Chapter 764 - Knocking [2 in 1] (2/2)

However, this time, the knocking appeared to be more forceful. Chen Ge did not make a sound; he did not move to open the door either. The knocking continued for several seconds, and then… the sound of a key being pushed into the lock, the spring of the lock moving, and the door unlocking came!

CREAK…

The door was pushed open. The pale-faced teacher, Mr. Bai, appeared at the door, holding the key and a flashlight.

“Why didn’t you come answer the door?” Mr. Bai glared at Chen Ge. His forehead was breaking in cold sweat, and his Adam’s Apple was shuddering. He appeared to be deeply fearful.

“I fell asleep.” As Chen Ge pulled himself straighter, he very naturally yanked the blanket to cover himself and to shield the three notebooks from view.

Mr. Bai did not enter the room—he merely stood at the door and looked around the room. “Do not wander off at night. Stay inside your room after the lights are switched off. Do you understand?”

“Yes.” Chen Ge nodded.

Mr. Bai closed the door and left straight after.

“What a strange man. He was being so urgent when he was trying to open the door. It was as if he was trying to see whether I am still alive or not.” With the blanket over him, Chen Ge was about to continue reading the notebooks when the lights in the bedroom were switched off.

“It’s already time for lights out? It is already 10:30 pm?” Lying in the darkness, Chen Ge suddenly came to a realization. “Ever since I entered the world behind the door, I don’t think I’ve encountered any object that can tell time. There hasn’t been a clock, watch, or phone in sight.

“Time should be a very important clue—it might prove useful to my investigation.” Ever since the lights went off, Chen Ge had been dividing his focus into two. One part was to count his heartbeat silently, and the other was to use his Yin Yang Vision to read the notebooks in the dark.

“After I’ve studied everything in the notebooks, I should go look for other clues. If nothing is found, I should go to another location.” Mr. Bai had the bedroom key, and he could enter the bedroom freely, which gave Chen Ge a very weak sense of security.

The curtain inside the bedroom was very thick, and only a very thin sheath of light was able to pass into the room through the gap.

There were five human shadows in the room, and as time passed, the atmosphere inside the room became more pressured.

Bang, bang, bang….

In the dark, Chen Ge suddenly heard someone knock on the bedroom door, but it was very soft.

Why do I have so many visitors?

This new knocking was completely different from Mr. Bai’s, so it should be a different person beyond the door.

Could it be Wang Xiaoming? No, he looks so easily scared, and he is too afraid to stay in the dormitory corridor alone. This shouldn’t be him.

Chen Ge stayed in bed with the blanket over him. He was reminded of what Mr. Bai and Wang Xiaoming had said that night, ‘Do not leave your bedroom after dark.’

Chen Ge was still hesitating over whether he should go take a look when the knocking stopped. The person only knocked three or four times.

The knocking stopped, but I don’t hear any footsteps, so the person is probably still outside the door.

Chen Ge was quite experienced when it came to sleuthing and deduction. He did not make any sound—he did not even move his body—he wanted to create the impression that the bedroom was completely empty.

After ten minutes, there was still an enveloping silence outside in the corridor.

Has the person left?

Chen Ge sighed slightly in relief. He moved his hand inside Xiao Lin’s bag and found the sharpened scissors.

Whether it is useful or not, having this at least provides some security.

Chen Ge was not a passive person, no matter how deep his despair, he was not going to give up so easily.

However, before he even pulled the scissors out of the bag, the knocking began again. It was not very hard, and it had a constant rhythm to it like it was made by a machine.

Has the monster outside the door caught onto my presence?

Chen Ge tightened his grip around the scissors as he kept his eyes glued to the door. This time, the knocking did not stop but instead became more erratic.

The thing outside sounds like he’s being chased by something. Don’t tell me… he’s coming in here to hide?

Chen Ge himself was in deep water, so obviously, he was not going to go open the door. The frequency of the knocking became more intense, but the force was weakening. It felt like the thing’s life force was draining.

Could this be a prank? It’s merely trying to lure me to open the door?

As the knocking changed from urgent knocking to a weak, dwindling knocking, his eyes narrowed.

The knocking appeared out of thin air. There was no other sound in the corridor. Something is not right. Perhaps I’ve missed an alternative possibility.

Chen Ge flipped through the notebook next to him. One of the pages recorded the case of a murderer hiding inside the dormitory’s bedroom closet. When the murderer attempted to escape around midnight, he was spotted by the student, and then the student’s body was eventually found inside the closet.

Regardless of whether it was the murderer or the student, they were both inside the bedroom that night. So, if that incident happened inside this room, the knocking that I’m hearing right now isn’t coming from outside but a cry for help coming from inside the room! The ghost is probably inside the room with me!

A chill ran up Chen Ge’s spine, and the position of the human shadows on the walls appeared to have shifted slightly. To make matters worse, Chen Ge suddenly felt something moving under the cover!