Hell's Handbook

Chapter 340

But that wasnt the case for most people. A dream with several layers could trap owners for a long time, and even a psychokinetic owner like Su Jin could get trapped. And once you were stuck inside, you had to get out of it with your own effort. Su Jin had helped Ning Ran get out of hers, but that had been a very risky thing to do.

What time is it now? asked Su Jin.

Its nighttime now, and were about to hit midnight, said Zhang Yang. His mechanical body could calculate time, so he could tell time without any other reference.

One dream a day, huh, Su Jin exhaled deeply. Since it was almost midnight, it meant that they had safely gotten through the second day. There was only one more day left, so the chances of them surviving had gone up.

Mr. Su, I wonder if this thought has crossed your mind, Zhang Yang suddenly said to Su Jin.

Su Jin glanced at him. What thought?

If we have to enter the third story on the third day are you sure wed definitely be able to get there? asked Zhang Yang.

Su Jin frowned. He knew what Zhang Yang was driving at. Getting into the third story itself was possibly a problem in itself. If the third story were a place that did not open up by itself and required them to find a key or something along those lines, then something similar to what happened on the morning of the second day would happen again the next morning. If they could not get to the third story quickly enough, one of them might become possessed by the spirits and they might get injured or killed.

What are your thoughts on this? asked Su Jin.

Based on time alone, were actually almost on the third day of the Challenge, so we could try to see if we can now open the door to the third floor. If we cant, then we can start thinking about what we need to do, said Zhang Yang.

Su Jin nodded. Zhang Yang was indeed a good strategist, otherwise Jiang Li wouldnt have made special mention of him. His suggestion was a good one.

But who will try the door? said Xu Ge suddenly. When he saw both Su Jin and Zhang Yang stare at him, he immediately shrank back and said, Its very late at night now who would dare to leave the room at this hour? What if they run into a spirit? Isnt doing this now as good as courting death?!

Xu Ge wasnt wrong to say that. Moving around by yourself at midnight during a supernatural Challenge was indeed dangerous. Su Jin smiled and said, Did I say were picking just one person to go? Since we feel that doing that is dangerous, lets all go together then.

Im not going, Im not going! Xu Ge immediately shook his head. It had been hard enough for him to get out from his dreamworld, and he had been so scared that he peed himself. His pants werent even dry yet he wasnt going to get himself killed at this point in time.

Su Jin shrugged and said, Suit yourself. You can stay here if you want. The rest of us will go and take a look, you can look after Yu Wenkuo.

After Su Jin put it that way, Xu Ges face paled. The one who got possessed earlier was Yu Wenkuo, so if he had to stay here alone with Yu Wenkuo, that would be even more dangerous than leaving the room.

No, no, no if everyones going together, then I dont mind. Lets go together. Xu Ge glanced at Yu Wenkuo and moved as far away as possible from the dazed man.

Su Jin looked at Ning Ran and Qian Yingying. What about both of you?

Ill go with you. Ning Ran trusted Su Jin with her life, especially after Su Jin had saved her from her dreams. But at the same time, she was a little afraid of him, since she also remembered him as that demon from hell who had used all sorts of ways to torture her.

Qian Yingying said, Ill go too. I dont want to be alone with him. She pointed at the dazed Yu Wenkuo. Su Jin had broken off one of his hands, and despite being bandaged, his arm was still bleeding, but he didnt have any response at all. That alone was enough to make ones hair stand on end.

Since they were all in agreement, they walked out of the bedroom together. They went up the stairs and quickly reached the entrance to the third floor. It was a small door that slanted upward. They called it the third floor, but it was probably an attic of sorts.

Su Jin led the way, and when he saw the door, he noticed a shadow slip through the door into the third story, which made him pause for a bit. Could it be that doing such things at this hour was truly a bad idea?

But nothing happened after that shadow slipped in. Zhang Yang walked to the front and said, Spirits cant really hurt me, so Ill do this.

Ill have to trouble you then. With great power came great responsibility. Since Zhang Yangs robot body held up much better against the supernatural, he was the best person to investigate this door.

Zhang Yang walked up to the door, grabbed hold of the handle, and pulled at it a few times. But the door seemed to be merely a drawing on the wall. Pulling at the handle didnt do anything.

