Free Web NovelChapter 373: Chapter 352: How Do You Know There Was Nothing Wrong With That Phone Call?
"The entire village might be growing these bizarre plants!"
The security guard who had gone to investigate the nearby houses came jogging back.
Panting heavily, his face etched with terror, he yelled out the words.
His warning shot through every young man and woman present like a jolt of icy electricity,
leaving them cold to the bone.
Fear, like a surging black tide,
spread wildly through their hearts. The emotion grew so intense it threatened to consume their sanity entirely.
’What in the world is this place?’
Their minds were filled with confusion and terror.
’How have we never heard of this before?’
’That a village this terrifying and bizarre exists so close to Haitong City.’
Every family’s vegetable garden was filled with those plants that grew skulls.
In the darkness, the pale skulls looked especially sinister, like envoys from Hell.
’Aren’t the villagers afraid?’
Especially in the pitch-black night, the skulls seemed to have a life of their own,
radiating a terrifying aura and constantly emitting wisps of cold air.
They felt like icy tentacles slowly crawling up one’s spine,
making a person’s hair stand on end.
Even though it was evening and every house had its lights on, it was strange...
...the houses were horrifyingly silent. Not a single sound escaped from within.
It was as if the houses were completely empty—nothing but a row of haunted manors.
Normally, at this hour, long before midnight,
families should be happily gathered together.
The aroma of dinner might be wafting through the house as a family sat around the table.
An interesting show might be on TV, with everyone gathered around, laughing and talking as they watched.
Or perhaps a family was sitting on the sofa, chatting idly about their day.
But here, the silence was completely wrong.
This silence was like a heavy boulder pressing down on everyone’s hearts, making them flustered and uneasy.
"I... I think we should go back."
A young man said, his voice trembling. His lips were pale, and his eyes were filled with fear.
"Don’t tell me everyone in this village has turned into some kind of strange Evil Spirit? If so, aren’t we just walking into the lion’s den?"
Another person cried out in terror, their voice cracking.
"Stop, just stop! We never should have come to this village. Let’s get out of here before we go any deeper."
The group began to clamor, one person talking over the other. Everyone was starting to have second thoughts.
Many of them were shivering, their bodies trembling uncontrollably,
enveloped by an invisible chill.
They unconsciously pulled their clothes tighter, trying to ward off the fear welling up from within.
Some who were closer friends were already huddled together,
clutching each other’s arms and drawing a sliver of strength from their companions
just to keep standing in this terrifying place.
"I told you earlier we shouldn’t have come. This village is too damn weird. But you wouldn’t listen to me."
"You just had to listen to this thief. Now who’s to blame?"
Zou Baixuan wore a smug expression.
Despite the grave situation and the eerie, dangerous atmosphere,
he couldn’t suppress his arrogance.
In his eyes,
the current situation proved just how right his decision back at the manor gate had been.
He was like a clown desperate to gloat about his victory.
"What? So you think we’d be safe if we just hid in that manor instead of dealing with this bizarre problem?"
"Don’t forget that girl who was spewing grayish-brown liquid from her mouth."
"If I recall correctly, that girl is your girlfriend, isn’t she, Zou Baixuan?"
"Don’t you two just love all that public display of affection?"
"So why was she suffering like that?"
"And why did you not even check on her when we left? You just hid as far away as possible."
"If we had listened to you and run into danger back at the manor, you’d probably have just used someone else as a human shield."
Sun Canxing had no patience for the gloating Zou Baixuan. Her words were sharp,
every one of them like a dagger
stabbing straight through Zou Baixuan’s hypocritical facade and ruthlessly exposing his ugly nature.
Sure enough, as soon as Sun Canxing finished speaking,
many of the young men and women snapped out of their panic. The way they looked at Zou Baixuan instantly changed,
their eyes filling with disgust and distrust as they silently began to inch away from him.
After all, many of them clearly remembered that poor girl.
She was Zou Baixuan’s girlfriend.
The girl’s condition back then had been absolutely terrifying.
She was constantly spewing that grayish-brown liquid from her mouth,
enduring the most horrific torment imaginable.
The couple was usually extremely high-profile,
often kissing, hugging, and touching in front of everyone without a second thought.
Those scenes replayed in everyone’s mind like a movie montage,
making the more bashful boys and girls present blush with embarrassment every time they saw it.
How could anyone find a person like that reliable or trustworthy
at a time like this, when it was a matter of life and death?
He didn’t even care about his own girlfriend when she was in danger.
He just abandoned her. When they left, he didn’t even check to see if she was dead or alive.
