Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chapter 190 Balloon Ghost Entering the Door

Just as Chen Ji had predicted.

Zeng Guichuan was indeed not actually mining; a passage leading into the interior of the mountain was dug out from the pit.

Deep inside, it resembles an anthill, with countless branches.

Without Usu, the three of them would probably get lost very quickly here.

The "scenery" from Wusu helped the three determine the approximate direction of the gate.

Even so, the three of them walked into dead ends several times, heading in the right direction but the path was blocked.

These repeated accidental incursions ultimately led Chen Ji and his companions...

I witnessed an extremely horrifying scene.

In the pitch-black dirt path, only the searchlights above the three people's heads illuminated this vast space—

It was crammed with countless corpses, all dressed in blue miners' uniforms.

These people were all employees of Zeng Guichuan Mine.

They stood upright in the cave, their bodies dried by the wind, their clothes tattered from time, but most importantly...

Where did their heads go?

Chen Ji's tone was extremely solemn. The way these miners died was different from Wu Jinbao's. More than a hundred corpses, all of them were beheaded!

No one answered him.

Xu Sandao frowned deeply as he looked at the scene before him.

Even if all of this were done by a ghost, it would still be considered cruel.

But the one who started it all was just a human being.

The three left the mass grave. Chen Yuetan carried Wusu and walked in front, while Chen Ji and Xu Sandao followed behind with tense expressions.

A sense of unease crept into Chen Ji's heart...

Because, just now, Wusu suddenly pointed towards the gate and shouted:

"Heads!"

The innocent voices echoed through the mine tunnels.

Chen Yuetan immediately asked, "Mongrel?"

Usu shook his head.

Chen Ji already knew that the bastard Wu Su mentioned was a creature that was neither human nor ghost, like Wu Jinbao.

If it's not a "hybrid," then...

He had a premonition that his previous guess might be true.

The three walked silently for an unknown amount of time. At a fork in the road, Wusu suddenly tugged at Chen Yuetan's sleeve.

"what happened?"

Chen Yuetan asked softly.

Wusu remained silent.

His head was tilted slightly, as if he were listening to something—

But it was completely silent here.

"......Huh?"

Usu muttered.

The next second, everyone was suddenly startled!

"Urumqi!"

Chen Yuetan shouted even louder!

Wusu slipped out of Chen Yuetan's arms like an eel and ran straight off in one direction!

They moved with incredible speed, disappearing around the corner in the blink of an eye.

This happened so suddenly!

No one knows why Wusu suddenly ran away.

Chen Yuetan reacted quickly and chased after them without saying a word, with Chen Ji and the other two following closely behind!

This road has no forks, but it is winding and has many turns.

After a while.

Chen Yuetan's face looked extremely grim.

He could only hear the pattering sound of children running ahead, but he couldn't see Wusu anywhere.

The dirt road is getting narrower and narrower...

Moreover, after several consecutive bends, he could clearly feel that the road had deviated from the direction Wusu had originally indicated.

"Urumqi!"

"Little Wusu, come back!"

Chen Ji and Xu Sandao followed behind, their anxious voices echoing in the passage.

Chen Yuetan remained silent, but a hint of anger was already visible on his face.

The footsteps ahead finally came to an abrupt halt.

Turning the corner, Chen Yuetan saw Wu Su's figure, kneeling on the ground facing the rock wall.

This is a dead end.

"What are you doing running around like that! Do you know how dangerous this place is—"

Chen Yuetan suddenly froze halfway through his sentence.

The next second, his eyes widened in disbelief, as if he had seen something utterly terrifying—

Crunch, crunch.

Usu turned his head, chewing incessantly, and mumbled:

"Mom, look what I found!"

He was holding a small head in his hand.

It looked as if it had been roasted by fire, with a ring of charcoal around its outside, lifeless.

The owner of this head, Chen Yuetan, had met him before...

At Xingfuyuan.

This is the original corpse that was taken away by the Wang family!

"Why...is it here?" Chen Yuetan murmured. He never imagined that he would see this corpse again in his life.

Usu shook his head.

“Only the head,” Ussu said. “The body isn’t here.”

Chen Yuetan quickly calmed down.

"Did it attract you here?"

Wu Su nodded.

Chen Yuetan then asked, "Is this edible?"

Wu Su said, "Yes, it's a good thing."

Chen Yuetan took two steps forward and carefully examined Wusu, but he didn't see anything unusual on the other person's face.

