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

She put her palm on it and pressed it. It was a little loose, but she wasn't strong enough to push it completely.

"what happened?"

Qin Wei noticed her strangeness and squatted down.

"This brick looks a bit like a mechanism." She pointed it out to Qin Wei and added, "But I can't press it."

Qin Wei also reached out and pressed twice, then tilted her head: "Pei Yan."

The person who was called walked back from behind the altar to the front, and seeing that both of them were squatting, he squatted down too.

Gu Chaoxi simply moved the troublesome cushion away, revealing the lighter-colored floor tile in its entirety.

Pei Yan understood what was going on. He immediately put his hands up and pressed down with all his strength.

There was only a slight "click" sound, and then the sound of something slowly moving away.

It seemed to be coming from behind the altar.

The three of them stood up and walked around to the back, where they saw a dark hole underneath the altar with steps leading down.

"Secret room?"

Why would a secret room be built in a place like a mountain temple?

"Go down and have a look."

Pei Yan acted decisively and picked up a burning candle from the altar.

He was quite brave, but Gu Chaoxi was a little scared. The pitch-black depths seemed to swallow everyone up.

Her hands and feet felt cold unconsciously, but if both of them went down and she was left alone up there, this quiet mountain temple would be eerie.

Before she could figure it out, Pei Yan had already started trying to move forward.

Gu Chaoxi hurriedly followed, and Qin Wei followed consciously behind.

When the three of them had completely walked up the stairs, the floor tiles above slammed shut again.

In the closed space, the sense of fear was maximized.

Gu Zhaoxi grabbed Qin Wei's hand: "How are we going to get up there later?"

"There will be a way."

Pei Yan held the candle and walked down carefully.

The stone walls on both sides seemed to be permeated with water vapor, which was a bit cold. A few steps away, there was a half-burned candle hanging on the stone wall.

Pei Yan walked while lighting candles.

The entire staircase gradually became brighter, and Gu Chaoxi could see the entire staircase clearly.

Perhaps because the air was too humid, a lot of moss grew on the stone steps.

The stone walls on both sides are also lush green. Looking up, there is uneven soil with plant roots occasionally emerging from some places.

After walking for a while, the stone steps gradually became flat, and a square room appeared in front of them.

The reason why it is called a room is that there is a bed directly opposite the stone steps.

There was a candle on the wooden table next to him, and Pei Yan walked over and lit it.

The whole small room was suddenly illuminated.

Gu Chaoxi stood there in a daze, his eyes fixed on the small altar on the side, and raised his hand in disbelief.

"That is......"

Qin Wei looked in the direction of her voice and was stunned.

On the small altar, there is a stone statue of the Mountain Goddess. However, compared with the one in the Mountain God Temple, this one is not holding a jade ruyi in its arms, but a sharp blade.

She remembered the drawing in the booklet, which showed the mountain goddess holding a jade ruyi and holding a sharp blade in her right hand as if she was about to stab something.

Suddenly, she felt cold sweat on her back: "Which one is the mountain goddess?"

"Perhaps both."

Pei Yan's voice was a little cold. Gu Chaoxi and Qin Wei turned around and saw that he was holding a piece of yellowed rice paper in his hand.

There was something written in black ink on it, and the strokes were trembling.

Qin Wei took it and looked at it, holding her forehead with a grim expression: "How can such an unorthodox sect evolve like this? Who made it up for her?"

"What does this mean?" Gu Chaoxi didn't quite understand this.

Sighing, Qin Wei began to explain.

"In the West, there are often some religious sects that are divided into good and evil. You can also understand the mountain goddess here in the same way."

"That is to say, the one that is above and receiving worship and offerings is her good side, while the one hiding here and not receiving any incense is her evil side."

"In the early days, people believed in the good side and provided a lot of faith to it, so the good side sealed the evil side."

"But I don't know who discovered the evil face and wanted to use it to fulfill their own greed, so they enshrined it here."

After saying that, Qin Wei shrugged helplessly.

"Could it be the missing village chief?"

Gu Chaoxi thought about it, but this idea was immediately rejected by Pei Yan.

"Look carefully at this piece of rice paper. It's the same kind as the one used to record strange stories. I'm more inclined to believe that the recorder created this secret room."

"But isn't he an outsider?"

"Maybe he lied." Pei Yan pointed to the incense burner on the small altar, which contained a lot of incense ash.

That is not something that can be accumulated in a day or two, which means that this secret room has existed for a very long time.

In addition to the altar and bed, there is also a huge wooden box in the room.

Pei Yan walked over and took a look. Every corner of the box was nailed down with long nails. However, when he got closer, he could smell the stench emanating from it.

"There may be a body in here."

His hand touched the runes carved on the box with a knife, and his brows were furrowed.

Gu Chaoxi glanced at his arms, his hair stood on end, and he felt a little terrified.

Qin Wei came over, took two steps back after just one glance: "Let's go."

"Don't you want to know who's in here?"

Pei Yan turned his head to look at Qin Wei, and both of them had complicated expressions.

Gu Chaoxi looked back and forth several times, not knowing what the two were talking about, until Qin Wei took her hand and prepared to go out first.

"Wei Wei, what's wrong?"

She held Qin Wei's hand without moving, just looking at Pei Yan.

Seeing that he couldn't drag her away, Qin Wei was a little annoyed: "Pei Yan, if you want to open it, just open it yourself. I won't die with you!"

"What does that rune mean?"

Sensing something was wrong, Gu Chaoxi tightened his grip on Qin Wei's hand.

The other party sighed, and moved his gaze from Pei Yan's face to her, and said in a somewhat cold tone: "To deter the evil spirit."

In the empty secret room, it was so quiet for a moment that only the sound of a few people breathing could be heard.

The candlelight on the table flickered slightly, making the shadows of several people distorted.

Gu Chaoxi felt that her brain nerves were tense, and in such an environment, she actually heard another light and gentle breathing sound.

It doesn't belong to any of them.

Her eyes subconsciously fell on the wooden box. She listened carefully before she spoke after thinking for a while.

"Pei Yan, he is not a corpse, he is breathing."

"Little cutie, now is not the time to joke around."

Qin Wei's hands were getting cold, and Gu Chaoxi could feel it so clearly that the sweat on their palms melted together.

Pei Yan had taken his hand away while she was speaking, and now he was looking at her with a serious expression.

"Gu Zhaoxi, are you sure you didn't hear it wrong?"