Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chapter 507 [Domain - First Gate] 310 - Zhou Liang

"Even if you keep staring at them, they still won't come out."

In the preparation room, Bai Shaohua made little attempt to hide the sarcasm in his voice.

Normally, Liu Zi could argue with him for half an hour, but in this situation, he didn't want to say another word to Bai Shaohua.

Fifteen minutes...

This is the room where the maintenance department spent the longest time inspecting.

"Hey, Brother Du."

Liu Zi walked to the door of room 309 and said into the walkie-talkie, "Still no one has come out."

He had already learned from Du Tingfeng that Chen Ji was reporting that there were no leaks when he abruptly stopped halfway through his sentence.

"What do we do now? Should I go in and take a look?"

“Absolutely not.” Du Tingfeng’s voice rang out: “The fact that none of the four of them could find a way out proves that 309 is not as simple as it seems.”

He believes there might be a crisis inside, such as a ghost blocking the way and preventing the maintenance department from getting out.

Or perhaps, once inside, one will be trapped in an illusion, passively confined.

After ending the call, Liu Zi paced restlessly on the carpet.

Du Tingfeng told him that Chen Ji had two A-level ghosts and couldn't have died so easily. But Liu Zi knew very well that this was more to comfort himself and prevent him from rushing in to rescue him out of impatience.

indeed.

Chen is likely safer than others.

But safety doesn't mean you can leave the room.

What if this room is like a maze, and they can't find their way out, then they'll be trapped inside forever?

What's the difference between that and being dead?

As Liu Zi slowly approached 309, he held his breath and pressed his ear against the door to listen for any sounds inside.

I don't know if it's because the soundproofing is too good or something else, but he can't hear anything.

It was very quiet, as if none of the four people had ever been inside.

suddenly.

He heard a rustling sound.

The sound came from behind the door, very faint, very close—

Why go through all that trouble?

"You'll know once you come in."

A hoarse male voice suddenly rang out from behind the door.

It was separated from Liu Zi by only one door panel.

"Fuck!"

Liu Zi's hair stood on end instantly, and he staggered back several steps as if he had been electrocuted.

There was no sound in the room, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

"what are you doing?"

Bai Shaohua witnessed this scene in the preparation room, and alarm bells rang in his mind.

Liu Zi did not reply to him.

Instead, he tilted his head slightly and looked towards the entrance of 310.

Just as he stepped back, he caught a glimpse of a white figure flashing through the crack in the door.

Who is staying in this guest room?

A few seconds later, a piece of paper was pushed out from under the door.

【Hello. 】

You're a hotel employee, right?

Based on their previous deductions, all the rooms were haunted. Liu Zi stared at the piece of paper that was trying to communicate for two seconds, then crumpled it into a ball and threw it on the ground.

But a second sheet of paper was pushed out.

My name is Zhou Liang. I won't hide it from you, I'm already dead.

However, I want to remind you of something.

[Four people just entered the room, right?]

They could never come out "completely".

The word "complete" was highlighted in black.

When he read the last line, Liu Zi gripped the paper tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force.

His face looked terrible. What does "complete" mean? Does it mean someone is destined to be missing limbs, or someone is destined to die?

"You believe in nonsense?" Bai Shaohua walked over at some point, rolled his eyes after seeing the words on the paper.

Another sheet of paper was pushed out.

Bai Shaohua.

I am a ghost, but I don't lie.

You don't need to jump to conclusions.

"..."

The two looked at each other, and after a few seconds, Liu Zi replied on the paper:

Why are you communicating like this?

Zhou Liang from 310 replied quickly.

I'm sorry, but I can't speak. I'm mute.

[Regarding my previous statement, I may not have been clear enough.]

The old blind man in room 309 has a very strange personality. If those four people want to leave the room, at least one of them will die.

【At least.】

Because death is the only way to leave.

Bai Shaohua sighed: "I knew it."

He turned slightly to the side and whispered in Liu Zi's ear, "Can't you see? He only said half of what he meant, the real reason being to make us keep asking questions."

"A typical trick used by ghosts to bewitch people."

rustle.

A new sheet of paper was pushed out, covered with writing.

I have so much to say, that one sheet of paper isn't enough.

I need to explain to you first why someone has to die to get out of 309.

There are three ghosts in room 309. Two of them appear at regular intervals. The remaining one is the blind man.

[He was the one who set the rules for 309.]

[To give an analogy, it's like being blindfolded by a ghost; you wander around in a hallucination for ages, unable to find the real path. It's the same in 309.]

From the moment anyone steps through the door, what they see is not the real room, so there's no point in them trying to find their way out of this illusory space.

The four people are currently in this situation: they are blind and cannot see, and they cannot touch any items in the guest room, otherwise the old blind man will find them and kill them.

Meanwhile, if they stay a few more hours, it will be the other two ghosts' turn to be active.

This process is repeated continuously.

Even if I were dead, I would still say: it was almost impossible to survive.

“He’s right.” Bai Shaohua nodded in agreement.

"Can you please stop babbling?"

Liu Zi clicked his tongue and continued reading.

It's actually quite simple to get out. It just requires one person to die.

[After death, take the corpse's eyes and place them on your own eyelids; then you can find the true door.]

Simply put, the living cannot see the way out.

"...Is this the only way?"

Liu Zi's hands clenched tightly.

【Yes. 】

Zhou Liang replied on a new sheet of paper:

However, I can offer you another method, a method that won't hurt anyone.

A few seconds later, an eyeball was poked out from the crack in the door.

There was a piece of paper underneath.

I can lend them my eyes; you just need to slip them through the crack in the door, and they'll find those four people.

This left eye is a deposit; you need both eyeballs.

Okay, let's get down to business. I need you to retrieve a document for me. After you hand it to me, I'll give you my right eye.

The document is on the fourth floor.

Liu Zi's expression immediately turned cold.

After going around in circles for so long, Zhou Liang finally couldn't help but reveal his true intentions.

However, at that moment, Bai Shaohua suddenly uttered a "Hmm?".

He put a black ball back into his pocket and looked at Liu Zi: "Say yes."

"...You used a strange object?"

"It's just a passive situation." Bai Shaohua didn't elaborate. "This matter is beneficial to all of us."

"The deal is done, how do I get to the fourth floor?"

After a while.

There's no conventional way to get to the fourth floor. Even the front desk won't help.

But there is a shortcut:

Enter the elevator and press the buttons in this order:

【2-3-1-3-1-2-1-2-3-4】

"Is this the password?"

【No. 】

I've already said it, this is a road.