The people inside the room did not notice that after Chen Ge's shadow absorbed the blood on the statuette, it started to slowly change shape like a sleeping woman was turning in her sleep.
"Rest early. I'll see you tomorrow." Chen Ge glanced at the clock on the wall. It was 2 am.
He exited the room, but he did not return to New Century Park. Instead, he hailed a cab to head to the old city.
The dim light from the streetlights filtered through the car window and fell on him. Chen Ge looked at the quiet city and pulled his collar tighter.
The old city at night was very different from how it was in the day. There was no light, no sound. As Jiujiang continued to develop, the number of people who stayed there decreased, and most of them moved to the new city.
Walking through the dark streets, Chen Ge only used ten minutes to find Wu Jinpeng's previous rental.
The rental was two streets away from his home. The environment here was even worse, and the stench in the air was thicker.
How did they manage to stay here for so long? Am I the only one who can smell this stench? Chen Ge thought back to when he came to find Jiang Ming's mother that morning. Perhaps they were used to it or something else, but they did not seem to be able to smell the strange stench in the air.
Walking out from the alley, Chen Ge held the rusted railing and came to the second floor of one of the old buildings. He looked into the distance. This was not the most abandoned and dilapidated place in the old city.
Room 204 … Found it. It's this one. Chen Ge stopped moving. Before him was a wooden door that was painted red, and the doorknob was tied with a rusted iron chain. After Wu Jinpeng moved away, has this room been rented out again?
Flipping through the comic, Chen Ge summoned Meng Nan. "Brother Nan, help me. Go into this room and take a look. Be careful not to go to the room next door."
The innermost room on the second floor, Room 205, was the room that Wu Kun said was haunted. It was also the tenant of that room who gave Wu Jinpeng the altar and mud statuette. For the sake of safety, Chen Ge only had Meng Nan enter Room 204 first. If there was nothing, then he would summon a few more Red Specters to enter Room 205 together.
Blood dripped through the gap of the door. Meng Nan reappeared less than a minute after he disappeared. "Everything is normal inside the room. I don't see any problems, but I don't feel comfortable staying inside."
"Bring Xu Yin with you and take this red high heels to Room 205 next door to take a look."
The three Red Specters entered Room 205. Several seconds later, a strange sound came from inside the room. It sounded like a knife piercing through a balloon filled with water. Then, Chen Ge heard the sound of bones being dislocated and torn apart.
"What happened?"
Blood vessels crawled on the door, and the heavy smell of blood drifted uncontrollably. Chen Ge knew that Meng Nan had run into something. He flipped through the comic, wanting to release Xiao Bu and the red raincoat as well.
This place was like hell on earth, but the light on the other side of the corridor was switched on. One could hear the dissatisfied cursing and footsteps of a man.
Just as the family was about to come out, the door to Room 205 before Chen Ge was suddenly pushed open from the inside.
"Chen Ge, quick, come and take a look!"
Slipping into the room, Chen Ge instinctively covered his nose and mouth. The room was filled with a thick stench.
Closing the door lightly, Chen Ge used his Yin Yang Vision to study the room.
The room was not big, only about thirty square meters. The walls were covered in yellowed newspapers, and there was dust everywhere. This place had been abandoned for a long time.
"What were you fighting with earlier?" Chen Ge was curious.
"It's not a thing, it's a curse." Meng Nan tore off the newspaper that was stuck on the wall. The back of the newspaper and the walls of the room were covered in small pieces of hair and small patches of black blood. It looked very creepy.
"These are the curses?"
"Yes, the pieces of hair and blood come from different people. When we came in earlier, we saw the black threads of the curse curl together and cover the whole room. If someone accidentally enters, they will be cursed without knowing it." Meng Nan signaled for Chen Ge to step back and stay away from the wall.
"Is the curse in this room the same as the curse in Li Wan City?"
"It's different." Only Meng Nan, who was knee-high with Chen Ge, hugged the red high heels, and said seriously, "Based on what this big sister said, the curse in this room is just the negative emotion that came out when another curse was completed."
"In other words, someone once completed a very scary curse in this room?"
