The black hair slammed into the old man like a flood. A slender arm reached out from the black hair to grab the old man's shoulder like it was trying to drag him into the black hair.
Being grabbed by the arm, the old man's body shivered. Obviously, he had been hurt by that arm before. "I've already sent you away. Why did I come back?"
The answer was a merciless slam on the old man. His body landed heavily on the red ground, and even the red shirt on his body dimmed.
"Zhang Ya is here!"
From what the old man said, it sounded like he had already sent Zhang Ya away, but Zhang Ya had broken through the door and returned.
"She came back to find me?" Chen Ge's heart warmed. He was about to say something when he saw Zhang Ya walk out from the black hair. She did not even look at him and walked toward the old man.
In the quiet world behind the door, a cruel tearing sound echoed. Chen Ge's teeth were chattering. "Are all Specters so vengeful?"
When the old man was at his peak, he would have been able to put up a fight, but he was first scared out of his wits by the boy's awakening, and then half of his blood was stolen by the boy, so when he faced Zhang Ya, he was completely suppressed.
"There should be strong and weak Red Specters. This old man is probably the lowest level Red Specter."
Seeing Zhang Ya, Chen Ge's heart that was hanging in the air slowly relaxed. In this strange place, Zhang Ya was the only 'person' who could give him a sense of security.
After the situation calmed down, he wanted to put the blade away and change into a more comfortable position, but when he lowered his head, he saw a pair of strange eyes staring at him.
The clothes of the boy in his arms had been dyed red. His face was pale, and his eyes were dark. There was no sclera or pupil.
Cold sweat slid down his forehead. Chen Ge looked at the wound on the boy's neck, and endless blood vessels were flowing toward it.
"I did that to wake you up. I was forced to do it. I never meant to hurt you."
The boy hung on him like he was trying to climb up.
The feeling of having a child crawling on him was quite scary. Chen Ge wanted to shake him off, but he was afraid that it would cause a deeper misunderstanding.
"Meng Nan, I know your name. I'm here to save you. Your second persona was attacked by the monster, and I helped him. " Chen Ge was not asking for credit. If he did not say more, he was afraid that the boy would get angry and not give him the chance to speak.
Earlier, the old man had called the boy a demon. For a Red Specter to call him a demon, it was clear that the boy had left a deep psychological scar on the old man.
The boy did not stop. He crawled to stand before Chen Ge, and their faces were almost touching.
When he got closer, Chen Ge realized that there were no eyes in the boy's eye sockets at all. There were only two ghastly holes.
Chen Ge had no idea what the boy was looking at, but goosebumps rose on the back of his neck. He silently reached into his pocket and took out the picture of Men Nan and his mother. He placed it between the two faces.
Chen Ge repeated what he had told Meng Nan's second persona to the main persona. "We have similar experiences. Perhaps we can become friends." The brave die from starvation — this saying was perfect for Chen Ge. He tried to rope the boy in with a sliver of hope. In fact, he even had a hope that he could turn the boy into his Haunted House's employee.
Those who are brave will die from starvation. This saying was perfect for Chen Ge. He held onto the one in a million hope and tried to recruit the boy. In fact, there was even a glimmer of hope in his heart that he could turn the boy into an employee at the Haunted House.
Seeing his mother's picture, the boy's attitude softened. He let go of his hand and jumped to the ground. "Where did you find this picture?"
The boy's second persona had asked the same question, and they shared a similar thought process.
"In the dresser in the director's office."
"He has a picture of my mother." The boy raised his head. "Can you give me this picture?"
"No problem." Chen Ge passed the picture to the boy. He could sense the boy's hostility toward him weakening.
Squatting down, Chen Ge looked at the boy at eye level. After a moment's hesitation, he asked softly, "The old man said that this world is your nightmare. Once you wake up, the channel to the outside world will close forever?"
"This world has always existed, and it has nothing to do with me. I'm just the first person to discover this world." The boy pocketed the picture and looked at Chen Ge with hollow eyes. "Don't ask me anything about this world. The more you know, the harder it will be for you to leave."
The boy's intelligence did not match his appearance. Once Chen Ge spoke, he guessed Chen Ge's real goal.
"You can't tell me anything?"
"I can only tell you that this world is the deepest darkness in a person's heart. It reflects fear and evil. It is similar to a normal world but also completely different, like night and day." The boy then walked out the door. The red shirt on him was glaring, and it looked scary.
"I still have two more questions. Don't go so fast." Chen Ge moved forward. His movement was agile, and there was nothing wrong with his body. The blood vessels that had crawled into his arms and legs seemed to have disappeared.
The boy stopped and turned around. His hollow eyes studied Chen Ge seriously. "Aren't you afraid of me?"
"I am, but I want to know the answer." The appearance of Meng Nan's main persona meant a lot to Chen Ge. "I want to ask you about a person. Your secondary persona calls him Doctor Chen."
"I don't know him."
"Your secondary persona once told me that the reason you came to the Third Sick Hall to help the old director close the door was because two people went to invite you. One of them was the old director, and the other was Doctor Chen." Chen Ge sounded sincere. "This person is very important to me. He might be my missing family member."
It was unclear whether the word 'family' had touched the boy, but he moved his empty eyes away. "This Doctor Chen looks normal, but he has a pair of special eyes. They are similar to yours, and they are the type that I hate the most."
"That's it?" Chen Ge was speechless. He asked the second question, "The door that connects the two worlds, what do I have to do to close it?"
"Very simple." The boy smiled. "Just lock a living person inside the door and have him guard the door for you."
"What kind of method is that?" Chen Ge wanted to ask why the door had appeared, but the boy ran out in the blink of an eye.
"Is he hiding something important?"
Chen Ge was afraid that the boy would fight with Zhang Ya, so he quickly chased after him.
After leaving the room, Chen Ge realized that the boy had not wandered far away. The boy's brows were deeply furrowed, and his dark eyes stared forward.
The old director's red shirt had faded, and he no longer looked human. His missing body was wrapped in Zhang Ya's black hair, and it disappeared several seconds later.
"Give me the rest of the old man's body, and I'll let you go." The boy was short, and he felt the pressure.
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