The shadow retreated and ran toward the edge of Li Wan City. Dr. Gao had suffered the full brunt of the curse, so his condition was not that stable.
The blood fog dispersed, and the red dress on Xiao Bu became brighter. She tilted her head to study Chen Ge, like following this person would improve her luck.
"Quick, run!"
Chen Ge carried the two bags and started to run. However, it was Fan Cong who was struggling. He was already very fat, and this time, he was giving it his all.
"Wait for me!" Fan Cong gripped his heart. He felt like fate could be very mysterious. The last time he ran like this was inside Chen Ge's Haunted House, but this time, he was running with Chen Ge.
"Don't stop! I'll go find a car for you! " Chen Ge ran along the road for a long time, but he did not see any usable transportation. In the end, he had no choice but to tell Xiao Bu, "When the doctor catches up to us, bring Fan Cong to find a place to hide. I'll go lure the doctor away, but don't stray too far away from me. I'll need your help to deal with the shadow."
Chen Ge had already run for a long time, and Dr. Gao, whose body had started to dissolve, finally made his move.
The chains cut through the blood fog, creating a shrill sound as they rubbed against the surrounding buildings.
"Chen Ge …"
The blood red eyes stared at Chen Ge and the shadow. Perhaps he was wondering why the two shadows were so similar.
The curse that the whole of Li Wan City had accumulated for so many years had almost all surged into Doctor Gao's body. Black and red blood kept leaking out of his body, and the blood was mixed with black and gray impurities. If one got close enough, one could even hear the wailing of something inside the impurities.
Seeing Dr. Gao's current state, Chen Ge shivered. "The shadow's trump card sure is scary. If Dr. Gao did not show up, it would be me and all my employees who would suffer this much curse. Even if I manage to kill the shadow, I'll lose half of my employees. "
Each Specter had a limit to the number of curses they could digest. Once the limit was exceeded, the Specter would turn into a new curse, and when they were digesting the curse, their negative emotions might be triggered, and they would not be able to receive visitors at the Haunted House.
Without the actors, Chen Ge could only stop all the underground scenarios at the Haunted House.
If the Haunted House could not operate normally, New Century Park would be affected. At the crucial moment of the futuristic theme park's opening, this might be the last straw that broke New Century Park's back.
Everything might seem to be getting better, but in reality, only Chen Ge knew how difficult it was. If he was not careful, all the effort that he had put in would go to waste.
"The shadow retreated on his own and headed toward the ghost apartment. This means that Tong Tong's group has taken something that the shadow values. This is good news for me."
That means that Tong Tong's group has taken something that the shadow values. This is good news for me. "
Behind him, Dr. Gao had caught up, but the man was in a strange state. Chen Ge had no idea why Dr. Gao was chasing after him. "When he committed suicide, didn't we agree on that? I even promised to help him take care of Gao Ru Xue. "
Dr. Gao had already lost his mind, and now that he was being cursed, Chen Ge did not dare stop to talk to him.
"Whatever, I'll get them all to the ghost apartment. Even if there's a fight, I'll have to destroy the ghost apartment. I can't let the shadow's plan succeed."
With Chen Ge leading the way, Dr. Gao and Xiao Bu moved toward the ghost apartment. When the shadow saw this, he almost died from anger.
He knew that Chen Ge was in Li Wan City, but he did not expect that the person Dr. Gao was looking for was Chen Ge.
Sensing a thick sense of malice, Chen Ge looked down the street. The shadow was not far from him.
Pointing behind him, Chen Ge's shadow made a gesture. "Yes, it was me who lured him here."
The shadow gritted his teeth, but he knew that Chen Ge was protected by a Red Specter, and he would not be able to deal with Chen Ge in a short amount of time. Out of sight, out of mind. He picked up his speed and hurried toward the ghost apartment.
"Looks like Tong Tong's group has created a big problem for the shadow." Chen Ge signaled for Xiao Bu and Fan Cong to go with him while he chased after the shadow with all his might.
Soon, a strange scene appeared on the streets of Li Wan City.
The shadow, who was the culprit, was being chased by a living person carrying a bag. Behind him was a madman with a Red Specter, a panting fatty, and a little girl who had lost her limbs.
The shadow was worried about the ghost apartment, so he could not care less about Chen Ge. From the looks of it, it was Chen Ge who was actively chasing after him.
The ghost apartment was at Ming Yang Residence outside Li Wan City. When Chen Ge reached the edge of Li Wan City, he could clearly feel the blood fog thickening.
