Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• A radio appears in the back hall, emitting eerie voices, indicating a supernatural invasion.
• Fan Xing uses his supernatural power to destroy the radio, but another identical one appears.
• Yang Jian decides to confront the vengeful ghosts, and the group prepares to defend the back hall.
• A vengeful ghost approaches, and Old Eagle fires at it, causing it to retreat temporarily.
• Yang Jian senses a medium forming and attacks it with his cleaver, causing a ghostly scream.

Character Developments

• Fan Xing displays his supernatural power for the first time.
• Yang Jian shows leadership and determination, choosing to fight against the vengeful ghosts.
• Old Eagle's gun proves useful in repelling vengeful ghosts, surprising the group.
• Yang Jian suspects that the incense or coffin might be affecting the supernatural events.

Significant Themes

• The struggle for survival against supernatural forces.
• The power of unity and cooperation among the ghost wielders.
• The exploration of the supernatural power source in the back hall.

Character Interactions

• Fan Xing and Yang Jian work together to decide on a course of action.
• The group unites to defend the back hall against the vengeful ghosts.
• Old Eagle's gunshot surprises the group and gives them a moment of hope.

Key Plot Points and Events

• A vengeful ghost invades the ancient house, causing darkness and supernatural phenomena.
• Yang Jian uses the cleaver to repel the ghost, temporarily dissipating the darkness and sending the ghost retreating.
• The incense sticks in front of the coffin burn faster, raising concerns about their purpose and the consequences of burning out.
• Zhou Deng, outside the old house, explores a mysterious path leading to a clearing with several graves. He lights an incense stick at one of the graves, causing a ghostly woman to emerge.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian demonstrates his prowess and fearlessness in dealing with vengeful ghosts, earning respect from the other messengers.
• Fan Xing and his group are criticized for their actions that attracted ghosts, leading to increased danger.
• Zhou Deng shows curiosity and recklessness, exploring the old forest and interacting with the graves, ultimately awakening a ghostly woman.

Significant Themes

• The power of the cleaver and its corresponding curse.
• The importance of unity and cooperation among the messengers to face the supernatural threats.
• The consequences of disturbing the dead and the awakening of vengeful spirits.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Fan Xing: Yang Jian reprimands Fan Xing for his actions, emphasizing the importance of unity and cooperation. Fan Xing acknowledges his mistake but maintains a facade of cooperation.
• Zhou Deng and the ghostly woman: Zhou Deng's actions at the grave inadvertently awaken the ghostly woman, setting the stage for potential future interactions or conflicts.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The group guards the red coffin, and the old house's darkness retreats after Yang Jian dismembers a vengeful ghost.
• Zhou Deng returns with a white lantern, having been outside exploring. He mentions finding old graves in the forest.
• The group discusses the next steps in the funeral process, deciding they should make a funeral announcement on the third day.
• The back door opens, revealing footprints similar to those found on the fourth floor of the post office. Zhou Deng goes out to investigate.
• At 4 AM, the darkness and supernatural phenomena return, and the old radio broadcasts a message saying "Dead, dead, finally dead. Heh, hehe."
• The group realizes that the funeral announcement has been prematurely made, causing the back hall to lose its safety. The back door is pushed open, and a pair of old black cloth shoes is placed on the threshold.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian: Shows leadership and strategic thinking, realizing that the funeral announcement has been made prematurely and causing the back hall to lose its safety.
• Zhou Deng: Returns with a white lantern, causing the back hall to lose its safety. His actions are seen as reckless and dangerous by the group.
• Li Yang: Struggles to use his supernatural power to close the back door but ultimately fails, showing the limits of his abilities.

