Uncle Yan Hui is on a business trip, or maybe he isn't.

After attending three full days of classes in a row, Mingmei finally breathed a sigh of relief when she confirmed that there would only be two online classes tomorrow, and they would be pre-recorded. She then decided to go into the game and earn some credits.

As soon as it went live, I discovered that another new game in the Escape series had been released. When I saw the comments section filled with complaints, I knew something was wrong.

That ominous premonition came true the moment she entered the game; she truly entered a new game—"Lady Dewi's Villa."

At this moment, Mingmei observed her surroundings. She was standing in the back garden of a large European-style villa. The moonlight, cast by the slightly red full moon, made the white roses huddled together in the corner appear slightly pink.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she thought she saw human faces on those white roses.

Is she going to escape some kind of supernatural event this time?

As Mingmei thought about it, she looked down and suddenly felt a surge of anger.

She looked down at her palm.

It was a doll's hand that did not belong to a human.

From her palms all the way to her arms, chest, and stomach, there were rough, black stitches everywhere.

The person who made the stitches really wasn't very skilled, Mingmei thought to herself with a touch of self-deception.

The next second she realized something else: even with her face on, people wouldn't buy her a boxed lunch.

(Lu Xiaoyao, I'm talking about you, pointing fingers.JPG)

Wouldn't that mean even fewer people would recognize me and come to buy my lunchbox?

"Xiongxiong, what are you doing here?"

Just as Mingmei was wallowing in sadness over her inability to sell her boxed lunches, a slightly hoarse girl's voice suddenly rang out behind her.

Mingmei, quick-witted, turned her clumsy body around and saw a face right in front of her that made her hair stand on end!

The girl in front of him had pitch-black pupils from which drops of bright red blood kept seeping out. The large patches of purplish-blue scars on her face seemed to be telling Mingmei that the NPC in front of her was not human!

Mingmei instinctively wanted to scream, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she realized something else—her mouth seemed to be sealed shut with stitches.

She couldn't make a sound.

"Oh, Xiongxiong, do you want to talk?" The little girl opened her mouth and let out a chilling giggle. Mingmei wanted to turn around and run away, but her hand was tightly held by the other girl and she couldn't move.

It was at this moment that Mingmei realized that she seemed to be about the same height as the little girl.

"Why did Xiongxiong leave Vivian? Wasn't Vivian good enough to you?" The little girl was wearing a wine-red gothic dress with lace trim. Mingmei immediately noticed the specks of scarlet on the lace, which should have been snow-white, and called out "Ghost" repeatedly.

[Hey! Help me! Help me!]

GuiGui: [Don't worry, host, you're not a player.]

[So... what you're saying means she's the boss, right? In this round? Huh?]

[One of the bosses, host. Don't be afraid. You should know that you are a professional NPC. Under normal circumstances, bosses won't do anything to you.]

But...aren't you scared when the boss carries you around in his arms?

Just as Mingmei was talking to Guigui in her mind, her entire doll body was being pulled forward as if the little girl were "choking" her.

As I walked through the back garden and entered the villa, I glanced at my reflection in the glass wall.

Forget it, I'd rather not watch it. (M.cascoo.net)

This is a toy teddy bear; it's very ugly and unattractive.

She could imagine how devastated the players would feel when she appeared on stage, seeing this teddy bear covered in stitches, with half its eyeballs sticking out and hanging from its face, waving at them.

Help!

She was devastated!

Just as Mingmei realized her inner collapse, the girl who had been "choking" her suddenly straightened up, as if sensing something, and quickened her pace, dragging her upstairs. As she ran, she heard the girl say, "Make sure you hide well, don't get spotted!"

What should I do now?

As she watched the little girl lead her to hide, Mingmei realized she probably wouldn't be able to sell any boxed lunches again that night.

[Let's wait and see, host. It's not time for you to step in yet.]

Gui Gui comforted him and then offered a brilliant idea: "How about I rebroadcast Lu Xiaoyao's live stream for you, host?"

Mingmei: "..." Isn't this what should be done?

...

On the other side, Lu Xiaoyao, who had just entered the game, was stunned by the number of players in this round.

There were ten people in total.

Lu Xiaoyao, Lu Gui, Mu Chen, the Zhen brothers, Julian, Wang Wenfei, Bai Xiao, Yuan Fang, and Madison.

"My God, are we all using the same identity in this round?"

Lu Xiaoyao looked around at the other people, and everyone was dressed exactly like her.

Unlike the medieval European-style villa behind them, they were all wearing modern security uniforms.

"That seems to be the case."

Julian held a newspaper in his hand, and the job posting for the Lady Dewi Villa Theme Hotel caught everyone's eye.

"High-paying job posting for hotel night patrol security personnel..." Lu Xiaoyao leaned closer to look at the job posting in the newspaper, and couldn't help but gasp, saying, "Wow, daily wage! 500 yuan a day! That's amazing pay..."

"There's something wrong." Even before Lu Xiaoyao spoke, the others had already said it: there was definitely something fishy going on!

"As for what the problem is, I think the headlines on the front page of these newspapers can explain it."

Wang Wenfei also flipped through the front page of the newspaper she had brought to apply for the job—a case of wild animals attacking guests at the Lady Dewi Villa Theme Hotel for three consecutive nights.

This time, their hotel also hired these nighttime security patrol personnel at high salaries to prepare for eliminating wild animals that attack at night.

"Huh! Sure enough, the high salary was a trap. It's no wonder there are wild animals in this hotel built deep in the mountains!"

Hu Yue looked around. Apart from the faint light coming from the entrance of the themed hotel behind them, the surrounding environment was extremely dark, and they could hear the chirping of insects from time to time.

Very wild.

"Why is this hotel located deep in the mountains?"

The group headed toward Lady Dewi's villa. Since everyone was of the same status, exchanging information among themselves was not difficult.

"I heard that this Lady Dewi Villa was built in the mid-20th century by a wealthy businessman in the United States for his mistress. After that, it was often used to host banquets and balls for the upper class. For a period of time, Lady Dewi Villa was almost synonymous with the extravagant banquets of the upper class."

Years later, this place has been renovated and rebuilt into a themed hotel, still using this as a gimmick to attract celebrities and the wealthy to dine and party here.