Chapter 213 Jinjiang (1)
Outside the mountain, there is the B&B area.
By the time the official person in charge and the rescue team checked every homestay, it was already dark.
The rescue team rushed all the survivors to treatment, and the perpetrators and those who were clearly showing manic tendencies were kept under guard.
The dead were also carried out of the B&B by the rescue team and put into body bags.
This is not an easy job.
Even though the rescue team members have rushed to countless special case scenes over the years due to the nature of their work, since the launch of the "Heart-beating Around the World for 99 Days" program, the scenes they have seen have become more horrifying than the last, continuously challenging their ability to endure.
However, there has never been a time when the rescuers felt as uncomfortable as this time.
They went in and out of each homestay in an orderly manner, worked together to move the dead people out of the house, and tried their best to find some of the mutilated body parts of some people.
No one spoke.
There was sad silence on their faces.
These people died too tragically, and the cracked skin along the lines made them look terrifying and hideous.
But more importantly, there are many corpses whose blood has not yet cooled down and their bodies are still warm.
This means that if they had come earlier, perhaps, just maybe... they could have saved these dead people.
People have emotional warmth, and when they see other people die, they will feel sad for them.
What's more, for a rescue team like this, their daily mission is to protect others.
Everyone was in a low mood and said nothing.
The entire homestay area was deathly silent, with only the cold mountain breeze blowing away the thick smell of blood.
After being rescued, the proprietress quickly calmed down with the comfort of the rescue team members.
After all, she was the one who could run an entire homestay on her own when her husband went into the mountains, and more than a decade of wind and rain had made her strong.
However, the one who has the most difficulty is the official person in charge.
He had not had time to eat because of his recent busy schedule, and the irregular and simple diet made his already not-so-good stomach ache unbearably.
To make matters worse, in order to save the boss's wife, he used himself as a cushion to catch her who had jumped off the building to save her life. However, he was hit in the abdomen and felt that all his internal organs were displaced.
Especially the stomach.
The official person in charge not only directs the rescue team, but also coordinates all parties.
Even though he was in so much pain that his vision was blacking out for a while, and his voice was shaking and hoarse, every word he spoke was torture for him, and even the person on the other end of the phone was worriedly asking about his condition, he still couldn't get a single rest.
It was obviously cold in the mountains on a winter night, but the person in charge was sweating from the pain.
He grabbed the rescue team leader's arm, and after speaking a few words to him, he would pause to take a break, and then continue while enduring the pain.
The captain couldn't bear it and wanted to ask the person in charge to go check on the medical staff, but he just waved his hand and said that time should not be wasted and that everyone's work should not be delayed because of him.
The proprietress also saw this scene.
She recognized that it was the person who had just caught her and saved her from injury.
Seeing that the other party looked like he was enduring pain, the proprietress couldn't help but worry whether the other party was injured by her blow.
The proprietress was both touched and guilty. She pointed at the official person in charge and quietly asked the team members about his identity.
The team members did not mention the special department, only said that they received a phone call and learned that something happened here, so they rushed over to take a look, and that man was the person in charge of their operation.
The proprietress was shocked. She didn't expect that the person in charge would do such a thing.
The team members just smiled and said that as long as it is for saving lives, there is only a difference in functions, no distinction between high and low.
The official person in charge saw from a distance the proprietress wearing a thermal blanket and walking towards him with a look of guilt and emotion on her face.
He guessed what the other party meant, so he quickly forced himself to control his expression and smiled.
"How are you? Are you feeling unwell?"
The official in charge said with concern: "If you have any bumps or scratches, be sure to tell the medical staff immediately and let them take a look at you."
The lady boss thanked him gratefully, still feeling a lingering fear for what had just happened: "Although my husband is responsible for the heavy work in the B&B and is very strong, he has always been an honest and hardworking person. We have been together for so many years, and he has never acted like this."
"Usually I worry that he was cheated or bullied by others, but why did a good person suddenly go crazy today?"
Speaking of her husband, and listening to the faint roar of her husband next to her, the proprietress' eyes turned red with sadness: "Before you came, I really thought I was going to die here. Thank you, thank you so much."
