"What happened?" Xiao Jin asked.

The group exchanged glances, and it was Cui Mingyang who spoke first.

"Shortly after you left, someone brought you a pot of meat soup."

"Meat broth?" Xiao Jin seemed to remember something. "The same as last night's?"

“That’s right.” He nodded, and although he saw that Xiaoyu and the other two looked pale, he still spoke up.

"As you know, we didn't eat it, but Xiao Shuai and the others did..."

Seeing his cryptic expression, Xiao Jin immediately knew that they must have seen something they shouldn't have seen in the soup.

Because of the mutation value, players generally won't eat food of unknown origin, but NPCs are different.

The group came from the city, and their bags were mostly filled with convenience foods. Nothing beats freshly cooked meat!

“Yes, we tried to stop them, but we couldn’t.” Luo Bin waved his hand.

The two girls were fine; they didn't have much of an appetite for meat. But Xiao Shuai was different.

Before Cui Mingyang and the others could even offer a few words of persuasion, the person had already downed several bowls. That would be fine, but the worst-case scenario is discovering a 'surprise' halfway through the meal.

While they were scooping, it's unclear whether Old Wang fell asleep while processing the ingredients, but he didn't manage to chop up that long little finger bone, and Xiao Shuai scooped it directly into the spoon.

According to Luo Bin's description, the scene was extremely chaotic. Xiao Shuai and the other two vomited so badly that they were dizzy and disoriented. After that, they started arguing.

They all started complaining about each other, wondering why they had to come here to suffer.

Immediately afterward, all three wanted to leave the haunted building, but Xu Qing and the others naturally refused. Let alone whether they could actually leave, even if they did, they would probably die halfway there.

However, the three of them were extremely agitated at the time, and they either verbally abused or physically attacked the players who tried to stop them.

Left with no other choice, the group had to let them leave. However, Xu Qing and the others hadn't forgotten Xiao Jin's prediction: while the NPCs ran ahead, they would secretly protect them from behind.

Firstly, to ensure the safety of the NPCs, and secondly, to see if they could actually succeed.

"Clearly, the result was a failure!" Xu Qing shook his head helplessly.

After much coaxing, she finally managed to coax the person into resting in the master bedroom, and Tong Xiaolu could finally breathe a sigh of relief. She sat around the dining table, eating as she spoke.

"That man got separated from us not long after he left. We were all walking close by, but in the blink of an eye, he just vanished."

Since none of the residents had eaten their dinner properly, Xiao Jin took out some dishes.

Tong Xiaolu took a bite of the pine nut corn and savored the sweetness in her mouth. For some reason, her mood improved considerably.

"We saw that things were not going well, and we had used several props. When we couldn't find the people, we brought back the other two to avoid being wiped out."

Luo Bin also forked a piece of crispy roasted duck leg, eating it with his mouth full of oil: "Mmm~ Who would have thought that as soon as we got back, we would see him sitting on the bed."

He was like that until you knocked on the door, and he seemed normal when you talked to him…not quite normal.”

"Could it be the possession you mentioned before... Oh, no, this should have already become a substitute!" Xu Qing put down her chopsticks and added.

Xiao Jin wasn't very hungry. After eating two slices of pizza, she sat there in a daze, holding her lemon tea.

Xu Qing's guess was actually quite likely. The bloodline on Xiao Shuai's neck gave Xiao Jin the feeling that the zipper on the doll's coat wasn't zipped up properly.

Perhaps it's because I haven't been wearing it for long enough, and I'm not used to it yet!

Anyway, it's definitely not the original stuff now. While eating, Luo Bin suddenly put down his chopsticks.

"So, does that mean I don't need to watch over him tonight?"

Everyone fell silent.

Xu Qing nodded: "Of course, but if you like it, then please do so."

"No one would like that!" Luo Bin glared at Xu Qing, annoyed. "I didn't sleep a wink last night, while you guys had it all easy!"

"Hmm~ Don't rush." ​​Xiao Jin raised her eyelids slightly: "Perfect, I don't need to sleep tonight either."

The dinner table fell silent for a moment. Everyone looked at Xiao Jin, who had suddenly unleashed a powerful move, and their expressions were blank.

Luo Bin: "No, you mean I won't be able to get a good night's sleep tonight?"

“What? You can stay here to sleep too, I won’t force you.” Xiao Jin looked back at Luo Bin.

Luo Bin shrank back when she looked at him: "No, I'll sleep outside..."

Cui Mingyang asked Xiao Jin, "It seems you just stumbled upon an important clue while you were out."

"It's nothing..." Xiao Jin then told everyone what had happened on the third floor.

Everyone then understood why she had said that.

The mastermind was almost killed. If he didn't plan to do something that night, wouldn't that be a bit pathetic?

Moreover, the fact that the ghosts inside the building have started attacking the movie's protagonist indicates that the climax of the plot is about to arrive.

………………

Since a fierce battle was about to take place as night fell, everyone knew that time was precious, so they quickly ate their meal and then took advantage of the time to rest.

The night was as dark as ink, and the place where the eerie building was located seemed to have been forgotten by time, with the sky unusually darkening early.

Just after seven o'clock, the surroundings were already swallowed by deep darkness. The building's exterior walls appeared even more sinister in the night, like a lurking beast, silently waiting for its prey to step into its territory.

Inside the building, the silence was chilling; not a single light was on in the surrounding apartment.

In the players' rooms, everyone sat cautiously in the living room.

Xiaoyu and Xiaomei, who were originally resting in the master bedroom, were also surrounded by everyone. Xiaoshuai was still doing the same thing as before, just sitting blankly on the bed in the second bedroom.

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