All the heavens begin with the mind-monkey.

"Brother Monkey, how is it?" Zheng Zha shouted as he rushed out of the building.

When he arrived at Zhe Xingsun's side and looked at the figure on the ground, he was also surprised. He recognized the person as Chen Xin.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Zheng Zha shouted, "Where's the newspaper?"

He spoke to the people who were rushing towards him.

Chu Xuan then handed over a newspaper, which Zheng Zha took and saw was the one with Chen Xin's name printed on it.

He immediately found the black-and-white picture in the newspaper. The picture showed a building, and something seemed to be standing on the edge of the building.

They had all thought it was an ink stain or a misprint, but now they realized it was a human figure that had been smashed and was now distorted.

However, the other person's face didn't become distorted after falling to the ground; it was already distorted and didn't look human at all while standing on the building, so they didn't notice it at first.

Chu Xuan said, "It seems that the figures printed in these newspapers, to some extent, represent how those whose names are recorded in the newspapers will die next."

Upon hearing Chu Xuan's words, the faces of the remaining survivors turned pale.

Xiao Bingyi and Liu Daneng, in particular, were so pale that they could not speak, their bodies were trembling, and beads of sweat were constantly dripping from their heads.

Chu Xuan asked, "Wukong, with your abilities, you shouldn't have been able to miss catching Chen Xin who fell from the sky. Was there some special reason that caused you to slip and fall?"

Upon hearing this, Zhe Xingsun nodded and said, "When that person fell from the sky, I jumped out and reached out to catch him, but I couldn't grab anything. He was like a phantom, slipping through my fingers."

Upon hearing Zhe Xingsun's words, Zhan Lan thoughtfully remarked, "It sounds like when Monkey King captured Chen Xin, he didn't actually touch his physical form. In other words, Chen Xin's fall was merely a shadow; perhaps he only materialized after hitting the ground. Did Kayako use some method to prevent Monkey King from touching him?"

Hearing this, Chu Xuan shook his head and said, "Perhaps it's not that simple. There are two possibilities: First, in the picture in the newspaper, Chen Xin is standing on the high-rise building before jumping, but he is already a bloody mess. Perhaps Kayako has some kind of ability to reverse cause and effect, first producing the result that Chen Xin has already died after falling to the ground, and then showing the process of him falling from the rooftop."

"Because the outcome has already occurred, the process is difficult to stop no matter what. The second possibility is, as you said, that Kayako used some method to blur Chen Xin's state during the fall, making him untouchable, and only after Chen Xin hit the ground did he revert to a physical entity of flesh and blood."

Upon hearing Chu Xuan's words, Zhan Lan's face turned somewhat pale.

As a novelist who has been writing for many years, Zhan Lan usually has a very vivid imagination. She could immediately sense that if the first possibility that Chu Xuan mentioned was true, Kayako's abilities were probably much more terrifying than they imagined.

She couldn't help but say, "Impossible, right? If Kayako is really that powerful, how could a native Japanese female ghost possess such terrifying abilities?"

Chu Xuan said, "It's not impossible. In the original work, although Kayako never showed such an ability, the abilities she already possessed included: infinite resurrection, infinite clones, super-powerful physical attacks, teleportation, wall-passing, shapeshifting, mental attacks, hair control, mind control, emotion control, electronic manipulation, spatial control, illusion manipulation, and so on. If the main god strengthens her and adds some causal abilities, it's not impossible for her to do such a thing."

The two continued their conversation, while the faces of those around them grew increasingly pale.

Even Zheng Zha felt that although they had Monkey King in their team, Monkey King's current abilities, such as the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill, only symbolized extremely strong physical attacks. Compared with Kayako, he seemed to be somewhat inferior.

The group, who had initially been full of confidence and thought they could easily get through the horror movie, suddenly felt a little uneasy.

However, Zhang Jie said at this moment, "Don't worry so much, right? Remember what I said? The God of War won't give us missions that are guaranteed to kill us. In other words, although the 20-person horror movie is extremely difficult, at least in the God of War's plan, the mission is still possible to complete. What do you think? Even the mission of 'killing Kayako's true form once' is a near-death experience for us, but at least there is a possibility of completion, rather than an absolute impossibility."

Zhang Jie's words seemed to offer some comfort to everyone.

At this moment, Zero, who had been mostly silent, stepped forward and said, "I think we'd better not stay in this area for too long. After leaving that building, I had a vague sense of danger; I don't know if you noticed it. Anyway, that thing seems to be watching us from nearby. I think we either need to find a way to deal with it, or we have to get back to a safe place."

Zero didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear: the safe place seemed to be the building they had been in before.

Zhe Xingsun also said, "The winds outside are howling and eerie; this is not a safe place."

