Looking at his backpack, ever since he entered the door, Chen Ge had not lost his composure like this.
At Jin Hwa Apartments Block A, he had fought with so many murderers and worried about how he was going to survive. After leaving Jin Hwa Apartments, he had devoted himself to exploring the truth.
This door had given him a lot of pressure, and he could not afford to be distracted. In the end, he had completely forgotten about the white cat.
"Poor little cat." Xiao Sun grumbled beside him. "By the way, why do you carry a cat with you? I heard that black cats can ward off evil spirits, but white cats don't seem to have that effect … "
"You know about the white cat? In other words, when I saw you, the white cat was still by my side? "Chen Ge turned to look at Xiao Sun.
"That cat is quite obedient. It has been following you closely, as if the rest of us would go and hurt it." Xiao Sun did not know that the white cat hated them because they were all dead people behind the door. He sighed. "I am quite envious of you. Actually, I also want to raise a cat that is so obedient and clingy."
"Obedient my * ss. The cat only clings to me when I am behind the door." Chen Ge shook his head. "Do you remember the last time you saw the white cat?"
"When you went to the rooftop with your sister, Granny Lee and I were waiting on the third floor. When you left, the cat was still following you, but when we came back, I don't remember. I think it disappeared." Xiao Sun's words gave Chen Ge an important hint.
"So, I was separated from the white cat when I entered the black fog for the first time. Did it get lost in the black fog? Or did it not follow me into the black fog? "With the white cat's courage, Chen Ge believed the latter was more likely. But if that was the case, why did the white cat not choose to stay with Chen Ge after Chen Ge left the black fog?
Chen Ge was also thinking about this question. The white cat was very clever. It knew that staying with Chen Ge in the world behind the door was the safest option. However, it chose to leave Chen Ge at a certain time. Did that mean that there was something around Chen Ge that made it feel uneasy?
Frowning slightly, Chen Ge was reminded of his encounter at Jiu Hong Apartments Block 1, Room 504. The ghost children on the walls were all staring at him. They did not even spare Xiao Sun and Wen Qing a second glance, and that surprised Chen Ge.
"Why would I be targeted?" Chen Ge's stamina did not recover for a long time. His body became weaker and weaker. "Is there really something inside me? Is it eating away at my body? "
Most of the ghost children in Room 504 were physically incomplete. At the time, the rag doll had used part of their bodies to make 'new clothes' for itself. The people that the ghost children hated the most should be the rag doll.
"Is it possible that the rag doll is on me?"
Using Yin Yang Vision, Chen Ge scanned his whole body again. Other than his back, he looked everywhere else, and he did not find anything out of place. "Xiao Sun, do you think there is something on my back?"
"Of course not! With such a big cat on your back, how could you not feel anything? "Xiao Sun did not understand what Chen Ge meant.
"I'm not talking about the cat. There might be something else on my back. Help me look out for the mirror later." Chen Ge dragged the hammer, and he felt the scary-looking hammer getting heavier.
"Okay." Xiao Sun pouted. "Seeing how nervous you are, I thought you were worried about your cat."
"It should still be at Jin Hwa Apartments Block A, and it might be hiding somewhere. In terms of self-preservation, I am quite confident in it." The white cat did not have many strengths, but it was good at staying alive. "It should be able to hold on until we return to get it."
Even though the white cat was very cowardly, it could be very useful at times. Its sense of danger was much stronger than Chen Ge's. Whenever there was any movement, it would alert Chen Ge.
"After the white cat got separated from us, the appearance of the invisible hand started to increase. Was it afraid of being discovered by the white cat?"
"Chen Ge …" Wen Qing, who stood at the entrance of the stairwell, grabbed Chen Ge's sleeve lightly.
"What's wrong?"
"This building is different from the apartment that we entered earlier."
Chen Ge had been thinking about the white cat, so he had not taken a good look at this building. When he heard what Wen Qing said, he used Yin Yang Vision to look around.
