After blocking the woman's mouth, the old man and the middle-aged man in the iron cage returned to their original state.

They seem to be very sensitive to the word "hand". When they hear this word, it is as if a switch in their memory is turned on. The fear in their hearts is awakened, and the most terrifying memories surge out from the depths of their minds.

“Why should you be afraid of hands?”

Chen Ge walked around the room but didn't find anything related to hands. He looked at the bodies of the three patients again. There were no obvious wounds on them. The fear should be more psychological.

"What on earth could scare three people like this?" Chen Ge held the tool hammer, his brain working rapidly, and he thought of a possibility.

According to the information provided by Dr. Gao, a patient living in Ward 4 of Building 3 lost an arm in an accident. He developed phantom limb syndrome and always felt that his arm was still there.

This patient has no name, and it is not known whether Dr. Gao forgot it or it was erased by someone with ulterior motives.

"As far as I can remember, this is the only person who can be associated with hands."

Phantom limb syndrome is not a very scary disease. It is just a mild psychological illness that can be gradually cured through conditioning and treatment.

Chen Ge was very familiar with the information about phantom limb syndrome. What really made him uneasy was why a person with phantom limb syndrome would be locked up in a closed ward?

What had he done? Why did the hospital think this person was dangerous?

Chen Ge walked to the woman again. The middle-aged man refused to communicate, and the old man seemed unable to speak, so the breakthrough point was still with the woman.

He squatted beside the iron cage and looked into the girl's eyes. Since the other party couldn't communicate with him normally, he would use another method to test her.

Approaching the cage, Chen Ge made sure the girl could hear him: "Did you see a lot of hands?"

The girl did not show any abnormality, but simply shrank her body away from Chen Ge.

"So did you see a man with only one arm?"

Before he finished speaking, the woman in the iron cage began to shake her head desperately, and her head even hit the iron cage directly.

The woman's abnormal behavior explained a lot of things. The murderer who brought her nightmares and drove her crazy might have only one arm.

Staring at the woman's face, Chen Ge noticed every subtle change in her expression: "That person is holding a weapon?"

Her eyes widened and blue veins appeared on the woman's forehead.

"What did he have? A saw? A knife? An axe?"

"Hmm!" The woman's mouth was blocked by the pillowcase. She was very excited but could not make any sound.

"It seems to be among these things. Let me think about what he did in front of you." Chen Ge's voice slowly lowered: "Chopping? Cutting? Did he say that you were born deformed and imperfect, so he wanted to correct it? Or did he want to borrow your arm?"

"The number of prisoners is decreasing. When they were correcting patients, you should have been there. You were a witness. You saw the whole process, right?"

The woman's face was distorted, her blood vessels were bulging, and her face was covered with tear marks. She was still shaking her head desperately, as if to say that she saw nothing.

"You really know nothing? Then why are you afraid of that hand? Did that hand fall beside you? Or did it catch you when you were about to run away?"

In Chen Ge's opinion, although the woman was scared to death, the memory of horror still remained in her mind. Seeking benefits and avoiding harm is the instinct of living things. When he mentioned the things that the woman was afraid of, her body would involuntarily express the psychological fear through facial expressions and habitual movements.

The instincts of living things will not lie. Chen Ge has verified some of his guesses from the woman: "Don't be afraid. If you are really innocent, I will rescue you. I came here tonight to figure out all this and bring those lunatics to justice."

The laundry room was filled with a strong musty smell. Chen Ge stayed beside the woman for a long time. He didn't know whether she understood what he said or not. He just saw that her emotions gradually stabilized.

He reached into the cage again and gently removed the pillowcase from the woman's mouth.

Shrinking in the iron cage, the woman's face was full of panic. She opened her mouth and kept repeating the word: "Hand, hand..."

"How severe a shock had she received to become like this?" Chen Ge had just thrown the pillowcase aside when the door of the laundry room was suddenly pushed. The other party did not use much force and seemed to be trying to sneak in, but he did not expect that there was a washing machine behind the door.

"The laundry room is at the end of the corridor, and the surrounding rooms are completely sealed. It's impossible for the wind to blow the door panels." Chen Ge picked up the pillowcase and blocked the crazy woman's mouth again. He looked at the white cat standing in the pile of dirty clothes. Maybe because the musty smell in the house was too strong, the white cat did not give a timely warning this time.

"It seems that we can never rely on others. It's right to be careful." Chen Ge held the tool hammer tightly and stared at the door. Right under his eyes, a hand reached in through the crack of the door.

The gap in the door was very narrow and the other party could only squeeze in a few fingers. He seemed to be making sure whether the lock was intact.

"The real master has appeared?" After experiencing two trial missions, Chen Ge's growth was obvious. He unzipped his backpack calmly and took the hideous skull crusher in his hand. Then he took off the micro camera on his wrist and placed it in front of the door.

This camera corresponds to the live broadcast screen on the small screen in the lower left corner of the live broadcast room. He placed the camera at the door and can see the scene at the laundry room door anytime and anywhere through his own live broadcast room on his mobile phone.

After doing all this, he put the backpack beside his legs, gripped the skull crusher tightly, and hid beside the door.

Not long after, the laundry room door was pushed again. The person outside the door seemed to have lost his patience. After trying several times, he slammed the door hard!

“Bang!”

The washing machine was knocked over and the door opened. Chen Ge saw clearly through his mobile phone that there were two people standing outside the door!

One with a deformed face was holding an axe with red stains on the surface, and the other was holding a shovel with his only arm.

The two men did not notice the miniature camera placed not far away. The one-armed man nodded at the deformed face, then walked into the house carefully with a shovel in his hand.

He took a step forward, and just as the tip of his shoe touched the door, before his body entered the house, he heard a rushing sound of wind in his ears!

Chen Ge quietly hid by the door, holding the skull crusher high. When the one-armed man showed his intention to go inside, he swung the hammer towards the door without hesitation.

The timing was just right. By the time the one-armed man noticed it, the hammer had already hit his chest.

The ferocious and bloody hammer head in his eyes was infinitely enlarged. He only had time to use his only remaining arm to block in front of him, and the whole person flew out at a speed several times faster than when he came in!

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