Amidst the chaos, Nanxi ignored the wails around her and weaved through the commotion.

The road was blocked by a corpse.

The corpse was long since unrecognizable, its body contorted with malice born of jealousy and agony, glaring menacingly at Nanxi: "Why am I the one who got hurt? You're a woman too, you came to Anning Village, why are you unharmed?"

Jealousy welled up inside me.

It charged forward menacingly, but Nanxi simply waved her hand and dealt with it.

Before the body dissipated, it was in a daze.

"I don't have time to play with you right now."

Nanxi quickly arrived at the players' residence. This time, she didn't look at the rooms or the yard, but instead focused her gaze on the abandoned livestock shed next to it.

As she walked in, she immediately felt the difference in texture of one of the floorboards beneath her feet.

Nanxi kicked aside the straw on the ground and sure enough, she saw the entrance to a cellar.

The entrance to this cellar was smaller and more dilapidated than those in other people's cellars. Once opened, you could see a very small space below, almost only five square meters.

In the old, dilapidated cellar, one can still vaguely see a bed made of straw on the ground, which may not even qualify as a bed at all.

Scattered bloodstains were everywhere on the ground and walls, now turned into dark marks.

It's hard to imagine that anyone once lived here.

[A cellar in a livestock shed? I never imagined that...]

I feel sorry for Cherie Chung.

[You think you're the only one who feels sorry for her? Based on Sister Nan's previous methods, she would have simply killed any ghost or monster she encountered. And the most ruthless method she used against Aunt Hong just now was threatening her to smear ink on the portrait!]

[Oh right, the streamer was very decisive in dealing with the villagers who bullied the little girl!]

Sister Nan, I only realized how thoughtful you were so late in coming.

Nanxi went down the ladder into the cellar and looked around at the cramped space.

"Is this what you're looking for?"

Chen Feng's voice came from behind.

Looking over, Nanxi saw that Chen Feng had kicked away the straw that was called "bed". Underneath the straw were some words carved into the ground with sharp stones, which seemed to have been carefully preserved.

— Today is my second year in prison. I tried to escape before but failed. I tried to write in my diary, but the villagers found out because I threw out a note asking for help, so they took away my paper and pen. This is the only way I can record things.

I don't know... how much longer I can keep recording.

I don't even know if I'm still myself now.

……

I haven't seen the sun in a long time. I heard that there's been a famine and disease outbreak outside the village, and many people have died. People come down every day and bring me food, but the food is dwindling little by little. It would be better to die like this.

……

In the third year, I gave birth to a child. I didn't want the child, but the villagers were very happy. They even brought me meat, saying that I was the great benefactor of the whole village and asking if I could save the village again. How strange.

……

I should have died long ago. The moment I gave birth to my child was the beginning of my true despair.

I don't remember how many years I've been here, but I do know that I've been having children... Every villager who goes out carrying a baby is all smiles.

They don't even call me crazy anymore; they call me Red Aunt.

Hong Gu?

But my name doesn't have any red characters; I don't even remember what my real name is.

I want to die.

……

These few lines of text seem to have stood the test of time. The words in the first few lines still had some regularity, but the handwriting in the later lines became frantic and numb. From these words, one can feel the woman's despair.

Right next to this line of text, there is a record with three strokes of the character "正" (zhèng) written on it, one horizontal and one vertical.

The three upright characters with three strokes represent the number seventeen.

I don't know exactly what this "seventeen" record refers to, but whether it's the number of years spent here or the number of children, it's an extremely alarming statistic.

[Oops!]

I really wish I could enter this instance and personally kill all the villagers of Anning Village.

They truly deserve to die!

[It's not just them; many similar things happen in real life. Those who do such things deserve to die!]

[That's why the village chief said he was also Hong Gu's child... Are you kidding me?! How dare you say you're Hong Gu's child!]

"Let's go up."

Nanxi's eyes darkened, and after looking at something in the cellar, she nodded to Chen Feng.

The two walked up from the cellar and immediately saw the strange scene outside.

Inside the courtyard.

Li An and two others stood together, and not far in front of them was Hong Gu, who seemed to have stepped right out of the painting.

Upon seeing Nanxi, Wang Zhuangzhuang reacted as if he had found a lifeline: "Big Boss Nanxi!"

God knows, the three of them were awakened by screams outside while they were catching up on sleep. When they went outside to check, they found that the whole world had changed the moment they opened their eyes.

How did the peaceful little village turn into a zombie hunt?

The group returned to their lodgings, and then they saw Hong Gu standing there...

"Nanxi, you've found the cellar?!"

Li An, however, noticed the key point: "The cellar is actually in the direction of the livestock shed. I really didn't expect that Hong Gu, who was so respected by the villagers, used to live in a cellar in the livestock shed..."

He stopped mid-sentence and slowly turned his head to look in Hong Gu's direction.

Hong Gu was still incredibly thin and frightening, but upon hearing these words, she looked towards the rediscovered cellar entrance, seemingly lost in memories of the past…

Nanxi patted the dust off her hands: "Yes, I just came out of the cellar below and also found the hidden words."

word.

Hong Gu remained silent.

"Nanxi, so you've discovered some clue...?"

Li An leaned closer to ask a question, but before he could get near Nanxi, a man raised his hand and pushed him away, maintaining a safe distance between him and Nanxi.

Li An saw the murderous intent in Chen Feng's eyes and held back.

Nanxi thought about the words she had just used, then spread her hands: "I forgot."

Forgot?

How could I have already forgotten what I just saw?

Wang Zhuangzhuang, however, had already scrambled down into the cellar with lightning speed, and quickly climbed back up: "Nanxi, why didn't I see any words down there? It looks like someone carved words on the ground before, but they've all been covered up by fresh scratches, making it impossible to see the original words at all. It's almost like..."

It looks like it was deliberately destroyed.

He suddenly froze, staring blankly at Nanxi.

Nanxi stretched and said casually, "I was in a good mood, so I just destroyed it."

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