Chen Ge reread the message sent by Li Zheng. The tone and punctuation used were indeed different from Li Zheng's usual style.

The text message said that the fictional monster created by Jia Ming was good at disguise and voice changing, which meant that he could simulate Li Zheng's voice. However, Chen Ge was inconvenient to answer the phone in the hearse, so he could only let Li Zheng contact him via text messages. This was probably something the other party had not thought of before making the call.

"Could it really be Jia Ming who sent me the text message?"

As soon as this thought came to mind, it spread like a poisonous weed in Chen Ge's mind, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

With his finger hovering above the screen, Chen Ge sent a message to Li Zheng after a long while: "Don't worry, I will stay in New Century Park tonight and won't go anywhere."

"Well, I just want to inform you that the guy hates you to the core, and he is now wanted by the whole city, so he is likely to look for you. You just stay in the park, and I will arrange for someone to stake out near the park later."

"Thank you for your hard work."

"It was our fault that he escaped. There is nothing to thank you for. You must not run around tonight. Once you leave the New World Paradise, we cannot guarantee your safety."

"Understood." After Chen Ge gave an affirmative answer, Li Zheng did not send Chen Ge any more messages, as if his goal had been achieved.

"It feels weird." Chen Ge took out his phone and called Captain Yan to verify what Li Zheng had just said.

Nearing the early morning, Captain Yan still answered Chen Ge's call, which showed how much he valued Chen Ge.

From Captain Yan, Chen Ge learned that Li Zheng did not lie and Jia Ming did escape.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Ge still felt something was wrong: "Is it possible that the shadow escaped from Jia Ming and attached itself to Li Zheng?"

If that's the case, it would be even more troublesome.

"Jia Ming told a story in the hospital. He saw Shadow and Jiang Long in the villa. Jiang Long was kneeling on the ground covered in blood, and Shadow was standing next to him with a knife. This scene is very interesting. Considering that Jiang Long's neighbor's dog had just been killed, can we infer that Jiang Long was the murderer of the neighbor's dog? A real estate boss had no reason to kill the dog. Obviously, Shadow forced him to do so. He was slowly wearing down Jiang Long's will. From this point, we can see that Shadow's desire to possess and control people should have certain limitations. The weaker the person's will, the easier it is for him to succeed."

"Li Zheng is a frontline police officer. It's very difficult for Shadow to control him, but it's not impossible." Li Zheng's text message reminded Chen Ge that Shadow had escaped. He couldn't trust anyone tonight. "Xiao Bu once said that my life would be in danger if I went to Liwan Town next time. Now I just entered the East Suburbs and Jia Ming, who was under police custody, got into trouble. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"

Chen Ge was about to put away his phone when the screen lit up again. This time it was Fan Cong calling.

"You are quite busy with your work." The doctor glanced back and signaled Chen Ge to lower his voice. It would not be good for him to stand out in this place.

"There are only a few people in my phone contacts. Does anyone know what happened to them today?" Chen Ge took out his headphones, plugged them in, and answered the call.

"Boss Chen! I finished the game! I know it! I finally know it!"

"Speak slowly and quietly. I can hear you." Chen Ge lowered his voice. The noise he made was indeed a bit loud.

"I kept trying using the save points you left behind, and discovered eleven side quests. These eleven quests correspond to eleven murder scenes, representing eleven lives. I used my life to explore, advancing the game process bit by bit, and finally I was able to open up all these eleven side quests." Fan Cong's voice was extremely excited.

"Eleven side quests?" Chen Ge had just seen the number eleven in Li Zheng's text message. In order to deal with the police's interrogation, Jia Ming told the police eleven stories.

Many scenes in Xiaobu’s game are very realistic, as if they happened in real life.

Chen Ge suspected that the eleven tasks that Fan Cong had completed were the eleven real murder cases that Jia Ming had told the police about.

"The town in Xiaobu's game is based on Liwan Town. It seems that these eleven murders should be related to Liwan Town." Chen Ge thought for a moment and asked in a low voice: "After completing these eleven side quests, did you get any hints? Or rewards or something like that?"

