Since he planned to spend the night here, if he didn’t clearly see what that thing was, he would absolutely be unable to rest assured.
Zuo Si moved his steps slowly, holding his phone, gradually approaching the four figures.
In his line of sight, their outlines became increasingly clear.
Yellowed nurse uniforms, deathly pale skin, expressionless gazes fixed in his direction, making his feel a chill in his heart.
Zuo Si tore off the jade Buddha and the cross around his neck, all held in his palm, facing them.
But they showed no reaction at all.
“Are they really dolls?”
Zuo Si didn’t want to be stared at by these dolls; he shifted his position to the left, circling behind the dolls to continue approaching.
“I don’t know what material these things are made of. After so many years, they’re still so well preserved…”
He slowly extended his hand, intending to touch these dolls.
But his hand froze mid-air just as it reached out.
He felt that the closer his hand got to these dolls, the colder the surrounding temperature became…!?
A bad feeling started to rise in his heart.
The frail tiger had said that over ten years ago, four nurses had died here in total.
And now, standing right in front of him, were exactly four!
Could they not be dolls? Could they be the vengeful spirits of the nurses who had died that year?!
Zuo Si’s throat seemed to be caught by something. Although what he saw were four white necks and the back of their heads, there was a very strong illusion—she thought they were smiling!
Suddenly!
A crisp sound of “clack!”
All four heads looked at him simultaneously.
They all carried a strange, eerie smile.
The chins of three of the heads directly fell off; their mouths surprisingly lacked tongues, and their faces turned into a mess of wounds, beginning to rot.
Drip… drip…
Drops of blood flowed down their thighs onto the ground, creating a scene that was terrifying beyond words.
“Ah…! Ah…! Ah!!!”
Zuo Si screamed miserably, crawling and running out in a panic. This horrifying scene caused him to lose all reason.
He dashed wildly, nearly crashing into walls several times.
After turning a corner, his body uncontrollably charged into a room.
Bang!
A heavy door slammed shut behind him.
Zuo Si’s eyes widened as he stood stiffly in place.
He hadn’t closed the door.
Using the light from his phone, he saw the environment around him clearly.
A sense of despair and helplessness enveloped him.
This was an operating room, and it was the Number Three Operating Room!
Although he hadn’t seen what was written on the door before entering, he was absolutely sure this was the Number Three Operating Room!
Because inside, there was an operating table…
The only remaining operating table in this hospital was right here…
Zuo Si retreated to the door, trying to push it open, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t.
“Why!!” A hysterical scream came from the operating table, desperate and frantic.
Though the sound was terrifying, somehow, at this moment, Zuo Si gradually calmed down.
He was just an ordinary person, with no special abilities. If he lost his composure now, he would surely die.
“You, don’t kill me first. If you have any unfulfilled wishes, I will help you!…” Zuo Si paused, then continued, “We have no grudges, killing me will only add to your sins. It’s really not worth it!”
“Why! Why!!”
No matter what Zuo Si said, the voice’s owner seemed only to repeat these three words.
Buzz! Buzz! The phone vibrated.
Zuo Si was a bit surprised—who was calling him at this time?
Anyway, he decided to seek help from the other side first!
He hurriedly looked at the phone screen, only to find that it wasn’t his phone that was vibrating.
Buzz! Buzz! The vibration sound rang again, accompanied by flickering lights coming from the ground.
He looked down and saw a black phone vibrating at the corner of the wall not far away.
How could there be a phone here?
Could it be a relic of ‘Ding Daxia’?
Impossible—police had been here before, they wouldn’t miss something so obvious.
He summoned his courage and picked up the phone; it immediately stopped vibrating.
“Why…” The woman’s voice sounded like he was crying, seemingly not intending to harm Zuo Si immediately.
Zuo Si took a deep breath. Since this phone appeared here, it was likely connected to what was happening.
He could only leave no clue unexamined if he wanted to survive!
He unlocked the unlocked phone.
On the screen, there was only a black skull app, with no name.
He tapped it, but a dialogue box popped up.
“Are you willing to become a soul keeper?”
“Yes / No?”
“Soul keeper? What is that? Why is this phone so strange?”
Zuo Si examined the phone; he couldn’t tell what brand it was, not even a logo.
He tried clicking “No,” and a new dialogue box appeared.
“Refuse to become a soul keeper, and tonight you will receive no help. Good luck.”
The black screen of the phone instantly went dark.
“Why! Why!” The piercing scream grew even more shrill.
Clack, clack.
A pair of old, tattered red high heels slowly emerged from behind the operating table.
Yes, just a pair of red high heels, with no one in sight wearing them…
The closer each step of the shoes got to Zuo Si, the more his fear increased.
“Don’t be impulsive! If you have any unfulfilled wishes, I will really help you!!”
Zuo Si was panicked, but the high heels showed no sign of stopping; they kept approaching.
“Refuse to become a soul keeper, and tonight you will receive no help. Good luck.”
This phrase echoed in his mind.
“Could it be that the reason that ghost didn’t attack me just now was because of that black phone?!”
Before he could think further, the red high heels suddenly sped up!
Clack! Clack!
The sound of the heels striking the ground was crisp; they moved inwardly, rushing toward Zuo Si at high speed.
Getting closer!
Getting closer!
The temperature around him suddenly dropped sharply, and Zuo Si’s neck felt as if grabbed by an icy hand.
This was an extreme coldness, making him feel very uncomfortable.
Zuo Si made a sound, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t.
His body was slowly lifted into the air, his legs kicking wildly, but to no avail.
In his blurry vision, he saw a phantom figure appear before him, but he had no mood to look carefully.
Zuo Si tremblingly raised the black phone in his hand, trying to save himself—he could only see if this phone could save him.
He lit up the screen and opened the app.
He didn’t bother to read what was written inside.
He kept pressing confirm, countless times.
Until he exhausted his last bit of strength, his finger kept clicking on confirm.
Just as he was about to give up, about to suffocate, the cold feeling around his neck finally disappeared.
Thud!
He collapsed to the ground, gasping heavily.
At least, he had managed to survive.
After calming down, Zuo Si looked at the black phone in his hand, feeling very strange—just a phone, yet it could send away a ghost?
He looked again at the jade Buddha and cross fallen at his feet.
Superstitions really can’t be trusted.
Buzz! The phone vibrated again.
Zuo Si looked at the dialogue box that popped up on the black phone.
“In the silent night, the lonely wail, the soul haunted by obsession refuses to leave. Dear soul keeper, congratulations on binding this phone.”
“Congratulations, damn it…” Zuo Si bitterly smiled, couldn’t help but curse, then continued tapping the screen.
“All humans will eventually face death, but some, for various reasons, turn into obsessions unwilling to leave. Most of them shouldn’t suffer in this world, but they can’t find a place to free their spirits.”
“A qualified soul keeper must have a place to contain souls.”
Mandatory task: Own a haunted house of your own within seventy-two hours, and have a soul residing there.
Task reward: 100,000 in cash, plus a lucky draw.
Failure penalty: Death.