Chen Yuetan have this child in the domain?

Those who enter the domain.....

Or perhaps an NPC within the domain?

But what's most incomprehensible is how Chen Yuetan could have had a child while on the brink of life and death?

This makes no sense at all, and it doesn't fit Chen Ji's understanding of his uncle!

This is something Chen Yuetan would never do!

The more Chen Ji thought about it, the stranger it seemed, even a little creepy!

Looking at Wusu's face, which was remarkably similar to the boy in the New Year's painting, he couldn't tell for a moment whether he was telling the truth or lying!

Big eyes, bright red lips, and a cinnabar mole between her eyebrows.

Upon closer observation, Chen Ji increasingly felt...

Wu Su and Chen Yuetan look completely alike.

He looks too perfect.

The standards are so high they're unsettling.

It's almost like an AI drawing a face based on the keyword "child".

This child...

Really human?

Or is it a ghost baby?

Moreover, Chen Ji had initially thought that Wu Su's words stemmed from a lack of common sense, but upon closer reflection, they now seemed strangely unsettling...

"I'm sleepy."

Usu suddenly said.

His voice sounded tired, and he yawned again.

Du Tingfeng was about to get up when he saw Chen Ji shake his head at him.

"Wusu, there's one more thing I want to ask you."

Chen Ji asked, "Who exactly is your mother?"

This was something he had been wanting to know since earlier.

"I already told you, it's Chen Yuetan!"

Wu Su's tone was somewhat aggrieved, "It was you who insisted that I change how I address you."

Chen Ji's heart sank.

Before he could speak, he heard Wusu continue:

"I remember it perfectly clearly. That day, I heard..."

"Which day?" Chen Ji immediately pressed.

"The day before my dad and I moved."

Wu Su gave Chen Ji a strange look and continued speaking to himself:

"...I heard someone say to me, 'You should come out now!'"

"But I was trapped in a dark, damp place, and I couldn't see anything!"

So I asked: Who are you?

"The voice said his name was Chen Yuetan!"

Wusu tilted his head, as if recalling something, and then said:

"I tried my best to get out, but as soon as I moved, I heard him screaming."

Chen Ji and Du Tingfeng exchanged glances, both realizing what was going on...

"Then he told me not to move!"

"I heard the sizzling sound of a knife, and there was a very cold smell. My memory tells me..."

"That's blood."

Chen Ji's voice was almost inaudible: "...And then?"

"Then I was dragged out."

Usu said quite frankly:

"After I came out, he told me to just call him Chen Yuetan and even gave me a name."

"Usu".

Wusu turned her head, her voice innocent and naive, the red birthmark between her eyebrows:

“I came out of Chen Yuetan’s belly, isn’t he my mother?”

"..."

Chen Ji stared intently at Wu Su's face, a chill running down his spine.

He really was a ghost baby!

No, that's not right...

Wusu didn't mention its growth process at all...

It's as if he was already this big when he was still in Chen Yuetan's belly.

Imagine Wusu isn't human, but a lump of flesh, some human tissue that Chen Yuetan had to cut open his own stomach to remove.

Looking at it this way, isn't it just a parasite, like cancer?

"Are you a human... or a ghost?"

Chen Ji murmured.

His vigilance reached its peak in an instant; the origins of Wusu were far more terrifying than he had imagined!

Wu Su blinked in confusion.

"Chen Ji".

Du Tingfeng suddenly patted Chen Ji on the shoulder.

He simply said, "He was your uncle's lifeline in that domain."

"You only need to know this much."

Chen remained silent.

After a while, he took a few deep breaths, looked at Wusu who was yawning in front of him, and nodded.

Du Tingfeng's meaning was quite clear.

According to Wu Su, Chen Yuetan escaped from the seven-year-long domain the day after he was pulled out of his stomach.

There must be a connection between the two.

Since Chen Yuetan was willing to let Wusu come to find Chen Ji, it proves that he believed Wusu posed no threat.

And that is indeed the case. Apart from Wusu's strange origins, he behaved no differently from a normal child in other aspects.

As for how long Wusu stayed inside Chen Yuetan's stomach, and how it became parasitic...

Perhaps only when Chen Yuetan arrives will all of this become clear.

"Alright, Wusu."

Du Tingfeng went up, picked up the child who was so sleepy he could barely keep his eyes open, and gave Chen Ji a wink.

The two remained silent and settled Wusu in an empty bedroom.

Wusu fell asleep quickly in Du Tingfeng's arms, and his breathing was steady when he was put on the bed.

After closing the door, Du Tingfeng and Chen Ji returned to the living room.

Chen Ji remained silent, his expression grave.

Du Tingfeng looked quietly at Chen Ji's somewhat obsessive gaze and sighed.

So much has happened today, and Wusu's background is too horrifying, it's no wonder Chen Ji is so wary.

Moreover, he knew very well that Chen Ji would definitely have a certain stress response to such a suddenly appearing relative who was related to a ghost.

After all, less than a month ago, Chen Ji was framed and sent to a mental hospital because the painted-skin ghost impersonated his mother.

"...Don't you think...?"

After thinking for a moment, Du Tingfeng suddenly spoke, his voice sounding like he was trying to suppress a laugh.

"What?" Chen Ji asked somewhat belatedly.

Don't you think Wusu looks a lot like Nezha?

Du Tingfeng said with a smile.

"They are all born several years old."

“Moreover,” he pointed to his forehead, “there is a cinnabar mole between his eyebrows.”

Chen Ji was taken aback.

After a long while, he looked at Du Tingfeng's smiling face, then shook his head with a wry smile.

"It really is."

Du Tingfeng's interruption did indeed lessen Chen Ji's sense of terror considerably.

"Relax."

Du Tingfeng stretched and said lazily:

"Isn't your main concern right now meeting with Xu Sandao?"

In the afternoon, as Chen Ji was leaving the hospital, he suddenly received a message from Xu Sandao.

Du Tingfeng was also present at the time. The two had planned to discuss it that evening when Wusu suddenly appeared.

After three days of silence, the gray-profile alt account finally started to move:

[Xu Sandao: I'm done with my work]

[Xu Sandao: Just arrived in Tianhai]

Xu Sandao: Let's meet tomorrow.

Chen Ji has not yet replied.

He opened his phone, looked at the chat box with only three messages, and pondered for a moment.

"You'll come with me."

Chen Ji looked at Du Tingfeng and said thoughtfully.

He still had some doubts about Xu Sandao's motives.

"Row."

Du Tingfeng nodded.

Chen Ji's fingers flew across the keyboard as he quickly replied to a message:

[Extremely: See you at noon.]

[Extremely: I'll tell you the specific address tomorrow.]

Ta-da!

Almost immediately after the message was sent, a small red dot appeared in the chat box with the gray profile picture.

[Xu Sandao: See you tomorrow.]