In the silence of the night, a dark figure walked slowly in the living room.

The clock on the wall ticked and it was three in the morning.

The man's fingertips brushed across the wall and finally stopped at the door of Yingchen's bedroom.

The door handle turned slowly and the door was pushed open.

The cold eyes pierced through the darkness and stared at the man in pajamas.

He was sleeping very soundly, with the corners of his mouth raised, as if he was dreaming about something very happy.

The figure outside the door slowly approached the bed and walked to the bedside silently.

Suddenly, the sound of book pages turning could be heard in the dark bedroom, and the pungent smell of blood filled the room.

The man lying on the bed frowned, he turned over and faced the figure beside the bed.

Squatting silently in front of the man, the figure tilted his head to look at the sleeping man, and slowly raised the hideous and exaggerated skull-crushing hammer in his hand.

"Yingchen?"

She called out softly, and Yingchen's eyelids fluttered, and he slowly opened his eyes in his deep sleep.

He seemed to see a person standing beside the bed in a daze. His eyes slowly focused and he saw an iron hammer with barbs all over it and even blood grooves on it, hitting his shoulder at a rapid speed.

Taking a deep breath, Yingchen instantly jumped up from the bed and rolled to one side.

The barbs scratched my pajamas, fell on the bed, and directly smashed through the wooden bed!

Yingchen hardly dared to think that if he had not dodged just now, he would have been crippled.

"Who are you!" Standing on the other side of the bed, Yingchen's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He was frightened and his voice was trembling.

"You were able to dodge not because I didn't hit you, but because I wanted to play with you slowly."

The voice in the darkness gave Yingchen goosebumps, but at the same time he felt that the voice was very familiar to him, as if he had heard it somewhere.

He was still in shock and had no time to think about anything else before the figure rushed towards him again.

Yingchen reached for the desk and took out a fruit knife, but before he could swing the knife, his arm was hit by a huge force and he lost consciousness instantly.

The whole arm was draped limply over the shoulder and the fruit knife fell to the ground.

Kicking the knife aside, the figure standing in the darkness stared at Yingchen.

At this moment Yingchen didn't even dare to move. He leaned against the wall, completely unable to understand how this horrible guy in front of him appeared in his room.

"After all, I'm not good at bullying the weak, and the game you're passionate about is too boring to me." The figure took a step back, shook his head slightly, and walked out of the bedroom dragging the heavy skull crusher, closing the door by the way.

His heart was pounding, Yingchen covered his unconscious arm, he felt like he was dreaming.

The smell of blood became stronger and stronger, streaks of blood spread across the room, and pale faces appeared on the walls.

…

With his back against the bedroom door, Chen Ge put away the skull crusher and listened to the screams from Yingchen's bedroom.

Half an hour later, the screaming stopped, Chen Ge reopened the door and dragged Yingchen out.

"This person's psychological quality is also very average, far from the minister played by Mingtai."

While Chen Ge was dragging Yingchen, cat meows could be heard continuously from the room where Yingchen kept stray cats.

One of the cat's meows was extremely shrill, which reminded Chen Ge of the cat's meow in the world behind Yingtong Gate.

It was because of the warning from the cat's cry that he was able to determine the location of Yingchen.

"I almost forgot that you are also victims." Chen Ge smashed the door open. The moment the door opened, countless cats rushed out. They passed through Chen Ge's body, fled in all directions, and disappeared.

"Are those the cats that died in this house? Well, they are free now."

Chen Ge entered the house. There were several injured stray cats on the ground. They were very afraid of Chen Ge. As soon as Chen Ge came in, they huddled in the corner and wanted to escape.

"You saved me behind the door, so I will come to help you outside."

Chen Ge was not a doctor, so he decided to send the cats to a pet hospital after daybreak and bring them back to New Century Park after they were treated.

"Chen Ge..." Ying Tong walked out of the room, touching the wall. The child was still not used to opening his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"There is a body hidden under Yingchen's bed. It belongs to my stepfather." The stepfather Yingtong mentioned was the relative Yingchen mentioned before. This relative was actually very good at taking care of them, but Yingchen didn't think so: "There are also Mr. Mu, Ms. Skirt, and Aunt Wu... I know where they are."

Ying Tong was talking about the location of the bodies, which made Chen Ge feel very uncomfortable. He touched Ying Tong's head and said, "Well, we will find all of them."

