If this three-star scenario was in an open space, Chen Ge would not have been so conflicted. With his employees, they could retreat if they could not win.
However, the problem now was that the morgue was built underground. If something happened, there was nowhere to run, and they might be trapped there until they died.
Chen Ge took the pen and paper and did a simple count of the Specters that could be of use on his side.
"Theoretically speaking, my Haunted House can be considered a three-star scenario. There are many Specters, and they all have special powers, but they are not that strong."
Eighty percent of the Haunted House's power came from Zhang Ya, the remaining fifteen percent came from Xu Yin, and the remaining five percent came from other Specters.
"I have the power to take on other three-star scenarios, but that will have to wait until Zhang Ya wakes up."
To speed up Zhang Ya's awakening, Chen Ge only needed to find a few female Specters to talk about life, but he was afraid that when Zhang Ya woke up, she would kill him in anger.
Chen Ge lay in bed. He felt like he could not rely too much on Zhang Ya, even though this feeling was very comforting.
"The other Specters at the Haunted House still have potential. Xu Yin's heart hasn't been dyed red, so he's one step away from becoming a real Red Specter. This last step should be related to the door."
Turning the pen in his hand, Chen Ge was reminded of the door at the Third Sick Hall. "Should I go ask Meng Nan's main persona? The child is a door-pusher, so he should know a lot of information. "
Chen Ge was instinctively wary of the world behind the door, but this was a critical moment, so he could not care less.
"The chairperson of the Society of Strange Tales has at least two Red Specters, Xiong Qing and his wife. I have to be prepared to face two Red Specters at the same time."
Chen Ge glanced out the window. Night had fallen. "Since I have nothing else to do tonight, I should go to the Third Sick Hall."
After packing his backpack, Chen Ge took out the black phone to look at it before he left. When Lee Zheng mentioned that the missing person's body had been found, the black phone had vibrated slightly. Chen Ge had not had the time to look at it.
He swiped the screen and opened the unread messages.
"Special Visitor Mission — The Missing Wife has been completed. Specter's Favored, congratulations on unlocking a scary scenario — The Wife's Room!
"Wife's Room (Scream Factor One Star): I thought he would marry me, but who would have thought he would place me inside a statue and place me in the dark morgue?"
The mission of special tourist Liu Xianxian had been completed, but there were still many unresolved questions. For example, why did Liu Xianxian force herself to come into contact with those terrifying things? Why do I have to smile when I'm scared?
Chen Ge was sure that Liu Xianxian was hiding something from him. This girl's relationship with Liu Zhe was not simple. Perhaps she knew some of Liu Zhe's secrets.
Now that Liu Zhe has lost his mind, and Liu Xianxian has been ignored, the strange things happening to her must be related to Liu Zhe. This is a breakthrough.
Carrying his backpack, Chen Ge stopped at the Haunted House. He thought about it and changed his mind. He called a taxi to get to Western Jiujiang Medical University.
When he arrived, Chen Ge walked toward the school like usual.
"Hey! What are you doing? " A tall and thin security guard stopped Chen Ge. The man did not seem to be in a good mood, and his face was drawn.
"Go into the school to look for someone." Chen Ge's eyes scanned the tag on the guard's chest. This was the person that Lee Zheng had mentioned to him, Zhang Li.
Before Liu Zhe turned himself in, Lee Zheng had also suspected Zhang Li. On the night Ma Yin's sister disappeared, it was Zhang Li who was on the night shift.
"The school has been very strict recently. Outsiders are not allowed into the school. Call the person and ask him to come out." Zhang Li did not care about his feelings at all. This was probably one of the reasons why he was so unpopular.
Chen Ge did not waste time with Zhang Li. He called Liu Xianxian and asked her to come out.
"Mr. Chen, you're looking for me?" Liu Xianxian's impression of Chen Ge was very good. He was kind, kind, and most importantly, he had once saved her life.
Chen Ge nodded. He entered the teahouse that they had visited last time and asked for a single room.
After closing the door, the room became quiet.
After a moment's silence, Chen Ge spoke first. "How much do you know about Liu Zhe?"
