Xiao Xuechen didn't expect San to make such a joke.

Honestly, the fact tells us that whether or not a girl will dislike this kind of joke from someone she doesn't know depends on their appearance.

Her face turned red with anger, but she calmly retorted, "Let's forget about it. You're more likely to be scared. If you cry, I can lend you my shoulder."

Sister?

Yu Xing suddenly found it interesting.

Calling herself sister in front of him, oh well~

"Do you want sister to accompany you for a walk?" He smiled, but no matter how Xiao Xuechen looked at it, she felt that there was something strange in that smile.

The words "sister" were emphasized, was he mocking her? He must be!

"Let's go," Yu Xing tilted his head.

Xiao Xuechen looked at him and subconsciously agreed, then followed Yu Xing as they passed by the villagers nearby.

"So you are the new guests?" The villagers greeted them warmly when they saw the two of them, speaking with a strong accent.

"Yes, sorry for the trouble," Yu Xing naturally greeted them and then led Xiao Xuechen away.

What a pity... he temporarily gave up his previous idea. If Xiao Xuechen didn't come to find him, he was planning to blow out one of the candles of one of these villagers...

Or even snatch the candles along with the plates.

Although it was not far from the town, just a hill away, Guanjia Village had no electricity, not even kerosene lamps. They insisted on using candles, which clearly meant that these candles must have a problem.

But this could be done alone, it couldn't be played so excitingly with a girl. If it triggered some terrifying event, it would be a trap.

Therefore, Yu Xing thought it would be better to take this opportunity to investigate Guanjia Village thoroughly. Maybe there would be unexpected discoveries.

There were many villagers on the road. In such a small village, it seemed like all the villagers had come out at night. They could see white candles swaying in the air at regular intervals.

Both of them had adapted to the darkness, and with the silver moon hanging in the sky, they could see the road clearly.

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Xiao Xuechen followed Yu Xing for a while and noticed that there were fewer and fewer villagers around, and even the houses became sparse. She became suspicious and asked, "Where are we going?"

"To the east of the village," Yu Xing said.

"Why the east?"

Looking around and making sure that no villager was close enough to hear them, Yu Xing turned his head and said helplessly, "Sister~ didn't you listen carefully to the conversations of the villagers?"

Xiao Xuechen shivered at the magnetic voice that Yu Xing elongated, and her ears felt a little hot for no reason.

Then she became curious. Could she find information in the conversations of the villagers?

All she heard were just ordinary things.

Seeing that Xiao Xuechen didn't realize it, Yu Xing smiled, taking advantage of the darkness to hide his face, and explained, "Before the sun set, I determined the direction. The village entrance is located northwest of the village. After entering, the village chief's house is to the west. Even the accommodation for Wei Gong and the others is also to the west. Why is everything on the west side?"

"Sister, look, the houses are also concentrated on the west side, and the fewer villagers we see, the further east we go."

He put away his smile and showed an innocent expression to Xiao Xuechen. "Aren't you curious about what's in the east?"

Yes!

Hearing Yu Xing's words, Xiao Xuechen suddenly realized, as if she had found a direction for investigation.

The next thing that came was astonishment towards Yu Xing. Walking side by side with him, she couldn't help but look at his profile.

His profile is so handsome... ah! No, that's not the point. The point is, this San, the painter, has a really strong observational ability.

It seems that the mystery in the east of the village hasn't been deliberately hidden by the villagers, but if it weren't for San putting together so many small details, this point wouldn't be so obvious.

At least, no one would have noticed it so quickly because everyone's attention was focused on the problems that the villagers themselves showed.

Brushing a strand of slightly curled hair behind her ear, Xiao Xuechen vaguely felt that San might be a big shot.

She wanted to be friends with him... ah no, she wanted to be friends.

Guanjia Village was located at the foot of the mountain. The ground in the village was relatively flat, but as they walked towards the edges, the land became more rugged and the weeds grew more densely.

After a few more minutes, the surroundings became completely quiet. There were no houses or swaying white candles, only desolation and barrenness.

"Why is it so desolate in the east? Could it be because the ground is uneven and no one lives here?" Xiao Xuechen looked around and felt that if they continued walking, they would enter the mountain directly.

"Not really," Yu Xing chuckled, "Come here."

Since they were not far apart, Xiao Xuechen didn't understand the meaning of "come here" at first, but the next moment, she was pulled by Yu Xing and didn't feel any pain as she was brought in front of him, and then she suddenly squatted down.

Why am I squatting down? Xiao Xuechen was confused, and she realized that San, who appeared to be gentle, seemed to have some fighting skills?

"Look at the ground," Yu Xing's voice came from above her, and she shook her head and obediently looked.

