Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chapter 495 [Domain - First Gate] Mourning with Head Bowed

"Hello, this is the switchboard."

Chen Ji's voice was calm: "You have a visitor waiting for you at the front desk."

"beep....."

The other side hung up the phone.

Chen Ji put down the phone and waited quietly for news from the other end of the walkie-talkie.

One minute later.

Du Tingfeng's voice rang out: "The door is open."

"The male resident carried the woman out of the house."

"OK."

He didn't use the suitcase as an excuse to ask the couple from 2013 to come and pick it up because he knew they would definitely refuse.

It was obvious that they deliberately left the suitcase and the headless corpse inside in the lobby.

He put down the walkie-talkie and watched as Bai Shaohua walked over, his expression not looking good.

"You know you released two ghosts, right?"

Chen Ji nodded.

Of course he knew.

Just as a person can create a task at the front desk and leave a specific area, so too can a ghost.

If they can really move around freely, then so many interns won't be enough to kill.

In other words, it was because Chen Ji informed them that there were visitors that the two ghosts from 2013 were allowed to leave the room.

"You're just trying to stop the fire by adding more water."

"I want to get out of here."

Bai Shaohua glanced at Chen Ji and said bluntly, "Send me to deliver water to the maintenance department."

The maintenance department is located on the side of the lobby, accessible via a staircase.

"can."

Chen Ji said, "But we'll have to wait a while."

He glanced at his watch, frowned slightly, and said softly:

"You need to go back to the restaurant to check on the ghost's condition, and then tell me how many people are left inside."

Bai Shaohua stared straight at him: "Why bother? Is it even meaningful?"

"Those two ghosts are coming down soon." Chen Ji did not answer him.

"......"

Bai Shaohua gave him a deep look, then turned and walked towards the restaurant.

The moment he pushed open the door, goosebumps involuntarily rose on his arms.

Between a headless ghost and a couple's ghost, which is more terrifying?

As he pondered, Bai Shaohua raised his head, his pupils involuntarily contracting.

What came into view was a corpse stiff in place.

Blood gushed out like a fountain from the severed neck.

His head fell to the ground, his face displaying an extremely complex expression: guilt, fear, resentment...

This is......

That long-haired intruder.

He was the third person killed by the headless ghost.

How is that possible? Can't he redirect the ghost's attention to someone else?

Are all the others dead?

Bai Shaohua's expression changed slightly, and he immediately looked towards the depths of the restaurant, where he saw the remaining interns all turn their heads.

They were covered in disgusting bloodstains.

A woman was surrounded by them; it was Feng Yao. She had taken off her uniform at some point, leaving only a black vest underneath.

She is not dead.

The others did not die either.

Feng Yao looked up at Bai Shaohua who had entered, and almost in the blink of an eye, she rushed forward and subdued him with one hand.

"Where's the walkie-talkie?"

"Don't be like that..." After the initial shock, Bai Shaohua quickly recovered, raised his hands and laughed, "I even reminded you, so I guess you saved my life, right? Why are you being so fierce?"

"you?"

Feng Yao gave him a mocking look.

"..." Bai Shaohua looked at her face, a feeling of disbelief welling up inside him: "You found the taboo of this ghost?"

Feng Yao did not answer.

She pulled a walkie-talkie from Bai Shaohua's clothes and pressed the call button:

"front desk."

"The ghost has gone out."

"If you can still hear me, do it now..."

.......

The walkie-talkie remained silent.

Is the ghost still inside?

Chen Ji seemed to be deep in thought. He had already guessed that the walkie-talkie had lost signal because they were too close to the ghost.

As for the risks mentioned by Bai Shaohua, Chen Ji had already considered them.

First of all, there was no such visitor at all, so when the two ghostly couple came down, Chen Ji had to find an excuse to get rid of them.

The best excuse is the resident of 309 who uses a cane...

That was a ghost too.

Thinking of this, Chen Ji immediately stood up, walked to the elevator, and pressed the button for the 3rd floor.

Inform the couple who visited that they have already left.

After making his plans, Chen Ji returned to the desk at the front desk and turned on his computer again.

His brain was working at lightning speed.

This hotel will most likely only have two categories: ghosts and interns.

But the question is, are these ghosts who have moved in connected to each other?

In 2013, the headless ghost who hadn't even printed out his room card must have known each other. But what about the other ghosts?

Why them of all?