Sitting on the sofa, Chen Ge called Li Zheng. When the call was connected and Li Zheng's dazed voice came from the other end of the phone, Chen Ge suddenly realized that it was not even four o'clock in the morning.

"It's like this, Captain Li, I'm at Yingchen's house now."

"Didn't we agree to go to his house together this morning to check it out?" Li Zheng had already woken up, and he noticed something strange in Chen Ge's tone.

"You know, I hate evil. I can't sleep when I think there are still evil people at large."

"Stop talking nonsense and get to the point. Have you found anything?" The sound of Li Zheng putting on his clothes could be heard from the other end of the phone.

"Yingchen did not just torture cats. He also killed people. The body is under the bed. Please come as soon as possible. We have found the witnesses and evidence."

"Make sure you and the witness are safe! We'll be there soon!"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Ge listened to the busy tone and glanced at Ying Chen next to him: "To subdue such a vicious perverted killer, do I have to get hurt a little more?"

Chen Ge quietly tore his outer and inner clothes apart, looking quite embarrassed.

While waiting for the police to arrive, Chen Ge took out his black mobile phone from his pocket, swiped the screen, and clicked on the unread messages.

"The ghost fetus has completed seven-ninths of the four-star trial mission. The ghost fetus has lost the eyes that can see through people's hearts and can no longer understand your thoughts! Lucky red-robed patron! You don't have much time!"

"Lucky Red Patron! The favorability of the cursed special red dress has exceeded the critical value, activating the favorability mission Red High Heels!"

"Red High Heels (favorability mission, after completing it, there is a high probability that the red clothes attached to the high heels will be recruited as an employee): Have you ever heard of a curse game called Red High Heels?"

“Quest requirements: Enter the cursed hospital at midnight and find a pair of blood-red high heels.”

"Task prompt: Am I beautiful?"

"There is no time limit for favorability tasks. As favorability increases, the difficulty of the tasks will decrease accordingly."

At around four o'clock in the morning, Li Zheng led his team to Yingchen's house.

Ying Tong was protected by them and handed over to a professional doctor for examination, while Chen Ge cooperated with the police at the scene.

After collecting evidence and conducting investigations from four o'clock until after eight o'clock, Chen Ge was finally able to take a break.

He has cooperated sufficiently, and the rest can be left to the police.

"Brother Zheng, my business is about to open. Can you let me go back and tell my employees before coming back?"

Li Zheng was also aware of Chen Ge's situation. He knew that Chen Ge was having a hard time, so he nodded in agreement: "I'll have someone drive you back."

"One more thing." Chen Ge pointed at the stray cats in the hut and said, "Can I take them away too?"

"It's fine if you want to adopt stray cats, but not right now. We found human blood in the cats' hair. They can't leave this room for the time being."

"Can you find a veterinarian to treat them? Some of the cats' claws are so bare that their bones are exposed. I really can't bear it."

"Don't worry, leave it to us."

The Hanjiang police were still very trustworthy. Chen Ge thanked them. As the police force was tight, he did not bother the police and took a taxi back to New Century Park.

As soon as he walked to the haunted house, Chen Ge heard the voices of Xiao Gu and Wu Jinpeng.

"Why hasn't Boss Chen come yet? Doesn't he usually live in a haunted house? Has something happened?" Wu Jinpeng was very worried. He knew that Chen Ge often did dangerous things in order to find his parents.

"I was worried at first, but then I got used to it. Our boss has the habit of running at night. He runs all night long. When I get up in the morning and check my phone, the number of steps he has recorded is in the four digits..."

"Xiao Gu." Chen Ge's voice came from behind, scaring Xiao Gu: "Hurry up and put on makeup, get ready to open for business."

Pushing aside the guardrail, Chen Ge entered the dressing room and put makeup on the employees. He then personally took Wu Jinpeng to learn various scary techniques, and at the same time asked some of the employees in the backpack to return to their respective scenes.

By ten o'clock, Chen Ge couldn't hold on any longer, so he went out to eat something, then returned to the staff lounge and fell asleep.

The ghost fetus mission lasted for nine days. He had entered several doors in succession and his body was a little exhausted.

