☆, Chapter 34: The Village of the Extinct
Yes, who is the other person?
This terrifying question instantly magnified the fear. Mu Xiaoxiao's face turned pale. Qi Ming and Cheng Dong were speechless with shock. Sheng Chun looked fine, but in reality, after the sudden shock of the corpse rising, he had become completely numb.
"Maybe we counted wrong when we came here." Qi Ming tried to stay calm.
But Yu Jiuyin pressed on, "Do you remember who is around you?"
"Of course I remember. When I came here, it was with Shengchun and..." Someone else was also in the same situation. He shuddered and cold sweat ran down his forehead.
He really couldn't remember who was sitting on his left, and not only did he not remember who was sitting next to him, he found that he couldn't even remember how he got here clearly.
At the same time, Mu Xiaoxiao suddenly screamed again. "I, I really want to know who the missing person is!"
Mu Xiaoxiao remembered that when they were at the gathering place, there was a boy about the same age as Shengchun who dressed up as a ghost. At that time, they also said, "Brother, you are very unique!"
But when I introduced myself later, this person didn't show up.
"Maybe he was timid and ran away when he got on the bus." Qi Ming was still trying to deceive himself and find a plausible excuse for these strange phenomena.
Cheng Dong's brows were furrowed. He was driving, and had been able to see the rearview mirror the entire time. He clearly remembered that there was no seventh person in the car. But even so, in this situation, he absolutely could not deceive himself. Instead, he agreed with Qi Ming and said, "That person didn't get in the car. He must have gotten away."
"Maybe," Yu Jiuyin smiled nonchalantly. "After all, in a game like this, it's normal for the timid to desert. But even so, there's no way we'll leave."
"Why"
"Look ahead."
When everyone heard the sound and looked over, their hearts sank.
What the hell is this place?
Before, they hadn't been able to see clearly because of the funeral procession. Now that they could see, they realized how terrifying the place they were about to reach was. No, it should be said that the ground they were standing on was already terrifying to the extreme.
The surrounding woods were covered with tattered strips of cloth, which had turned gray over the years. But if that alone wasn't enough to frighten people, the real fear was the words on the strips.
On x/x/x, xxx died of drowning.
On x/x/x, xx died in a fire.
On x day of x month of x year, xx died of plague.
Drowning, fire, plague, the causes of death recorded on each piece of cloth are clearly unnatural deaths. The key point is that according to the ages mentioned above, these people should have been no more than thirteen years old when they died.
The forest in front of them was so vast that it seemed as if there was no end to it. The number of children who had died was represented by the number of banners that could cover such a forest.
"A village with no children left, all the children have died, so it means the whole family has been wiped out, right?"
"Everyone was silent, and they felt cold all over.
"I don't care, I have to go back"
"Me too"
"Let's go, let's all go. You two brothers are crazy, but we are not." Cheng Dong said as he threw his luggage on the ground and pulled Qi Ming and Mu Xiaoxiao to go back.
Yu Jiuyin had no intention of stopping them, and Rongqing didn't say a word. Sure enough, they had only walked two meters when Qi Ming's phone suddenly rang.
It is the mastermind behind the death game.
"Hey, I don't want to play this harmful game of yours anymore." Qi Ming answered the phone angrily and almost cursed.
But the person on the other end of the phone laughed softly, "Sure, it's fine if you don't play. But don't forget, when you first joined the game, you signed an agreement. There are only two ways to leave the game: one is to win, and the other is to die."
After that, the phone was hung up.
Qi Ming, the "lunatic," completely ignored the threat. However, the video that followed on his phone frightened him so much that he sat down on the ground.
It was a bustling subway station. A young man was waiting for the train, but just as the train was about to arrive, he suddenly rushed down from the platform as if struck by something.
The speeding subway car slammed into him, and bright red blood instantly coated the entire phone screen. That's right, the blood actually seeped right through the screen, almost coating Qi Ming's entire palm with a slick, sticky mess.
"Ah!" he cried out, throwing his phone away. But then, the young man, whose face had been smashed beyond recognition and nearly turned into a pulp, pressed against Qi Ming's phone screen, as if about to burst out of it.
"You know, the fate of a traitor is death. Goddess Hela doesn't need losers."
"No, that's not it." Qi Ming looked at the blood on his hands and wiped it vigorously, but no matter how hard he tried, it wouldn't come off. Soon, Mu Xiaoxiao and Cheng Dong also received warnings from the mastermind behind the game on their phones.
A series of phenomena beyond their comprehension had completely shattered their three perspectives. In the end, even Cheng Dong, who had always wanted to leave, was forced to stay and continue participating in the game.
It was horrible, but he didn't want to die yet.
After this brief interlude, the group continued on their way to Juehu Village. However, the journey that followed became extremely dull. After all, when one's life is threatened, no one would be in the mood to chat too much.
