'Do you believe there is a Hell in this world?'
An old notebook slowly revealed a line of bloody text, each stroke twisting and contorting in its ugliness.
Sun Yan looked at the heirloom left by his grandfather in astonishment, struggling to resist the urge to throw it out.
Not long ago, he had crossed over to this world; his predecessor shared the same name as him, a Chinese emigrant who had grown up in America.
Sun Yan's family had been working hard in North America, primarily due to his grandfather.
Sun Yan's grandfather was a Chinese emigrant who had smuggled himself to San Francisco in the last century, unlike those undocumented workers who could only do hard labor after arriving.
He thrived in North America, depending on a mediocre Feng Shui Skill and talisman, learned who knows where.
Just as the family thought he would settle down in San Francisco using this craft, Sun Yan's grandfather chose to spend eighty thousand US Dollars to open a cemetery in Gospel Town.
Until his death recently, he had lived in that Gospel Town Cemetery for decades, making a living by burying others.
Sun Yan, with the English name Jack Sun.
As a child who grew up following his parents in Chinatown, California, Sun Yan remembered his grandfather as an odd, quirky old man.
He carried an aura that scared children, hence Sun Yan could never get close to his grandfather as he grew up.
Whenever he spoke with him, he always felt a trace of fear.
A few days ago, his grandfather unexpectedly passed away at home, the cause of death unknown.
According to his grandfather's will, Sun Yan's parents arranged for him to be cremated, not burying the body in the cemetery he had managed all his life.
Meanwhile, Sun Yan was arranged by his family to head to Gospel Town alone to organize his grandfather's belongings.
Initially, he refused, but his parents promised him $2000 as a car fund once he finished, which made Sun Yan, who always wanted a second-hand car, agree immediately.
The notebook he held was found in the main house where his grandfather lived, appearing quite old.
"Damn it, clearly there was nothing here just now." Sun Yan frowned, attempting to flip another page of the notebook.
'Do you believe there is a Hell in this world?'
It was as if an invisible finger, dipped in fresh blood, was smearing across the blank notebook.
Sun Yan once again saw the bloody text appear before his eyes.
"I suppose it exists..."
Sun Yan murmured softly to himself.
In the memories left to him by his predecessor, he vaguely recalled staying at his grandfather's one night as a child.
That night, he suddenly had an urgent need to urinate and got up to go to the bathroom, seeing a bizarre scene in the living room.
Though many years had passed and the impression was not very clear, Sun Yan could vaguely remember his grandfather wearing a pair of Finger Tigers, brutally beating a long-haired monster with a goat head.
The monster eventually dissipated into the Hexagram Array on the living room floor.
The next day, when young Sun Yan asked his grandfather about it, he got the explanation that he was just sleepwalking and dreaming, and the matter was left unsettled.
'Those with curiosity can discover a more mysterious side of the world. Congratulations on inheriting this graveyard. From today on, your life will change. This change might make your life more exciting, or it might plunge you into Hell. Please try to live on.'
The bloody text appeared again, then quickly faded away.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The notebook automatically flipped forward, finally stopping at the first page.
Bright red blood seeped from the paper, quickly forming a large amount of text.
...
Evangelical Town Cemetery
Demon Exorcism Tomb: 1
Cemetery Building: Main House (Unlocked: Exploration 5%)
Cemetery Entry: None
Tomb Magical Artifact: None
Tomb Guardian: None
Cemetery Members: None
Daily Task [Manage Your Graveyard]
Timed Task [None]
Bounty Task [None]
Quest Task [None]
...
"Grandpa hid such a huge secret from us."
Looking at the notebook that felt like a simulation game, Sun Yan was extremely shocked.
If this wasn't his grandfather's residence, encountering such a bizarre occurrence, he would have already thrown the notebook away and prepared to flee Gospel Town.
"This is incredible." Sun Yan tried touching the bloody text with his fingertip.
Instantly, the notebook's second page showed new text.
Daily Task [Manage Your Graveyard]
Task Difficulty: ☆
Task Introduction: You own a graveyard. As the graveyard master, you need to explore and maintain the graveyard continuously, uncover more secrets hidden within. But before that, keeping the graveyard tidy and clean is most important. Now, go clear the weeds in the graveyard!
Task Requirement: Eliminate 1000 weeds
Task Reward: Cemetery Entry
Sun Yan did not immediately rush to complete the daily task; instead, he continued to study the usage of the notebook.
Quickly, he gained a new understanding of this mysterious notebook.
The bloody text on the notebook could appear or hide based on his thoughts, and couldn't be erased.
Thinking about how his grandfather suddenly left San Francisco decades ago to open a cemetery in this small place of Gospel Town, he realized it was likely when he discovered the notebook's secrets.
And his grandfather's unexpected death might be closely related to secrets behind the graveyard.
"Perhaps, using this notebook, I can investigate the truth behind my grandfather's death," Sun Yan said quietly, slipping the notebook into his pocket.
Grabbing a shovel from the main house, he headed to the backyard to begin de-weeding.
Gospel Town was a remote little town not even found on the maps of California, with only two buses passing through daily.
Located near Saint Anna City, but independent of city management, the area around Gospel Town was the epitome of an American countryside.
There was an abundance of land surrounding Gospel Town, filled by the townspeople with wheat fields, encapsulating the area in a golden expanse.
The cemetery founded by Sun Yan's grandfather was an exception, with a large empty space surrounded by iron fences in the backyard of the main house.
A multitude of tombstones, varying in shape and design, arranged neatly.
Whenever someone in Gospel Town passed away, they would eventually be buried there.
As a child, Sun Yan often stayed at his grandfather's house, growing accustomed to such scenes, finding them mundane.
In the silent graveyard, Sun Yan wielded a shovel, weeding around. Clearly, his grandfather hadn't maintained the graveyard properly for a long time, for the weeds were rampant.
Two hours later, Sun Yan set down the shovel, finally completing the daily task prompt from the notebook and successfully receiving the reward.
'Cemetery Entry: Stare Fear in the Eyes (Maintain a state of smoking, and calmness will occupy your mind)'
Sun Yan tried taking out a cigarette, lit it, and placed it in his mouth, instantly feeling his mind becoming exceptionally calm.
In such a state, should he encounter something bizarre, he wouldn't be scared into inactivity.
"Clearly there are many tombs in the graveyard, yet the notebook shows only one Demon Exorcism Tomb. I wonder what's different about it."
With a calm mind, Sun Yan suddenly remembered the detail he had just overlooked. He took out the notebook and tapped on the details page of the Demon Exorcism Tomb.
...
Tomb Master: Belia Elizabeth
Status: Possessed by Evil Spirit, Resentment Unrested
Degree: Dangerous
...
Sun Yan froze, his pupils dilating instantly.
There's an Evil Spirit buried in this graveyard?
Though he didn't know why it was buried here, if by any chance it escaped, Sun Yan, as the graveyard master, would be the first to experience backlash.
This situation was no different than standing on a landmine.
Took out his phone and logged onto X software to post a status: How do humans deal with an Evil Spirit? Seeking solutions online, urgently.