Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!

Chapter 394 - 388: Horror Doll House 36

Nearby, there were a few neighbors gathered around, all rural women, but their gazes held no sympathy, only indifference and disdain.

"What bad luck, giving birth to two daughters for Old Zhang’s family, how unfortunate!"

"Old Zhang’s wife isn’t a good match, didn’t they check the eight characters before marriage?"

"They did! Said to be a perfect match."

"Oh my, unlike my daughter-in-law, who got pregnant within two months of entering the house and gave us a chubby boy the next year."

"Oh my! Who can compare to your daughter-in-law? Her belly is truly amazing, three sons in four years, who in the village isn’t envious!"

"Exactly!"

"Hahahahaha..."

Josh and the others listened for a while, then turned to catch up with the man carrying a baby who had left not far away.

The man headed up the mountain, and at the fork, he encountered an old lady also carrying a girl up the mountain.

The old lady glanced at him: "Old Zhang, you’re going up the mountain too?"

Old Zhang nodded: "Yes, twin baby girls, what else can I do?"

The old lady heard this and showed a pained expression: "Oh dear, your wife already gave birth to four, how come they are all girls, haven’t you asked anyone to take a look?"

Old Zhang: "Sigh, don’t mention it..."

He glanced at the three or four-year-old child in the old lady’s arms and raised his chin: "You brought this one too?"

The old lady nodded: "Yes, her parents just left for work yesterday, they’ve already boarded the train."

Old Zhang nodded: "They’re still young, they can still have more."

The old lady: "That’s what I said too."

The two continued walking up the mountain.

On the mountain stood a tower, seven stories high.

Old Zhang and the old lady went up for a short while and came down together, both with expressions of relief.

Josh frowned slightly.

Yuze looked towards the top of the mountain and also fell silent.

Everyone knew what had happened, but no one said anything.

People continued to carry baby girls up the mountain and then came down with a light-hearted look.

By nightfall, flames were visible from the mountain.

Thick black smoke billowed.

An unknown stench wafted out along with the smoke.

The faint sound of crying and screaming could be heard.

At the foot of the mountain, every household had their doors tightly shut. Shortly after nightfall, the roads in the entire village were deserted, and not a single person was seen.

The scene shifted, and they saw a little girl in a red dress crawl out from the ruins.

This seemed to be inside a building already.

Beside her was another child who looked identical to her, hand in hand, they pushed open the door and walked out.

Moonlight shone on them, making their bodies appear more solid.

Josh knew this phenomenon was caused by new ghosts absorbing the essence of the moon, strengthening their Yin energy.

The two children, hand in hand, descended from the mountain, heading straight home.

As expected, the two children were going to take revenge on their family.

They saw the children creepily climbing through the window into the house, witnessed the whole family scrambling out in a panic.

They saw dark clouds cover the sky on the mountain top, with a continuous flow of baby spirits pouring down from the mountain, infiltrating each household.

"Mom, I’m your daughter, don’t you recognize me?"

"Mom, it hurts, the fire burns me so badly."

"Mom, don’t be afraid of me, can you hold me? I miss you so much."

"Grandma, didn’t you say I was your sweetheart? Why did you abandon me?"

"Grandpa, why don’t you like me? Is Little Flower not well-behaved enough?"

"I was so obedient, didn’t cry or fuss, why did you prefer my constantly crying and sick brother over me?"

"Why..."

"I want my family..."

"I want to go home..."

"Please don’t abandon me, okay?"

The atmosphere filled with resentment, accompanied by the villagers’ screams of horror.

The scene shifted again to daytime, with a large group entering the village.

The villagers respectfully brought them up the mountain.

This group held tools and wore proper Daoist robes, looking like they were hired by the villagers.

Sure enough, a ritual began at the mountain top.

The Daoists instructed the toys from the boxes to be opened.

Each box was nearly full of dolls, all kinds of cute, lifelike cloth dolls, the smallest about a few dozen centimeters high.

Some dolls were hand-sewn, while others were made from materials that seemed very familiar, evidently handmade by the villagers themselves.

The leading Daoist looked at the seven-story tower: "These are toys prepared for you by your mothers; come claim them."

The baby spirits in the tower cautiously peeked out, their eyes lighting up at the sight of the large cloth dolls in the boxes.

Some spirits couldn’t resist stepping out of the tower gate, grabbing their designated doll, and quickly running back inside, seemingly frightened of these Daoists.

Once one started, others naturally became eager.

In no time, the baby spirits had happily taken their dolls back, as these were their first toys in life, personally made by their mothers, and they naturally loved them.

The Daoists watched the tower spirits intently, suddenly beginning a ritual, drawing talismans, sealing the tower.

They summoned four Ghost Generals to suppress the tower top, to manage the spirits inside.

The dolls clutched by the spirits suddenly started moving, their eyes glowing red.

In no time, all the spirits were absorbed into the dolls’ bodies, completely sealed.

Josh’s eyes showed a hint of realization; these dolls weren’t actually moving by themselves but were instead bodies harboring Dead Spirits.

She wanted to dig deeper for clues inside the tower but found nothing useful.

The little ghost in the red dress had stayed on the first floor, only going up to the fifth floor after they arrived.

Regarding the events on different floors, she might not even know more than they did.

Josh withdrew from the Dream Realm, looking at the others: "What do you think?"

Rob’s face was grim, still shaken from the earlier shock: "These people are truly heartless! To treat those little girls this way!"

The others’ expressions weren’t much better.

Yuze said: "Something’s not right. If the goal was merely to suppress those baby spirits, there was no need for such a massive effort, and the creatures on the rooftop were excessively powerful."

Josh nodded in agreement, looking at them: "And isn’t it strange? If it was only about sealing them inside, why divide it into different floors?"

"Perhaps, I can answer your questions." A young voice suddenly sounded beside them.

They looked over and saw the boy in red standing next to the bed.

"Sister!" The little girl in the red dress excitedly leaped up and flew into his arms.

The boy hugged the little girl, patting her head.