Chapter 0859 – Redness in the depths of the human heart
Shrouded in blood mist, Chen Ge could only vaguely make out the outline of a playground, and the scene in front of him slowly overlapped with the back playground of Mureyang Middle School in his memories.
”The water well is over there.” The old principal took good care of Chen Ge, he seemed to be worried about Chen Ge having an accident, and had been shielding Chen Ge behind him, walking in front himself.
Crossing the playground, under the old principal’s leadership, Chen Ge finally found the abandoned dry well.
As soon as he got close, he heard all sorts of cries coming from the well, from men, women, and children, sounding very} human.
”Is the exit at the bottom of the well?” The fog was filled with mist, so Chen Ge couldn’t see what was at the bottom of the well even if he had Yin pupils.
”Right.”
”Is this where you entered the ghost school?” Xu Yin stopped Chen Ge as he stood at the edge of the well, as if the well made him feel uneasy.
”Yes, the blood mist at the bottom of the well is so thick that it is almost turning into substance, which may also be the key to the withered well being able to avoid the school’s will.” The old principal signaled Chen Ge not to stand by the well for a long time to avoid attracting the attention of the school’s will, “Go down to the bottom of the well, there’s only one road inside, follow that direction, after about three to fifteen minutes, we’ll be able to leave the Ghost School and enter the ground floor of that blood-red city, and then we’ll be able to find our way to the surface.”
The entire process sounded simple, but there were many places in it that did not stand up to scrutiny.
Chen Ge held the edge of the water well with both hands and looked back at the old principal: “After entering the bottom of the well, we have to walk for three to fifteen minutes before we can leave the ghost school? Why is there such a big difference in time? If the distance traveled is consistent, even if the speed is slowed down, it’s impossible for the error to be so large!”
”I can’t say for sure, every time I walk the same way, but sometimes it takes longer, sometimes it takes shorter, do you want to go down and take a look first?” The old principal himself didn’t get it.
If anyone else had said this to Chen Ge, not only would Chen Ge not go down, he would even suspect that the other party was intentionally trying to harm him and then throw the other party down to explore the path, but the old principal was different, he trusted this old master very much.
”With this back road, I will be invincible and I can do something with confidence and boldness, but only if this road goes through and is not a dead end.”
Chen Ge pondered for a long time and then asked Xu Yin’s opinion, and only after receiving Xu Yin’s consent did he decide to go down with the old principal to take a look.
”I’ve gone down alone before without reference, this time there are more of us and we’re accompanied by Red Clothes, so there shouldn’t be any problems.” The old principal was the first to walk to the edge of the well in order to put Chen Ge’s mind at ease, and as he was about to jump down, Chen Ge stopped him again.
”Wait.” Chen Ge took out some rope from Lin Si Si’s backpack, which he had left over from when he went over the wall in the West Campus, “Tie it around your waist to prevent getting separated.”
”Why do you have everything?” The old principal was no longer as surprised as before.
”How deep is this well? Are two ropes enough?”
”About the same.” The old principal braced his hands against the wall of the well, a black and red flower sprouting from his originally old looking jacket, his eyes slowly taking over with the color of blood.
Seeing the changes in the old principal’s body, Chen Ge realized that the half-red coat in front of him was different from the other half-red coats he had encountered.
The old principal gave him a very strange feeling, it was impossible to say, when he stood with the old principal, he wouldn’t treat the other party as a stern ghost at all, he felt that the other party was a living human being.
”Even the red clothes have not appeared this way, could it be because the old principal did too many good things in his life, even if he turned into a ghost, there is not a trace of sinister and violent atmosphere on his body?”
Watching the old principal disappear a little bit into the mouth of the well, Chen Ge also rushed over, he asked Xu Yin to take the rear and himself in the center.
As soon as he entered the withered well, the heavy blood mist came crashing down on his face, the mist in the withered well was too much denser than outside, and this well didn’t know what the reason was, it seemed to be actively absorbing the blood mist that was full of negativity, resulting in a large amount of blood mist being deposited here.
Entering it was like falling into a pool of blood.
As his clothes stuck to his body, Chen Ge felt a stinging pain coming from his skin, as if he had been bitten with his teeth, but when he used his Yin pupil to look, there was nothing on his skin.
”Xu Yin has no warning, that means it’s safe for the time being, everything is under control.”
The surroundings were completely shrouded in blood mist, nothing could be seen clearly, if it wasn’t for Xu Yin guarding his side, Chen Ge would not have said anything to go down.
”Still not at the bottom?” This well was much deeper than he had imagined, and it was no wonder that the Ghost School Will hadn’t noticed the loophole.
The further down it went, the more depressing it became, Chen Ge was worried that the old principal would have an accident, and he was afraid that by the time he went down, it wouldn’t be the old principal tied to the other end of the rope.
The rope was no longer taut, and the old principal’s figure slowly emerged from the well.
It hadn’t reached the bottom of the well yet, but the old principal stopped.
”Why don’t you continue down?” Chen Ge was a bit puzzled, he felt that the old principal’s state was not quite right.
”I can’t go down ……,” The old principal’s voice was trembling.
Chen Ge moved his body closer to the old principal, he followed the principal’s line of sight and moved downward, cold sweat bristled.
Under the old principal’s feet was no longer a blood-red mist, but blood-red water, and even more terrifying was the fact that a human face was crowded under the water!
As the blood mist converged, the water surface in the middle of the ruined well was still rising at a speed visible to the naked eye, and those monsters hiding underwater opened their mouths wide, as if they couldn’t wait to rush out and tear Chen Ge in a big gulp.
”When I came in last time, there were no such monsters ……” The old principal was a little anxious.
”It’s fine.”
Chen Ge would say it was fine purely because Xu Yin didn’t react in any way, “I’ve seen them in the Mirror School built by the painter, skinless and covered in blood, emitting a pungent stench.”
These monsters were no different from the ones Chen Ge had seen before, the only difference was simply that they no longer walked upside down.
”How exactly were these monsters formed? Did they come from the Scarlet City outside the school, or is this well the place where they were born?”
”If the monsters came from the Scarlet Metropolis outside the school, then why did I see them in Painter’s Mirror School as well? And they’re all upside down? Did the painter raise these monsters? And now that the school is experiencing mutations, is it also because of him?”
Chen Ge felt that he was one step closer to the core secret, and he gently pulled down on the rope, “Headmaster, let’s go back first.”
”I seem to have seen them somewhere.” The old principal stared at the monsters in the well, “They’re absorbing the blood mist, these guys feed on the negative emotions in people’s hearts, I’ve heard people say that before! But …… it’s not right, how did they appear in this well? And why are there so many negative emotions gathered here?”
”Feeding on the negative emotions in people’s hearts? Appearing in a well?” Chen Ge vaguely realized something, and he recalled the black phone’s initial hint about Twilight Sun High School – everyone has an unfathomable well in their heart, in which unspeakable and unpleasant memories are buried.