Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chapter 378 [Domain·Drowning] Reverse Journey

"Damn it, it can come out of the river!"

Zhu Guang gasped for breath as he pulled the boy to his side and retreated with the others.

Water gushed down from the drowned ghost's body, which was completely naked and soaking wet, with a few strands of waterweed in its hair. The clothes on the shore were probably its.

"...We were classmates, why didn't you save me?"

The drowned ghost was still repeating that phrase.

In the blink of an eye, the ten people had already rushed up the slope, and when they looked back, the ghost was still following them!

The pace wasn't very fast.

"A middle school student... was that his school just ringing the school bell?" Wan Xiaoshuang frowned. "It hasn't made a move yet; is it trying to drive us to the school?"

"It could also be because we haven't broken any taboos yet."

Chen Ji shook his head, but continued running in the direction where the bell had rung earlier.

Even outside the realm of the supernatural, in reality, there are many rumors about people who drown. The common thread in these rumors is that the creatures grab people's feet underwater, drag them into the water, and drown just like the people who drowned!

Therefore, the older generation warns children not to swim in wild lakes and rivers, because the yin energy is heavy there and few people go there. If a ghost grabs a substitute, it will not let go.

Chen Ji and Tong Zi deliberately avoided stepping into the water, keeping their feet on the ground, so the ghost had no chance to grab them.

But no one expected that this ghost would actually be able to get ashore.

Perhaps because class had started, they didn't hear any more noise from the students after they came up from the river.

The entire forest was silent and empty at this moment, with only the dull summer wind rustling the branches and the cicadas still chirping loudly.

When Jing arrived at Hongtian, she thought they had entered a ghost wall.

He was at the back of the group, and every few seconds he would turn his head to look, and he could always catch a glimpse of a white figure flashing by among the trees.

That ghost is still following them!

However, they have already created some distance between them.

Just then, everyone suddenly fell silent.

Faintly, they heard a muffled sound of reading coming from not far ahead.

Class has started... Will we be at school soon?

Hong Tian narrowed his eyes slightly. At that moment, he suddenly heard a creaking sound under his feet, as if he had stepped on plastic. He looked down and saw that it was an empty bag of spicy strips.

He immediately turned around and looked back at the woods behind him.

In the blink of an eye, the ghost vanished.

All that could be seen were wet footprints on the ground that abruptly stopped between two trees, a considerable distance from him, making it relatively safe.

Is it because we've entered the school grounds?

As expected... Wan Xiaoshuang was right. The ghost's real purpose was to force them into the school.

Hong Tian let out a soft breath.

He guessed that was the case, after all, it was absurd to be chased by ghosts without any guidance.

Hong Tian remained vigilant. He and Zheng Meng walked backwards, back to back, still keeping their eyes on the ground.

Having entered the Ninth Domain alone, how could he not understand that he absolutely must not expose his back to the ghosts... and of course, it would be best not to expose it to people either.

However, we are currently in the "honeymoon period" when the teammates have just gotten to know each other, and during this period, ghosts pose a greater threat than humans.

Moreover, Zheng Meng and he both came in alone, and the two had already expressed their intention to stick together.

There was no movement.

There were no footsteps either.

The increasingly bright sunlight pierced through from behind, proving that we were about to leave the woods.

Hong Tian's heartbeat remained steady, his shoulders felt slightly itchy, and a fly buzzed as it landed on his leather jacket.

Being chased by ghosts is commonplace for him now; what he cares more about now is the connection between the river and the school.

Just as Chen Ji and Tong Zi went to get their schoolbags, Hong Tian noticed a stone tablet standing in the mud by the river, with three characters written on it:

【Jiagu River】

A school is built on the riverbank, and now it's the height of summer...

Did the junior high school students drown while swimming in the river to escape the summer heat?

But why say, "We were classmates, why didn't you save me?"

The average age of those who enter the domain is over 20. They are new to the domain and are not students, so who exactly is this statement being addressed to?

Under what circumstances were you said that?

Did someone fail to help a middle school student who was drowning?

Hong Tian frowned. The buzzing sound grew louder and louder, circling around his head, which annoyed him.

Of course, there is another possibility...

Hong Tian pondered, then reached out and patted his shoulder. That was the drowning ghost that had followed them, and it had also been killed by the ghost!

Like a ring toss, the first ghost killed the middle school student, and the middle school student then became a new water ghost in the water...

Snapped!

He slapped himself on the shoulder.

Buzz...

A ray of sunlight shone on Hong Tian.

It's very hot.

But his body felt as if it had been put into a cold storage.

A sudden chill, like an electric current, ran through his entire body from his heels. Hong Tian stiffly withdrew his hand. In the light, he first saw that the fine hairs on his arms were almost transparent, standing up one by one.

then.

He then noticed that his palms were glistening with moisture.

Buzz...

Hong Tian had never touched water.

Hong Tian's hands had never touched water.

Hong Tian's shoulders were soaked.

He slowly turned his head—no, only slightly.

Buzz...

He saw behind his shoulder, where Zheng Meng should have been.

A human head, swollen and wrinkled from being soaked, was revealed.

It was swaying slightly, because, like Hongtian, it was also walking backwards.

Its pale lips were constantly moving, and it was this thing that kept muttering something in Hongtian's ear. But because its nasal cavity and mouth were full of river water, water droplets kept overflowing as its lips moved, making its rapid muttering sound like flies buzzing around.

“Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz.......”

next second.

Several heads slowly emerged from behind the ghost.

Their faces were pale and damp; a corner of red was faintly visible in the arms of the person at the very front.

They are both walking backwards.

I don't know when it started, but in this team of ten, besides Hong Tian himself...

They all turned into ghosts!

The group was moving uphill, but all the ghosts had reversed direction and were staring at the back of his head!

"Hold!"

Hong Tian's feet moved faster than his brain. His mind went blank, and in the blink of an eye, he had sprung to the side and turned to run, tumbling and crawling as he fled uphill!

Despite the sweltering summer heat, cold sweat dripped continuously from his forehead.

By this time, the sound of reading had become more noticeable, and the trees were gradually thinning out.

brush!

I don't know how many minutes have passed, and Hong Tian didn't even dare to look back when his eyes were suddenly pierced by a burst of light, and everything in front of him suddenly became clear!

The loess slope in front is now exposed!

At the very top of the loess slope stood a drab, gray teaching building—

He finally emerged from the woods.

Hongtian could even see a middle school student staring blankly in this direction from a dilapidated window upstairs.

He saw Hong Tian.

He jumped to his feet and exclaimed in surprise:

"Teacher Zhan!"

Hong Tian is back!