Hearing Su Shuang's breathing and Lin Zhu's worried shouts, Cheng Miao calmed down and didn't look back. He grabbed Zhang Qiao with one hand and shouted: "Zhang Yan, don't you want to see your friend and lover?!"
The dark wind behind Cheng Miao stopped behind him, and a heart-wrenching "gurgling" sound sounded. Cheng Miao took out the fish bone dagger, took two steps forward, and turned back.
Standing behind him was the ghost woman who had led Cheng Miao and Lian Ge to the altar. She was not holding a lantern now, and her long hair hung down on both sides, revealing a terrifying and shameless face.
Unlike Zhang Qiao's face, which was completely changed after treatment, Zhang Yan's face looked like skin that had just been peeled off, still steaming, and slightly bulging blood vessels could be seen.
No matter how disgusting the scene was, no one dared to retching in front of the female ghost. Everyone suppressed their nausea with blue faces.
Without the cover of her hair, Cheng Miao could see at a glance that the ghost woman's chest and ribs were missing a few bones. It seemed that Zhang Qiao's lantern had not been burned out yet, and Zhang Yan's ghost had not yet been completely freed.
"You mean...Zhang Yan?" Zhang Qiao, who was dragged by Cheng Miao, was dumbfounded when Cheng Miao was talking. Now when he saw the terrifying female ghost in front of him, Zhang Qiao's eyes were filled with water, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed. Overcame the instinctive fear.
"Are you... Ayan?" Zhang Qiao's voice was extremely hoarse, probably due to excessive shouting at that time. Now that the female ghost was in front of her, her voice made people feel another kind of fear.
Zhang Yan's ghost stood there looking at his former best friend without saying a word.
She didn't say it before, she always used lanterns to convey meaning. Now without the lantern, she couldn't communicate with Zhang Qiao.
"One of Zhang Qiao and Zhang Guo is your best friend, who was skinned for helping you. The other is your lover, who was driven crazy by your death."
Cheng Miao stood in front of Zhang Yan under tremendous pressure. She lowered her voice and said: "We have helped you destroy all the lanterns to free you. And we have also helped you rescue people. I just hope you can let go." All of us get out."
Cheng Miao faintly felt that the "friend of the undead" bUff was activated in his body, and he felt more at ease.
Zhang Yan's eyelidless eyes stared at Cheng Miao steadily. After a while, her head, covered only in flesh and blood, nodded.
The ghost woman agreed, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Cheng Miao winked at Tan Wen, Tan Wu, and Su Shuang. Su Shuang gratefully thanked Cheng Miao a few times and turned around and walked out of the village.
Seeing Su Shuang's figure disappearing at the entrance of the village, Cheng Miao felt relieved.
She moved her fingertips slightly, took out the lantern made of her own skin and the bones of her best friend that Zhang Qiao had given her, and handed it to Zhang Qiao.
"This is the last lantern. If you destroy this lantern, your friend will be able to enter reincarnation."
Zhang Qiao took it with trembling hands, tears streaming down his uneven cheeks, "I don't know, it turns out that I trapped you for so long..."
Seeing Zhang Qiao's heartbroken look, Zhang Yan's ghost said "Ah...ah..." several times, but was unable to pass due to the lantern, so it just shook its head to show that it didn't care.
Cheng Miao felt a little sad and took the torch handed over by Qi Jiajia and gave it to Zhang Qiao, "Let her rest in peace. Zhangjia Village is destroyed. You must leave the village as soon as possible and find a new place to start your life again."
Zhang Qiao wiped his face and took the torch.
Zhang Guo was so frightened that he screamed and hid behind the player when Zhang Yan's ghost appeared.
Now that the dust has settled, although he knew that Zhang Guo was crazy, he was still his lover. Tan Wen pushed him over and said, "That's your fiancée. Let's see her one last time."
"No! No! Ghost! Lantern ghost!" Zhang Guo tightly grasped Tan Wen's sleeves and refused to pass.
At this moment, Zhang Yan suddenly turned to Zhang Guo, and a sinister laugh came from her throat.
"Giggle..."
Zhang Guo suddenly jumped up in fear and rolled to the ground as if he was in severe pain, screaming and crying.
Visible to the naked eye, numerous cuts appeared on Zhang Guo's body. After a while, the man turned into a gourd of blood, leaving only a faint cry for help.
Everyone was frightened by this sudden turn of events, and heard Zhang Qiao's voice filled with hatred, "Everyone thinks that he became like this because of his infatuation with Ayan. In fact, every time a stranger comes, at night... He is the one who hurts people with lanterns!”
Zhang Guo did like Zhang Yan, but he didn't like him enough to risk his life.
After Zhang Qiao was skinned for helping Zhang Yan escape, he compromised.
He went along with the people in the village, and even took up the position of lighting lanterns at night because Zhang Yan had feelings for him and never made a move.
Zhang Guo went crazy because of fear and guilt.
But even if he is crazy, he still remembers to light a lantern and harm others in order to survive.
The players didn't say anything and didn't know how to judge. In this village where right and wrong have been distorted for hundreds of years, no one seems to be able to remain kind and righteous.
"Ah...ah..." Zhang Yan did not look at the bloody Zhang Guo on the ground. She raised her hand covered with bones and signaled to Zhang Qiao to destroy the lantern.
Zhang Qiao burst into tears and lit the lantern with shaking hands. Cheng Miao saw a hint of relief in Zhang Yan's eyes.
Zhang Yan's ghost disappeared, and the fire in Zhangjiacun became bigger and bigger, turning the whole sky red.
The players felt like they were in another world, and they finally cleared the level.
"Let's go. It's all thanks to you this time. I hope we can cooperate again if we have the chance." Tan Wen was a little depressed. He was very capable, but he couldn't let go with his younger brother. He had a very difficult time in this copy.
Cheng Miao nodded and watched Tan Wen and Tan Wu disappear at the entrance of the village.
Lian Ge, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said calmly, "Aren't you going to leave?"
Cheng Miao suddenly turned around and found that Zhang Qiao had thrown the torch and was walking towards Zhangjiacun, which had become a sea of fire.
"Zhang Qiao!" Cheng Miao took two steps forward, but was forced back by the heat of the flames.
Zhang Qiao turned around, and there seemed to be a smile on his face that could not be seen clearly, "My wish has come true, and Ayan has been freed. I have nowhere to go. Miss Cheng, thank you."
Cheng Miao didn't speak. She bit her lower lip and watched Zhang Qiao's back covered by the fierce firelight.
After watching for a while, Cheng Miao sighed, looked back at the remaining players, and forced a smile, "This is her own decision, respect her."
Lian Ge's exquisite cloth shoes clicked on the ground. She swayed her waist and walked towards the entrance of the village. Cheng Miao waved her hand, "Cheng Miao, I remember you. I hope we can meet again next time."
Cheng Miao watched Lian Ge, who had turned into a beautiful painting, also leave. She looked at her teammates with a little smile, "Let's go too, we finally cleared the level."
