Great, It's the Pervy Neighbor. We're Doomed

Chapter 375: The Grand Treasure Chest Inside the Ancient Tower

According to online searches, this ancient pagoda was constructed during the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty.It stands approximately 40 meters tall.

It features a seven-cornered, eight-story brick and stone structure.

Just standing before this ancient pagoda.

One could feel a tide of historical richness.

Jiang Ran stood before this ancient pagoda.

He found it quite marvelous.

He was thinking about something.

During the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty, those who built this pagoda, including the ancient people who later came to visit and enjoy this pagoda, were situated in this very place.

And they were currently situated here as well.

They were standing on the same land where those ancient people once stood, but those ancient people had long since departed from this world.

He imagined the circumstances and feelings of those ancient people who once stood here.

Although they occupied the same space, they existed in different times.

This land had witnessed too many events.

When Fatty saw the ancient pagoda, he took the lead and walked inside.

Jiang Ran said, "Fatty, are you sure we really want to go inside? What if this pagoda collapses?"

Seeing this, Fatty patted the surface of the ancient pagoda and laughed, "Collapse? Look how sturdy it is, how could it collapse?"

"Rest assured, this pagoda is very solid. It was even renovated over a decade ago."

Hearing this, Jiang Ran felt relieved and followed Fatty and the others inside.

Inside the ancient pagoda, there were stone stairs leading to the upper levels.

The interior was very dark.

Everyone took out flashlights or used their phones for illumination.

The inside of the pagoda was terrifyingly silent.

Apart from the sound of footsteps and breathing, all other sounds seemed completely dead.

It was unclear whether this was a Buddhist pagoda or something else.

Or perhaps it was used for feng shui suppression purposes.

In any case, the contents inside the ancient pagoda were gone.

They had probably all been taken by generations of thieves who had entered over the years.

The group ascended along the bluestone stairs.

When they reached the second floor, they saw a beam of light shining through.

They had reached the windows of the ancient pagoda.

The group looked around briefly on the second floor before continuing upward.

These bluestone stairs of the ancient pagoda became steeper and narrower the higher they went.

At first, two people could walk side by side, but now only one person could pass at a time.

The group continued climbing upward.

They discovered that this ancient pagoda wasn't particularly remarkable.

There were just some ancient colored paintings on each interior level of the pagoda.

Besides that, there were various marks left by modern people, like "XXX was here" graffiti.

After walking for quite a while, the group finally reached the pagoda's summit.

Perhaps because there were more windows open at the top.

The air quality was much better compared to the lower levels.

There was much less of that eerie, damp feeling.

"Hey, come quick and look, what's this?"

Fatty was the first to reach the pagoda summit.

Hearing Fatty's exclamation, Jiang Ran and the others behind him quickly ascended to see what Fatty was talking about.

They saw that in the center of the pagoda summit, there was a very large metal treasure chest.

There was no lock on the metal treasure chest.

But the lid wouldn't open.

Fatty and the short guy tried many methods, but couldn't open it.

Additionally, this metal treasure chest was terrifyingly heavy, as if it had fused with the pagoda itself.

They couldn't even lift it.

But, surprisingly.

There was a screen on the lid of this treasure chest.

Therefore, it could be determined that this metal treasure chest wasn't an ancient artifact, but a modern product.

Of course, if this thing were ancient, it would definitely have been left by aliens.

Everyone gathered around the screen.

They saw that on this electronic screen, there was the following text:

[There is treasure inside the chest. Solve the secret to obtain the treasure.

Are you willing to solve the secret?]

[Reminder: Do not attempt violent destruction, otherwise the treasure will become void.]

Without waiting for others' agreement, Fatty directly pressed [Yes].

Immediately, the electronic screen changed.

The previous text disappeared and was replaced by a different display.

[Just answer one question correctly, and the treasure chest will open automatically!]

The screen changed again.

It became a question.

[How many living people are currently on Qingfeng Mountain up to this moment?]

[Note: Only one chance to answer.]

Seeing this question, Fatty snorted disdainfully, "What kind of bullshit question is this? How many living people? Could there be dead people too?"

Then Fatty began calculating.

Their group had 10 people total.

Plus Liu Sha whom they encountered halfway up the mountain.

And that unshaven man.

"Hey, do you think that unshaven man is still on the mountain now? Should we count him in?"

Fatty asked the people beside him.

The short guy said, "He should be, let's count him in!"

The others also agreed.

Therefore, Fatty entered the number 12 on this electronic screen, which was also a touchscreen.

As a result, a large red X appeared.

[Wrong answer! Wrong answer! Wrong answer!]

After that, the screen went completely black and turned off.

"What the hell is this?!"

Fatty was very dissatisfied and kicked the metal treasure chest hard.

The metal treasure chest was fine, but after kicking it, he screamed in pain, clutching his foot with tears streaming down his face.

The group stayed in the ancient pagoda a while longer, feeling there wasn't much interesting about it.

They prepared to return to camp.

But when they returned to camp, they didn't see Zhong Hui who was supposed to be staying behind at the camp.

Before they could even sit down, they heard two cries for help, coming from far to near.

Accompanying these two cries for help were two familiar figures.

The two figures approached the camp.

Jiang Ran and the others discovered it was Jiang Weixin and Wang Qin, who had left the camp first.

They saw these two returning in a hurry.

Both were disheveled and filled with terror on their faces.

Fatty stepped forward and quickly asked, "Brother Jiang, what's your situation?"

The short guy also asked, "Looking at you like this, did you encounter some wild beast on this mountain?"

After Wang Qin reached the camp, she collapsed to the ground, unable to speak.

Her breathing was terrifyingly erratic.

Jiang Weixin, being a man after all, was braver. After recovering for a moment, and taking a bottle of water handed by Fatty, he gulped down several large mouthfuls before saying fearfully:

"It's something more terrifying than wild beasts!"

"Wang Qin and I were walking in the jungle when suddenly a person wearing a red and black checkered shirt with a white mask appeared. He had an axe in his hand. After we discovered him, he chased us and tried to chop us! If we hadn't run fast, we probably would have died!!!"

Jiang Weixin was apparently scared out of his wits, cold sweat still continuously forming on his forehead.

Everyone looked at each other.

They were all confused.

"Red and black checkered shirt? White mask?"

Fatty muttered to himself.

Taking out his phone, Jiang Weixin searched for something on it.

He quickly found a picture of a black and red checkered shirt.

"The clothes he wore were like this, similar style."

Then he continued searching for something else on his phone.

Afterward, he handed it over, "The mask he wore was exactly like this, identical, just like in horror movies!"

Jiang Ran also saw the white mask picture that Jiang Weixin found.

That white mask was very common.

More accurately speaking.

It was exactly the same mask worn by the world-famous dance troupe, the Masquerade Dance Troupe. You could easily find it with a simple online search.