Chapter 70: Weird Diary
I took Mi Qiqi to Fenglin Village for the second time. Just like last time, the taxi driver still refused to take us to the village. I had no choice but to take him off the car halfway and then walk to Fenglin Village.
I didn't say a word along the way, and Mi Qiqi held my arm, seeming a little scared. I patted her shoulder comfortingly, and then said in a calm voice: "Don't be afraid, we will know when we go in."
"Yeah." Mi Qiqi nodded and looked at me.
So next, I took her to Fenglin Village. When I was at the entrance of the village, I looked around and saw that it was in ruins everywhere. The atmosphere of death and silence enveloped the village.
Not only are there no people here, there are also no animals, making the entire village empty and silent.
"Is this Fenglin Village?" asked Mi Qiqi.
"Yes, this is where the disaster first occurred. The entire village was killed because of the gatekeepers of the underworld." I sighed, my expression full of amazement.
"How could this happen?" Mi Qiqi asked in disbelief.
"An unprecedented disaster occurred in the whole village. Many people died in this disaster." I shook my head, then pulled her and walked into the village.
Soon we arrived in the village, where there were houses everywhere, and I followed the houses and walked towards Han Ziyu's hometown.
The purpose of my coming to Fenglin Village this time is to find Han Ziyu's hometown. Because I know that as a survivor of this disaster, Han Ziyu must have left something behind.
In this way, we came to Han Ziyu's hometown, which is the most desolate room in the village. Han Ziyu's grandparents live here.
According to my research, Han Ziyu once lived here. Later, a catastrophe occurred in the village. Her grandparents all died, but she survived and became one of the few survivors.
Thinking of this, I suddenly understood that Han Ziyu must know something. Or maybe she left something behind.
So, I took Mi Qiqi into the old house. When I got inside, it was pitch black, which made me feel bad. Mi Qiqi, who was beside me, hugged me in fear, her lips trembling, not daring to say a word.
I slowly looked around, my eyes full of surprise. In this dark old house, there was a smell of decay and dust. It was obvious that no one had been here for a long time.
But I could vaguely see that something had happened here. I saw faint bloodstains on the wall.
I opened the curtain and walked into the inner room. When I walked into the inner room, the furniture was neatly arranged, and there was a black and white TV. There were also bowls and chopsticks on the kang, but they were covered with dust.
I came to the table, touched it gently, and then looked at the dust on my fingers. I said in surprise, "It seems that no one has been here for a long time."
"Yes, someone must have died here." said Mi Qiqi.
"Things are really troublesome." I sighed, then looked around, looking for something.
Soon I saw the cabinet and started rummaging inside.
Mi Qiqi looked at me strangely but said nothing. I looked around for something, not caring about the dust at all.
Soon I found something, which was a diary. Judging from the yellowed cover, it was a long time ago.
"Finally found it, this should be the thing." I said.
"What is this?" asked .
"This should be Han Ziyu's diary." I said with a smile.
"Diary?" Mi Qiqi asked after a moment of surprise.
"Yes, it is the diary. Maybe we can use it to see what happened back then." I asked Miqiqi.
After saying that, I opened the diary, and Miqiqi raised her head and continued to look at me.
The content of this diary was very simple at the beginning, nothing more than some trivial matters or things about academic performance.
I had no choice but to continue flipping the pages, and as I did, I saw something unusual.
"I returned to the countryside after a long absence, breathing the fresh air. I should have been happy. But I couldn't be happy. Because my grandparents told me that a lot of things happened in the village. They asked me to leave the village immediately."
"I was very curious about what happened in the village that scared my grandparents so much. But when I asked them, they couldn't answer me."
"Right here!" I looked at the diary and said excitedly, "Han Ziyu must have seen something, otherwise she wouldn't have written it like this."
Miqiqi nodded, and then we continued to look down.
"In the last few days, people have been dying everywhere in the village, and there are trumpets every day. I was very scared. I asked the villagers, but they told me that there was an evil ghost called the Gatekeeper of the Underworld who was killing people in the village."
