A sheet of red paper, a bridal sedan chair. I was chosen to be the groom in a ghost marriage.
The villagers said the bride had died in childbirth, mother and child both lost. Her resentment was too strong, so a living person had to be wed to her in a ghost marriage before she could rest in peace.
But the moment I lifted the coffin lid, I saw
Her belly was still moving.
Behind me, Village Chief Zhao smiled. "Groom, the child she's carrying is yours."
The bronze jade pendant around my neck suddenly grew hot, and blood-red words appeared before my eyes:
[Rule One: Anyone who refuses the ghost marriage dies.]
[Rule Two: Anyone who goes out after midnight dies.]
[Rule Three: Accept the ghost marriage. Survival rate: 68%.]
This wasn't a supernatural event.
This was a set of rules.
Every rule was both a path to survival and a path to death. Understand them, and live. Fail to understand them, and die.
My name is Lin Yan. I'm twenty-two, a third-year university student.
Before my grandmother-in-law disappeared, she left me this pendant and said, "One day, you'll enter a place you shouldn't. Remember: don't keep a promise made to the dead."
But I never got the chance to ask: what if the dead insist on holding me to my promise?
The pendant activated a System called "Evil-Breaking Deduction."
It can reveal rules, deduce deaths, and mark the weaknesses of evil spirits.
But it can't save everyone.
The ghost marriage in Wuyin Village, the bell ringing in a classroom at midnight, the taboos of keeping night watch at a funeral home, the corpse-driving inn in western Hunan...
Every instance is a battle for life and death.
Every truth I uncover brings me one step closer to the Xuanyin Cult's conspiracy.
They say I'm a sacrificial vessel for the Xuanyin Mother Goddess.
They say my fate was decided the moment I was born.
They say that in this world
This is a new report. I also hope that all readers will support me. If you need to be scolded, just say it. Accept it with an open mind!