Old Man in the Cave

Anna left the bedroom for Crystal Lake ten minutes after Yu Jing and the others headed to the master bedroom.

Including the time delayed by eating wild boar and swimming along the way, the total interval was estimated to be around forty minutes.

Forty minutes earlier.

Yu Jing and Li Lingna stood with Kayako in the master bedroom, which was filled with the stench of corpses.

"Kayako, where is the entrance to the underground passage?"

"Inside the coffin."

"Are you sure it's inside the coffin and not beneath it?"

"The coffin is completely embedded in the ground. There's a passage inside it."

After all, Billy Dun had treated Yu Jing fairly well, so Yu Jing didn't really want to disturb Billy's grandfather's "slumber."

It seemed that Billy's grandfather was more than just an ordinary old hunter. He had deliberately built a cabin beside Crystal Lake, installed a secret passage inside his coffin after death, and placed a powerful sealing barrier there. The story behind him was probably far richer than Yu Jing had imagined.

"Open the coffin."

With a wave of Yu Jing's hand, the massive coffin lid gently fell to the ground.

Apart from a few withered bouquets inside, there was no corpse. At the same time, a gloomy staircase appeared beneath the coffin.

"The coffin lid wasn't sealed at all, and there's a hidden passage leading underground. Maybe... Billy's grandfather has continued living in the cabin all these years after his death. Let's go down and take a look."

"I'll lead the way."

Kayako's black hair hung between the steps as she twisted her body and crawled downward.

When they reached the bottom, a damp underground cavern appeared before them.

"It's about one hundred and fifty meters deep, ten meters less than the lake's maximum depth. The cavern