Chapter 1132 – Ginger is still old and hot
”Did you guys hear any strange sounds?” Qin Guang guarded the doorway of the room with his hands holding the head of the rag doll as if it was a mascot.
Zuo Han had assigned him the task of guarding the doorway because the rag doll’s head in his hands was able to dispel the black mist and make the severe ghosts hide.
This reason convinced Qin Guang, just now in the black mist he also found that the rag doll head did have this effect, now it was someone else who asked him to hand over the rag doll head, he probably wouldn’t even be willing to do so.
”Just guard outside, don’t move around, and remind us when you see a ghost or monster coming over.” Zuo Han and the rest of the people from the River Containing Dharma Medical College were searching inside the room, his real intention for Qin Guang to guard outside the door was that he wanted to let Qin Guang to divert the attention of the ghosts and monsters, even if there were really any severe ghosts coming over, their main target should be on Qin Guang.
”Good.” Qin Guang had just finished answering when he heard another strange sound, which came from downstairs.
Slowly turning his head, Qin Guang stared at the entrance of the building.
With white blessing characters posted on the dilapidated walls, paper money sprinkled on the ground, and bowls of white rice placed at the entrance, the building looked like a large tomb, burying a whole building of dead people.
”It’s okay, it’s okay, I’m just playing with a haunted house, I’ve been to all the real psychic scenes, would I still be afraid of these fake things?” Qin Guang desperately tried to comfort himself, but once this emotion of fear appeared, it was like a poisonous weed that grows like crazy, the more he comforted himself, the more his mind would think about it.
Qin Guang’s line of sight couldn’t be controlled and swept towards the entrance of the building, because no one had passed through for a long time, the sound-activated light at the corner of the building went out by itself, and the whole building was plunged into darkness.
”Hiss …… it’s still a bit scary ……”
Sucking in a mouthful of cold air, Qin Guang shrunk his body backward, he didn’t know why he had a very bad feeling in his heart, as if the biological instinct was urging him to hurry up and leave this dangerous place.
”How much longer do you guys need?” Qin Guang turned back to ask Zuo Han, whose voice came out from the bedroom.
”Soon.”
Receiving the reply, Qin Guang was slightly more at ease, his current state was just like a child who didn’t dare to sleep alone, every once in a while he would have to speak to the adults to see if they had left.
A heart had just fallen back to his stomach when a faint cold light suddenly shone onto his face, and the voice-activated light at the corner of the stairs inexplicably lit up.
”No one passed by in the hallway, huh? I didn’t hear anything either!” He stared dead ahead at the corner of the stairs, not noticing the blood that was starting to ooze out of the cracks in the walls, only seeing that the black fog was slowly drifting through the hallway.
”The fog is entering the hallway?” His heart began to beat faster, and it vaguely seemed like someone was walking around in the fog.
Concentrating, Qin Guang stared dead center at the corner of the building, and just in the moment he blinked, a child’s face jerked out from the corner wall!
”I’m going!”
Holding the rag doll’s head, Qin Guang scrambled back and his body hit the door of the room.
”What’s wrong?” Zuo Han and Heshan heard the noise and rushed out.
”There’s a kid at the corner! He seems to have been following us!” Qin Guang clutched the rag doll’s head in death, his eyes staring at the entrance of the building.
Heshan bravely came to the stairway entrance, there was no child there, “Are you hallucinating?”
”He didn’t lie, someone was indeed in the hallway just now.” Zuo Han pointed to the voice-activated light, “The light in the hallway is on, someone has been here. We have to speed up, Boss Chen is no longer prepared to give us any more time.”
How terrifying it was for all the ghosts and monsters in the entire scene to go berserk, Zuo Han had personally experienced it, it was a memory he would never want to recall again in his life.
”Go to the next room, quick!” Zuo Han obviously accelerated his progress, Qin Guang also didn’t dare to watch the door outside alone, the four of them entered the house together, rummaging through various clues.
”Time is a bit too late.” Zuo Han’s forehead was sweating, the bottom of his eyes hid uneasiness, next to him, Teacher Wang was the first time he saw such an emotion in Zuo Han.
Passing the level was almost impossible, Zuo Han had already started thinking about his own way back, in the team of four, at this moment, only Heshan and Qin Guang were still trying to search for clues.
