965 Perplexed and Smitten 25 (1/2)

An Xiaoning looked away and said to Wang Jinsheng, ”Send the corpses back to A City immediately. Take me to the ancient residence while the sky is still bright.”

”Okay.”

After exiting the tent, Wang Jinsheng brought An Xiaoning, Wen Lele, and two other archeologists to the ancient residence.

It took a five-minute car ride to get there.

The group of five alighted from the car. An Xiaoning stared into the distance and could not help but find the place to be rather familiar-looking.

She felt as if she had been here before.

The sense of familiarity and deja vu grew stronger with every step she took. It reminded her of the way she felt in Mount Huayi.

”I heard from Lele that this used to be the location of an ancient palace. Is that true?”

”Yes. It dates back to almost a millennium ago.”

”Who was the master of this palace?”

”According to historical recounts, it was vaguely stated that a prince used to live here, but his name wasn't mentioned.”

An Xiaoning did not stop walking until they reached a worn-out entrance.

The door was already removed from its hinges due to the decomposition, which was a toll that time had taken on the residence, leaving only the door frame behind.

”Has anyone come here before?”

”The archeological team has visited this residence before. Nothing really happened in the day and the mysterious and bizarre events only took place from the evening onward. They set up tents outside the entrance and most of them died here. Ever since then, no one dared to come by again. This time, we were filled with uncertainty and decided to make all the possible preparations beforehand, such as getting a ritual performed by a medium. We initially thought that everything would be fine, but to our astonishment, a tragic mishap still took place…”

”I don't get it, can't you do your research in the day? Why must you people stay overnight?”

Wen Lele answered, ”It was already five o'clock in the evening when we arrived yesterday. Thus, we set up the tents and initially planned to only enter the residence the next morning. However, the sky had yet to turn dark by the time we were done. Hence, we decided to go in to take a look since we didn't have much else to do anyway. We just took a casual glance around the place. When the sky turned dark, my female colleague and I headed to the toilet outside. We didn't see the rest of them when we came out so we decided to look for them, but afterwards, we saw them at the entrance…”

Wen Lele paused and continued in a quivering voice, ”Then, that happened. My colleague and I didn't dare to step forward and instead zoomed toward the car.”

The five of them entered, filled with fear and anxiety, all except An Xiaoning.

There was a chaotic sight near a wall beside the door with blood all over the floor. It was obvious that that was where the scene had taken place.

An Xiaoning scanned her surroundings, and a scenario that she had dreamed of previously popped up in her head. All of a sudden, she realized that the setting of the scenario matched the sight before her.

She was immediately alarmed. Could this be…

An Xiaoning quickly strode inside while the rest followed her frantically.

After a millennium, the walls and interior of the house were no longer well furbished and were now worlds apart from the way they used to be. However, she could still recognize it.

Standing at the spot where she once kicked Granny Sun, An Xiaoning scanned her surroundings carefully, not in the least bit afraid at all.

She sent Jin Qingyan a text message to explain the situation to him briefly.

After ensuring that the message was successfully delivered, she took a stroll around the place.

At last, she arrived at a larger mansion. She could tell that it was a mansion because of the stone bricks.

The other houses in the residence had already collapsed completely, except this one.

Just as she was about to enter, Wang Jinsheng yelled to stop her in her tracks, ”Ms. An, if there are really any supernatural beings here, could they be inside?”

”We'll know once we go in.”

Wang Jinsheng dragged himself across the floor with heavy footsteps, feeling as if his feet were weighed down by boulders.

Wen Lele and the other two archeologists dared not follow them and instead waited outside the mansion.