Chapter 20
The Song Mansion suddenly appeared before his eyes. The ancient and heavy carved wooden door was deliberately made to look old. Two gray lanterns swayed at the door, giving a sense of history. A paper bride wore a strange smile and danced in front of the door, singing a sad ballad.
After the song ended, the main gate of the Song Mansion opened wide and the group walked in. What came into view was a screen wall carved with sharpened stones and green pines, which symbolized everlasting prosperity and probably referred to the family business.
Zhan Mu was the second one in line. He saw two water tanks, one on the left and one on the right. Without thinking much, he subconsciously walked to the right. After passing the screen wall, he saw a square dam. In the middle of the ground, there was a Tai Chi pattern made of black and white pebbles.
"Is the head of the Song family a Taoist priest?" Zhan Mu was curious.
"No, the official story background of the Song family has not been revealed yet. A big player on the forum guessed it. The head of the Song family is an old man who is almost eighty years old. His two sons are fighting for power and profit over the family property. One of them believed in a Taoist priest and messed up the house after inheriting the family business. Later, because of a mess, the Taoist priest killed his entire family." The white-haired guy in the Maybach answered.
"It's right here. The five of us stand there and enter the dungeon." The pink-haired girl became serious and spoke in a leadership manner.
Zhan Mu nodded, looked around curiously, and stood up. Beside him was a green ancient-style frog girl who seemed a little embarrassed and hadn't spoken since she came in. He thought she might be scared, so he just smiled and was about to speak.
The Tai Chi under her feet burst into golden light. The next second, she turned around, smiled, and jumped out at the last moment of entering the copy. Zhan Mu was shocked and stared, and then saw Lu Chao, who had half of his face exposed and was furious with her.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Good luck, husband."
As soon as he finished speaking, five people were teleported at the same time and sent to different places in the Song Mansion. They were each decrypted individually, but they could communicate information privately. Teamwork officially began.
Zhan Mu was sent to a storage room. He blinked, a little dazed. Before he could come to his senses, his mind was full of Lu Chao's inexplicable words just now...husband.
Damn, what happened to him? Did he bribe Frog Girl just to team up with me?
Zhan Mu covered his mouth, and just as he felt funny, he tensed up again, cleared his throat, and subconsciously muttered: "Scheming boy."
Sure enough, Lu Chao has already started to be eager to try it out in the team private chat.
Lu Chao: Hello friends, the girl just now was scared, so she asked me to replace her. Believe me, I will definitely become your most loyal teammate.
I won’t change my name if I don’t get into Peking University or Tsinghua University: The color of your ID is a little different, you are not a bot.
My CP must be real: just don't drag us down. I've already done this dungeon four times, so I'm familiar with it and will definitely win.
The young man who got off the Maybach: Yes, we mainly want to break the record and shorten the time.
24K Pure Gold Brother: (Thumbs Up) (Little Yellow Face Smiles)
A very sarcastic and aggressive emoticon package.
Lu Chao sneered and chose to ignore it.
Coming back to the topic, Zhan Mu looked around the storage room where he was. It was simply furnished, dusty and had been abandoned for a long time. There were almost no props in it except for some old bowls and pans.
He wanted to try to get it, but found that it was impossible. It seemed that there were no clues in this room that could trigger it.
Zhan Mu opened the door easily and stepped out. When he saw it, he was stunned. It was a long corridor. There were rooms on both sides, all with dense copper locks. They all looked very similar and it was impossible to tell them apart.
I understand. No wonder it is called a maze. The interior structure is so identical and complicated. To unlock it, you have to find the key. After finding the key, you have to open the doors one by one and go in to look for clues.
Damn, what the hell are you doing walking when you’re blind?
Zhan Mu clicked on the private chat, but found that the pink-haired girl and the white-haired girl seemed to have met up, saying something they couldn't understand, and were having a pleasant conversation: Sister, come and get the key to the nanny's room.
Soon, I met Aunt Hua, so I hid for a while. Pink-haired typing.
Are these two playing by themselves? Damn, what a bunch of shitty teammates! They don't even need them. They just go at it together!
Glasses guy: "I'm in the fucking basement! I ran into a strange door! Send it, send it, brothers, this game will be broken in 20 minutes, I'm still playing."
Lu Chao remained silent, and Zhan Mu remained silent, too embarrassed to ask for their help. As expected, the newcomers who didn't understand this dungeon were completely bewildered...
At least the trip wasn't in vain. Zhan Mu walked along the corridor and was about to observe the decorations on each door lock. He found a clue. There were shallowly engraved patterns on each lock. Coincidentally, they were zodiac signs. There were no words on them, so it was easy to identify them as animals.
Then the next thing should be to find the key.
Zhan Mu went back to the utility room and searched for a while before finally setting his sights on the only cabinet. Because there were too many drawers, he patiently opened them one by one. Finally, he saw the props in the upper cabinet.
He tried to take something wrapped in red cloth, but was bounced away by black energy. A line of words appeared in front of him, saying: You need to find a way to exorcise the demon before you can open it.
He memorized the order, and there was nothing else in the cabinet.
The time on the game interface was still being recorded, and it had been 4 minutes. Zhan Mu told himself to be patient and searched one by one. He found a lighter, tried it, and it worked.
Zhan Mu continued searching, but found nothing. He was so bored. Another 5 minutes passed and he was already a little annoyed. He even wanted to kick the wine jar next to him.
Hey, a wine jar, the wine jar was sealed with a rope. Zhan Mu was startled and looked at the lighter in his hand. He immediately lit the rope near the seal of the wine jar, and it caught fire as soon as it was touched!