"The fog outside the small town seems to be different from the fog inside the small town. There seems to be something extra in there." Using his heart to feel, he felt like someone was calling Chen Ge's name from the west, and New Century Park should be in that direction.
The shadow did not give Chen Ge any time to think. He crossed the deserted road and crashed into the residential area.
The blood fog covered his body, and just like that, the shadow disappeared before Chen Ge's eyes.
The shadow had disappeared, but Doctor Gao was still chasing after Chen Ge. He had to find a way to distract Doctor Gao.
Chen Ge turned back to look. One of Doctor Gao's eyes had turned black and red. Countless black threads intertwined with the blood vessels, and they flowed out as grayish-black blood.
"The condition given by Doctor Gao is getting weirder and weirder. Xiao Bu once said that after a Specter suffers too much curse, they will be assimilated. The more powerful the Specter, the scarier the curse will be! If Doctor Gao is assimilated by a Specter, what kind of curse will this Specter who is closest to a Greater Red Specter become? "
"There's no time to waste!" Chen Ge reached into his backpack and yelled Yan Danian's name. "Can you sense Lao Zhou's location? Quick! "
Lao Zhou had lived inside Yan Danian's comic for many years, and they had a good relationship. Chen Ge had the thought of giving it a try, so he yelled Yan Danian's name.
The pressure from a Red Specter was suffocating. Knowing the urgency of the situation, the comic in his backpack flipped on its own, and then a ballpoint pen covered in cellophane tape started to draw a picture on a blank page.
Lao Zhou and Meng Nan were hiding inside one of the rooms, and the window next to them allowed them to see the train station outside Li Wan City.
"This angle?" Chen Ge raised his head to look at the four buildings at Ming Yang Residence before rushing toward the one on the left. He had entered this building with Captain Yan before, and he had seen the train station from one of the windows in this building.
At the crucial moment, the cooperation between the Pen Spirit and Yan Danian had given Chen Ge an important hint.
Summoning Xu Yin, Chen Ge ran down the stairs.
"Lao Zhou! Meng Nan! " He screamed, but once he opened his mouth, he realized that something was wrong. The scene in the corridor was completely different from what he had seen in real life!
In real life, Ming Yang Residence was an unfinished building. It did not even have windows, and the floor was made of untreated cement.
But now, what appeared before Chen Ge's eyes was a clean floor, whitewashed walls, and there were even lamps installed in the corridor for lighting purposes.
"The door that Xiao Bu pushed open is in Li Wan City. She can't influence this place, so Ming Yang Residence can't be made from her memory. So, why is there such a big difference between this place and real life?" If not for Doctor Gao chasing after him, Chen Ge would not have entered such a strange place.
The world behind the door was based on real life, and it was the manifestation of the nightmares in real life.
Upon closer inspection, he realized that there were many kinds of drawings on the walls. There were little people, animals, and toys.
"These things look like they were drawn by children. This is so weird! Why does this place give me the same feeling as when I first entered Jiujiang's Children's Home? "
Lao Zhou and Meng Nan did not answer, and Doctor Gao was right behind him. Chen Ge did not dare go upstairs, afraid that Doctor Gao might block his escape.
"I'll just look around the first and second floors."
With Chen Ge's current physical fitness, he would not be injured if he jumped down from the second floor, but that might not be the case on the third floor.
"Doctor Gao is still quite far away from me. His speed is slowing down, but he still has the upper hand. After the shadow left Li Wan City, I can clearly feel that Xiao Bu is getting stronger, and the red dress on her is getting brighter."
As Chen Ge called Meng Nan and Lao Zhou's names, he rushed into the room. Seeing the closed door, he did not think much and raised his hand to slam it.
The door was smashed open, and the scene behind the door shocked Chen Ge.
There were no ghosts and no cruel scenes; there were only a few young children drawing.
Their eyes were innocent, and they did not know what pain and hatred were. They just held the paintbrushes in their hands and looked at Chen Ge blankly.
These children were like pieces of blank paper. Chen Ge was not praising their innocence; he felt like they were missing something very important. They had lost their spirituality. They were no longer humans but puppets that looked like humans.
A 'thug' with a weapon suddenly barged into the room, but they did not show any emotion. They held the paintbrushes dully and stared at Chen Ge blankly.
"This must be the shadow's doing!"
