59: Chapter 59 The Man Behind Me

10:00 PM.

Chen Mo held a flashlight and stood before a door.

The door to the Basement was right in the living room; after pulling it open, what lay inside was darkness that sloped deep underground.

Unlike the clean and tidy house, the Basement had a fishy smell and was covered in dust everywhere.

The flashlight's beam illuminated a fan-shaped area, and Chen Mo stepped inside.

"I expect I'll encounter quite a few supernatural phenomena along the way; don't get scared," Chen Mo reminded himself.

In this dungeon, the only way to replenish Mental Value is through the love of family.

Which is effectively impossible to replenish.

With his elbow pressed against the narrow wall, Chen Mo continued to explore deeper inside.

Ahead was a bend in the path; the flashlight's beam shone forward, but light cannot turn corners.

Within the circular beam of light hitting the wall, a ghost's shadow suddenly flashed by.

Chen Mo whipped his head around, and the Basement door slammed shut with a "Bang!" on its own.

This caused the faint light from the living room to be unable to shine in anymore.

Behind Chen Mo, there was no helper, only darkness as thick as ink.

"Hoo..."

Adjusting his breathing and gripping the bone-scraping knife in his hand, Chen Mo began to turn the corner.

"How can this Basement be so deep? Each step is 15cm high, and I've already taken 30 steps, meaning I've descended nearly 4.5 meters—that's already equal to a two-story residential building."

"It still hasn't reached the Basement."

Chen Mo suspected he had encountered a ghost wall, also known as the legendary loop.

A corridor from which you cannot escape even if you run, where you return to the starting point the moment you open your eyes.

Although he was only walking, Chen Mo's Stamina Value was rapidly dropping.

Walking on these stairs, the consumption of Stamina Value was 10 times higher than usual.

"Wait! What is that sound?"

Chen Mo suddenly stopped walking.

He seemed to have heard someone else's footsteps in his ears just now.

These footsteps were almost negligible, as if the person walking had no weight at all.

Was the other party floating?

Or walking on tiptoes?

A normal person wouldn't be able to hear these footsteps at all.

But Chen Mo, who possessed Ghost Power, heard them clearly.

Moreover, Chen Mo was someone who absolutely believed in himself; if he heard it, he heard it.

He wouldn't let thoughts that doubted himself arise in his mind.

For example: "Could this be my hallucination?"

In the Haunted House's plot, people who generally set such flags are the next ones to be slashed by a ghost.

Chen Mo took another step forward, and suddenly, a second person's footsteps sounded from behind him.

Chen Mo stopped, and the other party stopped too.

"Can you turn around and look at me? I am a pitiful person~" a miserable voice came.

"At this moment, I must absolutely not turn around. If I turn around, there's a high probability I'll be slashed."

Chen Mo bit the bullet and continued walking downwards.

"Sam, what are you doing in the Basement?"

"Let me help you." Suddenly, his wife's voice came to his ear again.

Chen Mo might have had the bloodline of a henpecked husband hidden within him; upon hearing Anna's voice, he almost turned his head back.

However, just as his neck moved a little, his emotions were suppressed by his reason.

Chen Mo did not answer and continued walking downwards.

The ghost following behind was also stunned to see Chen Mo's performance.

"Is this kid's will so firm? People who came in before couldn't resist the Voice of Seduction at all."

"It seems I haven't reached the depths of his heart yet."

This time, after Chen Mo walked several steps forward, the following footsteps sounded from behind again.

It was as if this ghost had some problems with its mentality.

It almost didn't keep up.

Chen Mo lit a cigarette; of course, even if the smoke drifted to the back.

It wouldn't smoke away this shameless ghost.

He held his chin and thought: "Perhaps... I can't reach the Basement precisely because of this ghost behind me."

"There should be a way to drive this guy away."

"I've only been in the Basement for 5 minutes, and my Stamina Value has already dropped by 300 points; was it absorbed by this ghost?"

"In other words... I need to find a way to make this ghost unable to follow me anymore."

During his thought process just now, Chen Mo had one hand in his pocket and did not continue walking.

His Stamina Value actually dropped even faster.

There was no other way; Chen Mo could only maintain as slow a pace as possible and continue walking forward.

The ghost behind was quiet for a few dozen seconds.

Then it suddenly spoke again: "Chen Mo, it's so late, why are you hiding here with the Doll Bride alone?"

"Were you scared by Daddy playing ghost again? Be good, my sweet baby, I'll go beat up Daddy in a moment."

This voice is...

Chen Mo's pupils suddenly froze, the cigarette in the corner of his mouth fell from the air, landing on the ground and bouncing sparks.

"Mom?"

"Chen Mo, Mommy might not be able to accompany you to grow up happily anymore; you are already a man who stands tall and firm now."

"Even if we aren't in your future life, you must keep smiling."

Chen Mo's shoulders were suddenly embraced by someone; long white hair extended along his shoulders, and a hand wearing a purple ring pressed against his chest.

At the same time, the unique fragrance of Persian chrysanthemums flooded Chen Mo's nasal cavity.

"Chen Mo, Mommy hasn't seen you for a long time; turn around."

"Actually, Daddy and I never died at all; we just hid in another world. As long as you turn your head."

"Our whole family can live happily together again."

"That world is the truly wonderful one, with endless food, humans don't age, and there are no worries or sorrows."

"Mom..."

At this moment, Chen Mo's Mental Value, which was originally at full status, suddenly began to drop crazily.

[Many Children Many Blessings: Mental Value - 10]

[Many Children Many Blessings: Mental Value - 10]

[Many Children Many Blessings: Mental Value - 10]

Chen Mo's neck was grabbed by those gentle hands, twisting his head, slowly turning it backwards.

"Yes! Good child, that's it, turn around and look at Mommy!"

[Many Children Many Blessings, you must not turn around! If you turn around... your head will no longer be yours!]

Before Chen Mo's eyes, a message from Management Group No. 5 suddenly popped up.

Seeing that message, sweat broke out on Chen Mo's neck, and he straightened his head, which had tilted slightly to the side.

At the same time, Chen Mo quickly took out the bone-scraping knife and stabbed it directly at that hand!

The bone-scraping knife pierced through the other party's palm, and the palm quickly turned into white smoke and dissipated.

Chen Mo felt that the ghost behind seemed to have jumped back a few steps; originally it was only a hair's breadth away from him.

Now, there was a distance of two steps between the person and the ghost.

[Head of the Household: HP -20, 300/320]

Seeing the system prompt pop up, the corners of Chen Mo's mouth curled up slightly.

"You are indeed a crafty guy, but... I already know the way to break through you."

After saying this, Chen Mo took out a skill card.

[Bob Who Likes Climbing Walls]

The skill card turned into a blue stream of light and infused into Chen Mo's forehead.

Immediately, Chen Mo stretched his limbs, pressed his palms against the wall, and slowly crawled onto the ceiling.

Then he straightened his body again.

Chen Mo stood upside down on the ceiling, blue light condensing in his palms.

The bone-scraping knife turned into the Deans Axe, held in his hand.

"With my arm span plus the length of the axe, getting a headshot in mid-air will absolutely be no problem."