Fortunately, there was no danger once they entered.

Gan Lu waved her hand to swat at the giant white rat. The rat looked somewhat clumsy, yet in that instant, it nimbly jumped down, stood on its hind legs, and snarled ’squeak-squeak’ at them.

"Such a big rat?"

"What was it doing just now?"

Chuzheng and Xin Zhu were a step slower, and by the time they entered, the big white rat was already on the ground.

It squeaked twice, saw Xin Zhu, and dashed toward him on its legs.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

"Xiao Qi." Xin Zhu quickly picked it up. "Are you okay?" 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Squeak!"

Chuzheng looked displeased with the big white rat. Good Person Card hadn’t even hugged her. Why should he hug this furry, not-soft thing that looks as if it has become a spirit?

The big white rat sensed Chuzheng’s displeasure and cleverly held onto Xin Zhu.

-

Xiao Mo and Xiao Qiu, like before, were fixed in place with clothes pierced through by wood.

Already dead.

After checking the wound, Gan Lu said with a somber face, "The fatal injury is from a wolf bite."

"How could that be... Xiao Mo was just talking to us earlier..." Yao Qing murmured, "How could he be here?"

And in this state...

This is definitely man-made.

However, they were all together at the time, and no one had the time to do this.

"Who did it!?"

"We were all present at the time and have been together since. It’s certainly not someone from our side."

"Does that mean there’s someone else?"

Brother Gao turned his gaze to Chuzheng.

"Miss Liu, may I ask if the young man next to you has other companions?"

"Are you suspecting him?"

"This rat seems to belong to this young man." Earlier, he heard him call out Xiao Qi.

When he came in, the rat ran directly to him.

Brother Gao continued, "Why would someone coming out to explore bring such a rat? Plus, it was with Xiao Mo."

"And just now with the door issue, how did you know to open it from there, Miss Liu?"

Brother Gao’s eyes shone with sharpness, and it was hard not to suspect the young man’s abrupt appearance.

"So what?"

"Was it him who did it?" Gan Lu, with a fiery temper, directly asked aloud.

Xin Zhu took half a step forward, wanting to explain.

Chuzheng pulled him back, preventing him from speaking.

"You also said earlier, when we arrived, Xiao Mo should have still been alive, and we’ve been together since. How could it have anything to do with us?"

"When you left, you weren’t always in our line of sight," Brother Gao said.

"But he wasn’t killed by a human; he was bitten to death by a wolf," Chuzheng said with an expressionless face.

"..." Brother Gao couldn’t rebut this point; Xiao Mo was indeed bitten to death by a wolf.

Gan Lu shouted, "Even if his death has nothing to do with you, his state here is definitely related to you, and Xiao Qiu too. Did you bring him over? What is your purpose!"

Chuzheng was at the camp at the time, but the boy beside her was not.

As long as he could bring Xiao Qiu to follow from behind, he could get Xiao Qiu to their camp and thereby provide Chuzheng with an alibi, proving she had no time to commit the crime.

"It has nothing to do with us."

Chuzheng calmly denied.

Gan Lu was unconvinced: "If it has nothing to do with you, how do you explain that rat?"

Chuzheng glared at the big white rat, her lips gently parting: "Coincidence."

Gan Lu pressed on: "Is there such a coincidence?"

"The world is full of coincidences." You just haven’t seen enough. The more you see, the more bizarre coincidences you’ll encounter.

"You..."

Gan Lu was so angry her chest heaved rapidly.

Brother Gao gestured to Gan Lu to stop talking, his tone much gentler: "Miss Liu, why don’t you tell us about his origins?"

The depth of coldness in Chuzheng’s eyes intensified: "Why should I? You’re just making baseless suspicions without evidence, so it’s best not to speak rashly."

Yet Gan Lu couldn’t help but point to the big white rat: "Isn’t that rat evidence?"

Chuzheng’s cold face, her calm tone carrying a hint of sarcasm: "Would you be stupid enough to leave such an obvious clue after doing something bad?"

"..."

Gan Lu’s expression turned ugly for a few seconds, unable to refute Chuzheng.

Chuzheng spoke slowly and methodically: "Use evidence to speak. Without evidence, don’t speak recklessly."

Chuzheng pulled Xin Zhu aside.

"Brother Gao, she..."

"Enough." Brother Gao lowered his gaze, speaking with unclear intent: "We really don’t have evidence to prove this is related to them."

"But..."

"That woman is not easy to deal with, as you saw earlier." Also, his instincts told him that this matter might really have nothing to do with her.

"..."

-

The stone chamber contained many things, with stone-carved statues in each of the four corners.

There were a total of four statues, each different from the others.

The statues were not something they were familiar with.

Standing nearly two meters tall, they wore masks with blue faces and fangs, holding weapons in their hands.

In the center was a stone coffin.

Xin Zhu suddenly murmured, "This place... is where I first woke up."

"Hmm?"

Xin Zhu said he didn’t remember what happened previously; when he woke up, everyone was gone.

Chuzheng thought he woke up at the camp, but she didn’t expect it was here.

So then...

The village outside is essentially useless; the real destination is where they are now?

"What are you doing?"

Chuzheng intended to open the coffin to take a look, but Gan Lu stopped her.

"Open the coffin."

"You can’t just open it recklessly," Gan Lu said. "Who knows what’s inside."

"If you’re scared, you can leave." Chuzheng tilted her chin towards the door.

Right now, Gan Lu felt dubious about Chuzheng and Xin Zhu, wary and suspicious: "Now that you’re trying to open the coffin, who knows what you want to do?"

"Then you open it." Chuzheng made a generous gesture.

Gan Lu was completely caught off guard by Chuzheng’s proposal, stunned on the spot.

What did she mean by this?

Was she trying to get her to take the risk?

Gan Lu’s mouth twitched. She insisted on her view: "We can’t just open it like this!" They hadn’t yet clarified their situation, and recklessly opening the coffin could lead to encountering something dangerous.

Chuzheng: "..."

Oh, my dear comrade, why are you so hard to please?

If I open it, you’re unhappy. If I let you open it, you’re still unhappy. What exactly do you want!

Heavens!

Chuzheng’s patience ran out, and she directly acted. Gan Lu was startled, leaped to the side of the stone coffin, and engaged in a confrontation with Chuzheng.

Gan Lu was confident in her skills, and she didn’t underestimate Chuzheng, dealing with her cautiously from the start.

However, Chuzheng was too fast. After exchanging a few blows, Gan Lu started to fall behind.

Chuzheng landed a palm on her shoulder. Gan Lu lunged forward, her feet bracing against the ground as she steadied her body.

At the same time, the sound of the stone coffin’s lid moving came from behind her.

Gan Lu quickly turned her head, watching as the coffin lid began to move towards her, revealing the contents of the stone coffin.

Now that it was already open, there was nothing more to say.

The coffin lid opened, and the stone coffin was quietly still inside, without anything happening.

The crowd slowly approached the stone coffin, peering inside.