Chapter 679 [(*^▽^*)]
Colleague Number One turned to look over there and said, "It really is. Well then, go ahead. If you become rich and successful, don't forget me. I'll always remember you."
Lin Leyou waved his hand, got up and walked towards Xue Rui. Xue Rui had been waiting there for more than half an hour. The moment Lin Leyou sat down next to him, Xue Rui picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and handed it to him. Lin Leyou glanced at him, then opened his mouth and ate it.
Xue Rui, "Is it delicious?"
Lin Leyou nodded, "It's delicious."
Xue Rui, "Will you ignore me for this long again next time?"
Lin Leyou shook his head with a smile, "I won't dare to do it again next time."
Xue Rui: "That's more like it."
They appeared to be chatting and laughing, but in reality, they were discussing what their colleague, number one, had just mentioned.
Xue Rui, "Do you think what he said is credible, or what the NPC who patrolled with you during the day said is credible?"
Lin Leyou was actually a little unsure, "Maybe this is someone who is unaware of it."
Xue Rui said, "I feel like something's not quite right. It's already the afternoon of the second day, and the dungeon will end in a little over three days, but..."
Lin Leyou knew his concerns. "So far, not a single body has been found, and not a single person is missing. This is indeed very strange. It's just that we can't find any clues related to the mastermind behind the scenes."
Xue Rui said, "I think the sacrificial ceremony is more credible. Perhaps the sacrificial ceremony doesn't need any special venue; it can just be done in the tourist's own room."
Lin Leyou blinked. "It's fine as long as they're in their own room. But since we're so close, as someone who doesn't know the situation, won't someone come looking for me?"
Xue Rui: "We can wait. By the way, come to my room tonight."
Lin Leyou took a bite of the food the other person handed her, opened her mouth and said, "I'll go to your room tonight."
Xue Rui stared at him dangerously. "Okay."
Lin Leyou ate another dinner. Perhaps because he had eaten snacks earlier, he couldn't eat much for dinner. But even though he didn't eat much, he still ate at least twice the amount of food that others ate.
After finishing their meal, Xue Rui and Lin Leyou eagerly returned to their room, making quite a spectacle of themselves along the way, attracting the attention of almost everyone who passed by.
This way, they could attract the people behind the scenes to come to them on their own initiative, without them having to go through the trouble of searching outside. As a result, they stayed in the house for several hours, but no one came to knock on the door.
Lin Leyou even went to his room on the second floor for a while, and then slowly returned to Xue Rui's room, but no one came to talk to him during this time.
The two sat on the sofa with grave expressions. "It's very strange, really very strange..."
Xue Rui: "Isn't it time yet?"
Lin Leyou, "Do we have to wait until 11 p.m.? At 11 p.m., all the staff, except for security, will go home. That's the time..."
Xue Rui said, "In that case, let's wait a little longer. It's almost ten o'clock."
Lin Leyou looked at him, "Keep waiting?"
Xue Rui stood up. "Since we still have more than an hour, let's go to the restaurant and see if there's anything to eat. We had dinner before five o'clock, so we must be hungry now. Let's go get some late-night snacks."
Lin Leyou thought about it and agreed, "Let's go."
When they arrived at the restaurant, they were surprised to find it was different from yesterday. There weren't nearly as many people there yesterday, but tonight there were fifty or sixty people. They seemed to be talking about something, and some staff members in plain clothes were watching some players from a distance, but they didn't dare to approach rashly.
Xue Rui led him to grab some food and they chose a corner where there weren't many people to sit down.
With so many people here, it's not appropriate to discuss anything casually; we can only chat discreetly.
Xue Rui looked around and ate something. "There are a lot of people."
Lin Leyou said, "They're probably all getting anxious. After all, no one has died so far, but the difficulty is there. The fewer or no people die now, the greater the crisis will be later."
Xue Rui, "Your mission is to ensure the survival of at least five players, but it's the second night now, and as far as we know, not a single one has died."
Lin Leyou: "These players are probably counting the number of players. Someone will come looking for you soon, right?"
