Weird collapse, chasing husband crematorium

Chapter 18 Whose Funeral?

Li Mo walked to the black coffin and said, "The first incense stick has burned out, and the second one has begun... This means the second day has begun. Next, I will tell you the rules of the night watch."

"You could call it a wake. The name isn't important, and the origin is meaningless. I'll just tell you the key rules."

"I can't guarantee that all the rules in it will be followed. What I said is at best a reference answer, but there must be a reason for these answers to be passed down. You just need to follow them honestly."

Most of the answers are very restrained, which corresponds exactly to the cautious approach in dealing with the weird.

No one knew what rules their reckless actions had violated, and they died on the spot.

Li Mo reached out and touched the black coffin. Although there was a flame burning behind him, the black coffin always maintained an extremely low temperature.

However, this also means that the black coffin is suppressing the evil spirits normally. If warm or even boiling blood flows out of the four corners, it is a sign of danger. It means that the black coffin cannot suppress the weirdness inside and is gradually being eroded.

Li Mo said to everyone seriously, "First, from now on, until 7 a.m. tomorrow, no one is allowed to leave the area illuminated by the fire. Even you, Shi Yu Qiluo, no matter what happens, you are not allowed to get close to the auditorium entrance. This is not a negotiation, it's an order."

"Second, it is forbidden to touch the black coffin, except in the third and final case."

"Third, if the body in the coffin emits an unpleasant odor, dispose of it immediately. Do not use vulgar language. Otherwise, no matter how you treat it, the odor will not only not diminish, but will actually intensify. You should know what this means."

"Fourth, any ambiguous or promiscuous behavior between men and women is not allowed in the funeral hall."

Li Mo spoke slowly. Rather than moving forward ignorantly and slandering others, the chances of survival would be greater if one took one step at a time according to these inherited rules.

If you grope around without any knowledge, you will be in danger; but if you act according to the rules, you will not only be able to figure out the logic and patterns of strange behavior, but also have a high probability of correcting your mistakes.

"But senior, aren't you the only man here?" A Valkyrie raised her hand high and asked a soul-searching question.

"Pfft..." Shigure Kirara couldn't help laughing.

They had been dealing with ghosts before, and it was only at this moment that they realized that among the more than 20 people, Li Mo was the only male.

"Lesbians are not allowed either." Li Mo said coldly.

"Hey~" Many Valkyries and St. Freya's students stuck out their pink tongues.

Li Mo was not surprised by this. In the collapsed world, women who were destined to become Valkyries or those who had already become Valkyries had physical fitness that was beyond the ability of ordinary men to withstand.

In addition, the setting that once the collapse occurs, women may have a chance to survive, while men almost all die, leads to the dominance of women in the collapse world and the decline of men.

Naturally, the Valkyries all turned their attention to the grass in their own backyard, and the grass in their own backyard was no pushover either.

As long as one is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten, it will be fine.

Li Mo cleared his throat to remove the foreign object. A liquid similar to ink wanted to flow out of his stomach, but was forcibly suppressed.

This is the price of dying twice, and it only becomes more pronounced as time goes on.

He could still smell the stench on his skin, a faint corpse odor. Even though his heart was still beating, blood was flowing in his veins, and all his organs were functioning normally... he could not stop this unreasonable distortion.

"Fifth, ignore all sounds, phenomena, and people in the darkness."

"Sixth, point six must be observed for the next five days. You are not allowed to disrupt the current layout of the auditorium. Nothing is allowed."

"We're currently using the second incense stick to get through the first day, so there's a chance that a fatality from the second day could occur tonight. Therefore, we need to hold the funeral ceremonies for both the first and second days simultaneously. Of course, I can't guarantee that. If that doesn't happen, that's best. If it does, we can just deal with it normally."

"Since the host of this funeral left behind clues and life-saving props, he must have considered this possibility. If it was a situation where death was inevitable, he wouldn't have spent so much time on it..."

Having said that, Li Mo looked towards the door of the auditorium. It was dark there, but one thing was certain: there was no door.

The absence of a door means that the rule of death will not be triggered when the door is opened, so even ordinary people can enter the auditorium to take refuge.

Judging from current experience, the pattern of evil spirits on doors means that doors are no longer a protective wall for people, but a medium for evil spirits to kill people, a wedge for the revival of the weird.