"Of course I don't believe it. How can there be such a thing as an evil ghost? But the people in the village died miserably. Is there really an evil ghost in the village?"
I looked at the diary excitedly and continued reading.
"Evil ghosts really exist. My neighbor died that way. Not only that, the evil ghost also told us that we cannot leave the village, otherwise everyone who leaves will die."
"Today, three people who left the village died. Now everyone in the village understands. We can't get out."
"What should we do? Who will save us?"
I continued to read on, and the more I read, the more frightened I became. Because what Han Ziyu recorded next was similar to what we experienced. The people in the village also went from disbelief at first to despair later.
The way the gatekeeper of the underworld issues tasks is not through WeChat, but by posting a notice at the east end of the village. This notice will appear on the notice board every morning.
It’s not that no one wanted to find the gatekeeper of the underworld, but it was useless. In this way, within just one month, the gatekeeper of the underworld devoured the lives of more than half of the people in the village.
In the following diary entries, Han Ziyu became more and more desperate. She begged for someone to save her every day. But in the end, it was useless. She could only watch the people around her die every day.
You can imagine how painful she was at that time, and I can clearly feel this pain in her diary.
I sighed and continued to watch. However, what I saw next was shocking.
"My grandmother died today. She was ordered to kill me. But she couldn't bear to kill me because she was my grandmother. I really hate this damn gatekeeper of the underworld. I must kill him."
"After my grandmother died, my grandfather's mental state was very bad, but he has been trying his best to protect me. I swear, I will leave the village alive."
But what I read next was a diary that completely stunned me.
"My grandpa died today. He was not killed by the gatekeeper of the underworld, but was beaten to death. The men in the village suddenly rushed into my room and wanted to rape me. My grandpa tried to resist with a hoe, but was beaten to death by them. I was also gang-raped by them."
"I swear, I will kill them all, one by one."
Seeing this, Mi Qiqi suddenly burst into tears in my arms: "Han Ziyu is so pitiful. We actually killed her. It's a sin."
I shook my head painfully, my expression full of guilt. Because I was the murderer who killed Han Ziyu. To be honest, I believed Wang Yinyang's words by mistake. I thought she was the gatekeeper of the underworld. As a result, I killed her.
Now looking at this diary, I understand in my heart that Han Ziyu is not the gatekeeper of the underworld. On the contrary, like us, she once struggled in pain.
I felt uneasy and continued to read the diary. The next diary entry was even more cruel.
Han Ziyu went to great lengths to get revenge. It was not until more than ten days later that she placed the head of her last enemy on the grave. This was how she avenged her grandfather.
At this time, there were less than ten people left in the entire village.
At this time, the content of the diary changed again.
"I found the gatekeeper of the underworld. I never thought it was him. But since he is the gatekeeper of the underworld, I must kill him."
"I finally killed the gatekeeper of the underworld. This nightmare is finally over. I can finally leave the village."
The diary ended here, but when I saw the last page, I found that the last few pages had traces of being torn off. It seemed that the last few pages had been torn off by someone.
Mi Qiqi also exclaimed: "The last few pages are gone."
"This is really troublesome." I looked at the diary and said in a distressed voice, "The last few pages must contain some secrets, otherwise they would not have been torn off."
"Yes, maybe these last few pages record the method to find the gatekeeper of the underworld." Mi Qiqi said.
"Forget it. Anyway, this is all I can investigate." I closed the diary, my face full of confusion.
I originally thought that I could find the truth by coming here, but to my surprise, not only did I not find the truth, but I gained even greater doubts.
From this diary, it can be clearly seen that Han Ziyu killed the gatekeeper of the underworld, saved the entire village, and left the village with other survivors.
But the question is, why did Han Ziyu commit suicide in the classroom a few years later and become a ghost and stay in our classroom?
What is hidden behind all this?
I had no idea. I looked at the torn diary and gently put it back in the cabinet. Only then did I sigh and say, "Let's go. There's nothing to see here anymore."
Mi Qiqi nodded, then took my hand and followed me out of the old house.
