Although Li had learned how to drive, he didn’t have a driver's license.

　　The car was also a new model, and he was sweating bullets as he drove back to the community where the apartment was located.

　　But…as he got out of the car, he felt a hand grabbing his foot!

　　He fell to the ground, and he saw…a child wearing a school uniform, with a pale face, attached to the bottom of the car!

　　Li acted decisively.

　　He immediately pulled his foot out of his shoe!

　　Then, he ran desperately into the alley!

　　He had been going to the gym every day to exercise and improve his running speed.

　　The other residents exercised with him.

　　In the end, almost everyone had developed running speed comparable to marathon runners.

　　But…no matter how fast he ran, the child in the school uniform was still catching up to him!

　　Every time Li looked back, he saw…him approaching him!

　　The scariest thing was…he was just walking, and there was no way he could be fast enough to catch up to him!

　　Finally, when he was only ten meters away from the apartment, he saw Yuan and a group of residents waiting for him at the revolving door!

　　"Hurry! Li!" At that time, Yuan, who always looked polite and refined, was yelling desperately, "Ten more meters and you'll be safe! Hurry!"

　　According to Yuan later, at that time, they saw that the ghost was…less than two meters away from Li!

　　Li ran the last ten meters with all his might.

　　At the same time, the ghost had closed the gap to zero, and it stretched out its arms to hug Li!

　　But Yuan and the others couldn’t run out to save him!

　　After all, leaving the apartment, there would be no guarantee of life safety!

　　At the last moment, Li suddenly burst into speed again, roared, rushed towards the revolving door, and pushed it open!

　　During this process, the ghost child had already touched his sides!

　　Once Li entered the apartment, the ghost was powerless.

　　It stood at the door for a long time, then its body turned into smoke and slowly disappeared.

　　Afterward, Li lifted up his shirt and was horrified to find that he had…two small black handprints on each side of his waist!

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　　The handprints didn’t disappear completely for a long time.

　　Two months after that incident, the current instruction came.

　　This was the fourth time he had completed a blood word instruction.

　　It was…definitely a time when the danger was at an extremely high level!

　　This village was much larger than he expected.

　　However, as expected, there was no place to stay.

　　That was natural.

　　Of course, according to the blood words’ instructions, he had to “live” here.

　　Leaving the range of Youshui Village would be considered breaking the instructions of the blood words.

　　The village was surrounded by mountains.

　　The surrounding terrain was steep.

　　A long river ran through the village, providing the best guarantee of water.

　　With this water source, they could irrigate the crops, and the villagers could live a self-sufficient life in these mountains.

　　Most of the fields were planted with rice.

　　Even some children under ten years old were helping to plant rice in the paddy fields barefoot, with mud and water all over their faces.

　　After walking for a while, a middle-aged man finally walked up to them and asked, "Gentlemen…are you city people?"

　　The children were all very curious about Li and his companions.

　　After all, it was rare to see a city person in these mountains.

　　Many of them had never seen things like electric lights or televisions.

　　Li vaguely felt that there was a hint of hostility in the middle-aged man’s tone.

　　“If you are reporters covering that incident, get out of here immediately!” The middle-aged man’s eyes widened. "It's been so many years, why won't you let it go?"

　　Li’s heart skipped a beat.

　　That incident?

　　Could it be related to this blood word instruction?

　　He quickly waved his hands, “No, sir, you’ve got it wrong…we are just ordinary tourists. We want to stay in your village. Don’t worry, we’ll pay.”

　　These days, there were indeed some seasoned hikers who did not follow the tourist routes planned by travel agencies and went on self-guided tours to remote mountains and wilderness.

　　But Hei Wu Mountain wasn’t a tourist attraction, and there weren’t usually tourists coming here.

　　The middle-aged man clearly didn't believe Li.

　　“Nonsense! Get out of here! Don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to!"

　　The middle-aged man was getting more and more excited, but Li knew very well…he couldn’t leave this village.

　　According to the blood word instructions, he had to stay in this village for a month, otherwise…

　　He would die!

　　The instructions of the blood words were to be obeyed absolutely.

　　Li had learned that lesson the hard way.

　　“What’s all this commotion?”

　　A raspy voice rang out, and then people pushed their way through.

　　A gray-haired old man was slowly walking over, supported by a young woman in her twenties.

　　“The headman…”

　　"Headman, they’re city people. They must be here for that Li Bing incident!"

　　“That’s right! That’s definitely it!”

　　The old man looked as if he was in his eighties.

　　He walked towards Li and his companions, trembling, and said, “Young men…why have you come here?”

　　Li quickly stepped forward and bowed, "Hello, headman. We are simply here to enjoy the scenery and experience the rural lifestyle. That’s why we want to stay in this village. Don’t worry, we won’t stay for free."

　　“Oh? Experience the rural lifestyle? That’s very interesting.” The headman seemed to be thinking something. Then he said, “Well, come stay at my place!"

　　Li was stunned. The headman…was so willing to agree?

　　“Headman, how…how can you let these people of unknown origin stay at your place?" The middle-aged man immediately said, “They must be reporters!”

　　"It doesn't matter," the headman said very generously, "It's been a long time since Youshui Village had visitors. It’s rare to have guests. How can we not treat them well?"

　　The headman's words made Li suspicious.

　　Was there something else he was up to?

　　But as long as he could stay, that was all that mattered. The rest…didn’t matter.

　　To be honest, Li was still very worried about escaping on July 7th.

　　With the terrain here, driving would be slower than walking, so they could only escape on foot.

　　But with such a steep mountain, if they were pursued…how many of the four of them could survive?

　　Last time, there were six residents, and only Li survived!

　　So, Li decided to figure out what exactly…the evil force that existed in this Youshui Village was.

　　Maybe he could find a solution!