Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chapter 497 [Domain - First Gate] Check-in Completed

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A calm male voice rang out from outside:

"We just received news that there is an emergency in the lobby."

"What is it?" the female ghost murmured hoarsely from inside the house.

After a few seconds of silence outside, someone quickly said:

"We are unaware of this at the moment."

"The guests on the first floor have now been recalled to their respective floors. For your safety, please do not leave your room until the matter is resolved."

After he finished speaking, the sound of footsteps receding into the distance could be heard outside.

And in the guest room.

The female ghost's anxious teeth grinding became even more frequent.

It turned its head, floated down, and nervously peered under the bed.

A round, chubby shadow could be vaguely seen in the darkness.

like a statue.

Apart from that, there was no other figure under the bed.

After confirming, the female ghost floated back to the bed, and the sound of the wind completely disappeared.

Under the desk.

Xu Sandao curled up into a ball, shrouding himself in shadow.

This is not a perfect hiding spot; it's easy to be spotted.

But because it is so easy to observe, the female ghost must have already checked this place beforehand... so it is relatively safe.

Holding his breath, Xu Sandao waited for a few seconds.

The sound of metal colliding.

The sound of fabric rubbing together several times in succession.

After confirming that it matched the sound of the female ghost's head emerging from the backpack, he hugged the head tightly and quietly slipped out.

He closed the door silently, then touched his face strangely, feeling that he actually had a knack for being a thief.

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, he immediately turned his head and looked at Du Tingfeng, who was waiting not far away.

The person outside the door just now was Du Tingfeng.

It was he who knocked on the door, which conveniently attracted the female ghost's attention, allowing Xu Sandao to switch places and sneak under the desk.

Before entering the house, they found something with a similar shape in the storage room, covered it with a cloth to use as a human head, and prepared to put it in their backpacks.

This will delay the time it takes for the ghost to discover that the head has been taken away.

However, the plan did not succeed completely; no one expected the ghost couple to pull such a stunt.

On the surface, it appears that the couple has left, but in reality, the female ghost has remained in the room the whole time!

The headless ghost's head was taken out of the backpack and hidden under the bed.

Before he could ask Du Tingfeng why he knew the female ghost was in the house, Xu Sandao noticed that his expression was extremely solemn.

Following his gaze, Xu Sandao looked at the elevator, his eyes narrowing slightly.

The elevator started moving.

It's rising.

A few seconds later...

Ding.

The elevator doors slowly opened, and a man with a buzz cut stood inside, expressionless.

He was holding a woman in his arms, but her head seemed to be hidden in his arms and could not be seen at all; only half of her gray neck could be seen.

The man glanced at the two cleaners next to the elevator.

Its gaze seemed to pierce through one's soul, carrying a deep chill.

The two cleaners bowed to him, then lowered their heads and made way for him.

Snap... Snap...

The man withdrew his gaze, his steps heavy, and walked towards room 2013.

Clang... clang...

The cleaner straightened up, pushed a cart full of supplies, and entered the elevator.

The four people passed each other.

The elevator door slowly closed.

"Take off your clothes." After confirming it was safe, Du Tingfeng immediately said, "Quickly!"

Xu Sandao paused for a moment, shrugged, and took off his uniform as instructed.

"I just contacted Chen Ji." Du Tingfeng also took off his uniform and said, "When the headless ghost returns to the main hall, the taboo is that he cannot wear all white."

"Oh, like this."

“Yes.” Du Tingfeng continued, “This directly led to Chen Ji’s plan going wrong. The male ghost with the buzz cut discovered that the headless ghost was outside and refused to leave the elevator.”

“I guess this situation can’t last long. The male ghost will definitely go back to the second floor soon, so you have to get out as soon as possible.”

Ding.

The elevator stopped.

"So you knocked on the door to remind me, but you didn't expect the ghost to respond," Xu San said knowingly.

"Yes." Du Tingfeng nodded. "I originally thought I had summoned the ghost, but judging from how quickly you came out, it shouldn't be me?"

"No."

"On the contrary, you saved my life."

Xu Sandao looked towards the door, quickly ending the conversation.

The headless ghost was standing outside the elevator.

Both of their pupils contracted slightly at the same time.

This was the first time they had seen the headless ghost, and it was exactly as Chen Ji had described, except... it now had a head.

But it's clearly the head of some NPC.

It rested its head on one hand, its eyes staring blankly at them, as if it had been waiting at the elevator entrance for a long time.

We're just waiting for the elevator doors to open.

In a flash, Du Tingfeng bent down, reached into the clean sheets on the cleaning cart, and pulled out a bald head!

With the head exposed to the light, a small hole can be seen between the eyebrows, as if something had been inserted there before.

Bang!

The headless ghost loosened its grip.

Zhang Xiaoshan's head fell heavily to the ground from its neck.

Two pale arms emerged from the wide sleeves of the mourning clothes, took the bald head from Du Tingfeng's hand, and placed it on their own necks.

Then, he took out a mourning sash from his sleeve.

It was stuck in his head, just enough to cover the hole.

Outside the revolving door, Chen Ji breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the front desk.

He's the only one left at the front desk.

The headless ghost—no, it should now be called the mourning ghost—slowly walked towards the front of the stage.

Click...

Click...

The printer ejects a sheet of paper.

Chen Ji gazed at the contents of the paper, his eyes flickered slightly, and he said softly:

"Your room number is 2014."

"Please call the front desk if you need anything."

They watched as the ghost in mourning clothes walked towards the elevator.

Chen Ji looked away and turned on the computer again; the numbers on it had changed:

Number of rooms remaining:

[0/30]

The note that indicated the room card was not printed has disappeared.

The rule that "hotels must remain fully booked" was crossed out of the front desk guide.

This proves that all guests have entered the hotel and completed the check-in process.

in other words......

Chen Ji's work has come to a temporary end.

Unless other guests request delivery, Chen Ji believes that with three shifts, not everything will be crammed together.

He looked at Du Tingfeng and his companion pushing the cart and suddenly paused.

"what is this?"

The two men were holding a vermilion chopstick.

"This chopstick was once stuck in the head of a ghost in mourning."

Xu Sandao stared at the wooden chopstick, lost in thought.

"When I first found its head, only a little bit of the chopstick was showing, and I thought it was a mole."

"However, the chopsticks just fell off when we handed our heads to that ghost."

Chen took the wooden chopsticks away and examined them closely, but couldn't see anything unusual.

"It's possible that this chopstick is what caused the head and body of the mourning ghost to be unable to sense each other."

In short, the check-in issue has been resolved, and the group quickly discussed what had happened.

Chen Ji mentioned Feng Yao in the conversation.

She was a restaurant cleaner who, after the walkie-talkie communication was restored, informed Chen Ji of the taboos surrounding the headless ghost.

However, Chen Ji had already figured it out by then.

"Three people died in the restaurant."

Chen Ji said, "Two interns and one domain entrant."

"Everyone else was rescued by Feng Yao."

Chen Ji didn't say much about this.

He had learned from Feng Yao's words that the deceased visitor must have used a strange object to transfer the risk to someone else.

Chen Ji glanced at the restaurant without much emotion, wondering how Bai Shaohua was doing.

Calculate the time.

After learning about the taboo, Feng Yao may have informed the person who entered the domain.

However, it was just an announcement.

She wasn't so kind as to help the intruder remove his uniform while he was unable to move.