After accepting a copper coin to hold in my mouth, I became a resident of the Haunted Lodge.
This isn't a hotel. It's an execution ground. Every seven days, a blood-red door opens and forces us into a terrifying ordeal.
The first door: a village in the Republic of China era.
On the seventh night after her death, the wronged widow Zhao goes from house to house, asking the same question.
Anyone who answers incorrectly has a copper coin stuffed in their mouth and suffocates to death.
Everyone in the village tells the truth, yet they die one after another.
When my turn comes, I raise the village chief's memorial tablet. "Your grievance should be answered by him."
The second door: an evil temple in Nanyang.
The Wealth-Bringing Buddha Mother grants every wish, but corpses are piled up at her feet.
Her followers make sacrifices in a frenzy, praying for wealth and status.
I smash the incense burner and smile at the evil idol. "It's time to change your rules."
Later, the evil spirits behind the blood-red doors begin passing around a warning:
"If you open the door and see a human named Ning Qiushui... run."
"He's not here to follow the rules."
"He's here to make rules for us."
