The passage ahead seemed to have no end.

Under the dim light of the oil lamp, the three of them moved forward. The passage in front of them seemed to spiral downward. No matter which way they went, they could only see the ramp and stone wall in front of them.

"I say... let's go back."

Sayu felt a little uneasy.

"This is a secret place in the shrine. It's not appropriate for us to come here as outsiders..."

"What are you talking about? We've come this far. It's too late to go back now, isn't it?"

Hearing Sayu's words, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders, while Asagiri Kaname was obviously a little hesitant. After all, unlike these two people, she lived here permanently. If Fang Zheng and others were found to have trespassed into the secret passage of the shrine without permission, they would at most be kicked out. But she was going to live here, and what if she was discovered... However, this thought only flashed through Asagiri Kaname's mind, and her curiosity about the mysterious object in front of her still prevailed.

"Mr. Fang Zheng is right, Ms. Sayu. We have come this far. There is no way we can turn back now!"

"Well……"

Is this really too much? We are not going to fight the devil...

At this moment, the group seemed to have finally reached the end of the passage, and Fang Zheng pushed open the wooden door in front of him and walked in without hesitation. Sayu and Asagiri Kaname also hurriedly followed and walked into this secret place under the shrine.

“Wow…”

After seeing everything clearly, the girls' eyes widened and they exclaimed in amazement.

Behind the door was a huge mountain cave. Sunlight shone down from the hollow above, bringing light to the originally dim cave. A green grassland covered the land, and dozens of red torii formed a passage leading to the shrine deep in the cave.

“So beautiful…”

Looking at the scene in front of her, Sayu was immediately filled with emotion, and Asagiri Kaname also widened her eyes excitedly, looking around curiously.

At this moment, suddenly, a voice rang out.

"Sure enough, you guys are here after all."

"Alas?!"

Sayu and Asagiri Kaname were both startled when they heard the sudden sound. They turned around and found that under the huge torii, a white-haired girl in strange clothes was standing there, staring at them.

That was none other than Chiming Tianmian.

"Xiao-Mian?"

Seeing the purple-haired girl, Asagiri suddenly felt guilty and took a few steps back. Sayu looked at her curiously and asked in a low voice.

"Do you know each other?"

"Well, she and I are in the same class..."

At this point, Asagiri suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Of course, she knew the identity of Kushina Tamae, and now she had sneaked here and was discovered by her classmates... Well, even though Asagiri was full of curiosity about mysterious matters, she still felt a little embarrassed.

Here, Asagiri was whispering to Sayu, while over there, Fang Zheng was looking at Kushinada in front of him with an indifferent expression.

"What are you doing here?"

"Of course I ask you to leave."

Kushina Tamae held the sickle tightly in her hand. Although her face was still pale, she did not waver.

"You have invaded the Great God's domain. This is not the place for you."

"You should know that I want to lift the curse. As long as the curse is lifted, the gods can be like ordinary people. What's the problem with that?"

“…Not everyone is willing to do that.”

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Kushina Tianmian hesitated for a moment and answered in a low voice.

"Do you know what we call humans?"

"oh?"

"We call ordinary people... Fallen Gods..."

"oh……"

Fang Zheng was not surprised to hear the answer from Kushina Tamian. Indeed, the power possessed by gods, whether it was a curse or something else, was far greater than that of humans. So it was natural for them to want to distinguish themselves from humans.

"So you should understand that not everyone is willing to lose this power. Indeed, the cursed fate is the tragedy of our clan, but as long as we have Yasaku, we can endure it. Therefore, there are many people who are unwilling to lose this power because of this."

"But from my perspective, this is my job."

Fang Zheng spread his hands.

"I am here to investigate and deal with the problem, so I hope to solve this problem in a relatively satisfactory way."

"This is our Chang'e City's problem and outsiders should not interfere."

"That won't do. How can a player accept a mission and not complete it?"

"Why?"

Facing Fang Zheng's answer, Chi Ming Tian Mian was obviously a little stunned, but Fang Zheng just waved his hand.

"In short, this matter can no longer be explained and resolved by saying it's your problem. Besides, we still don't know what's going on, right? Is this a blessing or a curse? I still don't know the truth... or do you know?"

“…”

Hearing this, Kushina Tianmian clenched his teeth and lowered his head.

"This is a sealed place. No one is allowed to enter..."

"So you haven't been in there either, right?"

“…”

"You don't even know the truth, are you planning to live like this for the rest of your life?"

“…”

It was not known whether Fang Zheng’s words moved Chi Ming Tian Mian or she could not bear Fang Zheng’s aura, but in the end, the girl put down her sickle, silently stepped aside and stopped talking.

And Fang Zheng continued to move forward.

A huge rope blocked the Torii Gate, making it look like no one was allowed in. There was also a spell on it. To be honest, Fang Zheng felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the rope, because it reminded him of the five-horse dismemberment ritual used to seal the gate to the underworld in the spiritual world... It seemed that this was the thing used.

But there shouldn't be a person who was torn apart by five horses and hung on a stone to seal the gate to the underworld.

After passing through the Torii gate blocked by ropes, the group finally arrived in front of the shrine. This time, Kushina Tamae followed them from a distance, but remained silent. Although Asagiri Kaname wanted to greet Kushina Tamae, he felt a little embarrassed - after all, this was considered an illegal intrusion.

But soon, Asagiri's attention was focused on other things.

"How strange."

"What's wrong?"

"The Chang'e wolf is clearly worshipped here, so why are the sculptures next to it all rabbits?"

Asagiri pointed at the stone sculptures on both sides of the torii gate and asked in confusion. Indeed, generally speaking, Japanese shrines have sculptures of the same things they worship. For example, Inari Shrine has a lot of fox sculptures. Logically speaking, since the goddess Chang'e is worshipped here, it is normal to have wolf sculptures in the shrine.