Significant Themes

• The importance of maintaining balance and not disrupting the established order in the old house.
• The consequences of prematurely revealing information, as seen with the funeral announcement.
• The struggle between the living and the supernatural forces in the old house.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Zhou Deng: Yang Jian is suspicious of Zhou Deng's actions and doesn't trust him. Zhou Deng, on the other hand, seems to be acting independently and not considering the group's safety.
• Li Yang and Yang Jian: Li Yang follows Yang Jian's orders to try and close the back door but ultimately fails, showing their dynamic as leader and follower.
• The group and Zhou Deng: The group is frustrated and displeased with Zhou Deng's actions, seeing him as reckless and causing danger to them all.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The night watch encounters a problem on the second day when Zhou Deng leaves with the white lantern, causing the funeral announcement to come early.
• The back door opens, and a vengeful ghost is about to enter.
• Yang Jian suggests ignoring the second day's night watch and focusing on the third day's funeral announcement.
• Li Yang is tasked with retrieving the lantern from the front gate while others guard the coffin.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian: Demonstrates quick thinking and strategic planning, taking charge of the situation. He's rational, calm, and willing to make sacrifices for the team.
• Li Yang: Volunteers for the dangerous task of retrieving the lantern, showing bravery and determination. He's also resourceful, using the ghost candle and doll effectively.

Significant Themes

• Teamwork and Sacrifice: Characters work together to survive, with some willing to risk their lives for the group's sake.
• Supernatural Phenomena: The old house is filled with vengeful ghosts, challenging the characters' abilities and courage.
• Time Manipulation: The early funeral announcement disrupts the normal flow of time, forcing the characters to adapt.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Li Yang: Yang Jian supports Li Yang's mission, providing guidance and tools to help him succeed. Li Yang trusts Yang Jian's judgment and acts decisively.
• Group Dynamics: The group relies on each other for survival, with some members volunteering for dangerous tasks while others provide support and protection.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yang exits the ghost's coverage, and Yang Jian retracts the ghost shadow.
• A ghost wielder is killed, and his ghost invades his body, causing him to rapidly decay and die.
• Yang Jian uses a coffin nail to suppress the ghost and throws the corpse out.
• A vengeful ghost appears at the back door, and Wang Feng uses ghost dice to engage it in a supernatural game to stall for time.
• The game continues with Wang Feng gambling against the ghost, with each round determining life or death.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian demonstrates his strength and strategic thinking by using the coffin nail to suppress the ghost and by planning to have others take turns facing the ghost at the back door.
• Wang Feng shows courage and resourcefulness in using the ghost dice to gamble against the vengeful ghost, buying time for the group.

Significant Themes

• The theme of gambling with life and death is prominent, with Wang Feng's dice game with the ghost and Yang Jian's plan to have others take turns facing the ghost.
• The power dynamics between humans and ghosts are explored, with ghosts having the advantage due to their ability to leave the game at will, while humans must continue.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Wang Feng work together to protect the group, with Yang Jian making strategic decisions and Wang Feng buying time with the dice game.
• The group dynamic changes as they agree to take turns facing the ghost at the back door, acknowledging the fairness of Yang Jian's approach.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The premature funeral announcement on the third day attracts vengeful ghosts to the old house.
• Li Yang successfully retrieves the white lantern from the main door, luring vengeful ghosts away from the old house.
• In the back hall, a dice-rolling game with a vengeful ghost delays its invasion, but at the cost of several lives.
• Yang Xiaohua falls into a mysterious abyss in the back hall wall.

Character Developments

• Li Yang demonstrates his understanding of the delivery mission's rules and acts decisively to help his team.
• Wang Feng, a ghost wielder, dies after losing a dice-rolling game against a vengeful ghost.
• Yang Xiaohua, an ordinary person, is saved by Yang Jian's ghost hands and the red balloon's power.

Significant Themes

• Survival: Characters must use their wits and resources to survive the supernatural threats in the old house.
• Teamwork: Despite initial disagreements, the group must work together to face the vengeful ghosts and supernatural dangers.
• Sacrifice: Several characters, like Wang Feng, make sacrifices to buy time for their team.