The mention of Liu Zhe made Liu Xianxian's expression dim. Her eyes seemed to lose color, and she told the story between her and Liu Zhe.
In Liu Xianxian's description, Liu Zhe was a mature and perfect man. He had no flaws, but because he missed his late wife too much, he hesitated when facing a new relationship.
After listening to her carefully, Chen Ge looked at Liu Xianxian and asked the second question. "That day, when you entered the underground storeroom, Ma Yin was protecting you. Even at the most dangerous moment, she did not abandon you. Now, let me ask you another question. If one day, both Ma Yin and Liu Zhe fell into the water at the same time, and you could only save one, who would you save? "
This was a very boring question, but Chen Ge's tone was very serious.
"I don't know." Liu Xianxian picked up the teacup from the table. She felt uncomfortable being stared at by Chen Ge. It felt like Chen Ge's gaze was like a knife that could pierce through her heart.
"Liu Zhe has surrendered." Chen Ge decided to cut to the chase. "He was the killer who killed Ma Yin's sister several years ago."
"Pa!"
The teacup fell to the ground, and the hot tea splashed all over her. However, Liu Xianxian did not seem to feel any pain. She stared at Chen Ge with widened eyes.
"This happened two hours ago, and Liu Zhe has been arrested."
"Impossible!" Liu Xianxian jumped up from her seat. The person that she loved the most was the killer of her friend's sister. That was too much for Liu Xianxian to accept.
Seeing Liu Xianxian's reaction, Chen Ge sighed in relief. His biggest concern was that Liu Xianxian knew that Liu Zhe was the killer but still chose to help him hide it.
"Things haven't reached the worst stage yet." Chen Ge signaled for Liu Xianxian to calm down and told her the whole story of Liu Zhe's crime.
Before the truth, all excuses were useless. Liu Xianxian sat across from Chen Ge blankly.
"Actually, you should have noticed the many problems with Liu Zhe, or else you wouldn't have gone to the statue to confirm whether he loved you or not." Chen Ge gave Liu Xianxian some time to accept the truth before he continued. "When you first entered the Haunted House, I noticed that when you were faced with something scary, even if your heart was filled with fear, you wouldn't run away. In fact, you would even smile. Ma Yin said that you started to change in your second year. Is this change related to Liu Zhe? "
Liu Xianxian nodded after a long time. She told Chen Ge everything.
"Actually, I fell in love with Liu Zhe the first time I saw him. He was very considerate, and when I was with him, I was very happy and satisfied.
"It was not until one night in the second semester of my second year, when we parted ways at the school gate after watching a movie. I was halfway home when I remembered that his gloves were in my bag.
"I ran back to find him, but I realized that he did not return to his dormitory but sneaked into the western campus.
"He was nervous, completely different from his usual self. I was worried that something had happened to him, so I followed him silently.
"That night was particularly dark. I saw him crawl into the sealed laboratory building."
"When I got close, I heard him talking to someone inside the room. He mentioned things like dead bodies and blood vessels.
"I leaned against the window to peek, and what I saw inside the room was something that I would never forget for the rest of my life.
"Liu Zhe was standing in front of a specimen jar, talking to a human head. I did not expect the person I loved to be a madman, and I almost screamed.
"I bit my finger and prepared to sneak away. Liu Zhe was facing away from me, so I did not notice, but the human head inside the jar seemed to see me!
"The heavy eyelids opened slightly. No one touched it, and the head lightly knocked against the glass jar. Then Liu Zhe seemed to understand something, and he turned to run away.
"I knew I had been discovered, so I ran as fast as I could, but I was still caught by Liu Zhe.
"I was terrified, worried that he would do something to me like those madmen in the movies.
"But to my surprise, Liu Zhe stopped when he was three to four meters away from me.
"He used a tone of helplessness and pain to tell me his story.
"Seven years ago, his wife got into a car accident, and after that, he became different from a normal person. He seemed to be able to feel the presence of those things, and he could even hear his wife calling his name the next day."
Liu Xianxian looked at her burned hand, and her voice was hoarse. "I was touched by his love. People like him should not be ignored by the world, so I promised to help him keep this secret."
