Chapter 1054 - Me in the Darkness [2 in 1] (1/2)
Translator: Lonelytree Editor: Millman97
A veil of darkness, one could not even see anything. There did not seem to be any light in the world behind this door. Chen Ge made sure to stay where he was as he slowly squatted down. He gripped his backpack tightly for support and pulled his attention to his ears to listen closely. There was the sound of breathing, the sound of a heartbeat, and the sound of the ticking of the clock.
“I seem to be inside someone’s room.” Ying Tong was a blind man, so his world was enveloped in darkness. He was unable to see anything, but the other people in his world were able to see him, and that was why this world was so dangerous. Pulling open the zipper of his backpack, Chen Ge rummaged about before his fingers curled around the tattered ballpoint pen. He pulled out the pen and placed it inside his shirt pocket. After that, he took out the comic and held it close to his side.
In this world that was completely covered in darkness, he might lose his backpack if he accidentally tripped or some other accident happened. It seemed unwise to place everything he had inside the backpack. That felt like something too dangerous to do.
1“I will leave the Doctor Skull Cracker’s Hammer, the pair of red high heels, and Zhang Ya’s bedtime stories inside the backpack. If the person discovers that there is nothing inside the bag, they will definitely get suspicious.”
Unable to see anything, unable to tell his own location, unable to identify his enemies, he was not even able to tell what he looked like. This was definitely the strangest and creepiest door that Chen Ge had ever entered. He called his employees’ names at the bottom of his heart, but he waited for a long time and got no reply.
“The limitation on the Red Specters in the world behind this door is even more intense than the one inside Yu Jian’s world. Will I be able to hold on until the awakening of my employees?”
Having lived his life in the light, after Chen Ge lost the ability to see, he was extremely anxious. That was something to be expected. Adjusting his breath, Chen Ge slowly stood up again. He had been behind this door for about ten minutes already, and for those ten minutes, he had stayed put.
“My body has kept its original shape, and from my touch, there is no change to my clothes and appearance.”
Chen Ge’s nostrils twitched, and in the air, he caught the sniff of the faded scent of disinfectant and blood. Underneath all that, there was a subtle smell that was unique to cats. He followed the trail of the disinfectant smell and reached out behind him. The feeling of sturdiness and chill came from the tip of his fingers.
“The black iron door is right behind me. What I need to do now is confirm my current location, look for a safe place to hide, and wait for my employees to break through.”
However, that was easier said than done. Finding a safe location to hide was extremely difficult in his condition. After all, he was unable to see anything.
“The black door usually appears at the location most important in the door pusher’s memory and places like that are usually the most dangerous. It is the location that is most often visited by the ghost fetus and other negative emotions.”
After being behind the door for about fifteen minutes, Chen Ge finally took his first step. Carrying his backpack, Chen Ge placed one of his hands on the wall and waved his other hand before him. After the initial threshold of nervousness, he slowly calmed down.
“Even Yin Yang Vision is unable to pierce through this darkness, but Ghost Ear and Spirit Sniff do not appear to be affected. I can still rely on my super hearing and sense of smell to decide where I am.”
Unable to see the enemy’s location and tell the appearance and identity of the enemy was what worried Chen Ge the most.
Bang!
He had just taken the second step when Chen Ge knocked into something. The dull sense of pain came from his knees. He clamped his mouth shut and resisted the urge to scream. Instead, he squatted down again. This was the first time that he had made such a loud noise since he entered the door. It might have attracted the attention of certain Specters. For the sake of security, Chen Ge felt that it would be better if he stopped moving for a little while. He stopped to listen. There were no strange noises, and the smell in the air did not change. Chen Ge appeared to be alone inside the room.
“I need to be as light as I can with my movement and actions.” Chen Ge reached out to feel the thing that he had just knocked into. It was a rather squat bedside table. “This table is about the same height as the one that I saw in Ying Tong’s bedroom. Does this mean I am currently inside his bedroom?”
Pulling open the drawer, Chen Ge found a photo frame with his hands. “When Ying Tong was asleep, he was hugging a photo frame.”
What he discovered next confirmed Chen Ge’s speculation even further. He first found the radio inside the room, then his fingers went up and down the dolls with uneven body proportions, and finally, he got to a music box. Those were the exact items that he had seen in Ying Tong’s bedroom before. His fingers moved on the surface of the table. Chen Ge found something that he had not encountered before next to the music box.
“There are keys? This appears to be a phone designed for the blind.” The phone had exceptionally large keys, and the numbers on each key were protruding upward so that the user could tell the numbers easily by their touch. “Should I bring this phone along with me?”
The phone probably belonged to Ying Tong. Carrying it with him might mean that he could gain contact with Ying Tong in the future, or he might gain more information from it, but at the same time, it would be a huge risk to carry it on his body as well. This was because Chen Ge could not predict when the phone would ring. What if he was in hiding from some enemy and the phone rang? Then it would expose his hiding spot.
“I don’t think I should take it. The clues are not that important now. The most important thing is to survive until the end.” Chen Ge thought about it and abandoned the idea of taking the phone with him. The risk was just too high. Chen Ge placed the phone and the photo frame back where he had found them and continued his search inside the bedroom. The closet, dresser, bed…
The layout of the furniture was identical to the layout of Ying Tong’s bedroom in real life, but unfortunately, Ying Tong was not lying in bed. “Where could a blind man have gone?”
Chen Ge tried to use his previous experience to come up with an analysis. “The world behind Ying Tong’s door should be a reflection of his own home. In other words, something extremely painful and traumatic has happened to the man inside this old building. Ying Tong’s elder brother is a psycho that is very good at disguising himself, so this painful memory has a very high chance of having come from his own brother. The brothers were adopted by their relative. Based on what Ying Chen said, they were treated very badly during that period, so the relative will not have be a force of good in this world.”
1Chen Ge was building the thoughts in his mind when the phone that was placed on the table suddenly rang. The shrill ringing drilled into his mind, and it shattered the silence inside the small room instantly.
“Damn it!” At that moment, Chen Ge thought of using the Doctor Skull Cracker’s hammer to give the phone a good whack. He desperately wanted to leave, but he felt it was too dangerous to move about without any preparation. The phone rang eight times before it quieted down again. It was then that Chen Ge sighed in relief. “I am unable to see anything. I cannot even set this phone to vibrate.”
There were no more clues to be found inside Ying Tong’s bedroom. Chen Ge took out the hammer and slowly opened the bedroom door. The chilling wind touched his cheeks, and it caused Chen Ge to shiver. Beyond the bedroom, there was still a pool of darkness.
“Hopefully, this world behind the door will not be that large, or else I might just get lost here, and I might not even be able to find my way back.”