I am in the horror game, scrambling to steal the male lead's halo

"You want to open the coffin?"

Gu Chaoxi looked over and his eyes fell on the coffin lid, standing there without moving.

Pei Yan chuckled and pointed with his finger: "See if there are any clues inside. Are you afraid?"

He thought of Gu Chaoxi's previous work again, and there was some stubbornness in his eyes.

"I just wonder if the person inside will come back to life and eat us all if we open the coffin."

Gu Chaoxi pulled the corners of his lips, shrugged helplessly, and then walked towards the coffin.

Qin Wei had finished reading what was engraved on the coffin and stood up with his legs propped up.

She couldn't help laughing at Gu Chaoxi's little joke, and when she walked to her, she raised her hand and patted her shoulder.

"Don't worry, little cutie. Judging from what happened last night, it's still relatively safe here during the day."

"Are you sure there won't be any weird things happening during the day?"

Gu Chaoxi recalled the huge shadow cast on the window last night, and his heart trembled for a moment.

Qin Wei smiled: "How about this, I'll do it, little cutie, help us see if there's anything coming out."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Pei Yan, and he nodded.

The two of them held onto the edge of the coffin lid, one on each side, and lifted it up together, and a cloud of sawdust fell down.

Gu Chaoxi took two steps back, staring closely at the black gap that had been opened.

As they exerted force, the entire coffin lid was pushed back, and the true appearance inside the coffin was revealed.

The walls were all painted red. When one looked deeper, all one could see was a skeleton wearing coarse grey cloth.

Been dead for a long time.

There seemed to be a booklet under its body.

Pei Yan bent down and reached out from under the bones to pull out the booklet. He brushed off the thin layer of dust on the surface, revealing a few words.

"Strange Stories."

"What is this?" Gu Chaoxi couldn't help but think of the booklet they found in the mountain temple. These two seemed to be the same.

Qin Wei took it and looked at it, then gave an affirmative look: "It is indeed the same book, but there are some deviations in the contents recorded inside."

"What does this say?"

But she sighed and frowned slightly.

Gu Chaoxi just felt a strange feeling rising in his heart, and then he heard Qin Wei's voice.

"It says here that I have lived in this village since I was a child. Everyone here believes in the goddess in the mountain temple, but I never believe in her."

"I don't believe in the existence of ghosts and gods. In my opinion, human hearts are the most complicated."

"A strange man came to the village. He preached freedom and equality to us. These were new things I had never heard of before, but I was going to get married."

"My father said that when you get married, you have to ask for the blessing of the mountain goddess. Girls have never been allowed to go to the mountain temple since they were young. This time, I followed her secretly."

"I saw my father disappear in the mountain temple."

"I'll stop here." Qin Wei pointed to the small blank space at the back.

"Maybe it was written, but someone erased it."

Pei Yan carefully examined the bones in the coffin, and after a while he said, "This is a male corpse."

"Isn't that the daughter?"

Gu Chaoxi couldn't help but step forward and take a look.

There were two deep eye sockets on the white bones and the limbs were slender. She always felt that these bones seemed to have vitality.

However, Pei Yan just pointed to his pelvis: "It's obvious."

Qin Wei took a look and said nothing.

The three of them were silent for a while.

The deviations in the strange stories and records indicate that they need to re-understand the story and can no longer think about the problem according to the previous logic.

"The only thing we can be sure of now is that something has happened to the village chief's family. As for who is in the coffin, we still need to explore further."

Gu Chaoxi thought about it and raised his hand.

"I think he might be the recorder we thought he was."

Pei Yan did not deny it, but lowered his eyes: "Chao Xi, we need evidence."

There is no use in making wild guesses.

She hung her head somewhat disappointedly, and Qin Wei came over and pinched her palm.

"Don't be too depressed, we still have time."

Seeing Qin Wei put the book back into the coffin, Pei Yan followed her tacitly and closed the coffin again.

After walking around the main house and making sure there was nothing else worth noting, the three people walked out.

Pei Yan glanced in the direction of the mountain temple from a distance, and said in a low voice: "Let's go and take a look."

"Ah."

Gu Chaoxi looked up, and just like before, the mountain temple was obviously not very close, but she could see it at a glance.

If you look closely, you can see the fallen ginkgo leaves clearly.

The mountain temple here looks particularly bright, and the main hall seems to be emitting golden light.

The ginkgo tree is not tall. A few steps in front of the tree is an incense burner with smoke rising from it.

Enter the main hall.

In front of him were three blue cushions with red edges, and on the altar there were some wine and fruits.

Gu Chaoxi raised her head and saw that the mountain goddess was still staring at her with her eyes lowered.

She carefully lifted up the cup containing the tribute and looked at the bottom, and saw the words "Longan Suqi" still on it.

She put the things back in place and shuddered, feeling a little uncomfortable, as if someone was watching her in the dark.

But after looking around, they didn't see anyone else except them.

After thinking about it, she left the main hall first.

When I walked into the sunlight, the uncomfortable feeling disappeared instantly.

Qin Wei and Pei Yan looked around the side hall but found no clues.

Attention was focused back on the main hall.

This time, three people walked in together.

The Mountain Goddess still held the huge jade ruyi in her arms.

"Do you think she can really fulfill people's wishes?"

Qin smiled and put his arm on Gu Chaoxi's shoulder, as if joking, and raised a hand to point at the ebon green jade ruyi.

In our perception, it seems that the only one who holds the Jade Ruyi is Guanyin.

Although they all knew that this mountain god was not the Goddess of Mercy.

Pei Yan touched the cushion on the ground with his toes and looked around.

The structure here is not much different from that of an ordinary temple, but it is empty. There are only a few small incense burners with a few burning incense sticks on the altar against the wall on one side.

"Do you remember what was written in the book? She said she saw her father disappear in the mountain temple."

"Remember." Gu Chaoxi nodded.

Pei Yan curled his lips and said, "Let's not talk about whether the mountain god at that time had a physical body. At least in the eyes of these villagers, the mountain god was the one who protected them. How could a living person suddenly disappear before their eyes?"

"You mean, there is a secret room or secret passage in this mountain temple?"

She thought about what Pei Yan said and it seemed that this was the only possibility.

Qin Wei patted the hand on her shoulder and raised it to pinch her face.

Gu Chaoxi pursed his lips and pushed Qin Wei's hand away.

She is not a child, why do you have to pinch her face?

"We'll have to see."

As Pei Yan spoke, he began to look around the altar.

Gu Chaoxi sighed and lowered his head.

Her mind was in a mess and she kept cursing why this other world had chosen her. The feeling that her life was threatened at any time made her very uncomfortable.

Just like now, she seemed to feel someone was watching her again.

Mu Ran turned around, but there was nothing behind him. There was nothing in the yard except the falling leaves.

"Who is it?" She didn't think it was an illusion.

She couldn't help but rub her toes on the ground, but she suddenly realized that the color was a little wrong.

I just squatted down and felt the floor with my hand.

The two adjacent bricks appear to be similar in color, but there are still subtle differences. The lighter-colored one feels smoother to the touch.

It looks like it was replaced later.