After completing the bizarre game, the world experienced a global resurgence of strange occurrences.

After parting ways with Ruan Ning at the entrance of the abandoned building, Chen Zhuo called a midnight taxi that had been waiting for him.

Chen Zhuo put away the white bone cane and sat in the back seat as usual.

After he got into the car, the midnight taxi headed towards the villa.

With the matter of the rust hospital finally settled, his nerves, which had been on edge for several days, finally began to relax a little.

Before I knew it, I had fallen asleep in the back seat.

Twenty minutes later, the midnight taxi came to a steady stop in front of the villa, and Chen Zhuo woke up from his nap.

He got out of the car and pushed open the villa's gate.

On ordinary days, the aroma of food wafts out as soon as the door is opened.

Upon hearing the commotion and knowing that he had returned, Zhuo Fan immediately ran out to greet him.

But today, there was no aroma of food in the villa, and it was quiet all around.

Chen Zhuo paused, his brows furrowing almost imperceptibly.

He slowly walked into the entryway and softly called out, "Zhuo Fan?"

In the empty villa, only his echo could be heard; there was no response.

Even the little skull, which usually loves to hang around people, didn't make a sound.

The villa was eerily quiet, with only his own breathing audible.

Chen Zhuo raised his hand, his fingertips touching the shoe cabinet next to him.

What my fingertips touched was a thin layer of dust.

Zhuo Fan is a clean person who cleans the villa carefully every day and would never allow the shoe cabinet to accumulate such a layer of dust.

Chen Zhuo turned and walked towards the living room, his fingertips brushing against the smooth marble coffee table.

Similarly, a fine layer of dust settled on his fingertips.

Judging from the thickness of the dust, this place hasn't been cleaned for at least two days.

Chen Zhuo took out his phone, unlocked the screen, found Zhuo Fan's number, and dialed it.

"The user you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later..."

The phone kept ringing with a monotonous dial tone, and no one answered it for a long time.

He frowned and dialed several more times, but the result was the same.

Unbeknownst to Chen Zhuo, his hand holding the phone was trembling slightly.

My usually calm and even emotions were now stirred by a barely perceptible hint of irritability and anxiety.

Chen Zhuo turned and walked to the corner of the living room, in front of the human body jigsaw puzzle that he had set a restriction on.

He raised his hand and waved it, and the powerful, eerie energy instantly dissipated, breaking the seal on the puzzle piece.

The human figure, which had been standing upright, suddenly slumped down and then stretched its limbs.

Chen Zhuo spoke, his voice carrying a subtle tension.

"Where did Zhuo Fan and Xiao Lou go?"

The human body jigsaw puzzle dared not hide anything and immediately recounted everything that had happened in the past few days.

"On the morning of the day after you left the villa, Zhuo Fan said there was no food in the refrigerator and he had to go out to buy some."

He left and never came back.

The sound of the human body jigsaw puzzle was tinged with caution, as if afraid of angering the man before her.

Chen Zhuo left the villa for the Corrosion Hospital, a trip that took three whole days.

In other words, Zhuo Fan has been missing for two whole days.

Upon realizing this, Chen Zhuo's eerie aura surged, and the temperature in the living room suddenly dropped.

He ignored the human body puzzle and turned to walk out of the villa.

Chen Zhuo raised his hand and pressed the walkie-talkie on his chest, then pressed the call button.

Wu Yu's voice came from inside very quickly: "Advisor Chen? The mission is over?"

Chen Zhuo skipped the pleasantries and went straight to the point: "Find someone for me."

"Name: Zhuo Fan, male, previously involved in the Corridor Villa incident, now missing."

His voice was relatively calm, but after several conversations, Wu Yu had come to understand him somewhat and could still detect the tension in his tone.

Wu Yu immediately abandoned her casual conversation and replied hastily, "Yes, Consultant Chen, I'll check right away!"

"Consultant Chen, we've found him!"

In just over ten seconds, Wu Yu's voice came again.

Mr. Zhuo Fan is currently at the First People's Hospital in the city center.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Yu reported the detailed information to Chen Zhuo, word by word.

Chen Zhuo wrote down the ward number and immediately cut off the communication.

He hailed another midnight taxi, opened the door, got in, and gave the address of the city's central hospital.

Seemingly sensing Chen Zhuo's urgency, the journey that usually takes more than half an hour was completed in just ten minutes today.

The taxi came to a smooth stop at the hospital entrance, and Chen Zhuo got out.

The hospital was filled with the strong smell of disinfectant, and there was a constant flow of people and noise.

But Chen Zhuo had excellent hearing and walked precisely in the direction of the inpatient department.

He went up to the third floor in a few steps and quickly found room 307 according to the address given by Wu Yu.

Just as I reached the door of the ward, I happened to run into a doctor in a white coat who was coming out of the ward.

The doctor raised his hand to stop Chen Zhuo, who was about to enter, and looked him up and down.

"What is your relationship to the patient?"

"I'm his friend, I came to see him." Chen Zhuo asked the doctor, "How is he now?"

The doctor breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, a look of emotion appearing on his face.

"Your friend is really lucky. He was only unconscious for a few hours, suffered a mild concussion, and had some minor abrasions. He can be discharged after one more night of observation."

After saying that, the doctor nodded to Chen Zhuo, then took the medical record and turned to leave.

Chen Zhuo pushed open the ward door and slowly walked in.

This is a single-occupancy hospital room with only one bed. Zhuo Fan lies on the bed, lost in thought.

His head was wrapped in thick white gauze, and there were a few shallow abrasions on his face.

Zhuo Fan's eyes lit up instantly when he saw Chen Zhuo push the door open and walk in.

"Hey bro! You're back! What interesting thing happened this time?"

My phone is broken, I'm so bored, can you tell me what's wrong?

As Zhuo Fan spoke, he was about to lift the blanket and sit up.

Chen Zhuo quickly stepped forward and firmly pressed down on his shoulder to prevent him from moving.

"Lie still and don't move."

Zhuo Fan was slightly taken aback, then obediently lay back down, scratched his head, and revealed a happy smile.

Chen Zhuo pulled over a chair and sat down, placing the white bone cane beside him.

He turned to Zhuo Fan and asked softly, "What exactly happened? How did you get injured and hospitalized?"

Zhuo Fan's smile faded, he sighed, and began to recount what had happened two days prior.

Let's rewind to the early morning of two days ago.

As soon as it was dawn, Zhuo Fan got up and went into the kitchen to open the refrigerator.

The refrigerator was empty except for a few eggs and a bunch of wilted greens.

Zhuo Fan casually closed the refrigerator door and muttered something under his breath.

"We're out of vegetables, time to go out and buy some."

With his deliveryman away, he has to take care of things at home so that when his deliveryman comes back, he can have a hot meal.

He went back to his room to change his clothes, washed up, grabbed his keys and wallet, and prepared to leave.

Seeing that Zhuo Fan was about to leave, Xiao Lou immediately jumped into his arms, which had become their habit.

He pushed open the villa's door, but stopped abruptly after taking just one step.

A completely black crow was standing at the bottom of the steps in front of the villa.

The crow remained motionless, its head raised, staring intently at him.

Zhuo Fan suddenly felt a strange palpitation.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the crow's eyes were an eerie crimson.

The little skeleton in his arms jumped to the ground and let out a howl at the crow.

"Is this crow eerie?!"

Seeing the little skull's reaction, Zhuo Fan immediately realized that the crow in front of him was a strange creature!