With his palm pressed against his forehead, Chen Ge maintained his posture for a whole minute before he dared to look behind him.
The shadow had returned to normal, and everything that had happened earlier had not happened.
Chen Ge did not let his guard down. He tried to call Zhang Ya's name a few more times. After confirming that the girl had fallen asleep again, his heart that had been hanging in his throat finally returned to normal.
He collapsed to the ground like he had been drained of energy.
The stars lit up the night sky, and Chen Ge had no idea what he was thinking.
After a while, a white cat ran over, and its furry paw landed on Chen Ge's forehead like it was checking whether Chen Ge had recovered or not.
"You sure ran fast earlier. Didn't you promise to share life and death with me?"
His heart was still pounding. Chen Ge felt like he had overexerted his brain that night, and he was suffering from a lack of oxygen.
There was condescension in the cat's heterochromatic eyes like it was saying, If you dare, why don't you stand up and say something?
Rubbing the cat's head, Chen Ge pretended not to see the cat's expression. Lying on the ground, he took out the black phone and clicked open the unread message.
"Congratulations, Specter's Favored! Congratulations for completing the Nightmare Mode Daily Mission! Obtained Mission Reward — Beginner's Talent, Ghost Ear.
"Ghost Ear: Before you inherit this talent, I hope you can think this through. From this moment onward, you will be able to hear the voice of another world."
The message was short. After reading it, Chen Ge touched his ears, and nothing seemed to have changed.
He closed his eyes, concentrated, and listened.
Someone was whispering deep inside the tunnel, and something was crawling in the bushes. Even though he was more than ten meters away, he could still hear it clearly.
"Something seems to be coming." Chen Ge felt the sound of the crawling in the bushes getting closer. He opened his eyes and used Yin Yang Vision to look in the direction of the sound.
About eight meters away, there was something that looked like a human lying in the bushes. It was wearing an old jacket, and its head was tilted toward Chen Ge like it was preparing to ambush him.
"It's you!"
When Chen Ge arrived in the taxi, he saw a person lying in the middle of the road. When the taxi passed by, the thing in the middle of the road quickly fled into the bushes on the side.
The monster in the distance didn't expect Chen Ge's ears to be so sensitive. It was able to detect him even though he was approaching from behind.
It decisively retreated. Its body seemed to have no bones as it quickly fled.
"What is that thing?"
Chen Ge picked himself up from the ground. He wasn't sure if the monster that escaped was the same as the one he had encountered earlier.
"Their existence should be related to this strange tunnel."
Patting the dust off his body, Chen Ge decided to leave this place first. "After Zhang Ya wakes up, I'll bring all the employees here to search this place. Who knows, I might be able to meet more like-minded friends. At that time, I will invite them to my haunted house as guests. "
Carrying the white cat, Chen Ge walked along the road.
"Your cat seems to have gotten heavier again. Next time, when you bite me, try to be gentler. I'm already bleeding. I wonder if I need a rabies shot …"
Walking along the road for thirty minutes, Chen Ge didn't see a single car pass by. This place was too deserted.
When it was around 4 pm, a moving company's truck passed Chen Ge. The truck was heading toward Jiujiang's city. Chen Ge saw that it was on his way, and he immediately called for help.
The driver was not a bad person. He slowed down, but he didn't open the door. Instead, he studied Chen Ge carefully through the window.
"Brother, can I hitch a ride with you? I want to go to the city. "
While the driver was studying Chen Ge, Chen Ge was also studying the man. The driver was about forty. His face was pale, and his body looked weak. Perhaps because he often stayed up late, there were dark circles around his eyes.
"Why are you wandering alone in the countryside at night? And he's hugging a cat? "The driver thought Chen Ge was very suspicious; everything about him was weird.
"I own a Haunted House, and I'm also an internet celebrity. Normally, I like to conduct ghost exploration livestreams and look for some inspiration to design my own Haunted House." Chen Ge's unique self-introduction stunned the driver, and he did not react for a long time.
"Look, this is my personal page for short videos, and this is the report on Jiujiang News about me." Chen Ge passed the phone to the driver through the window. The man looked at it for a long time before he realized Chen Ge's occupation.
"This is a moving company's truck. If you don't mind, you can use the truck at the back. I'll drive you to the city." The driver returned the phone to Chen Ge.
"Thank you." Chen Ge did not argue. He opened the door at the back of the truck and jumped in. "Brother, you can drive now."
"Remember to lock the door from the inside, or else the things inside might fall out."
"Don't worry."
After Chen Ge closed the door, the engine started. He stood in the middle of the truck, and his body swayed along with the truck.
He wanted to find something to rest on. When he used his phone as a light source, he noticed that there were many ropes inside the truck.
These ropes were probably used by the moving company to secure the furniture. It was nothing, but Chen Ge noticed that some of the ropes were stained with blood.
When his fingers touched them, the blood had already coagulated.
"Brother, where did you drive this truck from? Why are you working so late at night? "From the voice, there was nothing wrong with it. Chen Ge sounded like he was just asking.
"Don't talk about it. Yesterday, we ran into a strange customer. He offered us double the price to help him move at night." The driver did not think much of it and replied to Chen Ge.
"Moving at night? We? " Chen Ge keenly noticed the strangeness in the driver's words. "Brother, you're the only one in this truck? Where are your colleagues? "
"They're still helping out. The customer is very generous, giving them three hundred yuan each." There was a trace of envy in the driver's voice.
"Help? Has something like this happened to your moving company before? "
"It's just helping the customer move the furniture into the house. That's normal."
The driver did not think that it was a big deal, but he thought Chen Ge was acting weird.
"Brother, I think you're a good person, so I'm telling you so much." Chen Ge snapped a few pictures of the ropes. "When you moved the furniture, did you notice anything strange? Or did you smell something strange? "
"We're just laborers, so why would we care about that?"
The truck picked up speed, and the road condition worsened.
Without getting more information, Chen Ge sat next to the ropes, and he felt like he was being too sensitive.
Just as he was about to close his eyes to rest, his phone vibrated. He took it out and saw that it was a call from Lee Zheng.
"Something important must have happened." Chen Ge answered the call. "Inspector Lee, how can I help you?"
"The forensics team found skin scraps of the missing people inside the statue. Someone used the statue to move the bodies several years ago!"
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