At the same time, I traveled through time and space, I dominated the heavens and the worlds

Strangely, official reports stated that after filming "Grave Encounters," Langston suffered a mental breakdown for some personal reasons and was admitted to a mental hospital in his hometown.

Alex inquired and found that the mental hospital had no record of Langston being admitted.

Alex also went to Langston's house, but his family only told him that Langston disappeared after filming "Encounters in the Graveyard" and has not returned since.

Alex made a bold conjecture: if everything in "Grave Encounters" was true, was it possible that Langston was still in that mental hospital shrouded in many terrifying legends?

This is one of the reasons why Alex decided to take a bold photoshoot.

After sharing his insights, Alex's fear gradually turned into confusion: "But I still don't understand, if Langston didn't escape, how could the TV station broadcast this film? Where did they get the source material?"

Lin Bei was quite impressed with Alex.

No wonder he was chosen by the devil to be its next follower; his thirst for the truth alone is several times stronger than that of ordinary people.

Lin Bei glanced around the increasingly cold hall and said with a faint smile, "Of course, it was the demons here who personally sent the footage to the production team so they could broadcast it. Otherwise, how would they have attracted a group of adventurous young people like you to come here as fertilizer?"

"demon?!"

Tessa and Jerry, standing nearby, paled and cried out in alarm.

They preferred to believe that vengeful spirits had trapped them there rather than that demons.

If they were vengeful spirits, they might be able to escape, but if they were demons, even if they weren't believers, they knew that demons would not let go of the souls that were about to be devoured.

Tessa and Jerry panicked and surrounded Alex, shouting in terror, "Hey Alex, you didn't say there were demons here! What are we going to do now? I don't want to lose my life here! Tell me, what are we going to do?"

Alex was being pulled and shaken by the two of them, unable to even speak. Lin Bei, annoyed by the noise, raised his hand and used the power of the Shadow Monarch. Black liquid surged out from his shadow and pulled Tessa and Jerry apart.

Lin Bei looked at them coldly: "Quiet down. If you want to live, shut up and follow me. If you want to die, go shout somewhere else."

Alex and his two companions were taken aback by Lin Bei's actions.

Tessa and Jerry, in particular, were bound by the black liquid and had their mouths covered by it, unable to utter a single word, and could only stare at Lin Bei in fear.

Seeing that the three had quieted down, Lin Bei put his hands behind his back and said calmly, "If you want to live, stay quiet. No matter what happens next, don't run around."

After saying that, Lin Bei waved his hand, and then withdrew the black liquid.

Tessa and Jerry's legs went weak, and they collapsed to the ground, their eyes filled with awe as they looked at Lin Bei.

Fortunately, they still had some sense and guessed that the young man with mysterious powers could save them. So they nodded repeatedly, obediently got up, and followed behind Lin Bei.

Lin Bei glanced at Constantine: "You cover the rear."

Constantine, who was smoking with his head down, shrugged and nodded in agreement with an indifferent expression.

Once the formation was complete, Lin Bei walked towards the gate from which Alex and the others had come.

Seeing the direction Lin Bei walked in, Alex and the other two recalled the scene of being chased by various vengeful spirits at the door just now, and subconsciously wanted to speak up to warn him.

Constantine, noticing their intentions, scoffed and interrupted them: "Don't worry about it. Just stick close to Lin Bei. You're lucky you managed to hold out until Lin Bei arrives. As long as Lin Bei is here, unless you do something stupid, you'll definitely get out of here."

Upon hearing this, the three of them gasped in astonishment and looked at Lin Bei again, only to find his back view incredibly imposing.

The three of them finally behaved themselves, watching Lin Bei place his hand on the door and gently push it open.

As for that door, all three of them had experienced it firsthand; it was impossible to push it open without putting in their full strength.

Unexpectedly, when Lin Bei casually pushed the door open, it seemed to have a mind of its own and slowly opened with a "creak."

A chilly wind blew in from the crack in the door, making the three people behind Lin Bei shiver.

The three of them craned their necks to look curiously. They had expected a scene leading to another place, but to their surprise, there was just an ordinary corridor behind the door, without anything unusual.