The official person in charge waved his hand, but suddenly remembered something.
Just now, the rescue team checked every B&B and finally found that only the proprietress’s B&B was still “safe”.
As soon as you step into the door of other guesthouses, you can smell the bloody odor. The scene was so tragic that even several young team members ran out and vomited.
Among the survivors, only the proprietress was the least injured. Apart from some scratches caused by falling and running, she didn't even bleed much, and she had no broken bones or major wounds.
The other one or two survivors were covered in blood and were only breathing their last breath.
I was able to survive thanks to the timely arrival of the rescue team and the experienced medical staff.
Such a sharp contrast made the official responsible person suspicious.
In this case, either the proprietress herself is related to the things that attacked the B&B. After all, the boss who lives with her day and night now looks suspicious.
Or maybe something was protecting the proprietress and allowing her to escape.
"Excuse me, do you like to wear jade pendants or something like that?"
The official asked with a smile, choosing a less relevant question.
He didn't want to alert the enemy before he was sure of the real situation.
The boss lady shook her head: "No, I usually have to work, I'm not used to wearing these fragile things."
After finishing speaking, the proprietress thought for a moment, then hesitated and said, “But… I wore something else.”
She took down the fabric hanging from her waist and showed it to the official in charge.
"This is……"
The official in charge's eyes narrowed, and after politely asking the proprietress for permission, he took the colorful fabric in his hand and looked at it carefully with the help of a flashlight.
"Because at noon, a production crew came over to shoot a variety show, and a very handsome boy took a fancy to these colorful things, so he came over to ask me. There were also people who seemed very familiar with these things and introduced a lot of them, so I gave them some."
The proprietress said, "After they left, I heard what the man said was good, so I took one and put it on myself."
Seeing the official person in charge looking serious and cautious, the lady boss asked worriedly, "Is there something wrong with this thing?"
"I saw that young man was very good at talking, and he even promised safety and so on, so I took it with me. Could it be that this thing caused my husband to get into trouble?"
At noon, Song Ci originally liked the colorful "Bless Life" pattern, but seeing that the proprietress was also very interested in the pattern in his hand after hearing Nantian's explanation, he simply pretended that he didn't like the color combination, put down the one he had originally chosen, and changed to another one.
After everyone from the program crew left, the proprietress felt for some reason that the fabric that Song Ci had picked up was very beautiful, and she somehow hung the remaining fabric on herself.
People are always so strange sometimes.
It was obvious that the two sisters had been sending the fabrics to sell for a long time, and the proprietress had always thought that she was doing a good deed to help the two children, so she accepted the fabrics and had never taken any interest in them.
But when the people from the program crew arrived and saw them saying they liked the fabrics with surprise on their faces, the proprietress was suddenly also inspired and thought the fabrics were really beautiful.
Especially those taken by Song Ci, who was like a young master.
The proprietress thought that the child was obviously picky, and since he liked it, the fabric must be really beautiful.
So, after she hung the fabric on her body, she looked at herself in the mirror for a while and then went back to her work, forgetting the matter.
Until the official person in charge raised questions.
After listening to the proprietress's explanation of the origin of these fabrics, the official person in charge pondered for a moment and realized that it was most likely the proprietress's action of hanging the fabrics on her body that saved her life, allowing her to only suffer minor injuries when everyone else was seriously injured or died.
Moreover, listening to what the proprietress just said, and according to Nantian’s popular science about these fabrics, each pattern has a different meaning.
Is it because the proprietress happened to get the pattern that can resolve the crisis that produced the protective effect?
The official person in charge had some guesses in his mind, but he was not sure.
After all, there are tens of thousands of mountains in the southern region, and the customs and cultures vary from mountain to mountain. Even the most authoritative folk experts dare not make a conclusion easily.
Sometimes it has a good meaning on this side of the mountain, but over the mountain it means a curse on someone’s death.
The difference is so great that one has to make careful judgments.
The official person in charge quickly sent a message to an expert he was familiar with and received a reply. He then searched for similar fabrics on the Internet for comparison.
