Heavenly Official Sends Evil

Chapter 902 The Path Piled Up with Corpses

There are four major families in Xuanling County.

The stories of the four major families were originally independent, but the only thing they had in common was that they were all wiped out.

But after Shi Yan finished reading the story of the Lin family, Wu Xian was surprised to find that the stories of the three major families were actually connected.

The reason why the Ye family was wiped out by the old woman who sprayed water was because Ye Yan Kai helped a deceived commoner file a complaint.

The one who impersonated a monk to commit fraud was Lin Hu from the Lin family.

The "strongman" from the Xiao family once broke into the Lin family for this reason. This so-called strongman should be the skinny evil spirit in the Xiao family who was carrying a stone lock.

Now only the Su family remains, and there's still no way to contact the other three families.

Furthermore, the extermination of the Lin and Xiao families remains a mystery to this day.

……

After reading the county annals, the five of them had rested enough.

Wu Xian opened the iron gate and led them into the transfer space in front of the small square on the second floor.

"what!"

Wu Xiangang had just stepped inside when he stopped. Hao Ze pointed down and exclaimed in surprise:
"Look below!"

Hao Ze pointed in the direction of the roller shutter door that Wu Xian had opened last time. Looking down from the direction of the roller shutter door, one could see the scene of the main hall on the first floor of the county government office.

At this moment, the floor of the county government hall was covered with glaring bloodstains, and empty-bellied corpses wandered aimlessly, their chins and chests stained red with blood.

The empty-bellied corpses have finally awakened.

The newlyweds hanging on the first floor still turned into a feast of empty-stomach, suspended corpses.

Wu Xian's brows were furrowed like a knot.

Based on previous experience, danger would appear at the location where Wu Xian and the others were every hour on the hour. But this time, they left the lobby on the first floor early, so why did those empty-bellied hanging corpses still wake up?

Could it be that……

Besides the hourly crisis, are there any other dangers that are bound to occur at specific times?

Since the newcomers downstairs were all dead, there was no point in continuing the investigation. Wu Xian could only continue with the four surviving newcomers.

Although the transit space is small, it is well-connected, providing access to five different areas.

These include the third floor, the right and left sides of the second floor, the small square area, and the main hall of the county government office on the first floor.

Wu Xian had already explored the last three areas, so he planned to go to the third floor first to check things out.

After passing through a dark staircase, the group arrived at the third floor without any incident.

The third floor is very dimly lit, with only some ambient lights. The floor is carpeted, and the walls are decorated with different styles of decorations and performance posters. The overall color scheme is the same as the lobby on the first floor, black and red, and the atmosphere is similar to that of a movie theater, but with slight differences.

Along the wall are some massage chairs, several ticket vending machines, and a bar selling popcorn and drinks, with the words "Xuanling Grand Theatre" hanging on the bar.

This is the theater in the exhibition hall, which mainly performs ancient-related plays for tourists to enjoy. However, the door to the theater was closed. Wu Xian pushed it but it didn't budge.

A sheet of A4 paper was pasted on the theater door.

Hao Ze read the above text aloud in Tsudae accent: "Xuanling Historical Theater closes at 10 PM daily and opens at 4 AM."

Yang Lin asked doubtfully, "Would anyone really come to see the performance this early?"

Shi Yan helped explain: "The venue is open to performers at four in the morning, as some programs require advance preparation and rehearsal."

Wu Xian examined the door and discovered that there was no keyhole on the outside, meaning the door could only be opened from the inside: "If we want to leave the blessed land, we need to survive until five o'clock, but this door doesn't open until four in the morning. Behind this door..."

Shi Yan blinked: "Behind this door, there might be a safe zone, or perhaps a very important item is hidden."

Wang Wei then said in a sinister tone, "If I were to design this, there would definitely be countless evil spirits hiding behind this door. When the participants in the game have barely survived until four in the morning and think they are about to complete the conditions, all the evil spirits will be released, making the difficulty of survival suddenly increase!"

Wu Xian nodded, his thoughts leaning towards Wang Wei's. But whatever lay behind that door, only surviving until four in the morning would provide the answer.

There were some snacks on the bar shelf. They each took two packs to replenish their energy, and then left from the third floor.

……

Next, we'll explore the area on the right side of the second floor.

“From here on, we enter a new area that I have never been to before.”

"Last time, there was a thing that was made up of a human upper body, like a human spider, that manipulated the corpse to try to trick us into opening the door, so you all have to be careful. You absolutely cannot be careless this time."

Wu Xian told everyone about his previous experience.

After making some preparations, Wang Wei pulled open the door. It was pitch black behind the door, with no evil spirits hiding there.

Wu Xian raised the Burning Dream Dagger.

The cherry-red flame blade was brighter than an ordinary torch, easily illuminating the space. Wu Xian stood at the door and looked around, but did not find the human spider from last time, before stepping into the space.

The width of this area is similar to the L-shaped area behind the Su residence, but it is longer and narrower. Corpses are piled up on the ground and under the walls on both sides, leaving only a narrow path for people to pass through.

Wu Xian went in first.

He frowned slightly; even with a mask on, he couldn't completely hide the stench.

If Wu Xian was like this, the newlyweds following behind him were even more overwhelmed by the stench.

Among the newcomers, Hao Ze performed the worst. In order to survive the gambling game, his ten-minute supernatural ability - Golden Bell Shield - had less than forty seconds left. If danger were to occur, this amount of time would not be enough.

Shi Yan placed her hands on her chest, looking around in fear, afraid of missing the slightest sound.

In the firelight, she could see every detail in the space.

The corpses piled up on both sides were mostly rotten and infested with maggots, while a few had shriveled, bluish-black skin. Many of the corpses had been cut in half at the waist, with their upper and lower halves scattered in different places, and rotten, smelly internal organs were visible everywhere.

The desperate and terrified expression on the corpse was particularly chilling.

Their eyes were clearly pale from decay, but looking at their faces still gave one the illusion that one was being stared at by a corpse.

After walking for more than ten meters, Wu Xian slowed down.

Because of his Taoist cultivation and the Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone bracelet, Wu Xian's senses are much more sensitive than ordinary people's; he can hear subtle sounds that others cannot.

Snap, snap snap...

Something was crawling around them, clearly with ill intentions.

But these things were well hidden; Wu Xian could only hear their sounds but couldn't pinpoint their location. So he warned the newcomers:

"Open your eyes wide, everyone, evil spirits are lurking all around us."

After hearing Wu Xian's warning, the newlyweds became even more nervous.

Shi Yan would look back every two seconds.

But when she looked back several times, she found nothing unusual; behind her was only a pile of unremarkable corpses.

At the very top of the pile of corpses lay several bodies that were not yet decomposed, only their upper halves remaining.

Every time Shi Yan turned around, she could see these corpses. They even looked familiar to her, and she had memorized their postures.

"wrong!"

As she walked, Shi Yan suddenly felt a chill run through her body.

The corpse's posture hasn't changed, but her position has.