Chapter 0309 – Black and White Photo
”Now? Are you kidding?” The master of the house stuttered in his speech.
”It’s now, both of my children have disappeared, it’s possible that they ran into the coffin village.” Chen Ge didn’t want to delay any further, the environment in the big mountains was complicated, and it was very likely that the two children would have an accident on the way.
”You find another house.” The water in the master of the house’s teacup spilled out, he was now very nervous and scared, “I’ve only heard the older generation talk about that place, but I don’t know the road.”
He realized that Chen Ge’s gaze slowly changed and seemed to become even more gloomy, and immediately added, “You can ask the old people in the village, they must know, I can take you to them.”
Only after hearing the house owner say this did Chen Ge nod, “Trouble you.”
”No trouble, no trouble, it should be.” The house owner wiped the sweat from his forehead and went into the inner room to look for a flashlight.
”Chen Ge, pay a little attention, don’t scare people.” Old Wei next to him couldn’t do anything about Chen Ge, in fact, he was also a bit scared standing next to Chen Ge, especially when he thought of all the things Chen Ge had done.
”I know in my heart.” Chen Ge lightly opened his mouth, now that he still cared about these minutiae, finding the missing child was the most critical.
”I heard from the old people in my family that there used to be a group of people who fled from the mountains, and they seemed to come from Coffin Village.” The master of the house walked out with a flashlight, “Those people lived in the west side of the village, we lived in the east side of the village, and we usually didn’t have much interaction. My grandmother told me when she was alive that those body people are unclean.”
The owner of the house was honest and didn’t hide anything from Chen Ge: “At that time, I thought, what era is it, everyone is equal, there is no such thing as clean or unclean, so I thought that the old man was old and confused. Later, after living there for a long time, I realized that that group of people was indeed a bit abnormal.”
”How abnormal?” Chen Ge and Old Wei were both curious.
”They seldom leave the room, and they even won’t step out of the room half a step after dark, as if there is something outside that will harm them.” The master of the house whispered, “Every one of their families hangs a rope from the window and puts a kitchen knife behind the door. I asked them at the time why they did that, and they said it was to protect them from thieves.”
”Is that all?”
”There’s another strangest thing.” The master of the house’s voice became lower: “Every once in a while, there would be one less person who escaped from the mountain, and whenever someone disappeared, those who also escaped from the mountain not only didn’t feel sad, but also were very happy, it felt like ……”
”Like what? You say it instead.” Chen Ge prodded up.
”It’s like as long as the one who dies isn’t himself.” The master of the house said this somewhat cruelly, causing both Chen Ge and Old Wei to ponder.
”I’m just saying how I feel, you guys mustn’t think too much!” The house owner hurriedly defended, and the three of them walked together to the middle of the village, and saw a brick house after turning into a small road.
”Here it is, this is it.” The house owner prepared to knock on the door, only to realize that the wooden door was unlocked when his hand landed on the door panel, “Master Zhu?”
He entered the house and took only one step inside before he dared not move.
On the dining table facing the door of the room was a black and white photo of an old man, the face in the photo was facing the door of the room, and what was even more horrifying was that the eyes of the character in the photo had been snapped off.
”Don’t panic.” Chen Ge gently patted Zhuang Jiahan’s shoulder, he entered the house alone without turning on the lights, and picked up the black and white photo on the table, “The photo looks a bit old, and the edges are still frayed, he probably expected this day to come long ago.”
Associated with what the crop farmer had said before, Chen Ge felt that the old man in the photo might have disappeared.
”Those who escaped from Coffin Village hung ropes in the window and hid kitchen knives behind the door, it’s obvious that they were afraid of something special coming in.” Chen Ge stroked his chin, “Could it be that the ghosts that followed them from the coffin village deep in the mountains? And why are the eyes of this photo gouged out? It feels very similar to the modus operandi of the Weird Tales Association.”
”Big brother, put the photo down before you talk, I always feel like the person in the photo is looking at me.” The crook stood in the doorway, with no intention of coming in, “Why don’t I go to a few other houses to take a look?”
”Okay, just go ask them.”
The three of them rushed to the next house, and before they could get there, a bad feeling surfaced in Chen Ge’s heart.
He possessed Yin pupils and could clearly see that the door of that house was open.
Pushing the door in, the owner of the house had also disappeared, and even more bizarrely, the table in the middle of the house also had a black and white photo on it, with the eyes of the photo similarly gouged out.
”How come they’re all gone?” The crook led Chen Ge and Lao Wei to the place, and before the two outsiders could say anything, he himself got scared first.
”Quickly go to the other people’s homes.” After looking for several homes in a row, all the people who had fled from the Living Coffin Village had all disappeared, and every home had a black and white photo on the desktop, making the entire village look like a ghost village.
”What the hell is going on here!” The crofter’s face was pale, and at this time, he could still only turn toward Chen Ge and Lao Wei for help.
Looking at his inquiring gaze, Chen Ge pulled open the backpack zipper and grabbed the skull-crushing hammer, “Everyone has disappeared, why are you the only one who’s fine?”
Chen Ge spoke casually to the crop farmer, shocking the honest middle-aged man, “I’m really not sure of the reason! There are a few other families at the village entrance who were originally from the Baijia Village, and they should all be fine.”
After logging in and checking, the crofter was right, the only ones missing were those who had fled the village.
”Chen Ge, where do you think those people would go? Why did they leave a black and white photo behind?” Old Wei felt that things were out of control and were moving in an unknown direction.
”They might have returned to the Living Coffin Village.” Chen Ge took out Fan Yu’s third picture from his backpack, which had two words written on it – go home.
”We can’t wait, let’s go into the mountains now!” He walked next to the crop farmer, “There should be someone in your village who knows the location of Coffin Village, right? This matter involves several lives, I hope you can cooperate.”
”Big brother, I really want to cooperate with you, the key is that the people who know the location of that village are either missing or too old to be around anymore.” The crook took a few steps back and walked to Old Wei’s side before stopping.
”Too old?” Chen Ge suddenly thought of a suitable candidate, he called on Old Wei and ran towards the peach forest deep in the mountains, “Master Bai should know the location of the Living Coffin Village!”
Going over the mountain, Chen Ge found Master Bai at the cabin, and after explaining his intentions, the old man pretended not to know at first.
But when he heard that two children might have been abducted to the Living Coffin Village, he finally agreed to come down and decided to take Chen Ge and Old Wei into the mountains with him.