After a comparison, he was surprised to find that Nantian was right.
——The people who wove these fabrics had an unexpectedly deep understanding of folk customs and there were no mistakes or omissions at all.
This allows the fabric to perform to its maximum effect.
The official person in charge realized that if they could find the people who weave the fabrics and ask them about Changshou Village and Nanming Mountain, they would be able to tell them a lot of useful information given their deep understanding of folk customs and heritage.
He asked the proprietress, "You just said that these were sent by a pair of twin sisters? Do you know where they live?"
The lady boss shook her head apologetically. "They are afraid of being disturbed. From what they said, it seems that the elders in their family are very strict and don't like them to meet outsiders. Every time they come over in the early morning, deliver the fabrics to the B&B, exchange them with me for some things the girls need, and then leave."
"I only know that they live in the mountains. I don't know anything more."
The proprietress said, "They don't want others to know about their existence. If you hadn't saved me, and from the way you look, it seems that these fabrics have other stories, I wouldn't have told them about them."
When the proprietress mentioned the two sisters, she looked reluctant. She sighed and stretched out her hand at waist height to measure: "When I first saw them, they were so small, they didn't even have shoes, and they were squeezed in the corner outside, looking at me timidly. They looked so pitiful."
"I don't know what their parents were thinking. How could they have the heart to treat them like that?"
The person next to him heard what the lady boss said and couldn't help but come over with a tablet in his hand: "Excuse me...are those the sisters you mentioned?"
The official person in charge looked up and saw that it was the staff member who was responsible for monitoring the live broadcast of the program.
And what was playing on the tablet was Yan Shixun’s split screen.
Yan Shixun stopped the running girl and asked her about her sister, receiving a vigilant and quick warning from her sister.
Those words were creepy enough for others to hear. I wonder what could have happened to make my sister say such things.
However, after seeing the appearance of the girl on the screen, the proprietress was surprised at first, then nodded affirmatively: "Yes."
"This one seems to be the older sister of the twins."
The proprietress was a little surprised: "But why don't I see my sister? They always appear together."
"However, based on past experience, tomorrow is the winter solstice, so they should come to my place tomorrow."
The official in charge frowned and asked quickly, "Winter Solstice? Do they come every winter solstice?"
"no."
The lady boss answered every question and said sincerely: "At first I couldn't figure it out either. I just knew they come once every season. Later, after a long time, I found the pattern. They come every solar term."
Four solar terms?
The official person in charge frowned and thought, feeling a little strange and wondering why there had to be four solar terms.
Because the B&B is located in a remote area, the signal is always not very good, and there are many things to do in the B&B, so after a tiring day, the proprietress just talks to her husband and goes to bed. She doesn't pay attention to the Internet or variety shows, so she doesn't know what the style of the program crew that passed by at noon is.
She looked at the backgrounds of the people on the screen, simply feeling curious. She had never expected that the environment in the mountains she had never been to would be like this, and that two sisters would live in such a village.
But the official responsible persons and staff who knew the inside story looked at each other and their expressions became serious.
I'm afraid their guess just now was correct, it was this fabric that protected the proprietress.
However, judging from what my sister said to Yan Shixun, maybe the other party really knows something.
"I'd like to ask how much of these fabrics are left? Can you sell them to us?"
The official person in charge smiled and asked the lady boss: "Do you remember how the people in the program introduced these fabrics before? Can you tell me?"
The lady boss pointed to the living room on the first floor of the B&B and said, "They are all piled there. No charge. I'll give them to you."
"You saved my life, how can I ask for money? Besides, these are not expensive. When I bought them from those two sisters, I didn't expect to sell them for profit."
All the things that have happened so far indicate that there will be a tough battle to be fought in the mountains, and the official leaders dare not take it lightly.
And since this fabric has the effect of protecting people, he naturally wants to distribute it to rescue teams and staff to prevent them from getting hurt.
After all...the upstream is Nanming Mountain.
Just thinking about the tragic situation decades ago makes the official officials' hearts tremble.