"That's exactly what I want to say. After completing 11 branch quests, the computer screen began to bleed. The original gray and black painting style changed again, and all the buildings turned blood red. The keyboard and mouse failed at the same time, and Xiaobu in the game interface lost control. She stood in the game and waved at me outside the screen. Really, at that moment I even felt that she would drag me into the game."

"Let's get to the point. What happened next?"

"She started to move on her own and entered a blood-red building. At this time, a line of blood words appeared at the bottom of the screen: Mom might be here." Fan Cong took a sip of water, but his mood was still not calmed down.

"What are the characteristics of that building?" Chen Ge asked immediately.

"It looks very ordinary, nothing special, but there is a poster of an amusement park on the outer wall of the building. Boss Chen, this is also the most important point I want to tell you!" Fan Cong took a deep breath: "The amusement park on the poster should be New Century Park, and I found your haunted house there."

"You found my haunted house on that poster?" Chen Ge said directly.

"Yes, I don't know what this means, but I think the person who made this game may know you. This should be a super easter egg." Fan Cong said excitedly.

"The park no longer uses posters for promotion. The exterior decoration of my haunted house has not changed in recent years. The poster you saw might be left by my parents." Chen Ge said something that only he could understand. He really didn't expect to find clues left by his parents in Xiaobu's game.

Think again about what Fan Cong said. After completing all the side quests, Xiaobu entered a special building. She left a message saying that her mother might be in this building.

Chen Ge didn't know whether Xiaobu had found his mother, but he found that his parents had most likely entered that building.

"Did they leave that clue on purpose, or is this poster a trap designed by Shadow?" Because Shadow's ability is too special and he can disguise himself as almost anyone, Chen Ge thought for a moment and suddenly said to Fan Cong, "What brand is your electric car?"

"Ah? Ainiao, what's wrong?" Fan Cong was in high spirits. He had finally finished the game after spending several days there, and he was eager to find someone to share his joy with. He had never expected Chen Ge to ask such a question, so he answered subconsciously.

"It's okay." Chen Ge breathed a sigh of relief. Fan Cong should not be a fake shadow. He was telling the truth: "Did anything happen after Xiaobu entered the red house?"

"I don't know. The game interface is stuck here. I restarted it several times and it's still like this. I think this should be the ending. Xiaobu, looking for his mother, stepped into the depths of nightmare, and finally found the room where his mother might have stayed in the city where murderers and evil spirits were rampant. The game ended here, giving people endless reverie." Fan Cong has been playing this game for more than a month. He has developed an attachment to it, as if he had experienced it all himself.

"Do you really think of it as a game? Just stay at the computer tonight. If anything unusual happens, call me immediately." Chen Ge felt like many things were happening at the same time. He was forced to keep moving forward. "Be careful. Something big might happen in Liwan Town tonight. Don't leave your home no matter what."

Chen Ge looked at the strange and scary passengers on bus No. 104. These "people" would eventually enter Liwan.

"Don't worry, I'll be watching over Xiaobu today and report to you as soon as anything happens." Just as Fan Cong finished speaking, there was a knock on the door: "Boss Chen, is there someone knocking on your door?"

"I'm outside. There are no doors nearby. The sound is coming from your side." Chen Ge narrowed his eyes: "Don't go over there, and don't hang up the phone."

"It's the sound from my side, but it sounds like it's coming from your side?" Fan Cong's voice was no longer excited, but contained some doubt and uncertainty.

The knocking sound on the phone became clearer. Chen Ge held his breath to hear it more clearly. Fan Cong also held his breath. He was completely scared.

"Don't mess with me, I'm a good person." There was a sound of a chair being pushed from the other end of the phone. Fan Cong seemed to have hidden himself in the dark, but his actions had no effect on the knocking on the door.

Chen Ge heard it clearly. The knocking sound should have been on the living room door at first, and then gradually turned into knocking on the bedroom door, as if something had entered his house and that thing was slowly approaching.

