Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chapter 406 [Domain·Drowning] The Appearance of the Travel Group

"That's simply impossible."

Wan Xiaoshuang immediately pointed out the problem: "The guidance is a glimmer of hope left by the Domain River. Adding more difficulty to it goes against the Domain River's purpose."

Even the red-eye flight they experienced together, which everyone was confused by at the time due to "greed, anger, and ignorance," was later proven to be consistent with the characteristics of the hair ghost.

“I wasn’t referring to the first two sentences of the instructions, but to the mission,” Chen Ji said slowly. “Don’t you think this mission is far too vague?”

"And it's also very misleading."

“Even my speculation is based on Hong Tian’s ramblings just now. If he hadn’t said that, how could we be sure that there’s another body of him at the bottom of the river?”

It is an indisputable fact that Jia Gu River is the main base of the ghosts in this domain.

No one dared to approach the Jiagu River.

Chen Ji's first experience in the Ninth Domain, the mission at Tuotuo Mountain, clearly indicated that he needed to find waste materials; the difficulty lay in the sheer number of ghosts and their connection to the source corpses.

Even though Tuotuo Mountain is related to the Source Corpse, none of them are like Jia Gu River, where everyone's direction is completely wrong.

"I don't understand."

Chen Ji said directly, "There are already a lot of ghosts here, making it extremely difficult. Correspondingly, there must be a way to survive. The Domain River wouldn't be vague in its guidance, otherwise how could anyone possibly leave the domain?"

"So I can only guess that the information we received upon entering the domain was incomplete."

Wan Xiaoshuang frowned slightly: "But even if what you said is true, it doesn't make sense. If it wasn't Yuhe who did it, then it was a ghost?"

"Ghosts don't know about the concept of guidance."

“But the ghost might know about the existence of the entrants,” Chen Ji said. “On the Red-Eyed Flight, the Hair Ghost made a deal with you from the very beginning.”

Wan Xiaoshuang was speechless for a moment.

But she always felt that this wasn't the case.

Hair ghosts are different from most ghosts; they are not ghosts that people turn into after they die, but a kind of life form that has been created.

In other words, most ghosts are just NPCs who have died and become ghosts, but the hair ghost seems to be... a bit more advanced.

It's all just speculation.

We also couldn't go to the bottom of the river to confirm.

The two discussed it for a short while and decided to see if anyone else had the paper with the instructions.

Hung-tien was left alone in the classroom. The door was pushed open, and outside was a quiet corridor. But just then, a heavy stomping sound came from the first floor!

who is it?

The students had already evacuated to the teaching building, and the water outside was already quite deep. Who would appear at this time?

Chen Ji immediately gestured for Wan Xiaoshuang to step back, and he hid by the wall to watch intently.

A few seconds later, a distraught figure slowly walked upstairs...

It's Li Yinghe!

Chen Ji was taken aback, but what surprised him even more was Li Yinghe's condition.

He was in a terrible state, his whole body was soaked in mud and water, he was shivering, and there was a gash on his face that had been scraped open by something, running all the way through his face and revealing the bone.

He didn't go out immediately, but watched as Li Yinghe looked around in panic and eventually walked in this direction.

"Boy!"

Li Yinghe cried out helplessly, "You pighead!"

She is looking for her teammates.

Chen Ji then came out: "What happened?"

Li Yinghe was startled by him and involuntarily backed away.

Chen Ji noticed that her eyes were filled with doubt.

why?

A thought stirred within him, and he began to have a vague suspicion.

“I’m not a ghost,” Chen Ji said calmly. “Wan Xiaoshuang is here too. If you don’t believe me, I can repeat the instructions to you.”

Li Yinghe looked her over, as if to confirm. After a few seconds, she finally let out a heavy sigh of relief, and tears immediately streamed down her face.

"The tour group ghosts are here!"

Then, she broke down and recounted her previous experiences, including a middle school ghost entering her dormitory, using a paper-faced woman to escape, recognizing a ghost disguised as Teacher Zhan, nearly drowning, and later finding herself sandwiched between two ghosts.

"The ghosts in the tour group can disguise themselves as humans..."

Chen Ji frowned. He didn't approach Li Yinghe, but instead asked, "How did you survive?"

Li Yinghe remained silent for two seconds.

After a while, she gave a miserable smile and took out a mirror.

The mirror surface was hazy and dull, clearly indicating that it was a dormant monster.

"The paper-faced woman helped me, but the price was that the time it took to kill me was halved. If I don't escape... I'm not far from death."

"...I understand." Chen Ji roughly understood: "They didn't come with you?"

“The Paper-Faced Ghost doesn’t like to hear their stories,” Li Yinghe said softly. “So…”

According to Li Yinghe, the Paper-Faced Ghost is the core ghost of this realm, stronger than the ghosts in the tour group.

"Will that ghost come looking for you in half a day?" Wan Xiaoshuang pursed her lips, looking at Li Yinghe with complicated emotions. Her experience was simply too desperate.

Even if they escape, it only temporarily delays their death.

"Ah."

Li Yinghe's lips trembled slightly: "There's no other way. If I don't use it, I'll just die immediately..."

"I don't want to die, I want to go home!"

Go home. Return to reality.

This is undoubtedly the deepest wish of every newcomer. Li Yinghe's tragic words resonated with Chen Ji and Wan Xiaoshuang, causing them to feel a pang of sorrow.

But there were eight ghosts in the tour group.

Nobody knows if any of the ghosts will infiltrate the group, so the most urgent thing is to rejoin the main force!

Leaving aside Li Bi and Wan Chengzhong, at least the children's team and Chen Ji's team must be together.

The three were about to go upstairs, but before Li Yinghe could even put her foot down, she suddenly stopped and grabbed Chen Ji and Wan Xiaoshuang!

The next second, a series of footsteps suddenly rang out.

It was like boots splashing in water, but none of the newcomers were wearing boots!

The sound came from the first-floor entrance, and it looked like they were about to go upstairs.

Without a word, the three rushed into the nearest classroom, sat behind chairs, and stared at the door.

A short while later, Wan Xiaoshuang's pupils contracted slightly.

She saw it with her own eyes...

Two figures walked through the corridor.

One was wearing a gray long dress, the other was wearing a simple tracksuit.

Wan Xiaoshuang felt the sportswear looked familiar, but she couldn't see it clearly. She could only confirm that it consisted of two women who were completely soaked, and that she had never seen them before.

Her long hair was soaked by the rain, and her exposed skin was pale and swollen, as if she had been soaking in the water for an unknown amount of time.

He looked to be in his thirties or forties, walking past the door numbly and listlessly...

Suddenly, they stopped in their tracks.

The three people hiding behind the chairs held their breath instantly.

The ghost tilted its head slightly, and then a strange smile appeared on its face.

She murmured, her voice as cold as river water:

"Someone called."

After saying that, she slowly raised her hand and placed it beside her ear.

Suddenly, a rapid and fearful breathing sound echoed in the corridor. It belonged to a man, and the sound was coming from the ghost's hand!

Chen Ji's heart tightened immediately.

He suddenly remembered that Zhu Guang's strange object seemed to be called...

One Missed Call.