"The Embroiderer's Wedding Gown: Use my bones as the needle, my blood as the thread, my skin as the fabric. I hope you won't disdain this blood-red wedding gown of mine."
"Fortunate one blessed by the vengeful ghost! Congratulations on obtaining a special-type vengeful ghost — the Embroiderer's lingering will!"
"Three-star horror scenario Living
The black phone never made mistakes. Chen Ge stared at the screen and thought. "The Odd Talk Association interfered, which caused the Living Coffin Village ritual to fail. Could that be why?"
"The key to completing the mission was probably the female ghost all along. Help her complete the ritual successfully, or kill her—two different choices leading to different outcomes. That's probably the core of this mission."
"That woman said whoever stopped her from becoming human would make it so they couldn't even remain as ghosts. It's clear this red-coat's obsession has shifted—she wants to be reborn!"
Whether he helped her or tried to stop her, the completion rate would have kept climbing. But because the Odd Talk Association had shown up, Chen Ge hadn't even gotten a chance to choose before he was running for his life.
"Safety first. As long as I'm alive, there'll be opportunities to raise the completion rate later." Chen Ge leaned against the wall and quietly put away his phone. "But what should I do next time? Help the female ghost be reborn, or stop her?"
Living Coffin Village harbored a massive secret. The entire village could be thought of as a tomb, all the villagers were paper figures buried alongside the dead, the woman surnamed Zhu was the tomb guardian, and the only soul actually interred within was the red-coated female ghost!
"The dead coming back to life is fundamentally impossible. At best, she could exist as someone else's nightmare, lodged in their mind. But if I try to stop her, I'll definitely become her enemy—and then it'll be a fight to the death."
Chen Ge glanced at
"The female ghost seems to place great importance on Fan Yu. She even gave him what looks like a very valuable bracelet."
"The female ghost is Fan Yu's friend. Fan Yu is my friend. So by extension, you could say the female ghost and I are friends."
"Fine. This woman may hold grudges, but she's clear about her debts. She's worth helping."
"Besides, as the owner of a haunted house, isn't it perfectly normal to build good relationships with ghosts?"
Chen Ge quickly convinced himself. He told Fan Yu that from now on, he absolutely had to keep the vengeful ghost sister happy.
Tonight's trial mission had left Chen Ge as nothing more than an onlooker.
Fortunately, the outcome wasn't too bad. The scenario had been successfully unlocked, Xu Yin had a strong chance of becoming a red-coat, and even the white cat, having devoured the Odd Talk Association's blood tendrils, might undergo some special change.
"I spent the entire night running for my life, chased from one end of the village to the other—so why do I feel like I came out of this with a rich harvest?"
Dawn had broken. It was past five in the morning now. Chen Ge did the math—even if they pushed nonstop, it would be difficult to get back to New Century Paradise before nine.
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During their conversation, Old Wei also asked the woman surnamed Zhu a great many questions. Unfortunately, she was on the same side as the red-coated vengeful ghost who had leapt into the well. She didn't reveal a single piece of information, only saying that this was an ordinary village, and at this time every year, they held their ritual.