"He has taken advantage of your kindness. Based on what I know, Liu Zhe has never been married. What he told you was actually what happened to his brother-in-law." Chen Ge pressed the bell to have the waiter come over to help Liu Xianxian deal with her burned hand.
"I know, and I realized it later." After the waiter left, Liu Xianxian said, "As we spent more time together, I noticed some weird things about Liu Zhe. For example, he would enter the underground morgue every Wednesday."
"Enter the underground morgue every Wednesday?" Chen Ge took a sip of his tea. Wednesdays were the day of the Society of Strange Tales's gathering.
"Yes, no one knew why he wanted to go to the underground morgue. I once asked him, but whenever I did, he would explode in anger, saying that he did not want to do it and that he was forced to do it." Liu Xianxian took out her phone and clicked on one of the recordings. "I don't understand why he would be so angry. I recorded this during one of our arguments."
Chen Ge put on the earphones and listened. Other than anger, there was a trace of nervousness and fear in Liu Zhe's voice like he was afraid of something. "In his daily life, did he do anything out of the ordinary?"
Liu Xianxian thought about it for a while. "Liu Zhe's closet always has the smell of formalin, and the food he cooks has a very faint smell of formalin. The smell seems to have seeped into his body, so he usually sprays a lot of perfume when he leaves the house."
She hesitated for a moment before saying something scarier. "Liu Zhe is not a medical student, but he has a lot of information on autopsy and death studies on his computer. His hobbies are quite unique, and you could say he is a bit crazy. He likes to seek out thrills, and the scarier it is, the happier he is. "
Squeezing out a smile, Liu Xianxian gently touched the corner of her mouth. "The reason why I became like this is because of him. He told me that there are many terrifying existences in this world that are beyond human understanding, but as long as I smile at those terrifying things, they will not harm me."
"So, you've been training yourself?"
"Liu Zhe is very kind to me. He has bought me many things and is very kind to me. I grew up without a father, and the feeling that he gave me was very special. At the time, I was probably possessed. I felt like I would do anything for him. "
Chen Ge did not want to waste too much time on Liu Zhe, so he quickly changed the topic. "How much do you know about Liu Zhe's brother-in-law?"
"I'm not sure." Liu Xianxian shook her head. "He would avoid me whenever he answered the phone. He seemed to be afraid of his brother-in-law … By the way, there was one time when Liu Zhe got into an argument with his brother-in-law. At the time, Liu Zhe was practically crying and begging his brother-in-law, saying that he did not want to enter those red corridors anymore."
"Then what did his brother-in-law say?" The underground morgue's corridors were separated into three types, and Lee Zheng had told Chen Ge that.
"His brother-in-law's voice was very soft, so I couldn't hear him clearly. I think he said that as long as we don't make any noise after entering the red corridor, we'll be fine."
"Don't make any noise inside the red corridor. Okay, I understand." Chen Ge nodded silently. Liu Xianxian had accidentally revealed a very important piece of information to him.
After asking a few more questions to make sure that he had not missed anything, Chen Ge sent Liu Xianxian back to the university. Before he left, he reminded her to stay at the university for the next few days and stay away from places with fewer people.
Hailing a taxi to the Third Sick Hall, Chen Ge typed all the information into his phone. Everything he was doing now was to prepare to conquer Western Jiujiang Medical University's underground morgue.
When it was almost 11 pm, Chen Ge arrived at the Third Sick Hall. This time, he had brought all the ghosts from the Haunted House with him, so he was not afraid that Meng Nan's main persona would harm him.
After paying the fare, Chen Ge jumped over the wall and headed for the Third Sick Hall.
He had not seen the Third Sick Hall for several weeks, and it had not changed much.
Tearing off the seal on the door, Chen Ge pushed open the steel door and stood outside Room 3.
Meng Nan's main persona had said that every night at midnight, the blood door at the Third Sick Hall would open for one minute. If Chen Ge wanted to find him, he could have come at that time.
Guarding outside Room 3, as time passed, Chen Ge started to get nervous. This was the first time he had entered the world behind the door.
His palms were sweaty, and his heart was racing. Chen Ge stared at the door, and when the first blood vessels appeared, he silently pressed the play button on the recorder.
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