Infinite Murder Mystery Game: The Beauty with a Delicate Palm

Someone carried a coffin beside her, their bodies semi-transparent, floating in the air, walking in the opposite direction from her.

Some people knelt on cushions burning incense, which soon dissipated; others drove their cars and braked into the river, losing their focus and falling into the water.

Everything exists in the form of spirits. She vaguely guessed that it might be the cause of death of the living dead behind her, or perhaps their memories from their previous lives.

In short, those things didn't attack her. She followed the guidance and walked forward step by step, but the more she walked, the more familiar they seemed.

This was the bamboo grove in Li Meili's backyard. She had accidentally entered it once while catching chickens during her sleep. As she quickened her pace, she soon saw the familiar place.

That abandoned mountain god temple.

The undead behind us started acting strangely as soon as they entered this area.

They screamed and groaned in agony, tearing their bodies apart, before finally turning to ashes, some scattered by the wind, others buried in the earth.

Silence returned to the surroundings. Su Mian did not leave, but instead lifted the hem of her wedding dress and walked forward. The weeds hooked around the girl's ankles, causing a ticklish sensation.

In front of the temple, there were three dead bodies. Their skin had turned grayish-green, their muscles had atrophied and were stuck to their bones, emitting a foul odor. They had probably been dead for less than a week.

She covered her nose and leaned closer to examine the body. One of the men had a gruesome stomach, as if something had exploded inside him. The other two were deathly pale; they had been scared to death.

They died right under a wishing tree adorned with red ribbons, as if they had come to make a wish, experienced something, and died there.

But she didn't care about these things. What puzzled her the most was that the person who died the most gruesome death was wearing the exact same clothes as when she first saw Mao Rongjun's back that day.

What's going on?

Her mind was in complete chaos. Just then, she heard footsteps behind her. Su Mian immediately turned around and saw that it was the Taoist priest.

"Wow, it's resolved so quickly?"

Su Mian didn't give him a friendly look, after all, this person was encouraging the player to die and didn't tell him the correct solution.

Seeing Su Mian's murderous look, the Taoist priest coughed awkwardly twice.

"I'm just trying to save trouble. In the past, it was the living dead under the mountain god's town that were in charge, but it was too much trouble. One bride is enough to feed them, how can we bother the mountain god every day?"

"Troublesome every day?"

Su Mian murmured, and the Taoist priest looked puzzled, "You're not from these mountains, how could you not know?"

Su Mian didn't pretend; she was straightforward, "I don't pay much attention to these things. Could you tell me about it?"

Seeing the girl's bewildered expression, the Taoist priest guessed that she was another "spilled water" who was being pressured by her family to follow the traditional three obediences and four virtues, had no opinions of her own, and knew nothing. He felt sorry for her and became patient.

"This mountain god was raised by an old man. Everyone said he was stupid and told him to go and read the story of the farmer and the snake, but the old man wouldn't listen and insisted on raising the snake."

"Hey, isn't that a coincidence? The snake grew up and swallowed the old man whole."

"The villagers were terrified and immediately said he deserved it."

The Taoist priest looked at the abandoned mountain god temple, shook his head and sighed, "As for why a temple was built for that snake, it's because the living dead later broke out in the village."

"I was the first one sent to perform the ritual."

"Hey, it didn't work." He chuckled sheepishly, not feeling ashamed at all. "On the contrary, it was the pet snake that swallowed the old man and transformed into human form that subdued these monsters."

"Later he left, and no one knows where he went, but some people always feel that he comes back from time to time."

"Because there is a wishing tree next to the temple we built, people who make wishes here and there often have their wishes come true."

Su Mian looked in the direction he was referring to, and saw the red ribbons fluttering in the wind, seemingly responding to them. She casually unfolded one of them.

"I want my mother's AI to get better."

It looks like something a child wrote; they didn't know how to write the character for cancer, so they used pinyin instead.

"The one you have in your hand has also come true."

People often ask, "How can a man-eating monster grant people's wishes?"

"But many impossible wishes have indeed come true."

Some people say he might be...

"Atonement."

Su Mian interrupted him, muttering something to herself. The Taoist priest paused for a moment, then nodded.

"Yes, to come back and atone for your sins."

Having said all that needed to be said, the Taoist priest shook his palm-leaf fan and left, leaving Su Mian standing there in a daze.

She was somewhat dazed. She raised her hand and read through all the wishes one by one. Her eyes were a little sore, but she felt very uneasy.

What is she looking at? What does she want to know?

Whose past does she want to see through these things?

Su Mian stroked the red ribbon, feeling a burning sensation at her fingertips, and her fingers trembled.

To confirm her idea, she ran into the mountain god temple, where the huge mountain god eagle statue still stood silently watching her from a high place.

Su Mian climbed onto the altar, trying to tiptoe and touch the statue's face.

Her fingers trembled as she touched the corner edge of the sculpture, where there was a small raised ring. Suddenly, she lost her strength, and everything became clear.

The statue is not faceless, nor is it weathered or uncarved.

And this is what they saw, the mountain god in his true form.

Because they wear masks, they have no face.

The Taoist priest said that the last time the living dead appeared and were suppressed was a year ago.

However, Si Shi (巳时) was said to have occurred a week prior, at that moment, and Su Mian unconditionally believed Si Shi.

But now she knows.

His background, his past, were laid bare before her eyes, just like this statue.

Why did they leave? Why did they eat the very people who raised them? Su Mian didn't believe that the time of 9 AM was their own initiative.

To others, he was a cold-blooded and cruel DM, but to Su Mian, he was just a cute little snake. After hearing those words, her eyelashes trembled, and she forced herself not to express those despicable emotions.

Now she is even more determined in her decision.

The person born in the hour of Si (9-11 AM) is not the cold-blooded monster rumored to be.

He was raised by people; he was a human being, a living, breathing being.

Her lover has a tragic past, was forced to eat the parents who raised him, endured cold stares and deep despair, and fell into a bottomless pit of self-blame.

Su Mian stroked the face that hadn't taken off the mask, tears already streaming down her face, dripping onto her gorgeous wedding dress.

She cupped his face in her hands, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him, but couldn't stop the tears from flowing and couldn't help but gasp for breath.

She dared not imagine whether the little snake opened its mouth because it was hungry or because it had been driven to the brink of despair.

live...

He was just trying to survive...

A boy appeared in Su Mian's mind. He was holding a pile of bloodstains and ashes, kneeling at his grandfather's feet, crying uncontrollably.

You will become a god.

We must discard everything, including those vulgar things that only humans possess.

The boy with the snake tail shook his head and frantically gnawed at his own tail, leaving bloodstains in the crevices of the scales.

He couldn't forgive himself and was eventually swallowed by a white light, and the wreckage on the ground disappeared completely.