Alex and his two companions all looked puzzled. They didn't understand why nothing had changed behind the door.
Does this mean that the demons entrenched in the mental hospital discriminate based on who they serve?

Because someone came to rescue them, the fear in Alex and his companions dissipated considerably, and they even had the leisure to speculate about other things.

Just as the three were lost in thought, Lin Bei looked up indifferently at the dimly lit corridor ahead, chuckled, and did not step directly across.

Lin Bei raised his hand and pointed it towards the corridor ahead, uttering a single sentence in a calm voice.

"The flames are blazing."

As Lin Bei finished speaking, a huge fireball appeared out of thin air in front of him.

The moment the fireball appeared, it rapidly increased the bone-chilling temperature of the surroundings, illuminating the dim surroundings and completely dispelling the eerie and terrifying atmosphere.

Lin Bei pointed forward, and the huge fireball that was rolling in mid-air suddenly flew into the depths of the corridor.

Whether it was his imagination or not, Alex vaguely heard screams coming from the corridor.

As the giant fireball rapidly pierced through the entire corridor, clusters of gray-black ash appeared in the void of the corridor to everyone's astonishment.

Once the fireball dissipated at the end of the corridor and the surrounding temperature gradually returned to normal, Lin Bei finally spoke, "I wonder which of Solomon's seventy-two demons this is. Why does it like to play dirty tricks so much?"

Constantine, at the very end, slowly exhaled a smoke ring and lazily picked up the conversation: "Come on, we've already said it's a demon. Which demon doesn't like to play dirty tricks? Let's get out of here. This place reeks of demons. I wish I could drag that guy hiding in the shadows out right now and pour all the holy water down his throat."

Lin Bei chuckled, acknowledging Constantine's words, and stepped into the corridor.

Alex and his two companions, caught in the middle, quickly followed.

Perhaps it was Lin Bei and Constantine's composure, or perhaps it was the ability Lin Bei had just displayed, but Alex's fear almost completely dissipated. He stared at Lin Bei's back for a while, and couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Are you priests, or exorcists appointed by the church? Was there anything in the corridor just now?"

Lin Bei didn't respond, but Constantine, bored, lazily spoke up.

"Father? Please, if we were recognized by the church, we wouldn't be here idly rescuing people; we'd be in the church praying. As for what's here, you ordinary people can't see it, and it's best if you don't, lest you have nightmares when you get back. Oh, and by the way, don't go looking for trouble and die again; after all, not everyone will come to rescue you."

Alex and his two companions would certainly not do such a foolish thing again.

It should be said that after their companions were dragged away and died tragically in front of them by something invisible, they deeply regretted their risky actions.

Lin Bei listened to their conversation behind him, but didn't stop walking, pushing open the front door.

Just as Lin Bei pushed open the third door, the environment in front of him finally changed.

What should have been a corridor had transformed into a dark, downward-facing staircase. Lin Bei paused, and the previously relaxed atmosphere behind him suddenly tightened.

Alex and his companions also saw the chilly staircase ahead.

Tessa let out a short scream, covered her mouth, and looked at Alex with a horrified expression.

“Alex, remember? It’s this staircase leading down. Treve was dragged away and killed in the room down there…”

Alex, who had been smiling, gradually turned pale. He subconsciously took a step back, bumping into Jerry, before speaking in a hoarse voice.

"I remember, we escaped from here. Why... why has this place reappeared?"

The only two people present who remained calm were Lin Bei and Constantine.

Before Lin Bei could speak, Constantine chuckled as he smoked, "What else could it be? Of course, it's to break down your psychological defenses. With the demons' twisted sense of humor, they won't devour your souls at the beginning. Instead, they'll torture you little by little until you willingly sacrifice yourselves."

A cold glint flashed in Lin Bei's eyes. He could naturally tell that the devil hiding in this mental hospital couldn't resist any longer and only made his move to lure them at the third door.

He also knew what this devil was thinking.

It's simply that when they arrived at the mental hospital, they sensed his power and wanted to devour it, which is why they were let in.

The moment they were brought in, they were transferred to another dimension.

They also wanted to lower their guard when Lin Bei pushed open the first door, so they could launch a sneak attack.