However, his worries grew heavier, and his stomach began to twitch violently.
He hissed and gasped, rubbing his stomach with both hands, and curled up in pain.
Seeing this, the people nearby quickly helped the official person in charge to the sofa next to him and said, "Officer, did you bring the medicine? Take a rest first, and leave the rest to us. Don't worry."
The official in charge was trying to refuse stubbornly, but he was too painful to do anything and was pushed onto the sofa.
The proprietress, who had originally led everyone to get the fabrics, came over worriedly when she saw the situation and said with a guilty look that she had injured the person in charge.
The person in charge waved his hands repeatedly and said with gritted teeth that it was not the other party's problem, and that his stomach problem was an old one and there was no need to worry about it.
He pushed the person next to him and asked him to ask the medical team for two painkillers.
The proprietress looked sad, and quickly went to the stove next to her to get a pot of hot water, poured a cup for the person in charge and handed it to him.
"Drinking some hot water will help."
The person in charge saw the red eyes of the proprietress and knew that if he refused her again, she would feel even more guilty, so he sighed, took the hot water from her with a smile and thanked her.
Because the boss's wife was right next to them, the person in charge couldn't just put the hot water aside and had to hold it in his hands all the time.
However, after being blown by the cold mountain wind for so long, his hands had long been frozen. Now that he had something warm to warm his hands, he actually felt a little happy, as if even the pain in his stomach had eased.
The person in charge looked down at the hot water in his hand and surprisingly found that this ordinary cup of water looked so clear and sweet.
His Adam's apple rolled and he found himself thirstier than ever before.
It’s like a traveler walking in the desert who finally sees a source of life-saving water and wants to drink it at all costs.
The person in charge raised his glass of water for some unknown reason.
As soon as the hot water slid into his throat, he felt his entire abdomen warm. Even his stomach, which had been in unbearable pain just now, was like a cat that had been comforted, and the pain was gone.
The person in charge lay on his back on the sofa and sighed comfortably.
Suddenly, it was as if all the things that were bothering him were far away from him. The work that had piled up and made him anxious, and the trivial matters that required him to solve and communicate, were all thrown aside.
All the memories that would make him unhappy were slowly erased from his mind.
Even the pain in my body disappeared.
The official in charge felt that at this moment, he was like a teenager again, his body felt so light that he seemed to be able to fly.
Seeing the smile on the person in charge's face, the proprietress also smiled enthusiastically and said, "Right, drinking hot water can relieve it."
"It just so happened that I had just boiled a pot of water. Before I could drink it, my wife suddenly went crazy. If I hadn't come back to get the fabric for you, I wouldn't have even thought about the hot water."
As she spoke, the proprietress poured another glass for the person in charge.
The person in charge did not refuse this time.
After pouring several glasses of water, the person in charge drank several glasses. In the end, he felt embarrassed and asked the proprietress to put the kettle aside and pour it himself.
Just at this time, the person who went to help the person in charge get painkillers also came back.
He hurriedly stepped into the room, worried that the person in charge might faint from the pain, but he unexpectedly saw the person in charge with a relaxed smile.
It was as if the pain just now had completely disappeared from the person in charge, and he looked the same as always when he was calmly giving orders.
The staff member asked in surprise: "Officer, are you still in pain? You look much better?"
The person in charge also smiled and said: "It seems that drinking hot water can really relieve stomach pain."
He was actually confused. He was in so much pain just a moment ago that he wanted to reach into his stomach and pull it out. How come the pain suddenly went away after he drank the hot water?
Even if hot water can relieve stomach pain, it shouldn't be as effective as special medicine.
The person in charge still remembered that Yan Shixun had just reminded him about his stomach in the morning and asked him to pay attention to it.
He didn't think that with Yan Shixun's personality, he would take minor illnesses and pains seriously. The more likely possibility was that it was a more serious illness.
Can a disease that Yan Shixun can see disappear just because of a cup of hot water?
The person in charge vaguely felt that something seemed to be wrong, but the fleeting doubt was like a slippery fish that escaped from his mind in an instant, and the impression just now became increasingly faint.
