"Is there any other way? Xu Yin's heart is the only part that is not stained red. His case is quite special, right?"
During the whole time Chen Ge was speaking, Men Nan kept staring at him. Only after he was sure that Chen Ge had no murderous intentions towards him did his expression relax a lot.
"There is a way, but it's more troublesome than the previous two methods." Men Nan was only a little taller than Chen Ge's knees, but his tone of voice was almost that of an adult: "Ordinary evil spirits need to rely on something to ensure that they don't dissipate over time, but the red-clothed evil spirit doesn't have this concern. The fundamental reason for this difference is that the red-clothed evil spirit has a heart."
"Heart?"
"It can be called a heart." Men Nan sighed: "Anger, hatred, or malice, when an emotion reaches its extreme, it will become the heart of a ghost. This heart will support it to break away from the object of sustenance and remain in the world forever. The ghost behind you has devoured enough ghosts, but he has not found his own 'heart'. If he can find his own 'heart', then he can easily be promoted to a red-clothed person."
He glanced at Xu Yin, with a trace of bewilderment on his young face: "The evil spirit behind you has a mixture of many emotions, including despair, pain, unwillingness, and a desire that is difficult for me to understand. It is very rare to have so many emotions intertwined in the same soul, which also poses a great obstacle to his becoming a red-clothed man."
After hearing what Men Nan said, Chen Ge realized that Xu Yin was indeed different from ordinary evil spirits. This evil spirit obeyed his orders and did not ask for any reward.
When in Fanghuayuan Community, Xu Yin even used one arm to stop the red-clothed man from the Ghost Story Association when his body was about to be torn apart. Sometimes Chen Ge wondered why Xu Yin did this? Was it just because he saved him?
Xu Yin seemed to be forcing himself to believe every word Chen Ge said. He trusted Chen Ge unconditionally, as if to prove something.
Chen Ge still remembered the first time he saw Xu Yin. At that time, Xu Yin was only slightly stronger than an ordinary ghost, and couldn't even beat the thin figure of the Ghost Story Association. But even when he was at his weakest, as long as Chen Ge gave the order, he would still rush out without regard for the consequences, as if he was seeking death.
"The more pain you feel, the stronger your strength will be. Perhaps I have always underestimated Xu Yin." Chen Ge felt that he needed to have a good talk with Xu Yin, but not here. Master Men Nan had a smart personality, and before he joined the horror house, Chen Ge did not want to reveal too many cards in front of him.
"The purer the emotion, the easier it is to become a red-clothed person. Similarly, when a negative emotion reaches its extreme, he is likely to become a door-pusher." Men Nan felt that he had said enough tonight. He waved to Chen Ge and said, "I still have things to do. I won't see you off. See you."
"I've finally come here, isn't your attitude a bit too cold? After all, I have saved your life." Chen Ge led Xu Yin closer to Men Nan.
"What do you want to do?" Men Nan became alert instantly.
"Don't be nervous, I just want to make a comparison." Chen Ge pointed at his own shadow: "There is also a red-clothed ghost in my shadow. Can you tell how she became red-clothed?"
Chen Ge has always been curious about Zhang Ya. Because of Zhang Ya's absence, the screaming index of Xicheng Private College dropped by one star.
This shows that before Zhang Ya devoured the old dean and the red-clothed people from the Ghost Story Association, she was already able to support a three-star scene on her own.
Men Nan stared at Chen Ge's shadow for a long time, and his expression suddenly became very ugly: "I feel a very familiar breath from the red-clothed ghost in your shadow. She should be like me, pushing open a door when she was alive."
"Zhang Ya is also a door-pusher?" Chen Ge thought about Zhang Ya's experiences before her death and shook his head. "It seems that there are no doors where she lives."
After hearing what Chen Ge said, Men Nan's face became even uglier, and his body slowly merged into the blood mist: "My feeling can't be wrong. If she is not the door pusher, then she must have devoured the door pusher before!"
As his body slowly dissipated, Men Nan found himself becoming more and more afraid of Chen Ge. This living man was simply a moving monster's nest.
"I warn you, don't have any ideas about me. The person who pushes the door can exert 200% of his strength in the world behind the door." Men Nan thought about it, and seemed to feel that even if his strength doubled, he would still not be a match for Zhang Ya. He quickly changed his tone: "The door of the third ward has been riddled with holes by those lunatics. If I'm gone and no one is looking after it, the consequences will be disastrous."
Chen Ge has always been curious about the world behind the door. He followed Men Nan's question and asked, "What will be the consequences? Will the monsters inside the door escape into reality?"
"You think things are too simple. This blood-red world is filled with all kinds of negative emotions and memories abandoned by the living. If the door is not closed tightly, these things will slowly seep into the real world. As the gap gets bigger and bigger, extremely terrifying things will appear." Men Nan led Chen Ge into the next room. He walked to the window that could not be closed. The window frame was wrapped with bloodshot threads engraved with human faces. "I can't mention their names in the world inside the door. You just need to know that they are different from ordinary ghosts."
Men Nan tore a blood thread from the window frame, and the screams of a living person could be heard from the blood thread.
He handed the blood thread to Chen Ge, as if he wanted to tell Chen Ge something.
He reached out to take the blood thread, and when his fingertips touched the blood thread, a desperate and painful memory flooded into his mind. The owner of this memory was very similar to the face on the blood thread. He was chased and then brutally killed.
"Every streak of blood is a cruel memory." Men Nan leaned on the windowsill and looked out the window: "This is a completely blood-red world."
Men Nan wanted to tell Chen Ge something in a very subtle way. He didn't dare to explain it in detail, and Chen Ge didn't quite understand. He could only remember what Men Nan said in his heart.
Chen Ge still had a lot of things he wanted to ask Men Nan, but unfortunately the other party didn't have the patience and quickly sent Chen Ge out of the Bloody Gate.
Every time the door was opened, it seemed to have an impact on Men Nan, causing him to enter a weak state for a short period of time. Chen Ge also took note of this. He felt that this should be considered a weakness of the "door pusher".
After leaving the third ward, Chen Ge walked a long way along the road. It was not until the late night that he met a kind person.
After the other party dropped him off at a place close to the city, Chen Ge hailed another taxi and headed straight for Muyang Middle School.