"Shall we go inside? Didn't they say the evening shift starts at 8 PM sharp? What are we doing standing here any longer?"

Seeing that Lu Xiaoyao was about to stage a dramatic family drama with her brother, everyone immediately intervened. Julian and Madison stopped Lu Gui, while Bai Xiao and Wang Wenfei pulled Lu Xiaoyao to their sides, quietly comforting her as they walked towards the door adorned with metallic roses. (www.cascoo.net)

Next to the main gate is a security room of less than ten square meters.

When all ten players entered, it felt a bit crowded.

"The lights in this room are so dim, they're those old-fashioned incandescent bulbs..."

When the lights in the room were turned on, the dim yellow light immediately shifted everyone's vision from darkness to light. They should have felt a little uncomfortable, but the light was so dim that no one felt uncomfortable at all.

"Where is the hotel manager? We arrived and were told to meet here, but no one came to explain. Are they really that trusting?"

Lu Xiaoyao looked left and right, and even dared to look out the dark window, but still couldn't find anyone other than the players.

"There's a letter here, addressed to us security guards."

Wang Wenfei happened to be standing right in front of the workbench when she discovered the letter that was covered by the desk lamp.

"What did you write?"

Everyone gathered around curiously, wanting to see the contents of the letter.

However, you won't know until you see it, and once you do, you'll have to exclaim, "Wow!"

My dear colleagues:

Good evening, everyone.

I am Onsen, the manager of this hotel. By the time you are reading this letter, you must have already arrived at the hotel.

Your job at night is to patrol the hotel to ensure its safety and reliability.

Oh! Don't pay any attention to the rumors circulating outside lately.

After all, we're not some kind of devilish hotel. The high salaries are just a result of recent rumors, since people wouldn't come if the salaries were normal anyway.

There were no damned wild beasts here at night. The guests were not attacked and killed by wild animals; they simply died suddenly due to poor health.

After all, I'm getting old.

There's really nothing dangerous in our hotel. At night, there are just some strange noises, like occasionally hearing a woman crying, a man scolding, or the shadowy figure of a bear running around. That's all. I swear.

Believe me, the Lord will bless you all.

Honest and unassuming lobby manager Angsen

Everyone was furious after reading the letter!

"Didn't they say a guest was attacked and injured by a wild animal? How did it turn into 'sudden death'?" Lu Xiaoyao was stunned, and the others had similar reactions.

The letter kept saying "Don't worry, don't be afraid," but every sentence hit a nerve.

"I said...can I go home?"

Zhen Po raised her hand and smiled bitterly.

Even though I know it's impossible, look at this letter, who wouldn't want to go home after reading it?

"Fine, since they wish us good luck, that's all we can do." Julian took out a box from the corner of the room. Inside the box were the security guard's stun gun and a flashlight.

When he distributed the stun guns and flashlights to everyone, he also found a row of batteries at the bottom of the box.

"This equipment..."

Lu Gui looked at the battery in Julian's hand. He twisted the end of his flashlight and realized—oh ho~ it actually uses this kind of battery.

"Since there's a spare battery, does that mean the flashlight might run out of power again?"

The group exchanged silent glances, each taking a spare battery before letting out a heavy sigh.

real.

This game is such a rip-off.

"Also, this stick has no electricity."

Mu Chen showed everyone that he had pressed the discharge button, but Madison next to him did not react at all.

Madison: ? ? ? ?

Was this demonstration necessary?!

"My god? No equipment at all, what's the point of playing this?"

This round isn't for you guys to play! Play along with them!

Hey buddy up ahead, can I borrow your phone to talk?

[Huh? This new game hasn't even been out for a day, and someone's already finished it?]

[The forum just updated with a description of the easy walkthrough; our little one is having trouble with the difficult version...sigh!]

...

Mingmei used her large, fluffy bear paw to press the eyeballs that were about to pop out back into her body, and watched in a daze as Lu Xiaoyao and the others' live stream showed that everyone had entered the villa.

[Hey Gui, what just happened?]

Mingmei was watching Lu Xiaoyao's live stream when she saw Lu Xiaoyao about to roll up her sleeves and challenge her older brother. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, her mind went blank.

[Host, do you really want to know?]

Hearing Gui Gui's hesitant tone, Ming Mei felt a sense of unease.

[I wonder...do you dare to say it?]

Gui Gui: [? ? ? ? ]

After waiting for Guigui for a while, and seeing that she still hadn't said anything, Mingmei sighed resignedly: "Never mind, you can say it later if you want."

[The story hasn't reached this point yet, so I think you'd better not know, host. Knowing now would only make things worse, and you can't tell anyone anyway.]

Hearing Gui Gui's words, Mingmei breathed a sigh of relief. [So it was just a game setting issue! I thought something was wrong with my health!]

Mingmei had just imagined that she might have some kind of rare disease, and her heart skipped a beat again.

[Host, do you have some misconceptions about your body?]

Although Guigui wasn't with Mingmei from a young age, it had heard a little about the rare and precious herbs Mingmei ate when she was little.

[Alright, host, you can go out now, while the Boss is away.]

After being reminded by Gui Gui, Mingmei realized that the little girl had disappeared after she was hidden in the closet.

Okay, while she's away, I'm going to go sell lunchboxes too!

...

Meanwhile, a group of players were still debating whether or not to patrol.

"What if I get separated from the group? Wouldn't I be doomed?" Lu Xiaoyao said, touching the goosebumps that had risen on her body from the fear of the unknown.

She saw that her older brother had boldly opened the door to the security room, and the cold, silvery moonlight turned the doorway into a frosty white.

"Since it's still early, even if some strange or eerie things happen, it'll usually be late, right?"

Lu Gui meant to quickly patrol the small but exquisite villa according to the game character's instructions to complete the mission, and then hurry back to the cabin.

"But this game planner is so cunning, I always feel like he can guess what you're saying. What if the planner predicts our predictions and our predictions and his predictions?"

After Lu Xiaoyao finished speaking, she noticed that everyone around her was staring at her, their expressions clearly conveying a sense of disgust, as if they were saying, "Please stop talking."

Everyone: Good things don't come true, but bad things do!