Unfortunately, Lin Bei didn't fall for the trap, and even easily deflected the demon's sneak attack aimed at torturing them.

The demon in the shadows knew that the two newcomers were not to be trifled with, so it decided to wait a while before making its move.

But Lin Bei's power was too tempting, and when they reached the third door, the demon couldn't resist making a move.

A cold glint flashed in Lin Bei's eyes. He was waiting for the devil to make his move. As long as the devil didn't hesitate to attack them, he could drag this guy hiding in the shadows out.

Thinking this, Lin Bei casually tossed out a "Keep going" and walked down the stairs.

The three of them were too frightened to move forward, thinking about what they had encountered down below.

Tessa kept shaking her head and backing away: "We can't go down, we absolutely can't go down, it's no different from a maze down there... there are many things down there that can hurt us, we have to take another path..."

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at the doors of the surrounding wards.

Constantine remained at the back, calmly observing the three panicked young people.

Tessa lunged at one of the doors and yanked it open: "Let's take another way, these doors must lead somewhere else now... Ah! Why is this happening!"

As Tessa screamed, Alex and Jerry both looked over.

When they saw the eerie staircase leading down from behind the ward, their expressions changed completely.

Two doors leading to the same place—something they had never encountered before since they entered.

Tessa was on the verge of collapse. She cried in terror as she rushed toward the doors of the other wards, but no matter which door she opened, there was a staircase leading downstairs.

When Tessa collapsed to the ground, Lin Bei, who was standing in front of the stairs, crossed his arms and calmly watched the three of them collapse.

He had anticipated this situation. Since the demon dared to make another move, it proved that the other party had made thorough preparations.

It will force them into the trap it has set.

The trap lies at the end of the stairs, in the labyrinthine underground that Teresa described.

Although the current plot differs from the original story, Lin Bei can roughly guess that the underground area is the basement of the entire mental hospital.

Langston, who disappeared in the first movie, is underground.

After Tessa finished crying, Lin Bei yawned and said, "Are you leaving or not? If you're not leaving, I'm not going to take care of you anymore."

Constantine had finished three cigarettes when he heard this. He simply stepped over Alex and the other two and said, "No need to protect them anymore? Okay, that saves a lot of trouble."

Upon hearing this, Alex and his two companions were jolted out of their fear.

What are they doing?
The staircase leading underground is certainly terrifying, but isn't it even more terrifying that no one is there to protect them?

These two people in front of them are their saviors at this moment. If it weren't for Lin Bei and Constantine, could they still survive?
Alex was the first to regain his senses. Seeing that Lin Bei and Constantine were about to go down the stairs, he quickly grabbed one of them with each hand and dragged them to catch up with Lin Bei.

"Please wait for us! We promise we won't hold you back anymore. Please save us! We'll pay any price to get you out of here."

Lin Bei had little interest in the price that ordinary people talked about.

With only money and treasures on both sides, what new tricks can they come up with?

But Constantine was just an ordinary person, and he was interested.

Upon hearing this, Constantine immediately stopped and turned to the side with a smile: "Then what are you waiting for? Come over here quickly."

Alex breathed a sigh of relief, pulled Tessa and Jerry past Constantine, and continued to follow Lin Bei.

The temperature dropped as the group descended, until they were exhaling white breath, at which point Lin Bei finally stepped down the last step.

To Lin Bei's surprise, the underground area was not as cramped and complicated as he had imagined; on the contrary, it was quite spacious.

Countless load-bearing pillars stood in the dim light ahead, surrounded by dust, with nothing else around.

Looking into the distance, there is only endless darkness.

Alex and his two companions, along with Constantine, followed them down. Alex and his companions had clearly suffered a lot here, and now they were like frightened birds, clinging almost to Constantine, looking around anxiously.

Lin Bei was about to use his divine sense to perceive the darkness when Tessa suddenly screamed, "Over there!"

Lin Bei immediately looked in that direction, and it was in that glance that he saw a dark shadow flash past above the sixth load-bearing column in front of him.

Lin Bei could see clearly that it was a thin, withered humanoid creature, resembling a rat.

Even as it vanished, Lin Bei caught a glimpse of its scarlet, yellowish eyes, filled with hunger and malice. (End of Chapter)