Having devoted myself to guiding souls, I was surrounded by them after my death.

Wenjie's eyes flashed with ferocity, and she was about to rush forward.

However, before she could even begin, Chen Shi snapped his fingers.

"Oh!"

Suddenly, the door to room 405 was kicked open, and a bright red figure flashed out.

Su Yining spun around and kicked Wenjie squarely in the face without any mercy.

"!"

Wenjie immediately braked and leaned back, easily dodging the sudden attack.

Su Yining missed her kick and landed on the wall in front of her. She used the momentum to turn around and land steadily, her delicate body blocking Chen Shi and Wenjie like a wall.

"Ok?"

Wenjie squinted and looked the girl up and down.

"You're not human? But you don't seem like one either..."

Before she could finish speaking, Su Yining rushed out again, forcing Wenjie back a few steps with a powerful kick.

"Are you in cahoots with Wu Hui?" she asked through gritted teeth.

The thought that Wenjie was Wu Hui's accomplice and related to her death filled Su Yining with anger, and she didn't want to say another word.

"Wu Hui? Oh, that good-for-nothing who died a while ago?" Wenjie sneered.

"What exactly are you up to?"

Su Yining clenched her fists, the red highlights in her hair resembling the raging fire within her.

"Did you kill a girl three years ago?!"

"Is that so? I'm not sure. Too many people were killed, how could everyone remember?"

Wenjie glanced at her sideways, looking completely indifferent.

That posture wasn't because he didn't want to answer, but because he genuinely didn't take it seriously at all. Whether it was a matter of human life or death.

This very point instantly ignited Su Yining's anger.

"Then I'll make you remember."

Su Yining's delicate body shot up, and she was about to spin around.

however……

Wenjie's eyes widened, her pupils dilated, and inky blackness instantly filled her entire eyeballs.

"Uh!"

Su Yining froze on the spot, feeling as if her whole body weighed a thousand pounds, unable to get up.

Just then, the door next door was flung open again:

"boom--!!"

Another loud bang, and dust billowed up.

Wearing a hospital gown but with an unusually elaborate hairstyle, wearing glasses and holding brass knuckles, Zhang Chengkang, who looked completely out of place, entered from behind and punched Wenjie in the side without hesitation.

"There's one more!? Hmm!"

Wenjie had no idea there was a ferryman, and was caught off guard, punched and sent flying against the wall.

"Oh my..." Chen Shi grinned as he looked at it.

To be honest, this elite man is ruthless; he punched Wenjie so hard she was shaped like a C.

Zhang Chengkang's arrival instantly changed the course of the battle. His punch made Wenjie see stars, and the suppression effect stopped instantly.

"This is the level a Level 2 ferryman should be at. He was so pathetic last time." Chen Shi mentally gave Zhang Chengkang a few extra points.

As long as it's not a matter of mental intrusion, Zhang Chengkang and Su Yining would still have the upper hand in terms of physical skills and strength.

"Senior."

"Hmm?" Su Yining turned around, her crimson eyes filled with anger.

"Calm down, stay rational," Chen Shi advised.

"Oh...right." Su Yining patted her cheeks and let out a heavy sigh of relief.

"Quickly remove the spirit; I'll watch over things here," Zhang Chengkang said calmly.

"You always seem unreliable when you talk to me..."

After confirming that the situation was still under control, Chen Shi entered ward 404.

Instantly, a chilling aura swept over him, causing him to shiver involuntarily.

"DiDi... DiDi..."

The testing equipment emitted a steady sound. The room was dark, with only a bedside lamp providing light, which was enveloped in white curtains. It felt more like a morgue than a hospital room.

"Uh……"

On her sickbed, Zhang Yan let out a dying sigh, her left hand gripping a pen and moving it with difficulty.

"Why does it feel like everyone in this Ling Cage is just putting on an acting show? Whether they're human or spirit, they're all putting on an act..."

Chen Shi, somewhat helpless, flipped open the lighter and wiped the roller:

"Snapped!"

Flames rose, illuminating the dim surroundings and his face.

Outside the door, the sounds of fighting could be heard from time to time, causing the walls to shake.

Inside the door, however, there was a deathly silence, broken only by Zhang Yan's dying groans and the crackling of the flickering flames.

