Chapter 38: Mysterious Crying Sound, Coffin's Strange Noise!

  "Waaaahhhh...!"

  Dark winds swept in, thick fog rolled in, and the village in front of me was even more dilapidated. Everywhere I looked, there were broken walls and crumbling houses.

  My whole body started shaking, and tears couldn't help but flow out. Xia Yu Xin saw the situation and asked: "Yi Fan, are you okay?" Seeing that I didn't respond, she continued to comfort me saying: "The village may be gone, but we can rebuild it as long as the villagers are still alive!"

  Xia Yu Xin's words made my heart skip a beat. Right, as a villager, I must go to the construction site at the east end of the village and take a look. There are hundreds of large coffins there, all of which contain people from our village, including my dad.

  Thinking of this, I wiped away tears and took a deep breath before walking into the village.

  As I walked through the familiar streets, I suddenly had a feeling that everything was gone. The passionate villagers were nowhere to be seen, the beautifully decorated houses had collapsed, and the sound of dogs barking in unison and the cattle's cries could no longer be heard.

  Here becomes both familiar and strange!

  The familiar village has become a dead village, which is hard for me to accept. The fact is in front of my eyes, but I have no choice but to accept it. Helplessly, I can only grit my teeth and move forward with a hardened scalp.

  I dare not look around randomly, because I'm afraid of seeing familiar things become strange, I'm afraid that what I see has already lost its original appearance.

  Xia Yu Xin had always been hesitant to speak, as if wanting to comfort me, but not knowing where to start. In the end, all comforting words turned into silent silence.

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  The two of us walked silently through the ruins until we reached the front door of my house, at which point I couldn't help but stop in my tracks.

  I looked up towards home, and saw that my house had collapsed, with only one wall standing alone in the ruins. Furniture, appliances, everything was almost completely destroyed.

  This village, this home, carried twenty-one years of my memories, recording the marks of my growth over twenty-one years. Now, nothing is left, not even a thread, not even a grain.

  All that's left is desolation and barrenness, as well as nostalgia and longing for what once was.

  "Come on, let's go!" Xia Yu Xin pulled my hand and I nodded in agreement, continuing to walk forward.

  A short street of just a few hundred meters, but I walked for quite a while because from time to time I would see some familiar things, and so I walked and stopped for almost ten minutes before suddenly stopping in my tracks.

  Because I suddenly heard a strange sound.

  That sound seemed like a human cry, but the wind was too loud and could only hear that voice intermittent, sometimes there, sometimes not. At this time, Xia Yu Xin suddenly pointed to the front and exclaimed: "Look quickly, it seems like someone!"

  I was startled by what I heard and hastily looked up.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, in the thick fog ahead, it seemed that someone was sitting on the street, and the mournful cry came from his mouth.

  Who is this person and why are they sitting here crying?

  Could it be Xiao He?

  But it's not right either. This person's build is a bit more robust than Xiao He's, and besides, Xiao He doesn't have any reason to sit in the village and cry.

  Just as I was in a state of confusion, Xia Yu Xin suddenly shouted loudly: "Who are you? Don't move!" But Xia Yu Xin didn't shout and it would have been better if he hadn't. As soon as he shouted, that person suddenly sprang up with a 'whoosh' sound and quickly ran towards Mantou Mountain.

  His speed was very fast, and in an instant he rushed into the rolling thick fog. I saw him and shouted loudly: "Chase!" Then quickly ran forward to chase after him.

  Xia Yu Xin's body was weak and he couldn't run fast, I didn't have time to care about him either, I just charged forward with my head down, but that person ran even faster than me, I chased all the way to the construction site but still couldn't catch up with him, only catching a glimpse of a black shadow flashing by in the distance before quickly rushing towards Mantou Mountain.

  I didn't chase after him, but instead leaned against my knees, panting heavily, and looked up to see that the hundreds of large coffins were still quietly lying on the construction site, all intact and undamaged, and I couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

  This giant coffin was miraculously preserved intact under the invasion of the corpse tide.

