Chen Ge moved too fast. The three of them surrounded him. One moment, they were talking nicely, and the next, one of them was already lying on the ground.
In the blink of an eye, the three of them were reduced to two, and the remaining two were covered in wounds.
Doctor Li and Big Head were originally separated, but when they saw Qu Yin fall, they subconsciously moved closer to each other and stood together.
The two held the sharp knives, and the twisted expressions on their faces slowly froze.
Their eyes wandered between the knives and the hammer. In terms of professionalism, the man before them was more like an incurable madman, and the two of them were patients with psychological problems.
They were both madmen, but there was a fundamental difference. Even in the movies, they rarely saw a character who would carry such a scary-looking hammer with him.
"You must be tired. Take a good rest, and don't do bad things again in your next life."
Chen Ge dragged the hammer and walked toward Doctor Li and Big Head. The two's eyelids twitched. They looked at the thick blood stains on the hammer, and their faces paled.
Chen Ge had been blocking the door. Big Head and Doctor Li knew that the man had no intention of letting them go. They could only fight with their lives on the line to have a chance of survival.
All this time, they thought they had the advantage, but now they realized with a start that it was not Chen Ge who had fallen into the trap but themselves.
Narrowing his eyes, Chen Ge did not waste time. He dragged the hammer and charged at Doctor Li.
Big Head's stomach was injured, so he could not run fast. Even if he ran for his life alone, Chen Ge was confident that he could catch up to him, so Chen Ge's target was very clear — Doctor Li.
The crazed Doctor Li gripped the knife in his hand. He had not encountered something like this before. Normally speaking, Chen Ge's position should have been his.
"Bang!"
Doctor Li tried his best to resist, but the sharp knife in his hand did not even have the chance to touch Chen Ge.
The hammer that was almost one meter long was very agile in Chen Ge's hands. He was very familiar with it.
Doctor Li and Big Head collapsed one after another. Chen Ge did not let go of Qu Yin's girlfriend. He tied up the few people who had lost the ability to move before he sighed in relief.
Holding the hammer with one hand, Chen Ge's chest rose and fell slightly. "My stamina has indeed dropped. I've been resting along the way, but I'm already so tired after swinging the hammer a few times."
Walking past Doctor Li and Big Head, Chen Ge turned to look at Wen Qing and Xiao Sun, who were scared out of their wits. "Everything that I said earlier was just a lie. Facing such a vicious and twisted criminal, I was very afraid, so I had to be a little more aggressive. Only then would I be able to suppress the other party."
Dragging the hammer that was stained with clothes and blood, Chen Ge's expression was very natural, like he had just done something insignificant.
"I can understand what you mean, but how do you explain this thing in your hand? Has it always been in your backpack? "Xiao Sun's voice was trembling. He felt like he had just escaped from a wolf's den, only to fall into a tiger's lair. His situation was dire.
"You're talking about this hammer?" Chen Ge used the killer's clothes to wipe away the blood. "Even though it looks scary, it's actually a prop for a haunted house."
"A prop for a haunted house? Even a ghost wouldn't believe that, right? What kind of haunted house would use something like that as a prop? "
"The Haunted House at Western Jiujiang's New Century Park." Chen Ge wiped away the blood on the hammer and walked to stand beside Wen Qing. It did not matter whether Xiao Sun believed him or not; the key was Wen Qing. "I should have told you about this before."
"You have, but it's different from what I imagined." Wen Qing's eyes were as wide as saucers. She had always thought that Chen Ge was a well-mannered man who relied on his intelligence to make a living. It was not until the sound of Qu Yin's bones cracking that she realized how wrong she was.
From the moment Chen Ge took out the hammer to the moment the three tenants collapsed to the ground, it took less than a minute. This was so fast that Wen Qing did not even know what kind of expression she should use to face Chen Ge.
"There is a difference between imagination and reality. Don't mind the details. You only need to know that I will not harm you, and I also want to bring Xiang Nuan back to reality." Chen Ge gave Wen Qing a reassuring smile. There was a unique charm about him that made people feel like he was reliable.
"You entered that door with me, and it was I who dragged you down with me. I was indeed spooked earlier, but don't worry, I will trust you one hundred percent. Without you, I would have been killed by these people a long time ago, much less find Xiang Nuan. " Wen Qing calmed down. She knew that in this world behind the door, Chen Ge was the most trustworthy person.
