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Chapter Seventy-six: Atlas

  While rummaging through some stuff in the various stone rooms, I suddenly saw an old book covered with dust and slightly yellowed in a corner of one of the smaller stone rooms.

  It's not quite right to call this a book, because it's square in shape and about 20 centimeters wide. I don't think I've ever seen a square-shaped book that big before.

  Seeing this book, I suddenly got a little excited. I was thinking, is this the book that Han Feiyan asked me to help her find to dispel the Gu? Or is it the kind of book about dispelling hypnotic spells?

  With great eagerness, I picked up the book and blew off the dust on its cover, then wiped it with my hand. But when I opened the book, I was greatly disappointed.

  Because this is not a book about how to solve puzzles, nor is it a book about hypnosis, but rather a hand-drawn picture album.

  When I saw that it was a hand-painted album, I lost interest and was about to throw it away on the spot. But just as I was about to casually discard it, I suddenly saw the five small black characters "Compiled by Li Changjuan" in the lower right corner of the cover.

  "Is it Li Changjuan again?"

  When I saw these five small characters, I couldn't help but frown slightly, and suddenly became interested. To be honest, Li Changjuan's name has appeared in my field of vision more than once, and I am becoming more and more curious about everything about her.

  Looking at this album, her name is in the lower right corner. So I sat down on the ground with a thud and started flipping through this hand-painted album.

  After flipping through it like this and then taking another careful look, I wouldn't have known if I hadn't looked, but after looking, I suddenly made a huge discovery.

  I saw that this was not a simple hand-painted album, but a hand-painted map of the entire underground passageway around Mogou Village!

  That's right!

  It's the entire underground tunnel system of Magou Village!

  In this album, I even saw the mechanism of the hidden passage that leads here through the Li Changjuan stone tablet.

  The name of this mechanism is actually called "Ba Xia Duo Zhe", and the place where this mechanism leads to is called "Qing Shui Dong Tian".

  In the album, I saw that it detailed the roads leading to various places here and some hidden mechanisms and traps. It annotated in detail how to trigger the mechanism and how to avoid the trap. Fortunately, I didn't go further into the inner stone chamber because according to the album's details, there were two stone chambers inside with deadly traps set up.

  I also saw that in this album, there is even a diagram of the underground cave under the riverbed that Su Ping took me to, and in the album records, that place is called "Fan Shui Dong".

  With just one flip, I was surprised to find that except for the lack of authentic mechanisms inside Magou Village, the entire surrounding area outside the village is basically empty, with hundreds of tunnels intersecting each other. I even saw a tunnel leading out of the village. However, for some reason, this outward passage shown in the diagram seems to have been filled up...

  After I closed this album, my heart was shocked. I knew that this album must be a treasure, and with this album, everything under the ground of Magou Village would be clear to me. In the future, having such an underground dark passage as cover, hiding from something, would make me even freer.

  After putting this album in my arms, I started thinking about a question again.

  The cover of this album clearly states that it was painted by Li Changjuan, which means that Li Changjuan knew all the underground passageways in Magou Village!

  What kind of person is Li Changjuan after all? Why did she die?

  Furthermore, according to the records in the picture book, she should have had the so-called mechanism design of the tomb before her death, and the corresponding stele is her own stele. Is it said that before her death, she had already set up a monument for herself and made preparations to bury herself beside this mechanism tunnel?

  And last time, I pretended to be stupid girl, the witch didn't recognize me and said something strange about night and blood color. Does it mean that the witch has some connection with Li Changjuan? So that even Li Xin was involved? How did Li Xin become a stupid girl? Is it because of so-called "walking marriage"? Now I'm starting to doubt! Could there be something about Li Xin in this too?

  What kind of person is this Li Changjuan anyway?!

  I thought for half a day, but no matter how I thought about it, I couldn't figure it out. In the end, I simply stopped thinking about it, anyway, even if I did think about it, nothing would come of it, and it's not like it's any of my business, and thinking too much is just going to give me a headache, which isn't necessary. Now, I've gotten this hand-painted album, and I'm especially happy.

  After I collected the picture book, I searched each stone room again. However, I didn't find anything good here either. Nor did I find any books about dispelling hypnosis or the kind of dispelling Gu that Han Feiyan mentioned. Even in the end, I came to those two stone rooms with mechanisms and traps inside, and carefully avoided the mechanisms according to the instructions on the picture book. But still, I didn't find anything in those two stone rooms except for some disgusting things.

  It's worth mentioning that after entering those two stone rooms, I clearly saw that the two stone rooms were somewhat disordered, as if they had been disturbed by someone...

  Nothing was found, and I'm really a bit disappointed. When I returned to the stone room where Han Jingjing was with a disappointed face, I saw that Han Jingjing was still sleeping. Seeing her sleep, I walked over carefully, wanting to touch her head. But what I didn't expect was that Han Jingjing seemed to be able to sense someone approaching her, and just as I was about to touch her, the originally sound asleep Han Jingjing suddenly opened her eyes, then grasped the dagger in her hand and stabbed it towards me mercilessly.

  Fortunately, I had already made mental preparations beforehand, and when she stabbed at me, I dodged in time.

  After I dodged away, Han Jingjing stared at me with a dull expression, then lay down and fell asleep again.

  Looking at Han Jingjing like this, I feel uncomfortable in my heart, but I have no choice but to get close to her.

  And I also understand one thing, now Han Jingjing's target is too big, her mental state is not right, even if I can get close to her, take away her knife, and bring her out of this water cave smoothly, can I really bring her out of the village? What if something happens to Han Jingjing in the middle, or what if the witch has done something to Han Jingjing's body, then it would be a case of losing everything. To take a step back, even if I bring Han Jingjing out of the village now, when she is mentally like this, what can I do? Send her to a mental hospital?

  No matter how I think about it, it just doesn't seem reliable.

  In the end, I made a decision.

  Anyway, the red centipede that the witch gave to Han Jingjing has been taken away by Su Ping, so it should be safe for now. I can tell that the blood-red centipede on the witch's face is very rare, and even if she tries to summon another one, it won't work. So I'll leave here temporarily. Firstly, my makeup is a bit messy, and I need to go find Han Feiyan to touch it up. Secondly, after searching around this place, apart from that album, I didn't find anything else, so staying here would be pointless and only add to the sadness...

  After making up my mind, I took another look at Han Jingjing and then prepared to head back the way I came.

  I smoothly crossed the small bridge over the river and arrived at the stone gate passage I came from before. After walking to the end of the passage, I pressed a piece of stone that protruded from the farthest end of the right-hand side of the passage according to the illustration on the hand-drawn map.

  This stone is still quite obvious, I guess after Su Ping runs here, she may be able to see this extra piece of stone very easily. Only...

  Is there such a smooth thing? Although this stone is obvious, but at the moment when Hanzi chased Su Ping, was Su Ping's adventure really reliable?

  At this time, I expressed some doubt...

  When I stepped down, the mechanism was activated, and then the ground beneath me shook violently. Following that, I felt the place where I was rising up.

  After rising to a certain height, I saw that a stone gate opened in front of me. I knew this must be the exit from the stone turtle's back. Then I prepared to walk out.

  But just as I was about to walk out, I suddenly saw that there were actually two people standing outside the stone gate. And my appearance was clearly seen by these two people!

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