Chapter Forty-One The Coffin

Liu Haoyu was pulled into the coffin by the combined force of his push on the lid and the ghost's pull.

After Liu Haoyu entered the coffin, the lid immediately closed.

Qin Liu naturally saw Liu Haoyu being sucked into the coffin.

The little ghost hurried forward, her head passing through the coffin lid, and said to Liu Haoyu inside.

"I told you to be careful... can you still get out?"

But perhaps their faces were too close, the shy Qin Liu quickly pulled back.

Liu Haoyu didn't react much to Qin Liu's words or his predicament inside the coffin.

He was only startled by the suddenness of it all, a normal physiological reaction.

But that was all, just a startle.

"It's just a small situation, I've encountered this a few times."

As a professional ghost exorcist, Liu Haoyu had experienced many dangerous situations.

So being trapped in a coffin wasn't a big deal.

Liu Haoyu checked that his equipment was all there and began to consider how to open the coffin and get out.

Although he had a Fire Axe, the coffin was small, a child's coffin, so there was very little room to maneuver and he couldn't force it open with the Fire Axe.

At the same time, because his flashlight fell outside when he was pulled in, he couldn't see clearly inside the coffin.

He could only vaguely feel around.

Was the coffin empty?

Logically, there should have been someone's remains inside, but there weren't.

To escape the coffin, Liu Haoyu prepared to pull out something powerful, but just as he was about to act.

He realized the smell of rotten wood and decay inside the coffin... was gone.

Yes, it was like suddenly opening a window in a tightly sealed car, the smell just disappeared.

But Liu Haoyu knew that this kind of situation was usually a precursor to a change.

This meant that something bad was likely to happen next.

There wasn't much oxygen in the coffin, but even so, Liu Haoyu took out a piece of firewood.

The faint light illuminated the entire inside of the coffin.

Liu Haoyu then saw that the lid above him was covered in scratch marks and bloodstains.

There were only two explanations for these marks inside the coffin.

One was that it was infested with zombies.

The other... was that someone had been suffocated to death inside the coffin.

Liu Haoyu examined the fine scratch marks carefully and quickly determined it was the latter.

Not only the coffin lid, but all four sides of the coffin were covered in these scratch marks.

The dense scratch marks, along with the stains left by dried blood, were enough to send a chill down anyone's spine.

Liu Haoyu quickly thought of the graffiti on the outer wall and the words of the lantern-carrying old man, which made his heart sink and his expression turn grim.

If he wasn't mistaken, the daughter of this family had been suffocated to death in this coffin.

And this was not an accident, but a deliberate act of evil.

Thinking of this, Liu Haoyu's understanding of the word "insane" was once again redefined.

As Liu Haoyu was thinking, the girl's crying echoed in his ears.

Perhaps due to illness, the girl's voice was very hoarse and weak.

Driven by the instinct to survive, even with lack of oxygen, even with severe illness, even with her fingernails worn down to the bone and her fingers torn open, she didn't stop.

Due to the pain, the girl's cries became even more tragic.

But... no one would come to save her.

As time passed, the girl's movements became slower and slower, her voice completely hoarse, unable to make any sound.

Finally, due to lack of oxygen, the girl's face turned purple, her body convulsed uncontrollably, and in despair, she became a corpse.

And after her death, she lay on her side, her eyes filled with unwillingness and confusion staring directly at Liu Haoyu...

As if trying to get an answer from him.

The scene was incredibly realistic, as if it were happening right in front of Liu Haoyu, and while terrifying, it also made one's scalp tingle.

It was precisely because of its extreme realism that Liu Haoyu's heart became extremely heavy.

Just then, Liu Haoyu's hand suddenly felt as if it were being held by something.

It was a child's hand, gripping Liu Haoyu tightly, unwilling to let go. As it held on, it sobbed and said.

"Let me out... let me out... sob sob sob... Mom... Brother..."

The girl's crying was right by Liu Haoyu's ears, along with the feeling of being held on his arm.

Even though he couldn't see anything, there was no doubt...

A ghost was holding him.

By now, Liu Haoyu's eyes had adjusted to the darkness, and he could finally see the situation inside the coffin clearly.

A shadow, appearing almost translucent, lay beside him.

It was the shadow of a child, but when Liu Haoyu saw her face, he realized... she had no facial features at all!

Furthermore, the shadow's skin was the color of a corpse.

She appeared right beside Liu Haoyu and began to gradually materialize.

The once blurry shadow became clearer and clearer, gradually outlining the death pose of the girl Liu Haoyu had just seen.

The face without features became increasingly real, and those bloodshot eyes stared directly at Liu Haoyu.

The person and the ghost were pressed tightly together.

"Brother... save me..."

Liu Haoyu knew the "brother" she was calling for wasn't him, but he still calmly said, "Let go first."

"Brother..."

The chilling resentment made Liu Haoyu's hair stand on end. Just as he was about to take out a Thunder Shock Talisman, he heard muffled sounds from outside.

"Are you sure this is just a small problem?"

Qin Liu was calling him.

The Fierce Ghost outside the coffin was a bit scared. After all, Liu Haoyu was trapped inside the coffin, and she was now alone with him in this pitch-black place.

If the coffin wasn't so small, Qin Liu would have already squeezed in with Liu Haoyu.

Meanwhile, inside the coffin, Liu Haoyu saw the increasingly real corpse of the girl before him. His gaze was steady, and he said, "Let go first, I'll take you out."

"Brother... come with me... go to hell... together..."

The girl's voice held a hint of anticipation, but intense killing intent and suffocating resentment washed over him. The face without features actually split open into a mouth.

She intended to take Liu Haoyu's life!

But Liu Haoyu wouldn't just wait to die.

"Thunder Shock Talisman!"

The talisman struck the ghost's body, and a piercing scream immediately echoed within the coffin.

Just one talisman had almost reduced the ghost to dust. Liu Haoyu seized the opportunity, braced his feet against the coffin lid, curled his body into a ball, let out a loud shout, and then straightened his legs with all his might.

"Ha!"

The previously heavy coffin lid was kicked flying by Liu Haoyu's forceful push.

Seeing the coffin lid blown open, Liu Haoyu sprang up like a carp, stood, and said, "Go to hell? Take your beastly father with you first."