Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chapter 407 [Domain·Drowning] Standoff

This scene is utterly absurd.

Three people. Two ghosts.

And a male voice that didn't belong to any of them.

The sound didn't last long before it gradually faded away, and Zhu Guang on the other end of the phone was trying his best to keep quiet.

But the ghost's hand was still by its ear.

After a long while, it stiffly lowered its hand, which meant that the side effects of the Zhu Guang ghost had finally ended.

The slapping sound of boots gradually faded away, and after a while, the sound of a door being pushed open came from the end of the corridor.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the three of them immediately tiptoed out the door and headed straight for the third floor.

Li Yinghe looked like she was about to break apart, and was about to reunite with her teammates. Then Zhu Guang also went through a crisis, and everyone wondered how Tong Zi was doing...

The group rushed to the third floor, and just as they turned the corner, they saw the boy's back as he went into the restroom!

"Boy!"

Li Yinghe gave a soft shout and rushed over first, but stopped abruptly at the door.

Her face turned pale.

Chen Ji and Wan Xiaoshuang followed closely behind, but they were both stunned when they saw who was in the restroom.

What came into view was the boy, who was staring intently at them. His stiff movements proved that he, too, had been greatly shocked.

Standing beside him was another one... Li Yinghe!

"That's a ghost!"

Li Yinghe, who was on Chen Ji's side, screamed, "Boy, come here!"

The boy's mind went blank for a second.

"She's lying! She's the one who's lying!" Li Yinghe, who was wearing a bright red coat next to him, changed her expression slightly.

These two people look exactly alike.

Even their clothes are exactly the same.

The difference is that one looked extremely miserable, while the other had been with them from the beginning... without a single scratch on his body.

As if knowing what the boy was thinking, a hint of panic flashed in Li Yinghe's eyes beside him:

"Don't go there!"

"Maybe all three of them are ghosts in disguise! We came out of the dorm together. If I were really a ghost, I would have made my move long ago. Why would I wait until now?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ji narrowed his eyes, and he was probably certain that Li Yinghe, who was beside the boy, was a ghost.

Because this statement is illogical.

Moreover, the focus is shifting.

There are many possibilities why the ghost might not act, such as the child not having broken any taboos yet, or the ghost wanting to deceive more people before capturing them all at once.

This isn't an online argument; instead of trying to prove oneself, attacking others first is highly suspicious.

but.....

Chen Ji opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Li Yinghe beside him was already on the verge of collapse:

"Where's Pighead? Why isn't he with you guys?!"

The boy did not answer, his eyes filled with gloom.

But his figure also quietly moved a little further away from Li Yinghe beside him.

"I'm not a ghost." Chen Ji had to emphasize again. He simply said, "There are two ghosts on the second floor. I personally witnessed them receiving a 'ghost call'."

The boy's heart sank.

The reason he was alone with Li Yinghe was because Zhu Guang had mysteriously disappeared not long ago.

A ghost call... This means that Zhu Guang is completely deaf, and it also means that the ghost has indeed captured Zhu Guang.

"Don't move."

The boy paused for a moment, then pointed at Chen Ji: "Tell me, when did she arrive?"

“Not long ago,” Chen Ji said, “she came from the first floor and said she encountered four ghosts.”

"Four ghosts?"

The boy frowned and looked at Li Yinghe questioningly: "How did you survive?"

Li Yinghe gave a bitter laugh, took out the gray mirror from her hand, and said nothing.

She didn't immediately recount her own experience, but instead looked at the other "Li Yinghe" and murmured:

"If you don't believe me, you can check if she has any of my strange items on her."

The atmosphere in the restroom suddenly became heavy. Everyone fell silent, and several pairs of eyes turned to "Li Yinghe" next to the boy.

Li Yinghe lowered her head and remained silent.

That says it all.

The boy's gaze slowly turned cold as he quietly moved closer to Chen Ji.

As the children gradually retreated, "Li Yinghe" finally raised her head, a hint of madness slowly creeping into her eyes.

"I am Li Yinghe."

"I am Li Yinghe!"

"Aren't we teammates? Why don't you believe me!"

The skin on her face was peeling off little by little, and soon, the original bluish-white skin underneath was revealed.

The ghost disguised as Li Yinghe is actually a man!

The drowned man, speaking in a strange voice, kept muttering, "I am Li Yinghe, I am Li Yinghe, I am Li Yinghe, He, He, He..."

"Where's the river!"

It let out a wail, its original disguise completely collapsed, and reached out to grab the boy!

But no one knows what happened. A golden light flashed across the boy's body, and then, as if a hundred years had passed in an instant, the ghost's face aged drastically, covered with wrinkles, and his entire body exuded an aura of decay.

Its limbs, like those of a real old man, were fragile, and it suddenly knelt down on the ground.

But this didn't seem to be permanent; the next second, the ghost's wrinkles began to fade again.

No one noticed that the boy's hair had turned a little whiter.

He didn't explain, but instead flashed to Chen Ji's side, and the four of them ran away!

.....

In the classroom on the second floor, Wan Chengzhong tilted his head slightly, listening to the sounds coming from upstairs.

He had been hiding in a corner on the second floor, knowing everything that had happened: the tour group appeared, Li Yinghe returned, and Chen Ji and the other two escaped.

Lady Luck was on his side.

The two female ghosts seemed to be distracted by something else and didn't notice them.

A few seconds later, he looked down at the black hair in his hand. The hair was short and belonged to a man.

"...Chen Ji".

He murmured, tucked the strand of hair into his pocket, and turned to look at Li Bi, who was pale-faced beside him.

"You're really useless, and you're also stupid."

Li Bi didn't dare to say a word.

Not long after she handed Wan Xiaoshuang's hair to Wan Chengzhong, Wan Chengzhong noticed something was wrong.

But what chilled her even more was that Wan Chengzhong... hadn't returned her hair.

Li Bi knew perfectly well what Wan Chengzhong meant!

Their alliance was inherently unstable. Li Bi was well aware of this when the company's director approached her, saying it was to help each other.

But in reality, she and Ah Gou were nothing more than cannon fodder used to sacrifice themselves for Wan Chengzhong...

But the allure of A was too strong, and the director's power was too great. Her momentary greed led to her current predicament.

fortunately.....

They also had a plan B, and Hong Tian couldn't sleep in the teachers' dormitory.

Just as planned, Hong Tian also took action.

Chen Ji probably would never know until his death that the person he saved actually had his own hair hidden in his hand!

"Brother Zhong... my hair..."

She couldn't help but ask, even after getting Chen Ji's hair, she was still worried.

"What are you afraid of?"

Wan Chengzhong gave her a mocking look.

“I…” Li Bi gritted her teeth. She didn’t dare to say it. She had a feeling that things wouldn’t go so smoothly.

What if Hong Tian wakes up?

What if he wakes up and finds out that he was saved by Chen Ji, and then tells Chen Ji about it?

If Wan Chengzhong is intercepted and loses Chen Ji's hair, he will definitely choose himself... as a scapegoat.

Wan Chengzhong clenched the hair in his hand, tilting his head slightly towards the half-dead Hong Tian in the corner:

"When I come back alive, I will give your hair back to you."

“You stay here and watch him. If Chen Ji comes, use your dice to hold him back.”