Two kilometers is not far. After passing through the small woods, they finally stood within the territory of Juehu Village.
A wobbly suspension bridge spanned the entire river. After crossing it, one would reach the heart of Juehu Village.
"If someone cuts the bridge after we cross it, we won't be able to come back." Mu Xiaoxiao was so scared that her eyes turned red.
Xu Ming gritted his teeth and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, it's okay."
Yu Jiuyin turned his head and looked at Rongqing, and they saw the caution in each other's eyes.
However cautious they were, they had to enter the village today. Therefore, after a brief discussion, Yu Jiuyin and Rongqing led the way this time.
The suspension bridge was long, but Yu Jiuyin's steps were exceptionally steady. When he reached the other side of the bridge, Qi Ming mustered up the courage to take the first step.
In this way, after more than half an hour, the six people finally arrived at their destination, Juehu Village.
Yu Jiuyin looked up and down at the village, then frowned.
He had previously thought the online rumors about Juehu Village's reversed feng shui were exaggerated, but now that he had seen it with his own eyes, he knew it was completely true.
Just look at the houses in front of the river, their doors and windows all face the river. This kind of layout is called "blood basin looking in the mirror" in Feng Shui.
As the name suggests, this type of layout is a dead end that gathers evil spirits. The evil energy formed by the blood basin will affect the luck of the people, making the living environment's fortunes bad. Over time, it may even lead to the destruction of the house and the death of people.
But just looking at the house in front of me, it looks like it has been lived in by at least several generations.
"Humans and ghosts live together." Rong Qing knew a little about Feng Shui and whispered in Yu Jiuyin's ear.
Yu Jiuyin shook his head and said, "I'm afraid there will only be ghosts and no people."
However, experts see the doorway, while outsiders see the excitement. Qi Ming and his companions could not see the strangeness in this. They just thought that the house was built next to the water, which was a bit too cold.
"Will you get sick in this cold weather?" Mu Xiaoxiao said worriedly.
As for Cheng Dong, he was completely speechless. Sheng Chun, who was following at the end, was now completely nervous, constantly looking behind him after every few steps. He kept feeling like there was some strange footsteps lingering around him.
"Let's find a place to live first," Qi Ming suggested. They were already trapped in a game, forced to follow the rules. Find the house they were supposed to live in.
Coincidentally, the house that the person behind the plot asked them to live in happened to be the house where the first murder occurred in the village during the Cultural Revolution.
Yu Jiuyin led the way inside, and at the same moment, the phone rang again, this time it was Sheng Chun's. He nervously pressed the call button, and the hoarse voice on the other end slowly and methodically described the real situation of this place.
"There once lived a family of six. The man's surname was Yang, and he had fled here. His wife was blind, his two elderly parents were in good health, and his twin daughters were exceptionally delicate and lovely. But one day, the police in the town where Juehu Village is located received a call reporting a murder in this family."
"The first game is seven days before death. You can rest in any room in this house."
"What do you mean?" Sheng Chun's mind was completely blank.
But Yu Jiuyin roughly understood his thoughts. In ancient times, the number seven was considered a cycle. Just like after death, the soul returned home seven days later, leaving behind past events and entering the cycle of reincarnation. And these seven days before death probably meant letting them experience in this house what the family of six had experienced seven days before their death.
"So, we can leave in a week?" Qi Ming clearly thought the same thing as Yu Jiuyin. He shared his guess with everyone and then wanted to discuss how to survive the next seven days.
However, as Yu Jiuyin listened, he suddenly thought of something else. He suddenly glanced at Mu Xiaoxiao with a strange look in his eyes. Because Yu Jiuyin noticed that Mu Xiaoxiao seemed to be staring at the door of the house.
"What are you thinking about?" Yu Jiuyin asked Mu Xiaoxiao casually.
"This door is so scary." Mu Xiaoxiao was really scared. As she spoke, she took two steps back.
But Yu Jiuyin's expression grew even more serious. He felt the mastermind behind the murder game was a lunatic, and the message he'd received meant more than just the literal meaning. And the words Mu Xiaoxiao had uttered made him feel even more alarmed.
The ancient method of writing "门" is "门". If you look at it through the word "门", it means "the sun is more than the moon is less". Isn't this a sign of death? And Mu Xiaoxiao is a girl. The word "女" can be split into seven characters with a stroke, and that stroke is a knife. Doesn't this imply that within seven days, a sharp blade will fall on her head?
The game has just begun, but the ending has already been arranged
The more Yu Jiuyin thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He suddenly reached out and slapped Mu Xiaoxiao, and some sandalwood powder fell into Mu Xiaoxiao's hair.
