Chen Ge dragged the hammer and walked to the end of the corridor. He scanned through all the teammates around him in his mind, and he realized that everyone was suspicious.
The drunkard accidentally boarded the bus. He was the most normal of the group. He had hope for life and was afraid of death, but at the same time, he had the tenacity of a normal person.
The doctor had interacted with Chen Ge twice. When the other passengers disappeared one by one, the doctor had stayed on this bus and survived.
Putting aside Jia Ming, the one who alerted Chen Ge the most was Lee Zheng. He remembered the message that he had received on his phone before he entered Li Wan City, and it did not appear to be Lee Zheng who had sent him the message.
After he met Lee Zheng, he did not point it out because he wanted to give both parties some buffer time.
The chance of Scissors being the shadow was the lowest in Chen Ge's eyes. He was trying to make himself look scarier, and that was hard for others to mimic.
The identity of the smiling man was a mystery. If the shadow had killed him before he got on the bus and then replaced him, because the others did not know much about the smiling man, no matter what the shadow did, they would probably think that the smiling man was always like this. He was the easiest person to disguise, but due to his unique identity, he was also the easiest suspect.
The tip of the hammer scraped against the ground, creating a hair-raising sound. Chen Ge walked alone in the dark. The drunkard and Scissors did not dare get too close.
At that moment, Chen Ge gave them a very dangerous feeling. There was something special about the normal man.
"Let me guess what the shadow has prepared for me?" The white cat leaned on Chen Ge's shoulder. Its ears were perked up, and it was in a highly nervous state. However, Chen Ge did not give any warning. This meant that there was something scary inside the building, but it had not shown itself yet.
The building was not big. Chen Ge soon reached Jiang Long's home, and that was where the door that had gone out of control was located.
"Soon, I'll know the difference between a door that has gone out of control and a normal door." Chen Ge raised the hammer and smashed the door open.
A thick blood fog leaked out from the room. The blood fog inside the room was thicker than the one inside the residential area. A normal person would only be able to see two to three meters around them.
"I'll go in and take a look." Chen Ge gripped the hammer with one hand, and his other hand reached into his backpack to retrieve the red high heels. "I'm sorry."
He threw the two shoes in the living room and stood at the door to observe for a while. After confirming that there were no traps in the blood-shrouded house, he entered.
When his body came into contact with the blood mist, he felt an inexplicable sense of irritation. Negative emotions assaulted his mind, and if it was someone with a weak will who entered, he might lose control. "The few of you guard the outside for now. The mist is thick here, so be careful not to get hurt."
Picking up the red high heels, Chen Ge noticed that the blood fog would become thinner when it got close to the high heels. The high heels appeared to be actively absorbing the blood fog.
"This fog is good for ghosts?" Chen Ge asked Bai Qiulin and got an affirmative answer. The bloodstain on Bai Qiulin's chest was spreading everywhere.
Temporarily, Chen Ge did not know whether there would be any side effects from absorbing this thing, so he did not summon all the ghosts.
"There's nothing strange in the living room. The basement is behind the closet …" Chen Ge was about to go there when the white cat on his shoulder suddenly meowed. Chen Ge turned to look and saw the white cat baring its teeth at the bedroom.
"When it runs into a Red Specter, the little guy will usually shiver in fear. Since it dares to resist, it means that the ghost in the bedroom is not that strong." Even though it was not that strong, Chen Ge was not going to let his guard down. He tossed the high heels into the room first and then slowly entered it.
"Try to sense where it is." The bedroom was not big, but after the white cat entered, it seemed to lose its sense of the thing. It kept baring its teeth at the bottom of the bed and meowing at the curtain.
"Is it purposely trying to stall for time?" Chen Ge could not rule out that possibility. He did not want to waste any more time, but at that moment, the bedroom door suddenly closed.
The sound of a music box reverberated in the room. The blood fog slowed down, and a girl's mumbling could be heard in the mix.
"Daddy and mommy entered the basement. After daddy came out, he locked the door. He carried the black bag and touched my head. He said that a disobedient child would be taken away by the ghost.
"I lay on the bed in the bedroom and was reminded of mommy's words.
"When you sleep alone, remember to pull the covers over; when you sleep alone, remember to close the window; when you sleep alone, remember to check the closet; when you sleep alone, remember to look under the bed.
"Daddy left home with the bag, and I was the only one left in the room.
"I looked under the covers, outside the window, inside the closet, and under the bed, but I could not find mommy."
The song echoed in the room like it was telling the story of what had happened in this room.
"Daddy said that a disobedient child would be taken away by the ghost. The girl looked at the place that she did not listen to her mother. Is she trying to tell me that her mother has been killed?" Chen Ge knew the owner of this room was Jiang Long's family. "At the time, Jiang Long was controlled by the shadow, and he would have done many horrible things. The basement, the disappearance of his mother and sister, everything fits."
The music box was still playing, and then it was replaced by another woman's voice.
"The red eyes looked at you. You could not see me, but I could see you.
"I followed your gaze. I hid under the bed, inside the closet, stood before the window, and finally crawled under your covers.
"I crawled behind you and lay before you, but you still could not see my red eyes."
Chen Ge stared at the places that the woman pointed out and waved the hammer. "Looks like the mother has indeed been killed. She is in this room, but the daughter cannot see her. I can hear the voices of both mother and daughter, which means that they are both gone. This matches the police's investigation. Jiang Long's wife and daughter have disappeared, and they have not been found. "
"It was Jiang Long who killed his own family. To be more precise, it was Jiang Long who was controlled by the shadow. This man sure has no humanity." Chen Ge did not know whether Jiang Long's wife and daughter were innocent or not. He decided to find them and bring them back to the Haunted House to interrogate them.
"Come out on your own. I've already blocked the door; you won't be able to escape."
There was no answer, and the music box's sound echoed in the room. Chen Ge did not waste any time. He used the hammer to smash the bed and the window. When he reached the cupboard, the music box stopped abruptly.
"This shouldn't be the shadow's trap. He's probably trying to confuse me." Chen Ge used the high heels to pull open the closet's handle. There was an exquisite music box inside.
The box looked old, and there was a family picture inside. The mother was hugging her little brother, and the sister was leaning on the mother happily. There seemed to be someone standing next to them, but that half of the picture had been cut off.
Picking up the music box, Chen Ge shoved it into his backpack. He planned to have the ghost from the comic deal with this thing.
"The red eye inside the closet mentioned by the black phone should be the music box."
Chen Ge thought about it. He had completed all the scenarios mentioned by the black phone. "Once this Li Wan City scenario is unlocked, it'll probably cause a commotion. Hide-and-seek hospital, doghouse, red eye inside the closet, human head mop, a residential area filled with murderers and ghosts. Even if we escape from the building, there will be shadows that can change shape and wave at us. Now that I think about it, this scenario is perfect. My Haunted House is no longer limited to a single building but is moving toward a more diverse direction. With more mannequins and equipment, I can even move everything from Xiao Bu's games into real life so that the visitors can experience that kind of extreme joy. "
Chen Ge could already imagine that once Li Wan City was unlocked, it would cause a sensation on the internet. No Haunted House had ever dared to make such a big move.
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