Chapter 312

After leaving the valley, his phone completely lost its signal . The electric compass that Chen Ge downloaded beforehand malfunctioned as well . Something told him that the world inside and outside the valley were different . Perhaps because he had met plenty of ghosts, he was sensitive to these things . He tipped his head back and glanced through the canopy . There was no moon or stars in the sky . The night was like a cloth smothering them no matter where they went .

“Be careful, we’ve almost reached the place . ” After another ten minutes of walking, Chen Ge’s group finally left the jungle . They looked down the horizon, and what they saw confused and shocked them .

“Those are… lanterns?” Ol’ Wei touched Master Bai’s shoulder, but this was also the first time Master Bai had come to Coffin Village at night .

“I have no clue . ” He took out a piece of jade and wore it around his neck . “I’ll scout ahead . Stay close to me; don’t wander off . “

The three of them walked toward the village, and the shapes of the buildings became clearer and clearer . No one would have expected a village to be hidden in such a desolate place . All the building were built in a style from decades ago; they looked old and abandoned, but the most curious point was every family had a white lantern hanging before the door .

The lanterns were like white eyeballs, hanging by the side of the road, staring at the three newcomers .

There were people inside the village!

This village that was supposedly abandoned decades ago due to an epidemic still had people living there .

“Master Bai, are you going to enter just like this?” Ol’ Wei moved to stand beside Chen Ge . He still remembered Captain Yan’s order . His mission that night was to protect Chen Ge .

“Let me think about this . ” Master Bai looked at the empty village and the white lanterns that lined the road, and his palms were covered with cold sweat . “In the past, my father always came in the morning, so I had no idea this is how Coffin Village looks at night . “

With the bitter smile on his face, Master Bai’s meaning was clear; he did not want to enter the village . Of the three of them, he was the only one who had entered Coffin Village before . He understood the creepiness of the village, and if morning was already so scary, night did not bear thinking about .

“Don’t panic, we don’t need to enter directly . ” Ol’ Wei then patted Chen Ge on his shoulder . “How about we take a look around the village first?”

Chen Ge did not answer, and he stood at the back of the party alone . His expression was unreadable .

“What’s wrong with you?” Ol’ Wei was worried about Chen Ge . Even though he admitted Chen Ge could be a bit rash, he had to admit that facing the entrance to this ghost village, standing beside Chen Ge gave him the most security .

“I’m thinking about something . ” Chen Ge shrugged and lowered his head to look at the black phone . When they neared the village, Chen Ge’s black phone had vibrated, and he had received a new message .

“Congratulations, Specter’s Favored! You’ve found Coffin Village deep inside the mountain . Do you wish to accept the Trial Mission for the three-star scenario, Coffin Village?”

“What’s on your mind, why don’t you share it with us?” Ol’ Wei and Master Bai walked close to him .

“Thanks, but I’ve already made up my mind . ” Chen Ge clicked on the accept key .

“Coffin Village (three-star scenario): Survive until morning inside Coffin Village, and the new scenario will be unlocked .

“Mission Hint: That day, other than me, they all came . “

Memorizing the mission hint, Chen Ge pocketed the black phone and turned to look at Coffin Village, shrouded in darkness . “Let’s go, we’ll go take a look . “

“Are you sure?” Ol’ Wei grabbed Chen Ge’s arm and gave Master Bai a look, hoping that the old man would help him convince Chen Ge . However, the night was too dark for Master Bai to see it .

“I’ve already made up my mind . ” Chen Ge’s consideration was different from Ol’ Wei’s .

“Stop arguing . It should be fine for us to enter the village . Even though the villagers look strange, they’re quite kind . ” Master Bai had interacted with Coffin Village’s people before, so he had the most right to speak .

“Master Bai, are you sure these kind villagers would light white lanterns at night?” Of the three, Ol’ Wei was the most rational .

Master Bai touched the jade around his neck like he was remembering something from long ago, “My father once told me, a bunch of poor people are living inside the village . He said that when I master medicine, I should go help them . “

When Chen Ge’s Yin Yang Vision caught sight of Master Jade’s Jade Necklace, he felt pain in his eye . However, that pain only lasted for a second . If he was not sensitive enough, he would not have noticed it .

“Master Bai, your father left you the necklace?”

“Yes, he would wear it whenever he went out to help people . After we came out from Coffin Village for the last time, he gave it to me and then soon after he fell ill . “

There’s more to this necklace than meets the eye . Chen Ge wanted to study it . He had run into ghosts and monsters many times already and had been trying to find something that could affect them . He had been searching for weeks, but he had only found a butcher’s cleaver .

“My father said that others cannot touch the jade or it’ll lose it powers . ” Master Bai seemed to be telling the truth . “I cannot give you the necklace, so you’d better stay close to me tonight . “

“Master Bai, can you remember other things that your father told you?” Ol’ Wei asked . “We’re entering the village, so you need to tell us everything . “

“That’s all I believe . He told me, no matter where I go, I have to face my conscience and those with a clean conscience will be protected by both humans and ghosts . ” When he said so, Chen Ge understood why the old man was so focused on helping Jiang Ling and her sister; Master Bai’s family was good-hearted people .

Chen Ge had his own philosophy and had been following his own conscience . He has a point, but ghosts are like people; there are good ghosts and evil ghosts .

The three walked around the outer perimeter of Coffin Village . The village was very big . To get an overall view of the village, they needed to climb up to the adjacent hill .

“There are probably more than a hundred families living inside the village . Be careful not to get into an altercation with them . ” Master Bai was mainly talking to Chen Ge . “We’ll go in through the entrance; there’s no need to hide . “

Thus, the three entered Coffin Village . The road was overgrown with grass, and the houses on both sides were closed . Weirdly enough, the doors were not pasted with the common pictures of door guardians but white paper with the character ‘福’ (good fortune) turned upside down . It looked scary .

“The culture here seems to be the total opposite of the outside world . ” Chen Ge stopped before one of the doors . “Shall we go in?”

“It’s rude to barge in like that . ” Ol’ Wei moved his hand to the gun in his holster . This place gave him plenty of pressure .

“We’re here to look for the children . Eventually we need to interact with the villagers . We will need Master Bai’s help to liaise with them . ” Chen Ge raised his arm, and when his hand almost reached the door, the white lantern hanging above the door suddenly went out .