One of Xiao Bu's hands had been consumed by the shadow, and the other hand was in the smiling man's hand.
After the battle just now, the smiling man disappeared without a trace. It was very likely that he had taken advantage of the chaos to escape.
"Xiao Bu, you've obtained most of your body. Can you control the door now?" Chen Ge was worried that the door in Li Wan City would continue to expand.
Xiao Bu shook his head. The blood pooled on the ground to form words — 'The door has completely gone out of control. I can only slow down its expansion. To control it, you'll need to find all of my body.'
"Then, can you open the door now and send us away?" Xiao Bu was the door-pusher, and from how Chen Ge saw it, he could do that.
The blood flowed, and new words appeared on the ground. "I can, but I can only open it for one minute a day. The door has been controlled by the shadow, and I still need to explore many things."
"One minute is enough." Chen Ge knew that Xiao Bu could not leave with him. Like Meng Nan, she needed to stay behind the door to guard this place.
The door in Li Wan City had already gone out of control. If there was no door-pusher to guard it and it was taken over by something else, what happened that night might repeat itself.
With that in mind, Chen Ge did not force Xiao Bu to leave with him.
As if reading Chen Ge's mind, the blood on the ground changed again — 'You've killed your shadow, so based on our promise, I'll become your new shadow. I will not forget that. After I gain full control of the door, I'll go find you.'
Xiao Bu's eyes wandered between Chen Ge and the shadow behind him. It was hard to tell what he was thinking.
"Okay." Killing the shadow and then having Xiao Bu become Chen Ge's shadow — that was the plan of Chen Ge's parents, but things had changed in a way that no one expected.
Compared to Xiao Bu, who was weak and easy to control, Zhang Ya was the other end of the spectrum. No one knew what would happen if she became the shadow.
"Right, there's one more thing I want to ask you." Chen Ge was suddenly reminded of a question. "One-third of the Society of Strange Tales's heritage is hidden in Li Wan City. Do you know where they are?"
Xiao Bu shook his head again. Chen Ge did not pursue the matter any further. Whether it was the shadow or Dr. Gao, they were both sly old foxes. The good stuff must have been hidden very deeply.
"Dr. Gao is probably here for the Society of Strange Tales. That madman is very scary. He'll probably come again. You're in Li Wan City, and the woman in the raincoat is at the ghost apartment. Both of you are my friends, and a friend of a friend is a friend. So, if you run into any danger, I hope you can look out for each other. You can also come to Western Jiujiang's New Century Park to find me. "After dealing with Xiao Bu, Chen Ge started to inspect his own employees.
When they were facing the shadow, all the employees in the backpack had volunteered to help. Now they were all injured. Fortunately, other than Xu Yin, the other 'people' were not 'infected' by the curse.
"Ol 'Bai, thank you for your help earlier."
Bai Qiulin was a gambler. He was cold on the outside but warm on the inside. Facing Chen Ge's gratitude, he did not know how to react. In the decades that he had been alive and dead, this was the first time he had heard someone say thank you to him. This feeling of being needed was not bad at all.
"It was just a convenience." Bai Qiulin placed his hands in his pockets like he would be at a disadvantage if he spoke too much.
"Whether it was a convenience or not, if it wasn't for you, all of us would have been in trouble." Xu Yin stopped the shadow, and Bai Qiulin led Chen Ge and the backpack away. The division of labor was clear. If one of them had failed, it would have been the shadow or Dr. Gao who would be standing there now.
This high-intensity battle was beneficial for Bai Qiulin. The red spot on his chest started to spread. He could now use thirty percent of Xiong Qing's power.
Blood stains started to appear on the corner of his shirt and pants. Bai Qiulin was moving toward becoming a Red Specter.
Compared to Xu Yin, he was much more relaxed.
He had Xiong Qing's heart, so there was no threshold. After consuming enough baleful Specters, he would become a Red Specter.
Actually, if he thought about it, Chen Ge had gained quite a lot from this mission.
Xu Yin had officially become a Red Specter, Bai Qiulin had become a half Red Specter, and Zhang Ya had consumed the glutton monster's heart. Now, she had obtained half a heart that was suspected to be stronger than a Red Specter. When she woke up again, she would become even scarier.
