Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chen Ji and Du Tingfeng immediately walked forward, but as soon as they reached the old woman's side, they were blocked by a wall and could not move forward an inch!

"Tian Qinghe...he must be dead!"

"The ghost killed him!"

Li Bo's legs were trembling. He had only entered the domain once, and that time it was considered a beginner's level with only one ghost.

This is nothing compared to the difficulty of this one!

"He's dead, so what are you yelling about!"

Liu Zi hissed. He was already extremely anxious, and hearing Li Bo's voice only added to his frustration.

"If that idiot hadn't actually thought he was the leader and tricked us all into coming here, how would we have encountered ghosts?"

He spat fiercely, his face extremely gloomy.

"This memorial service, I think, was prepared specifically for us!"

Huici silently turned the prayer beads in her hand.

Li Bo seemed to be provoked by Liu Zi's words, and his whole body suddenly trembled!

He immediately looked around the yard...

There really were nine wreaths!

In the center of the stacked paper flowers, the black character "奠" (meaning "offering sacrifice") appeared particularly eerie.

Seeing that his expression was not right, Xu Yuanshuang took a few steps forward and picked up the funeral couplet on the wreath.

A few seconds later...

She then walked to another wreath and read all nine elegiac couplets.

Her throat bobbed, and she looked helplessly at the crowd:

“These…are indeed our names.”

......

After a few minutes.

The old woman...

He came out of the house again.

She was still all alone.

Chen Ji's heart sank, and he looked at Du Tingfeng, both of them showing the same confusion.

Fei'er possesses two strange objects, giving her a certain degree of self-protection.

It's unlikely that a ghost could kill someone in such a short time.

Then why...?

The third time, the old woman pointed to Huici.

Next, Li Bo, Du Tingfeng, and Xu Yuanshuang disappeared behind the curtain.

Only Xue Ran and Chen Ji remained in the courtyard.

Chen Ji felt calm instead.

If only one person didn't come out, then it's possible they were killed by a ghost.

However, including Liu Zi who just went in, all seven people who went to offer incense have not returned to the courtyard.

So they were most likely sent somewhere else.

Moreover, none of the new entrants this time had entered the domain more than nine times.

It's impossible for a ghost to be so unsolvable, able to kill all those who entered the realm on the second day.

He was deep in thought when suddenly his heart tightened and he abruptly looked up.

The old woman, who had only uttered two words throughout, silently walked up to Chen Ji.

Her fingers were only centimeters away from Chen Ji's eyes.

"Incense."

The old woman spoke hoarsely, then turned and lifted the curtain.

An extremely strange feeling arose in Chen Ji.

It's not pulling... it's dragging!

Two unseen hands gripped Chen Ji's ankles and dragged him into the house!

Behind him, Xue Ran became the last person left in the courtyard.

She looked on nervously as Chen Ji floated uncontrollably into the house, her heart filled with intense fear of the unknown!

Behind the curtain.

Chen Ji was dragged into an old, dilapidated main room.

It was noon, but all the curtains in the main room were drawn, and the door on the east side was tightly closed, making the room extremely dark.

Only a few white candles flickered with a dim, eerie light.

And right in the center of that circle of white candles—

It is a coffin.

An open wooden coffin.

There were no bodies inside.

A cold sweat suddenly broke out on Chen Ji's back!

Why is there only one coffin?

According to ghost stories, Fat Man Hua's family.....

Four people died, didn't they?

Is this really Fatty Hua's house?

He glanced around, his eyes narrowing slightly...

Everything in this main room was covered with a thick layer of dust!

No one has lived here for at least two months!

Chen Ji immediately remembered the paper flowers that had turned yellow on the eaves when he first entered the courtyard.

That's how it looks after being exposed to wind and sun for a long time.

In an instant, Chen Ji was certain that they had not come to Fatty Hua's house at all!

However, there are still a few questions that remain unanswered.

First, what was the purpose of Officer Zhong's phone call?

It was he who sent them to this address.

Second, to whom does this coffin belong?

And most importantly... where did the body go?

Using the dim light of the white candle, Chen Ji craned his neck and quickly scanned the coffin, noticing several blurry markings inside.

"Incense."

Suddenly, a sinister voice came from Chen Ji's right.

The old woman stood hunched over behind the beaded curtain by the right-hand doorway, her expression obscured.

A faint red glow emanated from the room.

Her voice sounded increasingly impatient.

The familiar feeling of being grabbed appeared once again on Chen Ji's ankle.

Chen Ji gritted his teeth, and just as he passed the coffin, he suddenly reached out a hand and grabbed the edge of the coffin!

Then, using that force, he managed to squeeze his entire upper body into the coffin!

In the dim light of the white candle, Chen Ji finally saw the three previously blurry marks clearly:

Zhang Zhaodi.

This is a woman's name that was carved on a coffin lid.

The next second, Chen Ji immediately let out a cry of pain!

The intense pain caused cold sweat to instantly bead up on his forehead!

Two invisible hands on his feet felt as if they had been dipped in a pot of hot oil, instantly scalding the skin and flesh on Chen Ji's ankles!

"Incense."

The old woman repeated.

Her tone indicated that this would be the last time she said the word.

Unable to resist any longer, Chen Ji was dragged into a room that was glowing red.

The room was like a shrine; it was very small and contained only a table and a cushion.

Then, his shoulders sank, and his body was forcibly forced to kneel in front of the offering table.

Chen looked around with great difficulty and saw a framed photo covered with a black cloth on the table. In front of the photo was the first draft and an incense burner.

Four chairs were placed against the wall.

On one of the cards... sitting there is Liu Zi!

Chen Ji knelt on the ground, staring in horror at Liu Zi's extremely strange expression on the Eight Immortals Chair!

The other person remained motionless, back ramrod straight, with a half-smile on their face.

But his eyes....

But his eyes widened to an extreme!

The whites of his eyes were covered in bloodshot veins caused by fear!

Liu Zi, what exactly did you just see?

"Bowing three times."

A very strange sound rang in Chen Ji's ears.

That is...

Officer Zhong's voice.

Chen Ji felt as if all the blood in his body had frozen.

He saw the old woman open her wrinkled, toothless mouth and once again utter Officer Zhong's voice in a low, mournful voice.

"Bowing three times."

On the table covered with a red tablecloth, in front of the incense burner, three sticks of incense suddenly appeared.

Whoosh—whoosh.

The sound of a tape recorder rewinding came from the corner.

"The Mantra for Eradicating All Karmic Obstacles and Attaining Rebirth in the Pure Land"

Also known as the Rebirth Mantra.

"Namo Amitabha Buddha Tathagata Yata Dhayata..."

Accompanied by the sound of the tape recorder stuttering...

Chen Ji discovered that the old woman was gone.

A piece of black cloth, as if blown by the wind, was draped over Chen Ji's body.

He looked up at the black and white portrait on the table...

An endless chill rose from the depths of Chen Ji's heart.

Next to the portrait was written:

Zhang Zhaodi.

The old man in the portrait looked like he had toiled his whole life.

She had a mole on the corner of her mouth, her brows were furrowed, and her eyes were filled with extreme resentment...

It was the face of that old woman from earlier.