Chapter 31, Utter Silence
Aside from the three-day safety period after arriving at this haunted house in advance, Zhong Bingxuan is already on the third day of the instance today, with seven days remaining.
If they still can't find any useful clues, based on Fu Yucheng's experience of clearing the dungeon many times, they will encounter a strange mass riot on the last day, with greatly reduced restrictions and heavy casualties.
In particular, Zhong Bingxuan's identity is quite special, and she is directly linked to a mysterious figure.
After finishing her meal during the day, Zhong Bingxuan planned to leave immediately, only to find that Butler Li was missing. She asked the people around her, but no one knew where Butler Li had gone.
Even though Butler Li's identity wasn't exposed, he was still killed. Apart from his scumbag father, Wang Boyang, Zhong Bingxuan couldn't think of anyone else who could act so recklessly.
However, last night Wang Boyang was only in Wang Shixuan's room, and not long after, he went to Zhong Bingxuan's room to keep watch.
If Butler Li gets into trouble, it will only happen to Wang Shixuan.
Zhong Bingxuan came to Wang Shixuan's place for the third time. This time, she was not alone; there were other people already there.
Due to her special status, Zhong Bingxuan couldn't reveal her player identity. Unlike the other players, she didn't search around, but she also couldn't just go out and attract the attention of other players. She looked at everyone on the field with a puzzled expression.
"Why are so many people here with my second sister?"
What happened last night? Zhong Bingxuan was being watched too closely by Wang Boyang, and she received no information whatsoever, causing her to fall far behind the other players.
Fortunately, the teammates who had been missing for so long were all found this time.
As the butler, Fu Yuchen held a higher status than the others. By stepping forward to deal with the young lady, he was also indirectly reminding his still clueless teammates.
"Young Miss, a man died inside the Second Miss's house. Everyone suspects that the Second Miss turned into a vengeful spirit after her death and is seeking revenge on Steward Li."
The death of a man in the room of a young lady from a prominent family would have had a terrible impact on the family, especially if Wang Shixuan were still alive.
Unfortunately, since Wang Shixuan is already dead, although the impact on the family is smaller, there has been a lot more crazy talk behind their backs.
Everyone says that the second young lady died unjustly, and turned into a vengeful spirit to seek revenge.
It's unknown how much of this was fueled by the players themselves, but Zhong Bingxuan knew the truth about Wang Shixuan's death and could not possibly have become Li Gui. She immediately pretended to scold Fu Yuchen, but actually revealed important information to him.
"How dare you! What nonsense are you spouting? Second Sister was possessed by an evil spirit, and Father and Mother personally dealt with her. You are not allowed to spread rumors here and slander Second Sister's reputation after her death."
Ironically, the original inhabitants of the Wang family were always clamoring that this evil spirit had possessed them and wanted to kill this person or that person, but when the original owner of this body was possessed by Wang Jingzhu, the first wife, no one reacted.
It's clearly Wang Jingzhu who's been dead for a long time, the real, genuine supernatural being.
"I see. Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Miss. It was just a misunderstanding. Everyone heard what you said, Miss. There's nothing else here, so please disperse and don't let it interfere with our work."
Fu Yuchen pretended to be nonchalant and tried to smooth things over. At this point, the players who were observant began to follow Fu Yuchen's lead and dispersed one by one.
After all, in the eyes of the players, Zhong Bingxuan is a dungeon NPC. They should avoid revealing anything unusual, lest they be devoured alive by the original inhabitants of the Wang family when night falls.
Unfortunately, there was a hothead among them who jumped out and accused Zhong Bingxuan, "Why should we leave? Butler Li was killed by this witch. We should take advantage of her isolation and helplessness during the day and kill her."
Zhong Bingxuan had just arrived here. Although she was not very clear about what was going on here, judging from the man's appearance, she knew that Steward Li had probably left some information that was unfavorable to her, or rather, bad for the original owner of this body.
This was very disadvantageous for her. Zhong Bingxuan knew all too well how powerful the players were after the first dungeon escape. She would avoid confronting the entire player group if possible.
Zhong Bingxuan was still unclear about the situation, so she could only signal to Fu Yuchen with her eyes to help explain.
“Ma Yewei, don’t believe everything you hear. We still don’t know who killed Butler Li. Just because of a little bit of writing on that strange pen next to him, you’re concluding that the young lady was the killer? We’ve never seen that kind of thing before. Who knows if someone brought it here to frame the young lady?”
Fu Yucheng's words made Zhong Bingxuan realize that after Butler Li died, someone found something similar to a recording pen on him, and the contents of the recording pen were detrimental to the original owner of the body.
"Fu Yucheng, you're a big shot on the leaderboard, but I didn't expect you to be so afraid of NPCs. Every player knows about that thing, but you're afraid of a mere NPC and insist on pretending to be deaf and dumb."
Fu Yuchen's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. It was only because Zhong Bingxuan was also a player and a teammate of Fu Yuchen that Ma Yewei's words could have killed Fu Yuchen.
What about the players? As long as they violate the death conditions, the NPCs' strength will increase significantly. The players may not even know how they died in the end. Who wouldn't be careful, afraid that the slightest accident might happen and lose their precious life?
"Alright, you lot are really strange. Since you say it's related to me, then bring the things over. I want to see who's slandering my reputation behind my back."
The ancient setting of this instance is quite challenging, making Zhong Bingxuan feel incredibly awkward in everything she says and does. Fortunately, two or three days have already passed, so if she can just persevere a little longer, she can go back.
"You say you want to see it, but how do I know you're not just trying to destroy evidence and eliminate incriminating material?"
Ma Yewei spoke smugly, but the next second he couldn't laugh anymore, because Wang Juan, the most powerful nanny in the Wang family, appeared right at the gate.
Wang Juan overheard Ma Yewei's words and glared at him, scolding, "Ma Yewei, you lowly stable boy, how dare you be so disrespectful and endanger the young lady! Take him away and torture him tonight!"
As soon as Wang Juan finished speaking, a group of burly, rough-looking maids came to Ma Yewei, took out ropes, tied him up, and took him to the dungeon.
"No, you can't do this. It's still daytime. You can't arrest me."
Ma Yewei was completely bewildered. He struggled desperately to break free from the rough and unruly maids, even using his strength-enhancing talisman, but to no avail. He was bound hand and foot and taken away.
In broad daylight, during what players considered a safe period, Ma Yewei, a player of considerable strength, was kidnapped by several ordinary NPCs sent by Wang Juan. For a moment, there was complete silence; no one dared to make a sound, lest they attract the attention of Wang Juan, the popular magistrate, and end up losing their lives in the process.
Seeing Ma Yewei, who had shown great disrespect to his master, being led away by a rough maid, Wang Juan came to Zhong Bingxuan and said sternly, "Miss, the master asked me to come and tell you that there are many evil spirits and rebels, and they are even more hidden during the day, making it impossible for anyone to detect anything amiss. For your safety, please rest in your own room during the day and do not wander around."
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