Yueya used the key to open the door of the photo studio and saw a long and winding staircase.

The stairs lead downwards, with darkness on both sides. No one knows where the end leads to. Only the simple wooden handrails give people a sense of security.

Even so, this environment is still very unfriendly to Twelve, who suffers from claustrophobia.

Twelve said frankly: "To be honest, my legs are starting to go weak just by looking at this staircase."

Ke Ke comforted him: "Even I feel the pressure, it's normal for you to be afraid."

[Congratulations to the players for successfully opening the exit channel. You will have one hour to rest, and you will not encounter any attacks during the rest period. ]

Yueya: "We have one hour of safe time now, let's open the blind box here first before leaving."

"Okay." Ke Ke nodded in agreement.

Twelve looked to the other side: "Then the NPC here..."

The three looked at the sofa. The boss of the photo studio was gone, and all the NPCs appeared, including the victims deceived by Liu Xi, the makeup artist in shackles, and some spirit dolls that became spirits on their own. Without their masters and enemies, they were somewhat at a loss.

Noticing the players' gazes, the NPCs became a little nervous.

The makeup artist first stated: "What I did before was all instructed by Liu Xi. He asked me to pretend to hurt you, and then he tried to stop me to gain your trust. It was not my intention to hurt you. I just want to stay here and be a lonely ghost. Can you let me go? I... I can help you remove your makeup for free!"

The players didn't want to do anything in the first place, so since the makeup artist begged, they just let her do what she wanted.

Also, they really need to remove makeup orz.

The makeup artist helped them remove the dead makeup on their faces and then left immediately.

Twelve touched his face and was very satisfied: "I feel much more comfortable now."

Keke: "Indeed, I feel uncomfortable wearing that makeup."

Without the heavy makeup, Yueya feels much more refreshed and feels a lot more relaxed.

The makeup artist left, but the other NPCs stayed where they were.

Yue Ya looked at the ghost girl Xiao Xiao: "Do you want to stay or go together?"

——Yue Ya had previously made a puppet body and stuffed her soul into it. He could take her away, but he respected her opinion.

Xiaoxiao has recovered. She rubbed her red eyes and said, "Please take me away. I don't want to stay in this place anymore."

After hearing Xiaoxiao's words, the other NPCs also asked Yueya to take them away from this place. Even if they had to walk into the endless dark passage, they were unwilling to stay in this disgusting place.

Yue Ya agreed readily. This matter was very simple for him. Anyway, he was no longer afraid of the main system noticing.

Twelve gave a thumbs up: "This is the first time I see an NPC asking a player for help."

Keke: "Yueya should be a dangerous element to the game. If we let him continue to develop, he will empty the game sooner or later."

Twelve clapped his hands: "It's not impossible."

Yueya threw the blind box to them: "Good idea."

[Judging from Yuezai’s expression, he seems to have the same idea…]

[It seems his goal has always been to ruin the game]

[The Yuezai team has been growing, I am very pleased! ]

[Hurry up and open the blind box, I can’t wait]

Yue Ya opened the blind box and found a red braided bracelet on his wrist. The system only told him that this was a disposable prop called "lucky bracelet" and did not elaborate on its function.

He looked to the side and saw that Twelve and Keke also had the same red rope.

Twelve shook the red string: "It looks good on my hand. Can it bring good luck?"

Ke Ke: "It doesn't feel like an ordinary item. I won't use it unless it's an emergency."

Twelve smiled: "I am too curious and impatient. I must be the first one to use it."

"It's time for us to go too." Yue Ya took out a flashlight and shone it towards the stairs.

Twelve took a deep breath, "It's time to face my fears again. I hope I won't be a burden to you."

Yueya asked Feifei to follow Shier and said calmly, "I'll give the cat to you. Try to be more responsible."

Twelve nodded heavily: "Well, I'll try my best."

Yueya put the newly collected NPCs into the card space, let them get familiar with Fengfeng and the others, and then he carried the eternal lamp and led the two players into the staircase.

Although Twelve was afraid of the claustrophobic environment, he didn't want Ke Ke to take the risk of being the last one to leave, so he took the initiative to choose to walk behind. He held Fei Fei in one hand and a lamp in the other, and he managed to keep a calm mind.

After walking for a while, Yue Ya seemed to sense something and looked back. The door behind him had indeed disappeared. They were standing on the dilapidated stairs, with thick darkness in front and behind them.

Twelve and Keke also looked back.

