The Haunted Village in the Deep Mountains: The False Vision of Mist Ridge

The Eerie Village in the Deep Mountains: Phantom of Mist Ridge The mountain monster has been eating people for thirty years. Only when he lifted the veil of fog did he finally see: There were no ghosts in the mist, only countless silent eyes. Mist Ridge Village, a primitive mountain hamlet trapped among dense fog and towering peaks. The emperor's authority never reaches here, and the law holds no sway. Twenty thousand people, five thousand years of tradition, and only one rule they believe in: when the mountain monster takes a life, keep your mouth shut, take the money, and let the dead be buried. Lin Ye is the one person in the village who refuses to believe in such things. His adoptive father, Cheng Laosan, died overnight on the North Mountain trail, leaving no remains. The villagers said it was the mountain monster. Zhao Shankui offered his condolences. But Lin Ye remembered only that on the night before his third uncle died, he sat on the threshold smoking a pipe all night, then said just one thing: “There are no people in this fog, only ghosts.” From then on, Lin Ye stepped into a gray-white world so thick it seemed impossible to disperse. The fog on North Mountain came at the same time every night. So did the deaths. He joined the village guard, pored over the patrol schedule, and caught the scent of herbs in the wind. Someone used rosemary seeds to drive the night watchmen mad. Someone used a knife to fake claw marks. Someone hauled food into an abandoned mine late at night. And others used money and clan rules to bury murder after murder beneath the label “claimed by the mountain monster.” This village was one enormous trap.