”I found something very strange, any tenant in this building who has a child at home is bound to meet with misfortune.” Heshan found a family photo on the windowsill, the faces of the adults were preserved but the faces of the children were gouged out, “There seems to be a ghost living in this building who desperately desires to have family and love, he is very jealous of those beautiful and happy families, the happier the family, the more miserable they will end up.”
”What you said is a bit one-sided, I would think that this ghost is very simple, even if he represents evil, it is a chaotic evil.” Zuo Han stared at the photo in Heshan’s hand, “It’s like some children like to tear off the wings of dragonflies, steal puppies and kittens and then drop them, their behavior is certainly hateful, but it just shows that they have not been guided correctly.”
Zuo Han placed that family photo’s in its original position, “Do you guys still remember the second building of Jiu Hong neighborhood? It’s that private mental hospital we just explored.”
”Senior, why are you suddenly talking about that place? The internal styles of these two buildings are completely different, building two is closer to a hospital, and building one is just a very ordinary residential area.” Heshan was a bit confused.
”Think carefully about what I just said, the ghost in the building is a monster that hasn’t built up its self-knowledge, if he meets the right person, maybe he’ll repent and turn into a good ghost. But what makes people feel desperate is that the last sub-scene we visited was a sick hospital, not only did he not receive good treatment, he was also guided towards the middle of an even darker abyss.” Zuo Han rationalized the relationship between the two buildings, “According to my guess, each building of this hidden scene should have a part of the ragdoll’s body hidden in it, and if we want to find all the remnants of the ragdoll’s body, we have to experience the entirety of the ragdoll’s experience, and watch how he stepped little by little into the abyss, becoming what he himself loathed the most.”
”We’ve only found one head, which means we still have to go to at least four buildings before we can do it?” Qin Guang outright despaired.
”It’s impossible for a haunted house to release a mission that can’t be accomplished, so I’ve given it some thought, and the mission this time around isn’t really about finding all the ragdoll’s body and bringing it out, but rather experiencing what the ragdoll is going through and figuring out a way to penitentize him and help him build up a proper self-awareness. At the very least, we must make him hold his head high and let a few of us go.” Zuo Han said with great certainty.
”So positive?” Qin Guang can’t accept it, of course this can’t be blamed on him, after all, the first impression of the House of Horrors is extremely frightening, as if it’s going to scare the bile out of you, who would have thought that underneath it’s “hideous appearance”, there is such a gentle inner core hidden underneath it.
”The body of the rag doll can dispel the black fog, the haunted house boss asked us to look for the remnants of the rag doll, on the one hand, in order to force us to experience the life of that ghost, on the other hand, the remnants of the rag doll itself is a kind of protection for us, so that we can conveniently complete the task. This haunted house boss is very powerful, every task he arranges has a deep meaning.”
Hearing Zuo Han say this, Qin Guang’s hand holding the rag doll’s head became even harder, he didn’t realize that Zuo Han’s true words were mixed with falsehoods.
The information revealed by Zuo Han was just to make Qin Guang more obedient and more proactive in accomplishing what Zuo Han asked.
The number of surviving tourists was now very small, that’s why Zuo Han started to pay attention to Qin Guang, if it was another time, he wouldn’t have even entertained the idea of talking to Qin Guang, because they were two completely different people.
Zuo Han’s attitude of searching for clues was obviously not as active as before, while Mr. Wang’s attention was more on observing Zuo Han, and only Heshan and Qin Guang in the four-member squad were working hard to find the clues left in the haunted house.
Entering the bedroom, holding the head of the rag doll, Qin Guang approached the bed, he found a layer of black ointment-like stuff spread on the bed sheet, “What is this?”
He lifted the mosquito net and looked inside, those black impurities were just empty in the center in the shape of a living person, and some small words could be vaguely seen in the blank space.
Qin Guang stepped on the bed with his shoes on, he squatted down to the blank space, took out his cell phone and aimed the light at the bed sheet.
”It came again today, still standing at the door, I don’t know what it’s doing, it seems to want to come in.”
”It looked like my dead child, at least the back looked like it.”
”My family saw it too, it wasn’t a hallucination, it was really there.”
”Whose child is it anyway? Why does it show up in the hallway late at night?”
Just by reading the words on the bed sheet, Qin Guang had a creepy feeling, “There is a ghost child in this building!”
Continuing to look down, Qin Guang felt a wave of cool air churning in his chest, as if he had swallowed a large mouthful of ice slag in a cold winter month.
