"Friends?" Chi Ren looked at Chen Ge, and then his eyes could not help but move to the two Red Specters. Cold sweat slid down his forehead. "I … do not have the right to be friends with you. We are from two different worlds."
"Everyone is my brother. The reason I have been able to reach this stage is because I have many friends. You are Doctor Fang's friend, and I am also Doctor Fang's friend. We have the same goal and the same friends. That is enough." Chen Ge was too lazy to waste time on this question. "Stop wasting time. Tell me everything you know about Doctor Fang now."
"You cannot save him. He has already been chosen." Chi Ren shook his head. "You are indeed very powerful to be able to command Red Specters, but compared to them, you are still too far away."
"Who are they referring to?"
"A hospital. Doctor Fang is the person chosen by that hospital. They want Doctor Fang to be their day doctor. I do not know the exact reason, but I believe it is because many doctors from that hospital have disappeared recently, and they are currently short on manpower." Chi Ren's words surprised Chen Ge. He did not expect Chi Ren to know all these extremely secretive things.
"What is your relationship with that hospital? Don't worry, no one will be able to hear what you say here other than us. "To ensure Chi Ren's safety, Chen Ge had even released the red high heels.
"I cannot tell you. If I tell you these things, I might die immediately." Chi Ren unbuttoned his shirt. There was a deep black blood vessel around his heart. It looked like a thin black thread that was embedded in his flesh. "Everyone who is related to that hospital will be cursed. Once the curse is triggered, this black blood vessel will continue to grow until it finally takes root in the brain."
"What will happen if this curse is broken?" Chen Ge stared at the black blood vessel, and there seemed to be the sound of crying coming from it.
"No one can break the curse, not even the most powerful Red Specter." Chi Ren shook his head.
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the temperature in the room suddenly dropped. A hand covered in bandages pressed against his chest.
The black blood vessel faded in color, and it stopped growing.
"You're right. No one can break this curse, but my friend here can make it temporarily lose its effect without attracting the attention of the person who cast the curse."
The temperature in the room slowly rose. Chi Ren stood dumbfounded on the spot. The hand that appeared on his chest just now was like an illusion.
"Now, you can speak with confidence." Chen Ge gestured for Chi Ren to continue.
After a moment's hesitation, Chi Ren took a deep breath. As if his life was at stake, he used a very urgent tone to say, "There is a monster that even Red Specters are afraid of at that hospital. Its surname is Chi, and the curse on us is related to it."
After saying that, Chi Ren's face turned pale. He stared at the black blood vessels on his chest.
He waited for a long time, but nothing happened to the blood vessel.
"The curse has been suppressed!" Chi Ren clearly felt a lot more relaxed. It was as if the time bomb that had been installed on his body had been removed.
Wiping away the cold sweat on his face, Chi Ren's tone slowly returned to normal. "There are four types of living people at the cursed hospital: the patients after number 100, the day shift doctors, the people with the surname Chi, and the non-smiler. The non-smiler is the closest relative of the hospital director, and the people with the surname Chi are the family members created by the monster."
The information that Chi Ren revealed to Chen Ge was very important. Other than the thousand-faced Demon God that had been consumed by Zhang Ya, there were at least two other Demon Gods at the cursed hospital.
One was the hospital director, and the other had the surname Chi.
"You are the family members created by the monster?" Chen Ge used Yin Yang Vision to study Chi Ren. This was a very normal middle-aged man. There was nothing attractive about him. Chen Ge could not understand why a Demon God would choose him.
"The story starts from fifteen years ago. At the time, I had just moved to Xin Hai. I was young and brave, so my relative who lived in Xin Hai found me a job to look after the morgue. It was not tiring, but there were many night shifts. "Chi Ren started to talk about his past.
"I have never gone to school, and I do not have any special skills. I was already very happy that my relative was willing to introduce me to a job. Furthermore, the salary was quite high.
"The hospital director told me that there would be a patrol every night at midnight, 1 am, and 2 am. The main focus of the inspection was on the few doors at the lowest level of the morgue. Once the lock was found to be loose, I was to report to him immediately no matter how late it was.
"But think about it, who would go to the morgue to pick the lock at night? This is a morgue. There is nothing valuable here, only dead bodies. Which thief would be so stupid to come here to steal things? "
"I thought that was strange, but I did not dare ask. The first Monday was normal.
