The idea that you should ignore the man in black and pretend you can't see him is wrong.

The man in the black robes had always known they could see it; he was only asking to satisfy his own playful nature.

No one it sets its sights on can escape!

Several more men in black robes appeared beside the man in black robes, rushed towards Jiang Chi, and lifted him up.

Jiang Chi wanted to resist, but a faint fragrance suddenly emanated from the man in black robes, rendering him unable to resist.

Shen Zhiyi also noticed this.

I can't worry about anything else. The hotel is right there, and right now it's probably the only one in the entire city that's still open.

If we don't go into the hotel, we'll be harassed by the men in black robes forever. Maybe if we rush in now, we'll be fine.

But the man in black robes was standing at the hotel entrance, and Shen Zhiyi passed by him just as she rushed over.

Just then, she heard the man in black robes say in a very soft voice as she passed by, "Sister~ it's your turn~"

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Zhiyi collapsed without any further awareness.

When Shen Zhiyi woke up again, she found herself locked in a room.

Jiang Chi and Ji Shuochen were also locked in this room.

Jiang Chi was still in the motion of waking her up.

Shen Zhiyi thanked him and slowly sat up from the ground, rubbing her temples.

She didn't know what happened; everything went black and she knew nothing more.

"I'm sorry, I've dragged you all into this." Ji Shuochen felt a little guilty. It was bad enough that he had dragged Jiang Chi into this, but he had also involved others.

Jiang Chi ignored him; he was already used to Ji Shuochen going out without thinking.

He always felt something was wrong whenever he went out.

"Hey miss, how about we add each other as friends? I'll apologize to you after we get out of here."

Shen Zhiyi's lips twitched, and she refused directly: "No need. The man in black robes was originally targeting me, but he just happened to see you at the hotel entrance again."

"The bard didn't mention that attending the ball involved these things."

Ji Shuochen was somewhat discouraged. He still had to blame himself; he should have ignored the man in black robes back then.

"Let's try to get out of here first."

Shen Zhiyi stood up and tried to open the door, but found it locked from the outside.

Jiang Chi also came over and pulled on the door.

"Stay away from me."

Shen Zhiyi did as she was told and took two steps back.

Jiang Chi raised his foot and kicked the door hard.

The door was actually kicked open.

"Let's go." Jiang Chi took the lead and walked out first, leading the way.

Shen Zhiyi followed, while Ji Shuochen consciously brought up the rear.

The room where they are locked is the last one, so just keep going forward.

Strangely, no one noticed they had run away along the way.

As they walked, they came to a large collection room.

The collection room is large, with several shelves neatly arranged along the wall, and the shelves have been carefully decorated.

It was covered with dolls.

The dolls on the shelves are so lifelike that from a distance they look like little children sitting there.

On the other side was a glass wall, so it looked like they were on the second floor.

In the center of the collection room, there was a huge disc, decorated with some things, and several life-size dolls were placed on it.

It looks like it's made of money.

Several dolls were scattered on the ground in some corners.

Shen Zhiyi frowned; seeing these dolls gave her a feeling that nothing good could come of it.

"How did you end up here?" The black-robed man they had encountered in Bigal City appeared.

However, this time she did not wear a black robe, but instead wore a gorgeous dress.

(See Lolita for details)

The young woman walked slowly down the stairs to the side of the shop, her posture elegant.

"What do you think? Aren't my dolls all beautiful?"

The girl stepped down the last step and slowly walked towards the central disc where the dolls were placed, reaching out to touch them.

He looked as if he were looking at something he cherished.

"Guess where all these dolls of mine came from?"

The girl was about to say something when she was interrupted by a scream.

A group of people rushed in from another corridor leading to the collection room.

Upon seeing people in the collection room, they stopped nervously, but remembering the things chasing them from behind, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and enter the collection room.

Upon discovering that the people inside were the same players they had seen at the dock, the others breathed a sigh of relief and quickly hid to the side.

The people chasing after them stopped when they saw the girl.

The man at the head of the group stepped forward. "Miss Luo, these people have dared to barge into the doll room and disturb the dolls that are undergoing a transformation!"

But Shen Zhiyi clearly didn't see the man open his mouth, so how did he make a sound?

Miss Luo's expression hardened upon hearing the man's words. "What did you say?!"

The man took a stiff step back, lowered his head and whispered, "The doll... failed."

“That man is a doll,” Jiang Chi suddenly said from the side.

Shen Zhiyi suddenly realized that they were puppets. No wonder their movements were a bit stiff when they came in.

Even though no one spoke, there was a sound.

But the dolls they were just talking about...

Shen Zhiyi's eyes suddenly widened. Could it be what she was thinking?

The subsequent comments from the other players confirmed her suspicions.

"Bullshit! You're using living people to make dolls, you're utterly inhuman!"

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