Overly frightened Xiao Tangqiu climbed up stupidly, turned around and sat down on the floor.

His terrified look frightened Tang Mianmian, who quickly and nervously asked, "What's wrong? What did you see?"

Xiao Tangqiu opened his mouth and said, "I saw... that puppet killed someone..."

"What the hell? A puppet? Murder?" Tang Mianmian quickly reviewed everything that happened today. "The man who stole your hemostatic agent? How did you see him? These rooms aren't close to each other."

Xiao Tangqiu felt exhausted and was in no mood to elaborate with Tang Mianmian: "...take a look for yourself."

Although he didn't have much affection for the man, he was still a living being not long ago.

Tang Mianmian hesitated for a long time, and after a while of mental preparation, she lay down and looked outside.

"...I can't see anything!" He sounded very puzzled. "Except for the door of the room opposite and a section of corridor, I can't see anything..."

"How is that possible?" Xiao Tangqiu frowned, and he turned around and lay down. "I clearly saw it just now..." But before he could finish his words, he was stunned. Looking out through the crack in the door, the originally distorted space outside suddenly became normal. According to the normal distribution of space, he certainly couldn't see the man's room several rooms away...

But the question is, how did he see it just now?

Xiao Tangqiu was stunned: "How is this possible? I could clearly see the man's room when I looked just now!" He tried hard to organize his words to explain the distortion of space, fearing that Tang Mianmian would not believe him or think that he had a problem with his brain.

Fortunately, the two had known each other for so long, and Tang Mianmian still trusted Xiao Tangqiu: "In this world, anything strange can happen... Could it be that it looks one way the first time you see it, and another the next time? Or does it have to be at a special time to see that kind of distorted space?"

Xiao Tangqiu gradually calmed down: "It is indeed possible. Everything that happened in this castle cannot be understood by common sense."

"Can you tell me in more detail what you just saw?" Tang Mianmian touched his chin.

Xiao Tangqiu went on to elaborate, and Tang Mianmian let out a look of astonishment. "It seems that not damaging the puppets in the castle is also one of those so-called 'rules' among the veteran players. But the definition of 'damage' here is a bit intriguing. That guy didn't damage the puppet; he just wanted to steal the axe..."

Xiao Tangqiu raised an eyebrow: "If he really steals it, wouldn't that be equivalent to damaging the integrity of the puppet?"

Tang Mianmian nodded. "That makes sense. It seems we have to be careful over the next few days. We must not damage those puppets, even if they attack us. Otherwise, we will be the ones to get damaged."

Xiao Tangqiu sighed, "I'm not allowed to fight back when I'm being beaten, and if I fight back I'll be chopped off. How can this be so unreasonable?"

The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Although this world was unreasonable, what could they do? Of course, they could only choose to forgive!

The worst thing was that they didn't dare to open the door and go out to verify. After all, there was a rule that one could not go out after midnight. If they went out out of curiosity, they might be the next ones to be chopped.

The two of them exchanged a few more listless jokes and then climbed into bed.

Xiao Tangqiu originally thought that he would not be able to sleep well, but he slept until dawn.

The next morning, they gathered in the restaurant on the first floor. Sitting at the long dining table, Xiao Tangqiu looked around to see if anyone was missing when he heard the girl next to Shen Yuan calmly count the number of people: "There are still seventeen players left, three fewer."

Three players missing?

Three?

Xiao Tangqiu couldn't help but be stunned. He only saw the man who stole things get into trouble yesterday, so he knew that he would not show up today. So what happened to the other two players?

"How is that possible?! Last night was calm and peaceful, nothing happened, and I didn't hear anything..." A new player was unconvinced and stood up to count the heads one by one. When he got to the last player, his face paled. "...There really are only seventeen people left!"

One night passed and three people were missing?

It was just one night, and three people were missing?

Panic spread across the dining table. Everyone's expressions were different, but none of them looked good. Several girls huddled together, trembling.

There was a moment of silent silence before someone cautiously asked, "Could it be that someone stayed in the room and didn't want to come down?"

Someone immediately echoed, "Right! Maybe they just want to stay in the room and don't want to come down..."

Xiao Tangqiu hesitated for a moment, but finally stood up and told him what happened yesterday. He concluded, "...I don't know about the other two players, but that man should be dead."

"You saw it through the crack in the door? How is it possible to see it?" Someone immediately questioned, "The crack in the door is so small, and the rooms are so far apart, it's impossible to see it!"

Xiao Tangqiu smiled bitterly. He knew that he would be questioned like this, but he had no choice but to tell the truth. As for whether those people believed it or not, it was none of his business.

"Did you really see that puppet chop someone down?" someone else asked doubtfully, "Then why didn't you save him? You clearly saw it, so why didn't you save him? You're just watching someone die!"

Xiao Tangqiu frowned: "Because of the rule that you can't go out after midnight, if I go out, maybe..."

"Then you just watched someone die without helping. What are the rules? What's wrong with rules? Why do we have to follow them? That's just your excuse!" The man said aggressively, "Even if there wasn't this rule, you wouldn't have saved anyone!"

Xiao Tangqiu frowned and looked at the man. He found that he was a young-looking man, who seemed to be the college graduate who said that he could not make it to the interview on the first day... He had never seen a keyboard warrior in real life before. So this is what a real keyboard warrior looks like?

Without waiting for Xiao Tangqiu to speak, Tang Mianmian rolled her eyes. "Come on, here's the keyboard. Go save the world! You're so awesome, why don't you just use the keyboard yourself? I bet all the puppets here will die if you hit them with one keystroke!"