Creating a zombie in a mountain village terrifies players worldwide.

Chapter 15 The Truth Behind Chu Renmei's Death

After watching, the players had different expressions, and some even hissed.

No way, this female ghost Chu Renmei was so kind-hearted in life?
Is she willing to sacrifice herself to this extent for her husband?

Were they even mentally prepared for the cruel punishment of being submerged in a pig cage?

What a profound love that must be!
These days, you'd be hard-pressed to find one even with a lantern!

So, the reason why Chu Renmei became a vengeful ghost was because she was caught red-handed when she offered herself up?
Then he was killed by the villagers of that era with all sorts of messy reputation customs?
Bu Wantian wanted to save his wife, so he called the police in time, but it was too late.
But then the players thought about it again and realized something was wrong.

If that's the case, even if Chu Renmei died, she should have died with love for her husband and be prepared to die. How could she have turned into such a fierce ghost? Wasn't she already prepared to take all the blame for her husband?
There must be some hidden story behind this!
Filled with doubt and growing curiosity, the players couldn't wait to continue reading.

You won't believe it until you see it, and when you do, you'll exclaim "WTF!"

—A letter that Bu Wantian has not yet sent.

April 6th, 1916, light rain.

Village chief, thank you for taking me into the city that day, where I met the lady from Guangzhou's No. 1 money exchange.

We talked for an afternoon, and we fell in love with each other.

This is an opportunity for me. With my knowledge, as long as I marry into her family, I can definitely make Huangshan Village prosperous.

I know that I am already married, that I have Chu Renmei as my wife, and that I cannot divorce her.

But I've already figured out how to cleanse myself.

As long as Chu Renmei commits adultery and infidelity, which are among the seven grounds for divorce, she can be executed by private torture, allowing me to be castrated in a fair and just manner.

Do not drown me in a pig cage. If others in the village find out, it will damage my reputation and affect my chances of getting into a good family.

Don't worry, Chu Renmei is stupid. I told her I was addicted to opium and hired a few people to come to my door to collect debts, and she believed me.

Next, we need to hire someone to pose as a customer and trick her, but this step requires your supervision, Village Chief. I hope that Tian Qi, whom you recommended, will not ruin our plan.

Please burn the letter after reading it. Thank you.

—Mr. Bu Wantian.

"Holy crap, this plot is so melodramatic!"

"Smoking opium and taking out high-interest loans, he's the worst kind of scum!"

"Chu Renmei is too stupid. Why would she keep a man like that around?"

"Upstairs, women in those days didn't get divorced so easily."

"Speaking of which, this diary is really heartbreaking to read. Could Chu Renmei have been killed by Wan Tian in the end?"

"Very likely! This game is called 'The Village Corpse,' it must be related to Chu Renmei!"

"After all that, it turns out the ghost husband's debt was a lie; his real intention was to marry into a wealthy family and orchestrate his wife's death so he could remain unscathed."

"That's right. He cheated on his wife, but made her take all the blame while he was with the rich girl, pretending to be an innocent and good man."

"This is an insult to the title of a schoolteacher!"

"No wonder he was so fierce in the game, it turns out he suffered this kind of betrayal."

"I never imagined that there was such a little-known story behind this horror game."

"Consider the historical context. In that era, women believed that their husbands were the most important people and that wives were the masters of their husbands."

"What a pitiful woman, how tragic!"

"Maya, this is too unfair."

"I missed another crucial part of the story, damn it!"

"No wonder he killed 66 people in three days after becoming a vengeful ghost. Betrayed by the person he had given everything for, even his life, it would be strange if he didn't become a vengeful ghost."

The players finally learned about the female ghost's background and origins. So that's how it all happened!

The husband plotted to frame his wife in order to marry into a wealthy family.
As a result, the wife, unaware of the situation, was still willing to dedicate herself to her husband wholeheartedly, even at the cost of violating morality and bearing infamy. In the end, however, she was left to die wrapped in a straw mat and abandoned in a desolate burial ground.

The beauty of Chu is truly pitiful!

Encountering this kind of scumbag from the Republican era!

How could my deep affection have led to such a tragic end?
She became a living sacrifice for her husband to enter into a wealthy family.

My goodness, this plot is unbelievable!

But then, the players became curious again.

Since the mountain village in "The Haunted Village" refers to the place where the female ghost Chu Renmei lived before her death, how did she come to this apartment and start a killing spree?
What is the connection between these two things?
Just then, some of the more quick-thinking players suddenly remembered something.

The bespectacled NPC who plays the psychic game, isn't his surname Bu?

Well, so that's how it is.

You are a descendant of Bu Wantian, right?

No wonder Chu Renmei came to kill them; this grudge really can't go unpunished.

But these diaries are ultimately just collectibles, used to supplement the background story, so what do they have to do with the true ending? They can't just be there to make us feel sorry for Chu Renmei, can they?
Out of curiosity, the players continued reading.

Original post by the original poster:

Chu Renmei's diary has a total of seven pages, but I have only posted five pages here to make it easier to understand the background of the female ghost.

To achieve the true ending, these seven diaries of Chu Meiren are indispensable.

Only after collecting all the diary pages and then going through the second ending process again—that is, obtaining the Peace Bracelet, using the door to go to the mass grave, finding the female ghost's corpse, and then putting the bracelet on her—will she stop strangling you.

Then, the female ghost's outstretched arms will lower, signifying that her resentment has subsided.

We can then return to the apartment and leave through the door.

But then, something else happened.
Another thing?

The players blinked, scrolled down with their mouse, and found a video link below.

The video title is simple and straightforward: "[The Weird Videotape: Fourth Ending, True Ending Cutscene Demonstration]".

The number of views has exceeded 50.

Without hesitation, the players tapped their fingertips, the link redirected, and they were instantly transported to the SkyNet video space.

On Skynet, watching videos is no longer limited to the screen, but rather the scene is reproduced, making you feel like you are there.

Players waved their arms in mid-air at the video from their respective virtual spaces.

In an instant, the scene and environment in the video began to converge and construct within the personal space, like shimmering particles.

Within seconds, the apartment scene was completed.

The interplay of light and shadow, the arrangement of furniture, the surround sound—everything is exactly the same as in the original game.

However, all the objects are projections, untouchable, and have no sense of reality.

Players stood by as if they were there, ready to witness the so-called "true ending".

At this moment, the light was dim, and the oppressive feeling of the old apartment was overwhelming.

The air seemed to be filled with a stale smell.

All eyes were focused on what was in front of them.

The game's main character suddenly appears.

(End of this chapter)