Although he was not used to using the knife and fork, he started eating quickly as he had been hungry for a long time. The steak was a little raw, but tasted good.

Seeing that some people had eaten the food, the newcomers finally started eating with peace of mind. Everyone was very hungry, and even the pickiest children ate very seriously.

While Xiao Tangqiu was eating his steak, he secretly glanced at Shen Yuan who was sitting next to him. Compared to his awkward and clumsy appearance, Shen Yuan's movements in cutting the steak were smooth and elegant, and he was obviously very familiar with the use of the knife and fork.

He looked away dejectedly and sighed silently.

Like him, Meng Xinghe rarely eats Western food, so he is not very good at using a knife and fork.

After everyone had almost finished eating, the owner of the castle spoke, "I believe you all already know who I am. I am the owner of this castle, Lepnobet. You are all the marriage seekers who saw my marriage proposal in the newspaper, right?"

...Wait? A marriage proposal? A marriage seeker?

Did he hear something strange just now?

Xiao Tangqiu blinked, almost thinking he was hallucinating.

The situation of the others was not much better than his. They were all stunned. Tang Mianmian's mouth was even wide open, and she was so scared that she dropped the fork in her hand.

The owner of the castle, Lepnobert, lowered his head and coughed a few times. Then he said in a hoarse voice, "I am a puppeteer and I love puppets very much. So I hope my wife will love puppets too. In seven days, I will choose a young and beautiful woman from among you who are seeking marriage. She will then become my wife..."

"But within these seven days, you cannot damage any of the dolls in the castle."

"What if we are damaged?" the man in the windbreaker asked again with a smile.

Lepnobet looked at the man in the windbreaker coldly: "...You don't want to know."

The man in the windbreaker shrugged. "Well, it seems that this is the rule."

Xiao Tangqiu noticed that when the man in the windbreaker said that, he emphasized the word "rules". He quickly realized that this "rules" should be a specific noun.

After dinner, the housekeeper pushed Lepnobet's wheelchair and took him back to his room.

Twenty players sat at a long dining table and had a discussion.

"Where is this place? Can we leave this place?" the female college student couldn't help but ask in fear.

"Can we get out of here quickly? I have an important interview tomorrow!" a young man wearing glasses said immediately.

The middle-aged man in a suit and tie said, "Yes! I have a meeting the day after tomorrow to discuss a large order worth tens of millions!"

The young woman who looked like a white-collar worker also complained: "I have to attend my best friend's wedding tonight!"

The man in the windbreaker looked at these newcomers with a smile, and didn't seem to intend to speak to break their fantasies.

——However, some people still do such unpleasant things.

"You can't go back."

The woman who followed Shen Yuan said coldly, "You can't go back. This is another world..."

Everyone was horrified. Although they didn't want to believe it, everything they had experienced from the beginning to now made it impossible for them to disbelieve it.

"Can we really not go back?" the female college student asked the woman fearfully.

The woman glanced at the female college student indifferently. Perhaps because they were of the same gender, she spoke a few more words: "No one has ever been able to return to the real world."

"Are we going to stay in this horrible place forever?" The female college student's face turned pale.

The woman said calmly, "After completing the mission, we can leave this instance."

"A mission? A dungeon?" the young man pressed. "Is this a game?"

The woman seemed to be about to say something, but was interrupted by a voice: "Sister Fuling, why do you have to explain so much to these rookies?

The person who spoke was the other woman beside Shen Yuan. However, rather than "woman," "girl" seemed more appropriate because she looked so childish, perhaps only fifteen or sixteen years old. She was wearing a pink dress embellished with diamonds and lace. She played with her curly hair while grinning and saying cruel things, "...They probably won't even survive tonight. Explanations are useless."

"You little girl, you are so young, how can you speak so viciously!" The middle-aged man immediately scolded her dissatisfiedly.

The girl looked at the middle-aged man coldly, she raised her hand, and suddenly an exquisite pink umbrella appeared in her hand. Then she pointed the tip of the umbrella at the middle-aged man. The next second, a "bullet" shot out from the tip of the umbrella - the "bullet" once again brushed past the middle-aged man's scalp and instantly shattered his wig.

The middle-aged man was so scared that he fell to the ground with the stool and didn't dare to get up for a long time.

The girl scoffed. "So... I hate rookies the most."

"Lulu," the woman frowned slightly, "don't go too far."

The girl blinked innocently.

Xiao Tangqiu was a little stunned. If the flying knife of the man in the windbreaker was still a normal physical phenomenon, then the weapon of the loli in the dress was simply magic!

With the intimidation of the loli in dress, the newcomers once again behaved themselves obediently.

"...Anyway, to leave this castle, we need to complete the mission," the woman continued. "Let me be clear, we don't accept group formations. We can't trust you. We're telling you this only out of humanitarian considerations and to prevent you from making mistakes. If even one of you makes a foolish mistake and angers the boss, causing the plot to collapse or the mission to become more difficult, all of us will be implicated."

"The mission's difficulty has been increased?" Xiao Tangqiu couldn't help but ask, "This is already an S-level mission. How can an S-level mission be increased in difficulty?!"