In fact, when they were outside before, Fang Zheng and his friends saw that many people had wooden wolf heads placed on their doors, with Hassaku placed next to them. Asagiri Kaname didn't know what this was, and only thought it was a local custom to ask for the protection and blessing of the wolf god.

However, there are no wolf sculptures in this shrine. Instead, there are rabbits everywhere.

“So that’s interesting.”

At this time, Fang Zheng's face also showed a meaningful smile. He initially paid attention to Chang'e City because of its name. However, although Chang'e was in the name, there was nothing related to Chang'e here. This also made Fang Zheng quite confused. But now it seems... this place does hide some secrets that even the locals may have forgotten.

The gate of the shrine in front of him was locked and sealed, but because it was too long ago, the words on the seal could no longer be seen clearly. Fang Zheng reached out and pushed open the gate of the shrine. With a harsh sound, the heavy gate slowly opened, and dust rushed in front of them, causing Sayu and Asagiri Kaname to cough and hurriedly step back.

It was not until a while later, when the dust had settled, that everyone entered the shrine.

In the huge shrine, most of the things have been corroded. One can only barely see a rabbit statue on the altar and some books and scrolls placed next to it. Asagiri Kaname also took a book out of curiosity and opened it.

"Wow... I can't understand what's written on it."

Looking at the pile of scribbles in the book, Asagiri was completely confused. Although she liked mysticism very much, but... those words in the book were beyond her knowledge.

"let me see."

Fang Zheng took the book, opened it and flipped through it, then raised his eyebrows.

"Oh, this is really interesting... It records the history of Chang'e Village."

"Really? What does it say?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Asagiri suddenly became excited, and Sayu also came over curiously.

"This is really interesting..."

While flipping through the records in his hand, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and revealed a thoughtful expression.

According to records, this tribe immigrated to Japan a long time ago. They worshiped the Jade Rabbit and were rumored to have the blood of the Jade Rabbit. Whether it was the Jade Rabbit in the myth or not is not mentioned for now, but according to the historical documents, the reason why this tribe left their hometown and came to Japan was to escape the war at that time.

According to the above documents, this tribe was very strong and agile, and was regarded as a warrior by all countries at that time. However, they preferred peace and disliked fighting, so in order to avoid war, these people crossed the ocean to Japan and then settled down in this isolated mountain forest.

However, the good times did not last long. They soon discovered that there was an evil and terrifying wolf god here. It commanded a pack of wolves and roamed the mountains and wilderness, and was almost invincible.

Initially, they hoped to communicate with the Wolf God, but the other party obviously only regarded them as food, and even made a request that as long as this tribe was willing to offer young women as sacrifices to them every year, they would be safe.

Well... those Japanese monsters love to do this kind of evil things, but unfortunately this tribe comes from the mainland, so they naturally don't buy into the Wolf God's tricks. So the two sides broke down in the talks, and then the Wolf God led a group of wolves to attack Chang'e Village. For a while, both sides suffered heavy casualties.

At the last moment, the ancestors of Chang'e Village lured the Wolf God here, and with the help of the power of the Jade Rabbit they believed in, they used the power of the moon to seal him in this cave forever.

The Wolf God could not bear the humiliation, and when he was sealed, he cursed the clan that believed in the Jade Rabbit, cursing that the Jade Rabbit clan would be eroded by the wolf soul forever from generation to generation, and would never have peace.

The result of the curse is that people with the blood of the Jade Rabbit clan will change from their original peaceful nature to wild beasts, develop the desire to attack others, and thus completely degenerate and become victims of the wolf spirit.

"I see."

After reading these records, Fang Zheng finally understood. He felt strange at the beginning. After all, even if it was some kind of curse, it was too mild in terms of the manifestation of the curse. After all, even if the curse broke out, the people of Chang'e Village would not kill or eat people, but simply invade each other. This is not something that werewolves would do, and vampires are not so cheap.

But if it were a rabbit... well, it seems understandable?

After all, rabbits are very impure creatures. If this tribe really has the blood of the Jade Rabbit, then they will naturally have similar characteristics. If you think about it carefully, fast speed and strong strength are also typical characteristics of rabbits. And Fang Zheng had seen that the eyes of Kushina Tianmian and others would glow red when they were moving... Wolves' eyes don't glow red.

In this way, it is understandable that this place is called Chang'e Village. Obviously, the residents here originally believed in the Jade Rabbit and Chang'e. Later, in the battle with the Wolf God, both sides suffered losses. Before being sealed, the Wolf God cursed the Jade Rabbit clan to be corrupted by the wolf soul. Therefore, after this, the existence of gods appeared in Chang'e Village...

“How could it be…”

After listening to Fang Zheng's explanation, Sayu and Asagiri Kaname were both stunned, while Kushina Tamae opened her mouth wide, unable to speak.

If the records here are true, then it means that the Wolf God they worship is actually the culprit who caused the suffering of the people in Chang'e Village?

"But, but the Wolf God clearly cursed them. Why are the people of Chang'e worshipping the Wolf God now?"

Asagiri Kaname also had an incredible look on his face, totally unable to understand.

"Because it took so long, the original history has been distorted."

Fang Zheng closed the ancient book in his hand and put it aside.

"However, it is actually very simple to determine whether what this ancient book says is true."

"……Simple?"

"That's right."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng pointed to the sealed gate in front of the shrine.

"Didn't it say that they used the power of the moon to seal the Wolf God behind this? Then, as long as we open the seal and see if there is a Wolf God inside, won't everything be clear?"

“…Hey hey hey hey!!!”