Separated by only one door, yet it feels like two different worlds.

Just then, two hands suddenly reached out from the darkness and clapped hard beside their ears:

"Clap!"

[Rule No. 5: If you hear clapping, please leave before it claps for the third time.]

Sure enough, as soon as you get close to Zhang Yan, clapping sounds will start.

Chen Shi had already basically figured out the rules of the Spirit Cage, so he wasn't flustered at all.

Looking at the figure still lying on the bed, he abruptly pulled back the curtain.

"Wow—"

Zhang Yan lay on the bed, her body wrapped in bandages, barely alive, her left hand holding a pen and writing something in the air.

Who would have thought that this pitiful appearance was actually that of a malevolent spirit?

Suddenly, a pair of pale hands reached out from the darkness again and clapped quickly beside the ears:

"Clap!"

The second round of clapping.

Without further hesitation, Chen Shi tossed the lighter away before the third round of clapping could begin...

Sparks flew everywhere, and flames instantly ignited!

The hospital bed and curtains were instantly ignited, and orange flames climbed wildly up the fabric.

"babble--!!"

In an instant, Zhang Yan's figure began to blur, and the yellowish-white tape, scorched to a brownish-red, began to peel off in large areas, revealing the charred body hidden underneath.

Black smoke billowed up, and the smell of burning instantly filled the entire room.

Flames surged and burned the curtains to shreds, and as bits of fabric fell, the entire hospital bed was completely exposed.

"Eeee!!"

Zhang Yan's body twisted and writhed on the hospital bed, her limbs contorted like pretzel ropes, her sharp screams echoing throughout the hospital as if trying to pierce her eardrums.

Amidst the flames, Chen Shi recalled the appearance of the Jiangliu Ferry, slowly stroking it with his hand, softly reciting:

"Where do we come from, and where do we go?"

In the firelight, Zhang Yan's movements gradually slowed down, and all the bandages fell off, turning her into a charred corpse.

At the same time, the fighting outside the door stopped.

"Perfect timing, the situation outside should be resolved by now, right?"

Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Chen Shi pushed open the door and went out.

"Senior, Zhang Chengkang, you guys..."

However, the scene outside made him pause, as if his heart skipped a beat.

Theoretically speaking, Zhang Chengkang, as a second-level ferryman, along with Su Yining, should be able to deal with Wenjie without mental harassment.

But there's something else...

"Waaaaah...waaaah..."

Faint sobs could be heard from the corridor.

This is corridor number 2.

Zhang Chengkang knelt on the ground, his eyes vacant. A gash had been cut open on his throat, and blood was seeping out.

Su Yining also clutched her head and knelt on the ground in pain, her body covered in knife wounds, but most of the wounds were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Oh, you're out?" Wenjie's casual voice rang out.

In front of them, Wenjie, her face bruised and her nurse's uniform torn, was leaning against the wall, her face splattered with blood, as if she had just crawled out of a pool of blood.

It was Zhang Yan, who was crying, who was conducting psychological harassment.

Wenjie used this to get rid of Zhang Chengkang and Su Yining, but thanks to Hei Tong's abilities, she remained unharmed.

However, what alarmed Chen Shi the most was not that Wenjie was still alive.

Ling Cage is still around!

If Zhang Yan suffers a fatal blow, the Ling Cage should begin to collapse, and the mental disturbance should not affect Su Yining and Zhang Chengkang.

"Depend on."

Chen Shi understood.

Behind him, in ward 404, which was engulfed in flames, a charred figure slowly stood up and silently approached him.

The next second, countless bandages on the ground rose up and pierced straight through his chest.

……

Chapter 34 Breaking the situation

My vision was completely dark, as if I had fallen into an abyss.

The pain didn't last long because the body was pierced through in an instant, leaving no chance to catch one's breath.

He died a quick and painless death.

It felt like a dream; you couldn't run or walk, and every step felt like floating upwards on a trampoline.

This time, the dream lasted exceptionally long.

at last……

"Ahem! Ahem!"

Chen Shi took a deep breath and suddenly opened his eyes. The light was dim, but it was dazzling enough for him.

Death has regressed again.

Zhang Yan was not burned to death...