Hearing this, Zheng Zha realized what was happening and said, "I didn't feel anything when I was with Brother Monkey, but now that you mention it, I feel a chill creeping up on me. We'd better not stay here too long and go back quickly."

Zhan Lan asked, "So, that building is actually safe?"

Zheng Zha said, "It's not exactly safe, it's just a little better than outside."

The group didn't bother to collect Chen Xin's body; they went straight back into the building.

But they had no idea what to do next.

Fortunately, Zheng Zha noticed that Chu Xuan was starting to put away the tools he had taken out earlier, and he asked, "Chu Xuan, is the phone fixed? Did you find anything?"

Chu Xuan said, "The repair is complete. There's a phone number on it, but this phone doesn't have a satellite signal right now, so we can't make the call. Otherwise, we could call and ask, and maybe we'd find out what's going on."

Zheng Zha said with some confusion, "That's strange. There's still electricity outside, but no cell phone signal. Why is that?"

Although Zheng Zha didn't know much about mobile phone signal operators, he had some basic common sense and knew that in a post-apocalyptic world like this, if there hadn't been a power outage, there should have been mobile phone and telephone signals.

Chu Xuan couldn't explain this either.

When he first got the phone, he discovered that it was specially made and connected to a satellite signal. Normally, even if there was a power outage outside, the signal would still be connected.

At this moment, Zhe Xingsun, who had been observing from the windowsill, also noticed that the afterglow of the setting sun was gradually fading away, leaving only a clear, deep blue sky in the distance, while the sky on the other side had already fallen into darkness.

Suddenly, Zhe Xingsun stood up.

Seeing this, Zhan Lan asked, "Brother Monkey, have you discovered something?"

Zhe Xingsun said, "The eerie winds and demonic winds outside have dissipated."

Before anyone could react, Chu Xuan suddenly noticed that the signal on his phone had turned full.

Chu Xuan told everyone about this, saying, "I suggest we call that number now; we might get something else out of it."

Everyone, who were completely clueless at the moment, immediately agreed to Chu Xuan's suggestion.

Chu Xuan dialed the number, and after a moment, a somewhat unfamiliar Mandarin voice came through: "Chu Xuan, Zheng Zha, your cell phone signal disappeared for a while, what happened?"

Chu Xuan said directly, "When the sun set earlier, we might have entered another dimension, which was extremely dangerous. So we stayed in the hotel and came back after the sun had completely set. At that time, there was no cell phone or landline signal, so we couldn't connect to the outside world."

The voice on the phone said, "So that's how it is. That city has really become like this? What were your assessment results? Is there a risk of the vengeful spirit spreading?"

Chu Xuan stated directly, "Based on my assessment, Ju-on is extremely dangerous and possesses the ability to manipulate causality, distort space and time. I recommend using nuclear weapons to attack and attempt to destroy it."

Before Chu Xuan could finish speaking, Zheng Zha snatched the phone from his hand.

Zheng Zha quickly said into the phone, "I'm sorry, Chu Xuan may have been frightened by something and is somewhat mentally unstable. There's no need for a nuclear strike!"

The voice on the other end of the phone said, "Zheng Zha, don't joke around. Chu Xuan has undergone professional training; how could he possibly be so frightened that he'd lose his mind? Alright, I trust his professional judgment. However, the matter of using nuclear weapons to strike another country is extremely serious, and it cannot be carried out without very crucial evidence. You should try your best to find evidence first. By the way, what did the Monkey King say?"

Whether it was a misperception or not, Zheng Zha felt that the voice on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat excited when talking about a nuclear strike, as if the other party was hinting at something.

However, when the other party mentions the Monkey King, they are undoubtedly referring to Sun Wukong.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Brother Monkey didn't find anything either; he couldn't find any trace of Nakayako."

At this moment, Chu Xuan reached out and took the phone from Zheng Zha's hand, saying, "We need more detailed information; the situation on site is more complex than we imagined."

The voice asked, "Wasn't the information I gave you earlier detailed enough? Here, I'll airdrop another set of information later, landing at the top of your hotel. Be ready to receive it."

The voice spoke a few more words, then said, "Alright, we're almost done with our five-minute safe call time. I'm about to hang up. Unless it's urgent, don't call this number again today."

After the person finished speaking, they hung up the call.

Upon seeing the call end, Zheng Zha wanted to say something, but Chu Xuan waved his hand, studied the phone for a while, and then said, "You can speak now. There are no other listening programs on the phone, so the other party can't hear us when we speak."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha asked, "Chu Xuan, could you analyze this?"

Chu Xuan nodded and said, "Without a doubt, this should be the identity and background arranged for us by the main god—we are experts sent from the country to specifically handle this Ju-on incident."