Character Interactions

• Li Yang and Yang Jian: Li Yang's actions outside the old house align with Yang Jian's plan, demonstrating their understanding and cooperation.
• Wang Feng and the vengeful ghost: Wang Feng's dice-rolling game with the vengeful ghost delays its invasion but ultimately costs him his life.
• Yang Xiaohua and Yang Jian: Yang Jian uses his ghost hands and the red balloon to save Yang Xiaohua from falling into the abyss.

Key Plot Points and Events

• A ghost domain invades the back hall, threatening the remaining people.
• Yang Jian uses a Music Box Curse to save Old Eagle, who was about to die from a dice game with a vengeful ghost.
• Yang Jian plans to charge into the main hall to dismember the ghost causing the invasion, asking Da Qiang to hold the ghost domain for 10 seconds.
• Yang Jian triggers and severs multiple vengeful ghost mediums in the main hall, but suffers severe curses in return.
• He finds and targets the source of the old house's ghost domain, striking it with his cleaver twice.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian shows his strategic thinking and willingness to take risks to save the group.
• Da Qiang demonstrates courage and determination by agreeing to hold the ghost domain for 10 seconds.
• Old Eagle shows resilience and acceptance of his fate, but is saved by Yang Jian's Music Box Curse.

Significant Themes

• Survival: The characters must use their abilities and wits to survive the supernatural threats in the old house.
• Sacrifice: Characters are willing to put themselves in harm's way to help others, highlighting the importance of teamwork.
• Desperation: The group is pushed to their limits, forced to make tough decisions and take risks to survive.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Da Qiang: Yang Jian trusts Da Qiang to hold the ghost domain, showing confidence in his abilities. Da Qiang, in turn, accepts the responsibility despite the danger.
• Yang Jian and Old Eagle: Yang Jian saves Old Eagle using the Music Box Curse, showing that he cares about the group's survival.
• The group: Despite their individual fears and tensions, the group members support each other, understanding that they must work together to survive.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yang Jian charges into the main hall to dismember the vengeful ghosts using his cleaver, buying time by temporarily dispelling the ghost domain.
• He encounters an old woman who may be a ghost or a human, but she doesn't attack.
• Li Yang returns with the white lantern, stabilizing the situation in the back hall.
• Yang Xiaohua checks on Yang Jian in the main hall and reports back that he's injured but stable.
• The group survives the night, with no more supernatural events occurring until morning.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian demonstrates his powerful abilities and strategic thinking, turning the tide of the battle and ensuring the group's survival.
• Yang Jian's injuries are severe, but he chooses not to use his last restart to heal himself, preserving it for future use.
• Yang Xiaohua gains some courage and initiative, volunteering to check on Yang Jian and relaying information between him and the others.
• Da Qiang survives the ghost resurgence with the help of the ancient mansion's suppression.

Significant Themes

• The power of determination and strategic thinking in the face of overwhelming odds.
• The importance of preserving resources (in this case, Yang Jian's restarts) for future use.
• The fine line between life and death in the supernatural world, and the importance of caution and preparedness.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Yang Xiaohua: Yang Jian's calm and capable demeanor reassures Yang Xiaohua, and she becomes more willing to help.
• Yang Jian and the old woman: Their encounter is mysterious and tense, with the old woman's true nature and intentions unknown.
• The group: Despite their initial fear and disarray, the group begins to recover their spirits and work together after surviving the night.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The survivors are safe inside the old house.
• Yang Jian successfully completes the night watch, withstanding a vengeful ghost's attack and correcting the wrong timing.
• Zhou Deng and Liu Qingqing are missing, presumed dead or still alive somewhere outside.
• The group decides to leave the old house on the third day, the funeral announcement day, as Li Yang's white lantern ensures safety from vengeful ghosts outside.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian: Heals from the curse of the cleaver, regains the use of his ghost eye, and decides to lead the group out of the old house.
• Li Yang: Proves his worth by safely carrying the white lantern around the old house, preventing vengeful ghosts from invading prematurely.
• Yang Xiaohua: Struggles with insomnia and a desire to survive, questioning the wisdom of continuing the delivery mission.
• Fan Xing: Expresses concern about the safety of staying in the old house and agrees to leave on the third day.

