This actor is full of tricks.

After much deliberation, Lin Jue decided to take the initiative and investigate the true nature of that strange creature.

Escaping this room and going outside would definitely be extremely dangerous. There are certainly more monsters outside than inside, and going out rashly would be tantamount to suicide.

In comparison, taking the initiative is the safest approach.

Fortunately, the eerie presence in the other bedroom seemed not to have noticed his existence, which gave Lin Jue ample time to prepare. He tiptoed into the kitchen and picked up a rusty kitchen knife from the floor.

"It's a pity that this script has isolated everything of mine. If only I had the Tetanus Blade with me right now, I wouldn't have been so passive when facing that nurse yesterday."

"If I killed Nurse Li in the normal timeline, would she still appear in the desolate timeline?"

Lin Jue weighed the kitchen knife in his hand, and an absurd thought arose in his mind, but he quickly dismissed it. In the normal timeline, everything was running normally. If he suddenly killed someone, he would definitely be arrested by the police, and then he wouldn't be able to do anything.

After acquiring the lethal weapons, he also used a pot as a shield, thus having both offensive and defensive capabilities.

After making thorough preparations, Lin Jue tiptoed out of the kitchen and made his way to the door of the bedroom.

The bedroom door was ajar, with a crack in the door. Through the crack, one could roughly see the layout of the room. This bedroom was about the same size as the one he lived in, and the furniture was similar. An extremely rotten smell mixed with a musty smell was wafting out through the crack in the door and into Lin Jue's nostrils.

Even when faced with this stench attack that could be described as a biological weapon, Lin Jue's expression remained unchanged. Instead, he remarked with some emotion, "Even I have to be careful in this situation. How desperate would an ordinary person be if they were in this predicament?"

Pulling himself back to reality, he carefully peered through the narrow crack in the door into the room. He didn't find any strange traces, but the stench couldn't lie. The eeriness was in this bedroom, perhaps hiding in some corner, under the bed, in the closet, or even behind the door, waiting to strike a fatal blow as he entered!
To prevent the other party from sneaking up behind the door, Lin Jue quietly took half a step back, and then kicked the door hard.

The door slammed open, revealing nothing hidden behind it. The entire room was laid bare before Lin Jue, with nothing but furniture.

Lin Jue did not let his guard down. He had always been quite confident in his judgment. There were so many places in the room where he could hide, so the monster must be hiding somewhere.

The most suspicious place was the large wardrobe standing in the corner.

Lin Jue narrowed his eyes, a habitual action he took when he sensed danger. He raised the iron pot in his hand and approached the wardrobe step by step.

As he approached, the sound Lin Jue had heard before echoed from inside the wardrobe again, this time clearer. There were indeed fingernails scratching at the wooden door, and the thing inside seemed to have sensed Lin Jue's approach, as the scratching became more and more intense, as if it wanted to break through the wood and rush out.

"It didn't break out even though it's so close. This ghost doesn't seem very strong. If it were that nurse ghost, it probably would have broken out long ago."

Lin Jue guessed in his mind that instead of opening the wardrobe door, he directly raised the kitchen knife in his hand and chopped it down hard on the wardrobe door.

Click.

The already rotten wooden door almost shattered under this blow. The thing inside seemed to be frightened, and the scratching sound stopped after Lin Jue's strike.

"Not going to keep picking at it? Keep picking!" Lin Jue pulled out the kitchen knife and chopped down hard again. Wood chips flew everywhere, and the cabinet door couldn't withstand the blow and broke in half.

"Stop chopping! Stop chopping! I won't pry anymore!" The ghost inside finally spoke up. It sounded like a male ghost, and it seemed quite frightened by the noise Lin Jue was making while chopping at the door.

Not only are they weak, they are also cowardly.

This was Lin Jue's assessment, but he didn't let his guard down. Instead, he took a step back and said, "Come out yourself."

The dilapidated cabinet door slowly opened, and a head cautiously poked its head out.

The young ghost was about the same age as Xiang Yang, with sunken temples as if he had been hit by a stick. Only his head was visible, and he looked at the kitchen knife in Lin Jue's hand with some fear: "I just had an itchy finger, so I rubbed it on the cabinet to stop the itch. It's not that I wanted to be stingy."

"Come out." Lin Jue remained unmoved and let the strange creature emerge from the cabinet.

It wasn't until the male ghost completely stepped out of the closet that Lin Jue noticed that the other man's left hand was empty, and his remaining right hand was also dripping blood, with all five fingernails missing.

This must be the intern who died in that riot. His left hand was chopped off, his fingernails were torn off, and finally, someone smashed his skull with a stick.

Lin Jue carefully examined the male ghost opposite him. The other's eyes were filled with fear and dread, without any ferocious expression. This was a ghost with a high degree of rationality, unlike that Nurse Li who would kill anyone she saw.

If they are very rational, then it means we can take advantage of them.

Thinking of this, Lin Jue cleared his throat and said firmly, "This house is mine now. I'll give you three minutes to leave."

As he spoke, he brandished the kitchen knife in his hand, declaring that weapons were the ultimate truth, and that since the house was his, it should be his now.

leave here?

The male ghost immediately panicked. He didn't want to leave the room, which was why he had been hiding in the closet. The outside was full of those insane patients; if he went out, wouldn't he be courting death?
Seeing the other person's expression, Lin Jue's tone softened slightly: "However, I feel sorry for you, so I can reluctantly let you stay here for a while. But I see you don't have much money on you. How do you plan to pay the rent?"

Hearing that there was room for negotiation, the ghost's expression brightened: "I can help you with cleaning and stuff. Don't underestimate me just because I only have one hand; I can definitely keep the house spotless."

"That's not important." Lin Jue waved the pot in his hand: "Do you know how to chop meat?"

"Chop meat?" The monster was taken aback. "Chop what meat?"

"It's the kind of meat that moves, maybe it looks weird or a bit disgusting. What I need is for you to cut the meat and bone together in one stroke."

Lin Jue gave a very gentle smile, but the ghost involuntarily shivered. In this dim environment, it felt that the smile of the person in front of it was even more terrifying than the smiles of the insane patients outside. (End of Chapter)