Book 4: Chapter 29: Doll

Book 4: Chapter 29: Doll

Fatty checked to see if Jin Wantang was still breathing and then asked me, "Didn't you say you were lured here? Whats the connection between this Xia Wen and the dragon vein?"

I didnt know, but now that we had already fallen this far into the trap, there was no way to go out and check it.

That young man was still far away from us, the building behind him like a beacon tower on the Great Wall of China. It seemed to be a checkpoint of some sort, but I didnt know what for.

Although we had successfully rescued Jin Wantang, we were still at an impasse. We had to move on, but now it seemed unlikely that we could. At present, I could infer the following outcome: Jin Wantang would die of infection and wed receive the heavenly gift again after we left this area in search of food.

By the time the three of us regained consciousness again, I wouldnt know how much time had passed.

In fact, there might be a way to try to move forward. Like a snail, we could move this whole area by shifting the shrine and corpses bit by bit so that the conditions here remained unchanged.

But there were only three of us, so the traveling speed would be very slow and these corpses were already very fragile and easily damaged.

There must be a way, I thought to myself.

We settled down to rest for a bit, so I leaned up against a stone to meditate. Among the things Jin Wantang had mentioned, I always felt that there was a secret he wanted to say, but he stopped himself. He had said so much but he didnt dare talk about the most crucial step.New novel chapters are published on

In this context, he told me that Uncle Three took me to a fake Xisha tomb when I was a child and asked me to play Qi Yu.

I had no memory of that incident, so maybe I didn't actually go there. But Uncle Three was seen with a child, so maybe he lied and said that it was me.

But who was that child?

As I thought through the above analysis, I immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Fuck, is that kid really Qi Yu?

At this time, I suddenly remembered a distant memory. When I was very young, I saw a strange doll in Uncle Three's room. The doll could move and its head looked absolutely terrifying, just like a monster. I was so scared that I started crying, but Uncle Three said that it was just a prank to scare me.

Later, I never saw that thing again, so I just assumed that it was lost.

The memory was very vague, but I remember telling my mother with certainty that the doll's eyes could move.

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TN Notes:

(1) The author used which means id/the self. Since the id is the personality component made up of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges, needs, and desires, I was super confused about the author using it in this context. So, I chose to go with original me and Tiffany agrees.

(2) The Hundred Family Surnames is an official record of the common Chinese surnames and prefectures of all the noble families. It lists 438 surnames. Each noble family had the names, official positions, and blood relations of its members listed in detail. According to that Wikepedia article, Zhang () and Wu () are in there. Sidenote from Tiffany: Wu Xie was thinking about the possibility of his memory being altered, but if it was so powerful, it could just change anyones memories, and they didnt necessarily have to be someone from the Zhang family.