Try pushing it? suggested Su Jin.

Zhang Yang tried pushing it with his hands, then he leaned against the door and gritted his teeth as he pushed it with all his might, but it didnt budge. Zhang Yang knocked on the door, then said to Su Jin, Its not working, but Im certain theres a space behind the door, just that I cant get the door to open. We probably need some special key.

Su Jin walked over and noticed that the door handle did have a keyhole. It looked like a lock from ancient times. When he tried to look through the keyhole, he suddenly took a step back. A blood-red eye had met him when he looked through.

Su Jin had been through a lot, and he was considered very bold, so something like that should not have frightened him. But when his eye met that blood-red eye, he could clearly sense an evilness from that gaze, which was what made him take a step back.

Youre right, Mr. Zhang. Looks like we need to find a key. The situation was just as Zhang Yang had guessed. They had to find the key before daybreak, or face dire consequences.

Do we split up to look for it? asked Ning Ran a little timidly.

Su Jin nodded and said, We were chased up to the second story from the first story, so the first story probably doesnt have the key. If were looking at only the second floor, then the key is probably somewhere in one of the bedrooms. But there are 12 bedrooms on the second floor, and it will take too much time for all of us to search them one by one, so we should split into at least two groups.

Oh, so you and I will take one group each? Zhang Yang understood what Su Jin was saying.

Ill take Ning Ran and Miss Qian, you can take Xu Ge, said Su Jin. This was an arrangement that favored Zhang Yang, since he got the veteran, while Su Jin had to take the two newer and weaker girls.

Zhang Yang nodded in agreement, then said, Let me say this first. If were searching for something, wed better search as thoroughly as possible. Check the drawers, the closets, or even under the sheets. If we miss it because we were searching too carelessly the first time, we wont find it even if we try searching a second time.

Everyone nodded, and then they split up to search the bedrooms. Su Jin brought his team to a different bedroom, while Zhang Yang and Xu Ge went back to the one they were in earlier.

After entering the bedroom, Su Jin turned on the lights and began searching the place. This bedroom was furnished differently from the one they were in earlier. There were several messily placed shelves, so it took quite some time to search each one.

Be careful, both of you. If you sense anything amiss, just give me a shout. Alert us as quickly as you can, you hear me? said Su Jin to the two girls, and they nodded.

It took some time to search the bedrooms, since they had to search each one as thoroughly as they could. Thankfully, everything went quite smoothly, since nothing strange befell them.

Su Jin and the two girls had finished searching five bedrooms, and there was only one more left to go on his side of the corridor. After they entered the last bedroom, Su Jin turned on the lights, and they automatically started searching the various furniture.

Mr. Su, take a look at this, Ning Ran suddenly called out to Su Jin.

Su Jin walked over to see Ning Ran standing in front of a dresser. She was looking at the dresser a little fearfully because the mirror of the dresser was covered with fresh blood.

He walked over cautiously. A lot of the mirror had been covered with fresh blood, and he was about to take a closer look when he heard Qian Yingying scream.

He immediately turned to find Qian Yingying standing wide-eyed in front of a closet before collapsing in fright to the floor.

He dashed over and took a look at the closet, but it was completely empty, and there was nothing there that could hurt a person. He couldnt understand why Qian Yingying was so terrified.

Its nothing really, a rat ran across just now which gave me a shock, said Qian Yingying a little embarrassedly with a pale face.

A rat? Su Jin was puzzled for a moment. Why would a haunted house have rats? He shook his head and turned to look at the dresser again, but got a shock. Ning Ran had disappeared.

Damn it! cursed Su Jin as he marched over to the dresser and looked around it for her but didnt find her. She couldnt have left the room.

Where did Miss Ning go? Qian Yingying looked equally befuddled as she began pulling the large drawers of the dresser open, but none of those drawers were big enough to hide a person.

Thats really weird, how could she justjust go missing? Qian Yingying got a little anxious and accidentally bumped into the dresser. The mirror of the dresser immediately fell out of its frame.

Watch out! Su Jin yelled at her as he leaped toward the dresser and caught the falling mirror.