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The strangest thing was, throughout the entire process, he didn't struggle at all. After his neck entered the rope, his hands and feet naturally hung down. His body did not even twitch instinctively, and after hanging up, he did not move, only swaying left and right due to the inertia.

If I hadn't seen his flushed face and known that he was still alive, I would have suspected that there was a corpse hanging there!

While I was still in shock, a second person walked up to the locust tree and stared at it. Then, he jumped and grabbed onto the rope. With the same posture and movements, he stuck his head into the rope.

When he finally let go, his head was lowered and his arms and legs were stretched taut. He similarly did not struggle at all. He just hung from the rope, swaying back and forth.

Seeing this, I couldn't react for a long time.

I never dreamed that such a thing would happen. After walking into a deserted village, I hanged myself without saying a word, and I even committed suicide in such a strange way.

Looking at the two swaying corpses hanging from the locust tree, I finally understood what those ropes were for.

But it doesn't matter, I can't stop it.

At that moment, another figure appeared at the end of the bridge. As I got closer, I realized that it was Widow Li, in her forties and a little fat. When I saw Widow Li appear, I no longer felt the joy from seeing a living person. Instead, I felt especially worried.

Because I was afraid that Widow Li would kill herself for no reason, just like the other two.

Thinking about this, I immediately stopped her at the village entrance, preventing her from approaching the locust tree. But she ignored me and kept walking. I grabbed her hand and tried to pull her back, but she kept walking, too slow to pull.

It wasn't that I was weak, but that she was terrifyingly strong. Even two grown men might not be able to hold her, much less me alone. It's very similar to the symptoms my uncle had when he was bewitched.

In the end, I was almost dragged along by her, leaving two long scratches on the dirt floor where my shoes had grazed.

I called out Widow Li's name as I pulled. She didn't respond at all.

I was dragged to the dead end and had to let go, for I was afraid, too, that something bad might happen when I got close to the locust tree. When the time comes, even I will have to put my own life on the line.

Just like the other two, Widow Li walked up to the locust tree and hung herself on a rope.

The whole process was very quiet, not making a single sound.

I sat down on the ground, gasping for breath. My heart felt particularly heavy. Looking at the three corpses hanging on the tree, I suddenly had a bad feeling. Although many things had happened in the village, it was rare for dead people to appear.

At the moment, things were getting worse and worse. People were already committing suicide. What made me even more uneasy was that these people didn't die in the village. Instead, they climbed two mountains, traveled a long distance, and came to this deserted village. Furthermore, they even committed suicide on this locust tree.

This was clearly not an accident, but there was another reason.

Although he didn't know why, nothing good would happen.

Just as I was thinking, another man appeared at the end of the bridge. Before I could react, another person walked out from behind him. Then, something horrifying happened.

One person after another, like ants moving, they formed a straight line and gradually appeared at the end of the bridge. Then, they walked towards the village step by step. Everyone had a cold expression on their faces as they stared at the locust tree in the distance.

Looking over, there were at least twenty to thirty people!

Furthermore, most of them had blood on their foreheads and appeared to be quite injured. Some of them were even more injured because their skulls had a big hole cut in them. Their faces were ashen, and their limbs were stiff.

Seeing this, I panicked.

Because I discovered that they were actually the people kneeling on the bridge and kowtowing!

Furthermore, the number of people here was higher than before. Everyone who was bewitched, had appeared here without a single one missing.

The line of people walked past me without even looking at me. At that time, I was already scared senseless and didn't dare to stop them. I could only stare at the group of people as they approached the locust tree one after another.

He then repeated the positions and movements of the previous few people and began to commit mass suicide!

One after another, without the slightest hesitation.

Within a few minutes, there were more than ten corpses on the locust tree and the numbers were still increasing. Those who had never experienced this before would find it hard to imagine what kind of scene this was. They would hang themselves one after the other, and during the entire process, no one would speak, no one would struggle, and nothing would be able to resist.

Looking at the tree full of corpses, floating along with the wind, my heart is shocked and scared simply can't be expressed with body parts.

I just sat on the ground in a daze, looking at the tree full of corpses. From that moment on, I knew that things had reached a point of no return.

I sat in a daze for a long time, until the sun went down. At this moment, a gust of chilly wind blew by in the village, causing my hair to stand on end. I didn't dare to stay in front of the trees, so I went straight back to the old brick house.

The six Soul Comforting Fragrance at the door were still there. There was nothing out of the ordinary, which made me heave a sigh of relief.

Looking at the two blood-red coffins in the room, I was stunned and did not dare to go in. I had a faint feeling that the level of strangeness of this Blood Coffin was definitely not lower than that of the locust tree. Thinking of this, I could only sit at the door, hoping that nothing bad would happen tonight.

However, reality was always more cruel than one's dreams. When the sun had set and the sky had darkened, the entire village had completely changed.

If the Taiping Village during the day was considered a desolate village, then it was a quiet and strange, lifeless abandoned village. Then at night, this desolate village would become a Ghost Village, a sinister and terrifying Ghost Village!

Under the pale moonlight, the entire village emitted a strange aura that caused one's heart to shiver.

At this moment, a wind suddenly blew in the village. Waves after waves of cold wind howled through the village like the wailing of ghosts and the howling of wolves. This made the desolate village, which could be heard by even a needle falling during the day, seem especially eerie and scary.

I sat on the threshold, my eyes darting about, fearing that something might burst out of those dark houses.

The cold wind was getting stronger, and the howling sound was getting louder and louder. Many of the old wooden houses had already been blown away, creaking as if they could collapse at any moment.

I looked up and saw that the moonlight seemed to have brightened a lot, and it was a full moon.

It was at that moment that I heard a thump. It came from the opposite wooden house, as if something heavy had struck it. Although the moonlight was very bright, the inside of the wooden house was very dark. It was pitch-black and one could not see a single thing.

Just when I was feeling a little weird, a "bang" sound came from another house. The sound was heavy, like something being smashed.

When this sound rang out, it was as if a huge rock had been thrown onto the calm surface of a lake.

The sounds of hammering sounded one after another, one after another. At first, the sound was rather dull, but as time passed, the sound became louder and the frequency became faster. It was as if he was setting off firecrackers.

After being stunned for a short moment, I immediately reacted.

Wasn't this the sound of the coffin lid knocking against something?

If that was the case, didn't that mean that there really was something inside these black coffins? Moreover, from the looks of things, it was obvious that they wanted to break out of the coffins.

Thinking about this, I couldn't stay calm anymore.

Even though he didn't know what was inside, he was certain that it wasn't a human!

Moreover, these coffins have been here for quite some time, and the things inside are obviously extraordinary. If they were to really break out of the coffin, I wouldn't dare to imagine the consequences.

However, there was nothing I could do. I could only watch on helplessly.

Just as I was beginning to get nervous, the wooden house across from me exploded with a bang, followed by a clang. It sounded like something had come out.

In an instant, my heart leaped into my throat.

I craned my neck and stared unblinkingly at the dark doorway. Then I saw a pair of feet, feet without shoes, legs so thin they were almost nothing but skin and bones, pale as paper in the moonlight.

Due to the angle of the moonlight, most of the creature's body was still hidden in the darkness even though its feet were exposed.

When the bone-thin legs appeared, the three Soul-Calming Incense on my left suddenly emitted two "zi zi" sounds and emitted green smoke …