"You can think of it that way. After all, the negative emotion that came out was only a small part of it." Meng Nan nodded. He was the kind of person who was strict and serious.
"A small part of the negative emotion can turn the room into this state. Just how evil is the curse itself? How scary is it? "
"I can't imagine. At least, this big sister has not seen such a scary curse before." Meng Nan raised the red high heels. "Can you help me carry this? Honestly, I'm not afraid of her, but it's not convenient to carry her shoes around. "
"Can you tell what the curse is related to based on the things left behind in this room? Or can you tell who the curse is targeting? "Chen Ge ignored Meng Nan's request.
"We have no idea who the curse is targeting, but we can see some information on the wall. The curse is made up of nine parts." Meng Nan tore down all the newspapers that were stuck to the innermost wall of the room.
On the wall that was covered in broken hair and blood stains, there was a small person drawn. The person's body was covered in many crooked words.
"What is a human?
How can one form a human?
"Eyes that can see the world, ears that can hear, a mouth that can communicate, a body that can contain the soul …
"A human needs memories, layers of the past."
"What is light?"
"Warmth, yes, a human has warmth."
"They say that a human should also have love, but what is love?"
"It seems like I'm missing something very important. Now that I think about it, what else does he have that I don't?"
The lines of words cut the small person's body into nine parts, and each part had a different color.
"Is this the curse?" Chen Ge was confused.
"Instead of calling it a curse, it is more like the owner's nightmare. This should be the thing that he thought about the most when he was casting the curse." Meng Nan added after a moment. "This kind of curse gives us a very unique feeling, like there is a growing seedling hidden in the thick scent of death."
"Nine parts, corresponding to nine children. The one who left behind this curse is probably the ghost fetus. Did he stay at the old city before?"
There were no other clues in the room. Chen Ge summoned the few Red Specters back and walked out of the room.
"It will be bad if someone accidentally enters this place." Chen Ge locked the room. He planned to 'clean' this room when he had the time in the future.
"Earlier, it felt like someone was coming out from this room. Since he is still awake, I might as well ask him some questions." Chen Ge walked to the other side of the second floor. This room was different from the rest of the rooms. There was an anti-theft door on the outside and a wooden door on the inside. The tenant did not appear to be a normal tenant.
"Is anyone there?"
Chen Ge knocked on the door lightly. Moments later, an agitated middle-aged man's voice came from inside the room. "Stop f * cking knocking!"
The wooden door inside the room was pushed open, and an unkempt middle-aged man who reeked of sweat stood at the door. "Was it you who made such a ruckus outside earlier? Are you new here? Why aren't you asleep yet? If you keep this up, I'll call the police! "
"There is no need to trouble the police with such a small matter. I just want to ask you a few questions." Chen Ge smiled politely. "I'm not asking for nothing. If you answer me properly, I will pay you one hundred RMB for each question."
"Are you sleepwalking? Why are you asking me questions at two in the morning? " The middle-aged man seemed to realize something. He looked around. "Are you guys filming a prank show?"
"First question, who is the landlord of this building?"
"I am the landlord. What about it? Are you here to rent this place? Hurry up and leave. I will not rent someone like you. "The middle-aged man was very unkempt himself, and the way he looked at Chen Ge was filled with condescension.
"Second question, has Room 205 been rented out recently?" Chen Ge was too lazy to waste time. If not for his generosity, he would have let the Red Specters out already.
"Room 205 has been rented out since five or six years ago. The tenant pays me the rent every year. He doesn't stay here often, but he told me to keep the room open for him." The middle-aged man scratched his hair that was stuck together.
"You haven't rented it out to anyone else?"
"No, the tenant always pays me half a year in advance, and every time, he pays me more."
"What does the tenant look like? Do you know what his occupation is? "Chen Ge had a feeling that this tenant was the ghost fetus.
"Why should I tell you? Do you think you can leak the tenant's information so easily? "The middle-aged man pouted.
"Tell me the person's appearance and occupation, and I will give you another five hundred RMB."