"At that time, there was no cell phone, and it was very boring to work alone. Furthermore, the morgue was very cool at night. There was not even a mosquito, so I came up with an idea to slack off.
"There was only one patrol every day, and then I would hide in there to sleep. The room was very cool, like the air conditioner was on. Sometimes, I even had to pull a blanket over myself.
"It was about two weeks later that I started to have nightmares, the kind that were very real.
"I dreamt that after I fell asleep, there was a circle of people standing around my bed, looking at me. I also dreamt that I was pushed into the incinerator as a dead body. These dreams were all fine until the third week, when I dreamt of a child.
"The child had no eyes or nose on his face. He only had a mouth. He stood beside my bed and asked me to tell him a story.
"I was afraid, but I did not dare reject him, so I told him about the strange things that happened in my village.
"He seemed to be addicted to the story, and he would appear in my dreams every day. After that, I really ran out of stories, but the child with only a mouth still refused to let me go.
"He not only appeared in my dreams, but he also started to appear in real life.
"I was at my wit's end, and when I was about to break down, a monster whose entire face was occupied by a mouth appeared, carrying the child.
"He asked me if I was willing to become his family, and I did not dare reject him." Chi Ren's expression was pained. "He appeared to be looking for his family, but he could not find them.
"After I became the monster's family, he left. Then, I realized that a black blood vessel was growing on my heart. I had to do certain things according to his request. No matter how unwilling I was, if I went against his will, I would die. "
After Chi Ren finished telling his story, he turned to Chen Ge. "You are the first person that I have met who has the power to suppress his curse."
It was very difficult to suppress a Demon God's curse. The red high heels possessed a very rare talent related to curses, and she had consumed everything that belonged to the ghost fetus. She was already a Top Red Specter.
At the same time, she had fulfilled many harsh conditions, and that was why she was able to suppress the curse of the monster with the surname Chi.
"How is the relationship between the monster with the surname Chi and the headmaster?" Chen Ge wanted to try and see if he could split them apart. After all, Zhang Ya could only hold back one Demon God, and the other Demon God could make use of this time to kill all the employees at the haunted house.
"They are very good. Sometimes, it feels like they are the same person." With the curse under control, Chi Ren's courage slowly grew. He had kept these words in his heart for too long, and now he could finally say them out loud.
"Everyone?"
"I am not the only person with the surname Chi in Xin Hai. The boss of Ten Li Xiang also has the surname Chi. We are all victims of the cursed hospital, and we can only live under the shadow of the curse for the rest of our lives. We do not dare reveal any secrets, and we have to fulfill some of their demands." Chi Ren gritted his teeth like he was thinking of something very painful. "Some of the demands are very harsh. The boss of Ten Li Xiang was once punished for something like that, and then he was forced to eat a certain type of meat. There was another person who entered the cursed hospital to search for his daughter, but not only did he fail to find his daughter, his memory was altered, and he became a pitiful puppet. "
Green veins popped on his cheeks, and Chi Ren was filled with regret. "Yes, we are all monsters."
"As long as you retain your humanity, you are still a human." Chen Ge consoled Chi Ren, but his heart was thinking about something else.
The headmaster had a very good relationship with the Demon God with the surname Chi. They were like the same person. It was very difficult to split them apart. If Chen Ge wanted to fight them, he would need the help of two Demon Gods.
And that was just the right to fight them face to face. The cursed hospital had existed for more than twenty years. No one could really tell how many Demon Gods they had.
Even a victim like Chi Ren knew about the existence of two Demon Gods, so the actual number of Demon Gods at the cursed hospital was probably more than Chen Ge had predicted.
Zhang Ya is a Demon God, and the red high heels is a Top Red Specter. Xiao Bu can unleash the power of a Top Red Specter in Li Wan City, but in other people's worlds, he is still a step away from becoming a Top Red Specter. These three were the top combatants at Chen Ge's Haunted House. The red high heels and Xiao Bu were the Red Specters who had the highest chance of becoming Demon Gods in the near future.
The difference in power is too big. I need to borrow their strength. Three names appeared in Chen Ge's mind — Doctor Gao, the painter, and Chang Wenyu.
