"Hey, where are you going?"


    "To find a way out!" Shen Yue snapped back at him.


    The group walked around the village, seeing only many stone houses, but most of them were abandoned.


    Kun Yao''s expression gradually became serious.


    "This village is too quiet."


    Shen Yue also noticed something was off. Although it was daytime, they hadn''t heard a single chicken crow, not a single dog bark, not even a bird call.


    The entire village was deathly silent.


    Also, although there were many houses, apart from the uncle''s family, they hadn''t really seen any other villagers.


    "But there''s no way out of here," Fan Quguang looked around. This village was in the mountains, almost completely isolated from the outside world.


    "We can only stay here," Shen Yue frowned. "Isn''t the purpose of this small world to keep us here to die?"


    "Look, this house also has a coffin inside."


    Shen Yue turned around to find Fan Quguang on tiptoes, peering over the wall of a house, craning his neck to look inside.


    "A coffin?" She walked over.


    Taking advantage of her height, she climbed up and saw the situation inside the house.


    This stone house was very dilapidated, seemingly uninhabited for a long time, but inside, a coffin was clearly visible.


    Just as Shen Yue was trying to see clearly behind the coffin, she suddenly saw Kun Yao appear beside it.


    "Hey, you?"


    Turning her head, she realized the door of this stone house was just ajar.


    Fan Quguang quickly got down from the wall and entered through the main door.


    "Shen Yue, why aren''t you coming in? Why are you climbing the wall?"


    Shen Yue rolled her eyes at him. He was the one who climbed first, after all.


    "There''s blood here."


    They gathered around the coffin. It was closed, but there were old bloodstains on it.


    Shen Yue walked around it once and suggested, "Should we open it and take a look?"


    "Maybe we shouldn''t. I don''t think there''s anything inside, and although this place doesn''t look like anyone lives here, it''s still someone else''s house."


    "Kun Yao, what do you think?" Shen Yue asked again.


    "If you want to open it, go ahead," Kun Yao stood to the side, surveying the surroundings.A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.


    This ruined house seemed to have been abandoned for a long time. Weeds and dust were everywhere.


    Hearing Kun Yao''s words, Shen Yue suddenly didn''t want to open it anymore.


    After staying inside for a while without any findings, the three had to go back.


    However, before they could return, they encountered the other new tenant guests on the way.


    Number 75 was followed by those new tenant guests, and now he seemed to be the leader of these two couples.


    However, they no longer looked as relaxed as before, but had become very uneasy. Zhou Yutong and Wang Chuxue both looked scared.


    "What''s wrong with you? Why do you look like this?"


    In this small world, survival was the most important thing, and no one knew what would happen next.


    So, as long as it didn''t involve life safety, any grudges could be temporarily put aside. It was just unclear if the other party had truly let go.


    "We saw it," Wang Chuxue''s voice was a bit shaky, as if she had been frightened by something.


    "? Saw what?"


    "Don''t be afraid, it''s over now." Her boyfriend, Lin Le, held her in his arms and continued, "Last night, we were arranged to stay at the neighboring house. At first, everything was normal, the hosts were very hospitable, but at midnight, when I went out to use the bathroom, I saw with my own eyes that person crawl into a coffin in the room."


    Fan Quguang got excited: "You saw it too?"


    "Too?" The other person was also surprised, "Yes, there were two coffins in that room, placed right in the middle."


    "But after that man lay back in the coffin, I also saw the lid of another coffin being opened, and inside was the aunt who had received us. I even heard them talking."


    Shen Yue frowned: "What did they say?"


    "I didn''t dare to get too close, but I vaguely heard something about all the villagers having to meet, and a curse. They didn''t want to sleep in coffins anymore, and something about these outsiders taking their place. I couldn''t hear clearly, but based on this, we can be sure that the people here are not normal, and they definitely mean us harm. I think we should leave here quickly."


    Fan Quguang said, "The key is that we can''t leave here. Because you''re not from this world, don''t forget how we entered this world, we are guests."


    Shen Yue added, "We can''t get out."


    "So we just wait here? They''re all acting so strange. Normal people don''t keep coffins in their homes, hiding them. And they sleep in them too."


    "Yes, this place is really too weird, I don''t want to stay here for another moment," Wang Chuxue also said quietly.


    Kun Yao suddenly asked, "What do you mean by all the villagers having to meet?"


    "I just heard it, I don''t know either."


    Shen Yue found it strange: "We''ve been wandering around the village, but we haven''t seen anyone. Did they go to a meeting?"


    "I don''t know about that either."


    "What should we do? Can we only wait here?" Chen Si was very dissatisfied.


    "My suggestion is, since we can''t leave now, we might as well stay here and wait. After all, there are so many of us, and even if the villagers are numerous and strange, they can''t do anything to us."


    This suggestion met with both agreement and opposition.


    "How do you know what those people will do to us? I don''t recommend taking risks."


    Just as everyone was at an impasse, not knowing what to do, a figure suddenly appeared behind them. It was the aunt.


    Seeing everyone, the aunt clapped her hands:


    "Oh! You''re all here? Come back quickly, I''ve prepared the meal!"


    No one responded, creating an awkward atmosphere.


    "What''s wrong? Aren''t you all hungry?"


    "It''s nothing, sister, we''re coming back now."


    The aunt then went back satisfied, waiting for them.


    The group returned to the aunt''s house. As soon as they entered, they saw a table full of sumptuous dishes. However, possibly due to psychological trauma, no one ate much.


    But the aunt and uncle didn''t mind. They tidily cleared the table and walked away.


    Fan Quguang struck up a conversation with the uncle, making a show of wanting to pay for the lodging, but was refused by the uncle.


    "You can stay here as long as you want, free of charge."


    Hearing this, Fan Quguang didn''t feel happy at all.


    Meanwhile, Shen Yue suddenly noticed that Kun Yao was gone. Thinking of her behavior in the previous small world, she felt that Kun Yao might know something.


    But before she could go look for her, she saw the little ghost from before crawling in again.


    The little ghost crawled towards the uncle''s direction. Shen Yue moved a few steps to the side, suddenly stopping because she noticed that the uncle pulled back his legs when the little ghost crawled over.


    He can see the little ghost?!