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Then the woman laughed, a sinister and cold laugh.

Yukinoshita Haruno wanted to run away and wanted to scream.

However, she found that her body was frozen and she could not move at all.

A pale hand emerged from the golden box, followed by another hand.

Soon, a woman dressed in white gauze with disheveled hair emerged from the golden box!

She slowly crawled toward Yukinoshita, whose body was stiff, and grabbed her by the neck...

"Young Miss? Did you call me?"

A voice came from outside the door asking questions.

"what!"

Suddenly, a scream came from the bedroom.

"Young Miss! Young Miss, are you inside!?"

dong dong!

The person outside immediately began banging on the door.

A moment later, the door was kicked open with a loud bang, and a maid rushed in.

However, the bedroom was empty; there wasn't a single person inside.

Only one red high heel lay askew on the floor in front of the dressing table.

"Young Miss! Young Miss, where are you!?"

The maid was shouting anxiously in the room.

What she didn't know was that the moment she burst through the door...

A strand of hair quickly retracted into the golden box, and then the lid of the golden box snapped shut automatically, disappearing from the room in a flash.

Soon after, the Yukinoshita couple received news that their eldest daughter had mysteriously disappeared from her room, and Yukinoshita's mother fainted on the spot in Yukinoshita's father's arms...

In the darkness, someone spoke.

"Alliance Leader, all the offerings are in place, and the target has boarded the ship as we predicted. They will arrive at the island soon."

A hideous Asura mask slowly emerged from the shadows.

The 'Alliance Leader's' hoarse voice echoed.

"Yosh! This time, we're definitely going to send that troublesome brat to Yomotsu Hirasaka!"

"Hi!!"

Five or six figures in the darkness quickly bowed their heads and answered.

In the darkness, a chilling and menacing atmosphere permeated the air.

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Wow!

The fishing boat pierced through the thick fog, and the surrounding view suddenly became wide open.

Xu Ming was surprised to find a slightly familiar-looking small island in front of him.

Xu Ming seemed to have seen this small island on a map before.

However, Xu Ming soon realized that something seemed amiss.

According to the fishing boat's logbook, they were at sea for at least two weeks before they discovered the location of Starfall Island.

Even if fishing boats only cruise at an economical speed to catch fish and save fuel, it is still a journey of more than two weeks.

But now, less than a day later, this strange 'ship of the other shore' seems to have already delivered him to his final destination—Starfall Island.

This is completely unscientific!

It really is like this: Don't ask, because if you do, it'll be all supernatural~

Since it was a ghost ship after all, Xu Ming couldn't be bothered to dwell on the scientific issues.

Just as he was lost in thought, the ghost ship quietly docked at the pier.

Xu Ming slung his backpack over his shoulder and descended the rope ladder to the dock.

This is a wooden pier, a common sight in period dramas, constructed with a row of wooden stakes and planks nailed together, extending all the way into the sea.

However, this dock may be quite old, as the wooden planks on it have already started to grow mold and turn black.

Xu Ming took two steps on it, and snap! He stepped into a large hole and almost fell into the sea.

He had to walk as quietly as possible, and it took him two or three times longer than usual to carefully reach the shore.

When Xu Ming finally stepped onto the sand, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Walking in this state of constant anxiety is truly a form of torture.

Xu Ming glanced back casually and saw that the ghost ship had silently disappeared into a mist.

Xu Ming thought for a moment, then shook his head with a self-deprecating smile.

The mission hasn't been completed yet, so there's no need to think about how to leave here for now.

Xu Ming then decisively turned around and headed towards the island.

Leaving the beach and passing through a grove of trees, a dilapidated village soon came into view for Xu Ming.

This must be the 'Snowy Village' marked on the map.

So Xu Ming took out his phone and opened the photo album.

Just in case, he had taken a picture of the map with his phone, and it has now come in handy.

Further ahead from Snowfall Village lies the 'Forest of Lost Souls'. After traversing the Forest of Lost Souls, you can find the mountain path built by the villagers in the past.

The sun was already setting, so going up the mountain in the dark was not a good idea.

Xu Ming decided to rest in Xuexia Village for one night and then head to Yanluo Mountain the next day.

After making the decision, Xu Ming began to carefully inspect the entire Xuexia Village.

Rows of dilapidated wooden houses were haphazardly clustered together.

After a century of wind and rain, many of the wooden houses have completely collapsed.

Only a few buildings remain in slightly better condition, and they all look like dilapidated structures, as if they would collapse at the slightest gust of wind.

Xu Ming would never dare to go into such a house.

He stood at the doorway of the house and looked inside.

The house showed signs of being ransacked; clay pots were smashed to pieces and scattered on the ground, and the lids of wooden chests were opened, with their contents spilled out.

suddenly!

Xu Ming's eyes sharpened as he stared intently at a certain wall in the house.

On the wall, there was a blurry, black human-shaped mark, as if someone had drawn a person on the wall with charcoal.

However, this 'painting' seems a little too realistic.

Chapter 382 Ruins of Xuexia Village

The blurry black figure raised its hands high, seemingly grabbing at the wall, trying to escape the room.

Xu Ming could even vaguely see two shallow scratch marks on the wall where the figure's hand was.

An aura of terror and despair emanated from the humanoid mark.

The atmosphere in the house was too oppressive. After keeping this clue in mind, Xu Ming quickly left the house and headed to the next one.

The second house he searched still showed numerous signs of ransacking, clearly the work of the people on the fishing boat.

Inside the house, Xu Ming also found two black human-shaped marks.

One of the marks lay on the doorway, a hand reaching out towards it, seemingly crawling out. The other mark was on the bed, its posture suggesting it was still asleep.

After Xu Ming came out of the second house, he checked the other two houses and found traces of the crew running through their belongings and strange human-shaped marks in both.

Just then, Xu Ming's gaze suddenly became fixed on the only well in the village.

The edge of the well was also covered with a layer of black, carbon-like substance; upon closer inspection, it looked just like the shape of a person.

The human-shaped print, folded and overlapping, covers the well railing, appearing very three-dimensional, as if someone has encountered great danger and is about to jump into the well to escape.

There are many such marks, almost all over the entire village.

Snow Mother once mentioned that the village of the Snow Clan was engulfed by the Flames of the Abyss, and many people were burned to death in their sleep, with no time to escape the village.

The poses of these humanoid markings seem to confirm this.

So these humanoid markings are very likely...

Xu Ming felt a chill run down his spine. The sun was about to set, and he had already reached Starfall Island.

So Xu Ming decisively summoned all of his shikigami.

Surrounded by a group of shikigami, Xu Ming immediately felt much safer.

Xu Ming and his group of shikigami set up a campfire near the well in the center of the village, creating a temporary campsite, and then began preparing dinner.

Xu Ming and the others went to the nearby forest to catch some wild game and pick some fruits such as coconuts, and then handed them over to Erina to cook.

Soon, a delicious feast of wild mountain delicacies, mainly consisting of rabbit, fish, coconut, and mushrooms, was prepared.

After having a hearty meal, Xu Ming was so tired that he sat on the ground and didn't want to move.

To be fair, signing a contract with Erina was one of the best decisions he ever made in his life.

Erina is simply a perfect example of someone who can be both elegant in public and skilled in the kitchen.

After finishing their meal and resting for a while, Xu Ming had Haruyuki Arita fly into the sky to scout around the village. Only after confirming that there was no danger did she fly back.

It was still early, so Xu Ming picked up his nuclear-powered phone to kill time.

It must be said that the system's technology is truly awe-inspiring.

This amazing phone not only boasts virtually unlimited battery life, but also delivers full signal strength anywhere.