"It's this letter again?" Chen Ge placed the letter that he had found in Xiao Die's room on the coffee table. "Last night, three of my employees went missing, and I found similar letters inside their rooms."
"What is their goal?" Zuo Han's eyes were glued to the letters.
"Mr Wang wrote his first friend on the back of this letter, and the letter that I found inside my employee's room wrote his seventh friend on the back. The other party believes that both my employees and Mr Wang are their friends, so there has to be something in common between my employees and Mr Wang." Chen Ge analyzed calmly. "Based on the timeline, I suspect that they are here to capture people based on the serial murder case from twenty years ago. Mr Wang was the investigator of the case from twenty years ago, so he was the first person who found the clue to the real killer. My employees were also dragged into this case because I was investigating it recently. They are the last few people who are related to this case."
"Therefore, Mr Wang is the first friend, and your employees are the seventh friend?" Zuo Han nodded. He felt like Chen Ge had a point. "Mr Chen, can you hand the letter that the other party left for Mr Wang to me for safekeeping?"
Chen Ge had a feeling what Zuo Han was thinking. After a moment's hesitation, he handed the letter to Zuo Han. "Don't be rash. This group of people is not from the same world as you."
"Not from the same world?"
"I cannot tell you anything more than that, but please believe me, I will not harm you." Chen Ge picked up his backpack. "You and Ol 'Wu better leave Xin Hai as soon as possible and find a more crowded place to stay tonight."
"What about you?" Zuo Han heard an unusual sense of urgency in Chen Ge's tone.
"Some things started because of me, so I can't run away from it." Chen Ge told Zuo Han and Ol 'Wu a few more things before leaving Mr Wang's place.
The cursed hospital had been operating in Xin Hai for many years. This was something that Chen Ge had discovered when he was hunting the Specters a few days ago.
All the Red Specters in Xin Hai appeared to have been cursed. Be it the evil spirit at the Cards Arch or the Red Specter at the abandoned school, their lingering spirits had been corrupted, and they had turned into monsters that only knew how to kill and spread despair.
The cursed hospital's control over Xin Hai was intangible. All the ghosts that had some power in this place seemed to be affected by them. One could say that the cursed hospital represented the dark side of Xin Hai.
"The seven friends might all be related to the serial murders from twenty years ago. In other words, all seven of them might be related to me. Perhaps all of them know about the case from back then. The cursed hospital is forcing me to show myself." With his experience, Chen Ge saw through the cursed hospital's plan with one glance, but the key was that the other party was using an open scheme. Even if he knew that they were purposely baiting him, there was nothing he could do.
If he wanted to know the truth, he could not retreat. Furthermore, with at least seven lives that were related to Chen Ge as a bargaining chip, the cursed hospital was determined to force Chen Ge from the dark to the light.
Perhaps the cursed hospital had been given quite a headache by Chen Ge. After all, a living person was carrying around a Demon God and a Top Red Specter to engage in guerilla warfare with them. Who could stand that?
One less Red Specter today, one less Top Red Specter tomorrow. No matter how rich the cursed hospital was, they could not afford to play this game.
After managing Xin Hai for more than twenty years, the cursed hospital would not allow Chen Ge to continue like this. The act of sending out their underlings to feed their enemies would not happen in real life.
After a Top Red Specter was killed by Chen Ge, they reacted immediately. No matter what, they had to deal with the big problem that was Chen Ge.
To be honest, now was not the best time to make a move on Chen Ge, but the cursed hospital could not wait any longer.
The cursed hospital had the geographical advantage, and Chen Ge had the human advantage. The two parties used the whole city as their base, and that day, they had completely fallen out with each other.
Night fell, but the bustling Xin Hai was still brightly lit. In fact, it was even livelier than it was during the day.
The people who were celebrating did not notice that there was an additional smear of blood in the sky. In the shadows of the city, pairs of bloodshot eyes opened. They also did not notice a young man standing at the corner of the street.
The man was carrying a large backpack, and there was a white cat following behind him.
Chen Ge did not return to Nightmare Academy. After he left Mr Wang's home, he went to the police station and hid inside the café next to the police station.
When the passersby saw him carrying a white cat and a bunch of stuff, they all thought that he was a street artist, so no one went to disturb him.