There was a sign hanging on the wall at the entrance of the stairwell. It originally said 'Jiu Hong Apartments Block 2', but for some reason, most of the words had been scratched out with a knife.
Entering the stairwell, the interior of this building was different from the first one.
The walls were painted white, and there was a faded smell in the air. There were some yellowed white papers lying on the ground.
"Jin Hwa Apartments Block A is Xiang Nuan's memory, and Jiu Hong Apartments Block 1 is the ghost fetus' earliest memory. So, whose memory is this building?" Based on Chen Ge's previous speculation, he had thought that all the buildings at Jiu Hong Apartments were the ghost fetus' memory, but from the looks of it, that was not quite right.
"This place is cleaner than Jin Hwa Apartments, and it doesn't look that old. There is not even a speck of dust on the handrail. Someone should be living here." Xiao Sun said something useful. "At Jin Hwa Apartments Block A, they said that the landlord would occasionally go out to have a meeting with the landlords of the other buildings. This means that there should be living people living in the other buildings, and they are not like Jiu Hong Apartments Block 1."
"The world behind Xiang Nuan's door is different from the world behind the door that I have entered before. The black fog covers everything, and only these few buildings are not affected by the black fog. Therefore, his memory should be separated into several parts and stored in different buildings." Chen Ge's head was spinning. He had to stop using his Yin Yang Vision.
"I don't quite understand what you're talking about." Xiao Sun thought about it before answering honestly.
"You don't need to understand. Just help me find a mirror as soon as possible." Chen Ge leaned against the wall. He knew very well that the ghost fetus' memory was hidden in these few buildings. Exploring these buildings was to explore the ghost fetus' past.
He wanted to know what had happened in the past. This was an opportunity that he could not miss.
"You look so pale." Wen Qing walked to Chen Ge's side and said with some worry, "Let's find a safe room first and take a good rest."
"It's fine. Let's keep moving." Chen Ge dragged the hammer and walked up the stairs.
The layout of Jiu Hong Apartments Block 2 was completely different from Block 1. Above each door was a glass window the size of a palm. Standing outside the door, one would be able to look into the room.
"How come this feels like a hospital's intensive care unit?" Chen Ge walked to the window and looked inside. The interior decoration of the room was very strange. The walls were all painted white, and all the tiles, furniture, and ceiling were mainly white. "This is such a white room. If blood splattered on it, it would be so eye-catching."
"Big brother, perhaps the owner just likes to be clean." Xiao Sun felt like the things that Chen Ge sometimes said were very scary. It was the kind of things that were accidentally revealed that made it easier for people to overthink things.
"They are both buildings at Jiu Hong Apartments, so why is this room so neat and tidy? In my memory, there is no such resident at Jiu Hong Apartments. " Wen Qing was the middleman responsible for these two apartments, but she had no recollection of this at all. This meant that this room had nothing to do with Jiu Hong Apartments.
Pushing the door lightly, Chen Ge realized that the door was not locked, so he walked in directly.
Everything inside the room was arranged neatly. The floor was tiled, and it was spotless. There was not a single stain on the white wall.
"Is the owner a germaphobe?" Xiao Sun sighed in relief. After leaving Jin Hwa Apartments, he finally entered a room that could be considered normal.
"Don't touch the things inside. Someone might have died in this room." Chen Ge stood next to the wall, and his finger was tapping on the wall.
"How can you tell?"
"The paint on the wall is very thick, and it has been applied many times. Normally, only when there is a large stain that is difficult to clean up, the owner will choose to paint the whole wall." Chen Ge's words were very clear. "Now you see this room is pure white, but in reality, it might be blood red."
Raising his finger, Chen Ge looked at the black and red residue inside his fingernail. "The innermost layer of paint has already turned black."
"Chen Ge, come and take a look at this." Wen Qing found a diary on the sofa. There was no signature on it, only a number — 0097.
"0097 is probably the patient number, just like how the rag doll's patient number was 0004." Chen Ge flipped open the diary. He originally planned to just skim through it, but after reading the content, his eyes were unable to move away.