Chen Ge slept until three in the afternoon. He was awakened by the ringing of his cell phone. He looked at the caller ID and quickly answered the call: "Brother Zheng, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"I'm sorry to bother you to come over. Ying Tong has something to say only to you. This child suffers from a serious mental illness. This is the first time I've seen such a pitiful child in my many years as a police officer."

"Okay, I'll be there right away." Chen Ge ran out of the horror house carrying his backpack. Under the surprised gazes of the tourists, he took a taxi to the city branch.

…

There were only four people sitting in the huge conference room of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Municipal Branch, two of whom were children.

Ying Tong sat next to Chen Ge with her eyes closed, while Li Zheng and Zhen Zhen sat on the other side of the conference table.

"Chen Ge, Captain Yan has taken over this case. He was very angry when he found out about Ying Tong. I rarely see him look so angry." Li Zheng opened the laptop on the table and took out a recorder. "I asked you to come here mainly to clarify one thing."

"What's up?"

Li Zheng sighed softly: "How did you deduce the murder case from Tongtong's dream? Chen Ge, I hope you don't treat me as a policeman now, just treat me as a friend and tell me everything you know."

Ying Tong is the seventh child chosen by the ghost fetus. Zhen Zhen is a defective ghost fetus made by Shadow, so he could dream about her. However, Chen Ge could not tell Li Zheng these things because the ghost fetus is really too dangerous. The fewer people who know about its existence, the better.

"I don't want to pry into your secrets. I'm just worried that there are other people who are suffering the same despair as Ying Tong." Li Zheng looked at Chen Ge, hoping that Chen Ge would say something, but the meeting room was eerily quiet.

After more than ten minutes of stalemate, Li Zheng spoke again: "In fact, after learning about the cases of the two Yingchen brothers, we asked Tongtong again to see if he had any other dreams? Or did he dream about something about a certain person?"

"Did he dream about someone again?" Chen Ge was a little curious. The ghost fetus selected nine children, and now there is still one child still hiding in Hanjiang.

"Yes, he dreamed about it." Li Zheng's expression was a little strange: "The person he dreamed about the most was you. The scenes he described were all your childhood experiences. We didn't intend to investigate you. We wanted to help you find your parents before, so we searched for some information about you."

"I don't quite understand. Tongtong dreamed about me?" Chen Ge knew that he was also one of the nine children chosen by the ghost fetus, but he didn't think that the ghost fetus would be placed in him.

It is true that the ghost fetus is an evil spirit, but Zhang Ya is not at all afraid of it. If the ghost fetus is on her body, Zhang Ya will definitely find it.

"Recently, Tongtong's dreams are all about you. He dreamed that you... were killed in various ways." Li Zheng imported the contents of the recorder into the computer and played it in front of Chen Ge.

Listening to Tongtong's childish narration of such horrific content, Chen Ge's palms were soaked with sweat. Tongtong dreamed of nine ways of dying. In other words, Chen Ge was killed nine times in Tongtong's dream.

"No wonder he was so scared of me the last time I saw him." Chen Ge did not answer Li Zheng's question, but asked another question: "Brother Zheng, Tongtong has never had any other dreams besides me?"

There is still one missing from the nine children, and there are only two nights left before the ghost fetus wakes up.

"No." Li Zheng shook his head.

The conference room fell silent again. Li Zheng looked at Chen Ge frowning. When talking about other people's affairs, Chen Ge could always unravel the truth, but now that it involved himself, this man didn't say a word.

"It's okay if you really don't want to say it, but I hope you can trust us and not take everything on your own." Li Zheng poured Chen Ge a glass of water: "Finally, I have one more thing to tell you. Ying Tong's psychological treatment requires your cooperation. This child only trusts you."

"Yes, no problem." Chen Ge agreed immediately. He touched Ying Tong's head and said, "By the way, Brother Zheng, what procedures do I need to go through if I want to adopt a child?"

"Adopting a child is not something you can decide on a whim. Go back and think about it carefully." Li Zheng was like a nagging elder brother: "Raising a child is easy, but educating them and healing their childhood wounds is a very difficult task. Even professional doctors dare not guarantee success. You don't know the difficulty."

"Difficulties can be overcome." Chen Ge counted on his fingers and found that the children who had close relationships with him included Fan Yu, Jiang Ling, Ying Tong, etc.

Although these children have suffered trauma, once they come out of the shadows and grow up, they will definitely become extraordinary people.