Significant Themes

• Survival: The primary goal of all characters is to survive the seven days in the old house.
• Trust and Leadership: Yang Jian's actions and decisions are trusted by the group, making him the de facto leader.
• Despair and Hope: The characters grapple with the slim chances of survival, leading to moments of despair and hope.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Yang Xiaohua: They discuss the possibility of abandoning the mission and leaving the old house early.
• Fan Xing and Old Eagle: They discuss the risks of staying in the old house and the possibility of leaving.
• Li Yang and the group: Li Yang's actions with the white lantern reassure the group and lead to their decision to leave the old house on the third day.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The group safely completes the third day's funeral announcements.
• They decide to explore the old house's surroundings, discovering several old graves and a collapsed one with a peculiar footprint.
• Yang Jian conjectures that a vengeful ghost wearing high heels followed Zhou Deng but disappeared.
• They discuss the possible danger on the fourth day (condolence visits) and the fifth day (ghost banquet), with Old Eagle suggesting they take the white rice in front of the graves for the banquet.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian shows leadership and strategic thinking, considering the risks and benefits of their actions.
• Old Eagle demonstrates his experience and wisdom, providing valuable insights about the old house's arrangements.
• Li Yang and Fan Xing contribute to the discussion, showing analytical skills and caution.
• Da Qiang initially acts impulsively but later considers the consequences of his actions.

Significant Themes

• Risk vs. Reward: The group faces decisions where immediate gains might lead to greater risks later.
• Balance and Control: The old house's balance is maintained by following certain rules and rituals. Disrupting this balance can unleash vengeful ghosts.
• Preparation and Planning: The group realizes the importance of preparing for future days while completing the current tasks.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian, Old Eagle, Li Yang, and Fan Xing work together, sharing ideas and making decisions as a team.
• Da Qiang's initial impulsiveness is corrected by the group's collective wisdom and caution.
• The group's dynamic shifts from individual survival to collective problem-solving and cooperation.

Plot Points and Events

• The group arrives at a clearing in the old forest with five graves, each with a bowl of white rice.
• They debate how many bowls to take, deciding on three based on the incense sticks in the old house.
• Yang Jian retrieves the incense sticks and exchanges them for the rice, confirming the transaction with the dead.
• They discover Zhou Deng's body with a human skin mask, and he reveals he was alive but buried.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian: Shows decisive leadership in retrieving the incense sticks and handling Zhou Deng.
• Zhou Deng: Initially thought to be dead, he reveals he was alive but buried, showing his resourcefulness in survival.
• Yang Xiaohua: Steps on Zhou Deng's hand, leading to his discovery.
• Old Eagle: Recognizes the danger of the old forest and questions the presence of additional trees.

Significant Themes

• The importance of following the rules and maintaining balance in the old house.
• The consequences of disrupting the old house's arrangements, leading to increased danger.
• The transaction with the dead, where one incense stick equals one bowl of rice.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Zhou Deng: Yang Jian initially intends to kill Zhou Deng but stops when he realizes he's alive. Zhou Deng pleads for understanding.
• Yang Xiaohua and Old Eagle: Yang Xiaohua discovers Zhou Deng's body, and Old Eagle questions the old forest's danger.
• The group: They discuss the number of bowls of rice to take and decide on three, showing unity in decision-making.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhou Deng, who had gone missing, is found near the old house, having survived a harrowing experience in the old forest.
• He reveals that the old forest is a ghost forest filled with vengeful ghosts, and he barely escaped by disguising himself as a ghost and using a human skin mask.
• Zhou Deng encounters a female ghost resembling Liu Qingqing, who recognizes him and takes his lantern, leading to his near-death experience.
• The group suspects that the female ghost might be the one buried in the second grave in the old forest's clearing, and she might have saved Zhou Deng deliberately.
• To survive the fourth day's condolence visit, the group decides to search for mourning clothes in the old forest by digging up trees, as Zhou Deng had seen corpses wearing white clothes.

