Finally, he found the heads of the four female paper figures, but not near the house. They were on the paper sedan, with the four heads arranged side by side on the seat!

The heads faced him in unison. Zhou Qing even felt like they had just turned to look at him because he had arrived!

Zhou Qing wondered if Jiang Cheng was behind this, if he had taken the heads off the four paper figures and arranged them like this to scare him. But after calming down, he quickly dismissed the idea.

"Impossible, how could he… how could he dare to do this?"

A Biao's setup was full of deadly traps. Even if he came, he would likely fall into them. He didn't believe Jiang Cheng could have survived, and he hadn't seen Jiang Cheng along the way.

"He must be dead, dead in this room where the paper figures are stored. As for the four heads that were twisted off..." Zhou Qing stared at the heads with a bit of guilt, and suddenly, a flash of lightning crossed his mind.

He suddenly remembered a strange story he had overheard before, told by a senior in the industry. It said that since ancient times, there has been a saying that before a major disaster, some strange omens would appear in the area.

One of them is called Tuo Shi Wen Lu (corpses asking for directions).

The old senior even gave a seemingly true example. He said that many years ago, a businessman from out of town was rushing home at night and couldn't find a place to stay, so he had to spend the night in an abandoned ancient temple.

Late at night, the man was awakened by the sound of horses' hooves. The hooves were slow, but heavy.

Curious, he went out of the ancient temple to check and found a team of carriages. After talking to the driver, the man was pleasantly surprised to find that the destination of the carriages was also his hometown.

The driver was not familiar with the road and asked the man if there was a shortcut. The man pointed it out to him.

The driver was in a hurry to get on the road and planned to continue after a short rest. The driver invited the man to join them, but the man had been walking for days and was too tired, so he politely declined.

Before leaving, the driver asked the man how far his hometown was. After thinking for a moment, the man replied that at their speed, two days would be enough.

Upon hearing this, the driver's expression became serious. He immediately told the other drivers to speed up, saying that they had urgent business and two days was too long. They had to reach the man's hometown before midnight the next night, otherwise they would delay important matters.

The man stood by the road and watched them leave. The night wind was chilly, and the man wrapped his clothes tightly. Just as he was about to go back to sleep, he suddenly felt something in the dark, and he glanced at the last carriage.

The next second, his eyes slowly widened. He saw a gust of wind lifting the white cloth covering the carriage, revealing the dense mass of corpses inside.

The corpses were twisted and chaotic, a horrific sight.

Even more terrifying, he recognized the two corpses on the outside, one was his mother and the other was his sister.

By the time the man came to his senses, the team of carriages had disappeared.

There was no sleepiness left. The man left his luggage behind and rushed frantically toward his hometown. He never caught up with the team of carriages along the way. When he arrived in his hometown on the third day, it was all too late.

A sudden flash flood had almost completely destroyed his hometown. Because it happened at night, most people were still asleep when they were washed away by the flood, including his mother and sister.

His father was eating and drinking in the next village and didn't return at night, so he luckily escaped.

The entire village was almost flattened by the flash flood, and only a few villagers survived. One of the survivors told him with lingering fear that the corpses filled several carriages, a horrific sight.

After hearing this, the man fainted and died not long after.

Recalling this story, Zhou Qing felt even more eerie as he looked at the neatly arranged heads on the sedan. "Could this also be a case of Tuo Shi Wen Lu, indicating that more than one person will die tonight?"

Zhou Qing's mind raced. He had a rough guess that the previous person, Jiang Cheng, was probably dead. Before he died, he accidentally triggered some kind of curse in this room, which caused this scene.

But... how does that explain the four paper figures outside the door?

Time was limited. Zhou Qing took a deep breath, gathered his spirits, pushed open the half-closed door, and stepped inside.

Because the situation was unclear, he didn't rashly touch anything in the room. Instead, like the others before him, he walked around the room, quietly and carefully, as if afraid of disturbing the paper figures.

After walking around, Zhou Qing's forehead was covered in sweat because he found a problem with the paper figures overhead.

The feet of all the female paper figures were dirty!

"What's going on?"

Zhou Qing's head throbbed for a moment. The situation in front of him didn't match the known information at all. The most terrifying thing was that he wasn't sure if the previous person was dead or alive.

Judging from the number of paper figures, Jiang Cheng shouldn't be dead, but if he wasn't dead, why hadn't he seen him? Also, why were the paper figures outside had their necks twisted off, and their heads placed in the paper sedan? He didn't believe Jiang Cheng would dare to play like this.

Zhou Qing forced himself to calm down. The more chaotic he was, the faster he would die. He didn't want to, and didn't dare to stay here for too long. He had a feeling that eyes were watching him nearby.

He couldn't wait any longer. Zhou Qing turned to look for the lantern. He carefully examined the handle of the lantern and found the barbs left by A Biao, but there was no blood on the barbs.

"Huh?" Zhou Qing's pupils shrank suddenly. "Damn it, where's the candle?!"

The candle inside the lantern had disappeared!

Connecting all of this, Zhou Qing concluded after careful calculation that it was all because of Jiang Cheng. This idiot must have stepped into a death pit, not only leaving himself without any remains, but also changing the mission.

After figuring this out, Zhou Qing calmed down. He began to carefully observe his surroundings. "There must be a way out, there must be, but... it will be hidden more carefully. Zhou Qing, come on, you can do it..."

Heaven never disappoints those who work hard. Finally, Zhou Qing caught sight of something special.

On the ground.

It was… a fire starter!

Zhou Qing's eyes lit up instantly. Damn it, he really deserved to die. How could he… how could he forget such an important thing!

The reason why the lantern could reveal evil spirits was because the candle inside it was a rooted fire, and so was the fire starter. Although it wasn't as strong as a candle, it was enough!

Zhou Qing excitedly picked up the fire starter, and the chill on his body was dispelled a lot.

Without hesitation, he used the faint flame of the fire starter to quickly walk towards a hanging female paper figure, holding the fire starter high.