When Zhang Ya was asleep, Xu Yin had protected Chen Ge many times. At that time, both the man and the ghost were very weak, and each time they fought for their lives, fighting for a glimmer of hope.

The evil spirits that Chen Ge trusts the most are Zhang Ya and Xu Yin. The bond between them goes beyond the distance between life and death.

"Are you sure you want to devour the evil god's black stripes?" Chen Ge looked at Xu Yin very seriously. Although Xu Yin was the most suitable candidate, he would never force the other party.

While gaining strength, one must also endure unimaginable pain.

Just by touching it, Xu Yin's skin began to crack on a large scale. If he swallowed it into his body, what kind of pain would he have to endure?

The black lines burned the skin, and the speed at which the blood vessels repaired could just keep up with the speed of destruction. Xu Yin silently looked at the black lines on his fingertips, then nodded.

No one knew what Xu Yin was thinking. Maybe he felt the pressure from the evil spirit, or maybe he knew that Chen Ge's situation was not good. Repeated life-and-death crises made him realize that his power was not enough to protect everything he valued.

He never said much, but he knew in his heart that he didn't want to lose anything anymore.

“Don’t force yourself.” Chen Ge and other haunted house employees looked at Xu Yin. Xu Yin, who was in the middle of the crowd, slowly raised his arm and swallowed the black pattern of the evil spirit into his stomach.

The moment the black lines entered, countless fine black blood vessels appeared on Xu Yin's face and neck, and the red heart in his chest beat wildly.

The pain he is going through now is so unbearable for others just to watch.

Xu Yin's expression gradually became hideous and distorted, pain and despair surged in his eyes, and he seemed to have turned back into the helpless boy he was before.

His sanity was being eroded and Xu Yin was on the verge of going crazy.

A roar echoed from behind the door. Chen Ge took the initiative to run over and held Xu Yin's hands.

The cold blood of the red-clothed man wrapped around Chen Ge's hands. Blood streaks left countless wounds on Chen Ge's arms, his skin was torn and warm blood kept dripping, but Chen Ge did not retreat a single step.

"Don't be bewitched by the evil spirit. You are Xu Yin. Your name is Xu Yin!"

The red-clad employees behind him also walked out spontaneously, and blood-red threads fell on Xu Yin's body. They couldn't help him relieve the pain, so they could only help him recover quickly in their own way.

The man in red forcibly swallowed the patterns of the evil god, which had never happened before.

In just a few minutes, Xu Yin's body was almost reconstructed. Even Hong Yi would not be able to endure the collapse of his body, but Xu Yin managed to hold on.

He slowly got used to the pain. The strange pattern on the red heart was growing rapidly, while the black pattern from the evil god with the surname of Eater was disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Gradually, a strange man's voice was heard from Xu Yin's voice. It was impossible to make out what he was saying specifically, but it seemed like he was casting a vicious curse.

Along with the curse, the black lines in Xu Yin's body turned into a mouth, trying to bite Xu Yin's heart from the inside.

When the mouth bit Xu Yin's heart, the black lines on Xu Yin's heart also drilled into the mouth. Neither side gave in and they devoured each other.

Enduring extreme pain, with the help of several haunted house employees, the black lines on Xu Yin's heart slowly took over.

The black lines from the evil god named Chi were shattered and became nourishment for Xu Yin.

Drops of black blood emitting a strange smell flowed out from Xu Yin's heart. His entire aura changed, and the black lines on his heart began to spread wildly.

"Did it work?" Chen Ge asked Zhang Yi to ask about the red high heels.

"It's a temporary success. The lines of the evil spirit will strike back. It will probably take some time to digest it completely." Others couldn't detect Xu Yin's body at all. Only the red high-heeled shoes that were proficient in curses could do it. After asking, Zhang Yi brought Chen Ge some good news: "For some reason, Xu Yin's body has changed a lot. Now most curses can't have an effect on him. This is also what the top red-clothed man who is good at curses said."

The pain will continue for some time, but Xu Yin's condition has basically stabilized.

This top redcoat of the Curse Hospital was fully utilized and nothing was wasted.

"Zhang Yi, check his memory as soon as possible. The more you know, the better it will be for us."

