"Cooperate with Team Two to investigate the bodies in the dam. Leave the rest to us." Whenever Lee Zheng spoke to Chen Ge, he had this strange feeling. Be it the tone or the way he thought, the man was like a frontline detective with many years of combat experience. Sometimes, he even wondered if Chen Ge was a special member that Captain Yan had purposely found.
Lee Zheng felt like one day in the future, if Chen Ge patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Sorry, I'm also a police officer," he would not be that surprised.
He loved his profession, but Chen Ge's pursuit of justice and the investigation of murder had far exceeded the scope of his passion. It was hard to imagine what kind of state he was in every day, searching for buried cases in the forgotten corners of the city without asking for anything in return.
"Okay, I will cooperate with them."
The investigation team responsible for the bodies in the dam was Eastern Jiujiang's police station and Team Two. Chen Ge was not that familiar with them. After asking some basic questions, they came to a stalemate over the ownership of the coffin lid.
In the end, with the persuasion of Team Two's leader, Chen Ge agreed to give the coffin lid and the dolls inside the coffin to the police. After the forensics team and other professionals finished their work, the police would transport them back to the Haunted House.
"Every doll here has a name carved on their back, and each name corresponds to a living child. I suggest you investigate all these names; you might find something unexpected." Eastern Jiujiang had been peaceful for a long time, but the peace was fake. There was an undercurrent under the surface, and no one knew how much more dirty water was hidden under the surface.
At 3: 30 am, the dam's manager and the rescue team arrived, and they fished out all the bodies and coffins.
During the process, one of the rescue team members heard strange noises coming from the cave underneath the dam. Someone else saw shadows moving inside the cave, but it was unclear whether it was a school of fish or something else.
The salvage went smoothly. The bodies and coffins were moved away after they were pulled out of the water, and there was nothing else for Chen Ge to do.
After getting the police's permission, Chen Ge hailed a cab and left.
He had not seen a scary scenario built underwater before, and he was curious about this newly unlocked scenario.
At around 4 am, Chen Ge returned to his Haunted House. He pushed open the door and rushed underground.
Walking down the dark stairs, Chen Ge realized that there was another path between Mu Yang High School and Coffin Village.
It could only allow two people to pass through it side by side. It extended into the depths of the underground and felt very stifling.
The light was dim and the air was damp. Chen Ge could vaguely hear the sound of water ripples.
At the end of the passage was a pitch-black surface of water, on which a small boat was floating.
The boat was made of wood and could only seat two people at most.
"No oars?"
Chen Ge tossed the Vat Ghost into the water. To his surprise, the water was quite deep.
Sitting on the boat, Chen Ge put his hand into the water and slowly rowed forward.
"This design is a bit crazy. To move the boat, one has to use their hands to paddle. If the monsters and ghosts hiding in the water come out at this time, how desperate would the people on the boat be?"
For safety reasons, Chen Ge decided to go to the prop room to make a small wooden pulp in case of emergency.
Holding onto the wall, the boat continued to move forward. The scenario for Twin Water Ghost was only half the size of Mu Yang High School.
"This is a two-star scenario after all. It can't be so simple, right?"
Chen Ge sat on the boat and used the flashlight on his phone. The Vat Ghost's head suddenly popped out from the water. He waved his hands and pointed at the water.
"You mean there's something underwater?" Chen Ge thought about it and felt that was possible.
The water was wide, and the boat did not have oars. The people on the boat could only use their hands to paddle, and they might be dragged off the boat by the things underwater.
No matter what, safety was the most important thing. To ensure that no accidents would happen to the visitors, Chen Ge removed his shirt that was still wet and jumped into the water again.
Using Yin Yang Vision, Chen Ge was shocked to discover that it was a whole different world underwater.
The scenario was slanted. The deeper he went, the deeper the water became, and the more things there were.
Near the entrance, there were things that one could see in daily life. There was an old sofa, a tilted table, and a broken lamp. It felt like several rooms had sunk underwater.
"Is this where the victims lived?" The bottom of the river was filled with broken dolls. Broken faces were embedded at the bottom, staring at the boat on the surface.
Further ahead of the doll fragment was a large number of coffins. They were stacked on top of each other, making the underwater terrain very complicated.
"Temporarily, this scenario cannot be opened to the visitors. Without the necessary equipment, it's easy for accidents to happen." Running into scary things underwater was ten times scarier than running into them on the surface, but unfortunately, the risk was too high. Chen Ge was a Haunted House operator, and his definition was that of a service industry. Underwater scenarios were a good direction, but he had to wait for the necessary equipment before he could try it.
"It's not completely useless. In the future, I can place all the water ghosts that I catch here." Chen Ge and the Vat Ghost worked together to push the boat to the shore. Then, he hugged his jacket and walked back the way he had come. "You can stay here for now."
The Vat Ghost was a coward. If he was given a water vat, he could stay inside it for several years. His personality was not good for his appearance.
"If you see the visitors sneaking in, remember to stop them from leaving. If they fall into the water, you have to save them, understand?" After giving the order to the Vat Ghost, Chen Ge was still worried. He ran to the props room to build a barricade and placed it at the entrance.
"Who would have thought my Haunted House would have an underwater scenario?" Chen Ge looked at his Haunted House, and a sense of pride rose in his heart. With his help, the Haunted House had a hospital, a school, a village, a residential area, and now even a man-made lake. "The Haunted House has only been upgraded to Maze of Terror. If I continue to unlock it, will my Haunted House become an underground city made up of endless ghost stories and scary legends?"
When he first obtained the black phone, Chen Ge had seen the term Castle of Nightmare in the mission description, and he believed that was the final state of the Haunted House.
After dealing with all that, Chen Ge placed the wet clothes in the bathroom. After a quick wash, he returned to the staff breakroom.
Just as he was about to go to bed, his cell phone vibrated. Lee Zheng was calling him at this time.
"Inspector Lee? How is it? "
"We've found Huang Ling's husband." Lee Zheng's tone was not that friendly. They seemed to have run into some trouble.
"Where did you find him?" Chen Ge suddenly sat up, and that gave the white cat, who had just crawled up to him, quite a fright.
"We checked the surveillance along the way and finally found him at the entrance of White Dragon Cave Tunnel. At the time, he was already unconscious."
"White Dragon Cave Tunnel?" Chen Ge thought the name was familiar, and his eyes slowly widened. White Dragon Cave Tunnel was the abandoned tunnel that he had visited during his Nightmare Mission. It was there that he had seen his younger self being murdered.
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