Fan Quguang shook his head: "I haven't seen her. I'm puzzled too, wasn't she with you?"

"No, I don't know where she's run off to again. She's really daring," Shen Yue said.

"Shall we look for her together then?"

Shen Yue shook her head...

As darkness fell, Shen Yue noticed that the uncles and aunties of this stone house disappeared as soon as night came. Not just them, but other villagers as well.

This village seemed even more eerie when night fell, especially tonight - it was frighteningly quiet.

However, what surprised her most this time was that Kun Yao returned with injuries.

"What happened to you?!"

Shen Yue suddenly smelled the scent of blood in the room, and the next second, Kun Yao walked in with visible bloodstains on her body.

"It's nothing," Kun Yao said, sitting down and taking off her bloodied clothes.

Only then could Shen Yue clearly see the wounds on her body. Kun Yao had a gash on her arm, clearly caused by something sharp.

"Who did this?!" Shen Yue frowned deeply, quickly bringing over a basin of clean water.

Kun Yao pressed her lips together: "A ghost."

"Hm?" Shen Yue didn't hear clearly.

"I opened a coffin and was ambushed by the spirit inside."

Shen Yue was cleaning the wound when she asked in surprise: "You opened a coffin?!"

She really was daring!

"Yes, I heard someone calling for help inside. So I opened the coffin, but I didn't expect that as soon as it opened, something inside grabbed my arm, trying to drag me in."

Shen Yue was startled, involuntarily recalling Lin Le's death.

"You went to save someone just because you heard a cry for help? That's too... careless. I didn't know you were so kind-hearted!" Shen Yue tore off a strip of cloth and began bandaging the wound.

Kun Yao said nothing, her gaze lowered to Shen Yue's hands as she bandaged her.

"There's all sorts of things here. You don't know what else I saw today." Shen Yue recounted everything that had happened, including Wang Chuxue and Lin Le's death.

"So, it's best not to trust others so easily here, or you might not even know how you died. Next time you hear a cry for help, don't go, okay?"

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Kun Yao looked up: "Alright. It's not like I'd save just anyone anyway."

Shen Yue thought for a moment, then said: "Hey, even though we haven't officially teamed up, we've been together for so long now. Couldn't we be considered teammates? If I'm in danger, I think you should still come save me."

She chuckled a couple times. There should be a distinction between her and others - she couldn't let her own words close off her future paths.

"After I broke free, the coffin closed again, but... before it closed, I vaguely saw a woman, or rather, a female ghost. As long as you don't encounter her, you should be fine."

"A female ghost?" Shen Yue was startled.

Kun Yao adjusted her clothes: "Yes, very terrifying."

"What did this female ghost look like?" Shen Yue asked.

Kun Yao glanced at her.

"Why don't you go see for yourself?"

Shen Yue choked: "Uh, that won't be necessary. You're injured, you should rest early."

As Kun Yao was taking off her clothes, Shen Yue's gaze uncontrollably fell on her chest. Realizing her behavior, Shen Yue suddenly jolted and quickly turned around, hurriedly cleaning up the water basin.

When she turned back, Kun Yao was already lying in bed.

Shen Yue hesitated to join her.

"Aren't you going to sleep?"

"Uh, I'm not tired yet," Shen Yue said with a somewhat fake smile.

"Suit yourself."

Shen Yue saw Kun Yao close her eyes and finally let out a sigh of relief. She stood dazed for a while, then felt a bit strange about her own behavior.

Half an hour later, Shen Yue couldn't hold out any longer and prepared to get into bed.

"Shen Yue, Shen Yue? And Kun Yao..."

Just as she started to undo her clothes, she heard Fan Quguang's voice, sounding quite urgent.

Shen Yue opened the door a crack and poked her head out: "What is it?"

In front of her was not only Fan Quguang, but also the little ghost sitting on his shoulder. When the little ghost saw Shen Yue, it turned its head away, looking displeased.

"Number 75 is back, and he's brought Lin Le with him!"

"What?" Shen Yue thought she must have misheard.

"It's true, he actually brought Lin Le back - you know, the guy who stepped into the coffin and disappeared. The two of them are actually back."

Shen Yue was confused: "Didn't you say Lin Le was dead?"

"How should I know? I saw him enter the coffin with my own eyes, but I don't know if he died or not. But who survives after entering a coffin? I don't know if the one who came back is even alive." Fan Quguang said anxiously, pointing at the little ghost on his shoulder, "This little one told me. I ran away immediately, I figure they're coming after me."

Shen Yue looked at the little ghost, who had somehow produced a lollipop and was sucking on it. Its pupil-less eyes glared at Shen Yue when it noticed her looking.

This really was a case of 'sugar can make ghosts push the millstone', Shen Yue suddenly thought.

"Have they arrived?" A cool voice sounded.

It was Kun Yao.

She was already standing behind Shen Yue. Seeing that Kun Yao was fully dressed, Shen Yue opened the door wider.

"I don't know, but I'm not going back to sleep. Beautiful ladies, please take me in," Fan Quguang quickly pleaded.

"You can still sleep?" Kun Yao's face suddenly turned cold.

At the same time, the little ghost on Fan Quguang's shoulder became agitated, taking out its lollipop and pointing in one direction while repeatedly patting Fan Quguang's head with its other hand.

"They're here," Shen Yue's expression darkened.

She felt it too - a wave of terrifying energy thick with killing intent sweeping towards them...

In the deep of night, a shadowy figure appeared at the door. It pushed straight in, the room pitch black, and lunged directly at the bed.

Of course, it lunged at empty space.

"They've already run," Number 75 walked out, followed by a group of people. No, not living people, but those controlled villagers - the living dead.

The shadow retreated, revealing itself to be Lin Le, though now his state was identical to the villagers behind Number 75 - he too had become one of the living dead.

"Then let's find them!" Chen Si said. Behind him followed Zhou Tongting.

"Yes, once we find them, we can get out of here," Number 75 patted Chen Si's shoulder, then gave orders to the group of living dead.

Meanwhile, Shen Yue and Fan Quguang were in a hidden place, quietly waiting.