Chapter 19: Chance or Inevitability?

"What the hell is going on here?" Both Dong Qi and Ke Yinye were now in extreme confusion. It was almost as if the two of them were the only ones left in this entire shrine. The duo had already been shouting at the top of their lungs for a long time along the way, risking the danger of drawing out evil spirits, but no one had ever come out. Just as they passed a pond, Dong Qi and Ke Yinye immediately saw a wooden plaque standing there. On top of the wooden plaque, there was a passage written in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean respectively. "Ahead is the Gushu Bird's Pavilion, never set foot in without permission, or the Kitayama Family will not be held responsible." Gushu Bird. Ke Yinye's face had turned pale at this point, just the thought of his wife's current life and death being unknown made him feel a darkness in front of his eyes. After so many years, he once again experienced this intense despair and fear. "Gushu Bird, a demon from Chinese legend," Yin Night murmured, "A bird-like female demon that carried away babies, but later turned into a famous Japanese demon." "I seem to have a bit of an impression," Dong Xie remembered that the game Yin Night had played before had a similar character, "Could it be that we're facing an ancient Japanese demon on this Bloodletter quest?" Dong Xie remembered that several other pavilions of this shrine were also named after ancient Japanese demons. Silver Night forced himself to remain calm at this time, as he pondered what the best thing to do next. First of all …… if only Dong Qi and himself were left inside the shrine, then why had everyone else disappeared? Indeed, Silver Night judged from past experience that the evil spirits in the blood characters could indeed kill a large number of humans in a very short period of time, and would not be merciful even if they were not the occupants of the public apartment. But to kill all the same, but to leave a former occupant and a current occupant alone? This was too bizarre, right? Thinking down, Silver Night deduced that Silver Feather or Dong Evil's sister, Dong Ning, were most likely still alive. There must be some reason for leaving them alive. Moreover, there was no guarantee that there were no other living people within the shrine now. This shrine was simply too large, almost equivalent to a medium-sized commercial housing community. Within the shrine, there were a large number of other houses, so if someone hid inside and didn't come out, it would be hard to find them for a while. "Senior," Dong Xie pointed at the wooden sign and asked, "What do you think, we are currently ……" "Don't go over there yet." Silver Night, however, made a quick judgment, "The Blood Word quest hasn't officially begun yet, and it's too dangerous there." "But in case my sister and your wife are in there ……" "We must first ensure that we ourselves are alive before we can go save them." Silver Night clenched her fists as she said these words, her eyes were incomparably grave, and even her speech was trailing off, "We …… must stay alive! Find out the secret of this shrine!" "Yes, I think so too, the secret of this shrine ……" "Tell me the information related to this shrine, and don't spare even the smallest details." Silver Night was doing his best to keep himself calm at this point, he knew very well that in a Bloodletter mission, once he panicked, it was the same as letting the God of Death hang the noose around his neck. "Right, I forgot to tell you something very important." It was only then that Dong Xie remembered that he had been too emotional to see this former occupant and had forgotten to tell him about Deep Rain: "In this shrine, besides you couple, there is another former occupant!" "What?" Silver Night's face changed drastically, "Are you talking about Green? Ninety-nine green?" "Green?" Dong Xie was completely baffled by the name, "Who is that?" "You don't know? What is that …… is it?" Silver Night was as smart as they come, and with a little bit of elimination, he immediately thought of Pu Shenyu, who hadn't been in contact with him or Li Yin since a long time! "You met Deep Rain?" Dong Qi couldn't help but admire the quickness of Ke Yinye's thinking and reflexes, worthy of being a resident who had walked out of that apartment. "Yes, that's right ……" Dong Xie informed Silver Night of everything in as short a sentence as possible. "She actually married someone? And became a web novelist?" Silver Night also remembered that not long after leaving the apartment in the first place, Deep Rain had cut off contact with them. Silver Night recalled the life and death experience in the apartment back then. Frankly speaking, Pu Shenyu was a very special resident, and during those darkest years, she lost her lover. That incident, she had always believed that it was the retribution she deserved to suffer. When she parted with them, Deep Rain told him and Li Yin that she thought she had blood on her hands, that she actually deserved to die in the apartment a long time ago, and that even if she had survived, she didn't feel entitled to a happy life. That apartment, for a time, warped the humanity of many. "We all converged on this shrine, could this be a coincidence?" Right now, Silver Night didn't believe that it was a coincidence, it felt as if the condominium had intentionally brought the old and new residents together for this bloodletter mission. It wasn't a coincidence, but rather an inevitability arranged by the condominium! However, after thinking about it, Silver Night's heart began to feel a bit more at ease. If all of this is really the apartment's arrangement, then …… Silver Feather shouldn't die so simply right. At this moment, he made up his mind. This time, if he could not die, he must go to the United States to look for the man called Fang Han! Although Silver Night hadn't seen Fang Han, but judging from Dong Xie's description, he should be an apartment dweller who was definitely not inferior to Li Yin. He lived in the apartment for such a long time, but did not leave any photos or videos, and then let a resident who had never seen him go to Hawaii to meet him, and then died in front of Dong Xie …… Any way you think about it, you feel that this is more likely to be a fake death, and the person who appeared in front of Dong Xie was probably a double that he had found to look similar to himself. Fang Han, who had left the apartment, had access to a huge property, and it wasn't difficult to do so. He must know some important information related to the entrance to hell, otherwise he couldn't explain why he didn't contact Mo Yuan, who was on better terms with him in the apartment, but instead contacted the resident named Qin Ziyuan. However, this was also on the premise that he would be able to leave the shrine alive. Now that his cell phone had no signal, he was also unable to contact Li Yin and Yayi Zhen, who were far away in W City, China. "Searching this shrine will definitely lead to clues." Of course, there would definitely be dangers encountered in the process. However, there was nothing that could be done about it. After Dong Xie thought about it, he said, "How about this, senior, if we encounter some dangerous places, I'll scout the way for you first." "You ……" "I'm the current resident, according to my speculation, the apartment will most likely give us current residents to execute some concessions and conditions for blood characters that don't belong to us. Another thing that is certain is that we will be rewarded for knowing the hidden rules of the apartment." "There's actually such a thing?" Silver Night was really a bit jaw-dropped, back then he had spent so much time in the apartment and didn't know that there were such rules. Or was this a change after the apartment changed after the Demon King was sealed? After all, listening to Dong Xie's description, many parts of the current apartment had changed drastically. "Yes. So, senior, you're no longer a resident, so I'm afraid you won't be protected by the rules. It might be better if I come to stand in your way." At this moment, Dong Xie's face was already covered in rainwater, and in this kind of torrential rain, the role of an umbrella could be said to be a drop in the bucket. And Silver Night could tell from Dong Xie's resolute eyes in front of him that the words he had just spoken were completely from his heart. "I see, then I'll trouble you." Now was not the time for humility. Silver Night knew that he absolutely couldn't die, he had to live. Alive, only then would there be a way to save Silver Feather. As for Dong Xie uttering these words, he also had a certain amount of selfishness. Following around this person, Qin Ziyuan, he had also learned a few things. At times like this, it was the time to go along with the flow and sell favors. In any case, Ke Yinye, as a resident who had left the apartment, was thought to be no less capable than Li Yin and Fang Han. In terms of long-term survival considerations, if there was a silver night as a booster, it might be possible to raise the hope of survival. At the very least, it would be possible to survive a few more Blood Characters. The duo began to make a detour, and now they currently had to find a way to find out if there was anyone else at the shrine first. In doing so, they would have to enter the chamber. Of course, then one could encounter danger at any time. But now …… they had no other choice left, either!