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Chapter 12
☆、Chapter 12 The key to the door
The chewing sound lasted for a long time, as if every bone was chewed carefully, the sound of crunching and crunching the bones produced a physiological discomfort, but everyone endured it silently.
Finally, when the morning light was about to appear in the sky, the chewing sound disappeared, and at the same time, the woman outside the wall who had been silently staring at everyone disappeared.
I don't know if it was Lin Qiushi's illusion. He always felt that before the woman disappeared, he vaguely heard a slight burp... as if something was full.
It was finally dawn, and Lin Qiushi, who had been sitting in the yard all night, seemed like a lifetime away, he said, "Is it all over?"
Ruan Baijie was noncommittal and only said maybe.
After cutting down the tree, worshipping the temple, filling the well, the rest is to go to the carpenter to get the coffin.
Everyone's faces were all tired, but under the tiredness, there was a little excitement. This should be the last step. As long as they get the key and find the iron door, they can leave this terrifying world.
Everyone thought so, and even the pace of walking became a lot lighter.
The village during the day is not as gloomy and terrifying as the night. It seems to be just an ordinary small mountain village, inhabited by a group of simple villagers, with no ghosts and no death.
When they went to the carpenter, they happened to pass by the place where Wang Xiaoyi died, but Lin Qiushi saw nothing there. There was only white snow on the ground, and nothing that happened last night left any trace here.
"Has her body been eaten?" Lin Qiushi asked.
"It should be." Ruan Baijie, "That thing has quite a big appetite."
When they arrived at the carpenter's house, they saw the carpenter sitting at the door smoking slowly. Lin Qiushi arrived first, so he greeted him and said, "Old man, let's get the coffin."
The carpenter didn't speak, and pointed to the inside of the house.
Everyone entered the room one by one and saw a beautiful red coffin standing in a small room. This coffin is very beautiful, well-made, and every detail is tightly stitched. It doesn't look like a product that was rushed to work in a short period of time.
Lin Qiushi always felt that the paint on the coffin was a bit strange. He reached out and touched it and found that the paint had a fishy smell and felt a little greasy.
Ruan Baijie reacted much faster than him, and blurted out, "Is it blood soaked."
"It should be." Xiong Qi said, "there is no such thing as paint."
"Forget it, no matter what it is soaked in, take it back and talk about it." Ruan Baijie said, "Let's go."
Originally, Lin Qiushi thought that the coffin should be very heavy, but who knew that it would actually be light when lifted, and two people could easily carry it.
Cheng Wen's current state is not good at all, and only Lin Qiushi and Xiong Qi are left in the entire team to work hard. The two of them, one after the other, lifted the coffin and headed towards the residence.
"What should I do next?" Lin Qiushi asked while carrying the coffin.
"Go back first and see if there is anything in the coffin." Ruan Baijie said, "I guess the key is in the coffin. When the key is taken out, everything will be easy."
Lin Qiushi silently hoped in his heart.
When he got home, Cheng Wen, who had been knocked out, woke up. He sat in the hall with a dull expression. When he saw everyone who came back with the coffin, he didn't say hello. He looked like he was mentally retarded.
Seeing this, Lin Qiushi was a little worried, and whispered, "I won't beat him stupid, right?"
Ruan Baijie: "Well..."
Lin Qiushi: "Fuck, I'll just do a dozen..."
Ruan Baijie comforted him: "If you are stupid, you will be stupid. No one will hold you responsible anyway, and a fool is not afraid of ghosts. Didn't this happen to help him? You are his benefactor!"
Lin Qiushi: "..." Ruan Baijie, why are you so skilled?
Because of Cheng Wen's performance yesterday, everyone didn't want to pay attention to him, so Xiong Qi and Xiao Ke just pretended not to see it.
"Open the coffin." Xiong Qi announced after putting down the coffin.
"Okay." Lin Qiushi nodded, and Xiong Qi and Xiong Qi lifted it aside, and then together, they lifted the lid of the coffin.
With a crunch, the lid of the coffin was opened, and a damp smell of wood rushed out. Xiao Ke was the most nervous. As soon as she saw the lid opened, she hurriedly put her head in to see if there was anything they wanted in the coffin.
"I found it!!!! The key!!!" The next moment, Xiao Ke's ecstatic voice came, she almost cried with joy, and she was very emotional, "Really, really!!"
Lin Qiushi took a look and found that Xiao Ke had an old bronze key in his hand. The shape of the key was simple and simple, showing the breath of time. The handle of the key was stained with red liquid. If it was before, Lin Qiushi would have thought it was paint or something, but now he feels that the smear of red is human blood.
"We have the key, we have the key!!" Xiao Ke held the key, tears kept streaming down, and it seemed that his emotions were on the verge of collapse.