"What is going on between the two of you? I don't think you two are brother and sister. Are you trying to woo her? " Xiao Sun's eyes wandered between Chen Ge and Wen Qing. After hearing what he said, Wen Qing quickly started to explain. Chen Ge turned back to look at his own shadow. He looked at it for a whole minute before he took out Zhang Ya's diary. There was nothing new on it.
"I've guessed it right? So, the two of you are not brother and sister but brother? "Xiao Sun felt like he had found the truth again.
"Can't I just stay alive?" Chen Ge placed the diary back into his backpack. He believed that there was a reason why Xiao Sun had disappeared in real life. "From now on, you'd better keep your mouth shut. We can be considered a team. If you attract trouble that is beyond my control, I will not be able to help you anymore."
Chen Ge held the hammer and had a heart-to-heart talk with Xiao Sun. He also learned all of Xiao Sun's secrets. The main reason this university student moved to Jin Hwa Apartments was because he was poor.
He was used by the landlord, and he thought that he had taken advantage of the situation, but in reality, the landlord had treated him as prey from the very beginning. The rent that he paid was not money but his life.
Xiao Sun's story gave Chen Ge a lot of inspiration. An idea appeared in his mind. If he could return alive this time, he could let the visitors experience what Xiao Sun had gone through and see how long they could last.
Walking out from Room 1001, Chen Ge turned back to look at the television that was placed in the living room. He thought back to Xiang Nuan on the screen.
At the time, the child seemed to have said one word to the people behind the door — Go.
"His words might have been directed at Wen Qing."
Closing the door, Chen Ge took the keys that he had found from Doctor Li and Big Head and led Wen Qing, Xiao Sun, and Granny Lee downstairs.
Blood flowed in the corridor, and the doors were pried open with brute force. These doors were not the ones that Chen Ge was looking for, but behind them hid the same ugliness and despair.
When a person walked to the edge of the abyss, with just a light push, they might not be able to turn back anymore.
The push could have been a small detail in life, a sentence from a stranger, or it could have been the person's own memory.
Chen Ge used the key to open the door to Doctor Li's home. Inside, he found a large number of human bone samples, the key left behind by the landlord, and several bottles of medicine with unknown effects.
"Finally, I can leave."
Before leaving, Chen Ge took a detour to Auntie Ding's room. He gave Auntie Ding the same treatment as Doctor Li and saved the child from Auntie Ding's home.
Under Auntie Ding's torture, the child's mind was muddled. He only knew that his name was Jia Fu.
Chen Ge found a family picture on his body, and the scene in the picture was chilling.
Auntie Ding and Jia Fu, who were grinning from ear to ear, stood in the middle of the picture. Next to them were many wooden boxes. The boxes were pasted with pictures and names — Jia Le, Jia An, Jia Mei …
Jia Fu's legs had been amputated, so he could not leave with Chen Ge. On the issue of how to deal with Jia Fu, Wen Qing and Xiao Sun had a different opinion.
Xiao Sun wanted to carry Jia Fu away, but Wen Qing believed that they should find Xiang Nuan first before returning. After all, Jia Fu could not walk on his own, and it would be very inconvenient to bring him along.
In the end, it was Chen Ge who made the final decision. He decided to send Jia Fu to Uncle Huang's place on the first floor.
Walking down the stairs, when Chen Ge reached the third floor, he purposely went to Room 301 to take a look. The child by the name of Wu You was sitting in the living room, looking at the pictures that were pasted on the window.
"Come with us, I will bring you to find your parents." There were not many good people in this building. The fact that Wu You could survive in this kind of environment was something that even Chen Ge found hard to believe. Therefore, he wanted to bring Wu You with him so that they could look out for each other.
"I will not go with you." To Chen Ge's surprise, Wu You rejected him decisively.
"Why? Haven't you always wanted to see your parents? " Chen Ge was curious. For a child, as long as he used the excuse of helping to find his parents, it was rare for anyone to reject him.
"Because on the day my father and mother left, the last thing they said to me was that no matter what, I should not leave this home. They would come back. If someone uses them as an excuse to come and find me, then he must be lying to me." Wu You raised his head. "You are lying to me? Am I right? "
Chen Ge did not say anything. From Wu You's words, he managed to glean a deeper meaning.
When Wu You's parents left home, they probably knew that they were going to die, and that was why they said those things. No one in this world would be able to find them anymore.
"There is food on the tenth floor, and the building is much safer now. If you run into any trouble, you can go and find the elders on the first floor." Chen Ge touched Wu You's head. This child was very clever. "Your parents are right. They will come back. Before they do, you have to take good care of yourself."
