Twelfth mask

Author: Mai Jie
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: The "feather snake" spitting out "deaths' letters" - what secrets does it hide? Is it an ancient curse, or the greed of human nature? The answer lies within the mask.
This is a dark place. She felt a headache, her back pressed against ice as cold as a blade, jolted her awake from a deep slumber. For a moment, she couldn’t remember anything— who was she? Why was she sleeping in such a dark and cold place? Suddenly, she recalled her childhood, putting the grasshopper she caught into a small empty matchbox. Was she like the grasshopper in the matchbox now? But the matchbox was much warmer here, wasn’t it?
A dark, narrow, and freezing space. Where was this?
Xiao You, who had already died on stage, seemed to resurrect, leaving behind clues for her former friends, guiding them to a secluded mountain village. For over two decades, the mysterious clouds hanging over the enigmatic mountain village continued to linger. Strange rituals, a girl who had come back to life, underground labyrinth— they were trapped in a predicament, surrounded by danger. To escape, they had to uncover the meaning of the "feather snake" and the secrets hidden behind the mask.
This is a dark place. She felt a headache, her back pressed against ice as cold as a blade, jolted her awake from a deep slumber. For a moment, she couldn’t remember anything— who was she? Why was she sleeping in such a dark and cold place? Suddenly, she recalled her childhood, putting the grasshopper she caught into a small empty matchbox. Was she like the grasshopper in the matchbox now? But the matchbox was much warmer here, wasn’t it?
A dark, narrow, and freezing space. Where was this?
Xiao You, who had already died on stage, seemed to resurrect, leaving behind clues for her former friends, guiding them to a secluded mountain village. For over two decades, the mysterious clouds hanging over the enigmatic mountain village continued to linger. Strange rituals, a girl who had come back to life, underground labyrinth— they were trapped in a predicament, surrounded by danger. To escape, they had to uncover the meaning of the "feather snake" and the secrets hidden behind the mask.