After mentioning that there were visitors, Chen Ji didn't ask any further questions in 2013, and he seemed to be deep in thought.

"Zhang Xiaoshan."

Chen Ji asked, "When you arrived, did you see other guests checking in?"

Zhang Xiaoshan did not answer him.

Chen Ji immediately became wary and turned his head slightly, only to see Zhang Xiaoshan staring straight at the elevator.

elevator?

Chen Ji looked at the elevator.

They are still on the third floor.

The next second, the number jumped and changed to the 2nd floor.

2013 is over.

The second floor paused for a few seconds.

1th floor.

The door remained closed.

It's as if someone inside is pressing the close button.

"..."

what happened?

Chen Ji frowned, walked out of the front desk, and went to check the elevator.

But that's it.

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed Zhang Xiaoshan slowly raising his hand and supporting his head.

The plain white sleeves were wide and large.

Chen Ji's breath hitched.

His gaze slowly shifted to his uniform.

The white shirt has narrow cuffs.

Looked up.

The elevator doors were tightly closed.

The reason why the residents of 2013 inside didn't come out... is already known.

Chen Ji's breathing became rapid in an instant. He could only stand between the front desk and the elevator, unable to move forward or backward.

The headless ghost... has appeared.

Behind him is Zhang Xiaoshan.

Zhang Xiaoshan, dressed in mourning clothes.

To be precise, it was a headless ghost with Zhang Xiaoshan's head on its head.

His head had already been severed, just a moment after Chen Ji pressed the button for the third floor.

Then, the headless ghost picked it up and pressed it against its own neck.

Ahead lies the ghost couple from 2013.

There is absolutely no way they could open the elevator.

These three ghosts are in different situations: one is waiting for the other to come out, while the other is waiting in the elevator for the other to leave.

at the same time.

The long-unseen red light shone again in Chen Ji's eyes.

This is a death knell for fountain pens.

A chill ran down Chen Ji's spine; he had been targeted.

This ghost's method of killing is almost instantaneous, so we must not make a sound now to avoid attracting Fei'er and Liu Zi outside the door.

Taboos of ghosts...

Zhang Xiaoshan did nothing, and neither did they, yet they were immediately targeted by the ghost.

But.....

How could it be so fast?

The timing is completely wrong. The ghost should have appeared when Bai Shaohua entered the restaurant, which proves that it completely ignored Bai Shaohua.

So why didn't it attack Bai Shaohua, but instead attacked Zhang Xiaoshan?

Did Bai Shaohua avoid the taboo? But if he knew, why was he still unwilling to confront the ghost directly?

So he was actually unaware of it.

They found a way out unintentionally.

Chen Ji gripped the substitution method tightly in one hand, calculating the time while his mind raced:

According to Bai Shaohua, people targeted by ghosts wear plain-colored mourning bands on their heads.

At the same time, almost anyone can be its target, and it will kill you as soon as you meet them, so this taboo is unlikely to be triggered intentionally.

Is there anything that everyone else did unintentionally, but Bai Shaohua didn't do?

Bow down?

look up?

No, that's too common. He definitely did it too; there's no way he was an exception.

Mourning belt...

The dead were all dressed in mourning attire.

Beheading is just the final result; the beginning is wearing mourning bands and then slowly lowering the head until the head is completely severed from the neck.

The mourning band was the key to triggering the decapitation.

There are only five seconds left until the word "death" is spoken.

I heard a rustling sound of burlap touching behind me.

The ghost was wearing mourning clothes—

Bai Shaohua's uniform was filthy.

Chen Ji's brain suddenly went blank, and he immediately understood the taboo. Without saying a word, he took off his white uniform!

Just as he was left wearing only a gray vest, he suddenly felt dizzy, and when he came to his senses, the red light of the word "death" had disappeared.

Without realizing it, her head had drooped to an exaggerated angle, and all she could see was the ground.

Ignoring this, Chen Ji immediately looked towards the door and saw that "Zhang Xiaoshan" had already walked to the other interns, but his head was still turning, staring at the elevator expressionlessly.

"quick!"

Chen Ji shouted, "Take off your uniform!"

All of them broke the taboo before the ghost even appeared!

That is...

She was dressed all in white.

That's the color of mourning clothes.

From the ghost's perspective, they were all wearing mourning clothes, which is why it provided each person with a mourning band!

After putting on the mourning band, you can proceed to the next step.

He was in mourning and bowed his head.