Only around his mouth, as if he had eaten chocolate, were there a few black bits stuck to his lips.

Chen Yuetan breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to wipe away the scum, but just then, his heart suddenly skipped a beat!

In Wusu's dark, hollow eyes...

It only reflects Chen Yuetan himself.

He turned his head sharply, and his blood froze instantly!

There was nothing behind me!

Chen Yuetan suddenly realized that just half a minute ago, after turning the corner...

The sound of Chen Ji and his companion's footsteps disappeared.

But this road has no forks; it's a one-way road.

......

"It's unfortunate."

Xu Sandao sighed softly, "We have no way out."

Chen Ji stood to the side, panting heavily, and didn't respond to him.

His heart was still pounding!

Ten minutes ago.....

After the two walked around the corner, they found that Wusu and Chen Yuetan had disappeared.

They immediately realized something was wrong, turned around and went back the way they came, but...

“We can’t hide for long,” Xu Sandao said.

"In ten minutes, the firefly will go into hibernation. When that time comes... we will take its place and become the most conspicuous presence in the sight of these ghosts."

Just ten meters in front of them, a firefly kept dodging and emitted a faint light.

And all around this firefly...

They were balloons, one after another, floating in mid-air.

To be precise...

It was the faces of those hundreds of miners, bulging as if they were filled with air.

"Their heads really did turn into ghosts..." Chen Ji murmured, watching these balloon ghosts pile up layer upon layer, occupying every part of this passage.

"Go back."

He whispered, his eyes fixed on the head at the front, one of which seemed to have sensed something.

On that face, stretched distorted by the pressure, one eye was fixed on the firefly, while the other eye was spread wide, its gaze about to shift to Chen Ji and the other person.

There was not a trace of human emotion in their eyes, only malice.

The two retreated quickly, watching the fireflies grow dimmer and dimmer until they were covered by a dense mass of heads rushing towards them.

"I probably know."

"It wasn't our uncle who disappeared, but us."

"The spatial disorder here is because we were transported to another path after turning the corner."

Chen Ji said softly, "Because the path we took before didn't lead to the door at all..."

They have reached the end of this path.

In front of the two of them was a door.

It is simple and unadorned, as if it were cast from a huge rock, with a matte finish and a dense network of winding patterns.

"There's no way out for us."

Xu Sandao repeated it again.

"I can use strange objects, but I can't stop so many ghosts."

He rummaged through his backpack and pulled out a bunch of odds and ends. Chen Ji couldn't even tell if they were his personal belongings or strange objects.

There was one of them, Chen Ji, whom I recognized:

doll.

He felt the monkey on the backpack's pendant wriggle wildly.

Xu Sandao weighed the backpack again, and it made a thumping sound, like a deep drumbeat.

“No,” Xu Sandao said. “It’s not enough.”

They had already discussed whether Wusu or Chen Yuetan might be able to rescue them from among these ghosts...

However, there was no cell phone signal, and the two had no idea where Chen Yuetan was.

Chen Ji tried to push the door, but it wasn't locked and he couldn't move it at all.

"What good would it do to get in?"

Xu Sandao frowned and said, "Zeng Guichuan said that there is a problem with this door, and it has been closed."

"We don't even know if it'll be a large tomb inside..."

Chen Ji frowned and glanced back at the balloon ghost.

For some reason, these ghosts were all guarding the passageway outside the door.

Chen Ji and his companion were the unlucky ones who mistakenly entered this path.

"Let me think..." Chen Ji pondered, "This door isn't locked, how can I open it?"

"A key...do you have a key?"

Do you have a key?

Chen Ji's heart suddenly exploded!

He suddenly raised his head and carefully stroked the patterns on the door, feeling that the patterns were like branches, extending into endless forks!

At that moment, Xu Sandao suddenly shouted, "Extinguish the fireflies!"

The entire passageway was plunged into darkness in an instant.

Xu Sandao suddenly reached forward and grabbed the trembling firefly in his palm—

Without saying a word, he started rummaging through the bag, as if trying to find something.

dong dong...

Before Xu Sandao could even pull it out, he suddenly felt Chen Ji pull his arm, and endless light flashed before their eyes—

The door opened.

By the light filtering through the crack, Xu Sandao saw more than a dozen balloon ghosts rushing towards him, their eyes devoid of any emotion. The closest one was less than a meter away from him!

"go!"

The next second, Chen Ji pulled his body into the doorway.

As the door closed, a monkey's arm moved with lightning speed, seemingly pulling something back from the door...