It's a very simple truth: if there is no ghost at the door, it divides the enclosed space into two parts. The place where living people are belongs to the Yang world, and evil ghosts cannot easily step in; evil ghosts are cold and belong to the Yin world, and the two repel each other.

But if there is a problem with the door, this rule will naturally be broken and it will lose the ability to divide the space.

The door of the auditorium showed signs of human destruction, and the various layouts of the auditorium made Li Mo more convinced that the host of the funeral must not be an ordinary person.

The ability to block strange perceptions is a waste of talent to use in a place like this. If I had this ability, how many strange things could I solve?

And there's this tomb incense that suppresses the weirdness, and this black coffin that suppresses the evil...

As for that strange spirit tablet, the spirit tablet may not be a ghost. It is more likely that the unknown ghost is forcibly imprisoned in the spirit tablet. Maybe the ghost in the spirit tablet is very scary. Once it appears, it will inevitably bring about irresistible supernatural killing phenomena.

After all, the stench of black blood spread and filled the auditorium despite the suppression of the tomb incense, and one could vaguely sense how ferocious the ghost inside was.

It can be said that every detail of a funeral is prepared to keep the living alive.

If he doesn't understand this, then such a loser is probably not qualified to take care of the funeral arrangements for the host.

Therefore, Li Mo immediately concluded that the fifth point was correct. After all, if there was a knock on the door outside the auditorium now, he could directly conclude that the person knocking on the door was not a human, but a ghost.

There is another situation where you are knocking on a door, but it is a ghost door.

The doors of living people were violently demolished, so how could there be any normal knocking sounds?

"The last and worst-case scenario is, if an irreversible situation really arises... throw out the headless male corpse from the coffin and let as many people as possible squeeze into the black coffin to hide. The better the chances of survival." Li Mo hadn't planned to tell them this.

But thinking that if the problem cannot be solved after restarting, I must find a way to escape.

By then, this group of newcomers to the supernatural world will probably all be buried here.

So Li Mo mentioned the last insurance.

This method was very evil. The coffin was neither big nor small, but there were more than twenty of them. They would probably kill each other in order to enter the black coffin, and get beaten to a bloody pulp. That was something Li Mo didn't want to see.

Shigure Qiluo asked doubtfully, "Alas, but this goes against the second rule you mentioned. Aren't we not allowed to touch the black coffin?"

Li Mo nodded and replied in a low voice: "So that was the last resort. The black coffin has been activated now and has a strong suppressive ability."

"But once you go in, you might not be able to get out. If there's someone outside to help open the coffin lid, then it's fine. But if no one helps, then you'll just have to wait to die."

"It's better to starve to death than to be eaten by ghosts. At least it won't cause trouble to those who come after you."

Li Mo opened the coffin lid, revealing the headless male corpse inside.

For some reason, he always had an urge to lie down in place of the headless man's corpse.

Chapter 19: The Outline of a Ghost

"Why did you open the coffin? You've already touched it..." Shigure Kirara muttered.

"It's convenient for you to observe the corpse, and any abnormalities can be dealt with in time. As for me touching the black coffin... Actually, I don't know. It's just my intuition. My intuition tells me that it's okay for me to touch it." Li Mo's tone was still calm, and it hadn't changed since a few hours ago. There was no emotion at all.

"Intuition? That's rare. I thought you always talked about evidence. This is the first time I heard you voluntarily admit that your actions were completely based on intuition." Shi Yu Qiluo opened her mouth wide, a little surprised.

Li Mo looked at the corpse in the black coffin and paused. "I don't know the reason either. If I have to give a reason, it's that the headless male corpse in the black coffin is exactly the same as my body."

He didn't say anything else. This excuse was too lame, but Li Mo really had a strange feeling in his heart.

Am I the one being buried in this funeral?

So I'm holding my own funeral now?

"By the way, let me tell you another piece of bad news." Li Mo suddenly turned his head and said a few words, which made everyone explode with excitement.

"Is the ghost going to start killing people? No...!" The spirited little girl cried and held her head.

"Isn't the second incense going to go out? This can't be possible. Why are we so unlucky? I always get a guaranteed win when I draw a card, and I'm always intercepted when I'm on a mission. Even ghosts can't bully me!" The resentful Valkyrie complained indignantly.

"You, you, you... please tell me quickly, I'm not afraid..." The timid girl said incoherently and hesitantly.

"Gloomy man, stop keeping us in suspense and tell me quickly. You're making me so anxious. Don't waste time. What if the bad news comes true soon? You'd better die with a clear mind!" Shi Yu Qiluo urged anxiously.