Most of his employees had gotten stronger, and Chen Ge had 'recruited' a new batch of employees. They were rare spirits and baleful Specters with special powers, and there was a Red Specter who had been reformed by Zhang Ya — the headless woman.
The key was that Chen Ge had gained the friendship of Xiao Bu and the red raincoat. In the future, Haunted House might gain two more Red Specters.
"If I compare my Haunted House to a scary scenario, then its current level should be between three and four stars, perhaps even closer to four stars."
After inspecting the baleful Specters, Chen Ge went to look for the few 'living employees'.
If Haunted House wanted to grow, it would not be able to rely solely on baleful Specters, so it needed a few living employees.
The mixing of living employees and baleful Specters would give the visitors a different feeling.
Chen Ge found Scissors, the drunkard, the doctor, and the fainted Lee Zheng on the first floor.
"Where's Jia Ming?" Chen Ge was quite concerned about the young man who had been possessed by the shadow for many years. He had to know many secrets about the shadow.
"When you were fighting, he dragged the police down the stairs. We saw that something was wrong, so we followed him down the stairs. " When the shadow used all his power to summon the ghost baby, Scissors and the drunkard had regained their freedom, but there were still black threads that represented the curse lingering on their bodies.
Chen Ge picked up the handcuffs on Lee Zheng's wrists. Thankfully, to prevent Jia Ming from escaping, Lee Zheng had handcuffed Chen Ge to himself, or else with Jia Ming's personality, he would not have dragged Lee Zheng along with him to escape.
"That guy took the key and ran pretty fast." Jia Ming and the high-schooler by the name of Bei Ye had escaped. Chen Ge felt like he had to capture them because they had found out many things that they should not have known.
That was the thought in his heart, but naturally, Chen Ge would not say it out loud before other living people. He used his Yin Yang Vision to inspect the few people's bodies, and he realized that they were not in good condition.
There were black lines floating around their eyes like they had been cursed, and they looked very scary.
Scissors and the drunkard were fine. They had drunk some blood vessels prepared for Red Specters at the hotel, and their bodies had changed slightly. Chen Ge could clearly feel that their body temperature was maintained at a relatively low range.
The doctor, on the other hand, was in a worse state. The curse had mixed with the poison that he had drunk earlier, and his muscles had started to wither. Even though he could barely move, he looked like he had aged ten years.
"We've been through this together. You've found out many things about me, and I've found out the secrets in your hearts. Now that you're cursed, I can't just leave you be. How about this, you can stay at my place for now. After I help you completely remove the curse and heal your bodies, I'll send you away, "Chen Ge said very responsibly.
"You don't have to take all the responsibility on yourself. It was our choice to enter Li Wan City. Furthermore, if not for you, we would have died already. You've saved us many times, and we haven't repaid you enough, so how can we continue to trouble you?" The drunkard had already sobered up, and he was very sober now.
"If the curse is not removed, your lives might be in danger. We've been through life and death together, and I can't just watch as you're tormented by your illness." Chen Ge had already summoned all his employees back, and he patted his backpack.
"We've always been saved by you, and now we have to stay at your place to trouble you again. That's too much for my conscience," Scissors suddenly said. "How about this, if there's anything you need help with on your side, we'll do our best to help you! Don't reject us, that's the only thing we can do. "
"Yes, you've helped us remove the curse from the shadow, so you've saved our lives again!" The drunkard and the doctor also turned to look at Chen Ge.
"I own a Haunted House, and the key thing is that I have more than enough manpower. As you've seen, I have the most professional 'actors'." Chen Ge was clearly troubled.
"But we can't just stay and eat at your place for free! At least let us do something that's within our power! "
Since the drunkard and the rest had already said that, Chen Ge did not have the heart to reject them, so he could only 'reluctantly' agree. "Fine, but I'll say this first, if you come to my Haunted House to help, I'll pay you the usual salary. After all, you have families to support, and you need to survive. This is my only request, so I hope you won't reject it."
Hearing Chen Ge's words, Scissors and the rest felt a warmth in their hearts, and they sighed from the bottom of their hearts.
"Mr. Chen is such a good man!"
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