frightfiction Chapter 520 [Domain - First Gate] The First Person to Enter the Domain
Chapter 520 [Domain - First Gate] The First Person to Enter the Domain
"do not move."
A barely audible whisper sounded behind Du Tingfeng.
"I am not a ghost."
The voice was extremely hoarse, as if the throat had been smoked by fire.
And then there's that hand, the one Yu Guangzhong had draped over his shoulder, burned black with fire...
All of this made the words of the charred corpse behind them seem extremely unbelievable.
"Ren Yu." The charred corpse's voice was broken and strained: "If I don't do this... I won't survive."
"Don't look back, don't move, look straight ahead, and walk forward. They're coming."
Du Tingfeng remained silent, maintaining his steady pace, but glanced at the chips once more.
The current figures are even considered above average.
At first, Du Tingfeng was almost certain that he was an NPC who was burned, but the words "If I don't do this, I can't survive" stirred something in his heart.
Eleven entrants.
There's one that I can't find anywhere.
Could it be that he faked his death, or disguised himself as a ghost and mingled among the NPCs until the inn disappeared, at which point he was forced out and joined the party?
But is it a person disguised as a ghost, or a ghost disguised as a person...?
It is not possible to determine at this time.
After all, to be burned to such an extent and still be alive and able to communicate is something no human could do, unless [using a high-level artifact].
But what Du Tingfeng cared about more was the last sentence spoken by this suddenly appearing "Ren Yu"!
Here they come!
who is it?
The question had barely crossed Du Tingfeng's mind when, amidst the crackling of burning wood, a series of extremely light footsteps suddenly appeared.
Behind you.
To be precise, it was behind Ren Yu.
He has now replaced Du Tingfeng and become the last member of the team.
There was a rustling sound.
Out of the corner of his eye, Du Tingfeng caught a glimpse of a figure in pure white, a color he was familiar with.
As the hotel melted away, all the interns' clothes disappeared, so there's only one possibility...
Be filial to the ghost.
The mourning ghost originally lived in room 2014, which is the second cemetery area.
It joined the team.
Its pace and rhythm were perfectly in sync with the one in front, the only difference being that its feet were reversed, and it was walking backwards!
The ghost in mourning clothes wanted to leave the cemetery with them!
Du Tingfeng instantly understood the ghost's purpose, but why? How could it leave?
Because the person entering the domain took the files out?
If the documents aren't in the hands of the grave guardian, then the six core ghosts can leave the cemetery?
No, that's not right. If that were the case, Zhou Liang wouldn't have needed to make such a specific request as "hand over the documents to me."
All you need to do is let the person joining the domain take the files with them, right?
but......
Du Tingfeng frowned, suddenly remembering that when they met for the second time in the elevator, Zhou Liang had indeed not asked for any more documents.
He always felt something was off.
Zhou Liang specifically requested its documents and handed them over, but the second time he didn't actually kill them, and he didn't even ask for funeral paperwork again.
It's as if this procedure was very important before, but now it's insignificant.
Just then, Ren Yu suddenly spoke, muttering in a breathy voice:
"...2013?"
Du Tingfeng immediately held his breath and barely managed to hear two footsteps, confirming Ren Yu's words.
This confirmed to him that the ghost couple had appeared.
That man with the buzz cut, and that neurotic woman.
Their timing was deliberate, and their position was cleverly chosen; they appeared directly behind, without being seen by the ghosts in mourning clothes.
The ghosts of the couple are still wary of the ghosts in mourning clothes.
But no matter who it is, it seems that as long as they are in the team, they cannot take action against those who enter the realm.
After a while.
The path ended and turned, where a wooden sign with the number [3] hung crookedly on a tree, and the atmosphere around them was even more gloomy than before.
It was late at night, and a crescent moon hung in the sky. The shadows of the trees were tinged with scarlet by the fire, flowing like ripples on the path.
A dark figure slowly emerged from behind the tree.
thump.
The white cane made a soft sound on the ground.
The blind ghost 309 appeared, but did not see the two paper-mache children.
Like the previous ghosts, it joined the group quietly without making a fuss.
The atmosphere became even more eerie; those who entered the realm were now essentially caught in the middle of ghosts.
But at the same time, the faint outline of a building also appeared in the distance.
A single-story house, made of red bricks, the hut of the gravedigger.
Time passes bit by bit.
The line was already too long, and Du Tingfeng couldn't confirm whether new ghosts had joined from behind.
As the distance gradually shortened, everyone could clearly see that there was nothing behind the hut, only endless darkness; this was the end of the entire cemetery.
Next to the hut is the earthen grave that the gravedigger dug for himself.
A black and white photograph was pasted on the tombstone, showing a man in his forties or fifties staring blankly at the camera.
"The fourth floor of the hotel is the gravedigger's hut. There's nothing behind the hut, so Bai Shaohua's guess is correct."
Chen Ji's mind raced. The cemetery gate was inside the small house, but just as he had imagined, it wouldn't be visible until the appointed time.
The group slowly moved into the small house.
On the outermost wall, a faintly visible door glows dimly.
Everyone stared intently at the portal of light, while Chen Ji, at the very front, only heard a sigh.
The sigh of the gravedigger.
As if shedding all its burdens, its steps gradually became lighter as it walked into the door of light. As its entire body gradually merged into the wall, the door became more and more obvious until finally, it became a complete physical entity!
Chen Ji had a premonition that the door now allowed them to enter.
But at that moment, the corpses of the two beings who had entered the domain in front of him froze instantly, turning to ashes little by little from their feet to their heads.
Was it because the gravedigger who controlled them left...?
Chen glanced at the ashes on the ground with a complicated expression, stepped through the door, and suddenly his vision blurred.
He suddenly found himself standing in front of a huge iron gate.
It was pitch black behind the iron gate, and you couldn't see anything except a sign that read "Cemetery".
Directly in front of him was a long mountain path.
It was eerily quiet all around. No one else had come out yet. This seemed to be the mountaintop, and some lights could be faintly seen at the foot of the mountain.
"The second door... seamlessly connects to the outside area from the cemetery?"
"Or is this a large map in this domain, and we just cleared the cemetery area?"
Chen Ji seemed to be deep in thought.
Just then, a beeping sound suddenly came from his pocket; it wasn't his cell phone ringing.
He pulled an old cell phone out of his pocket.
There are no apps listed, only basic messaging apps. The notification sound I just heard was from a text message someone sent him.
Your car will arrive in three minutes.
The number that was sent was a string of random characters.
...So the mission location is still elsewhere.
The others haven't come out yet.
Chen Ji felt a slight unease, but he could no longer go back and didn't know what had happened inside.
After checking the old phone again and finding nothing else, Chen Ji took out the previous card, and sure enough, something had changed; only:
[Each door reveals a world; make sure you see clearly what lies behind the door.] This is the guiding principle.
The first door's mission has disappeared, and a new mission has not yet appeared.
The sound of car engines could be heard in the distance, as if a car was heading towards the cemetery...