Staring at Inside Abyss Chapter 8

Tristan Lin seemed to have not seen such good weather for a long time. The wind stopped, the snow stopped, the warm sun hung in the sky, and the warmth returned to the earth, as if what I experienced last night was just an insignificant nightmare.

Tristan Lin rarely stayed in bed with Elara Ruan for a while, talking about poetry and philosophy of life.

In the end, Elara Ruan got hungry and urged Tristan Lin to get something to eat.

Tristan Lin went to the kitchen and saw that everyone had gotten up early, had dinner and were discussing how to go to the carpenter's place later.

Knox Xiong saw Tristan Lin saying hello to him and asked Elara Ruan where she was.

"She's still in bed." Tristan Lin said, "It's too cold and she doesn't want to get out of bed. I'll bring her some food back."

Knox Xiong said, saying that they planned to go out later, so Tristan Lin had better come with them. If this happened on a normal day, everyone would probably suspect that Lin Qiu Shi and Elara Ruan had done something, but what happened last night? If Lin Qiu Shi and the others still had this interest and energy, they would be really talented.

Knox Xiong went to the carpenter's place today mainly to ask about filling the well. They didn't know how or when to fill the well. But the most important thing should be why the well should be filled.

Having been here for a while, Tristan Lin also determined that almost every household here has a well. Most of the wellheads stand in the center of the yard, blocking people's way out. This is very unscientific in terms of structure, and seems to hide some strange customs.

Yesterday, three people died because of the carpenter's wrong information. Everyone was in a bad mood when they saw him again. Even the always kind-hearted Knox Xiong's expression turned cold. Fortunately, the old man didn't pay much attention. He still held the pipe and puffed away the smoke with squinted eyes.

"Old man, what do we need to do after paying homage?" Knox Xiong asked.

"Of course we have to fill the well." said the carpenter. "Choose a night and put the dead things into the well, and it's done."

"Dead thing? What dead thing? What do you mean by this?" Marley Xiao felt bad, and his tone suddenly became much heavier, "What do you mean?"

The carpenter said, "Literally."

"As long as it's a dead creature?" Knox Xiong quickly confirmed.

"Yes, as long as they are dead," the carpenter said. "As long as you can find chickens, ducks, dogs, and geese, throw them into the well and cover them with soil within three days, and this coffin can be made."

Hearing that anything as long as it was dead was fine, Knox Xiong breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could finish breathing, Elara Ruan standing next to him said: "We have been in this village for so many days, and we haven't seen anything like this." What kind of living things are there in the village? Where can I find chickens, ducks, dogs and geese?"

"But didn't we eat eggs?" Tristan Lin thought of the vegetable basket at home, "Since there are eggs, there should be chickens."

"You didn't look at the basket carefully," Elara Ruan said. "There were no outsiders coming in at all, and there were no villagers in our house. The things in the basket grew on their own."

Tristan Lin: "...So what exactly are those eggs made of?"

Elara Ruan: "It doesn't matter what it is raw, it tastes good anyway."

Tristan Lin: ... He felt uncomfortable in his stomach.

Under Elara Ruan's reminder, everyone seemed to have remembered that there were indeed no living creatures in the village. It was the cold winter at this time, and there was no way there would be anything in the mountains. Knox Xiong was also smart, and he immediately grasped a certain key. Point, the blood on his face gradually faded and started to turn white: "Old man, what do you mean?"

The carpenter said, "I'm just a coffin maker. There's only so much I can say and do. I won't harm you on purpose."

After he said this, someone finally couldn't help it anymore. The man slammed the table and roared: "What do you mean you won't harm us intentionally? You let us go into the temple one by one to worship. Now anyone who goes in alone will die." Got------"

The carpenter said coldly: "What is the coffin used for?"

Everyone was stunned.

"Isn't it just for pretending to be a dead person? If there is no dead person, what's the point of making a coffin?" The carpenter laughed, his wrinkled face looking very strange, "Besides, why don't you listen to me?" ....."

Elara Ruan: "What do you want to say?"

The carpenter pointed at them: "There are so many people left, and she hasn't had enough to eat yet."

"Eat...?" When Tristan Lin heard the word "eat", he suddenly thought of the corpse on the third floor that was chewed into pieces, as well as the details that everyone mentioned yesterday, being hacked by that terrifying ghost. The dead seemed to have been dragged back to the temple, and now he finally knew the final whereabouts of those corpses.

"What on earth is that?" Knox Xiong couldn't help but ask, "That woman..."

The carpenter waved his hand and refused to continue.