At around 8 pm, Chen Ge received the first piece of good news. The red high heels had managed to communicate with Dr. Gao through the curse.
Although she said she had managed to communicate with Dr. Gao, in reality, the red high heels was merely creating the illusion that Gao Ru Xue had arrived at the cursed hospital. Through the curse in her blood, she could sense that the distance between her and Dr. Gao was slowly closing.
To prevent any accidents and unnecessary misunderstandings during the battle, Chen Ge had the red high heels brand the blood that was mixed with the curse on the back of his hand.
It was a very inconspicuous scar in the shape of a drop of blood. This was the mark that was formed from the mixture of the blood from Gao Ru Xue's heart and the blood from the white cat. Dr. Gao was madly moving toward the location of this mark.
"Based on the red high heels' analysis, Dr. Gao's current power level is much scarier than hers. To be able to surpass a Top Red Specter with curses, Dr. Gao has probably become a Demon God."
There was an unresolvable grudge between Dr. Gao and the cursed hospital. He could be considered as Chen Ge's aid.
Now that he had the help of two Demon Gods, Chen Ge felt like he could give it a try.
He took out the black phone and flipped to the Trial Missions tab. His eyes landed on the four-star Trial Mission, The Cursed Hospital.
"The cursed hospital is the only mission that I have yet to complete on the black phone's mission list. I wonder if there will be any new changes to the black phone after I accept this mission."
At the very beginning, there was no four-star Trial Mission on the black phone's mission list. As Chen Ge continued to complete other missions, the four-star Trial Missions started to unlock.
"The phone has not updated any missions for a long time already. After I complete the cursed hospital mission, will there be a chance that a five-star Trial Mission will appear?"
The difficulty of a four-star Trial Mission was already difficult for Chen Ge to accept. If a five-star Trial Mission really existed, just how difficult would it be?
Chasing all the unnecessary thoughts out of his mind, Chen Ge looked at the last mission on the mission list and slowly moved his finger.
His parents had disappeared at the hospital, and he had not given up on the search.
Actually, he had waited for this day for a long time. One could say that all the hard work and sacrifice that he had put in was so that he could have the right to make a choice.
Now he had done it, and he had exceeded everyone's expectations.
"At least seven lives are hanging in the cursed hospital's hands. I cannot watch them be killed before my eyes."
His finger touched the screen, and Chen Ge soon received the message from the black phone.
"Are you sure you want to accept the four-star Trial Mission — The Cursed Hospital? Warning! This Trial Mission is extremely dangerous! Please make your decision after you have made the necessary preparations! "
"Confirm to accept!"
Chen Ge's finger kept tapping on the screen. The black phone kept vibrating. It had received multiple messages.
"Red Specter's Favored, Chen Ge! You have accepted the four-star Trial Mission — The Cursed Hospital!
"Cause and effect, the ending has been decided from the very beginning. You have returned to this place in the end.
"Life and death, you have used death after death to change fate. You have spent twenty years to fight for a chance of survival for yourself.
"Good and evil, everyone thinks that the world behind the door is filled with despair, pain, and unforgivable sin, but there is a child who has sealed his kindness deep inside the nightmare behind the door and left the worst of evil in the world.
"Human and ghost, are you willing to be a happy human or an immortal ghost?
"Mission Requirement: Arrive at Xin Hai Central Hospital before midnight and survive until dawn.
"Optional Mission 1: Find your parents or find their dead bodies.
"Optional Mission 2: Save Patient No. 1 or kill Patient No. 1.
"Optional Mission 3: Kill the hospital director or become the new hospital director.
"Mission Hint: Living in the dream, you might be immortal, but your life will be nothing."
After reading the message on the black phone, Chen Ge was stunned for a long time. The information provided by the mission description this time was huge. The cursed hospital was probably the most complicated and difficult mission that he had ever done.
"The ending has been decided from the very beginning?" Skimming through the mission information, many speculations in Chen Ge's heart were slowly turning into reality. "The me who died again and again when I was young should have come to the cursed hospital twenty years ago. He fought for a chance of survival for me. But there is one thing that is slightly different from what I expected. The child has sealed kindness inside the nightmare behind the door and left the worst of evil outside the door.