He opened his mouth blankly, wanting to say something.
However, before he could say anything, he had forgotten what he wanted to say.
The official person in charge felt lighter both physically and mentally, and a smile appeared on the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
He suddenly felt that he could understand those people who had said they wanted to settle in Changshou Village.
Even the B&Bs outside the mountains are so comfortable, how wonderful life in the mountains must be... If he didn't have a job, he really wanted to stay here and never leave.
Work……?
The official person in charge was a little slow in thinking before he suddenly realized that, oh yes, he still had to wait for the Taoist priests from Haiyun Temple to come and meet up, and then go into the mountains to Changshou Village together.
For the first time, the person in charge, who had worked diligently for decades, felt so tired at work.
If he hadn't vaguely remembered Yan Shixun's previous advice about his stomach problems, which made the name Yan Shixun linger in his mind, he really wanted to completely forget all his troubles and just lazily sit by the fire in the cold winter and fall asleep on the sofa.
The proprietress also warmly greeted the person who came to deliver medicine to the person in charge, and handed him a glass of water, saying that the weather was cold and she happened to have some water that had been boiled earlier, so he should drink a sip to warm his body.
The man hurriedly thanked her and took the cup of water from the proprietress.
In a corner where no one was paying attention, the bucket placed not far from the stove had its lid not screwed on tightly and a lot of water had gone out of the bucket, which was originally full.
It was the water that the man carried from the mountain.
…
In Changshou Village, Liu Ming took Yan Shixun to the village chief's house, smiling all the way and looking excited.
On the way, Yan Shixun discovered that they were not the only ones heading towards the village chief's house.
There are also many people who dress up as villagers.
The clothes they wore were similar to Liu Ming's, but some of them were smiling happily while others had numb expressions, as if they had lost perception of the things around them and no longer had any hope for the future.
Such a strong contrast caught Yan Shixun's attention.
Liu Ming explained nonchalantly, "Isn't the festival going to be held tomorrow? They are all here to prepare for tomorrow."
Those people came out from all directions of the village and gathered towards the village chief's house at the foot of the mountain.
They spoke not to one another, nor made any sound.
Only the lanterns covered with white paper held in their hands lit up the village as it gradually darkened, but they did not add any warmth or liveliness.
At first glance, the white lights and silent people looked like a funeral procession.
Nantian approached Yan Shixun in fear, grabbed his sleeve tightly, and dared not breathe.
Yan Shixun's gaze calmly looked down to the feet of those people.
Then he discovered—
Under the light, no one had a shadow.
However, some of them walked on tiptoe, so no sound was made, but their posture looked strange.
Some people's feet are on the ground, but they don't move up and down like most people do when they walk. It's like they are moving horizontally, and even the height of their heads doesn't change at all.
Yan Shixun was startled and began to calculate with his fingers hanging by his side.
But the hexagram seemed to be seriously disturbed, like a compass with an unstable magnetic field. The compass needle quickly turned back and forth between several directions but could never point to the correct direction.
The hexagram first told him that all these people were dead.
But the next second, the hexagram overturned itself, leaving Yan Shixun with only a blank answer.
Yan Shixun frowned and calculated again.
This time, the hexagram told him that some of them were dead, but some were still alive.
For example, those who walk on tiptoe.
But Yan Shixun felt that such a hexagram was simply absurd.
How is that possible!
When Yan Shixun took a look at these people walking on tiptoe, he felt that they were possessed by ghosts.
Because ghosts are accustomed to floating without their feet touching the ground, even if they enter the human body, they will still retain this habit for a while, with their heels not touching the ground.
But the hexagram says that these people are still alive.
Yan Shixun was puzzled and became even more wary of the Changshou Village.
When he saw the cloth strip left by the captain before, because there was a little blood of the captain on it, he was able to tell the divination more accurately without ever seeing the captain, in order to predict whether the captain was really killed.
And the final result was just as he had guessed.
The hexagram shows that the captain is dead, his vitality has long been lost, and even his soul cannot be found.