"He is a student. He moved here for the first time five years ago. I believe he got into an argument with his family and ran away from home. At the time, he was just in middle school, and he did not have that much money with him." The middle-aged man revealed the tenant's information in detail. "He looks normal, has long hair, and is not that healthy. He coughs often, and he likes to talk in his sleep."
"That's all? That's too general. There are kids like that everywhere on the street. How am I supposed to find him? "Chen Ge did not have much hope.
"You want to find him?" The middle-aged man looked at Chen Ge up and down for a long time before raising one finger. "Give me one thousand, and I will tell you a way to find him."
"No problem."
"After he ran away from home for a while, his mother came to look for him. At the time, he was not at the apartment. His mother told me that if he came back, he should go to Eastern Jiujiang's Huai Ai Hospital to find her. His mother seems to be the head nurse at Huai Ai Hospital. " The middle-aged man was not that sleepy anymore. Even though it was almost 3 am, once he thought about how he could earn two thousand by answering a few questions, his eyes glowed.
"This information is very important, but that is if you are not lying to me." Chen Ge pulled open the zipper of his backpack.
"Why would I lie to you? Hurry up and give me the money. Let me see, this is already two thousand! " The middle-aged man saw Chen Ge open the backpack, and his greedy eyes wandered to the inside of the backpack. He noticed a living human spine stuck inside the bulging backpack.
“？”
Rubbing his eyes, the middle-aged man looked into the backpack again. Other than the human spine, there was a pair of bloody high heels inside the backpack!
Madman? Pervert? Murderer? Fetishist?
Cold sweat slid down the middle-aged man's face, and he took a small step back.
"My phone is out of battery. Open the door, and I'll give you the cash." Chen Ge leaned against the steel door, and the corner of his lips slowly curled up. "Just a small crack will do."
"There's no need for that. It's just a few questions. Why would I need money?" The middle-aged man took another step back. "I've answered everything that needs to be answered, and I don't know anything else. The kid hasn't been back for a long time already. I believe he won't return here anymore, so you'd better go somewhere else to find him."
"Okay." Chen Ge nodded. With a sense of responsibility, he asked the landlord again, "You really don't want the money?"
"No, no, really!" The middle-aged man waved his hands and closed the wooden door.
"Looks like there are still many good people in this world." Chen Ge carried the backpack and walked down the stairs. "I haven't even heard of Huai Ai Hospital. It should be a private hospital. I'll go take a look tomorrow."
Stretching lazily, Chen Ge ran out of the old city without looking back.
"When the sun rises, there will only be five nights left."
When Chen Ge returned to his Haunted House breakroom, it was almost dawn. He was lying in bed to charge his phone when he saw the message from Lee Zheng.
"Emergency! Reply as soon as you see this message! "
"Chen Ge, reply as soon as you see this message!"
There were many similar messages. Chen Ge knew that this was an emergency, so he called Lee Zheng immediately.
The call was picked up after one ring, and Lee Zheng's voice came from the other end. "Chen Ge, are you okay?"
"Why would I be okay?" Chen Ge was confused.
"Yesterday, we locked down the location of Jia Ming's group. The boy's father, Zhen Xiong, was killed by the suspect, Bei Ye. The boy's mother, Yu Wangqing, was heavily injured and is in emergency treatment. The suspect, Bei Ye, was killed, but Jia Ming and the boy were not at the scene. We blocked all the roads, but we didn't see them."
"How did Jia Ming escape with a child?"
"From the beginning, Jia Ming used Bei Ye and the boy's parents as bait. He purposely exposed himself and then used the opportunity to escape. He used his partner's life to buy time for himself. This man is too evil to be human."
"He is indeed not human, but Inspector Lee, why are you suddenly telling me this?" Normally, Lee Zheng would not share this kind of insider information with Chen Ge. Since he chose to tell Chen Ge, it could only mean that what happened next had something to do with Chen Ge.
"Jia Ming's group did not leave Jiujiang because they were looking for something. Temporarily, we do not know what they are looking for, but we found a lot of information related to you at the place where they were hiding. Their next target might be you!"
"Looking for me? That's … too scary. "Chen Ge almost blurted out the words that he wished for nothing more.
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