"Yes, now . My two kids are missing, and they might have wandered into Coffin Village . " Chen Ge could not afford to delay this any longer . The mountains were hard to trek through, and the two kids might get into some accident .
"Go ask another family . " The water in the host's cup spilled out . He was clearly nervous and afraid . "I've only heard about the stories from the older generation; I don't really know the location . "
He noticed Chen Ge's gaze changing, like it was turning colder, so he immediately added, "You can ask the seniors in the village . They must know something . I can bring you to go meet them . "
When the farmer said so, Chen Ge nodded . "Please . "
"Of course, of course . " The farmer wiped the sweat from his brow and went inside the house to look for a flashlight .
"Chen Ge, be careful, don't scare the poor man," Ol' Wei, who stood beside Chen Ge, reminded him . To be honest, he was worried about partnering up with Chen Ge, especially when he thought back to the things that Chen Ge had done .
"I know what I'm doing," Chen Ge said softly . Now was not the time to mind the details; they needed to find the children first .
"I've heard from my grandparents that the village once accepted a group of people who escaped from the mountain; they should come from Coffin Village . " The farmer walked out with the flashlight . "Those people are staying at the western side of the village, and the rest of us live on the east side . Normally, we have no interaction . Before my grandmother passed away, she used to tell me that those people aren't clean . "
The farmer was honest and did not hide anything from Chen Ge and Ol' Wei . "At the time, I secretly mocked her for believing in something like that in this day and age . I just brushed it off as her superstition, but as time went by, I realized that there was something off about these people . "
"What do you mean?" Chen Ge and Ol' Wei were curious .
"They rarely leave their homes, especially after the sun has fallen, like there are things waiting to harm them outside," the farmer said softly . "Every one of their houses has a rope hanging across the window and a cleaver hidden behind the door . I asked them once why they did that, and they said it was to prevent thieves . "
"That's all?"
"There's also one very strange thing . " The farmer's voice turned even smaller . "Every few days, one of them will go missing, but they never seem worried . If anything, they appear very happy just like…"
"Like what? Tell us," Chen Ge urged .
"Just like as long as it wasn't them who got caught . " The farmer's words were a bit accusatory, and it made Chen Ge and Ol' Wei silent .
"I'm just sharing my thoughts . Please don't read too much into it!" the farmer quickly explained . The trio walked to the middle of the village and turned left . After a short walk, they saw a broken brick home .
"Here we are . " The farmer prepared to knock on the door, but when his hands fell on the door, it swung open on its own . "Elder Zhu?"
He walked into the room, but he only took one step before he froze . On the dining table facing the door sat an old man's black and white picture . The old man's face in the picture was looking at the door, and the scariest thing was, the eyes in the picture were gouged out .
"Don't panic . " Chen Ge patted the farmer on his shoulder . He strode into the room without putting on the light and picked up the black and white photo from the table . "The picture looks old, and the edges are worn . He probably knew this day was coming a long time ago . "
Thinking about what the farmer said earlier, Chen Ge believed that the old man in the photo had gone missing .
The people who escaped from Coffin Village hang rope across the window and hid a cleaver behind the door . Obviously, they are afraid of something getting in . Chen Ge scratched his chin . Could it be the monster from Coffin Village? Also why are the eyes gouged out in the picture? This is too similar to the ghost stories society's MO .
"Big brother, can you please put the picture down? I have a feeling he's looking at me for some reason . " The farmer stood at the door and showed no intention of coming in . "Shall we move on to another family?"
"Sure, let's go ask them about Elder Zhu . " The trio went to the house next door . Before they reached it, Chen Ge had a bad feeling . With Yin Yang Vision, he could clearly see that the family's door was open . As he expected, the family residing there was also missing . Creepily enough, there was also a black and white picture on the table, and the eyes were also gouged out .
"Where are they?" The farmer led Chen Ge and Ol' Wei here . The two outsiders didn't say anything but the local started to panic .
"Let's go look at the other homes first . " They looked through other homes, and it was as if all the people who escaped from Coffin Village had disappeared . There were black and white pictures on the table, and the whole village felt like a ghost village .
"What is going on‽" The farmer's face was blanched, and he turned to Chen Ge and Ol' Wei for help . Looking at his inquisitive gaze, Chen Ge pulled out his backpack to grip the hammer . "Everyone has disappeared, but why are you still here?"
Chen Ge told the farmer that, and it honestly freaked him out . "I really don't know! The mouth of the village still has a few families from Bai Family Village; they should be fine . "
The farmer was proven right . Only those from Coffin Village were missing .
"Chen Ge, where do you think those people have disappeared to? And why did they leave behind these black and white photos?" Ol' Wei had a feeling that things were heading down a weird direction .
"They probably returned to the Coffin Village . " Chen Ge took out Fan Yu's third drawing, which read—Going home .
"We cannot wait any longer . We need to enter the mountains now!" He walked to the farmer . "Someone at the village has to know how to get to Coffin Village, right? Several lives are at risk, please show us your cooperation . "
"Brother, I really want to help you, but the people who knew about the village are either missing or dead or too old . " The farmer staggered back and stopped beside Ol' Wei .
"Too old?" Chen Ge suddenly thought about a suitable candidate . He called Ol' Wei and headed for the peach plantation in the mountain . "Master Bai should know where Coffin Village is!"
Hopping over the mountain, Chen Ge found Master Bai inside the wooden hut . After explaining his intention, the old man pretended not to know anything . However, when he heard two kids might have been kidnapped and taken to Coffin Village . He agreed to take them into the mountain .
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