But now, the people who appeared before him, the hexagram first said that they were all dead, and the first thing he saw was their faces filled with black air.
When he looked again, Yan Shixun was shocked.
The vitality of these people is so abundant that they are just like healthy young people. No, it even far exceeds the limit of normal people.
Liu Ming noticed Yan Shixun's gaze towards those people. He shook his head and said proudly, "These people are all villagers from our village. Didn't the guests see them when they were strolling around the village?"
Then, without waiting for Yan Shixun to say anything, Liu Ming laughed to himself: "It's okay, you will get familiar with it. After all..."
"We're going to live together for a long, long time."
Nantian got goosebumps all over his body after hearing what Liu Ming said. He looked at Liu Ming in horror and felt that this man was becoming more and more weird.
Even the audience in front of the screen couldn't stand it.
Many people quickly rubbed their arms and bodies, feeling inexplicably cold and covered with goose bumps.
[Why does this person talk so weirdly? He is even more disgusting than my weird relative.]
[At least your relatives won’t suddenly turn into ghosts to harm you… Just now when Brother Yan suddenly looked at him, the camera suddenly turned to see his smile, and I really thought I saw a ghost.]
[It’s the first time I know that a smile can be so creepy. He looked quite normal when the sun was still shining, why did he suddenly become like this?]
[Don’t you feel cold when watching this video? I still feel cold even when the air conditioner in my house is set to 30 degrees. I shiver all over.]
[Be less superstitious, wear more clothes, and if that doesn’t work, check to see if the windows are open.]
[No, no, no, it really wasn’t. I was so scared just now that I temporarily turned off the live broadcast, and then I wasn’t cold anymore. When I turned it back on, I felt a chill on the back of my neck, as if something was lying on my shoulder.]
[??? Don't scare me! I'm sleeping alone in a six-story house in the village tonight, alone, all alone!]
[What kind of festival will be held tomorrow? It sounds so weird. I’m so scared. I really want to fast forward to tomorrow.]
The only one who was not disturbed was Yan Shixun.
After Liu Ming finished speaking, he kept observing the faces of the two people. His eyes reflected the white light of the lanterns not far away in the darkness, looking so strange.
Seeing Nantian looking as scared as a quail, Liu Ming nodded with satisfaction, just like an actor who was praised for his performance, even the smile on his face was pulled wider.
However, when Liu Ming turned to look at Yan Shixun, he was choked by the other party's expressionless coldness and almost couldn't breathe.
Yan Shixun's gaze swept over Liu Ming coldly, then turned to those so-called villagers.
He was not a warm-hearted person to begin with. His previous politeness and smile towards Liu Ming were all because he wanted to get some information from Liu Ming and did not want to alert the enemy before finding out the whole story.
However, he was now very clear that no matter how he behaved, Liu Ming would say what he should say and would not say a single word that he should not say.
If that’s the case, why is he wasting his time on Liu Ming?
Yan Shixun felt that the relationship between the two of them was already half broken, so he didn't bother to pay attention to Liu Ming.
No matter what, the village chief will show up as promised, and tomorrow's festival will also arrive on time.
Yan Shixun's cold attitude hit Liu Ming hard, causing his originally crazy and twisted smile to freeze on his face. It took him a long time to react, and then he stared at Yan Shixun with jealous eyes.
Frightened, Nantian silently circled around Yan Shixun and moved to the other side away from Liu Ming. He was alert the whole time and did not let himself escape from Yan Shixun's touch.
But Liu Ming happened to have a conflict with Yan Shixun.
He was like a player who would never give up until he saw his prey being frightened into panic in the hunting ground.
Only when he succeeded in seeing the fear on Yan Shixun's face would he feel that he had won over him, and only then could he look down on him with smugness once again.
Unfortunately, even though Liu Ming kept talking all the time, and even said things that he shouldn't have said, under his fixed gaze, Yan Shixun didn't even move his eyebrows.
Nantian, on the other hand, was completely frightened, as he was dragged away by Yan Shixun, and he didn't even know where his soul had gone.