It seemed that although she was calm on weekdays, she was almost unable to withstand the pressure of death.
"The door should also be out, and you can start looking for the door." Xiong Qi's tone was a little tired, he said, "We must hurry up, we have few people left."
"Where do ordinary doors appear?" Lin Qiushi has no experience in this area.
"It's usually near where we live, so it's not particularly difficult to find." Xiong Qi said, "But I haven't experienced the world of thirteen people, so I don't know."
"Okay." Lin Qiushi looked at the key in Xiao Ke's hand, thinking that at least he had found the key.
Ruan Baijie didn't show too much excitement, she said: "Where is the key, who will keep the key, I don't worry about letting her come."
Xiao Ke, who was questioned, was full of anger: "What do you mean? What do you mean by worrying about it? Are you relieved to keep us safe?"
Ruan Baijie smiled, "It's not just me. If you lose the key, we'll all die in the door. Are you sure you want to keep it? Think clearly."
Xiaoke's face turned blue and white, as if he was about to say something, Xiong Qi pressed her shoulders: "Qiu Shi, take care of it."
Lin Qiushi was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect this to happen to him suddenly. He was about to decline, but Ruan Baijie agreed. He even leaned into Lin Qiushi's ear and said softly, "Just take it."
Lin Qiushi frowned: "But this is my first time entering the door, and I have no experience..."
"It's okay." Xiong Qi said, "We are all very at ease with you."
"Okay." Lin Qiushi had to agree.
After he reached out and took the key, he observed it carefully and felt that if he didn't say it, it was just an ordinary copper key to him.
Xiong Qi suggested that everyone had been tired all night, go eat something first, and then discuss the location of the door, and Lin Qiushi agreed.
So Xiong Qi and Xiao Ke went to the kitchen to cook, while Lin Qiushi and Ruan Baijie sat in the living room and guarded Cheng Wen.
"Why did they give me the key?" Lin Qiushi was still a little puzzled.
"Because this key is not a good thing." Ruan Baijie said, "Everyone who holds it will die very quickly." She laughed, stretched out a finger and tapped Lin Qiushi's forehead, "Of course, you do not worry."
Lin Qiushi said, "Huh?"
Ruan Baijie suddenly lowered her head, bit Lin Qiushi's auricle lightly, and whispered, "I found the door."
Lin Qiushi's eyes widened instantly: "What?"
Ruan Baijie: "Shh, be quiet."
Lin Qiushi quickly closed his voice and said in a low voice, "What did you say? Have you found the location of the door?"
"Yes." Ruan Baijie smiled. She seemed to have a strong interest in Lin Qiushi's ears. She stroked and stroked Lin Qiushi's auricle with her fingers, making Lin Qiushi itchy, "Do you want to know where it is?"
If this were a normal day, all Lin Qiushi's attention would have to be on Ruan Baijie's hands playing with his ears, but what Ruan Baijie said at this time was so surprising that he didn't have time to think about it too much, "You know where you are and why don't you say it? ……what??"
There was a sudden tingling on the earlobe, and Lin Qiushi gasped, "What are you doing?" He reached out and touched it, only to find that Ruan Baijie had pierced an ear stud on his right ear.
"It's okay." Ruan Baijie's face was still innocent, "It's just that you should look good with these earrings."
Lin Qiushi was shocked when he touched the earrings. For a while, he didn't know whether to ask about the door or the earrings first. Ruan Baijie didn't give him a chance to respond, and continued: "The door is very close to us. can go back."
"Where are Xiao Ke and Xiong Qi?" Lin Qiushi asked.
"They?" Ruan Baijie seemed to have a bad impression of these two people, "Let's see how I feel."
Lin Qiushi said: "If you can... take them back together." Although Xiao Ke has a bad temper, Xiong Qi's attitude towards them is still good, and they have experienced so much together.
"You." Ruan Baijie said, "You are too soft-hearted." She smiled, "But I like you just like that."
Lin Qiushi said that, blushing inexplicably, he said, "Don't tease me."
Ruan Baijie smiled but said nothing.
Being interrupted by Ruan Baijie, Lin Qiushi directly forgot to ask about the earrings, and put all his thoughts into the evening. It wasn't until Xiong Qi and the others came back and asked him why there was something on his ear, he suddenly realized that Ruan Baijie had fooled him again.
"Isn't it good-looking?" Ruan Baijie said, "Why do you despise me, do you have another woman?"
Lin Qiushi: "...don't make trouble unreasonably."
Ruan Baijie incarnated as a strange: "You actually said that I was unreasonable, you are too much, 嘤嘤嘤."
Lin Qiushi, who had never had a girlfriend, showed a desperate expression.