  At this time, Xia Yu Xin also caught up, she was running with a gasp, her face pale, sweating profusely, and when she saw me, she asked breathlessly: "Did he run away? Did you see who it was?"

  I shook my head and said no. Xia Yu Xin heard this and asked, "That's strange, everyone in the village is inside these big coffins, who could that person be? Ah, right, where's He Ge?"

  I shook my head and didn't say a word, then directly walked towards the large coffin in front of me.

  I had to push open the coffin and take a look, my sister's corpse told me that all the soul lanterns of the villagers were extinguished, leaving only the life lantern hanging on, it has been several days since then, by right, the soul lantern should have reignited itself, but why is there no movement at all inside the coffin?

  And it's not a solution to let them lie in coffins all the time, good people will also starve to death after so many days without food or drink.

  As I thought this to myself, I walked up to a large coffin and reached out my hand to push the lid open, when suddenly my sister's voice echoed in my mind.

  "Don't open these coffins!"

  I was taken aback and couldn't help but ask: "Why?"

  "Hmph!" The corpse sister coldly snorted: "This should be a trap set by your family members. You're moving around randomly, if you ruin this trap, something very bad might happen. Moreover, the person in the coffin has had their soul lantern extinguished and is only barely hanging on to life with their life lantern. If you recklessly open the coffin and let the yin wind blow in, their weak life lantern will also be extinguished. At that time, even if it's a great Luo Golden Immortal, they won't be able to save them!"

  I was taken aback by his words and couldn't help but ask: "What can be done?"

  "We can only take it one step at a time, but these coffins, you definitely can't move them, or else not only will you be unable to save them, but you'll also end up harming them! But don't worry, they're currently in a state of suspended animation, so even if they lie inside the coffins for several months, or even a year, it should be fine. The person who set this trap isn't simple, and without being absolutely sure, he definitely wouldn't do something like this. You don't need to follow along and worry blindly!" After Corpse Sister finished speaking, she sank back down again, while I stood in front of the coffins for a long time, unable to come back to my senses.

  Are these villagers destined to lie in these coffins?

  But they can't eat or drink, how long can they last?

  Corpse sister said she can hold on for a year, but is that possible?

  At least in my cognition, there is absolutely no one in this world who can survive for a year without eating or drinking!

  But thinking of what I've been through these days, I feel a bit more at ease.

  During this period, I have experienced too much, and what I saw and heard was enough to shatter my original understanding of the world. Perhaps, as Sister Corpse said, the villagers can really hold on?

  I rubbed my temples and let out a deep breath, then said to Xia Yu Xin: "Let's go find something to eat first, then think of a way to get out of here!" After I finished speaking, I turned around to leave, but just as I did, I saw Xia Yu Xin frowning with a tense expression, staring at the hundreds of large coffins. Seeing my puzzled look, she made a silencing gesture towards me.

  I furrowed my brow, what's going on?

  "Yi Fan, listen, what's that sound?" Xia Yu Xin whispered to me as she crept closer, her voice filled with suspicion: "I feel like there's something hidden in the coffin, and that sound, it seems like... the sound of eating?"

  I was taken aback by his words and perked up my ears, listening carefully.

  But upon closer listening, I was suddenly shocked.

  "Creak... creak... creak..."

  A strange voice came from the coffin in front of me, the sound was intermittent, sometimes clear and sometimes vague, but at that moment I really heard it.

  And that sound, it felt like something was gnawing on food.

  A bad idea suddenly rose from his heart, could it be that something had entered the coffin? At this time, he was gnawing at the inside of the coffin...

  I was startled by my own thoughts and broke out in a cold sweat. I didn't dare to delay, so I followed the source of the sound and went forward.

  But there were too many coffins. Xia Yuxin and I searched around for a long time, finally confirming our target on one of the coffins.

  This coffin was no different from the others, except that its lid wasn't tightly closed, and the 'creaking' sound came from inside.

  I exchanged a glance with Xia Yu Xin, and then she drew out her pistol, nodded at me and said: "Open the coffin!"

  I took a deep breath and pushed with all my might.

  With a creak, the coffin lid was instantly pushed open by me.