Not long after we had entered the forest, Li Mazi rushed after us. 

“Didn’t you just say that you didn’t want to come with us?” I asked.  

Li Mazi answered embarrassedly, “I couldn’t just leave you guys alone, right?”

I forced him to give me a truthful answer, and he finally gave in. 

“Not long after you departed, a woman knocked on the car window. I looked out and saw a horrible, ghostly face smiling at me. I was so scared that I immediately rushed after you guys.”

The woods were deadly silent, to the point that we didn’t even hear an owl hoot. We only heard our footsteps over the dried leaves.

I had read some news articles about this suicide forest. Every year, dozens of people came here to end their lives, and rotten bodies were often found around the forest. Of course, there were also people that came here for the thrill.

The forest seemed to have some strange...