Chen Ge had heard that Ming Yang Residence was a residential area for ghosts. Initially, he had thought that the people who lived there were all wandering ghosts, but now he realized that he had been too naive. The shadow would not be kind enough to allow wandering ghosts to move in. Everyone who lived here was a child that he could use.
"Did any of you see anyone come in earlier?" The children did not respond to Chen Ge's question. They looked at Chen Ge blankly for a while before picking up the paintbrushes and returning to their work.
Every one of them seemed to have had their memory stripped away, and only some simple pictures were left in their minds. The meaning of their existence was to use the paintbrushes in their hands to draw these simple pictures.
Chen Ge searched through a few rooms, and they were all filled with such children.
"In real life, there are many broken pieces of dolls at Ming Yang Residence. Now that I think about it, those dolls actually correspond to living people."
Without wasting any time, Chen Ge came to the second floor. When he opened the door, he did not forget to shout Meng Nan's name.
"I've seen the Pen Spirit's painting in this building before. Meng Nan and Lao Zhou must be in this building, but why didn't they answer me? Even if they're in danger, they shouldn't be so silenced, right? "
Tong Tong's message was a cry for help. Chen Ge knew that Meng Nan must have run into some kind of problem, but he did not expect things to be so complicated.
Chen Ge hammered open the door to the second floor, and it was still filled with children. "Xiao Bu's hands and legs are hidden on the higher floor. Now that Doctor Gao is about to arrive, if I go up recklessly, I might be caught in a pincer attack by the shadow and Doctor Gao."
Just as he was hesitating, a voice suddenly came from the fourth floor. "Chen Ge! Save me! Save me! "
There were not many people in Li Wan City who knew Chen Ge's real name. Chen Ge lifted his head to look and saw Jia Ming's head poking out from the stairs, and his body was about to fall.
His expression was one of extreme pain, and his eyes were bloodshot like they were about to burst. "Save me! They're all here! "
"Don't come up! Chen Ge! Leave this building immediately! Tell Captain Yan everything that happened here! Remember! You have to tell Captain Yan! " When Jia Ming said that, another voice appeared. This voice was very familiar to Chen Ge — it was Inspector Lee.
"If you want to die, don't drag me down with you! Chen Ge! They're all here! Take us away! Save us! " Jia Ming seemed to be suffering from indescribable pain. His body tried to reach out. Chen Ge could see that his wrists were cuffed, and the other side of the cuff was cuffed to Lee Zheng's wrist.
Lee Zheng, Jia Ming, Scissors, and the rest had disappeared from Ming Yang Residence, and now they had reappeared out of nowhere. This aroused Chen Ge's suspicion.
If this was any other time, he would observe for a while before making a decision, but this situation was too unique.
Doctor Gao was right behind him, and he would arrive soon. He did not have much time to think, and his body instinctively raced up the stairs.
He could ignore Jia Ming's life and death, but he had to save Inspector Lee.
A long time ago, when Chen Ge crossed swords with the Society of Strange Tales for the first time at Fang Hwa Apartments, this police officer had helped him a lot. He had bought him some time at the last moment.
Chen Ge knew that he was not a good person, but he would remember those who were kind to him.
"Lee Zheng mentioned Captain Yan earlier, but why would he tell Captain Yan everything that happened here? Is his identity really that special? "
Running to the fourth floor, Chen Ge saw that Jia Ming and Lee Zheng were tied up, and a few children were pushing them toward the gap in the middle of the stairs.
When the children saw Chen Ge come up, they immediately scattered.
"What is going on?" Loosening the ropes, Chen Ge dragged Lee Zheng down the stairs. He had just asked that question when there was another strange noise coming from the roof.
Raising his head, he saw Scissors, the drunkard, and the doctor being pushed out from the banister, and a few children were holding their legs.
The three of them were on the seventh floor. They were not too far from them, but they were not too close either.
"The shadow is forcing me to go upstairs?" Chen Ge immediately understood the shadow's intention.
"Leave us alone! Get out of here! This is a trap! "The drunkard screamed, and he sounded quite brave.
"There is only one shadow. He can't control so many people at the same time …"
While Chen Ge was thinking, a bang came from outside the building. A chain covered in human faces slammed heavily against the wall outside the building.
"Doctor Gao is coming."
Gripping his fists, Chen Ge summoned Xu Yin and had him take the flyer to another building to lure Doctor Gao away.
"Do you think other than Xu Yin, I don't have any other Red Specters?" Chen Ge took out the hammer and ran toward the roof as fast as he could. "After killing you, I'll go and catch up with Doctor Gao."
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