While they were exchanging messages in secret, tourists did arrive shortly afterward. He glanced at Lin Leyou, perhaps recognizing him as an NPC, and then subtly communicated with Xue Rui.
"Hello, which floor do you live on?"
Xue Rui: "Fifth floor, what about you?"
"I live on the fourth floor. By the way, have you noticed that there are fewer people?"
Xue Rui shook his head. "No."
After receiving the answer, the other party nodded to Xue Rui, then turned and left. It seemed that he had indeed come to confirm Xue Rui's identity, and only left satisfied after receiving confirmation that he was a player.
Lin Leyou: "Guests, do you know each other?"
Xue Rui: "We met once on the ship before, so you could say we know each other."
Lin Leyou said with a smile, "I don't understand what he just said."
Xue Rui: "It's just a couple of casual questions, don't overthink it."
Lin Leyou: "Alright, then... do you like this, sir?"
He picked up a piece of freshly peeled shrimp, dipped it in sauce, and brought it to Lin Leyou's mouth. Xue Rui glanced at Lin Leyou for a moment before opening his mouth to eat it. "Delicious."
Lin Leyou smiled and put away his chopsticks. They looked like a couple deeply in love. After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant. As they left, the player who had spoken to Xue Rui earlier greeted him.
Nothing happened.
He said this, and Xue Rui nodded, "Thank you."
It seemed that Lin Leyou was being placed next to Xue Rui, which made Lin Leyou feel quite novel. When the two returned to the guest room, there were only ten minutes left until eleven o'clock.
Time was short; they sat on the sofa for a while, and soon it was time to leave Lin Leyou in the room. Xue Rui went out for a quick stroll, avoiding the security guards patrolling outside.
He even saw other players pretending to take a walk outside. After exchanging words, they walked around again, but still found nothing.
Lin Leyou was sitting alone in his room, feeling a bit bored. He took out his phone and started playing games. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck outside, turning the world into daylight, though only for a brief moment.
The lightning bolt attracted everyone's attention, and everyone looked out the window. However, they quickly looked away, after all, how could a single bolt of lightning split the island in two?
Lin Leyou waited in the guest room until 1 a.m. before Xue Rui returned from outside. After exchanging a glance, Xue Rui walked in and closed the door. "I didn't find anything."
"Really?" Lin Leyou was silent for a while before saying, "If that's really the case, then things will get really messed up."
Xue Rui said, "No one came looking for us at night, and no one came looking for you to discuss the sacrificial ceremony. The NPC who patrolled with you during the day may have deceived you."
Lin Leyou frowned. "Why would he tell me these lies to deceive me?"
Is it just because it's fun?
Xue Rui, "His motives are unclear, and I always felt that this person was not quite normal."
Lin Leyou, "What do you think of this hotel?"
After thinking for a while, Xue Rui said, "This hotel looks normal. Apart from the staff trying to seduce tourists, everything else is very normal. I walked through every corner and there were no corpses or even the smell of blood."
Lin Leyou, "Players don't kill players? Aren't there any hidden assassins among the players?"
Xue Rui: "At least I'm not, something's very wrong..."
Lin Leyou said, "We don't know the secret behind this yet. Let's rest for now and ask the other NPCs when I go on patrol tomorrow. We should be able to get some useful information."
Xue Rui, "There's one more question."
Lin Leyou thought for a moment, then recalled something, "You mean the player who pretended to be you to approach me at the beginning?"
Xue Rui nodded, "It should be a player, not a resident."
After all, the other party recognized Xue Rui, not Lin Leyou. Anyone who knows Xue Rui must be a player, although the possibility of them being a resident cannot be completely ruled out.
After all, Xue Rui had cleared many dungeons before, and some of the residents who played as NPCs must have had a deep impression of him, given his strength.
Lin Leyou, "This is also a point that needs attention, but..."
Xue Rui: "These are hard to find, right?"
Lin Leyou nodded, "It is indeed difficult to find. We don't even know who the other party is. We originally thought he would use this item to hunt other players, but we didn't expect him to not make a move. Not only him, but all the other players were very well-behaved and no one made a move."
