Weak in affinity talent? Female ghosts are eager to give hints.

"Boom—"

"Boom!"

Suddenly, thunder rumbled in the sky again!

A torrential downpour fell on the [Joint Burial Village], leaving the entire village deathly silent, with no survivors.

The black tombstones scattered across the ground were irrigated by countless raindrops, resembling the sorrowful tears of the entire village.

Holding the diary, An Lan stood in the Wang family courtyard, looking at the tombstone in the center of the yard, her face filled with relief: "Serves him right! He really deserves it! Whether it's divine retribution or Yunhan's revenge..."

"This kind of village has no reason to exist!"

The huge tombstone is engraved with the names of four people: Wang Jianshan (Wang Family), Li Hongmei (Wang Family), Wang Jie (Wang Family), and Yunhan (Wang Family).

It looks like...

This looks like a tombstone for a joint burial.

"Holy crap..."

"Which timeline...is this?"

"Everyone in the village is dead? Is that so satisfying?!"

A carefree voice suddenly rang out from the small house on the right.

By hiding in "Yunhan's house," Liu Xuan eventually managed to reach this timeline.

"Um..."

"Looks like I guessed right..."

"To leave this [looping instance], there is one absolute condition! That is—help Yunhan fulfill her long-cherished wish!"

"She has two wishes... First, the memories of her parents. What have they been thinking all these years since they last saw her? Only by going to see her parents with her keepsake and fulfilling their wishes can she complete the first step..."

"As for the second step..."

"Bang!!!"

An Lan kicked the tombstone that stood in the center of the courtyard!

With a loud crash, the tombstone collapsed, kicking up a thick pile of soil and revealing a shallow pit beneath it. A huge coffin lay horizontally beneath the earth.

"The second step... Yunhan's long-cherished wish should be to go home, right?"

Liu Xuan seemed to be deep in thought, and she reached out to pry open the coffin lid.

Can!

"Bang!!!"

The crimson coffin lid suddenly shook violently!

"Bang bang bang!"

Immediately afterwards, the coffin lid began to crack, and with a "crack," the coffin lid burst open, and a pair of pitch-black stone hands poked open the coffin lid, sending wood chips flying everywhere!

"Crunch~ Crunch—"

The countless rivets on the coffin were pushed out by those hands, and something seemed to be desperately trying to crawl out from under the coffin!

"yes..."

"Is it the tombstone person?"

"Anlan... if Yunhan's last wish was to go home... now let's pry open the coffin, find Yunhan's remains, take them out of the [Joint Burial Village], and escape this place that has trapped her her whole life..."

"Is the dungeon over?!"

Looking at the coffin with terrified eyes, Liu Xuan stood to the side of the coffin, somewhat eager to try.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Not only the Wang family courtyard, but also the tombstones of every household in the [Joint Burial Village] fell to the ground at this time. The soil under the tombstones loosened, and pairs of stone hands surged out from under the coffins!

They... seem to be coming back to life!

It's as if they're trying to stop An Lan and Liu Xuan from escaping!

"Giggle giggle—"

The crimson coffin lid was already half-open!

Liu Xuan hesitated, even wanting to lend a hand to completely open the coffin!

Can!

"stop!!!"

An Lan's reprimand came, and Liu Xuan was stunned!

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"If we open the coffin now, all we need to do is steal Yunhan's remains. We'll only have to face the Wang family's tombstone keepers, and we should be able to escape, right? If we're not quick enough, we'll be facing a whole village of tombstone keepers soon!"

"No! No!"

"This tombstone is standing here, as if it's luring us to open it... a whole family of four buried together... is that even possible?"

Images of the last night kept flashing through my mind.

I want her to be with my son even after she dies!

She wants to be my son's slave for life!

[Did it really burn?]

【...】

Memories began to flicker.

"Bang!!!"

next moment!

The red coffin lid exploded open, revealing a strange person inside, dressed in a black burial shroud, with a swollen and twisted body!

It was strange because its body was as thick as two people, and its exposed skin was completely black. Two heads protruded from its neck—the heads of the Wang couple!

Its shoulders are supported by four arms, twisted and wildly dancing! Its crotch is also supported by four legs, like demons darting about...

"Well--"

After whimpering for a while, the strange man actually spat out a long string of gray mist!

"This...this can't be the final boss, can it?"

"How...how do we fight this?"

Liu Xuan was so startled that she retreated several steps.

An Lan narrowed her eyes, her gaze constantly drifting towards the empty coffin.

No!

Aside from this strange person, there are no urns containing the ashes of Wang Jie and Yunhan!

In other words...

The tombstones in the yard are indeed a trap to lure people into opening the coffins!

Then...where are Yunhan's ashes from when she was cremated?!

"Ho—"

"You...you dare disturb the eternal rest of the royal family...you—"

"Ta-da!"

