Chapter 185: The Opened Coffin
“I’ve been in charge of my father’s position for many years already.”
“Those that can be attracted by that lantern are nothing more than two kinds of things.”
“One kind is dead people, and the other kind is ghosts.”
“Dead people are generally not terrifying; they’re just a corpse. Those attracted by the lantern first head to the Corpse Inn here.”
“But if it’s a ghost, it’s directly taken to the place where fierce ghosts are detained.”
“I haven’t been to that place, but up to now, no ghost has ever walked out from inside.”
Under the firelight, Ye Zhen’s eyes moved slightly.
“It seems, given this situation, I can only go find them after I recover.”
In his current state, facing a ghost would just be courting death.
Some trouble.
Ye Zhen thought to himself that their luck was truly bad.
They had just come out of one supernatural event together, only to be drawn into another supernatural event right after.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say their fate was ill-fated.
“I’m very curious about one thing.”
“Since you said that the ghosts taken to that place where fierce ghosts are detained have never come out, then what about the lantern held by that fierce ghost?”
“That thing isn’t something an ordinary person can make.”
Ye Zhen spotted the blind spot.
“This, I’m not clear on either, but every time the lantern appears, it’s carried by a ghost coming out from inside the Corpse Inn.”
“To tell the truth, I’m very curious too. After all, there’s only corpses inside the inn, no ghosts.”
“I’ve checked too, even moved the corpses out from inside, but at a certain time, a ghost carrying the lantern would still appear.”
The matter was very eerie; that inn was like a passage.
At a certain time, a ghost would walk out from inside to attract other fierce ghosts.
From this bizarre and eerie setup, it was undoubtedly arranged by an old antique.
Ye Zhen propped his chin.
He only felt somewhat powerless.
The mountain forest was filled with mist.
Ye Zhen had no appetite for food anymore.
“How about I take you to that inn to have a look? By the way, the corpses inside should be cleaned up too.”
“It’s been almost two months since I last cleaned the corpses inside.”
The old man said.
“What will happen if they’re not cleaned?”
Ye Zhen asked.
“It’s not a big deal, but if ghosts aren’t cleaned up for a long time, ghosts will appear inside, but not the kind carrying the lantern.”
“If such ghosts appear inside, then we must find a way to deal with them, otherwise, it will endanger the people inside the village.”
“Something like that happened last year.”
The old man took a puff of dried tobacco. “At that time, because of those corpses, I was taken away for investigation, and it was over two months.”
“By the time I came back, ghosts had entered the village, and seven or eight people had died.”
“But fortunately, I came back in time and lured the ghost away, so no more people died.”
The old man continued:
“I’m an ordinary person; I can’t see any problem with the inn. You might be able to see something.”
“I guess the inn and that place where fierce ghosts are detained are connected.”
Ye Zhen thought about it very seriously.
Then he grabbed the two sleeping wolf cubs and directly put them inside his clothes.
The wolf cubs opened their eyes, moved a bit, felt a little cold, and immediately started struggling.
Ye Zhen’s eyes narrowed slightly.
The animals’ instincts were triggered, and the two wolf cubs immediately stopped moving, obediently closing their eyes to sleep.
Hmm, even though they were shivering all over from the cold.
The old man saw this scene, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
Unable to comment.
“Let’s go. Although I can’t make a move, I can still take a look.”
Ye Zhen stood up.
The old man nodded.
He stood up and led the way for Ye Zhen.
The campfire was left in place.
If no one added firewood, at most in over an hour, this fire would be extinguished by the mist in the mountain forest.
Worried about fire?
Not possible; the moisture was so heavy that it was extremely difficult to ignite.
“It’s been almost a year since I last left here, and the person who used to come investigate me every two or three months hasn’t come either.”
“Young man, has something happened outside?”
Relying on the mountain to eat from the mountain, he who had lived here since childhood.
Was very familiar with the roads here; even with his eyes closed, he could walk out of the big mountain.
Mist was never something that could stop him.
The old man walked very fast, hardly needing to look at the road.
“Doesn’t your village have any young people?”
Ye Zhen asked.
“There were some before, but later they all went to the city.”
“Most don’t come back; they only return for New Year, but stay only three or four days before leaving.”
“I’m alone, with no relatives, and I’m not the type to go to others’ homes for meals during the big New Year.”
“So I basically don’t run into those young people much.”
“Just seeing them on the road occasionally.”
The old man paused, then continued, “Moreover, the young people of this era are completely different from our time.”
“They like looking at their mobile phone: eating while looking at mobile phone, walking while looking at mobile phone, won’t greet people when they meet, don’t recognize relatives when they meet them, and family has to introduce them one by one.”
“Even if told, they forget after a couple of days.”
Ye Zhen listened and felt it seemed somewhat familiar.
“Even if you don’t run into young people, there should always be someone in the village online…”
Uh…
At this point, Ye Zhen fell silent.
How could these common folk know about the headquarters falling?
Although headquarters had fallen, each city still had a person in charge.
They directly managed that city.
For the city’s stability, they naturally wouldn’t directly reveal the news of headquarters falling.
“Nothing’s happened; outside is still normal.”
Ye Zhen said.
“Is that so? That’s good. I thought outside was even worse than our little mountain village.”
The old man nodded; with these people who control fierce ghosts outside helping to handle fierce ghosts.
It should really be safe.
Ye Zhen neither confirmed nor denied it.
After walking for over ten minutes, an old building suddenly appeared in the mist ahead.
“That’s the Corpse Inn.”
The old man brought Ye Zhen to the doorway of the inn.
Ye Zhen looked up and down at the inn.
The plaque said inn, but he saw it very clearly.
Next to the plaque, some characters were covered by yellow paper; unless looked at closely, the yellow paper couldn’t be seen at all.
There was wind in the mist, so the fog moved.
The yellow paper was blown up.
Corpse Inn, no living people allowed.
Four big characters and four small characters.
“No, someone went in!”
The old man’s expression suddenly changed, and he said in a low voice.
Then, ignoring Ye Zhen, he walked straight in.
Ye Zhen hurriedly followed.
Entering the inn, Ye Zhen discovered it was a courtyard right inside.
In the courtyard, over thirty black coffins were placed.
The coffin in the very middle was opened.
The coffin lid was on the ground.
Seeing this scene, the old man’s face immediately turned grim.
He hurriedly ran over.
Ye Zhen didn’t know what the old man saw, but from the old man’s persistently gloomy expression, he could tell that the worst thing had happened.
Ye Zhen walked over and peered into the coffin.
His brows immediately furrowed.