Character Developments

• Zhou Deng: Despite his initial cowardice and selfishness, Zhou Deng demonstrates survival skills and resourcefulness in the old forest. However, his past actions still cause the group to be wary of him.
• Yang Jian: As the captain, Yang Jian takes charge and makes decisions for the group's survival. He is also more open to considering supernatural possibilities.
• Fan Xing: Fan Xing shows concern for the group's safety and offers practical suggestions to increase their chances of survival.
• Old Eagle: Old Eagle provides valuable insights and observations, contributing to the group's understanding of the supernatural events.

Significant Themes

• Survival: The primary theme revolves around the group's struggle to survive the seven days in the old house, with each day presenting new challenges and dangers.
• Supernatural Events: The story explores the mysterious and often terrifying nature of supernatural events, with the old forest serving as a prime example of a ghost domain.
• Trust and Betrayal: The group's dynamics are affected by Zhou Deng's past actions, leading to a mix of trust and suspicion towards him.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Zhou Deng: Yang Jian asserts his authority as captain and warns Zhou Deng not to cause any more trouble. Zhou Deng, in turn, agrees to follow Yang Jian's orders.
• The group: Despite their initial reservations about Zhou Deng, the group accepts his help in their search for mourning clothes, as they need all the resources they can get to survive.
• The group and the supernatural: The group interacts with the supernatural elements in the story, such as the vengeful ghosts in the old forest and the mysterious female ghost, trying to understand and adapt to these forces to ensure their survival.

Plot Points and Events

• The group digs up corpses wrapped in white cloth under old trees, searching for mourning clothes to protect against the fourth day's condolence visit.
• They find four mourning clothes but realize one is wrapped around an unfinished infant.
• As midnight approaches, the trees they dug up start falling, and an infant's cry echoes through the forest.
• They rush back to the old house, and at midnight, the vengeful ghost directly invades the house, pushing open the main doors.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian: He uses his ghost domain and eye to aid the search but is limited by the supernatural power in the forest. He distributes the mourning clothes and takes responsibility for the group's safety.
• Zhou Deng: Initially skeptical about the mourning clothes, he later volunteers to give up his spot and compensates Yang Xiaohua with a piece of yellow paper.
• Old Eagle: He also volunteers to give up his mourning clothes, prioritizing the group's survival over his own.

Significant Themes

• Supernatural Balance: The group's actions disrupt the supernatural balance, leading to increased danger on the fourth day.
• Survival and Sacrifice: Characters prioritize the group's survival over their own, demonstrating a willingness to make sacrifices.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Zhou Deng: Despite their initial conflict, they work together to ensure the group's survival.
• Old Eagle and Yang Jian: Old Eagle respects Yang Jian's leadership and is willing to follow his decisions.
• The group: They work together to search for mourning clothes and protect each other from the vengeful ghost's invasion.

Summary

Key Plot Points & Events

• The old house's situation worsens on Condolence Day.
• A ghost infant appears and is swiftly dealt with by Yang Jian using the coffin nail.
• More supernatural phenomena occur, including eerie infant cries and an influx of vengeful ghosts.
• Yang Jian decides to retreat to the back hall near the red coffin.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian demonstrates his formidable skills and strategic thinking.
• Zhou Deng puts on a human skin mask to transform into a vengeful ghost, showcasing his survival instincts.
• Old Eagle remains calm and uses his dice to communicate with vengeful ghosts.
• The unfamiliar ghost wielder freezes in fear and indecision.

