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After Ruan Jiyan walked out a few steps, he heard the sound of the system.

[Looking at their backs, you feel so lost. Actually, what you want is for them not to follow you.]

Ruan Jiyan rolled his eyes upwards and complained in his heart: "You think I don't want to show that I'm happy. If they see it, they might think I'm an NPC."

You are

[You seem so worried about Youjie, aren't you afraid that they will suspect you two?]

"If I didn't have to figure out whether Yujie's disappearance was related to a bug, I wouldn't bother with it."

Although she said so, she didn't really think so. After all, Youjie was of such a high level and was the leader of the team. She still hoped that Youjie was okay.

And she hadn't thought about those people following her, which was a good thing, as it saved her from having to pretend while she was investigating.

As I was walking, I heard footsteps behind me. It was a bit chaotic, probably from two or three people.

Goosebumps instantly covered Ruan Jiyan's body. In this dim environment, she was holding a candle, and she was still no match for the danger.

Ruan Jiyan was just about to turn around nervously when he heard them say, "Let's go together. It's not safe for you to go alone."

The one who spoke was Yin An, and with him was Li Mingyue. The two walked to Ruan Jiyan's side together. Seeing Ruan Jiyan's puzzled expression, Li Mingyue explained: "Chen Xin and the others are guarding Little Red Riding Hood's house in case anything happens."

She nodded, not caring.

After saying this, the three of them started walking slowly along the same path.

The fog was still so thick. Ruan Jiyan walked in front. The candle was very strong. It was blown all the way by the strange wind without going out. There was still a small piece left, and that was the flickering light.

After walking this road once, it didn't seem so unfamiliar the second time they walked on it. They walked faster and soon found Youjie lying on the side of the road.

He slept straight on the ground without moving, like a...

The hands have completely lost their color.

The three of them stood there in a daze, and she only reacted when the candle tears dripped onto Ruan Jiyan's hands.

An atmosphere of tension and sadness instantly surrounded the three people. Ruan Jiyan slowly approached You Jie who was lying on the ground, and put his fair hand under his nose to feel his breath.

…

Ruan Jiyan let out a long breath, "He's still alive."

After hearing this, Yin An and the other man slowly relaxed their straight backs.

"Let's take him back first." Li Mingyue patted Yin An's shoulder and said.

"good."

Ruan Jiyan silently observed his surroundings. If You Jie fell down all at once, he should have fallen on his side or face the ground. If he fell down slowly, he would not be in this position. He was clearly placed here by someone.

The two men half-carried You Jie on their shoulders, and turned back to shout to Ruan Jiyan: "Let's go, go back quickly."

"Yeah." Ruan Jiyan responded lightly.

She always felt that things were not that simple, and the more she thought about it, the more bizarre it became.

Li Mingyue and the other person had already walked a long distance, but Ruan Jiyan did not follow them. Instead, he slowed down his pace and stepped lightly on the soil.

She decided to look around and maybe find some clues about the person who helped Youjie.

Not sure if this is really to help Youjie, but I have to find out anyway.

Li Mingyue and Yin An had disappeared from sight, and Ruan Jiyan was calling the system in his heart.

[Give me a light, thank you] The tone was flat, with no hint of gratitude at all.

[I know you have a candle in your pocket...]

After a two-second pause, Ruan Jiyan took out a white candle from his pocket and looked at it in silence for two seconds.

…

If Ruan Jiyan had a match that could light a candle, he would not borrow it from this secret system.

Suddenly, she frowned and said to the system nervously: [Don't blink, I'll perform a magic trick for you]

He moved his fingers twice on the candle and then snapped his fingers.

The candle did not change. The system asked: [Host, am I blind? Why can't I see anything?]

[Nonsense, you really think I can light it up?]

The system understood what Ruan Jiyan meant, and an emotionless electronic voice sounded in Ruan Jiyan's ears.

[You can have matches, 5 points]

…

Ruan Jiyan stopped pretending and took out the matches he had redeemed when he entered the game from his coat.

"Damn it! How can a system without emotions like you get so many points and still be able to marry a wife?" This time she no longer whispered in her heart, but said it out loud angrily.

Bang - a small box of matches fell to the ground. Ruan Jiyan fumbled to pick it up, opened the box and took out a match. She rubbed it on the side of the box and the match was instantly lit. After lighting the candle, she shook her hand and put the extinguished match into her pocket.

With the light, movement became easier. The candlelight in the darkness was bright and penetrated the thin green mist.

The soil on the ground was very soft and had traces of being dragged. If my guess was correct, it was Youjie.

Ruan Jiyan followed the traces along the road to a place not far from the bridge, but the traces stopped there, which meant that You Jie must have fainted here.

Ruan Jiyan searched the place roughly but didn't find any clues. In order not to make them too worried and suspicious, Ruan Jiyan decided to go back quickly.

