Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chapter 134 [The Asylum] The Fountain Pen Reappears

5th floor of the mental hospital.

It was still that same mahogany gate that connected the long corridor.

Chen Ji pushed open the door and walked into the dean's office, which was empty of dean staff.

He immediately turned on all the lights, looked around, and vaguely caught sight of a dark shadow retreating reluctantly into the shadows.

"The black shadow... Tang Qin still hasn't given up on killing me."

Chen Ji pondered for a moment and said that from now on, he must always keep light around him.

Especially now that the Painted Skin Ghost Du Tingfeng is no longer by his side, the black ghost has become even less fearful.

The office was empty.

The creature that had been impersonating his parents has vanished.

Chen Ji knew that this meant the remaining effects of the medicine in his stomach were about to wear off.

Without much hesitation, he pushed open the door to the cubicle and walked down the long flight of stairs.

After descending about five floors, Chen Ji walked to the locked iron gate, took out the male doctor's key, and checked the experiment against it one by one.

Click.

The door opened when they tried the third key.

Just as Chen Ji had guessed, the room was indeed a pharmacy.

The ceiling light shone with a cold white light. There was only half a wall on the east side, with glass on top, but it was all welded shut by a thick iron plate. This was the medicine dispensing area that Chen Ji had seen in the hall.

"First, get Liu Yuan's medicine..."

Chen Ji recalled the medication records in the medical record, searched for the names of the medicines one by one, and wrapped them in a piece of white paper.

He rummaged through the items again and carefully categorized and put away Zhang Xiaomei's medicines in the same way.

Thinking of the nurse Zhang Xiaomei's incredible strength, he wiped his sweat and gave her another dose of strong sedative.

But, as for Xiao Guo in the basement...

Chen Ji pondered for a while, listing all the possible causes of the illness, and couldn't help but frown.

He wasn't a professional psychiatrist after all, so he couldn't determine the cause of the illness and could only prescribe some antipsychotic drugs such as olanzapine and risperidone.

"We've basically got everything... Is there anything else we need?"

When Chen Ji checked the last medicine cabinet, his eyes suddenly flashed.

There is a hidden compartment here.

He fiddled with it for a moment, then opened the hidden compartment, revealing two neatly separated medicines inside.

It's the little white pill that Chen Ji used to take, and Du Tingfeng's colorful pills!

Those few small white pills were clearly not normal medicines; they were most likely only produced in this Netherworld and had very special abilities.

It can turn illusions into reality.

What about those colored pills?

Why was it also hidden separately in a secret compartment?

Is it to treat the symptoms on Du Tingfeng's patient card?

Du Tingfeng didn't take the medicine. Is it possible that the colored pills could have some effect on him?

Chen Ji knew this idea was absurd, after all, Du Tingfeng was a ghost with a painted skin, and there was a 99% chance that the information on that patient card was simply fabricated.

But he had no other choice; he had to try everything, no matter how small the possibility.

Without further hesitation, Chen Ji put the two special medicines into his pocket.

A moment later...

In confinement room.

The male doctor, Liu Yuan, felt a sharp pain on his face, which woke him from his daze.

"Who, who slapped me in the face?"

He mumbled something in a daze and opened his eyes in confusion.

What came into view was a young man with black hair.

Chen Ji squatted down beside him and asked softly, "Are you alright?"

Where am I...?

Liu Yuan moved his lips and asked weakly.

Wasn't he reading with Xiaomei at the bookstore?

And why does his mouth taste so bitter?

Chen Ji observed Liu Yuan's expression thoughtfully.

He didn't say anything, but instead took out a photo from his pocket and waved it in front of Liu Yuan.

This is the photo on Liu Yuan's medical record that scared him to the point of collapse!

"Ok?"

Where did you get my photo?

Liu Yuan looked puzzled, but when he took the photo, there was no fear in his eyes.

"Also, wasn't I in a bookstore?"

He had barely uttered the question when he suddenly froze, staring at his legs with disbelief on his face!

Chen Ji took a half step back and watched as Liu Yuan's body slowly dissolved into specks of light from bottom to top, flying in the air like dust.

"It's just a dream..."

Chen Ji said softly, "You should go back."

"is that so....."

Liu Yuan's expression became dazed, and a few seconds later, his body completely vanished into thin air.

The next second, he regained consciousness.

The setting sun cast long shadows on his face. Liu Yuan looked around in a daze and realized that he had fallen asleep on the table without even noticing.

Zhang Xiaomei on the other side was the same.

"I think I had a very strange dream..."

Liu Yuan murmured to himself, then got up and draped his coat over Zhang Xiaomei's shoulders.

Go to sleep.

Don't wake her up yet.

Liu Yuan glanced tenderly at Zhang Xiaomei, then quietly opened the textbook in front of him.

Outside the window, a bustling crowd thronged the street, and a silver sports car roared past...

.......

Inside the mental hospital.

Chen Ji was the only one left in the solitary confinement cell.

A hint of excitement finally appeared on his face as he looked at the pen slowly revealing its true form in mid-air.

The pen is dancing with joy!

"I knew you'd always be there for me."

Chen Ji said softly.

The pen immediately jumped onto his arm:

【^^】

You can finally see me!

I've been trying to get your attention.

But I dared not move too much.

[The ghost will find out.]

"You noticed that something was wrong with Du Tingfeng too, right?"

Chen Ji smiled slightly.

He felt a little more relaxed; the presence of the pen finally made him feel connected to reality.

【nonsense】

I knew something was wrong as soon as I walked in.

[The hint is that I've been poking your waist]

But you're ignoring me.

The pen moved slowly, seemingly a little aggrieved.

"I can't see you..."

Chen Ji said somewhat speechlessly, suddenly wondering if the initial tingling and itching sensation was really just a hallucination.

He touched his chest again, but couldn't find the monkey doll he always carried with him.

"Where's the monkey?"

【have no idea】

【not give a damn about】

"......"

Chen Ji crossed out the last sentence, lost in thought.

Returning Liu Yuan to normalcy resulted in the appearance of a fountain pen.

There are two other people, Zhang Xiaomei and Xiaoguo.

What benefit would he gain if he could bring both of them back to consciousness?

Next, the monkey doll might come back.

And what about the last one?

Could they send Chen Ji out directly?

Chen Ji thought about it and felt that it probably wasn't that simple.

"Go find Zhang Xiaomei first."

Chen Ji didn't continue thinking about it; only through experimentation could he find out.

"And one more thing."

Just as Chen Ji was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and asked the pen a question.

"Can your ability to change your fate be used here?"

The pen gave an affirmative answer.

【Can. 】

However, I suggest you...

[Unless in extreme circumstances]

Do not use.

"why?"

Chen Ji was taken aback.

This is not a domain.

This space has an owner.

Once you use it

She will most likely become aware of my existence and abilities.