Chapter 8: Take Another Look—Is the Wall Still There?

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“My goodness!”
“Are streamers really going this far with their scripts now? This is so exaggerated!”
Xiao Lü in the monitoring room was stunned by the crystal coffin hanging on the wall!
Liang Jingyi was even more frightened: “This… is this part of the script?”
“What do you mean?”
“Didn't you just say they were tomb raiders?”
Xiao Lü looked up seriously and said, “Sister Liang, when have you ever seen a coffin made of crystal?”
Liang Jingyi was still a bit confused: “I’m not an archaeology expert, how would I know?”
Xiao Lü replied, “Have you never seen a pig run just because you haven’t eaten pork?”
“Have you noticed that all coffins found in ancient tombs excavated by archaeological teams are made of wood?”
“With the craft level of ancient times, how could they possibly make a coffin out of crystal!”
He shook his head, “I think it’s most likely part of the script!”
Liang Jingyi started to doubt: “You have a point.”
“A crystal coffin like that is indeed quite unbelievable.”
“So what do we do?”
“Keep watching?”
Xiao Lü nodded, “Yeah!”
“Let’s see what those two are up to.”

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Zhou Cheng saw Zhang Xuan’s astonished expression and couldn’t help but say, “Brother Xuan, I wasn’t lying to you, right?”
“Why don’t you also appraise this thing while you’re at it?”
Zhang Xuan’s face turned serious upon hearing this: “...”
“That’s a crystal coffin carved from a single block of crystal. Considering the craftsmanship and cultural value, its minimum worth is three million!”
Zhou Cheng sounded a bit surprised: “Such a large crystal coffin is still not as valuable as the octagonal bell from yesterday?”
Zhang Xuan said, “They’re not even comparable — totally different levels!”
“But, brother, I’m not joking.”
“You’d better leave here as soon as possible!”
“Otherwise, I’m afraid you won’t be able to get out even if you want to!”
“This place is not clean!”
Zhou Cheng: “Not clean?”
“Not clean where?”
Zhang Xuan said, “It’s that crystal coffin!”
Hearing this, Zhou Cheng aimed the camera at the crystal coffin: “Isn’t the crystal coffin clean and transparent?”
Zhang Xuan was a bit speechless: “It’s carved from a single block of crystal, so of course it’s clean and transparent!”
“When I say it’s not clean, I’m not talking about the exterior cleanliness!”
“I mean the inside!”
“You should understand what I mean.”
“If you don’t, ask the people who came with you!”
Just as he finished speaking, the voice of another middle-aged man came from inside: “Listen to what he says.”

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Only then did Zhou Cheng say, “Brother Xuan, please continue.”
Zhang Xuan nodded and said, “Actually, what’s trapping you isn’t the cave, it’s that crystal coffin!”
He had just finished speaking when a sharp intake of breath came from inside.
Zhou Cheng said, “Brother Xuan, don’t scare me!”
“This place is already creepy enough.”
Zhang Xuan snorted, “I have no intention of scaring you.”
“Take a close look at that crystal coffin. Don’t you think it’s missing something?”
Suddenly, the camera picked up footsteps.
Then there were a few muffled whispers.
After a moment, Zhou Cheng said, “Brother Xuan, I think the crystal coffin is well preserved. It hasn’t been chipped or damaged!”
“Shouldn’t be missing anything, right?”
Zhang Xuan rubbed his temples: “Sigh, you’re not listening at all.”
“Alright, here’s what I suggest to help you see what’s missing!”
Zhou Cheng asked, “What method?”
“Brother Xuan, tell us!”
Zhang Xuan said, “Did you bring candles?”
“White wax candles would be best.”
After a moment of silence, Zhou Cheng took out a pack containing a bundle of yellow-paper-wrapped candles: “Here’s a pack, twelve candles. Is that enough?”
Zhang Xuan said, “Three are enough!”
“Light them in the middle of the cave.”
Zhou Cheng looked toward the middle and saw a river, then asked, “Can we light them on the boat?”
Zhang Xuan replied, “That’s fine!”
Upon hearing this, he lit three white wax candles at the bow of the boat as Zhang Xuan instructed.
“And then?”
Watching the candles burn, Zhou Cheng asked again.
Zhang Xuan said, “Don’t rush. Just keep an eye on the changes around you.”
He then shook his head and fell silent.
This really worried the viewers watching the live stream.
Zhang Xuan had made it clear that the cave was not clean, implying it might be haunted!
And he asked Zhou Cheng to light three white wax candles and observe changes around.
Clearly, something was about to happen.
Regular viewers used to watching live streams for fun suddenly felt chills down their spines at this development!
Especially that eerie feeling, blurring the lines between reality and fiction, made them uneasy!
“Watching a live stream and I’m getting goosebumps all over. Are the people on the other side really actors in a haunted house?”
“The cave doesn’t look fake, and we haven’t seen that green-glowing corpse, but the crystal coffin is definitely absurd.”
“LOL, ancient times didn’t have crystal coffins, they were all wooden coffins. Haven’t you seen archaeology documentaries?”
“The streamer’s acting is pretty convincing; it’s definitely scripted. Everyone, don’t be scared, just enjoy the show.”
“Following the script’s direction, next will probably be some spooky theatrics and then nothing more. That’s the live stream effect!”
“Ah, is it real or fake? I’m kinda scared. Brother Xuan, say something!”

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The camera showed Zhang Xuan silent, but a small close-up shot revealed three white wax candles flickering gently at the dark boat’s bow.
No one spoke, only the sound of flowing water.
Undeniably, this scene was quite a shock to the hearts of viewers who just happened to tune in.
The live stream’s popularity surged!
It quickly rose to six thousand viewers!
And the number kept growing!
“I’m new here, what’s going on? It’s like a ghost story, so scary!”
“Isn’t this supposed to be a treasure appraisal live stream? Why are we watching candles?”
“?????”
“?????”
“???????”
The eerie atmosphere lingered for more than ten minutes, with the candles burning down about a third of the way.
Just as the viewer count stopped growing and the audience was losing patience, the three white wax candles suddenly went out without a sound!
Zhang Xuan abruptly sat upright: “It’s happening!”
Viewers in the live chat: “?????”
“Whoa, they went out?”
“What’s happening?”
“So scary!!!”
The camera indeed caught a burst of frantic footsteps!
Zhou Cheng’s shocked voice rang out: “What the heck!”
“Why is there another crystal coffin over there?”
Another middle-aged man’s voice spoke: “No, wait!”
“There’s a corpse inside that crystal coffin!”
As the man’s voice sounded, the camera began to shake.
When the image stabilized, it showed the opposite rock wall where, indeed, another crystal coffin was suspended!
Inside lay a black-haired woman dressed in white, a corpse!
Zhou Cheng’s voice trembled: “Brother... Brother Xuan...”
“What’s going on?”
“That definitely wasn’t there before!”
Zhang Xuan took a deep breath: “White wax candles can burn away unclean yin energy.”
“That coffin has been there all along, but the yin energy was clouding your vision, making it invisible to you.”
Zhou Cheng suddenly understood: “So that’s it.”
“Then why could I see the one behind me?”
He instinctively turned his head, only to hear Zhang Xuan’s solemn voice: “Don’t look back!”
“Get on the boat and move forward!”
Zhou Cheng was frightened by Zhang Xuan’s tone: “But there’s a wall ahead...”
Zhang Xuan said, “Look again. Is the wall still there?”