"The door is gone," Ke Ke looked up into the void, "The safety countdown is still there, but the light is very weak."

Yueya asked Twelve: "How do you feel?"

"There's light, and I feel okay."

They continued to walk down, no one spoke, and the only sound around them was the sound of footsteps, without even an echo.

Time passed by minute by minute. Twelve looked at his companion's back and cleared his throat: "Although it is safe time now, I don't feel safe walking in this place. Why don't we chat?"

Ke Ke asked him: "What do you want to talk about?"

Twelve: "We seem to have forgotten one thing."

"Just say it."

Twelve: "Why don't we change the dresses we're wearing?"

"..." Yue Ya stopped suddenly.

Ke Ke also stopped and couldn't help laughing: "Yeah, why don't you change your skirts? Are you in love with the feeling of wearing skirts?"

Yue Ya: "Absolutely not, I just forgot because time was tight."

Keke: "Your ears are red."

"You're wrong."

Their players have a lot of "skins" in their backpacks, and everyone has changed into more comfortable clothes.

As we chatted along the way, the long stairs and deep darkness didn't seem so unbearable, and before we knew it, the safe time had passed.

Nothing has changed except that the countdown has disappeared, but players know that the road ahead will not be so easy.

Yueya: "Be careful."

Twelve and Keke responded and held the stair handrail at the same time - in this situation, this made them feel more at ease.

As we walked along, the stairs turned again and the direction changed from downward to upward.

They climbed for an unknown amount of time when a fork suddenly appeared in front of them. Both stairs led downwards, but in completely opposite directions.

There was black fog everywhere, and it was impossible to tell the destinations of the two roads.

Ke Ke frowned: "There are no instructions or road signs. Which way should we go?"

Twelve sighed: "In a place like this, there is a fork in the road. It may be a choice between life and death. One side is the road of life and the other side is the road of death."

Yueya: "It's possible that both sides are dead ends."

Twelve: "You make a lot of sense. Let's choose based on our intuition."

They unanimously decided to choose the left side. Before leaving, Yue Ya planted a vine in front of the fork in the road.

They walked to the left and followed the stairs that turned several times. They could no longer tell whether they were going up or down.

At first they were still in the mood to chat, but as they walked further they were exhausted and gradually fell silent.

In the darkness, time seems to have lost its meaning.

[Climbing the stairs endlessly, feeling hopeless]

[The sense of substitution is too strong, I am a little breathless]

[This road is not a dead end, right?]

[I was originally afraid of something popping out of nowhere, but now I find the silence even scarier]

The dead silence was really terrifying, and Twelve found it a little unbearable. He opened his mouth only to find that his voice was hoarse: "Why don't we stop and rest for a while?"

Yueya stopped and took out three small chairs from the player's backpack and placed them on the staircase platform: "Okay, take a rest."

Seeing the three cute little chairs with round shapes, Twelve and Keke felt inexplicably relieved.

"You really have everything in your player backpack."

Yue Ya took out a few more bottles of juice and handed them to them: "I can also ask the NPC I just recruited to come out and give you a shoulder massage."

Let NPC give you a massage? The scene is too beautiful to imagine.

The two of them immediately declined: "You're welcome, you're welcome."

The atmosphere had been much more cheerful, but Yue Ya saw something and his expression suddenly became serious.

Ke Ke asked: "What's wrong?"

Yue Ya bent down and picked up a withered branch in the shadow of the stairs: "This is the vine I just planted in front of the fork."

The smiles on Twelve and Keke's faces disappeared instantly.

They encountered the vine again, and it had withered away to the point where only a few dry branches remained.

This meant that the stairs were changing silently and they were back to square one.

"Returning to the starting point is not the most terrifying thing. What I care more about is why the vines withered?" Ke Ke took a deep breath: "If we can't get out, will they also wither? What kind of place is this?"

"It feels like we're about to merge into this darkness," Twelve hugged the kitten tightly in his arms and suggested, "Why don't I use my lucky bracelet to find a way out?"

Yueya said, "I have another way. If it doesn't work, you can use this rope again."

"What method?" Twelve opened his eyes wide with vigilance. He did not forget the last time Yue Ya said "let's do something big" and then brought out a room full of dolls.

Yue Ya cut his palm and dripped blood onto the stairs: "Use the blood to lure the NPC out, and then ask it to lead us to the exit."

Yue Ya's tone was calm, and Twelve nodded subconsciously: "Is that so..."

After realizing how dangerous this matter was, Twelve felt his head buzzing.