The female ghost's name was Danna. She was a girl from a small nomadic tribe.
Her family was of ordinary means. They lived on a vast prairie, leading a life almost isolated from the rest of the world.
The things that surrounded her every day were nothing more than the pigs, horses, cows, and sheep her family raised, along with her parents and her newly - born younger sister.
Danna had never been to school. Even at the age of ten, she only knew the language of her hometown.
She had always been extremely eager to see the outside world. She wanted to know what lay beyond the prairie.
Every time her father returned from his trips to the city to buy supplies and told her about urban life, her mind would drift to that far - off place.
On her eleventh birthday, she had her first encounter with outsiders.
It was a middle - aged couple on a self - driving tour. After driving into the prairie, they got lost. Wandering around, they passed by Danna's house. Seeing someone there, they came to ask for directions and a drink of water.
It was the first time she had seen outsiders, and she was extremely curious about them. She happily welcomed them in.
Her parents were warm and hospitable people. Instead of scolding her for bringing strangers into the house, they prepared good food and wine to welcome the two guests.
By that time, it was almost dusk, and it was no longer suitable to continue traveling.
If they wanted to leave, they had to stay on the prairie for one night and set off the next morning.
Danna's father said he would show them the way the next day and also go to the city to buy daily necessities. So he let the couple stay at their house for the night.
But this night would bring earth - shattering changes to her life.
The couple poisoned the water tank in their house. Danna was the first to be affected, followed by her parents.
They were all poisoned and became mute. Only her baby sister at that time was spared.
When their bodies started to show abnormal symptoms, the couple suddenly rushed out of the room.
Then they stabbed Danna's father and mother to death with a knife.
They also pierced Danna's eardrums with an awl.
The pain made her pass out. When she woke up again, all she saw was a narrow basement and all kinds of strange machines.
She wanted to shout for help, to look for her parents and her sister, but she couldn't make a sound.
Her hands and feet were tied. She could only lie on the hospital bed, struggling desperately, but to no avail.
She didn't know how much time had passed when the closed door was pushed open, and the couple walked in.
She couldn't hear what they were saying. She could only see their mouths moving, pointing at her as if discussing something.
When she saw the couple, the memories she didn't want to recall suddenly flooded back.
She remembered that her parents had been killed by this couple.
She cried silently, hating her own curiosity. Why was it so strong that she had welcomed these two devils into her home, causing the death of her parents and ruining her own life.
But there was no "what if" in this world, and there was no medicine for regret.
Danna's grief and self - blame were just self - torture.
Not long after, she was carried out of the basement and regained her freedom. At that time, she also saw her sister.
The sister was in the couple's arms.
From the day she got out, she tried every means to escape.
The couple didn't seem to want to monitor her 24 hours a day.
It was very easy for her to rush out of the house with her sister in her arms.
But looking at the bustling traffic and the tall buildings outside, Danna was lost.
Everything around her was strange. The people she saw were obviously foreigners with exotic features.
The city was as her father had described it, but she had never seen it before.
She got lost in the city. She just lowered her head and ran hard with her sister in her arms, trying to escape from the couple and protect her sister.
Finally, two men in uniforms stopped her.
But unfortunately, she was deaf and mute. She had no idea what they were saying.
She could only gesture for help with her fingers.
She thought the two men probably didn't understand.
Otherwise, why would they forcibly take her away and send her back to the two devils again?
This happened several times later.
After failing to escape from the couple's clutches again and again, Danna finally realized.
She couldn't escape.
Here, she couldn't understand the language, couldn't hear what others were saying, and was not familiar with the surrounding environment. No matter what she did, no one understood her, and no matter where she ran, she would be sent back again.
After realizing that she couldn't escape, Danna stayed obediently by their side, hoping that one day she would grow up and be able to take revenge.
She no longer thought about running away. All she could think about at that time was revenge.
She was waiting for the opportunity to kill those two people!
But the couple was much faster than her. Before she had time to prepare, she had already become a cold corpse.
She watched as the couple skinned her back and personally made her skin into the A - Jie drum.
And her soul was also sealed in the drum by them.
But fortunately, she was a bit smart. After realizing that she could control the drum, she lured her sister to take the drum away. She used the ghost's ability to obscure her sister's figure so that the two people couldn't find her sister.
She protected herself and her sister.
The couple knew that she didn't have the ability to go far and must still be in the villa.
So they searched the villa all the time.
They squatted in the villa for a whole year. During this year, Danna never let down her guard for a moment.
She was afraid that the whereabouts of herself and her sister would be exposed.
After a year, for some unknown reason, they suddenly gave up looking for her and her sister and moved out of the villa.
When the young man moved in later, she actually wanted him to find her sister and take her sister away.
But from the moment the young man moved in, he had been constantly exploring the villa, as if looking for something.
Later, she heard the young man on the phone. He seemed to mention the word "drum". Then she understood that this man had come for her.
She wasn't sure what the young man's purpose was, and she didn't know if they would harm her sister, so she still hid her sister.
One day, she accidentally exposed her sister. The young man immediately showed a hideous smile and wanted to take her sister away.
So she killed him.
The group of people who moved in under the guise of tourism were the same as the young man.
From that time on, Danna didn't trust anyone who entered the villa.
Anyone who tried to get close to her and her sister would be killed by her in various ways.
"I don't know what this so - called Holy Cult you're talking about is. But I know that the couple was working for an organization. I don't understand most of what you're saying. You can speak in your normal language, and then I'll know if I've ever heard of it."
Danna really knew nothing about the Holy Cult, but she also hoped to help Shen Weixun.
Once she was sure that the two people had nothing to do with these people in front of her, there might be a future for her sister.