Chapter 21: The Mysterious Vertical Well, Peculiar Eyes!

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  The dark and quiet cellar was filled with an eerie silence, only punctuated by the sound of people's breathing and stifled sobs that occasionally broke out.

  I sat blankly in the corner, staring at the darkness in front of me, lost in thought.

  The zombie tide swept through the village like a flood, and it was unknown what would be left in the village after the zombie tide passed.

  I suppose nothing will be left behind!

  Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness. The village where I had lived for twenty-one years was gone in an instant.

  And what about those villagers who were lying in coffins?

  Corpse tortoise, will it gnaw open the coffin and then eat the person inside?

  If it's really like that, then won't my dad...

  I didn't dare think about it anymore, shook myself off and forcibly threw away these negative emotions, then leaned against the wall and started resting.

  I had been fleeing in a flurry, my nerves always on edge. The moment I relaxed, my stomach immediately growled loudly. I took a deep breath and handed out the buns to everyone.

  It was just when I handed a steamed bun to Xia Yuxin that she said: "I'm not hungry!"

  At this time, my eyes had already begun to adapt to the darkness and could see a faint outline. Xia Yu Xin was sitting in the corner with her legs hugged to her chest, staring blankly into space. When she saw me looking at her, she said: "Yi Fan, save some for later, we don't know how long we'll be stuck here, let's ration our food!"

  I nodded and immediately sat down beside her with a plop.

  "What's going on with you guys? How come it took so many days to return after entering the mountain? And weren't there a lot of people who entered the mountain together, why did only a few of you come back?"

  At this time, there were only six people in the cellar, including me and Xia Yuxin, as well as Xiao Heo. That is to say, there were only three villagers.

  Before that, my dad told me that Xia Yu Xin led the villagers to search for bodies in the mountain and took away many people. Now, there are only three people left?

  What about the rest of the people?

  Could it be...

  I swallowed hard and turned to look at Xia Yu Xin with inquiring eyes.

  Xia Yu Xin suddenly hugged her knees and buried her face between them, after which her shoulders began to shake as if she was crying.

  I felt a chill in my heart, could it be that, just as I had thought, the villagers were... already dead?

  "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I took them away but didn't bring them back. Sorry, sorry..." Xia Yuxin choked with sobs: "We originally planned to return on the same day, but the fog on the mountain was too thick. We lost two people and searched for a long time, only to find one body at the waist of the mountain. He died miserably, his chest was torn open, and his heart seemed to be crushed by something. The way he died looked just like Zhao Shu before!"

  Xia Yu Xin sobbed as she spoke: "At that time, all of us were in a mess, but I knew we couldn't keep searching and had to go back. However, the villagers disagreed and insisted on finding the remaining person before returning. In the end, we reached an impasse, and half of the villagers even left on their own to search for the missing person! But...but...waaah!"

  Xia Yu Xin's crying grew louder, I took a deep breath and subconsciously stretched out my hand to pat her head, saying softly: "This isn't your fault, don't blame yourself!"

  Xia Yu Xin shook her head vigorously and said, "I should have taken the remaining people with me to search for them together, but I didn't. Instead, I let the remaining people wait in place for their return. However, we waited for a whole day and night, but the people didn't come back... instead, we were met with a sky-covering, earth-shrouding tide of corpses!

  "When everyone saw the dark and dense corpse turtle, everyone was in a mess, panicked and escaped. When going down the mountain, one person rolled down from the middle of the mountain and was killed directly. Three people died from the corpse turtle tide. There were 18 people when we went there, but only seven people came back, including me and He Ge! It's all my fault, if I hadn't insisted on finding the lost body, so many people wouldn't have died!"

  Xia Yu Xin's words were filled with tears and her face was covered in a guilty expression. I wanted to comfort her, but didn't know where to start.

  Finally, just a sigh, and then leaned against the wall, dazed.

  So, who is to blame for all this?

  Although Xia Yu Xin insisted on entering the mountain to search for the body, the body was actually stolen by Liu Zhi Shu and Wang Sha Zi. If Liu Zhi Shu and Wang Sha Zi hadn't stolen the body, would so many people have died?

  I don't know, but it's come to this now; no matter how much I regret or blame myself, it's useless.

  After all, people can't come back to life after they die!

  Xia Yu Xin, this strong girl, was now crying like a tearful person. Looking at her sobbing quietly, I suddenly felt a pang of heartache and thought to myself, "People can't come back from the dead, you shouldn't blame yourself too much either. Some things aren't within our control, just like this tide of corpses, it's not something human power can resist!"

  Xia Yu Xin heard this and raised her head, looked at me for a moment, then shook her head and stopped talking. The cellar fell silent once again.

  After a while, Xia Yuxin finally calmed down and asked me what had happened in the village after all, and what was going on with those big coffins at the construction site.

