Chapter 37 A Knock on the Door Late at Night

There was a creaking sound of a door opening in the corridor, coming from the direction of Zhou Gui's room. Immediately afterwards, footsteps were heard.

The footsteps sounded heavy, just like what Xie Liang heard last night, but in this room the footsteps seemed much softer.

The footsteps stopped somewhere in the corridor, followed by a violent knock on the door.

"Open the door! Open the door quickly!" Zhou Gui's voice sounded particularly loud in the dark night, and he kept knocking on a door.

Xie Liang lowered his voice and said to Long Qingye beside him: "It's Zhou Gui, it's out."

Long Qingye didn't say anything, but just made a "hush" sound in the dark, signaling Xie Liang to be quiet.

The knocks on the door became louder and louder. The person in the room seemed to be angry and shouted, "Zhou Gui, what are you crazy about? Making such a loud noise in the middle of the night!"

After Zhang Fengjing yelled those words, he stood behind the door. He was wondering vigilantly why Zhou Gui suddenly came to knock on his door in the middle of the night.

His vigilance quickly crumbled under the persuasion of his companions.

Lai Guihe, who shared the same room with him, said sleepily while lying on the bed: "Open the door, he might be in trouble."

"No, what if he's a monster?"

"You have already passed three dungeons. In which dungeon can the monsters become your companions?" Lai Guihe's tone sounded a little impatient.

Zhang Fengjing was still standing behind the door without opening it. He had locked the door before going to bed, so no matter how Zhou Gui outside turned the door handle, he couldn't open the door.

"Open the door! Open the door quickly!"

The knocking on the door became louder and louder, and Xie Liang felt like someone was knocking on his own door.

The knocking on the door outside suddenly stopped, and with a "creak", the door was opened from the inside.

Then, two men screamed, and the screams quickly turned into shrill cries.

The screams of the two people lasted only a few seconds before stopping abruptly.

Then there was a sound of a beast eating outside the door, and the thing was eating voraciously with a crunching sound.

Not long after, the knocking sound came again, each time louder than the last. However, this time, no one dared to open the door even after the thing knocked for a long time.

Others must have heard the tragedy as well, so they didn't dare to open the door.

However, the thing was still knocking on the door relentlessly. After a while, a deafening knocking sound came from the door of the room where Xie Liang was.

"Open the door! Open the door quickly!" It was still Zhou Gui's voice outside the door.

The sounds of "Bang! Bang! Bang" poured into his ears, making him very irritated. Xie Liang sat on the bed, covering his ears with his hands, and buried his head in his knees.

I don't know how long it took before the thing outside knocked on the door of the next room.

The irritating knocking on the door continued until three in the morning. After three, Xie Liang heard the sound of the thing returning to the room and closing the door.

Not long after, heavy footsteps were heard at the door again, accompanied by the sound of cold weapons scratching across the floor. These sounds seemed to be softened by the room, making people sound drowsy.

After hearing the sound, Long Qingye turned over from the bed. He walked to the door in the dark, took out a palm-sized night vision goggles and stuck it on the peephole, then looked out through the lens.

He bought this night vision goggles at a high price from other Adventers. Through it, he can see even in extremely dark environments.

Long Qingye looked for a while and then put away the night vision goggles.

Just like last night, there were still those monsters with bull heads, human bodies, and bat wings, some of them dragging heavy axes, some holding iron forks or long knives, patrolling the corridors.

When Xie Liang was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard Long Qingye say beside him: "There are six devils in total."

Xie Liang was startled by Long Qingye's words, and his sleepiness dissipated a lot. "Uh... did they run out from the door paintings? There are devils painted on the six doors in the corridor."

"Yes, the weapons they hold match the ones painted on the door."

So how did Heilong Qingye know that there were six devils in total, and also knew what weapons they were holding? Thinking of this, Xie Liang asked:

"It's so dark, how can you see outside?"

"I have my own way." After saying that, Long Qingye turned sideways and fell asleep with his back to Xie Liang.

Xie Liang tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

I don’t know how long it took before the footsteps and dragging sounds outside gradually disappeared.

A few roosters crowed in the distance, and the sky outside the window was already slightly bright.

Long Qingye was a very restless sleeper. Not only did he push Xie Liang to the edge of the bed, he also put his arm around Xie Liang's waist.

Xie Liang felt uncomfortable all over and carefully moved Long Qingye's arm away. After staying up all night without sleep, he began to feel sleepy.

After an unknown amount of time, Xie Liang was awakened by several screams at the door. When he woke up, Long Qingye was sleeping soundly with his hands on his waist.

Xie Liang reluctantly lifted his hand, and Long Qingye also opened his eyes.

Xie Liang didn't like the aggressive aura he exuded: "Can you sleep away from me?"

Long Qingye lay flat on the bed in a lazy manner: "I fell asleep and didn't notice."

Xie Liang didn't waste any more time talking to him. He stood up, opened the door and walked out.