Li Mo felt very good about the reactions of the crowd.

Because the more spirited they are, the less bad the news will be.

"I've been thinking about too many things, and my thoughts were elsewhere. But that's not important. What's important is that this bad news isn't that bad." Li Mo said slowly, "We can't sleep tonight or tomorrow night. This is the custom of keeping vigil. Since we're not sure which will be the next day, we'll stay awake both nights to be on the safe side."

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"It's okay, it's okay. I was scared to death." Shi Yu Qiluo breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that something unusual had happened again.

Staying up all night for one or two is not a difficult task for an S-class Valkyrie. If she feels sleepy, she can use Honkai energy to stimulate herself and force herself to stay awake.

However, the other Valkyries could not reach the level of Shigure Kirara. Like the students, they could only last one night at most.

"Seeing that you are in good spirits now, this is not too bad news. As long as you can hold on until seven in the morning, you can go to sleep. Then I will take those who are still awake to collect enough supplies..." Li Mo glanced at them.

There were seventeen students, seven Valkyries including Shigure Kirara, and finally twenty-five people including myself.

The convenience store has a door and you will die if you go in, so it cannot be the first choice.

Then we have to look in the teaching building where corpses are scattered all over the place. There should be a lot of food and drinks that the deceased ate and drank.

Although it is difficult to find and they are just some small things, it is not too dangerous after all.

Li Mo had verified it during the day and it was safe as long as he did not enter the classroom through the door.

From this point of view, the door in St. Freya's College is simply a ghost gate leading to the underworld!

Not just one door, but all the doors in this area are ghost doors.

It is impossible for living people to enter the underworld, only the dead can do so, so he died as soon as he entered the door, which also fits the reason for Li Mo's first death.

Unable to resist, uncontainable.

If you don’t know the rules, you will die.

Li Mo found that he seemed to have discovered some clues about the source of the weirdness. Although it was just a guess, bold guesses were what Li Mo was good at.

After that, it’s just a matter of careful verification.

However, there is no rush to verify it at the moment. The highest priority is to find a way to complete the funeral, find the strange pattern behind the funeral and create a conflict to make it crash.

Even if it means dying again and completely losing my true self, or even sacrificing everyone here, myself included, I must do this...

It's a matter of time.

No matter what the cost, even if it means burying a lot of people, the weirdness must be completely eradicated from this world and sent back to its original place.

Li Mo knew that his thoughts were extreme, but he didn't think too deeply about it.

It is obviously unreasonable for a rational and indifferent person to make such a judgment after dying twice.

Li Mo himself didn't know, and it was difficult for him to realize it. Even if he realized it, he would quickly ignore it. If nothing unexpected happened, he would never know -

Why would such ghost-like behavior happen to him?

The most obvious changes are:

The more you die, the crazier you get...

Perhaps it was because the ceremony on the first day was conducted perfectly, but the prerequisites for the ceremony on the second day were not met.

Nothing too strange happened on the first night.

The only thing that caught Li Mo's attention was a breeze carrying the stench of corpses blowing from the darkness.

Everyone stayed in the stench of corpses, as if staying up all night among a pile of dead bodies, and stared at the black coffin.

The smell of the corpse is exactly the same as the smell of black blood. The reason is unknown, and the current situation does not support everyone to investigate.

Even he did not dare to leave the area illuminated by the fire until strange signs appeared the next day.

In the huge auditorium, it seemed that the only safe area was near the black coffin. One could not see outside the window or the scene outside the door.

There were a few blurry figures in the darkness, but they were too far away and only a vague outline could be seen. They stood at the door of the auditorium, staring motionlessly at Li Mo and the others...

It's very quiet and very eerie.

The complete figure stood silently in the darkness, with its long arms touching the ground.

There is a depression in the middle, like a joint in the human body.

But the darkness obscured the vision, and the blurred outlines could not provide any further information.

Li Mo's eyesight is much better than everyone else's. He can vaguely see the scene in the dark. The defect is that it is incomplete, with only blurry outlines.

There was also a black shadow of an upside-down human head outside the window, with white eyeballs and a spine connected to something like a grotesque worm.

It and the complete figure at the door of the auditorium stood in the darkness, looking at the people in the firelight, motionless.

It seemed that he knew Li Mo and others were inside and never went in.

Chapter 20 Congratulations, we were ghosted all night