2024, The beginning of everything, is also the end of my story. From now on, I will reveal to you the secrets hidden deep in the years from the perspective of a dead soul.
In my hometown, there used to be a place called Mingcun. The name was so sinister that it sent chills down the spine. Later, it was renamed Mingcun. I heard from the older generation that they changed their names for good luck and to suppress the evil spirit.
When I was young, I had a strange dream, and the dream is still vivid in my mind. In the dream, I seemed to be pulled by an inexplicable force, step by step into the back hill of the village. The back mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round and is deathly silent. It is a forbidden place that the elderly in the village must not approach.
When I cleared away the layers of fog, a gloomy ancient house suddenly appeared. The door of the house was ajar, and there was a hint of chill in it, so I walked in unexpectedly. In the room, under the dim light, eighteen coffins were neatly arranged, like guards who had been waiting for a thousand years, and like hidden boxes hiding countless secrets.
At that time, tomb-robbery novels were popular on the streets, and the thrilling plots in the books aroused my young curiosity. Driven by this impulse, I slowly pushed open one of the coffins with trembling hands...
There are rumors among the people that those who dream of coffins may be happy to be promoted and make money; but if you see the coffin open and a dead person, it is an ominous sign, and you may be afraid that something bad will happen to you or your loved ones...