Significant Themes

• Survival of the Fittest: Characters must use their unique abilities and make tough decisions to survive the supernatural onslaught.
• Desperation and Fear: The sheer number of vengeful ghosts and their terrifying nature instill fear and desperation in the characters.
• Adaptability: Characters must adapt their strategies and use their special skills to cope with the ever-changing supernatural threats.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian's calm indifference and strategic planning contrast with the unfamiliar ghost wielder's indecision and fear.
• Zhou Deng's transformation into a vengeful ghost highlights his self-preservation instincts and willingness to do whatever it takes to survive.
• Old Eagle's calm acceptance of his dice-based strategy shows his resilience and adaptability in the face of danger.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Condolence Day arrives, and a ghost wielder dies suddenly.
• The group enters the back hall, finding the red coffin and the back door closed.
• Ghosts flood into the main hall, and the group decides to move the red coffin to stop them.
• The coffin is moved, but the ghosts continue advancing. Yang Jian opens the coffin, revealing an old man's corpse that stops the ghosts.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian demonstrates leadership, intuition, and calm under pressure, making crucial decisions.
• Li Yang, Fan Xing, and Da Qiang show fear but follow Yang Jian's orders, displaying loyalty and trust in his judgment.
• The old man's corpse in the red coffin is revealed to have supernatural properties that can counter vengeful ghosts.

Significant Themes

• The power of balance and counteraction between supernatural forces.
• The importance of intuition and quick decision-making in life-threatening situations.
• Trust and loyalty among the group members.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian, Li Yang, Fan Xing, and Da Qiang work together to move the red coffin, displaying teamwork and mutual support.
• Yang Jian makes decisions without consulting the group, but they follow his orders, showing trust in his leadership.
• The old man's corpse interacts with the vengeful ghosts, creating a balance that stops their advance.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The old man's corpse in the red coffin sits up and maintains a balance with the vengeful ghosts, stopping their invasion.
• Yang Jian opens a locked room, revealing a red room with missing furniture, suggesting that the red supernatural items, including the Ghost Cabinet, originated from this room.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian shows increased boldness and curiosity, deciding to explore the red room despite potential risks.
• Zhou Deng reveals his resourcefulness and lack of fear, using a human skin mask repeatedly and offering to help Yang Jian.

Significant Themes

• The interconnectedness of supernatural events and items.
• The importance of luck in survival.
• The consequences of curiosity and exploration.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Zhou Deng: Yang Jian asks Zhou Deng to keep watch while he explores the red room. Zhou Deng agrees, showing camaraderie.
• Yang Jian and the others: The group is tense and relieved when the old man's corpse maintains the balance, but they remain cautious and aware of the ongoing danger.

Yang Jian enters a mysterious room in the old house, finding it decorated like a bridal chamber but eerily empty. A ghostly figure appears at the door, and Yang Jian attempts to restrain it with his coffin nail, but the ghost evades him. A woman in a red qipao, later revealed to be Liu Qingqing possessed by a vengeful ghost, appears in the room. Yang Jian decides not to engage directly due to the high risk and unknown power level of the ghost. Liu Qingqing, now controlled by her residual consciousness, communicates with Yang Jian, revealing that she is a ghost wielder from the Republican Era, awakened for a brief period to deal with emergencies. She offers to answer Yang Jian's questions.

Key Plot Points and Events

• A ghost wielder from the Republican Era is revived using an incense stick.
• Yang Jian interrogates the revived consciousness, seeking information about ghost resurgence and the supernatural.
• Liu Qingqing, the revived consciousness, reveals that the ancient house is a ghost domain isolated from reality and that the supernatural bus is a tool for travel between special regions.
• She hints that ghosts exist due to stories and that the truth will be revealed after three years when Yang Jian awakens the second incense stick.
• Liu Qingqing gives Yang Jian a red jade bracelet before she fully revives as a vengeful ghost, and the room she was in disappears.
• The ghost cabinet's trade mission is completed, and Yang Jian learns about the sixth floor of the Ghost Post Office.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian: Becomes more determined to uncover the truth about the supernatural world and ghosts, despite the risks involved.
• Liu Qingqing: Initially cooperative, she later becomes evasive and eventually reverts to her vengeful ghost state, hinting at a tragic past.

