"The old man raised those four children for years without anything happening. But as soon as the little grandson opened the shrine, disaster befell the whole family. Everything that happened afterward in the old mansion was connected to the shrine, too. Whenever it was opened, everyone present was sure to meet with misfortune. No one could escape." Chen Ge looked at the policeman. "When you played the medium-difficulty version last time, you're sure you didn't open the shrine, right?"
"No." The policeman shook his head.
"Then opening the shrine must be unique to Hell difficulty." Chen Ge called Xiao Ling and the policeman over. "This scene is very special. There are at least four ghosts in it: the innocent little grandson, the grandfather who wants to protect him, the grandmother consumed by jealousy, and the most terrifying one of all, the maid. The grandmother is sealed in the room behind the closet, the one covered in talisman paper. The maid is in the shrine, and the grandfather and grandson are in that photograph. All these old objects are cursed. If you touch them, you'll be cursed, too."
Chen Ge put the old man's black-and-white portrait in his backpack. "We should be fine as long as we don't touch it with our hands."
"I think it's gone quiet outside. Should we go take a look?" The policeman had been scared from the start, and after hearing Xiao Ling's story, he was even more nervous.
"Think of a way to clear the scene first. There's no rush to go out." Chen Ge organized his thoughts. "This scene revolves around curses. The first curse came from the maid. The second came from the grandmother. She was an extreme person, full of hatred and jealousy toward the maid. After she died, her curse remained