Chapter 75 - Ghost’s Wife (11) (1/2)

The blood red coin fell to the ground and rolled around for a while before finally revealing the devil side.

In an instant, Cheng Zhi Chu’s heart stopped. He instinctively thought that his misfortune was going to worsen and, with “Winter Branch” holding onto him, he was afraid that he was going to die right then and there.

But at this moment, Cheng Zhi Chu suddenly felt strong shaking coming from below his feet. He was surprised for a moment before realising that it wasn’t his imagination and that the ground really was shaking. Even the houses on both sides of the street shook along. The doors flapped open and close, and even the trees in the yard started to sway.

This is………an earthquake?!

Cheng Zhi Chu widened his eyes and had an incredulous look on his face. He almost didn’t have the chance to catch his breath.

How bad must his luck be for him to encounter something like this in an instance? He wouldn’t be surprised if he threw the coin a few more times and a stone suddenly fell from the sky killing him in the process.

“Creaak———”

Because it was very old, the iron fence door nearby couldn’t withstand the earthquake. Along with the sound of metal breaking, the door panel broke away from the door shaft and collapsed onto the ground with a “bang”. In an instant, it crushed the severed black hand that held the coin.

The coin flew up in a shape of an arc, bounced on Cheng Zhi Chu’s body and slowly rolled down his body.

The earthquake only lasted for a few seconds but many of the door panels and debris hanging from the roof had fallen, crushing the heads and bodies on the street in the process. The corpses that managed to survive this began to panic. As if they had lost their sense of direction, they uneasily wandered around in circles.

Seeing this scene, Cheng Zhi Chu suddenly realised that the coin was thrown by the severed hand earlier, not him. And thus, the bad luck brought along by the devil’s face belonged to the corpses. To him, it was a favourable situation.

The coin that had jumped back to him slowly descended down his body. Cheng Zhi Chu quickly pulled out his hand and caught the coin. Holding it tightly in his palms, he let out a sigh of relief and silently thanked the demon Chelman.

“Zhi Chu!”

The street was chaotic. From time to time, he would hear the sound of cries coming from the severed heads and dark, thick blood scattering across the ground. The groom that was led away earlier had returned down this street and was calling out Cheng Zhi Chu’s name. His voice sounded very anxious.

A group of dead bodies followed behind the groom and cleaned up the remaining bodies on the street. They seemed to have surrendered to the groom and had become his underlings.

“Mm! Mmm———”

Cheng Zhi Chu wanted to cry out to get the grooms attention but “Winter Branch” had done something to him and had completely taken away his voice. He grabbed his wrist and slowly dragged him back.

No!

His heart tightened. He knew that he shouldn’t let “Winter Branch” take him away. He quickly tossed the coin.

This time he didn’t throw high. The coin fell quickly, and it fell to the clown’s side after landing back in his palm.

Thank goodn——–

Seeing the blood red coin reveal this face, Cheng Zhi Chu was about to let out a sigh of relief but the manhole that he was standing on suddenly broke causing him to fall through.

“Thud!”

Cheng Zhi Chu fell through the manhole and fell onto the ground. His whole body was in pain and he had a few scratches on his body from the fall. Some were even oozing blood.

After falling onto the ground, his five senses were all in turmoil. Inside, he couldn’t help but be confused ——— He clearly threw the lucky side but why did he suddenly fall down a manhole?!

But he then realised that he is no longer under the control of “Winter Branch”. The latter seemed to have once again disappeared somewhere.

What was even more strange was that there were no strange smells despite being in a underground sewerage pipe. There was only a faintly cold sensation. The place was very wide and spacious, and his body wasn’t wet. He found himself standing on a dry concrete floor.

This place is………..

Cheng Zhi Chu endured the pain in his body and climbed up from the ground. He took out his flashlight and turned it on. He assessed the dark surroundings and realised that the manhole above was just a disguise. This wasn’t an underground sewerage pipe. It was a wide and spacious room.

The room here was very large. The walls and floors were very rough, like a room that had not been renovated yet. It was surrounded by numerous passages that extend into different directions. At the very end of each passage was darkness. Like an ant’s cave, it was very complex.

Several tattered furniture and miscellaneous items laid scattered around. They appeared to be placed randomly in the room. Because of the earthquake from earlier, the room was a mess and it was even covered in a thick layer of dirt. Fortunately, the building appears to be quite strong and it didn’t suffer any serious damages.

He thought back to the words that the coin demon had said. Those heads were buried under Mr. Mu’s place of residence. He didn’t know whether or not it is related to these underground passages. Cheng Zhi Chu took out the coin that he held tightly in his hands and tried to communicate with the demon.

[Is this place connected to the underground of Mr. Mu’s residence?]

[Yes.]

While the coin is in use, Chelman cannot freely appear so he could only stay inside the coin and answer Cheng Zhi Chu. Unlike the tender, childlike voice of his, the voice that came out from the coin was cold and wispy.

[…….But it’s useless finding the place that directly correlates to the location of his house.]

[Because this entire district now is his home, the head that you’re looking for isn’t necessarily under his house.]

What?

Cheng Zhi Chu was shocked. He wasn’t able to completely register the meaning behind Chelman’s words when he heard him continuing.

[When I was still by his side, he had already invested large sums of money to purchase all the houses around him and he built this underground infrastructure. I didn’t expect that after three or four years he had managed to expand this area even more.]

[I think that street that you came from was also purchased by him. As long as he pays for it and it is connected to his house, it is all included in the “residence” category.]

[The heads that he had stolen would also be buried randomly in this place to avoid being dug out by others.]

To be able to buy all the houses in this place………How much would it have costed………

Cheng Zhi Chu quietly took a deep breath. He now understood why the shops were empty. It was probably because Mr. Mu had purchased them all and had set up some traps inside. Maybe there were still corpses hiding inside and preventing others from arbitrarily entering.

[You can throw me again to determine the direction that you should be going in.] The coin said.

Cheng Zhi Chu nodded but he didn’t immediately make a wish. He wanted to climb back out to find the groom first so that they could find the heads together. He didn’t know what traps may be awaiting them and when “Winter Branch” would suddenly appear again so it was to dangerous for him to continue alone.

Thinking this, he looked up at the passage that he had fallen from. It was about three metres high and there weren’t any ladders around to use. Climbing it would be impossible.

With the coin in his hand, Cheng Zhi Chu naturally used it without hesitation. He quietly made a wish for him to safely reunite with the groom and then threw the coin.

This time it was the clown’s face. Cheng Zhi Chu felt relieved. He tried to shout out through the manhole opening a few times to try and get the grooms attention.

But this method didn’t go well. Although his voice had recovered after “Winter Branch” had disappeared, the underground space was too large, so his voice was dispersed as a result. It was also very noisy outside. He waited for a while and didn’t get a response from the groom. It looked like the groom probably hadn’t heard it.

In that case, he should try something else……..

Cheng Zhi Chu’s eyes moved over to the furniture and miscellaneous items placed along the wall. He intended to stack the furniture up to allow him to climb up through the hole.

He assessed them and found a desk that appeared rather suitable. He raised the flashlight and walked over. Just as he was about to push the desk across, his eyes inadvertently fell to one side and he saw a broken mirror.

The flashlight caused it to reflect a dim light. The mirror covered in spider web-like cracks reflected Cheng Zhi Chu’s image.

Seeing himself wearing a wedding dress through the mirror, especially where the dress was torn to reveal a large portion of his thighs, Cheng Zhi Chu’s eyes twitched slightly. He suddenly felt extremely ashamed. When he was about to remove his eye from the mirror, he suddenly noticed that the image reflected in the mirror had changed.