On the road sign to the right, it read,
"If you encounter patrolling staff in the cemetery, please answer their questions truthfully and do not conceal anything. They will protect you, please trust them.
If necessary, please follow the staff to the management office."
These two road signs put Wan Lei and the others in a dilemma once more.
One warned them not to go, while the other implied they could follow.
Damn it, how were they supposed to decide?
In the end, they decided to wait and see, to follow the person in front of them for now. At worst, they wouldn't enter the management office and would observe more.
Most importantly, they would not speak to this person.
After walking for a while, Wan Lei suddenly had an idea to test if the evening primrose would have any effect on the person in front.
So, he quietly crouched down, plucked a handful of evening primrose from the roadside, and placed it on his chest.
However, the person in front showed no reaction and continued walking forward.
Wan Lei, unwilling to give up, threw the handful of evening primrose at the person in front.
Finally, the person stopped and slowly turned around.
Wan Lei and the others retreated a few steps, creating distance and preparing to defend themselves.
However, the person looked at Wan Lei as if he were an idiot, then kicked the evening primrose that had fallen to the ground into the nearby grass, and turned to continue on their way.
Why didn't it work?
Wan Lei and the others were puzzled.
Suddenly, the person in front spoke.
"Do not damage the environment, do not pick the evening primrose. These flowers are very useful here. Picking too many will have a significant impact."
Wan Lei and the others exchanged glances again, thinking that perhaps the left road sign was a lie.
This evening primrose had no effect on the white-scarfed individuals at all.
After walking another mile upwards, they encountered another road sign.
The road sign on the left read,
"We recently discovered that the evening primrose is no longer effective. The white-scarfed individuals have manipulated and modified the evening primrose, and they are using it to attack us.
Now, the evening primrose is the source of evil. It has been infected by the bloody moon and modified by the white-scarfed individuals. If possible, please destroy all evening primrose."
The road sign on the right read,
"If anyone wearing a black scarf asks you for help, please ignore them and drive them away. If anyone wearing a black scarf claims to be staff, please do not believe them."
They didn't fully believe either side.
They would no longer attack the white-scarfed individuals, nor would they destroy all the evening primrose. Of course, they also wouldn't follow the white-scarfed individuals into any damn management office.
However, if they fell into an illusion, that would be another matter.
The atmosphere was heavy, quiet, silent, and terrifying. Only the sound of footsteps on the small path could be heard.
As everyone was thinking, from the right, there was a faint sound of digging.
Wan Lei and the others stopped and looked to the right. The sound was coming from under a tombstone on the right.
Instinctively, Wan Lei was about to use his divine sense to probe what was beneath, when he suddenly realized that his divine sense could not leave his body.
The sound was also heard by the white-scarfed individual, who shone the cylindrical object in his hand towards the tombstone and simply stood there.
After a moment, the sound of digging stopped, and the world returned to silence.
"If you hear digging sounds from underground, you can choose to ignore it, or you can choose to help them out."
Wan Lei gazed deeply at the tombstone, thinking that perhaps the person who erected the left road sign was suppressed beneath it.
But why didn't these white-scarfed individuals destroy these road signs?
Or, since there were still black-scarfed individuals active and able to come out, even if they destroyed them, the black-scarfed individuals would erect them again, so they were too lazy to destroy them.
From the road signs that warned against black-scarfed individuals, it could be seen that the black-scarfed individuals were active and not suppressed.
But if the black-scarfed individuals were active, why didn't they change the road signs that indicated evening primrose could attack white-scarfed individuals?
He couldn't figure it out.
This cemetery was too strange, with too many things that made no sense.
However, no matter how much he couldn't figure it out, Wan Lei did not have the habit of helping others out of their predicament.
After walking for a long time, they saw a house on the hilltop ahead with lights on.
Continuing upwards, they could see a cluster of houses. Some houses had lights on, while others were completely dark.
A sign was hung on the foremost house.
"Lingshan Cemetery Management Office"
The white-scarfed individual walked directly towards the house, opened the door, and went inside without calling Wan Lei and the others to enter.
Wan Lei and the others, naturally, had no intention of going in.
Looking through the window, they could see several people wearing white scarves working inside, some poring over documents, others cleaning.
On both sides of the door, there were also two notices.
These were both printed notices.
On the left,
"Instructions for Mourners.
I. This cemetery is open from sunrise to sunset. Please be sure to leave before sunset.
II. Please do not make loud noises or disturb the staff at work.
III. If you encounter unavoidable danger, please knock on the door to find Director Shen.
Note: Director Shen is only here on odd-numbered days. If you arrive on an even-numbered day, please leave the cemetery as soon as possible.
IV. Please wear a white scarf, otherwise, you will not be allowed to enter the cemetery or the management office.
V. If you have not brought paper money, you can go home to get it. The paper money at the management office is not for sale under normal circumstances.
VI. If you notice anything unusual inside the management office, or if there are people wearing black scarves inside, please leave immediately and follow the small path on the east side to leave the cemetery. That is the closest route to the back door of the cemetery."
On the right was also a sign,
"Staff Code of Conduct:
I. While in the cemetery, you must wear a white scarf, or you will be expelled.
II. If someone knocks on the door asking for help, please confirm multiple times whether the person is wearing a white scarf. If it is a black scarf, they must be expelled.
III. Night shift staff must patrol three times each night. They are not allowed to patrol alone at night. A minimum of three people must be present.
IV. No person not wearing a white scarf is allowed to enter the management office. Pay attention, absolutely not. If a mourner forgets to wear a white scarf, have them return to get it before entering.
V. There are no mourners at night! Note, there are no mourners at night. If you encounter a mourner during your night patrol, return to the management office immediately and report to Director Shen.
VI. Absolutely do not bring them back to the management office! Otherwise, you will suffer irreversible harm.
VII. Protect the evening primrose, do not allow mourners to pick them. Under normal circumstances, do not sell paper money.
VIII. Do not let the incense burners for offerings run out of incense, otherwise you will become extremely weak."
After reading these notices, Wan Lei peeked into the room. On the table inside, there were some memorial tablets and a calendar. The calendar showed today's date,
May 22nd.