The Third Ward marked a turning point for Chen Ge. Before, he had always tried to run away. Here, for the first time, he tried to fight back—and suddenly realized that even "bad guys" could feel afraid.
Back where the nightmare had begun, Chen Ge climbed over the hospital ward's perimeter wall and found the spot where the door had been.
Since he had missed midnight, Chen Ge could only try other ways to open it.
There were things he had wanted to test for a long time, but he had never had the chance.
Countless mysteries surrounding the "door" remained unsolved. Many Door Pushers barely understood the doors they had opened, let alone an ordinary person like Chen Ge.
He summoned Xu Yin and the Red High Heels, then took turns using Blood Thread and Curse, but the door showed no change.
Next, he summoned Foul Stench and the Headless Female Ghost. More and more Red-Clothed gathered, Yin Wind howled, and countless Blood Threads spread across the peeling walls, as if they were about to paint the entire corridor blood-red.
Several Red-Clothed used their abilities on the door, but none could truly open it. Chen Ge had the Comic Album in hand and was about to let out the rest of the Red-Clothed when the door suddenly began to tremble without warning.
Blood seeped through the door panel, and footsteps sounded from the empty room.
"At last, a reaction. Is Men Nan coming?"
The footsteps drew nearer. As blood spread across the door, it swung open. A Red-Clothed child, barely taller than Chen Ge's knee, leaned against the door and looked up at him.
"Men Nan, long time no—"
"Smack!"
The blood-red door slammed shut. Chen Ge hadn't even had time to react.
A few seconds later, the door