Doctor Gao destroyed the door to Coffin Village, so he can move freely in the red city. Perhaps he has already become a Demon God. My relationship with him is very complicated. We both belong to the Society of Strange Tales, and I have a relationship with Gao Ru Xue. I should be able to convince him.
The painter himself has power close to that of a Demon God, and he has many Red Specters following him. Due to Fan Yu, he is not my enemy.
Even though Chang Wenyu has used me before, she now needs me to recover her spirit. Of the three 'people', she is the easiest to become my friend.
Chen Ge knew that he would not be able to pose any threat to the cursed hospital alone, so he decided to gather all the power he had.
Now that I think about it, I still have a chance of winning.
After communicating with Chi Ren, Chen Ge decided to go and solve Chang Wenyu's problem that day. He needed to help Chang Wenyu recover as soon as possible. That would be very beneficial to him as well.
With our current power level, if the cursed hospital comes after me, I might not be able to escape.
Many of the employees at the Haunted House were Red Specters, but Chen Ge was just a normal person. It would be too easy for the cursed hospital to kill a normal person.
"Therefore, the plan has to be moved forward. We cannot give the cursed hospital too much time." Chen Ge turned back to Chi Ren. "While you have been a part of the family of the monster with the surname Chi, have you run into any doctors or patients who have left the hospital?"
"I have."
"They will run into danger when they are out on a mission. Did they come to you for help? After all, you are related to the cursed hospital, and you are all carrying the curse on you, "Chen Ge asked patiently.
"We normal people with the surname Chi that are scattered around the city are pawns of the cursed hospital. Be it the patients or the doctors, as long as they sense the curse on us, they will ask us to do something, and we will normally agree to it unconditionally." Chi Ren had a bitter expression on his face. "We do not have the right to refuse."
"In other words, the people with the surname Chi are at the lowest level at the cursed hospital?" A bold thought appeared in Chen Ge's mind.
"You can say that."
"You can stay in this room for now. I can promise you that as long as you do not leave this room, you will not run into any danger." Chen Ge had not slept the whole night, but he did not feel sleepy at all. His eyes were filled with excitement.
"Are you leaving? By the way, I still do not know how to address you. " Chi Ren was still in a daze. Both the cursed hospital and Chen Ge were existences that he could not afford to offend. In comparison, Chen Ge appeared to be more reliable and friendly.
"There are cooked food and beer on the table that I bought yesterday. The bathroom is next door. If you are tired, go to sleep. Before I return, do not leave this building." Chen Ge left the two Red Specters behind. He ran to one of the scenarios on the first floor and summoned Xiao Sun.
"How are your studies coming along?" Chen Ge turned to look at Xiao Sun with anticipation.
"I really did not expect that I would still have to receive a force-fed education after I died …" Xiao Sun felt like he had slimmed down a lot, and his body had become more transparent. "I have learned everything that I should have learned, and I have memorized everything that I should have memorized. Now, even if Patient 101 were to come back to life, I would not be as good as him."
"Very good. Go and prepare yourself. I will send you to the cursed hospital in a few days."
"So soon?" Xiao Sun's face blanched instantly.
"Listen to my plan first."
Chen Ge planned to use the people with the surname Chi to send Xiao Sun to the cursed hospital. He first communicated with Xiao Sun and then brought Xiao Sun out to scout the place.
They used the whole morning to lock onto a person with the surname Chi in the countryside of Xin Hai.
"I need to familiarize myself with the environment first. We will make our move tonight."
At around 1 pm, when Chen Ge returned to Nightmare Academy, he realized that Zhang Jingjiu and Qu Changlin had already arrived.
"In the future, Zhang Jingjiu will be the acting manager, Qu Changlin will be the main designer of the props and scenarios, and Xiao Die, you will be the foreman." There were three living employees at the haunted house. Chen Ge gave each of them a job that sounded quite impressive. "First, clean up the useless props and old scenarios. Depending on the situation, we will open for business in three days."
After assigning the jobs, Chen Ge asked Xiao Die about her little brother, and then he carried his backpack and hurried to Xin Hai First High School.
Xiao Die's little brother attended Xin Hai First High School, and it was also the school that Chang Wenyu's soul had entrusted to.
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