The heavy smell of blood permeated the air, and for some reason, the room that was quite spacious suddenly became crowded.
The cold light from the computer screen lit up the surroundings. Lan Xiaochen stood before the computer table with the envelope in his hand and slowly turned around.
"Who's there! Come out! "
He, who had always prided himself on his bravery, shouted at the living room, but the only reply he got was the sound of static.
In the empty living room, the television was suddenly switched on, and black and white snowflakes appeared on the screen.
Lan Xiaochen picked up the badminton racket next to the study table and slowly moved toward the living room.
It was unclear whether it was a psychological effect or something else, but he suddenly felt like this scene was very familiar.
A barely discernible crying came from one of the corners of the room, and the computer suddenly started to play the horror movie that he had just watched.
The scene that Lan Xiaochen thought was too vulgar played again and again. When the main character was using the computer to watch the horror movie, the scene in the horror movie was happening in his own home.
The familiar conversation came from the computer speakers. The rapid breathing and nervous tone kept stimulating Lan Xiaochen's brain.
He only felt pain when the needle poked into his body.
Even though he was unwilling to admit it, he was indeed afraid.
"Come out!"
A sense of helplessness surged into his brain. Lan Xiaochen screamed at the living room, as if raising his voice would give him courage.
He turned his back on the computer screen and moved to the door between the living room and the bedroom. He realized that there was a bloody handprint on the doorknob of his own bedroom door like someone had opened the door from inside his home.
At that moment, the horror movie in the computer had reached its climax. The main character realized that the ghost from the horror movie had run into his home. When he wanted to run away from this home, he suddenly realized that the door was locked.
After seeing the bloody handprint on the doorknob, Lan Xiaochen instantly realized that someone had run into his home, and it was no longer safe there.
He moved slowly, and when he was close to the door, he suddenly accelerated.
But when he grabbed the doorknob with both hands, he realized that no matter how hard he tried, he could not open the door.
Fear had drowned out his rationality. He thought that he was very brave, and he often mocked the fans of horror movies online, but this was the first time that he had felt fear.
"How can it not open?"
He shook the door with all his might, but the door did not budge at all. However, blood started to leak out from the gap of the door!
The main character on the computer screen had nowhere to go, so he took out his phone to ask for help from the main character.
In real life, Lan Xiaochen also took out his phone in a hurry. He did not have any friends, so he could only ask for help from the police.
The scene on the screen was almost synchronized with what was happening in reality, and the result was shockingly similar.
The call was quickly connected, and an unfamiliar voice came from the other side of the phone.
"You can't escape."
Blood and pale faces started to appear in the room. Many figures dressed in red surrounded Lan Xiaochen, who had been paralyzed with fear.
At this moment, Lan Xiaochen, who had been running amok on the internet, was trembling. White foam was coming out of the corner of his mouth, and he was subconsciously calling for his mother.
A boy in red dragged Lan Xiaochen to the side. He opened the door, and there was a young man carrying a backpack standing outside the door.
"He is the source of the curse? Not even a Red Specter? "The young man entered the room and closed the front door." I was happy for nothing. "
Sitting on the sofa, the young man took out a comic book from his backpack and flipped through it.
"Wake him up, I have something to ask him."
A basin of blood was poured over Lan Xiaochen's head. It was as if he had been thrown into an ice cave. He immediately waved his hands and screamed for help.
"Chen Ge, why don't you just let Zhang Yi look through his memory? What's the point of doing that? " Meng Nan clamped his hand over Lan Xiaochen's mouth. He looked at the white foam that stuck to his hand, and he felt disgusted.
"Zhang Yi's power is to hide and erase part of his memory. If this man's memory has been tampered with, Zhang Yi will not be able to tell. To prevent ourselves from being misled, we should be more cautious. " Chen Ge was more cautious. He wanted to help the young man remember first. "Hey, I will ask you a few questions next. I hope you will answer them honestly. If I find out that you are lying, I will let you know how painful it is to be alive."
His mind slightly cleared up, and Lan Xiaochen half collapsed to the ground. He used the last bit of energy that was left in his body to nod.
Just from the tone of his voice, one could tell that the young man before him was a vicious person. Lan Xiaochen might not be afraid of anyone on the internet, but in real life, he was a complete loser.
"Who gave you the blank cursed letter that you took out from the drawer?"
"I stole it. It was from an abandoned hospital room." Lan Xiaochen placed the letter on the ground with shaking hands. "This belongs to you, right? I will not do it again. Please forgive me. "
"With your courage, you dared to sneak into an abandoned hospital to steal something?" Chen Ge was very suspicious.
"I made a bet with someone online that I would go to that hospital to spend the night with them. I was just joking, but who knew they would really come to Xin Hai? I could not hide from them, so I followed them to the hospital."
