The sky was heavy with rain. Gu Jun was about to step out of the old manor when he saw the young watcher pick up something that looked like a fork nervously. He did not recognize it, but he knew that once he stepped out, a fight would be inevitable.
At that moment, many thoughts and considerations flashed across Gu Jun's mind. In the end, he pulled back his leg and stopped Wu Shiyu.
'What if this conflict is the enemy's goal? '
Based on the diary, the young watcher had entered the dream world through a dream. At the time, the watcher had already been turned into a zombie. After he entered the dream world, he might have met up with Mr. Chandler and the other zombies, but it was very likely that he never left the dream world again.
If the scene before them was not a simple illusion, could that be the watcher? Was he conscious now?
Or did he think that 'Mr. Child' was hallucinating? Patients with Nightmare Illness would experience hallucinations.
"Sir, please return to the house," the young watcher advised sincerely. "You need more rest."
"I hope you know what you're doing." Then Gu Jun turned around and told Wu Shiyu, "We'll search this house first before we deal with him."
The sound of rain became louder. The two returned to the second floor. This time, they turned down the right corridor. There was another room at the end of the corridor that was open. It should be the study. A row of bookshelves was filled with books and scrolls.
Gu Jun picked up a book and flipped through it. It was blank. Every page was blank. It was the same for Wu Shiyu.
He picked up another one, and it was also blank … The books were tossed on the floor, and soon, the place was a mess. He flipped through all the books and papers, but he came up with nothing. He flipped over the study table and the bookshelves. He smashed them against the floor, but he still came up with nothing.
'Why? ' Gu Jun frowned in thought. 'Because this is not the original location of the foreign world's Warsong Town? Perhaps this is just a projection? Only the appearance? '
The words that had been written in the conscious world had become blank.
There were two closed rooms in each corridor. Gu Jun made a decision. "Shi Yu, you guard the hall. Pay attention to the stairs and see if there are any changes outside, especially the watchman. I will open these rooms and take a look."
"Yes." Wu Shiyu nodded and walked over with the kerosene lamp. He stood at the edge of the corridor, and the light from the lamp was barely enough to illuminate the corridor.
From right to left, the four rooms were numbered one to four. Gu Jun held the door handle of the grayish-brown wooden door of Room One and twisted it. It was locked and could not be opened.
Is the key hidden somewhere in the house? Even if it was, he didn't intend to look for it, because he had a master key in his hand.
"Ah!" Gu Jun raised his long saber with both hands and slashed at the area where the door lock was. Bang, bang!
The wooden door wasn't particularly thick. With a few forceful hacks, a gap was formed. After chopping down the loose lock, he kicked the door open.
The weak light filtered into the room and pierced through the layers of shadows. It was an empty room, but Gu Jun's head shot up. He saw a human figure squatting in the dark corner … Before he could get a good look, the figure suddenly leaped up and rushed out, screaming something madly.
In an instant, the figure was right before him. Almost instinctively, Gu Jun swung the saber at it!
However, he missed. The figure disappeared the moment it rushed out of the room …
But for some reason, he felt that the figure was rather familiar. Was it an illusion?
"Shi Yu?" Gu Jun turned to look in that direction. Wu Shiyu turned to look at him, but his expression was calm. He asked, "Didn't you hear the scream earlier?"
"What scream? Yours? "She asked doubtfully." I heard you screaming as you slashed at the door. "
"Then you didn't hear it." Gu Jun said grimly. Only the person who opened the door could see it? What was it?
"No, what's wrong? There's nothing on my side. The watchman is still looking over, and he looks quite nervous. "
"The room is empty, but there's a ghost …" Gu Jun said as he walked to room number two. He raised his saber and slashed at the wooden door again. Bang, bang!
Not long after, the muscles in his arms began to ache. Although this was the Dream World, they had entered it through physical means. Their bodies worked the same as in the conscious world. He was already sweating profusely.
He smashed the door lock and kicked it. Using the dim light, he saw that it was another empty room. In the corner, there was a blurry figure.
Once the light shone into the room, the figure charged at him with a shrill scream. The scream was maddened, but there was no fear. It was as if he had been trapped in the darkness for so long that he had forgotten how to be afraid. All that was left in him was pure madness.
Gu Jun felt a chill run down his spine. The figure's wilted face seemed to belong to … Yang Jianming? The patient with the final stage of Nightmare Illness?
When he first returned to Eastern State, Professor Qin had explained the pathology of Nightmare Illness to him, and the patient in the final stage was Yang Jianming. At the time, Yang Jianming had already fallen into delirium. After that, he underwent the experimental lobotomy, but eighteen hours after the surgery, he passed away due to multiple organ failure.
Why does it look like Yang Jianming?
When this thought appeared in his mind, Gu Jun heard the scream become clearer. "Doctor Gu! It's you, you've messed with my brain! "
Before he could swing his long saber, the figure rushed out of the room and disappeared again … ….
"Shi Yu?" Gu Jun turned around to ask, "Did you hear that?"
"No, it's still the same." Wu Shiyu shook his head. His face was no longer calm, it was tinged with nervousness. "Another ghost?"
"Yes …" Gu Jun looked at the empty room. Was this just an illusion? No, there was no such thing as pure illusion in the dream world. That was Yang Jianming. Yang Jianming's mind was sucked into the dream world, and he was trapped here? Were the other patients the same?
His heart chilled, and his mind started to waver. Was that the figure in Room 1?
It was blurry and shapeless … but how come it felt like Professor Qin? Was that the part of Professor Qin's mind that was sucked away?
But there were only 4 rooms here. Even if there were more upstairs, it wouldn't be able to hold so many patients … No, wait, this old manor had reappeared after it was burned down. Could it be that it had many overlapping rooms? Was this a cage, a place to trap the patients' souls?
All of those souls made the mental strength of the old house even stronger …
"Dirty-minded Jun, you look very scary." Wu Shiyu said urgently, "It's time for you to stop. Stop sensing for now!"
Gu Jun turned to look at her, at her figure that stopped before the window. A chill ran down his spine. 'Why does it feel like that shadow …'
If he walked out now, wouldn't the watcher see Mr. Child and the shadow on the second floor?
Confusion, a mass of confusion filled his mind ….
'That diary, that diary …' Gu Jun suddenly felt something. He flipped open the diary in his mind and saw there was an extra page in the middle.
"That night, there was a sudden rainstorm. This kind of weather made everything worse.
Mr. Child suddenly wanted to walk out of the room. He was holding a knife in his hand and mumbling gibberish. He looked very scary. I think he is beginning to show signs of delirium. Poor Mr. Chandler. He is always so gracious and courteous to everyone. He does not deserve to suffer like this.
Not long after I persuaded him to return to the room, I heard some heavy slashing coming from the second floor. Even the sound of the rain could not cover it up.
Strangely enough, Mr. Child was the only one left in the room but I could see his figure standing behind the window on the second floor.
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