After putting the red-clothed ghost into the comic book, Chen Ge left the world behind the door.

Returning to the underground scene of the horror house, Chen Ge felt that his own home was more comfortable.

In Xinhai, even though there were so many people in red around him, he still felt insecure.

"The next focus is still the Cursed Hospital. My parents should be there. I have to find them as soon as possible." Chen Ge returned to Hanjiang, but Zhang Jingjiu and Qu Changlin were still in Xinhai. He also knew that it would become more and more dangerous there, but he had his reasons for going back.

"I also promised Teacher Wang that we would solve the case together. I also have to consider Xiao Sun's safety. If I'm too far away from him, I won't be able to get there in time even if he reminds me through the ring."

Chen Ge couldn't stay in Hanjiang for too long. He planned to hide Chi Ren in the haunted house and return to Xinhai at dawn.

"I left in a hurry last time, and there are still some things I didn't have time to explain." Chen Ge first went into the employee lounge alone, took out a black mobile phone, and used all the remaining scream points to draw props.

Maybe he really drained all the evil spirits in the prize pool. For several consecutive times, he didn't see any evil spirits, but instead drew all kinds of strange things.

"Is this prize pool poisonous? Either I draw a ghost or something for a ghost? Can we get something from the human world?" Chen Ge was a little excited. He had read the introduction of the black phone and knew that there were many other good things in the turntable besides powerful things, but he just couldn't draw it: "Is it because the title of Red Patron is too powerful?"

Chen Ge had no choice but to distribute the drawn props to the employees first.

Seeing everyone celebrating the New Year, Chen Ge's dissatisfaction gradually dissipated: "The improvement of employees' strength is also good for me."

When the props were finally distributed, Chen Ge found that the nightmare-level task refresh ticket he won in the last lottery had not been used. He looked at the time and decisively chose to use it.

"Nightmare-level daily tasks have special requirements. You can't bring any ghosts or anything related to black phones. It's impossible for me to do nightmare-level daily tasks in Xinhai City. The risk is too great. I can only try it in Hanjiang."

Putting away his phone, Chen Ge looked around and found a white cat lying against the wall.

The white cat, which had grown a circle larger, looked at Chen Ge eagerly, wagging its tail back and forth. Other evil spirits and obsessions had received gifts, and it seemed to be looking forward to it as well.

"How could I possibly treat you badly?" Chen Ge took out the high-quality cat food from the cabinet, tricked the white cat to his side, and gently stroked its head: "After midnight tonight, we may have to go out again."

Now that he has returned to Hanjiang, Chen Ge must finish all the unfinished tasks.

After taking a nap in the staff lounge, Chen Ge waited until midnight, took out his black mobile phone, and looked through the refreshed daily tasks.

"Easy daily mission: The number of surveillance cameras is seriously insufficient, and accidents are likely to occur. Please install surveillance cameras in all three-star scenes within 24 hours."

"Normal difficulty daily task: The number of evil ghost employees is increasing. If you want them to work for you wholeheartedly, you must always ensure their mental health. Please help five evil ghost employees fulfill their last wishes within 24 hours."

“Nightmare-level daily task: Have you ever thought that late at night, when you open a door at home alone, there is another you standing behind the door.”

Among the three daily tasks, the last one is composed of hideous blood words.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Ge chose the last daily task.

"Nightmare-level daily tasks are very dangerous. Do you want to confirm your choice?"

"confirm!"

"Lucky Red Patron, you have accepted the nightmare-level daily task - Door. This is the most difficult of all nightmare-level tasks. I hope your luck will always be this good."

"Door (Nightmare Difficulty): Close your eyes, cover your ears, and don't say any words except your name! Starting at 1:44 a.m., push open all the doors in your house!"

"Every time you push open a door, you must shout out your own name. There are two ways to succeed in this mission. One is to push open all the doors in the house, and the other is that when you shout out your own name, you can hear your own voice ringing out on the other side of the door."

"Attention! You cannot leak mission information to anyone! You cannot bring any items related to mobile phones or any evil spirits on nightmare-level missions!"