Xue Rui said, "Players who come to this instance know that in this level of difficulty, the strength and number of players are very important to survive to the end. Only if they have figured out the instance will they take action against some unnecessary players."
Lin Leyou, "So you mean... the reason why players aren't taking action right now is that none of them have figured out the killing mechanics of this dungeon?"
Xue Rui: "That's true. I went out and met other players. I talked to them, but none of them had any clues, not even the slightest bit."
"The whole hotel is perfectly normal, there's nothing unreasonable about it. Some players have already decided to do what I did tomorrow and try to hook up with a staff member to see if they can find out anything."
Lin Leyou: "I don't think I'll be able to find out anything."
Xue Rui said, "The staff were also unaware of it."
Lin Leyou said, "Perhaps someone knows, but they won't say."
Xue Rui stood up and stood in front of the French windows, looking at the raging storm outside. The torrential rain on the sea looked truly terrifying. He watched as the waves, whipped up by the gale, viciously rushed towards the island, only to flow back into the sea after washing over the shore.
Lin Leyou got up and walked over. "Do you want to rest?"
Xue Rui took his hand and led him back to the room. "No matter what, you still need to rest when you need to."
They only slept for three or four hours, and when they woke up it was not yet five in the morning. It was still dark outside, or rather, it had hardly been light outside since the storm started.
There's only a tiny bit of light during the day, but it's absolutely gloomy outside, so you have to turn on the lights inside the hotel.
Instead of continuing to sleep and rest, they went out of their room together and started walking around the hotel. After a long walk, they met up at the restaurant and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.
It's perfectly normal, nothing out of the ordinary. It's been three days now, but there are still no clues, and no one has even died. It seems normal, but is it really?
They ate at the restaurant right on time. Lin Leyou and Xue Rui parted ways, and Lin Leyou returned to her room. Before eight o'clock, she changed into her work clothes and came to the lobby.
Here he saw his colleagues, number one and number two, and he never expected that they would be at odds with each other here today.
The two greeted Lin Leyou when they saw him approaching. Lin Leyou looked puzzled and walked up to them, asking, "What happened?"
Colleague #1 came over with a smile and put his arm around his shoulder. "It's nothing, it's just that some people feel they have a better relationship with you, and I felt that was wrong, so we had a little argument."
Lin Leyou blinked. What were these two doing?
Just as Colleague Number Two was about to speak, the squad leader stepped forward and said, "Everyone, stop arguing and patrol in pairs."
Lin Leyou thought that his colleague No. 1 would be called away by the squad leader again today, but he didn't expect that No. 2 would be taken away with him, and No. 1 would stay and team up with him.
What should we do?
Lin Leyou had been thinking of asking her colleague, Number Two, about what they had talked about yesterday.
However, there was nothing that could be done. Colleague No. 2 had already left with the squad leader, while Colleague No. 1 was pulling his arm and walking away into the distance.
Lin Leyou had no other choice, so the two randomly chose a direction to patrol in and chatted about hotel-related matters.
"You know what? I saw something unbelievable yesterday, you'll never believe it..."
Lin Leyou became interested. "What is it?"
"After I got off work yesterday, I saw the team leader flirting with a customer. Hehe, he also saw me. I smiled at him, but since the customer had his back to me and was facing him, he could only face the customer with a gentle expression and try to ignore my presence."
"But I was smiling at him, all sorts of smiles, watching him struggle to hold back his laughter, it was so satisfying! You didn't see it, hahaha..."
Lin Leyou could already tell the joy in his heart from his story. In fact, he would be very happy if such a thing happened to him.
"Is there anything else fun to do? I didn't see anything interesting during my patrol yesterday."
Colleague #1 stroked his chin and said, "As for what's fun, I don't know. With such a big storm outside, we can't go out to play. Everyone can only walk around in the hotel. But luckily, there's an entertainment area in the hotel, and a lot of people are there. I went there with the team leader yesterday and wandered around for a long time. It was kind of fun."
"These guests are really rich. They're throwing money around on the card table. If I could just grab a handful, it would be enough for me to live on for several months. Coming here was really a good decision. I made the right choice."
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