Chapter 118 0 and 1

Chapter 118 0 and 1

Chapter 118 0 and -1
Grandma's snow-white spine was covered with bright red blood vessels, and her twelve open ribs were rolling on the ground like spider's abdomen. The wrinkles on the old woman's face blossomed into a smile like a flower, and that kind smile was as clear as the Song font printed on the letter paper.

The snow-white paper in Ji Taiyu's hand was stained with bright red blood. It was a letter his mother left for him. The content of the letter was a series of advice that read like a set of rules for ghost stories.

At the bottom of the terrifying rules, there is a line of words:

[6. Keep this piece of letter with you and read it again when you get to your grandmother’s house…]

In fact, when Ji Taiyu had just crawled out of the coffin and walked into his grandmother's house, he immediately took out the blood-stained letter from his pocket and read it again, but the content of the letter had not changed at that time, not even a word or a punctuation mark was different. He once thought that there was something wrong with his posture when he entered the door. Later, he didn't care about it anymore.

But when the grandmother who was kneeling in front of the land temple was killed by the woman in an incomprehensible and strange way, the content of the letter changed quietly:

[Baby, when you see this sentence, you should be dead. ]

[I hope you don't blame your mother for being cruel. No mother in the world would be willing to let her child face such a cruel thing. If it weren't for the last resort, your father and I would not have resorted to such a desperate measure.]

[This letter will soon burn itself, so you must remember every word of what follows:]

The human bone snake that crawled out of the grandmother's chest cavity crawled towards Ji Taiyu with the old woman's kind smile on her face, and its snow-white joints made a rustling sound as they rubbed against the sand.

The triggering condition that causes the 'content of the letter to change' does not seem to be 'arriving at grandma's house', but 'the death of one of grandpa or grandma'?
No... maybe it's more general, maybe it just means the death of any one member of the family.

Ji Taiyu's letter contained some guesses, but he had no way to verify his guesses now. The letter would soon disappear, so he had to race against time to read and remember the contents:
[1. People who stay in Yanglao Village will not die naturally, but can be killed]

When you see this line, it means you have died once.

[2. No matter who killed you or how, you are safe for now. Even 'they' rarely wary of a dead person.]

[3. You may be curious about what the 'they' that mom is talking about are? — They are people. People who are scarier than ghosts]

They are scarier than ghosts, more powerful than gods, more brutal than demons... They are the most evil criminals who crawled out from the abyss of hell. They are rational, crazy, and extremely vicious. Not even death can escape their pursuit.

You are safe now, but only temporarily, they will find you sooner or later.

[4. Before they find you, you must find something as soon as possible, something that can kill them. It is hidden in this village.]

That thing was hidden by your grandfather in a very, very deep place. Mom doesn't know where it is, and neither does your dad.

Because 'they' can even play with people's memories, so we don't know, and we dare not know where your grandfather hid that thing. We only know that such a thing exists.

If you want to survive, you have to find it, and you have to find it before they do.

[5. When your grandfather was still alive, the only clue he left behind was "deep within". He hid the item deep within Yanglao Village, a place that cannot be reached by human power. However, you must reach there by any means or with any power.]

【6. Stay alive and protect your sister. Mom loves you. 】

Almost at the same moment when Ji Taixuan finished reading the contents of the letter, the fiery heart of the ginkgo tree in front of him suddenly crackled with a crisp sound and a hot spark burst out, landing on the letter paper in the boy's hand. The orange-red flames rose up immediately, and the fire snakes spread, burning the blood-stained letter paper into a pool of pale ash. Ji Taixuan closed his eyes, took a deep breath of the hot air, and his eyes became firm.

"I understand."

He has to solve the mystery of Yanglao Village, go to the deepest part that cannot be reached by human power, and find something that can kill 'them'.

The rebellious young man is never afraid of challenging difficulties. No matter how scary and weird those ghostly people are, as long as there is even a 1% chance of winning, he is willing to give it a try.

Now that we have a direction, all we have to do is move forward.

"I see... It turned out to be hidden in a place like that."

Just as the young man made up his mind, a lazy voice suddenly came from behind him, appearing without any warning. The kind smile on the face of the human skeleton snake with the grandmother's head suddenly disappeared, and instead, jealousy and resentment appeared on the pale old face.

Ji Taiyu's body stiffened and he subconsciously wanted to scream out, but only hoarse sounds came out of his broken throat.

A beautiful, white and delicate hand gently patted Ji Taiyu's shoulder, and a ferocious face wearing an evil ghost mask slowly appeared from behind him. Ning Zhe held a beautiful folding knife in his hand, and the exquisite blade with Damascus pattern pierced into Ji Taiyu's unprotected back of the head with a "whoosh".

"It took me a long time to find you, my friend." A relieved smile appeared on the face under the mask. Ning Zhe's hand left the hilt of the knife and pressed on Ji Taixun's crown.

The severe pain from having his brain stem pierced brought a dizzy and chaotic feeling. Ji Taiyu's lips trembled and he spasmed and let out a hoarse groan: "You... why are you..."

Ning Zhe laughed: "I committed suicide."

The plain words were like a bolt from the blue, completely drowning Ji Taiyu's remaining will. Before his vision fell into complete darkness, he saw his grandmother's spine twisting and struggling in pain on the ground. A woman stood calmly next to the human bone snake, her bare feet under her skirt firmly nailing her shadow like nails.

Ning Zhe held Ji Taiyu's shoulders with one hand and pressed his head with the other hand. With a click, he broke his cervical vertebrae and lifted his head up by grasping the handle of the knife inserted behind his head.

Even though his head and body had been separated, the boy's eyes were still trembling slightly and his face was twisted and squirming. He was still alive.

No, not alive, just not dead.

On the other hand, the human bone snake whose shadow was stepped on by Feng Yuxu, its snow-white joints and old head were twisting violently under the influence of the special rule of instant death, and slowly faded away, like a piece of rock sugar melting in hot water.

"In Yanglao Village, people don't die naturally, but they can be killed by others."

"Here, people cannot be killed by people, but they can be killed by ghosts."

So what's the next level?
Ning Zhe held Ji Taiyu's head and watched with interest the human bone snake slowly disappearing on the ground, as well as the shadowy figures surrounding him from all directions.

(End of this chapter)