"Where is the hospital?"
"The hospital is located in the countryside of Xin Hai. The place has not been developed much, and it is very deserted." Lan Xiaochen sounded like he was about to cry. "There were three of them in total, and they were all visitors from Jiujiang. That place has a strong culture. I have no idea how they train themselves to be so brave."
"You went in?" Chen Ge did not expect the visitors from Jiujiang to appear in a ghost story in Xin Hai.
"I was the first to run in, but when I left their sight, I immediately went into hiding. After they all entered, I ran out again." Lan Xiaochen was a person who did not have a bottom line. To put it more bluntly, he was a scumbag.
"Did the visitors come out in the end?" Chen Ge was more concerned about the safety of the visitors.
"I don't know. I stood guard outside for half an hour, and there was no movement from inside the hospital at all. It was like the three of them were eaten by something." Lan Xiaochen's voice was stuttering. He was still very afraid of Chen Ge. "The place was very scary at night. I did not dare stay too long and ran back on my own. However, I went back to take a look at noon the next day. In the end, I found one of the visitors' wallets at the corner of the lobby. All the documents inside were gone. There were only three blank patient's records and a piece of paper."
"Did you call the police after that?"
"No, I believe they must have left on their own. They did not go missing, and their bodies were not found. There was no reason for me to call the police." Lan Xiaochen was trying to convince himself.
"Where are the three blank patient's records and the piece of paper now?" Chen Ge's face was dark. The atmosphere in the room was very tense.
"I used two of the patient's records, and the last one is inside the envelope." Lan Xiaochen shrunk his neck. "Initially, I did not know that the patient's records could really curse people. That day, the neighbor's dog kept barking, so I gave it a try. I did not expect that the whole family would fall sick, and the dog would die as well."
"Earlier, you said that other than the three patient's records, there was a piece of paper? Show me the piece of paper. "
Lan Xiaochen originally wanted to use the piece of paper to negotiate, but he realized that he did not have the courage to say anything. "The piece of paper is inside the locked drawer in the bedroom, and the key is inside my pocket."
Meng Nan took out the key and entered the bedroom. Moments later, he handed the piece of paper to Chen Ge.
Instead of a piece of paper, it was actually a page that had been torn out from a book. There was a dark blood stain on it. If one looked closer, one would realize that the blood stain was actually a sentence — 'This is a sickened world. Why haven't you realized that? I will definitely cure you! '
These few simple words seemed to contain a kind of special power. It would give the reader a strange feeling like these few words were written for them.
"A sickened world? In my opinion, you should focus on curing yourself first. " Chen Ge used his Yin Yang Vision to study the words on the paper. The more he looked at them, the stranger he felt. The black blood stain was clearly layered like someone was using the same blood to write the same words at the same spot. "It looks like a notification letter, but it also looks like some kind of hint. Could it be left behind by the doctors from the cursed hospital? But why would this piece of paper be placed together with the three blank patient's records? "
Chen Ge had crossed paths with the cursed hospital many times, but this was the first time he had encountered a blank patient's records. This was not something that could be found easily.
"I have told you everything that I know." Lan Xiaochen lowered his voice. "Can you …"
"I can give you a quick death." Chen Ge waved his hand, and Zhang Yi crawled into Lan Xiaochen's head.
A living person crawled into the body through the head. This kind of scary scene was something that Chen Ge had gotten used to. As for whether Lan Xiaochen found it scary or not, that was not important. After all, when Zhang Yi left, he would wipe away part of his memory.
Ten seconds later, Zhang Yi crawled out from Lan Xiaochen's body, and all the red shadows in the room slowly disappeared.
The television screen was switched off, and everything returned to normal. However, the world had lost a keyboard warrior and gained a young man who loved life.
"Lan Xiaochen did not lie, but part of his memory is very blurry. I cannot see it clearly." Zhang Yi followed beside Chen Ge. The group walked in the shadows of the city.
"Which part?"
"Be it the first time he entered the hospital or the second time, all the scenes were very blurry. In fact, it was possible that he felt like he had entered the hospital, but in reality, he was not." Zhang Yi gestured with his hands. "I feel like the other party also has a presence that can control memory, and it is much more powerful than me."
"There is someone from the cursed hospital who can control memory? Looks like I will have to figure out a way to turn you into a Red Specter first. A Half Red Specter like you is no longer enough to deal with the current situation. "
The more unique a Specter's power was, the harder it was for them to break through. Chen Ge knew this very well. He wanted to train Zhang Yi, but unfortunately, he did not have enough 'food'.
The Specters in Jiujiang were very smart. He was already too embarrassed to make a move on them, but things would be completely different in Xin Hai.