"What are you doing?" Mu Xiaoxiao was already scared, and Yu Jiuyin's slap almost frightened her to death.
But Yu Jiuyin replied slowly, "Be careful."
"Psycho!" Mu Xiaoxiao glared at Yu Jiuyin fiercely, then ran towards Cheng Dong and Qi Ming.
In her opinion, Sheng Chun was a loser who only cared about the weak and the strong, Rong Qing was a lunatic, and as for Yu Jiuyin, with a brother like Rong Qing, she probably wouldn't be much better. It would be safer for her to stay with her equal, Cheng Dong.
Just like that, the six people's rooms were quickly separated. Yu Jiuyin and Rongqing shared one room, while Mu Xiaoxiao spontaneously squeezed into Cheng Dong and Qi Ming's room. As for Sheng Chun, this time, she was completely abandoned.
After a day of hard work, they were all very tired. They didn't know what would happen next, so they had to rest well.
"Don't close the door tightly when you go to bed at night. If anything happens, shout for help. In a place like this, we can only unite together." Qi Ming said a few polite words, and then took Mu Xiaoxiao and Cheng Dong to the house they chose.
Yu Jiuyin also took Rongqing to another room on the second floor.
In the room, Yu Jiuyin placed Rongqing on the bed, then raised an eyebrow at the two sets of pajamas placed on the bedside. As for Rongqing, his face turned cold.
That person was quite perverted. Whether it was for the purpose of playing house or simply to trick people, he actually prepared two sets of girls' clothes and left them somewhere. He also left a note saying, "Put them on and play the character of your choice."
So this is to ask them to dress up as the two little girls who were originally in this room.
"What do you think will happen if we don't wear it?" Yu Jiuyin picked up the clothes and looked at them over and over again.
Rong Qing, however, glanced coldly at the wardrobe not far away and said, "Perhaps a pair of young sisters will come out from there to look for us tonight."
"But it's useless to wear it." Yu Jiuyin still smiled, but his eyes were full of ridicule. "If you wear it, you will become a scapegoat and stay here forever. And I'm even more curious, where is the jar in this yard hidden?"
"I don't know, but it's certainly interesting. This is the only house in Juehu Village that doesn't have a jar in its yard."
Yu Jiuyin and Rongqing were saying this, while other people on the other side were also discussing the same issue.
"Why did he ask us to wear this?" Looking at the exquisite clothes, Mu Xiaoxiao felt a chill in her heart for some reason.
But Cheng Dong refused directly, "Most of the things in this kind of place are not good. You might not be able to get through the night if you wear them, so throw them away quickly."
"Just leave it here and don't move. We don't know anything yet. We'll be here for about seven days. After tonight, there will only be six days left." Qi Ming hugged his shoulders and whispered, "Pack up and get some rest. Don't you think this room is getting colder?"
The three of them said nothing as they each took out their own overnight gear from their luggage.
However, the first night was destined not to pass peacefully.
Just as everyone was fast asleep, the lights on the second floor of the house suddenly and silently came on. Then came the sounds of two children playing, and occasionally the scraping of a rocking horse against the floor.
"You, did you hear that?" Mu Xiaoxiao was a light sleeper and woke up almost immediately after hearing any sound. But to her horror, she found that Qi Ming and Cheng Dong beside her were both sleeping soundly and could not be woken up at all.
"Mom, mom, come and play with us"
"Hehehe, come play, come here"
"Qiming, Chengdong, wake up!" The clear voice of a child sent chills down Mu Xiaoxiao's spine. She couldn't help but want to get up and wake up Chengdong and Qiming. However, she suddenly felt a cold breath next to her ear.
"Qiming, Qiming, don't do this." Mu Xiaoxiao felt like she was going crazy. She didn't dare to look back and could only push Cheng Dong in front of her hard. "Cheng Dong, Cheng Dong, wake up!"
Mu Xiaoxiao's tone was already tearful, but the breathing behind her ears became heavier and heavier.
I can't look back, I absolutely can't look back. Mu Xiaoxiao thought to herself. She closed her eyes, tried to slow her breathing, and pretended to fall asleep.
She pulled the quilt over her head, trying to block out the all-pervasive breath. It seemed to be working.
Maybe he left. After an unknown amount of time, the noises around him finally stopped. Mu Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief, opened her eyes, and tried to wipe the cold sweat from her head.
But at this moment, the sudden feeling of pressure in her lower abdomen made her body stiffen again.
What is
Mu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but look at her lower abdomen, but she saw that the area under her quilt was becoming more and more bulging, as if something was about to come out from it.
She held her breath and dared not move, but that thing crawled along her chest all the way to her chin.
"No, don't." Mu Xiaoxiao's gaze moved downwards uncontrollably, and at this moment, a pale, twisted and malicious face emerged from under her quilt little by little.
"ah"
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