He was looking intently when the shadow on the bed sheet that appeared because of the light from the cell phone suddenly shook.
Qin Guang glanced back, and the nearest to him, Heshan, was standing in the bedroom doorway and did not come in.
”It’s not that medical student, I didn’t move around even though I’m crouching here, could it be an illusion?” Qin Guang didn’t dare to continue staying in the bedroom, he stood up, his forehead touched the mosquito netting and it tickled.
Reaching out and scratching his head, Qin Guang subconsciously raised his neck to take a look, right at this moment, there was a face lying on the mosquito net above his head!
The pale outline of the face was printed on the outside of the mosquito net, the obvious facial features were sunken inwards, and all those faces were staring at him! And had been staring at him for who knows how long!
”Ah!”
Qin Guang fell on the bed, and a footprint emerged on those unknown black stains, as if the ghosts outside had run into the middle of the mosquito net.
”Help! Help!”
Clutching the head of the rag doll, Qin Guang rolled straight off the bed like a mad bull.
With his body covered by the mosquito net, he yanked off the mosquito net fixed to the roof and rushed towards the bedroom door with chaotic screams.
Heshan was startled by Qin Guang’s sudden scream, and when he slowed down, he saw Qin Guang crashing directly into him like a madman.
The two of them fell to the ground, and Qin Guang, who was wrapped in the middle of the mosquito net, rolled all over the ground, as if he hadn’t come out of his fear yet.
”Keep your voice down!” Zuo Han didn’t know what Qin Guang had seen, but he could tell from Qin Guang’s exaggerated reaction at this moment that the final stage of the Underworld Fetus Scene was about to begin!
Qin Guang was the first to be “attacked” because he was holding the quest item.
Zuo Han gave a gesture to Mr. Wang, and the two of them worked together to get Qin Guang out of the mosquito net.
”There’s a ghost! I saw a ghost! It’s inside the mosquito net!” Qin Guang shouted loudly, his face was pale and his lips were purple with fear: “I’ve had psychic experiences, this time I feel as if it’s even stronger than last time, I’m not lying to you guys! This place seems to be really haunted!”
”I can’t say for sure if ghosts exist or not, but I do know that most of the time, ghosts are usually a kind of psychological suggestion given by the victims to themselves. What you need to do now is to take a deep breath and stand with us.” Mr. Wang’s voice was smooth and strong, and his words slowly calmed Qin Guang down.
”The rag doll’s limbs are not in this room, prepare to leave.” Compared to Teacher Wang, Zuo Han was much colder, he was the first one to walk out of the room and came to the corridor outside.
The black mist had already enveloped the long corridor, and there were many more bloody handprints of children on the walls, what’s more important to note is that all the blood on those bloody handprints hadn’t solidified yet, it seemed that those children had just been crawling around outside.
”The same scene, but it gives me a completely different feeling from when I came in before.” Elder Master Wang’s eyebrows were knitted together, “Honestly, all those crime scenes I’ve been to aren’t as gruesome as this place.”
”What’s even scarier is still behind.” Zuo Han dragged Qin Guang to his body, “We are now in the middle of the hidden scene, which means that this is the last scene of the whole experience, and the way to escape should be in the deepest part of this scene. If we get separated due to various accidents, then run towards the deepest part of the scene, understand?”
”Understood.” Qin Guang felt that Zuo Han was a really righteous person, all the information was shared with him and not deliberately hidden.
”You take the head of the rag doll and pay special attention, the key to whether we can escape or not is on you.” Zuo Han still wanted to explain a few words to Qin Guang, but the building suddenly changed again, the black fog became more and more dense, and the sound of high heels on the ground came from this building.
”Someone is coming over! It’s coming from underground!” Zuo Han perked up his ears, all the buildings and the world behind the door of the Underworld Scene were upside down, the first floor was at the closest to the ground and the fifth floor was at the deepest part of the underground.
The sound of those high-heeled shoes colliding with the ground seemed to explode directly in his mind, Zuo Han and Heshan looked at each other, they thought of another legend in the house of horrors.
This haunted house had a randomly appearing terrifying red-robed stern ghost, no one knew what she looked like, everyone only remembered that they had heard the sound of high heels on the ground before they passed out.
”Return the way you came! Stop exploring the building! Go at once!”
Zuo Han’s tone instantly became urgent, and the four of them ran towards the outside of the building at full speed.