"Don't panic! Turn on the video and point the camera at the door. I'll watch it for you." Chen Ge was also anxious. He hadn't arrived in Liwan Town yet, so he couldn't help Fan Cong even if he wanted to.

"Okay, okay." Fan Cong's voice was a little stuttering. He fiddled with his phone. The knock on the door was getting louder and louder. Before he could turn on the camera, Fan Cong's scream suddenly came from the other end of the phone: "Brother! Save me! In the house! He's coming in!"

After the scream there was a struggle, and the cabinets and chairs seemed to be overturned.

The knocking on the door became more and more urgent, until a dozen seconds later, the knocking suddenly disappeared, and the sound on the other end of the phone became eerily quiet.

"Fan Cong?"

Chen Ge asked in a low voice, but no one responded on the other end of the line. After a few seconds, the sound of slippers running on the ground came from the microphone, followed by Fan Dade's exclamation: "Xiao Cong?! Fan Cong!"

From Fan Dade's voice, Chen Ge was certain that something had happened to Fan Cong. He shouted into the phone to attract Fan Dade's attention.

"Hello? Boss Chen? Was Xiao Cong talking to you on the phone just now?"

"Is Fan Cong injured? Can he still speak? Give him the phone number?" Chen Ge was a little worried about the fat otaku.

"He's not in the room! The living room door and the bedroom door are both open. He seemed to have run out just now!" Fan Dade's words were like a bomb, causing Chen Ge's heart to tremble violently.

"No longer in the house?" Chen Ge immediately thought of Yingzi: "Why would he attack Fan Cong? How did he find Fan Cong?"

"Did you ask him to leave?" Fan Dade calmed down after receiving Chen Ge's call. In his opinion, this haunted house owner who was much younger than himself was very reliable. With his help, many problems could be easily solved.

"Something just ran into your house. It might be a fugitive murderer named Jia Ming. I suggest you call the police immediately and report the truth to them. Also, check any places in your home where people can hide. Be sure to protect yourself before the police arrive." Chen Ge said in a serious tone.

"A fugitive murderer?! Why did he come to my house? How did Xiao Cong provoke him?" Fan Dade panicked and spoke loudly.

"I'll be there soon. All you can do now is call the police and protect yourself."

"Okay, I'll call the police right away."

Fan Dade hung up the phone. Chen Ge looked at the phone screen and slowly clenched his fists.

The other party actually took Fan Cong away while he was on the phone. This time, the enemy made Chen Ge feel very difficult.

"The knocks on the door kept getting closer. Was it Shadow himself, or were there other ghosts involved?" Chen Ge put away his phone and clasped his hands together. He lowered his head and recalled the voice on the phone just now. As he was thinking, his eyes suddenly widened: "It's a bit strange. There was something wrong with the tone of Fan Cong's last words before he was taken away. It seemed that someone covered his mouth. He struggled to shout in a very short time."

Chen Ge took out a pen and paper from his backpack and wrote down the last words Fan Cong shouted.

"Brother, save me, he's coming into the house."

At first glance, these four incoherent words and phrases sound like Fan Cong is in danger and is asking for help from his brother who also lives in the house. However, if one changes one's thinking, if the second sentence "help me" is not directed at his brother but at Chen Ge, the meaning of the whole sentence will be completely different.

"Could it be that when Fan Cong opened the door, he saw his brother standing outside, but the brother he saw was different from his usual brother, very abnormal, and maybe even holding a knife. In this case, he screamed "brother", and then asked me for help on the phone. It is easy to understand why he came into the room at the end. The abnormal brother entered the bedroom and controlled him."

The same sentence can have a completely different meaning just by changing the person you ask for help.

"Could it be that the shadow escaped from the hospital and possessed Fan Dade? Then what happened to Li Zheng and Jia Ming just now?" Chen Ge felt his hair stand on end. He was uneasy: "I hope I am overthinking."

If Fan Dade was possessed by a shadow, then the place where Fan Cong lived must be full of murderous intentions. He set up a deadly trap and waited for Chen Ge to fall into it.

"Should we save him?" Chen Ge glanced at the other passengers in the car, narrowed his eyes, and came up with an idea.