"Do you think Lan Xiaochen is a chess piece that the cursed hospital purposely arranged? Be it the curse letter that Xiao Die's little brother received or the suspected disappearance of the visitors in Jiujiang, these two points are very intentional. It is as if they are trying to convince me to hurry over to investigate. "Chen Ge's brain turned quickly as he considered all the possibilities.
"I have no idea."
"You should return to the comic for now and take a good rest."
Chen Ge summoned his employees back into the comic, and he walked down the street alone.
"There is no need to rush. Be it Zhang Yi or Yan Danian, they are both very rare and unique Specters. What I need to do now is to turn them into Red Specters." Chen Ge's train of thought was very clear. "Once the special Specters around me become Red Specters, they will become a force that cannot be ignored!"
Yan Danian, who was just a baleful Specter, was already deemed by the black phone to be the strongest Lesser Red Specter. If he became a Red Specter, did that not mean that he would be able to do whatever he wanted?
"I need to find a chance to send Xiao Sun over there first, and then I'll take my time and see who will be exhausted to death first."
At around 5 am, Chen Ge returned to Century Avenue. He was about to go to Nightmare Academy when he suddenly saw someone walk out from the backdoor of Shi Li Xiang. The person's back was very similar to Chi Ren.
Carrying a backpack, Chen Ge silently snuck his way over.
The sky had just started to brighten, and it was the time when there were the least people on Century Avenue. The person who had snuck out from the backdoor of Shi Li Xiang was dragging a suitcase. He carefully looked to both sides of the road like he was hiding from someone.
As he slowly approached, Chen Ge did not make any sound as he walked. He stared at the man for a long time and finally confirmed that this man was the Chi Ren in the picture at the management office.
"Were you chased out by someone?" Chen Ge's voice suddenly appeared next to the man's ear. It gave him a fright, and his face blanched.
"Who are you?"
"I am the new boss of the haunted house next door. If you have nowhere else to go, I can take you in." Before Chen Ge finished, the man made a very strange gesture. He used both of his hands to cover his mouth.
"What's wrong? Are you not feeling well? " Chen Ge held the backpack and blocked the way. The man shook his head vehemently. In the end, he took out his phone and typed several words on the screen. 'I don't want to harm you! Leave now! '
"Harm me?" Chen Ge used Yin Yang Vision to stare at the man for a long time. After he confirmed that the man before him was Chi Ren, he looked around.
The two of them were standing at the backdoor of Shi Li Xiang. There were no surveillance cameras there.
"You can't even protect yourself, but you still care about the life and death of an innocent passerby. Looks like you are a trustworthy person." Chen Ge took out the comic. Blood vessels surged behind his back, swallowing the light of dawn.
"Red Specter!" The veins on the man's face popped. He realized the danger he was in. He abandoned the suitcase and turned to run.
"Don't be afraid, I just want to help you."
"I don't need your help!"
"When I help people, I don't ask whether they need my help or not."
Chen Ge grabbed the man's arm and forced his arm around his shoulder. "Be quiet. There are at least five Red Specters around you. Do you think you can run away?"
"Five, five, five?!"
"Don't panic. Keep breathing normally." Chen Ge helped the man put on the cap so that the brim of the cap blocked half of the man's face.
Crossing the street, Chen Ge led the man back to Nightmare Academy. After he locked the door, he grabbed the man and walked into the headmaster's office inside the haunted house.
"Alright, you're safe now." Chen Ge and the man stood inside the headmaster's office. Around them were Meng Nan and the water ghost Red Specter.
The man did not dare say a word. He felt like he had failed to escape.
"You are Chi Ren?"
"How did you know?" The man nodded carefully.
"Are you the one guarding the old storeroom?"
"Yes."
"Was it you who wrote the note for Doctor Fang?"
"Yes."
Chen Ge took out a piece of paper. "Write the sentence on the note again on this paper."
Ten minutes later, Chen Ge finally confirmed that the man before him was Chi Ren. A few days ago, it was he who wanted to save Doctor Fang, but he did not succeed.
"Why would you risk offending the cursed hospital to save Doctor Fang?" Chen Ge wanted to get to the bottom of this question.
"Doctor Fang is a very kind person. He is not arrogant at all, and he often helps the patients solve various problems. I feel like the benevolence of a doctor is the best way to describe him." Chi Ren sighed. "How could I watch such a kind person walk to his death?"
"Then, do you still want to save Doctor Fang?" Chen Ge was slowly guiding the man.
"Of course." Chi Ren's eyes lit up, but they soon dimmed. "But I can't even save myself now, so how am I supposed to save others?"
"It's fine, I'll help you." Chen Ge patted Chi Ren on his shoulder with a smile. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. From today onward, we are friends."
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
