Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chapter 328 [Domain: Blind Men and the Elephant] Entrance

There are now only four people left in the entire guesthouse.

Even ghosts have vanished without a trace.

Liu Songren was numb. Little D's body was an important discovery. He thought the mission was slowly progressing, but he never expected such a strange change to happen!

Dong Xiaohu and Wei Gu simply vanished on the spot. The only clue was a shattered glass picture frame on the restaurant floor.

When held up to the light, you can see two handprints on it.

The frame clearly belongs to the portrait painting on the wall.

"I knew Wei Gu was causing trouble at the restaurant!" Xie Hengshan gritted his teeth. "Ever since we were assigned roles, he's been hanging around in the kitchen!"

"He must have discovered something was wrong with the painting, and went to investigate it secretly by himself, which resulted in Dong Xiaohu being implicated as well!"

Kui Gu was a loner from the start, and later directly refused Xie Hengshan's offer to join his team, speaking with considerable arrogance, stating bluntly:

"It's safer to be alone."

The implication is that Xie Hengshan will be a hindrance.

"I don't understand," Liu Song said, puzzled. "If he discovered something, why didn't he tell everyone?"

"This isn't a confrontational domain. What's the harm in him saying anything? Why does he have to act like a hero?"

Chen Ji frowned.

Information not being shared is fatal in a domain. Kui Gu seems to be a smart person, and in theory, he shouldn't have made such a stupid mistake.

While pondering, Fei'er, who had been quietly gazing at the portrait, suddenly said:

"wrong."

"The portrait has darkened overall, as if it has faded."

Although Fei'er's painting skills were poor, she often went to art exhibitions and immediately noticed the incongruity of this portrait.

As soon as she said this, everyone stared at the painting and saw that it was indeed covered in a layer of gray, and even the edges were blurred!

It exuded a faint aura of death.

When they first entered the domain, the portrait was definitely not like this!

But... this discovery made Chen Ji's heart sink.

He took out a pen from his pocket, tapped the portrait with the cap, but there was no reaction.

Liu Song then tried to touch it as well, but nothing happened.

Chen Ji had basically finalized his thoughts.

He walked to the side and brought up a past event with Fei'er.

[Ghost Story] Another dimension in the realm.

“It’s highly likely that Wei Gu and Dong Xiaohu touched this painting,” Chen Ji said. “They may have entered another space, just like you did before.”

“But no matter how we touched it, there was no response. I suspect that the portrait, which serves as an entrance, has been closed.”

He believed that the portrait had fulfilled its purpose after Wei Gu and Dong Xiaohu went inside, and the fading color was an indication that it was no longer useful.

"The previous clues weren't connected to the painting," Fei'er asked. "So how exactly did Wei Gu discover that there was something wrong with the painting?"

Chen Ji shook his head; he didn't know either.

Perhaps it's related to ghosts?

That's why Wei Gu was unwilling to reveal the clues to others.

portrait.....

Why would a domain have its entrance located in a place that has never been mentioned before?

Chen Ji couldn't help but ponder. If that were the case, then unless he used external abilities or accidentally stumbled upon the painting, there was no way he could be pulled in.

That's too much of a coincidence.

Doesn't this contradict the principle of providing clues within a domain?

Or was there actually a hint beforehand, but everyone just didn't notice?

Chen Ji slowly walked to the portrait and examined it closely.

Judging from the painting itself, he couldn't find anything unusual about it. It was just a common pirated copy, probably bought from some secondhand store.

The content of the portrait is simply a classical portrait, and it is almost impossible for it to be related to this domain.

He practically pressed himself against the painting, scrutinizing every detail, but after a long time, he gained nothing and could only sigh and turn away.

Xie Hengshan's irritated voice rang out in front of him.

"Tsk!"

"All we know is that Little D's body was pieced together, but there's been no follow-up on any other clues. Ghost is nowhere to be seen, and everyone has vanished. We have to guess at everything, and there's not even a clear guide!"

Xie Hengshan and Liu Song were complaining when they saw Chen Ji staring intently at them, and their expressions changed instantly!

"Xie Hengshan...please move over a bit."

"Huh?" Xie Hengshan was startled, looked at the high chair he was sitting on, and suddenly sprang up!

He instantly broke out in a cold sweat, forgetting that the spy ghost could possibly move through furniture!

"Don't get up!" Chen Ji suddenly shouted, "Stay in the chair, yes, move a little closer to the table!"

"Liu Song, stand to his right!"

Liu Song and Xie Hengshan were stunned for a moment, and subconsciously adjusted their positions according to Chen Ji's instructions.

Chen Ji took a step back, pressed himself tightly against the painting, and squatted down slightly so that his head was level with the figure in the painting.

Then, his eyes slowly moved, and his expression became increasingly strange.

“...Fei’er”.

"You come in through the restaurant's archway."

Fei'er did as she was told.

Chen Ji understood.

He straightened up and shook his head with a sigh: "Yu gave us a clue."

"The position of this painting... is the same as the shooting angle in the video."

In the instant he turned around, he saw Xie Hengshan sitting on a high stool, and for a moment he hallucinated the scene of Xiao A and the others chatting in the previous video!

It was also in a restaurant.

A is sitting on a high stool, and C is next to him; D suddenly appears in the frame.

"You mean..." Xie Hengshan instantly realized that they had also suspected where the video came from, but there were no cameras in the guesthouse, so they subconsciously thought that it was just a record from the domain!

“Something is looking at them through the portrait.”

Chen Ji said, "The spying ghost."

"That's the perspective of a voyeur."

As he spoke, he walked out of the restaurant, and the others behind him understood what Chen Ji meant.

The video captured two locations.

One is a restaurant.

There's also... a sound and video room.

Kui Gu and Dong Xiaohu touched the painting and entered another space; could they also enter the "peeping" position in the audio-visual room?

The image of Wei Gu appeared in my mind. He was in his twenties, with a cold expression, and always acted on his own like a lone wolf.

Chen Ji's mind was in turmoil. He guessed that Wei Gu must have made the same discovery as him.

Just as Zhen Shuiyin had chosen, Wei Gu was indeed a smart person, just as he had thought.

Even earlier than Chen Ji realized it...

But why is he unwilling to share this clue?