"I did that to save you." Chen Ge stuffed the skull crusher back into his backpack. "Three ghosts have escaped. We are now exposed. We can't stay here any longer."

"Are you leaving?" Lao Wei had wanted to leave for a long time.

"The night in Coffin Village is very quiet. The sound of our fight must have spread far away. I'm worried that other monsters will hear the noise and surround us." Chen Ge had his own plan: "The first reaction of the three monsters when they saw us was to attack. This shows that the old lady's purpose in leading us to the old house is not simple. The people in this place are definitely not as kind as Mr. Bai said."

Mr. Bai disagreed with Chen Ge's opinion: "I have never been to Coffin Village at night, so I don't know why such a change happened. In my impression, the real villagers of Coffin Village would not do such a thing. They are just like ordinary people."

"Uncle, you haven't been to Coffin Village for many years. You don't know what happened here later, so we'd better be careful."

Chen Ge looked around and picked up the paper man on the ground.

The paper figure being tortured by the boy was covered in nail marks, its limbs were about to be pulled off, and its facial expression was extremely painful.

"Zhu Fengxi?"

There were three words written on the back of the paper man. No one knew what kind of paint was used. They were crooked and looked like solidified blood.

"This name sounds familiar." Mr. Bai came close to Chen Ge and looked at the paper figure. "He seems to be one of the people who escaped from the Coffin Village."

"The names of the refugees were written on the paper figures." Chen Ge thought of some anomalies he had found in Linguan Village. There were kitchen knives behind the doors of many old houses and ropes hanging from the windows.

Combined with what they had just experienced in the haunted house, he vaguely understood the purpose of this arrangement.

If a monster comes in through the window, the rope can be used to put it on its head, and the kitchen knife behind the door may be used to ward off evil spirits and for self-defense.

The more remote the village, the stranger the customs will be. Chen Ge can only interpret them in his own way now.

"Those who escaped from the Coffin Village are in constant fear. Could it be that the thing they are afraid of is the ghost in the Coffin Village? If they are caught by the ghosts, will they be turned into paper figures and tortured? Is that their final fate?"

Regarding those refugees, Chen Ge has always had a question in his mind that he couldn't figure out: why did those people flee from the Coffin Village in the first place?

What happened in this dilapidated village that caused so many villagers to flee?

"If we want to find out more about this, I'm afraid we have to find a villager to ask." Chen Ge stuffed the paper figurine into his pocket. "I have a plan I want to discuss with you two."

"you say."

"First, we leave the village."

"Okay." Old Wei and Grandpa Bai both nodded in agreement. They also felt that the village was too dangerous.

"Second, after we leave the village, we will search the houses one by one outside the village. No matter what we encounter, we will capture them all." Chen Ge's eyes were bright. "As long as we don't make too much noise, we will have a chance to defeat them one by one."

Chen Ge had thought it over carefully. Every time Xu Yin swallowed a ghost, a blood stain would appear on his body. If things continued at this rate, there was a high probability that he would become a real Red Clothes tonight!

The strength of the red-clothed ghost is much different from that of ordinary ghosts. Without the red-clothed ghost by his side, Chen Ge always felt uneasy.

"Are you trying to destroy an entire village?" Old Wei is a policeman. He frowned when he heard what Chen Ge said.

As for Mr. Bai, he was already used to Chen Ge's crazy ideas.

"Let's go outside the village and discuss what to do next." Uncle Bai walked in front, holding the jade pendant in his hand.

Old Wei followed behind Mr. Bai with a pale face, while Chen Ge stood still.

After the three monsters were eaten by Xu Yin, the white cat did not return to normal, it was still scratching the backpack.

"There should be something hidden nearby." Chen Ge was cautious and looked around as if nothing had happened.

It seemed as if a head flashed by on the wall on the left side of the main hall.

"The room next door?" Chen Ge didn't stay in the room for long and walked out.

White paper lanterns were hung on both sides of the street, emitting a pale light. Not sure if it was an illusion, Chen Ge discovered that there seemed to be more lanterns in the village.

"What does this lantern mean? Does hanging a white lantern mean that there is a ghost living in the house?"

"Chen Ge, come here quickly."

"Right away." Chen Ge passed by the house next to him and turned his head to look.

The wooden door was closed, and strangely, there was no white paper lantern hanging on it.

"Wasn't that a ghost hiding on the wall just now?"

Chen Ge kept his distance from Mr. Bai and the others, focusing most of his attention on what was behind him.

When Chen Ge reached the corner of the dirt road and his vision was about to be blocked by the wall, he slowed down and glanced to the side.

The door was opened at some point, and a blood-red shroud stood at the door.

In order not to be exposed, Chen Ge only stopped for less than a second before moving forward, but his heart was in turmoil.

"The shroud moved on its own?"

Walking in the strange village with white paper lanterns hanging, a big red shroud followed behind. The night wind blew, and strange sounds were heard from the houses on both sides from time to time. Some people were crying, some were laughing, and some seemed to be chewing something.

As the night deepened, the whole village became more eerie.

"Other places are quiet at night, but this place is completely the opposite. The darker it gets, the more lively it is." Chen Ge went over the ghosts he encountered tonight in his mind: "The ghost in the valley who wanted to drag me into the coffin and the family of three in the old house seem to be different. In comparison, the ghost in the old house is smarter."

Less than half an hour after entering the Coffin Village, Chen Ge had already encountered so many strange things. He now suspected that there was a bloody door hidden in the village, and it was unattended and completely open!

"Take your time and start searching from the outside. We will definitely find the house in Fan Yu's painting."

When Chen Ge turned the next corner, he looked back again. The hem of the shroud was dragging on the ground, getting closer to them.

"Being chased by a piece of clothing worn by a dead person is not a very comfortable feeling." Chen Ge was holding the repeater and accidentally bumped into Lao Wei: "Why did you stop?"

"Something's not right..." Old Wei looked at the completely unfamiliar street ahead, his face turning even paler. "The road we came from seems to have disappeared."

"A ghost wall?" Chen Ge pondered for a while, then patted Lao Wei on the shoulder: "It's okay, don't be afraid, just find someone to ask for directions."

"There are more ghosts than people in this place. Who are you going to ask?" Lao Wei talked for a long time, but no one responded. He turned around and saw that Chen Ge had walked away with the skull crusher.