Chapter 860 - Red in Human Heart (2/2)

Even a Red Specter hasn’t given me this kind of feeling before. Is it because the old headmaster has done so much charitable work in his life that even though he turned into a ghost, he doesn’t have the ghost’s cruel nature?

Seeing the old headmaster slowly disappearing into the well, Chen Ge rushed over. He had Xu Yin walk at the back, and he took the middle spot. Once he entered the old well, the smell of blood hit him like a wall. The blood fog inside the well was much thicker than outside. It was unclear why, but the well appeared to be a natural spot for negative emotions to gather, and thus, a thick layer of blood fog was found there. Entering it was like falling into a pool of blood. His clothes stuck to his body, and Chen Ge felt prickling pain coming from his skin like someone was biting him. However, when he looked with his Yin Yang Vision, he could not see anything.

Xu Yin did not give a warning, so it should be safe. Everything is still within control.

Their surroundings were completely enveloped by blood fog. Nothing could be seen clearly. If not for Xu Yin, Chen Ge would not have gone down there no matter what.

“We haven’t reached the bottom?” The well was deeper than he thought. No wonder the school could not detect this loophole. The lower they went, the greater the pressure. Chen Ge was worried that something might happen to the old headmaster. He was afraid that when he reached the bottom, it would not be the old headmaster at the other end of the rope. The rope stopped being pulled taut, and the old headmaster’s figure clarified. They had not reached the bottom of the well, but the headmaster had stopped.

“Why aren’t we moving anymore?” Chen Ge was confused, he noticed something wrong about the old man.

“We can’t go on…” The headmaster’s voice was shaking. Chen Ge moved his body to get close to the headmaster. He followed the man’s gaze, and cold sweat slid down his face. It was no longer a red fog under the headmaster’s feet but a red pool of water, and human faces could be seen poking out from the water!

As the blood fog gathered, the water level inside the well was rising at a visible rate. The monsters hidden in the water had their mouths gaping like they could not wait to sink their teeth into Chen Ge.

“When I came last time, there aren’t these monsters…” The old headmaster was desperate.

“It’s fine.” The reason Chen Ge said that was because Xu Yin showed no reaction. “I saw them in the school in the mirror created by the painter. They have no skin, and they’re covered in blood and guts, surrounded by a horrible stench.”

These monsters were hardly any different from those that Chen Ge had seen. The only difference was that they were not walking upside down.

How did these monsters appear? Did they come from the blood city outside the school, or is this well their place of birth? If the monsters come from the city, why would I encounter them in the painter’s school? And are they all upside down, or has the painter been rearing them? Is it because of him that strange things have been happening to the school?

Chen Ge felt like he was getting closer to the center of the secret. He yanked on the rope lightly. “Sir, let’s go back for now.”

“I feel like I’ve seen them somewhere before.” The old headmaster stared at the monster inside the well. “They’re harvesting the blood fog. They survive on human’s negative emotions. I’ve heard about them before! But… this is strange. Why would they show up here, and why are there so many negative emotions gathered here?”

“They survive on human’s negative emotions? Appear inside the well?” Something occurred to Chen Ge. He was reminded of the hint given by the black phone regarding Mu Yang High School.

Everyone has a deep well inside their heart where shameful and unknowable secrets stay buried.