Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chapter 226 [Domain - Tuotuo Mountain] There's Always a Way

Everything happened so fast, less than half a minute after the first gong rang out!

Chen Ji, Xu Sandao, Lao Yang...

Everyone frantically ran towards the exit!

Rumbling--

The ground collapsed further, bricks fell, earthen walls collapsed, and the sound of metal crushing came from the wellhead behind us.

The entire mining area was swallowed up underground from back to front!

Chen was horrified to see a mule not far away, which only had time to let out a mournful cry before falling into a crack that suddenly appeared in the ground, and it was unknown how deep it had fallen.

"careful!"

Xu Sandao, who was standing nearby, suddenly tugged at Chen Ji.

Chen Ji's back instantly broke out in a cold sweat. Several broken beams had just fallen in front of him!

If he were hit, not only would he die, but the baby in his arms would also perish!

To their left, Lao Yang was holding Xiao Yu and pulling Lili along. The three of them didn't even have time to bring the baby back. They all fled towards the exit as if they had lost their souls!

click-

A long, winding crack suddenly appeared in the ground, swallowing Old Sun's body underground.

Along the way, Chen Ji even saw miners who hadn't had time to evacuate... buried by collapsed houses.

The ground is becoming increasingly sloping.

This earthquake only affected the area inside the mine.

Xu Sandao was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye he caught up with Si Yan. Together they crossed the gate and went outside the mining area!

Chen Ji followed closely behind, feeling a sense of relief.

We're just a few steps from the exit...

But at that moment, a red light suddenly flashed before his eyes.

【die】

The next second, the figure of the forging demon in his mind gently raised his hand.

A luminous substance passed through the illusory image of Tuotuo Mountain, was split in two, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Chen Ji's heart pounded; there really was a sixth piece of scrap material!

Two extremely dazzling beams of light illuminated the ground in an instant.

Chen Ji suddenly raised his head, and everything went white before his eyes—

Instinctively, he only had time to bend down and shield the baby in his arms with his body!

clang!

In a mere second, he suddenly felt as if he had been struck by a meteorite, and a sharp pain shot through his back, causing Chen Ji to uncontrollably spit out a mouthful of blood!

Blood instantly stained the white snow crimson...

But Chen Ji did not die.

He trembled all over as he struggled to take the last few steps, then gritted his teeth—

He pulled the pen out of his back.

A small piece of waste material was embedded in the pen body.

The pen appeared out of nowhere and blocked the waste; otherwise, it would have been Chen Ji's heart that was pierced.

And at that very moment, the river they had longed for appeared...

Finally appeared.

wow-

Behind Xu Sandao, a crack slowly opened in mid-air, and the river water inside shimmered with endless starlight.

"go!"

Xu Sandao pulled Chen Ji up, but suddenly paused.

"Old Yang..."

Beside them, Four-Eyes murmured in disbelief.

Xu Sandao's hands instantly stiffened.

Chen Ji was stunned.

He realized something.

After I came out... I never heard footsteps again.

The only sound was the rumbling of the ground shaking.

His heart skipped a beat. The piece of scrap on the pen in his hand was extremely small, just a scrap.

So... what about the main body?

Chen Ji slowly turned his head, and the next second, he blinked as if he couldn't believe it.

Old Yang knelt in the snow a few meters away.

Back of the head...

It was a hole that had been completely pierced through.

Crimson blood bloomed like flowers beneath him.

As the ground tilted, his body suddenly fell to the side, revealing Lili and Xiaoyu, who were being protected inside.

The collapsed ground, like an abyss, was gradually eroding towards Lao Yang.

Chen Ji and Xu Sandao exchanged a glance, and as if on the same wavelength, they turned and ran, their target being Lili and Xiaoyu in her arms!

The ground shook more and more violently. Xu Sandao moved with lightning speed, rushing to Lao Yang's side and pulling open his corpse.

His body suddenly jolted.

They didn't touch Lili, but simply brought Xiaoyu, whose eyes were closed, out.

"Lili is dead too."

Xu Sandao said simply.

Chen Ji's throat moved.

He wanted to say something, but he didn't open his mouth. He just ran out of the mining area quickly with Xu Sandao.

Seconds later, the entire mining area collapsed, leaving only a dark, deep pit.

Everything...

The mine, the cave, the horde of ghosts... and the corpses of Lao Yang and Lili all fell into the depths of the earth.

The projection of the blacksmith demon also appeared at this moment...

Disappeared completely.

It's all over.

Chen Ji's mind was in complete chaos.

He turned around blankly, staring at the bespectacled man staring blankly at the deep pit in front of him, his gaze lingering for a long time.

Beside Four-Eyes, Daqiang was biting his fingers stupidly, while Lao Yang's youngest son, oblivious to everything, was just wailing loudly.

"Lili... is dead too?"

After a long while, Four-Eyes asked softly.

"Ah."

Xu Sandao said in a low voice.

"It was also a penetrating head injury; he had already stopped breathing."

The main body of that piece of waste was too large; after killing Lao Yang, it also pierced Lili's skull.

Chen Ji remained silent.

The scene he had just witnessed kept flashing through his mind.

Old Yang shielded his wife, and his wife, in the same posture, protected her child...

That's how Xiaoyu was able to be safe and sound.

Xiao Yu lay in Xu Sandao's arms, his face as pale as paper, but luckily he was not injured.

A few seconds later, Xiaoyu slowly opened his eyes, his eyes filled with confusion.

He looked around, seemingly a little scared and unfamiliar.

Si Yan silently took Xiao Yu's hand, his body hunched over, as if he had aged ten years in those short ten minutes.

Whoosh—whoosh

In mid-air, the river continued to flow quietly, urging Chen Ji and his companion to leave.

“…”

What will happen to these three children?

Xu Sandao murmured, seemingly forgetting that this was just a domain.

"Come with me."

After a moment of silence, Four-Eyes answered.

He wrapped the baby's swaddling clothes around his body, held Daqiang and Xiaoyu's hands in each, and looked towards the distant mountain road.

The area has been almost completely cleared.

"...Where to?"

"Uncle, where are we going?"

Daqiang, standing to the side, asked in a silly manner, mimicking Chen Ji.

Four-Eyes patted Daqiang's head, a forced smile on his face.

"I do not know."

There will always be a way.

He turned his head and looked at Chen Ji and Xu Sandao.

The three of them stared at each other in silence.

After a long silence, Four-Eyes said sadly, "Thank you for saving these children."

He didn't ask Chen Ji and the other person where they were going next, but turned around and silently walked towards the mountain path.

The figure gradually disappeared into the distance.

Chen Ji watched the four-eyed man and the children go, and after a long time, he closed his eyes heavily.

When he opened his eyes again, Xu Sandao's hand appeared before him.

"Let's go."

"It's time for us to go back."

"Ah."

Chen Ji responded and took one last look at the deep pit below Tuotuo Mountain.

In his mind, the figures of Lao Yang and Lao Sun flashed by, and the innocent faces of the three children appeared.

The stories of the previous generation, along with the mining area, were buried at the foot of Tuotuo Mountain.

But these children....

They still have a long life ahead of them.