Chapter 0982 – Monster with a Shrine on its Back

　　Just after entering the dense forest and before he had gotten far out, Xu Yin appeared silently.

　　Chen Ge hadn’t called his name, but he had appeared on his own, which meant that he had sensed something dangerous, and the other party was able to kill Chen Ge before he showed up.

　　There was nothing unusual around him, but the several red clothes were acting strangely, as if danger was hiding around them.

　　The leaves of the trees were blown by the wind, and rainwater slid down the veins of the leaves, Chen Ge had been walking in the dense forest for so long that he had even lost the concept of time.

　　The further into the woods he went, the lower the temperature became, and the surroundings slowly became quiet.

　　Xu Yin walked ahead, bright red blood mixed amongst the rainwater as he pushed aside the dead branches and a rugged path appeared in front of him.

　　Withered flowers were planted on both sides of the path, and a gray hut could be faintly seen at the end of the path.

　　”When I was a child, I brought in the muppets I made, and you didn’t kill me, you only seriously injured the muppets. I’ve always been fair as a person, and I won’t kill you today, I’ll beat you until you’re dying before I collect you in the comic book and take you away.”

　　On the rainy night, a few red coats followed Chen Ge, and the group moved forward silently.

　　”This place doesn’t seem to be able to be discovered by anyone, if it wasn’t for Xu Yin leading the way, I shouldn’t have been able to come in so easily.”

　　Approaching the hut, the blurred images in Chen Ge’s memory matched reality, and things that were once about to be forgotten resurfaced in the middle of his mind, and had never been as clear as they were now.

　　”Be careful.”

　　He was almost killed here himself, so Chen Ge was very cautious now, he felt that he was getting closer to the truth.

　　The fence of the small courtyard had been pushed down and was covered with moss, and there were many empty flower pots placed in the courtyard.

　　These flower pots were also interesting, all of them were uniform in size, just enough to put down an adult’s head.

　　In addition to the flower pots, there were also some entertainment facilities placed in the courtyard, including a broken wooden horse, a rusty seesaw, and a swing that had broken a rope.

　　”This place doesn’t seem to have been visited for ages.”

　　Abandoned was good, it meant no more children had been killed.

　　Crossing the muddy path, Chen Ge pushed open the door of the gray hut.

　　A faint stench wafted out from the house, and Chen Ge’s nose twitched slightly as he stood in the doorway without going in.

　　”I once smelled this stench in Liwan Town, it’s very special, I can’t describe it, it’s not as strong as the corpse stench, and it contains a kind of yin coldness, after inhaling it, it feels like my entire lungs are trembling.”

　　Using his Yin pupils, Chen Ge looked towards the house.

　　Most of the furniture in the house was destroyed, and the floor was full of debris and children’s torn clothes.

　　”This house shouldn’t have started out like this.”

　　Chen Ge looked at the mess, but another image appeared in his mind.

　　This same hut was surrounded by the sound of children’s laughter, the walls were plastered with light blue and pink wallpaper, and the table was not very high and filled with toys and goodies.

　　”Has the ghost that lived here left?”

　　Chen Ge was about to walk towards the house when his cell phone suddenly vibrated, and the caller ID was an unfamiliar number.

　　”I have both Team Li’s and Team Yan’s numbers, it shouldn’t be the police, who would call me at this time?”

　　Pressing the answer button, a boy’s clear voice came from the other side of the phone.

　　”Chen Ge, when are you going to pick me up and take me home ……”

　　”Fan Yu?” Chen Ge didn’t react for a moment.

　　”Mr. Chen, it’s me, we just met.” Another familiar voice came from the other side of the phone, it was that staff member from the orphanage calling, “Fan Yu, I’ll have a few words with first.”

　　”Did you guys find anything over there?” Chen Ge had left his cell phone number for the orphanage, and he wasn’t surprised that the other party was able to contact him, it was just that the non-verbal Fan Yu suddenly took the initiative to call out his name, which surprised him with a hint of happiness.

　　”Major discovery, the files and treatments from before the reconstruction of the Hanyang Welfare Institute were all locked in the storage room, we focused on sifting through the information related to Fang Yu, and found that there was one child’s information missing from their class.”

　　”One child’s information was missing?”

　　”Yes, it’s like it’s been completely erased, you may not believe it when I say it, the treatment count is always one less, there’s also a boy’s face that’s blurred on the group photo, it’s exactly the same as the one you showed me!” The orphanage staff gave Chen Ge a very important tip: “I just called and asked a few seniors who were working at the private orphanage at the time, and everyone had an impression of that chatterbox boy, and they all knew that such a person existed, but all of them couldn’t remember what he looked like.”

　　”Everyone forgot what he looked like?”

　　”Not only what he looked like, but his name, his age, and so on.”

　　”Other than that, did you guys find any other clues?”

　　”I heard a senior say that the boy was very shivery as a child, and slowly became normal when he grew up, and everyone thought he was cured, but he wasn’t.” The orphanage staff revealed another secret: “His illness got even worse, except that he grew up, and he understood that people didn’t like him like that, so he suppressed his nature. That senior witnessed that the boy would run to a corner where no one was around, constantly talking to himself, and developed the habit of keeping a diary. Let’s call it a diary, she peeked at it once, and that diary was densely filled with words, and many of the phrases didn’t make sense, so she didn’t know what the boy was trying to express at all.”

　　”Is that diary still to be found?”

　　”It should be pretty much up in the air, I’ll call and ask again, talk to you later.”

　　The orphanage staff hung up the phone, Chen Ge stood at the door of the hut, looking at the hut that was completely different from what he remembered, “No one can remember his name or his looks, why would this happen?”

　　Everyone seemed to have forgotten about him, instead, it was Fang Yu, who had the worst memory, who kept remembering him and kept looking for him.

　　Entering the house, the stench became even stronger.

　　The first floor of the hut was for children to play around, Chen Ge didn’t find anything here as he walked towards the second floor accompanied by Xu Yin.

　　Just as he arrived at the wooden stairway, Chen Ge covered his mouth and nose, that particular and strong stench was coming from the second floor.

　　”Go up together and take a look.”

　　The wooden staircase had been constructed for many years, and stepping on it would make a creaking sound, as if it would collapse at any moment.

　　As he kept walking towards the upper floors, Chen Ge realized that handwriting gradually started to appear on the wooden steps, as if it was dug into with bloodied fingernails little by little.

　　”Square Fish?”

　　The handwriting on the steps became denser and denser, and when Chen Ge arrived at the second floor, his eyes widened and his entire body froze.

　　The floor, walls, and ceiling of the second floor of the hut, any empty space was densely carved with the words Fang Fish.

　　And right at this moment, not far from Chen Ge, there was a man who was lying on the ground, snapping his bloodied fingers a little bit on the ground.

　　He was fully concentrated, kneeling on the ground with a shrine pressed on his back.

　　That shrine had the same shape as the shrine in the Virtual Future Paradise, except that the clay head amongst the shrine didn’t fall off and didn’t have Chen Ge’s name written on it, but instead had the two words Fang Yu written on it.