"It's very simple, haha." Zhan Mu was delighted. The rope was gone, and he could open the seal. After opening it, he stuck his head in, and his eyes blurred. A long white worm flew out -
It splashed on his face and his blood volume dropped a lot!
Zhan Mu was quick-witted and quick-handed. He immediately grabbed the worm and pulled it down, but did not kill it right away. He was not afraid of snakes. He took a look and saw that it had red eyes and pink and white scales, and it looked quite pretty.
A line of words appeared next to the white snake: You have obtained the owner's pet.
"Master." Zhan Mu nodded. "Could it be the key item?"
After the words flashed, the white snake obediently wrapped around Zhan Mu's right hand, remaining motionless like a wrist, only blinking its ruby eyes.
Zhan Mu continued to look at the wine jar, and a subtitle popped up: You got glutinous rice wine and a little glutinous rice soaked in wine.
"I'm pretty lucky, aren't I?" Without a backpack, this damn game felt so real. Zhan Mu was just thinking about how to use the jar of glutinous rice wine when an idea suddenly occurred to him:
In Lin Zhengying's movies, glutinous rice is an exorcist!
He nodded, immediately picked up the glutinous rice from the wine jar, went to the cabinet, opened it, and sprinkled the glutinous rice on the red cloth. Sure enough, the black gas on it disappeared and it was ready to be taken.
Zhan Mu was overjoyed. He got it. Was this the joy of a puzzle game? He took out his tool, untied the red cloth, and saw something that looked like a thick golden steel needle.
Text reminder: You have obtained the item Demon-Subduing Pestle.
"Could this be some kind of god-level prop?" Zhan Mu smiled, thinking that the game had become interesting. He looked at the jar of wine again, curled his lips, and immediately found a bowl, which he could actually pick up, and moved closer to the wine jar.
Text reminder: You can apply glutinous rice wine all over your body.
"Damn, this little shabby house is simply a gift package for novices." Zhan Mu was very excited. He looked at the triple buff he had obtained. This little white snake had a demon-subduing pestle in its hand and a layer of glutinous rice wine on its body.
He was just feeling proud when he heard footsteps coming from the corridor. Zhan Mu went out and saw a figure behind a door. It looked like a girl. The pink-haired girl said, "Handsome, are you over there? How are you? I'll tell you how to find the key, and you open the door for me."
Found this place, awesome, they are really experienced.
"Okay." Zhan Mu replied, but just as he stepped out of the door, he recalled that since Pink Hair and White Hair had played this game before, they must be familiar with the newbie gift packs here. If they came over and found that I had taken the props...
Zhan Mu found that the props could not be hidden, so he could only listen to her tell him where the key was. "Tell me, sister."
"Listen carefully to the sound of the floor under your feet. The sound of the wooden floor where the key is hidden is different." Pink-haired was a little anxious.
"No problem." Zhan Mu moved his feet carefully, trying one by one, and heard a strange noise on the floor under Ma Suo's room.
He just opened it, but saw a reminder on the chat interface. Lu Chao, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: I remembered something. A player told me that even if a team passed the maze copy, in the end only one person would have the game record.
Meaning - only the person who breaks the game first will have the game record!
As soon as these words came out, the pink-haired girl knocked on the door even louder and said, "Handsome, are you there? Did you hear me? The key is under the horse lock. When you find it, can you help me open the door?"
This game is really good. The voice interaction between players is very smooth and the sound reception is particularly good.
Ma Suo, indeed, she really knew.
Zhan Mu's mind raced, and he took out his key. He lied, "Sister, it's a little dark here, and I can't see which door you're in. Isn't that handsome white-haired boy with you?"
"..." White Hair was startled and exchanged glances with Pink Hair. Both of them saw surprise in their eyes. How did he know that we were planning to ambush him together?!
Only the guy with glasses who was trapped in Qimen was outside the situation and knew nothing about the silent battlefield of the four of them. He sent a message: Brothers and sisters, I am about to break out, hahaha!
Zhan Mu curled his lips and sneered.
Damn brothers and sisters, they are all strangers who don’t know each other.
He moved very gently, carefully examining the keys in his hand. There were 12 keys in total, each labeled with the twelve Earthly Branches, each with a single character, much like the Candy Crush game they had played before: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit...
The pink-haired girl's anxious voice continued in her ear, chattering non-stop: "Handsome boy, say something, are you there? You have the key props for the puzzle over there, so I'll tell you straight away. Open the door so we can pass it together."
"I should be the snake locking the door." The pink-haired girl said loudly.
Brother Baimao spat and whispered, "Newbies are just lucky. I was directly sent to the utility room. I've played several times and never been directly sent there."
"Yes, sister." Zhan Mu smiled and slowly sent a message in the chat box: "Lu Chao, what's your zodiac sign?"
No, you guys know each other?! The glasses guy sent a message.
Zhan Mu hummed, appearing quite cheerful. He passed by the snake-locked door and had no intention of opening the door for others.
The pink-haired girl saw his back passing by and slammed the door hard, as if she was annoyed. The white-haired girl covered her face with her hands in anger and muttered, "They know each other. I give up. I thought, tsk, we were deceived..."
"I'm a horse, and I live next to Shemen." Lu Chao answered, not by sending a message, but by speaking directly in voice. In other words, he has been watching over Zhan Mu nearby.
This sense of security and tacit understanding must be just right.
Zhan Mu smiled, feeling that they shared the same ideals. He immediately found the "Wu" corresponding to "Ma", unlocked the door, and said, "Here I am, brother."
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