The strange man stomped his feet on the ground, each step leaving a shallow crater. His movements were powerful and swift; An Lan only lost focus for a moment before the bulky body was already hurtling towards him!

"Boom—"

The two hard iron balls struck An Lan in the chest. Before An Lan could even feel the pain, the scenery around him began to rush past rapidly...

"Well!!!"

A sweet taste filled his mouth, and a large spray of blood mist erupted. An Lan, like a cannonball, hurtled into the Wang family's main residence with a deafening roar, smashing the wooden tables and chairs to pieces!

"Uh...cough cough cough—"

He collapsed to the ground, his chest caved in. He lay there, struggling to get up, but the excruciating pain in his lower abdomen was unbearable...

weak!

My physical strength is still too weak...

"You hit my son once back then..."

"I'll smash you back right now!"

"You lied to us back then, saying you were a prostitute? We'll lie to you again. There's no that bitch's ashes in the burial!"

"Hahaha—hahaha—"

As the strange man grinned, his enormous figure blocked the entrance to the main house.

An Lan watched as the two heads on the bloated body twisted and turned, and her lips twitched.

Damn it!

Who knew the supernatural could hold such a grudge?

How could he remember himself across so many timelines? And even plan revenge against himself in the future?

"You can't get out..."

"The 'Joint Burial Village'... has always been a place only for outsiders to enter and for the dead to be buried!"

"You... are the same!!!"

"Thump—"

"Thump—"

"Thump—"

Seeing that the deformed monster was about to approach An Lan, Liu Xuan hurriedly shook the "rattle drum" in her hand.

"Xiaohan—Xiaohan—"

"Xiaohan—"

Ten years have passed, but the parents' concern remains unbroken. The resounding drumbeats carried a mournful hum in the air, sending chills down one's spine.

"Well!!!"

"Damn city folks!"

"Damn it!!!"

The strange man's footsteps trembled, he covered his ears with four arms, and his two heads twisted and twitched.

"There's hope! There's still hope!"

"Anlan! If we can find Yunhan's ashes, we can use the 'rattle drum'...maybe we can still..."

Outside the door, Liu Xuan's face lit up with surprise, astonished by the change in the rattle drum.

However... my joy was short-lived...

"Tap tap tap! Tap tap tap!"

A loud crash suddenly echoed outside the courtyard, and countless deformed, glued-together monsters were rushing toward the area from the surrounding streets.

There was a whole family fused together, a two-meter-tall black corpse! There were also half-human, half-dog, thin corpses crawling on the ground, and even the corpse of twin stillborn infants glued together...

All sorts of corpses blocked the entire courtyard!

"This...this..."

"It's over! It's all over!"

The rattle in her hand shook blankly. Liu Xuan's face was ashen as she looked at the dark mass of corpses that enveloped the small courtyard.

Now...

How do I run?

Even if we find Yunhan's body, there won't be a chance to leave, right?

......

Inside the main house.

"Uh...uh..."

Supporting himself on the ground, An Lan stared at the tall, swollen monster, his breathing becoming labored. But then a smile suddenly spread across his face: "Tell me... to confine a young girl for the rest of her life for this kind of filth, don't you think that's beastly?"

"you!"

"What do you know?!"

"What do I know?!"

"You have a son, but others don't have daughters?! Why should your son be allowed to squander someone else's bright future? Why should you bully her? She should be her parents' darling, she should be a member of the city's poetry club!"

"Her life should have been filled with happiness! She should never have been a slave to your Wang family!"

"What nonsense are you spouting?!"

"die!!!"

The veins on the two faces bulged out like earthworms, and the strange man endured the bizarre sound waves as he swung his four arms toward An Lan's head.

An Lan can't escape!

but...

His gaze fell upon the fallen memorial tablets beneath the wooden table in the main house—"Wang Jie's Memorial Tablet"!

"You all love that precious son so much... how could you possibly ignore his remains?"

"Given your personalities, you'd love to see me every day, wouldn't you?"

"Since you want Yunhan to be trapped by Wang Jie's side for the rest of her life... fine, I'll completely destroy Wang Jie!!!"

"Thump!"

He gripped the memorial tablet tightly with both hands!

Upon seeing this, the strange man's expression changed in surprise!

"What are you doing?!"

"Stop! Stop—ah—"

"Bang!!!"

Kneeling on the ground, An Lan slammed the memorial tablet to the ground with both hands. As the wooden tablet shattered, drops of dust, resembling crystalline bone, began to fall from it...

An Lan scooped up the dust and scattered it outside.

Suddenly...

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

A sudden gust of wind rises from the flat ground, carrying dust straight up to the white clouds.

"Go..."

"The wind is free... and so are you..."

"Hanhan...it's time to go home and see Mom and Dad..."