Elara Ruan's eyes began to wander, and finally she stopped in an empty corner and muttered: "Why did you put the stick away?"

The carpenter almost laughed out of breath, thinking if I don't put it away and wait for you to pick it up like last time and threaten to beat me.

Elara Ruan: "Although the stick is gone, fortunately I have other preparations." She said and took out a folding knife from behind. "Old man, please talk carefully. Anyway, if you don't make it clear, we will all die." Here, it would be nice to take you with me as a companion before I die."

carpenter:"......"

Whether it was the carpenter or even Tristan Lin, everyone was stunned. Everyone fell into a strange silence. Most people were thinking, is there such a S3xy operation? ?

The carpenter was so angry that he had nothing to do with Elara Ruan, so he could only grit his teeth and talk about "that woman".

It turns out that woman is a god worshiped in their village. Although she is a god, she is an evil god. While she protects the safety of the village, she also likes to eat raw flesh and bones. Every winter, people in the village would sacrifice live animals. But this year there was an accident in the village and all the animals were gone...

Fortunately, at this time, several outsiders came who were willing to help them make coffins.

At this point, everyone understood that they were living animals in the eyes of the villagers.

"Does it have to be fed? What will happen if it is not fed?" Knox Xiong asked.

The carpenter said: "If she is not fed...she will come to you. Everyone who makes the coffin must worship her, so no one will make the coffin except you this year." He took a puff of cigarette, "I can say That's all. As long as you fill the well, I'll start making the coffin."

Elara Ruan said nothing, lowering her head and playing with the knife in her hand. Her fingers were slender, and the sharp blade flew quickly through her fingertips, which dazzled everyone watching.

The carpenter also fell silent. He seemed to be quite afraid of Elara Ruan, and he often looked at her while talking.

Just when everyone thought Elara Ruan would say something else, she sighed and said, "Let's go."

"Go back now?" Knox Xiong said.

"Otherwise." Elara Ruan was a little impatient, "He already knows so many things, and he can't get anything out by asking." She turned around, pushed the door open and walked out with a very decisive attitude.

Seeing this, everyone followed Lu and walked out one after another. Tristan Lin felt that Elara Ruan was not in a good mood. After chasing her out, he asked her what was wrong.

Elara Ruan said: "Be careful tonight."

"What do you mean? Does it mean that thing might still come to us?" Tristan Lin could only think of this reason to be careful.

"Ha." Elara Ruan smiled. She suddenly turned her head and leaned close to Tristan Lin's ear, saying softly, "Sometimes, people are much scarier than ghosts."

Tristan Lin was stunned.

"Going back." Elara Ruan turned around and walked forward. Tristan Lin looked at her back and suddenly felt that this girl really couldn't see through.

If before going to the carpenter's place, everyone would still say a few words occasionally, then after returning from the carpenter's place, the atmosphere in the world had completely turned into a pool of stagnant water, and it was almost stinking.

Lin Qiu Shi didn't understand why this happened. Elara Ruan ate roasted sweet potatoes and explained slowly: "You are stupid, because before everyone still thought of working together to survive together, but now..."

"Now?" Tristan Lin was confused.

"Now, everyone is hoping that the other person will die soon." Elara Ruan leaned on the chair, "As long as someone dies, there will be dead things to fill the well, the coffin will be made, and everyone can leave alive... ."

Tristan Lin: ... He didn't expect this at all, and his expression became a little dazed after hearing this, "Is the world inside the door like this?"

Elara Ruan continued: "This is actually not bad. You must not go out tonight, otherwise..."

Tristan Lin: "Will you meet that female ghost?"

Elara Ruan shook her head: "You may encounter something more terrifying than a female ghost."

Tristan Lin actually guessed something in his heart, but he was still reluctant to admit it. After all, he was born in a legal society, and his thinking has not been able to break away from the framework. Elara Ruan hinted that some people would kill their companions to obtain dead objects that could be used to fill the well, but he did not want to believe that someone would really do this.

That night, Tristan Lin couldn't sleep.

Elara Ruan was lying next to him, still sleeping like a carefree pig.

Tristan Lin looked at the ceiling, thinking about what happened during the day. The windows and doors were closed. He originally wanted to use a chair to block the door, but Elara Ruan said next to him: "Aren't you afraid that that thing will suddenly appear?" In our room...?"

Tristan Lin: "......!!" That makes sense.

So he obediently moved the chair away again.

However, what was supposed to happen would happen sooner or later. At two o'clock in the morning, Tristan Lin, who was troubled by insomnia, heard the screams of humans again.