Chapter 226 Entering the Village
Chapter 226 Entering the Village

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

"anyone there?"

Bai Yanliang knocked on the door.

After actually stepping into the village, I felt that Zhongyuan Village was extremely dilapidated.

The road was covered with weeds. It was still daytime, but there was no one outside the village and the doors and windows of every household were closed.

Apart from the red shrouds hung outside every house, there were almost no other signs of human life.

Just as Bai Yanliang knocked on the wooden door of this family's house, the red shroud hanging on the eaves of the door suddenly moved.

"and many more."

Yu Wenxuan stared at the blood-red dress, which was floating above the heads of the three people, looking even more creepy.

Bai Yanliang also stopped knocking on the door, his hand hanging in the air, looking up at the shroud that was still shaking above his head, and asked, "Was there any wind just now?"

Yu Wenxuan immediately shook his head: "No, I am sure it moved on its own."

There was no wind, and no one was touching it, but it suddenly started to move...

Is there an invisible person touching it?
But Xu Zhifei's hand was tied to him and never left, so it couldn't be her.

"Something's wrong, look!"

At this time, Yu Wenxuan suddenly pointed to the blood-red shroud at the door of another house.

It’s moving…it’s all moving!

As the funeral shroud at the door of this house swayed slightly, all the funeral shrouds in the entire village moved at this moment!
Pieces of blood-red shrouds were swaying in front of every household, creating an extremely eerie scene.

"Go out first?"

Yu Wenxuan felt something was wrong. This village... was very disturbing.

Before Bai Yanliang could answer, there was a "squeak".

The wooden door in front of the three people suddenly opened.

Someone opened the door.

But was it really a human who opened the door?
Bai Yanliang and Yu Wenxuan immediately took a few steps back, staring vigilantly at the slowly opening wooden door.

It was dark inside the door, and a short, blurry shadow slowly raised its head.

The three finally saw each other clearly.

This was an extremely old lady, she was wearing a huge, pitch-black cloak that wrapped her entire body tightly.

Bai Yanliang took a quick glance and found that there was no longer a piece of shiny skin on the old woman's face. Her face was covered with dense wrinkles.

"come in……"

The old man's voice sounded strange and made people feel uncomfortable for some reason.

Come in?

Bai Yanliang and Yu Wenxuan exchanged glances and politely thanked the old man.

"Be careful, there's something wrong with her."

Yu Wenxuan said in a low voice.

Bai Yanliang nodded imperceptibly and moved his left hand to remind Xu Zhifei.

This old lady, both in her sudden appearance and in what she just said, was very unnatural.

She didn't ask anything, as if she knew why Bai Yanliang and the others came. She glanced at them and let them into the house.

This is so suspicious.

"Old man, besides us, has anyone else come to the village?"

Yu Wenxuan suddenly asked.

"Ah."

The old man answered while closing the door and lowering his head.

She seemed to be very quiet and always expressed her ideas in the shortest possible words.

"Can you tell me what they look like and their approximate ages?" Yu Wenxuan continued to ask. But this time, the old lady did not answer.

She led Bai Yanliang, Yu Wenxuan, and the hidden Xu Zhifei forward into the yard and whispered, "Don't run around, don't talk loudly, and don't go out."

She seemed to dislike light and kept shrinking into her cloak while speaking. Her home was also frighteningly dark, with black cloth even hung on the windows to prevent any light from coming in.

"You will stay in this room tonight. I will take you to see the village chief tomorrow."

Her tone was strange, as if she knew Bai Yanliang and the others.

But Bai Yanliang and the other two were even more puzzled, because it was clearly the first time they saw this old man. Could it be that... she had misunderstood something?
Probably.

"You can live in any of the two rooms in the house. Remember, after dark, if you hear any sound, don't speak, don't make any noise, don't open the door, don't pull open the black cloth hanging on the window, just sleep quietly and wait until dawn to open the door."

"Also..." She glanced at Bai Yanliang and Yu Wenxuan, "Don't trust anyone after dark."

This is the longest sentence the old man has ever said, and the series of "don'ts" makes people feel dazed.

"Okay, I see. Thank you."

Yu Wenxuan smiled and escorted the old man out of the house.

"The villagers really do know something." Yu Wenxuan closed the door and said thoughtfully, "There are two rooms in the house. We each have one. For now, we will follow her instructions."

"What do they do?"

Xu Zhifei suddenly spoke up.

Bai Yanliang and Yu Wenxuan both knew that she was referring to Jiang Li and Lu Guo.

"Adults are responsible for their own choices," Bai Yanliang said coldly.

Yu Wenxuan had already explained the interests involved, but Jiang Li and Lu Guo were still reluctant to go into the village to look for clues first.

In this case, we can only hope that they can find a place to stay before midnight tonight.

This village is scary, so Jiang Li and Lu Guo are reluctant to enter this haunted place before the mission begins.

After all, for them, staying here for one more second is torture.

So the two of them planned to enter the village at midnight, when the mission officially began.

However... judging from the series of don'ts the old man just said, the night in this village is very restless.

Good luck to them.

"Mr. Bai and I have the same idea." Yu Wenxuan obviously didn't have much interest in talking about Jiang Li and Lu Guo. He looked around the house and said, "Mr. Bai, do you think the old lady's attitude towards us just now was very strange? It was as if... we had agreed to stay at her house temporarily."

"Yeah." Bai Yanliang nodded, "It's really strange."

"And she said that there were other people who came to the village, but at the moment, it doesn't look like this village has been visited by outsiders."

Yu Wenxuan touched his chin and said.

"Let's assume she's not lying. Then, who is the person who came to the village? What's his purpose? This may be an important clue."

"Yeah." Yu Wenxuan nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Bai Yanliang suddenly felt a pulling sensation in his left hand.

It was obviously Xu Zhifei who was moving.

She seemed to be going to get something, but for a moment she forgot that her wrist was tied to Bai Yanliang.

Although Bai Yanliang couldn't see her, he still followed her force and walked into the inner room.

"Did you find anything?"

Bai Yanliang asked.

At this moment, a not-so-big photo frame flew up out of thin air...

No, it was Xu Zhifei who picked it up.

"Look." Xu Zhifei's cold voice sounded.

Yu Wenxuan and Bai Yanliang looked in the direction of the sound, and the things in the photo frame made their pupils shrink.

This is a very old black and white photo.

And the person in the photo... was the old man with wrinkles all over his face.

(End of this chapter)