I set up a shelter organization

Chapter 380: Midnight 3, sleepiness strikes

Although the nine newcomers were afraid and somewhat reluctant, they still accepted the assignment.

Of course they knew that things like wakes could potentially trigger incidents.

After all, even if you have never eaten pork, you have at least seen a pig run. Who hasn't watched a few supernatural horror movies or novels?

But no matter how scared they were, the decision was made by four senior people.

As newcomers, they had no courage to resist.

night.

There was only a dim candlelight in the mourning hall.

Placed in the center is a photo of the deceased. I heard that the old man was 79 years old when he passed away. He was in good health and had no accidents, so it was considered a happy funeral.

However, this family did not hold a happy funeral, but just an ordinary funeral.

There were white wreaths on both sides and white satin all around. A coffin was placed in the center, with a sacrificial basin at the head of the coffin, on which were two pairs of candles and many incense sticks.

People in the countryside are very particular about this kind of thing. They believe that after a person dies, the soul walks on the road to the underworld and needs incense and candles to guide the way and illuminate the way ahead.

Therefore, these incense sticks are indispensable and cannot be extinguished. They must be burned all the time, and new incense sticks must be added before they are burned out.

The candle flame must not be extinguished until the coffin is buried.

Therefore, there needs to be a night watchman in the mourning hall, who keeps watching the candles and adds new ones from time to time.

Many people believe that the candle flame cannot be extinguished or cut off, otherwise the soul will be lost on the road to the underworld and cannot find the way to reincarnate.

Next to the coffin, there is a brazier.

This is used to burn paper money in order to communicate with the ghosts and jailers in the underworld, so that the ghosts will stop bothering the deceased and the jailers can take good care of the deceased.

It is also to allow the deceased to have a better life in the underworld.

Although there are many ways to do this, most of them actually just express the thoughts and wishes of the living.

It was also to give some comfort to the living after losing their loved ones, and it gradually evolved into this.

However, the three newlyweds sat trembling on the small bench in the mourning hall. They only felt fear and had no comfort at all.

On the contrary, the dark mourning hall, the flickering candlelight, the dim firelight, and the coffin quietly parked there all looked like scenes from a horror movie.

They felt a draft blowing across the back of their necks, as if something touched them. They shrank their necks and looked back tremblingly.

Of course they didn't see anything, but they were still scared by their own imagination.

"Why do we have to keep vigil while the senior members don't have to do anything? This isn't fair."

"Shh, just know it, don't tell it."

"You're asking newbies like us, who haven't even experienced a single instance, to do this errand that even experienced ones wouldn't dare to undertake. Aren't you just watching us die?"

They sat on small benches, talking in low voices, their voices full of dissatisfaction with the actions of the seniors.

"What can we do? They are senior experts, and we..."

"Shh...be quiet. You're making noise in the mourning hall. You're asking for your life."

The mourning hall was silent.

The newlyweds huddled together, their mouths tightly shut. All that could be heard were their heavy breathing and the occasional crackling of burning candles.

"It's okay. We'll just keep watch for another three hours, and then it will be the next group's turn."

"We were the first group so it was okay. We got sleepier the later we got into the night."

"The candle is almost burned out, please change it."

The three newlyweds quickly replaced the candles and incense.

Then, from time to time, some paper money was thrown into the brazier and burned.

This went on for three hours.

They didn't dare to be distracted, nor did they dare to try the consequences of the incense and candles going out.

Fortunately, I didn’t feel sleepy in the first half of the night.

They cheered up and held on for four hours.

It's the next group's turn.

Outside, a few hundred meters away from the mourning hall, the family in the town was still setting up the banquet.

Many relatives in the town came to his house to help with work.

The ingredients are being prepared now. Many dishes need to be cleaned now so that they can be put into the pan and stir-fried as soon as the chef arrives tomorrow.

Of course, the hustle and bustle over there has nothing to do with the mourning hall.

Li Yue was assigned to the second group.

It's ten o'clock.

Li Yue was guarding the fire basin, while the other two men were guarding the sacrificial basin.

"Ha~" One of the men yawned.

After entering the dungeon, although they were assigned to keep watch at night, they were also allowed to catch up on their sleep and rest. The town provided several unoccupied houses for them to rest.

However, the newlyweds lay on the moldy couch, smelling the foul odor in the air, and lay there with their eyes closed for several hours without falling asleep.

Whenever they thought that they might be in a supernatural copy where ghosts would appear, they always felt that there were eyes staring at them in the dark.

If you can't relax your tense nerves, you naturally can't fall asleep.

The work of keeping vigil is boring and tedious.

They stared at the burning candlelight and soon felt sleepy.

They shook their heads and yawned again.

"What time is it now?"

"Isn't it almost twelve o'clock?"

"Just hold on for two more hours before your shift ends."

Li Yue glanced at the sacrificial basin. The candles and incense on it were burning, and the candle was only half burned. She then turned her attention to the brazier and threw in a piece of yellow paper money.

“This photo is really creepy.”

The two of them sat next to the sacrificial basin, very close to the photo placed in front of the coffin. Occasionally, when they looked up and saw the black and white photo, they felt a chill running down their backs.

"Look carefully, he seems to be staring at us."

"No way, don't scare me."

The man took a picture of another person. He looked at the photo carefully and didn't find anything unusual.

"Ha~" another person yawned again, "Then I guess I'm just too sleepy. Maybe I saw it wrongly? It's strange. Normally, I can stay up until three or four in the morning and still not be this sleepy. Why did I get sleepy so quickly today?"

"Stop yawning, it's contagious. It makes me want to yawn too, haha~"

The man couldn't help but yawn.

Li Yue was very quiet, but she was always thinking.

At the same time, he was also observing the other two newcomers.

The two newcomers were both men, one was an ordinary white-collar worker and the other was a student who had just graduated.

The one behind was the unlucky guy who was hit by a car while crossing the road. He said that the light was green when he was crossing, but the truck's brakes failed and it didn't have time to stop, so it hit him.

Today's students often stay up late, sometimes even all night.

They are young and still very energetic.

The white-collar worker was a middle-aged man who had been working for more than ten years. His energy was no longer as high as before, so it was normal for him to feel sleepy.

But the college graduate also started to feel sleepy, which was not normal.