I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 118 Someone Returns to Taoyuan Village
"……what?"

Lin Xing'an, who was about to continue speaking, was choked by Teacher Juzi's words and stood there in a daze.

"Puguang Mountain was closed yesterday, and the Tao Ghost's ceremony at Puguang Temple ended on the first day yesterday."

"At present, all the gluttonous ghosts have left."

"Aren't we fine now?"

She looked at Lin Xing'an who seemed to be standing still and said with a smile.

"It ended yesterday..."

"Yesterday... the 23rd... but..."

Lin Xing'an took a deep breath and rubbed his head.

"Little brat, the Tao ghosts will close the mountain for three days. They may hold their rituals on any day during these three days."

"Why do you think the Taogui event is taking place today, the 24th?"

Teacher Orange asked back.

"I……"

Lin Xing'an was also confused.

Yeah, how come I subconsciously thought it was the 24th...

"Because the angel said that next week, seven days after that day at the villa, would be the 24th..."

"Because of that calendar..."

Because in the secret room of Villa No. 24, on Yunxia's desk, the calendar had the th specially marked...

Lin Xing'an recalled silently.

However, this is not direct evidence...

And the angel always said that all the sacrifices would die after a week, not seven days.

She didn't say when...

"Gudong..."

The expression on Lin Xing'an's face became more and more serious.

If the Taogui ritual had ended yesterday, the 23rd.

And Teacher Orange and the others will "disappear" in four hours...

That means... my guess was wrong from the beginning?
Everyone's disappearance, the so-called sacrifices, and the rituals of the gluttonous ghost have nothing to do with each other?

The gluttonous ghost just happened to be holding a ceremony at this time, and everyone just happened to disappear at this time.

Were these two things just a beautiful coincidence from beginning to end?

Is this possible…?
"Sister Orange, what on earth did the gluttonous ghost do in Puguang Mountain?"

"What they did, is it related to Taoyuan Village?"

Lin Xing'an calmed himself down first and asked with a frown.

"There are relationships."

Teacher Juzi seemed to have guessed that Lin Xing'an would ask all kinds of questions, so she gestured for him to sit down first.

"Don't be impatient, little brat. I've been telling you since you passed out in Villa No. 6 that night, so you don't have to ask any more questions."

"That's too... okay, that's fine."

Lin Xing'an shook his head and wanted to say that this was too much to start from the beginning, but then he changed his mind and nodded.

After all, he was basically certain that he could not turn the situation around this time.

It would be better to recover your strength while figuring out everything that happened during the days you were unconscious!

Especially the ritual of the gluttonous ghost.

Although it ended yesterday, he really didn't believe that everyone's disappearance had nothing to do with that ceremony!
"Let me tell you!"

Yu Shi brought three cups of milk tea and sat next to Lin Xing'an.

"An An, that night my aunt saw Dr. Xu leaving the house. She felt something was wrong, so she followed him."

"But by the time my aunt arrived, you were all..."

Yu Shi twisted her neck, stuck out her tongue, and made an expression as if she had fainted.

"You made too much noise. I was afraid the nearby gluttonous ghosts would come looking for you, so I immediately contacted the organization for help."

"Organization? Auntie, have you joined the organization too?"

Lin Xing'an asked with a frown.

"No, my aunt doesn't want to find some paradise village. She just wants to live a quiet life as a 'fool'."

"So I just had the organization's contacts, but I wasn't part of it."

"Actually, I didn't hold out hope that any organization would come."

"But when they heard that Orange was there, they immediately sent someone over, because the current leader of the organization is your teacher Orange's younger brother."

Yu Shi said while holding the hot milk tea in both hands.

"What?"

Lin Xing'an looked at Teacher Juzi in shock, "Sister Juzi, you have this kind of relationship and you still..."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it. I completely hid the memory of my identity as 'sister'."

"Because... my personal reasons."

Teacher Orange lowered her eyes and said.

Lin Xing'an nodded, indicating his understanding, and didn't ask any more questions. "Anyway, the organization's people will be here soon."

"Juzi woke up briefly on the spot and helped your good classmate Liu Xiaole erase his memory of awakening. Then he passed out again and slept for a whole day."

"Wang Xi and Zhang Yunxi also slept for a whole day."

"Yunxia has been in a coma for three days. You are the most amazing one. You have been sleeping until now."

Yu Shi nodded Lin Xing'an's head.

"Yunxia is still alive..."

Lin Xing'an breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he was not familiar with Yunxia, Lin Xing'an admired Yunxia more and more after personally experiencing the mental pain of resisting possession.

"Aunt, Yunxia was also conscious when she was possessed."

"So she should be the one who knows best what the Taogui ritual is about, right?"

"After all, that hallucinatory ghost possessed her during the ceremony that afternoon."

"And when I went to scout the area in the afternoon and all the gluttonous ghosts released their ghost domains, she used her abilities to help me, which means she was conscious at that time."

"She probably has the most information!"

Lin Xing'an asked with a blink of his eyes.

"Yes, Yunxia does know."

Teacher Orange crossed his legs and nodded.

"Little brat, remember what I told you? Gluttonous ghosts cannot reproduce."

"When you asked me where all those gluttonous ghosts came from, I said I didn't know."

"But now, I can tell you clearly."

Teacher Orange looked at Lin Xing'an.

Lin Xing'an also took a deep breath.

"The so-called rituals of the gluttonous ghosts are for reproduction."

"All gluttons come from 'Mother'."

"And that coffin is actually the passage from this world to Taoyuan Village."

Teacher Orange spoke word by word.

Although he had roughly guessed the first two sentences, Lin Xing'an was still shocked.

But the last sentence made Lin Xing'an shake his head frantically.

Because Taoyuan Village definitely cannot be behind that light gate!
But before he could refute, Teacher Orange started talking again.

"This morning, someone successfully opened the door to Taoyuan Village using the Taogui method and returned to Taoyuan Village."

"what?!"

Lin Xing'an took a breath of cold air!
"So...entered...into that coffin?"

He closed his eyes to calm himself down, took a sip of milk tea and asked.

"Yes, that coffin is actually a door that can only be opened using a specific method."

"Yesterday we secretly observed the Taogui's method, but we didn't expect it to actually succeed this morning."

"The coffin was successfully transformed into the door to Taoyuan Village."

Teacher Orange said calmly.

“…And then someone went in?”

Lin Xing'an licked his lips in surprise, his face full of disbelief.

"Yes, someone went in."

"No...this...isn't this a bit...too hasty?"

Lin Xing'an took another sip of milk tea.

There were so many suspicious points in the whole incident that he didn't know where to start.

"Sister Orange, how can you be sure that behind that door is Taoyuan Village?"

"Is it possible that there is another, more terrifying world behind the door?"

"Our people... just went in like that?"

"Didn't anyone doubt it at that time?"

Lin Xing'an asked after reorganizing his words.

Teacher Orange shook her head firmly.

"Little brat, because we saw what was behind the door."

"The scene of Taoyuan Village behind the door is exactly the same as the scene of Taoyuan Village in the Taoyuan dreams that all of us have."

"And... that feeling, that very... indescribable feeling of intimacy, we all felt it the moment the door opened."

She specifically emphasized the pronunciation of the four identical words.

"Peach Blossom Dream... Another Peach Blossom Dream..."

But Lin Xing'an showed an expression that said "I should have thought of it earlier."

He closed his eyes and pinched his eyebrows.

This Utopia dream!
There is definitely a problem!
(End of this chapter)