After all, the father of this group of siblings couldn't survive this winter.

To be precise, in fact, this man did not die of illness, but of exhaustion. Because they had adopted Ma Dahui's suggestion, the couple was prepared to grit their teeth and feed their children.

But in the end, the backbone of the family fell in the field.

The three women all had sad looks on their faces.

Especially for this woman, her face was as pale as a piece of white paper due to long-term hunger and the impact of sadness.

The exposed skin, even if it is swollen due to frostbite, will look like a bit of skin and bones.

After burying her husband.

The three of them stood up and were about to leave, but before they had taken a few steps, they suddenly saw this woman lying on her back on the ground.

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Women also died.

Dong Yunkong and his party watched helplessly as the siblings cried and their tears dried up. With great effort, they managed to dig out an earthen grave for her.

Katori Yuno, Dema Daiki, and Sudo Haruto finally couldn't bear to watch anymore.

Only Sora Azuma and Hikari Katori are slightly better.

But the two of them also felt a little heavy. The scene in front of them was too real, and it didn't look like a fictional scene at all.

Then, the scene changed again.

This time.

Return to the hut.

The brother and sister hugged each other and huddled in the quilt, shivering a little. They were not cold, but hungry.

"Sister, I'm so hungry!"

The younger brother curled up and looked up at his sister eagerly.

My sister gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go out to get some food. You wait here for me to come back."

"Um!"

The younger brother nodded solemnly.

Then I saw my sister push open the door of the wooden house and walked out resolutely.

Seeing this, Dong Yunkong and Katori Hikaru closed their eyes at the same time, and there was no need to look at the next scene.

In this remote area, in this snowy weather, a teenage girl goes out alone, and the outcome is basically doomed.

as expected.

My sister never came back.

And when the younger brother was dying, he was still waiting expectantly for his sister to bring back food. The moment he finally died, the scene in front of everyone was shattered like a mirror.

After everyone came to their senses again.

The scene in front of them has changed back to the place where they first entered the secluded realm.

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"It seems that we should have failed." Katori Hikaru took a long breath and sighed.

What they just experienced made Dema Daiki, Katori Yuno, and Sudou Haruto all have red eyes. However, after hearing Katori Semitsu's words, the three people's emotions gradually recovered.

"No, we have lost contact with the "guidance" from the outside world."

Not long after he regained his mood, Sudou Haruto's expression suddenly changed and he said in shock.

As soon as this statement came out.

Everyone else's expressions also changed.

"If the "guidance" is disconnected, doesn't that mean we can't go back?"

"How could this happen?"

"It's common for guiding compasses to lose their effectiveness in large secluded realms, but this secluded realm is so small, how could it lose contact."

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Sudou Haruto is the most proficient onmyouji in the field. At this point, even if Katori Semitsu and Azuma Sora are "full-level", they can't compare with him.

So from the beginning, Katori Semitsu gave him the "Guide Compass" for safekeeping.

At this time, his face was also extremely ugly. He held a small compass in his hand and used several seals one after another, but the compass showed no movement.

"It should be caused by the rules of operation in this secluded realm. Mr. Dema, you just answered. Can you check to see if there is anything extra or missing in you?"

Katori Hikaru's eyes flickered for a while, and then suddenly he spoke to Dema Daiki.

"ha?"

Dema Dahui was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly started to touch his body: 'No! There is nothing.'

"That's right. This should be the operating rules of this secluded realm. Once it is opened, the entire secluded realm will be closed. Unless the problem is solved, no one will be able to enter or exit."

"If we want to go out now, I'm afraid the only way is to solve the "choice" in that hut, otherwise we may be trapped here for the rest of our lives."

Katori Hikaru revealed his speculation, and immediately everyone present looked unhappy.

Netherland problems are notoriously difficult to deal with.

in historical records.

There are countless unresolved ghost realm problems, and some of them still exist in the world because no one can solve them. Even the strongest among the spirit-killing professionals can only seal them to prevent the ghost realm from expanding.

.

But now in this quiet place, after getting in the car, the door is locked directly.

This is definitely not good news for everyone.

Bang bang bang~

"Okay, don't be depressed yet. At least for now, we shouldn't have to pay any price to test the rules here. This is good news for us. At least we have many opportunities."

Katori Semitsu clapped her hands, dispelling the uneasiness in everyone's hearts.

Everyone's eyes lit up.

That’s right!

Anyway, it’s free to try, so they might as well try it one by one, and they won’t believe they can’t find a suitable answer.

The five people regrouped and set off.

When they came to the wooden house again, everything seemed to be "reset". Katori Hikaru repeated his previous words and actions again and asked the woman to let them in.

Then at night.

As expected, the woman quietly entered the room again as before and asked the same question.

But this time, under the instruction of Katori Semitsu, Dema Daiki gave the opposite answer.

Sell!

The woman followed Ma Dahui's suggestion, and after being coaxed and deceived, she finally sold her daughter to a current member of a "rich family" far away.

The woman gained a large sum of money and returned home.

With this money, the woman bought several pieces of winter clothing for her family and also added a lot of food, which was enough for them to survive the winter safely.

But it was just halfway through this winter.

A body was suddenly thrown in front of their house.

It is the woman's daughter.

The daughter was wearing thin clothes and had marks all over her body from being whipped and beaten with sticks. People from the "rich family" told the woman that her daughter was beaten to death for trying to seduce the son of the family owner, and the things she had sold to them were

All must be taken back.

But in fact, Dong Yunkong and his party could clearly see where the woman's daughter was seducing the other party. It was clearly the other's son who was trying to seize the "sister". However, who knew that the "sister" would rather die than obey, and was eventually killed alive?

Beat to death.

But the family obviously didn't know this, or in other words, even if they knew it, it wouldn't make any sense.

The "rich family" just robbed the woman's family of all their winter belongings.

finally.

The woman's family all froze to death this winter.
Chapter completed!