"Now? Are you kidding me? "The owner stuttered.
"Yes, now. Both of my children have disappeared. They might have run into Coffin Village." Chen Ge did not want to waste any more time. The environment in the mountain was complicated, and the two children might run into an accident on the way.
"You should go find someone else." The tea in the owner's cup spilled out. He was very nervous and afraid. "I've only heard about that place from the older generation, but I don't know the way."
He noticed the change in Chen Ge's gaze. It seemed to turn colder, so he quickly added, "You can ask the elders in the village. They will know the way. I can bring you to them."
Hearing the owner say that, Chen Ge nodded. "Thank you."
"It's no trouble, no trouble." The owner wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked into the room to look for a flashlight.
"Chen Ge, be careful, don't scare them." Ol 'Wei was helpless against Chen Ge. Actually, he was quite nervous standing next to Chen Ge, especially when he thought about the things that Chen Ge had done.
"I know what I'm doing." Chen Ge said lightly. Now was not the time to care about these details; finding the missing children was the most important thing.
"I heard from the elders at home that there used to be a group of people who escaped from the mountain. They seem to come from Coffin Village." The owner walked out with the flashlight. "Those people live on the western side of the village, and we live on the eastern side. We don't have much contact. When my grandmother was still alive, she told me that the people with them are not clean. "
The owner was honest and did not hide anything from Chen Ge. "At the time, I thought, what era are we living in? Everyone is equal, so there's no such thing as clean or not. I thought the elders were getting old and confused. After living there for a long time, I realized that there was something wrong with that group of people. "
"What's wrong?" Chen Ge and Ol 'Wei were curious.
"They rarely leave their rooms, and they won't even take half a step out of their rooms after dark. It's as if there's something outside that can harm them." The owner of the house said in a low voice, "Every house has a rope hanging from the window and a kitchen knife behind the door. I asked them why they did that, and they said it was to prevent thieves. "
"Is that all?"
"There's another strangest thing." The owner's voice lowered even further. "Every once in a while, there would be one less person who escaped from the mountain. Whenever someone disappeared, those who escaped from the mountain were not only not sad, they were very happy. It was like …"
"Like what? Tell me, "Chen Ge urged.
"Like, as long as it's not you who dies, it's fine." The owner's words were rather cruel, and it made Chen Ge and Ol 'Wei think about it.
"I'm just talking about my feelings. Don't think too much about it!" The owner of the house hurriedly explained. The three of them walked to the middle of the village, turned into a small road, and saw a brick house.
"We're here. This is the place." The owner prepared to knock, but when his hand landed on the door, he realized that it was not locked. "Uncle Zhu?"
He entered the house, but he only took one step before he froze.
On the dining table facing the door was a black and white picture of an old man. The face in the picture was facing the door, and the scariest thing was that the eyes of the person in the picture had been gouged out.
"Don't panic." Chen Ge patted the farmer's shoulder lightly. He entered the room without turning on the light and picked up the black and white picture from the table. "The picture looks old, and the edges are worn. He probably knew that this day would come."
Thinking back to what the farmer had said, Chen Ge had a feeling that the old man in the picture had already disappeared.
"The people who escaped from Coffin Village hung the rope on the window and hid the kitchen knife behind the door. Obviously, they were afraid that something special would come in." Chen Ge scratched his chin. "Could it be a ghost that came from Coffin Village deep inside the mountain? And why would the eyes in this picture be gouged out? This feels similar to the Society of Strange Tales's modus operandi. "
"Brother, put the picture down before you talk. I have a feeling that the person in the picture is looking at me." The farmer stood at the door and did not show any intention of entering. "Should I go to the other houses to take a look?"
"Okay, we'll go ask them."
The three hurried to the next house. Before they arrived, Chen Ge had a bad feeling.
With his Yin Yang Vision, he could see that the door of the house was open.
He pushed the door open, and the owner of the house had disappeared. Strangely enough, there was another black and white picture on the table in the middle of the room, and the eyes in the picture had also been gouged out.
"Where did they all go?" The farmer led Chen Ge and Ol 'Wei to the place. Before the two outsiders said anything, the farmer started to feel afraid.
"Let's go to the other houses." They went to a few houses, and all the people who escaped from Coffin Village had disappeared. Every table had a black and white picture on it, and the whole village looked like a ghost village.
"What is going on?" The farmer's face was pale, and he could only turn to Chen Ge and Ol 'Wei for help.
Looking at the man's questioning gaze, Chen Ge pulled open the zipper of his backpack and grabbed the hammer. "Everyone has disappeared, but why are you the only one unscathed?"
Chen Ge told the farmer casually, and it scared the honest middle-aged man. "I really don't know! There are a few families that originally belonged to Bai Family Village at the entrance, but they should be fine. "
When they went to investigate, they found that the farmer was right. The only people missing were those who had escaped from the disaster.
"Chen Ge, where do you think those people would go? Why would they leave behind a black and white picture? "Ol 'Wei felt like things were going out of control, and they were heading toward an unknown direction.
"They might have returned to Coffin Village." Chen Ge took out the third picture from his backpack. It had two words written on it — Home.
"We can't wait any longer. We need to enter the mountain now!" He walked to the farmer's side. "There should be people in your village who know the location of Coffin Village, right? This involves many lives, so I hope you can cooperate. "
"Big brother, I really want to cooperate, but the key is that the people who know the location of the village have either disappeared or are too old to be around anymore." The farmer took several steps back and stopped when he reached Ol 'Wei's side.
"Too old?" Chen Ge suddenly thought of a suitable candidate. He called Ol 'Wei and ran toward the peach forest. "Master Bai should know the location of Coffin Village!"
After crossing the mountain, Chen Ge found Master Bai in the small wooden hut. After explaining his purpose, the old man pretended not to know anything.
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