The woman named Chen Jing was sitting on the floor in the corridor, her face trembling with fear. It seemed that the screams that had just woken him up were made by her.

Everyone was gathered at the door of the room where the accident happened, their faces full of fatigue. They must have been like Xie Liang last night, staying awake all night due to sleepiness.

The floor at the door was covered in dark red bloodstains, but it looked quite strange, as if the blood had seeped into the floor beneath his feet and the two had merged into one.

To be more precise, the dark red stain on the floor no longer looked like blood, but more like spilled dark red paint.

The two people who lived in this room last night had disappeared, leaving only a large dark red stain on the door and the floor next to it.

Xie Liang pushed open the half-open door and walked in with Hong Guo. After entering, they both couldn't help but gasp.

The originally flat portraits of demons on the wall had changed visibly, as if they were trying to break free from the wall.

If you reach out and touch it, you can clearly feel the protruding horns on the devil's head, just like a sculpture.

Huang Jinwu, who followed in, asked in surprise, "What's going on? Why has the mural changed?"

Xie Liang ignored him and walked quickly back to the door. Half of the portrait of the old man on the door was covered with deep red blood.

He squatted down and tried to wipe off the blood, but found that the blood had merged with the door and could not be wiped off no matter what.

"It's useless." Long Qingye leaned on the handrail in the corridor and looked at him. "Their blood has already contaminated the picture of the saint on the door. The devil in the wall will come out soon."

Hong Guo walked out of the room, looking serious. "Brother Ye, there are about thirty demons with bull heads and human bodies in there."

Long Qingye responded and walked straight to the sofa in the long hall and sat down. Everyone followed him to the sofa one after another, some standing and some sitting.

Lan Song pointed at Zhou Gui's room, hesitant to speak: "Um, Zhou Gui..."

"He! Is he..." Chen Jing started to tremble after saying this.

"Damn it! I heard it last night, it was his voice!" Huang Jinwu said angrily.

"He should still be in the room. I heard him walk into the room and close the door around three o'clock last night," said Wen Qingqing.

"Shh..." Long Qingye raised his index finger to his lips, "Just think of it as Zhou Gui."

No one spoke anymore, and the atmosphere began to grow heavy.

At this time, Huang Jinwu's stomach began to growl. He always had a big appetite, but now he was extremely hungry.

He clutched his stomach and cursed, "Damn it! I'm almost dead and I can't just eat my fill!"

Hongguo glanced at him and said nothing.

"Be patient, buddy, it's almost lunch time." Lan Song comforted him while sitting on the sofa.

Huang Jinwu looked at Long Qingye with hatred and said in a bad tone: "Two people died last night. Even if I die this time, I will die with a full stomach!"

Long Qingye was lying on the sofa with his eyes squinting, looking like he was asleep.

Everyone stopped talking and dispersed to look at the murals in various places in the castle.

Wen Qingqing followed Xie Liang to the first floor, and looked up at the huge picture of a mother holding her child on the ceiling.

"The woman in the painting is holding a baby in one hand, and the other hand looks like..." Wen Qingqing hesitated, not knowing how to describe it.

"It's like a blessing." Xie Liang said.

Wen Qingqing suddenly remembered a book she had read before, in which there was a painting similar to this one. "The woman in the painting looks like the Virgin Mary. If she is really the Virgin Mary, then the one she is holding in her arms is the Son of God, Christ."

"I think so too," Xie Liang said.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the old nun opened the two gates of the castle on time.

She walked in without saying a word. No matter what people asked, she just lowered her head and fiddled with the plate in her hand. After dividing the food, she picked up the basket, locked the door and left.

Today's food became thirteen portions, corresponding to the thirteen seats on the table, and the portion was still pitifully small.

Wen Qingqing asked, "Thirteen portions? Why thirteen portions?"

"Who knows! Maybe she made up for the portion she missed yesterday." Hongguo said.

"Here... this is a copy, this kind of situation shouldn't happen." Chen Jing said in a low voice.

The food from yesterday had long been digested, and everyone was already starving, so they all sat down at the dining table and started eating.

After everyone finished their portion of food, there were still three portions of food left on the table.

Huang Jinwu quickly picked up the plate of food on the empty seat next to him and stuffed it into his mouth in one gulp.

He looked very hungry and chewed a few bites before swallowing.

Just as Lan Song was about to stand up to get the remaining portion, Huang Jinwu took the lead and took the remaining two portions of food.

Huang Jinwu said proudly: "Sorry, I have a big appetite."

"No, two servings are not enough for you? Even if that's not enough, three servings should be enough! Give me one!" Lan Song shouted in a tough tone.

"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being slow!" As he spoke, Huang Jinwu quickly stuffed both portions of food into his mouth.

His mouth was puffed out like a hamster, and he mumbled incoherently while chewing: "Damn, the portion is so small... I can't eat it all... and I still can't feel full."