The monsters in the black mist seemed to know that they had been discovered, and they became more and more reckless.
Cries and laughter appeared at the same time, a room door was pushed open, the paper money on the ground was blown by the wind, and eerie mournful music came from the closed building.
The four tourists ran stiffly up the stairs, and several red shadows slowly emerged from the black mist at the corner of the building.
”What is that?” Zuo Han felt his body start to tremble uncontrollably, he didn’t even know why he was so scared.
The footsteps behind him were getting closer and closer, and the red shadows in front of him were getting clearer and clearer.
Blood rained down on his face, and a face with its mouth sewn shut with stitches was the first to appear in front of the visitors.
”Have you seen my children?”
Blood slid down her red raincoat, and before her words left her mouth, another obese man in a red coat stepped out.
This man was dragging a huge kitchen knife in his left hand and a bloodied and unconscious “corpse” in his right hand.
”Fu Bole?!”
Seeing Fu Bole, who had become a “haunted house prop”, Qin Guang’s eyes almost jumped out of their sockets, his heart was severely seized, and he almost fainted directly.
Just as the two red coats appeared, the sound of children laughing and playing came from above the heads of the tourists.
Tilting their heads to look, a child covered in blood, dragging a large remnant of a doll lying on the roof!
”Stay and play with me!”
The blood dripped right onto Qin Guang’s face as he walked at the front, when the three red coats surrounded him in the center.
His legs were weak and Qin Guang was completely at a loss when the sound of footsteps downstairs finally approached.
A pair of red high-heeled shoes slowly emerged in the black fog, as if she was the queen of the curse, surrounded by countless bizarre monsters.
”Back! Back!” Qin Guang shouted loudly, the high heels were only a few steps away from Zuo Han, they were already in a desperate situation, everyone was on the verge of collapse.
”Back?” Zuo Han’s reaction seemed to have slowed down a lot, it was as if he had just realized something and turned his head to look behind himself.
Through the black fog, Zuo Han happened to lock eyes with those curse-filled eyes.
His heart stuttered, although he had already prepared himself mentally, Zuo Han still felt his scalp tingle.
However, the biggest difference between him and ordinary tourists was that he possessed a firm will that far exceeded that of ordinary people.
With his brain racing, Zuo Han knew in a split second what he should do now.
”A person will fall into a brief fainting spell when they are frightened beyond their body’s ability to withstand, and their body will react at the same time.”
”When a normal person is shocked, the body’s circulatory system will be the first to experience problems, and the coronary arteries will spasm, leading to peripheral ischemia, which will result in arrhythmia, tachycardia, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and discomfort in the precordial area accompanied by difficulty in breathing.”
Relevant knowledge flashed in his mind, Zuo Han covered his chest, as if he was thrown to the shore like a fish, the whites of his eyes rolled upwards and his body planted backwards.
Now this is an insurmountable desperate situation, so Zuo Han decided to pretend to faint, he was planning from the beginning.
Let Qin Guang hold the rag doll head to attract the actors, tell Qin Guang to run deeper into the scene, and when Qin Guang attracts people to leave, he will return the same way from the secret passage.
The body tilted, Zuo Han has not yet collapsed, he suddenly heard a “plop” sound!
Eyes slightly opened, Zuo Han found that Mr. Wang had already “fainted” on the ground!
His face was abnormally red, his expression was very painful, and he used his arm to press his head before fainting.
”People in shock, will endocrine disorders, symptoms of severe flushing and accompanied by increased blood pressure, body temperature; at the same time, shock will also make people’s nervous system reaction, symptoms of dizziness, headache, a small number of people will even projectile vomiting …… ”
From a medical point of view, Mr. Wang’s fainting is obviously more professional!
”Ginger is still old and hot.”
Zuo Han and Mr. Wang fainted almost at the same time, and Heshan also reacted immediately after seeing it.
But he had just pressed his hand on his chest and before he could fall down, he was yanked by Qin Guang’s arm, “Quickly go! Chance!”
”Crap! Let go!”
The three red coats slowed down their movements after the red heels appeared, seemingly a little afraid of the red heels now.
Qin Guang just took advantage of this opportunity and rigidly grabbed Heshan to pass through the middle of the three red coats.
The two of them ran wildly in a playful manner, with all three red coats and the red high heels chasing them towards the outside of the building!