Significant Themes

• The cyclical nature of life and death, and the impossibility of escaping one's fate.
• The importance of experience and personal growth in understanding the supernatural world.
• The dangers of curiosity and the pursuit of forbidden knowledge.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Liu Qingqing: They engage in a tense conversation, with Yang Jian trying to extract information and Liu Qingqing being evasive and eventually hostile.
• Yang Jian and Zhou Deng: Zhou Deng shows curiosity about Yang Jian's experience, but Yang Jian keeps the details to himself, focusing on the ongoing delivery mission.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yang Jian temporarily deals with the eerie radio by throwing it into the red coffin, silencing it.
• An infant's cry echoes through the old house, followed by a sudden stop, hinting at an unseen threat.
• A black armchair, previously broken, reappears and is pushed to the front by a pair of withered, black-nailed hands.
• Da Qiang is targeted by the vengeful ghost, and despite Yang Jian's intervention, he is killed by a single touch.
• Yang Jian dismembers the ghost's hands, but it remains active; he plans to eliminate it completely.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian shows his quick thinking and decisive action in dealing with the supernatural threats.
• Da Qiang's death demonstrates the lethal power of vengeful ghosts and the fatal rules they follow.
• The remaining characters, including Old Eagle, Li Yang, and Zhou Deng, show concern but are mostly passive in the face of the supernatural threats.

Significant Themes

• The old house's supernatural dangers are escalating, with vengeful ghosts becoming more active.
• The red coffin's suppression seems to be limited to external threats, not affecting vengeful ghosts within the old house.
• The importance of the three bowls of rice on the fifth day for sending away the vengeful ghosts is emphasized.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and the others remain by the red coffin, trying to pass the time quietly while facing the vengeful ghosts in the main hall.
• Yang Jian considers potential successors for the Ghost Post Office's sixth floor, with Li Yang being a possible candidate.
• The group is united in their determination to survive the Condolence Day and the upcoming Ghost Feast, but fear and tension permeate their interactions.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yang Jian dismembers a vengeful ghost's fingers, causing his own fingers to rot and fall off, but the curse stops spreading.
• Da Qiang dies, leaving only Yang Jian, Li Yang, Yang Xiaohua (status unknown), and Old Eagle as surviving messengers.
• The old man's corpse in the red coffin tilts backward, breaking the balance and allowing vengeful ghosts to invade deeper into the old house.
• The old man's corpse's resurgence is not keeping pace with the vengeful ghosts', and an external supernatural force (an old woman from the bus) threatens to disrupt the balance prematurely.

Character Developments

• Yang Jian remains stoic and determined, even in the face of severe injuries, and shows concern for the remaining survivors.
• Old Eagle becomes more forthright and accepting of his impending death.
• Zhou Deng, after receiving mourning clothes from Yang Jian, appears more cooperative but still cautious.

Significant Themes

• The balance between the old man's corpse and the vengeful ghosts is a central theme, with the balance tilting in favor of the ghosts.
• The curse's effects and limitations are explored through Yang Jian's injury.
• The external supernatural force (the old woman) represents an additional threat to the survivors.

Character Interactions

• Yang Jian and Old Eagle discuss the situation and the likelihood of survival.
• Yang Jian warns Zhou Deng not to cause trouble again.
• Li Yang and Yang Jian both acknowledge the threat posed by the old woman from the bus.
• The remaining survivors (Yang Jian, Li Yang, Zhou Deng, Fan Xing, and Old Eagle) share a sense of impending doom and desperation.