Chapter 27, By Chance
Upon seeing the rules on that person's face, Zhong Bingxuan knew that her previous premonition was correct; the two rules that she had been defiled from seeing were indeed problematic.
If I'm not mistaken, it might be related to what happened after she got angry, or it might be related to her biological mother.
Zhong Bingxuan also remembered that she had forgotten something: individual and team tasks.
This instance cannot generate any fear, nor can it involve doing anything that violates the original owner's character. So how can one kill the eerie creature, or even investigate its life story?
As a native of the Wang family, how could I not know the situation inside the mansion?
Or perhaps she really didn't know. Thinking of her birth mother's early death, Zhong Bingxuan slowly walked towards the player who had been captured by the ghost servant.
"What's going on? Why are our Wang family's secrets written on this paper? Who was so loose-lipped that the evil spirit overheard our secrets?"
Zhong Bingxuan randomly pointed to the rules written on the paper, making it impossible for the ghost servant to see which rule she was referring to.
"Good morning, Miss."
"Alright, alright. I've never seen you treat Qiu Ling with respect before, so stop pretending."
Based on the information she had, Zhong Bingxuan spoke tentatively, her body always on the verge of escape. She decided that if the ghost servant showed any sign of distress, she would make a hasty retreat.
"Madam, you're joking. How could we servants dare to bully Miss?"
"Stop talking nonsense. Answer me when I tell you to. Stop beating around the bush. Are you some kind of evil spirit in disguise?"
Zhong Bingxuan slapped the strange servant in front of her hard and scolded everyone present.
"Remember this well, Miss is not someone you can bully. If I find out again that you are bullying Miss, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Zhong Bingxuan didn't know what the original owner's birth mother looked like, but judging from what these strange servants had said just now and their reactions when she got angry the two times before, the original owner's birth mother had a bad temper, so it was quite reasonable that she would hit people at the drop of a hat.
As expected, when Zhong Bingxuan did this, none of the ghost servants on the field showed any unusual reaction. Instead, they lowered their heads and acted like quails, responding in unison, "Yes."
"Someone come here and tell me what's going on. The young lady is almost asleep, why are you all making such a fuss?"
"Yes, Madam..."
"Don't make excuses for me. Tell me about this person."
Zhong Bingxuan interrupted the servant's attempt to shirk responsibility and shifted the topic back to the player playing Qiaoqiao.
“Madam, this man has been possessed by an evil spirit and has committed acts of disobeying the master and talking back to you. We are about to take him to the dungeon and interrogate the evil spirit’s accomplices with torture.”
"As expected, it's an evil creature. It dares to disrespect the master. Take it away and subject it to severe torture. Don't come out until you get any information out of it."
The player playing as Qiaoqiao should be careful not to die, but rather contribute to the survival space of other players by delaying the number of rooms searched by the monsters, giving other players a chance to survive.
Zhong Bingxuan only intended to show compassion to fellow players and give them a chance to survive, but she inadvertently saved her own cousin.
Originally, after searching Qiaoqiao's room, these strange servants were going to search Meizhu's room.
Unlike Zhong Bingxuan, who burned the note immediately after reading it, Zhong Linlin, worried that she wouldn't remember the contents of the note because of her poor memory, left it in her bedding instead.
She is still trapped outside, and the ghost servants are searching for her. She is not very brave to begin with, and she is extremely afraid that the ghost servants will sense her presence and kill her after transforming.
Zhong Linlin was hiding behind a large, leafy tree, a safe spot she had accidentally discovered during her three-day safe period.
Not only did the servants of the Wang family dare not come under the big tree, but even the head of the Wang family was very wary of the big tree and would avoid coming under it if possible.
Zhong Linlin had considered the possibility that there might be an even more powerful and eerie presence here, which was why the other members of the Wang family dared not come over.
But now, forced by circumstances, she can only hide behind a big tree and wait for dawn to break.
As Achen once said, in the early stages of a dungeon, the supernatural creatures usually only operate at night, and once it gets light, they will have a short period of safety.
Now Zhong Linlin is just waiting, betting that she'll be lucky enough to escape the bizarre killings at night.
Zhong Linlin, who was hiding outside, had no idea that the note she had hidden under the bedding would have been exposed if her cousin hadn't secretly helped her and slowed down some of the servants' movements. She would have been captured, tortured in the dungeon, and had a very low chance of surviving.
Zhong Linlin finally made it to dawn and met up with Fu Yuchen, who was the housekeeper.
"Linlin, I'm so glad you're alright. On the first day of the dungeon, they massacred all the players. They actually searched the players' rooms. If there was anything in the room that was related to the players, it would be covered with evil spirits and thrown into the dungeon. Those who couldn't hold out and showed fear under the severe torture were eaten alive by the monsters."
At that time, Fu Yuchen was most afraid of Zhong Linlin. Others had ways to repel the monsters, but Zhong Linlin was weak in combat and had no way to deal with them.
Upon learning what happened last night, Zhong Bingxuan told Fu Yuchen about the note she had secretly kept. Fu Yuchen had a bad feeling and told her to go back to her room to check.
Zhong Bingxuan returned to her room with trepidation, found a note under the covers, destroyed it, and only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
"Luckily, no one has discovered it yet, otherwise I would be in big trouble today."
Even if the night is eerie and one is afraid to go near the big tree, it doesn't mean Zhong Bingxuan can hide there forever.
Fu Yucheng said that place must be where some fierce and evil spirit died, which is why the other strange creatures in the dungeon dare not enter.
The fact that Li Gui didn't appear last night doesn't mean he won't appear tonight; that place isn't the land of Jiu Waiting.
Zhong Linlin realized that Fu Yuchen hadn't responded to her after she had been talking for a while, so she looked at him strangely.
Fu Yucheng looked thoughtful, and under Zhong Linlin's puzzled gaze, he shook his head to indicate that nothing was wrong.
Actually, he was wondering why those strange servants hadn't searched Zhong Linlin's room. He didn't believe it was a coincidence; there must be something wrong there.
Fu Yuchen only learned the truth when he went to the accounting office in the morning. The young lady was angry again last night. When the madam appeared, she scolded the evil servant who captured Qiaoqiao, saying that if he couldn't find any accomplices of the evil spirit, he didn't need to appear in front of her.
Only then did he realize that Zhong Linlin had been indirectly saved by an NPC, and he was truly relieved, as long as it wasn't a hidden trap in the dungeon.
With the danger temporarily averted, Fu Yuchen had the time and inclination to think about how to proceed with the mission.
Unlike Zhong Bingxuan, he didn't have any strange artifacts, and he didn't choose to kill the strange creatures as his first task. However, the team missions included killing strange creatures, so he still had to find a way to deal with them.
However, the problem is that this instance has role-playing restrictions, and Fu Yuchen cannot kill the strange creature without revealing his identity.
If he kills the strange creature for no reason, his identity will be exposed.
This is also a problem for the other two teammates, the only difference being that Zhong Bingxuan has already figured out how to deal with it.
They wander around during the day, observing their surroundings, and then take action at night.
Using the original owner's unusual identity, the first step was to find the ghost servant who had captured the player who impersonated Qiaoqiao the previous night.
"Have you handled the matters I assigned you?"
"Madam, please give us another chance."
Once Zhong Bingxuan got the answer she wanted, she didn't hesitate to eliminate the person.
Of course, we should find a secluded and deserted place to deal with these strange servants.
After all, Zhong Bingxuan didn't know what the original wife's method of murder was. The Wang family had many taboos about the death of the original wife, and no one dared to discuss the matter of the original owner's mother in private.
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