After reading the information on the black phone, Chen Ge remained silent. This nightmare-level mission didn't seem too scary just by looking at the description, but it was very difficult to actually execute.

"The task required me to push open all the doors in the house, but he didn't say whether this home referred to the house I had lived in before or the house of horrors."

"If you mean the house of horrors, even if you give me one night, I'm afraid I won't be able to open all the doors without shutting off my senses."

Chen Ge stared at the words on the phone screen: "For me, there is only one way to succeed in the mission, and that is to hear my own voice on the other side of the door. But the problem is that the mission requires me to block my ears. I have lost my hearing, so how can I hear the voice on the other side of the door? Could it be that the voice will come from the other side of the door and then directly enter my heart?"

Pushing open the door of your own home and hearing your own voice coming from the other side of the door may seem like a simple description, but it contains some special meaning.

"I am doing this mission in a horror house, so I shouldn't be in any danger..." Chen Ge had just thought of this when he suddenly realized that not long ago, the bathroom door had been opened and something had run out.

I don’t know if the thing that escaped from behind the door is still hiding in the haunted house.

"Even if he hides in the haunted house, I don't have to worry too much." To be on the safe side, Chen Ge put a rope around the white cat and tied the other end of the rope around his waist.

Holding the white cat, Chen Ge entered the prop room and found the eye mask and earplugs.

After completing all the preparations, Chen Ge walked to the main entrance of the horror house. He wanted to start from here and push open all the doors in his haunted house.

"The horror house is where I grew up. I can walk through the ground buildings with my eyes closed, but the underground scenes are more difficult."

Time passed by, and at 1:43 in the morning, Chen Ge was fully dressed, standing at the door of the haunted house and began to count his heartbeats silently.

At 1:44, Chen Ge pushed open the main door of the horror house.

I can’t hear or see anything. The world is dark and quiet, as if I am the only one left around.

The map of the horror house appeared in his mind. Chen Ge moved in the corridor with his eyes closed, without touching anything. He had walked this route countless times.

"All nightmare-level daily tasks have deeper meanings. They are leading me closer to the truth step by step. This task should be the same."

Chen Ge did not tell any employees about the mission. He could not hear any sound, nor could he see anything. Walking in his familiar "home", he felt as if he had returned to the time when his parents had just disappeared a long time ago.

He was so broken that he always hid in the corner of the haunted house lounge. He was very scared and didn't dare to face it all alone.

But I don't know when he started to change.

"Chen Ge?" Pushing open the door of the dressing room, Chen Ge called his own name softly, but there was no response.

As he touched the door, the scene of himself putting makeup on his employees emerged in his mind. He was busy, fulfilled and happy. He had never thought that he could make so many friends.

"Chen Ge?"

Then he walked to the prop room and pushed the door, but still got no response.

Chen Ge walked slowly away in the darkness, and the surroundings became increasingly quiet and colder.

Chen Ge walked through the monitoring room, the lounge, and the haunted dressing room, and then entered the bathroom.

He remembered very clearly that in front of him was the bathroom of the horror house, and the bloody door was in the bathroom.

"Could this mission be intended to lure me into pushing the door? But normally the Blood Gate can only be opened at midnight, right? Unless the person who opens the door is the one who pushes it."

With some guesses, Chen Ge stopped at the toilet cubicle. He stroked the door panel with his hand and slowly applied force.

"Chen Ge?"

The door of the compartment was pushed open. Chen Ge's heart was pounding and he held his breath.

One second, two seconds...

After more than ten seconds, there was no sound from the other side of the door.

"Not here?"

After exiting the bathroom, Chen Ge went to the ** scene and the midnight escape scene, but still couldn't find the door.

"Is it underground?"

He groped on the ground, opened the iron door leading to the underground scene, and stepped in carefully.

The temperature dropped again and Chen Ge shuddered. He pulled the rope around his waist and found that the white cat had run away at some point and the rope was dragging on the ground.

"The higher the virtue, the higher the evil?"

Although Chen Ge had been to the underground scene many times, he had not formed muscle memory.

In order not to miss the door, he could only move his feet little by little.

Dark, lonely, cold, and dead silent, Chen Ge felt as if he was the only one left in the world, and all his emotions were slowly being stripped away.