Chen Ge turned to leave. When he was about to reach the second floor, Wu You's voice suddenly came from the stairwell.
"Hey!"
"What's wrong?"
"I wish to tell you something." Wu You leaned against the door. His eyes turned to Wen Qing. "Xiang Nuan has lost his way. He appears to be waiting for his family to come and find him."
"What?"
The door of Room 301, which had never been closed, was slammed shut by Wu You. There was no other sound coming from the stairwell.
"Does the child know something?" Wen Qing was rather excited.
"Perhaps he is friends with Xiang Nuan?" Xiao Sun carried Jia Fu and started to speculate instinctively.
"Wait here for me." Chen Ge grabbed his backpack and walked up to the third floor.
"What are you doing?"
"Can't you just open the door and ask? Why is a seven-year-old kid trying to act so mysterious? I hate people who don't finish their sentences the most. "
"He is just a seven-year-old kid!"
Ten seconds later, Wu You saw Chen Ge again, and he was very surprised.
After many questions, Chen Ge finally got the information that he wanted.
The electrician was the first person to discover the landlord's secret. The reason he discovered it was because Xiang Nuan had stuffed a videotape that he had stolen from the landlord's house into his newspaper box.
Xiang Nuan left the building that night, but before he left, Wu You saw Xiang Nuan go to the rooftop.
After thanking Wu You, Chen Ge grabbed his backpack and called Wen Qing along. The two of them ran to the rooftop together.
"This is the place."
The steel door that led to the rooftop on the tenth floor was locked. Chen Ge searched through the pile of keys for a long time before he found the corresponding key.
"Stay away from me. Once the door is opened, the black fog outside might rush in. There are monsters hiding in the fog."
After Wen Qing left, Chen Ge pulled the steel door open a gap.
The black fog outside was not as thick, but the stench in the fog did not change.
Taking out the hammer, Chen Ge slowly pulled the steel door open. When he saw the complete world outside, his eyes slowly widened.
Jin Hwa Apartments Block A was the tallest building there. Standing on the rooftop, one could see the whole residential area.
The endless black fog surrounded the twisted buildings. It was like a black sea, and the twisted Jin Hwa Apartments and Jiu Hong Apartments were like lone islands floating in the middle of this black sea.
Large shadows flashed in the black fog. Chen Ge's Adam's apple moved. His hand that held the hammer was soaked with sweat.
"Is this the world behind the door?"
The world behind Xiang Nuan's door was different from any of the doors that Chen Ge had entered before. It was not shrouded in blood, but it was wrapped in this kind of black fog.
Using Yin Yang Vision, Chen Ge looked at the shadows that flickered in and out of the black fog. He was suddenly reminded of something that had happened when he was doing the nightmare mission at Jiang Yuan Apartments.
At the time, he had come to the rooftop blindfolded, and he had heard his own voice from twenty years ago.
When he was about to be killed by the doctor, the young him had said, "I want to push open many doors in the red city, and I want to paint many windows on the black sea."
"The red city refers to that city, but could the black sea refer to this endless black fog?"
Looking up at the dark sky, compared to the large shadows in the black fog, Chen Ge felt so small.
"When Xiang Nuan left, he went to the rooftop. If Wu You was not purposely trying to harm me, then there should be a message left behind by Xiang Nuan here."
Chen Ge knew that there were scary monsters hiding in the black fog. The middle-aged man on the third floor had been killed instantly in the black fog.
"I cannot let go of this clue. Since I have entered this door, it is only a matter of time before I come into contact with the black fog …" Taking a deep breath, Chen Ge put on his backpack, grabbed the hammer, and stepped into the black fog.
Using Yin Yang Vision, Chen Ge started to search the rooftop. He did not go far before he saw a badly damaged mud statuette.
The mud statuette was crudely made. It was very similar to the mud statuettes that Chen Ge had seen in real life. However, this mud statuette did not have a head. It appeared like someone had kept slamming it on the ground until the head was forcefully knocked off.
Chen Ge's eyes moved to the chest of the mud statuette. There were two words written there — Xiang Nuan.
"This is Xiang Nuan's mud statuette? Why is his mud statuette in the world behind the door? Did he break the statuette himself? "
Many questions appeared in Chen Ge's mind. Before he had time to think, he suddenly heard a heart-wrenching cry.
"Is it the monster from the black fog?" Not daring to stay any longer, Chen Ge grabbed the mud statuette and started to hurry back.
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