  I told Xia Yuxin about some of the things I had experienced before, but I concealed from her the origins of the Blood Coffin and the female corpse, as well as the hundreds of large coffins. It wasn't that I didn't trust her, it was just that my inferiority complex was acting up again.

  I know, I've already taken a liking to this strong girl, but she's from a good family, and if I say that I'm carrying the Blood Spirit Coffin, with a female corpse trapped inside, won't she think I'm spinning a wild tale, or even that I'm superstitious and look down on me?

  I smiled wryly and then started talking about Wang Dumb and Li Daifu again, but I also concealed what Liu Zhi Shu had done.

  Liu Zhi left with deep guilt and self-blame, the person is already dead, no matter how much further investigation is done, it's all useless. Since that's the case, why must I speak out again and tarnish the reputation of someone who has passed away?

  Let those unbearable things be buried with Liu Zhishu!

  Although I had concealed most of the matter, when Xia Yu Xin heard about the vanguard's march, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise and ask in astonishment: "You're saying that a group of dead people are marching under the leadership of a headless knight?"

  I nodded, and Xia Yu Xin fell silent after hearing my words. After a while, she spoke up: "Could it be that in this world, ghosts and gods really exist? If they do, then what's the use of everything we've learned?"

  She finished and covered her face with one hand, I also fell silent. At this time, suddenly heard the little He who had not spoken all the time let out a "hmm" sound, then pointed to the center of the vegetable cellar and asked: "What's there?"

  I was taken aback by what I heard and looked over there, but all that was left was a pile of Chinese cabbage.

  Ke Xiaohe said firmly, "No, I heard a sound coming from below, it seems like there's something down there!" After he finished speaking, he walked to the center of the cellar and moved away all the big white cabbages. Then he exclaimed, "Here, it seems like there's a passageway!"

  Is there a passageway?

  How is this possible? My family's cellar has been here since I was born, and when I was a kid, I used to play hide-and-seek down here all the time. How did I not know there was a passageway here?

  It wasn't until I walked over and saw the iron gate hidden under a pile of Chinese cabbages that I couldn't help but pause in surprise.

  What's going on? Is there really a passage here?

  This passage, who left it behind and where does it lead?

  A creaking sound was heard, and Xiao He actually opened the iron lid. As soon as the iron lid was opened, a gust of cold wind blew out from below, and Xiao He shivered all over, unable to help but say: "So cold!"

  At this time, everyone curiously gathered around, craned their necks to look down, but below was pitch black, couldn't see five fingers when stretching out a hand, nothing could be seen clearly.

  At this time, Little He looked at everyone and immediately said to a villager: "Uncle, here may be our chance to escape. If not, you go down and take a look?"

  I was furious when I heard this, and the dark and gloomy place below looked terrifying. How could Xiao He not dare to go himself but instead let someone else go?

  But the mountain people are honest, although they are afraid, but still want to save face, so he hesitated for a moment, and then nodded and said: "Okay!"

  After he finished speaking, he jumped down. We all surrounded the entrance, looking down with tense faces. At this time, we heard the person who jumped down say: "It's very low down here, I can't straighten my waist!" However, as soon as his voice fell, a cry of surprise was heard. The sound was sudden, but strangely, it seemed to be getting farther and farther away from us, just like it was quickly moving away from us!

  "What's going on?" I shouted, but it was quiet below and no one answered. I glared at Little He fiercely, cursed silently, then took out my phone, turned on the flashlight, and jumped down as well.

  The space below is indeed very low, estimated to be only about 1.7 meters high, and I can only walk with my waist bent down. Moreover, the space below is not only low but also very narrow, with an area of only about 20 square meters.

  How strange! It's empty down here, there's nothing at all. Where did that person who just jumped down go?

  However, just at this moment, I suddenly saw that in a dark corner, there was actually a well.

  How can there be a well here?

  And just now, didn't someone fall into the well?

  Thinking of this, I rushed over and shouted loudly at the well: "Uncle, can you hear me?"

  "It's okay, I'm fine... this well is too narrow, I'm stuck!" A voice came from the bottom of the well. I let out a long breath, but then suddenly heard him exclaim: "What thing, don't come over, don't come over, you... ah!"

  His panicked voice stopped abruptly, replaced by a series of miserable cries, and when his miserable cry came out, my heart also jumped up immediately.

  Creak... creak... creak!......

  A terrifying scratching sound came from the bottom of the well, followed by a crisp "rustling" sound, which seemed to be emitted by the chain.

  What's with the sound of chains down there?

  And what about the person who fell down? Is there something terrifying below that will...

  At this moment, I suddenly saw two red dots shining from the bottom of the well. The red dots were not big, like two lanterns that suddenly lit up. I stared at them and suddenly let out a loud cry of "ah", and fell to the ground with a thud.

  What was that lantern? Clearly, it was a pair of blood-red eyes!