"X Month X Day, today is a day worth remembering. The doctor said that my condition has improved a lot, and I believe that I will be able to leave the hospital soon. I am so looking forward to the outside world.
"X Month X Day, a new patient arrived at the hospital. His patient number was blocked, so the doctor allowed him to temporarily stay with me. Who would have thought that I would have a roommate?
"This new patient is very strange. He is not afraid of me at all. This is the first time that I have encountered a patient like him. Perhaps we can be friends and not be like the previous roommates.
"I tried to communicate with him, but he is very stupid. He is not even willing to communicate with me. Such a poor child.
"I like ugly things and people. No, in the eyes of normal people, ugliness is beauty in my eyes. The doctor said that my condition is due to an obsession with ugliness. It is a very normal hobby.
"X Month X Day, it has been three days since the new patient moved in. Every day, the doctor comes. They seem to be waiting for something. What are they waiting for?
"X Month X Day, the new patient's body started to exude a heavy stench. He is like a moving body. I suggest that he go and take a bath.
"This poor thing does not even know what a bath is. He does not even know that he has to take off his clothes before bathing. It took me a long time to explain it to him.
"Hmm, how should I put this? I told the new patient to take off his clothes before bathing, so why did he go to the kitchen to grab a cleaver? Does he need a cleaver to take off his clothes? "
"The sound of water and the sound of bones falling mixed together. I feel like my condition has worsened.
"After the new patient finished his bath, the whole bathroom was dyed red. He even left one of his hands inside my towel. I feel like he is very disrespectful.
"Perhaps it is because he has never taken a bath before, but the distance between me and the new patient has been pulled closer because of this small incident. I have started to like to stay with him because he has become uglier and uglier.
"X Month X Day, today is the seventh day that we have been living together. No one has been able to stay with me for so long. Those people always disagree with me, and I always help them become uglier when they are asleep.
"Every patient at the hospital has their own number. Normally, everyone will refer to each other by their number, but the new patient's number was blocked, so I had to ask for his name. I know this is a big taboo at the hospital, but as long as no one says it out loud, the doctors will not find out.
"Initially, the new patient refused to tell me his name. Under my persuasion, he finally told me that someone had called him trash.
"I could not believe my ears. Even though he was so ugly that he did not look like a human, he could not be called trash. That would expose his own weakness.
"I told him that a name is a symbol of a person, and it carries many beautiful wishes. I planned to give him a name.
"X Year X Month X Day, the new patient finally came up with a name for himself. He said his name was Chen Ge, and he liked that name.
"X Month X Day, I started to refer to the new patient as Chen Ge. We had a good time together until the room next door could not stand the stench coming from our room anymore.
"The new patient's' clothes' could not be worn anymore. He needed a new set of clothes, but the doctors did not care. They only came to record every day and looked at me with anticipation.
"To be honest, I had no idea what they were expecting.
"X Year X Month X Day, the fact that I asked the new patient to name himself was exposed. Initially, I did not think it was that big of a deal until I saw the new patient's number.
"Number 0004, he is just a normal child, so why is his number so near the front?
"X Year X Month X Day, I finally understand why his number is at the fourth position. So, it is because of that name. Unfortunately, I cannot tell him that. Soon, I will be made into his new clothes by the doctors."
After reading the whole diary, Chen Ge's emotions were extremely complicated. He did not expect to see his own name on the diary, and he did not expect that the ghost fetus' fourth position would be related to him.
"No, the Chen Ge in the diary should not be me but the unkillable child from before."
Looking at the diary that he was holding, Chen Ge stared at the date that had been crossed out, and his eyes suddenly narrowed. He opened his backpack subconsciously and took out Zhang Ya's bedtime story.
"The layout is slightly similar, but that is all. I am probably overthinking it."
Shoving the diary and the story book into his backpack, Chen Ge gave the room a cursory inspection. After finding nothing else, he prepared to leave.
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