Seeing the small wooden building of the village chief's house in front of him, Liu Ming gritted his teeth in hatred and closed his mouth unwillingly.
A smile appeared in Yan Shixun's eyes.
It was a pleasant surprise.
Liu Ming, who had been tight-lipped at first, became stubborn and wanted to see Yan Shixun look scared, so he revealed some information that was useful to Yan Shixun.
For example, among the villagers who went to the village chief's house, although they had the same destination, they played different roles.
Following the direction Liu Ming was looking when he spoke, Yan Shixun determined how the two types of people he was talking about were divided.
Those villagers who did not walk on tiptoe would bear the role of laborers in the festival, while the other half, according to Liu Ming, would be blessed.
This strange division of labor made Yan Shixun confused.
However, after he discovered Liu Ming's mentality of being challenged, in order to make Liu Ming tell more information, he remained expressionless like a statue and did not say a single word.
——Of course, even if he asked, Liu Ming would not tell him, otherwise it would alert the enemy.
Therefore, Yan Shixun just observed the villagers carefully while keeping his doubts in his heart.
The lights in the small wooden building of the village chief had been turned on after dark, making the already pale curtains look even colder and more temperatureless.
In the cold mountain breeze, the curtains hanging from top to bottom rolled up, and the wind passed through the gaps in the doors and windows, making a whimpering sound, like crying.
Throughout the small wooden building, pale lights were lit behind every window, casting human shadows on the windows.
Including those rooms whose doors Yan Shixun was unable to open.
These figures vary in height, weight, and appearance, but if you look closely, you will find that they have been motionless from the beginning, as if they were just lifeless wax figures.
Behind every window, there is a pair of eyes, staring down at Yan Shixun.
At first glance, the oppressive feeling brought by the entire wooden building is frightening.
The densely packed eyes seemed to form a dragnet, preventing the prey from flying out of the cage even if they noticed it.
However, the hunters didn't think about it.
——What if the people they treat as prey have already walked into their trap from the very beginning?
The wooden door of the small wooden building was wide open, and the entire living room could be seen at a glance.
Yan Shixun raised his eyes and looked, then his eyes became sharp.
In the afternoon, he saw that the empty wall was now covered with black tablets, densely stacked under the white cloth, occupying the entire front wall.
In the living room, which was originally empty, coffins were placed neatly.
The heavy coffins placed next to each other lowered the air pressure in the room, and the coldness around seemed to be real.
There are so many coffins that one can't see the end of them. Even the living room, which originally has limited space, seems to extend infinitely backwards.
It is like two mirrors standing opposite each other, repeatedly reflecting the scenes reflected in the mirror on the opposite side, so that the space becomes unpredictable.
This made Yan Shixun unable to count how many coffins there were.
And preparing these number of coffins...represents a certain number of dead people.
He took a deep breath and felt his lungs filled with the cold air, with a faint stench lingering around his nose.
After walking a few steps forward, Yan Shixun suddenly discovered that not all coffins had their lids closed.
The coffin placed in the front had its lid placed at an angle, and the coffin was not closed tightly.
After his eyes fell on the unique coffin, Yan Shixun's gaze also turned to the side of the coffin.
The door that was wrapped with layers of heavy chains has been opened.
The strong stench that he smelled came from that door.
A stream of turbid yellow water spread from the room to the coffins, leaving footprints on the ground covered with black and red blood.
It was like... the dead body that was originally placed in the room walked into the coffin by itself.
Yan Shixun narrowed his eyes.
After seeing the scene in the small wooden building, Nantian was completely frightened and his legs were so weak that he even had difficulty standing up.
If Yan Shixun had not been supporting his body steadily, Nantian would probably have collapsed on the ground like a pile of mud.
A laugh came from the front.
Yan Shixun looked in the direction of the sound and discovered that outside the unlit small building, there was an old man with a hunched back standing.
He didn't even feel the person's presence until the old man laughed out loud.
Yan Shixun was startled and said to himself, "It's dark under the lamp."
The old man seemed not to feel that his home looked so creepy. He grinned and said to Yan Shixun in a hoarse voice, "Welcome, guests."
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