"If this child is the other me, then he who is suffering from despair inside the door represents kindness, and the me who is living a normal life outside the door represents evil? Can I understand it that way? "
Chen Ge paused and asked himself subconsciously, "Do I look that bad to you? I am a very kind person. I have helped so many people and saved so many ghosts. "
Temporarily putting this question aside, Chen Ge turned to the optional missions. When he saw the first optional mission, his whole body was filled with excitement.
Since the black phone had given this mission, it meant that there was an eighty percent chance that Chen Ge's parents were inside the cursed hospital.
Since the first day he obtained the black phone, Chen Ge had been waiting for this day, and now it had finally arrived.
"I am not interested in the other two optional missions, but I have to do this mission no matter what!"
Several minutes later, Chen Ge finally calmed down. He looked at the message on the phone again.
"Be it the hint or the optional mission, there are two opposing choices. This is very strange. I have to pay attention to this."
Chen Ge had made all the preparations. At around 10 pm, he received a call from Captain Cai. Captain Cai's tone on the other end of the phone was rather strange.
"Chen Ge, we've investigated the abandoned hospital in the countryside, but we did not find anything out of place. The hospital has been abandoned for many years, and there is no sign of human activity. "
"Then, what is your next step?"
"A portion of the officers will stay at the abandoned hospital to continue the search. We will gather the main force to start a search around the city. The killer is very cunning. Perhaps he is using some kind of ghost story to purposely create panic. If we do not capture them as soon as possible, I'm afraid it will cause a very negative impact." Captain Cai gave a brief summary, but he did not mention anything useful.
Just as Chen Ge was about to hang up, Captain Cai suddenly lowered his voice like he was hiding somewhere with less people. "Chen Ge, listen to me. This case is very strange. If you continue to interfere, your life might be in danger. Leave everything to the police."
"Did you run into something at the hospital?" Chen Ge very keenly sensed that something was wrong.
"Do you still remember the sentence on the note?" Captain Cai's voice lowered even further.
"What kind of sick world is this?"
"After you go back, you'd better burn all the notes with that sentence on them."
"What's wrong? What did you run into? " Chen Ge wanted to ask more, but the phone signal became very weak. Captain Cai's scream came from the other end like someone had knocked into him.
The call ended. Chen Ge called again, but there was no answer.
"Captain Cai's tone is completely different from normal. Could he have been forced to call me under duress? Or is someone else pretending to be him? "Chen Ge had Tong Tong, so he knew many ghosts could do something like this.
"This is not good."
The number of Red Specters and Specters at the cursed hospital was more than the number of employees at Chen Ge's Haunted House. Their various powers and talents were enough to topple Chen Ge's normal understanding of the world.
"I've already accepted the mission on the black phone. I have no other choice now."
At around 10 pm, Chen Ge hailed a cab to head to Xin Hai's countryside. To ensure that the driver was fine, Chen Ge even had Zhang Yi secretly inspect the driver's memory.
From the moment he accepted the mission, other than the ghosts around him, he would no longer trust anyone in Xin Hai.
To find his parents, he had been running around day and night, struggling between life and death many times. Everything he had done was for this day, and he would not allow himself to make the slightest mistake.
When he entered Xin Hai's countryside, the noise disappeared instantly. They were both in Xin Hai, but this place felt like a completely different world compared to the city.
Behind him was the bustling lights of the city, but before him was a sea of cold darkness. He could barely make out the outlines of some abandoned buildings.
This was Xin Hai's countryside, a cluster of abandoned buildings. The further he went, the more desolate it became. There was barely anyone around.
"Handsome, I'll drop you off here." The driver stopped the taxi by the roadside and refused to drive any further.
Chen Ge did not mind that much. After paying the fare, he just got out of the car when the driver suddenly poked his head out the window and waved at him.
"How can I help you?"
"Judging from your accent, you're not from around here, right?" The driver looked left and right before whispering to Chen Ge, "Don't stay in the countryside for too long. I've heard from the older generation that this place is a small underworld. Many people have been buried here."
Before Chen Ge could ask any more questions, the driver turned the car around. He returned the way he came, and his speed doubled.
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