"Oh... ah, I see, the grass here is sparser than the surrounding area." She considered herself to be an intermediate deductionist above the average level, and even in dim light, she could see it with someone's prompt.

"That's right," Yu Xing looked at the inconspicuous path, "Someone often walks this way, so a path has been formed."

There were more than one path that had been formed, so they were mixed in the weeds and not easy to notice.

But there must be something ahead.

"Hmm," Xiao Xuechen looked up at him for two seconds, suddenly realizing that her posture was silly, and quickly stood up, coughing lightly twice.

When they left the village chief's house, Yu Xing didn't bring the bag that was supposed to be carried by this character, he only put his phone in his pocket.

Now he took out his phone and checked the time.

It was around six o'clock when they entered the village. They went to the village chief's house, chatted, ate, discussed accommodation, and then wandered outside for a while. It was now 8:04.

Then, he turned on the flashlight function of his phone, and the not-so-bright light illuminated a small area in front of them. He couldn't help but miss the flashlight. The beam of a flashlight was very strong and could illuminate a long distance.

He didn't know if he had it in his bag. The implanted memories didn't seem to involve such detailed things.

"Guess what's ahead?" Xiao Xuechen also took out her phone for illumination. The two light sources combined made the visible range larger.

"Heh, how would I know?" Yu Xing followed the traces on the ground and walked forward, "Sister~ do you think of me as a prophet?"

"Cough, no, it doesn't hurt to guess." Xiao Xuechen muttered, then quickly walked past Yu Xing due to her longer legs.

Unfortunately, due to Yu Xing's advantage in leg length, he caught up with her with just a slight acceleration, and even let out a laugh with an inexplicable meaning.

Xiao Xuechen: "..."

Ten minutes later.

Both of them didn't expect that this path would be so long that they actually entered the mountains.

The nearby eastern side of the west of the village was relatively gentle, more like a slightly higher slope.

Several unknown large trees were scattered around, with withered and eerie appearances.

The forest at night was very scary. It not only made the lone traveler feel isolated and depressed, but the swaying tree shadows could also cause hallucinations, such as seeing tree trunks as people, or always feeling like someone was following them, or even hearing someone calling their name...

But Yu Xing and Xiao Xuechen were still fine at the moment. Yu Xing didn't feel anything, and Xiao Xuechen had a seemingly powerful teammate with her, so it wasn't easy for her to lose her focus.

Finally, when Yu Xing, who was a black hole of physical strength, was starting to struggle to walk, they saw a building through the obstructed view of the layers of tree trunks.

The building was located in a relatively flat area. As soon as they discovered the building, they turned off the flashlight on their phones, so as not to disturb anything inside.

Yu Xing leaned against a tree and peeked, and the building gradually became clear to them.

The wooden walls were vermilion, and the deep brown mortise and tenon structure formed the roof. It was about twenty square meters in size, and from the front, it seemed that there were several rows of wooden plaques inside.

And... a black coffin.

Apart from that, there was nothing particularly special for the time being.

Yu Xing turned on the flashlight again and stepped inside.

The temple gave a sense of emptiness. In front were the plaques and the coffin, and on both sides were several round cushions. Behind the cushions, there were symmetrically placed candle holders.

At this time, all the candles were extinguished, and the whole temple was dead silent, eerily quiet.

"Is this... the place where the funeral will be held tomorrow?" Xiao Xuechen also entered and walked to the front of the coffin, reaching out to touch it.

"All the coffins are here... do you remember the wooden plaques we saw at the village entrance? They said 'Coffin Village', right?" She said this, but the more direct hint had already been released by the system. The name of this game is Coffin Village.

"I remember," Yu Xing's gaze locked onto the plaque stand, and he approached to observe it. He raised an eyebrow slightly, "These plaques are all empty, no words."

Then his gaze shifted to the coffin, "Until now, we've only seen this one coffin... sister~ why don't you knock on it? Maybe the person inside will respond to you~"

"..." Xiao Xuechen wasn't afraid. She had played many games and wouldn't be scared by words. She just had a new understanding of this teammate's twisted sense of humor.

She had the ability to judge people, better than many others. Besides women's intuition, she also had the ability she had developed in reality.

Seeing Yu Xing's innocent expression at this moment, Xiao Xuechen coldly snorted in her heart: What shyness, what bashfulness, it's all an illusion! This guy, if he wasn't good-looking, he would have been beaten a long time ago!

"By the way."

The person she evaluated as white on the outside and black on the inside spoke again, "The person lying in this coffin should be Zhou Yongsheng. The village chief mentioned that today is Zhou Yongsheng's seventh day."

Under Xiao Xuechen's slightly widened eyes, he really knocked on the coffin cover heavily, dragging his tone and smiling, "What do ghosts usually do on the seventh day?"