Chapter 145
The Coffin Placed Close to the Ground
Chapter 145 The Coffin Placed Close to the Ground
On the way there, Chen Miao flipped through the book again. There were slight changes, but nothing major.
For major changes to occur, they will likely have to wait until they arrive at Fengmen Village and do things that contradict the events described in the book.
The two walked in silence.
Chen Miao also truly felt how difficult the mountain road was to walk. It wasn't until they saw the dry riverbed the old man had mentioned and followed it downstream that Chen Miao felt much better.
After a full two and a half hours, the two finally saw the village built at the foot of the mountain in the distance.
Because they came from a downhill direction, they could see the entire village below from the river.
"This village is really well built."
Qi Ning looked at the village and said.
Chen Miao nodded, and just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something.
He took out his phone and checked the signal.
It wasn't out of service; there was still a small signal. He immediately dialed Zhong Cai's number.
The call went through, but no one answered.
If, as the old man said, electronic devices cannot be used in the village, then the fact that Zhong Cai's phone could be reached means that he is not in the village.
But if he wasn't in the village, what was holding him back?
Chen Miao thought of what Zhong Cai had said when he left.
"A feng shui arrangement?"
Looking at the village, Chen Miao didn't see anything special about it.
After taking a picture of the entire village with his phone, Chen Miao continued walking down with Qi Ning.
About ten minutes later, the two stepped onto the gravel road at the entrance of Fengmen Village.
Looking up at the village, Chen Miao, upon closer inspection, also sensed the strangeness of the houses in this village, as described in the book.
Almost every house is a three-story structure with one door and seven windows. The door is in the middle of the bottom floor, with two slightly larger windows on the left and right sides and three windows in the middle. The top floor has only two windows.
You can imagine how oppressive it would be to live here.
However, Chen Miao felt that there was more to the strangeness than just these things, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was so strange.
"Let's go."
Qi Ning said.
Chen Miao hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Things have come to this point; there's no escaping it now.
With that, Chen Miao embarked on the road into the village.
It was already dusk, so the two quickened their pace, wanting to get a general idea of Fengmen Village before dark.
In this way, even if something goes wrong later, you won't be caught off guard.
During this time, Chen Miao took out his phone, and the last bar of signal had disappeared.
Not only his, but Qi Ning's special phone also couldn't receive any signal.
The old man was telling the truth.
They walked from the village entrance to the very back of the village, and then from the very back to the open space on the far west side of the village. Along the way, they saw more than a dozen elderly people.
When they saw Chen Miao and his companion, their aged faces remained expressionless, but their eyes followed them closely, seemingly quite surprised by the new faces in the village.
During this time, Chen Miao did not sense any malice from these elderly people.
At the same time, he found nothing unusual about the yin energy anywhere in the village.
Even near the huge locust tree on the edge of the open space in front of them, there was no yin energy.
This appears to be just an ordinary village.
Thus, Chen Miao understood why the version of himself in the book had been careless during his first visit.
"Let's go find a place to stay first. I think there's something to what that old man said. Let's hold off tonight and see what happens tomorrow."
Qi Ning said to Chen Miao.
Chen Miao nodded, and just as he was about to leave, he looked at the houses in front of him and suddenly asked a question.
"Where in the village is this open space behind us?" Qi Ning took out his phone and glanced at the compass on the back.
"west."
"west?"
Chen Miao finally understood what was strange about the village.
"The houses in this village are all built in an east-west orientation, not the usual north-south orientation!"
Upon hearing this, Qi Ning finally realized what was going on.
"It really is true. What's the meaning behind building houses like this in this village?"
Qi Ning shut his mouth as soon as he finished speaking.
Now that we know there's something strange about this village, it doesn't seem so hard to accept that something like this has happened.
After taking one last look, Chen Miao and Qi Ning walked toward the village together.
Perhaps this construction method is related to the feng shui arrangement that Zhong Cai mentioned, but Chen Miao doesn't understand feng shui at all.
If only we could find Zhong Cai.
Soon, the two arrived at a house that looked decent from the outside. Qi Ning said to Chen Miao, "Shall we stay in this room?"
Chen Miao looked at the house without a threshold and rejected the decision.
"Go and stay where there are people."
Qi Ning frowned slightly.
"Are the people in this village trustworthy?"
Chen Miao shook his head.
"I don't know, but the old man said that someone had stayed here before. There were three people, and only one of them had an accident. I think it must have been the person who had the accident who did something, rather than the people from Fengmen Village doing something to him."
“Otherwise, there would be no need to do it to only one person, or even let them go back.”
"As for these houses that are uninhabited, I am not so comfortable with them."
Qi Ning thought about Chen Miao's statement and agreed.
Moreover, there are two of them, so the probability of something happening while they take turns keeping watch is not high.
"Okay, let's go to the one that's occupied."
The two then found houses with courtyards in front of them, which looked quite spacious.
Chen Miao didn't know if this was the same house he had stayed at in the book, but the owner was indeed an old man.
"Sir, we would like to stay at your house for the night. This is just a small token of our appreciation."
This time, it was Qi Ning who spoke, while Chen Miao was looking at the semi-open kitchen in the old man's yard.
It's described as semi-open, but in reality, it's just that there are walls on three sides and one side is open.
The kitchen was quite clean. There weren't many cooking utensils, but it had everything you needed. Judging from the cutting board and stove, it must be frequently used.
Chen Miao couldn't help but think of the zombies cooking here at night.
How exactly did they manage to do that?
Even with the Corpse Control Talisman, controlling zombies only involves performing simple actions in conjunction with the Corpse Control Bell, such as cooking.
Even if the compiler and founder of "The Secret Records of the Zhong Family Corpse Transport" came, he would probably be powerless to help.
What's more, there's more than one zombie cooking!
Chen Miao looked around the village and found that there were about thirty households with people living there.
So, there are thirty zombies who can cook?
Chen Miao couldn't understand it.
Could it be related to that flying zombie?
The description of flying zombies in "The Secret Records of Zhong's Corpse Driving" is very limited. Therefore, flying zombies can control zombies, making them no longer stiff and enabling them to make movements indistinguishable from humans.
"Let's go."
Qi Ning called out to Chen Miao, waking him up.
As soon as he entered the room, Chen Miao saw the two coffins inside.
After seeing it in person, Chen Miao suddenly realized something he hadn't noticed while reading the text.
Why are these two coffins placed directly on the ground?
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(End of this chapter)