Perhaps, Youjie's coma was really just because of the Soul-Guiding Bridge.

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The candle was half burned, and the candle tears kept falling. When she returned to Little Red Riding Hood's house, You Jie had woken up, and his hand had slowly started to get better. It was Li Mingyue who opened the door for her.

As soon as I walked in, I heard Zhang Jing and Chen Xin scolding me.

"Why don't you follow the main force? You Jie just came back and is thinking of looking for you. You are really causing trouble for others!" Zhang Jing shouted at her in a sharp voice.

Chen Xin also said sarcastically: "A level 3 newbie is thinking about saving others. Whether he can survive is still a big problem. How ignorant and stupid."

Li Mingyue gently hugged her shoulders and led her inside, saying softly, "We thought you were in trouble and didn't pay much attention at the time."

"I lost focus and couldn't keep up with you. The fog was too thick and I couldn't find the direction." Ruan Ji Yan didn't tell her the truth, but just made up an excuse to get away with it.

"I'm glad you're okay." Yin An spoke rarely.

They did not show any great doubts about this matter, but Nguyen Jiyan was uneasy. This was too calm.

Ruan Jiyan glanced at them from behind and saw that he did not seem to doubt her at all, so she felt relieved.

By this time, You Jie had woken up and his arm had begun to recover to normal, and he seemed to be in good condition.

They were arranged in a room on the second floor, which was at the very back of the second floor. It was very similar to the Werewolf Fort, except that the Werewolf Fort was on the left and this room was on the right.

After a while, Little Red Riding Hood went upstairs and invited them to go downstairs to eat. "It's getting late. You should go downstairs to eat. After eating, go to bed as soon as possible. We will set out tomorrow."

It's late? It was still morning when they came, how come it's late?

Since she said so, several people followed her to the first floor.

It was the familiar long table again, but this time there were not only candlesticks on the table, but also a large plate of turkey.

"This long table... looks similar to that one." Zhang Jing stared blankly at the long table in front of her and said in a low voice.

Except for Chen Xin who was very hungry and had already started to tear the turkey, no one else moved. This long table looked exactly like the one at the werewolf's.

After a two-second pause, Ruan Jiyan also started to fork the turkey, "Let's eat first. After all, we can't find anything from this research."

Although it was a happy thing, the serious expressions and silence of several people made the meal seem a bit weird.

Yin An made eye contact with You Jie for a second without leaving a trace, then slowly sat down.

Ruan Jiyan looked up at the wall and saw no clock. She was very surprised that the house here was exactly the same as the werewolf's house, but the only difference was that there was no clock.

This was odd, so she guessed it wasn't even evening yet, but she had no direct evidence.

Even though she had played this dungeon before, she couldn't remember it clearly. There were so many people on the production team, if each of them had a little bit of her knowledge of the game, she would be able to fight five people at once.

It is true... you only regret not having enough books when you need them, but you never feel too much when you need to use your brain.

After complaining inwardly, Ruan Jiyan lowered her head and bit her food silently, thinking back to the time when she was looking for clues in the forest.

She now felt that this dungeon was filled with a strange atmosphere. This was the first time she had such a strong sense of unfamiliarity with this game.

It's all so weird!

There were too many unexpected events that day, so they chose not to set off again. Instead, they returned to their room after dinner.

The group walked up the stairs and someone finally noticed the problem.

"Why do I feel weird?" It was Chen Xin who spoke. His voice was a little soft and trembling.

Even Chen Xin has reacted, so there's no way You Jie and the others didn't feel it.

From the moment we entered Little Red Riding Hood's house, so many things were the same as when they were in the Werewolf Castle, as if some of the plots were overlapping.

Ruan Jiyan looked at You Jie, who just frowned and shook his head slightly, as if signaling Chen Xin to keep quiet.

After they reached the second floor and entered their respective rooms, there was a gentle knock on the door.

After a few sounds, it finally came from near Ruan Jiyan's door.

Dong...Dong...

Because Ruan Jiyan is a full-time water expert and her ears are more sensitive than ordinary people, she became alert when the first knock on the door sounded.

Sure enough, it came to her.

In her hand, she held a talisman and a silver dagger that she had exchanged from the system.

When there was a knock on the door, she was already standing straight behind it. The door didn't have a peephole, so she just hid the dagger behind her and slowly opened the door a crack.

The door was opened a little, and the sound seemed even more eerie in the corridor.

Then she closed the door to prevent the man from seeing her peeking when he walked over to her.

Two minutes later, there was a knock on her door, which lasted three times before it died down. Footsteps were heard leaving the door.

Ruan Jiyan opened the door a crack again and peeked outside. Just a moment was enough to give her goosebumps.

Just as she took two steps away from the door, she looked out through the crack but didn't see anyone. Moreover, this time when she opened the crack, a gust of cold wind blew in.

Her room was the one closest to the inside, and there was a wall inside.

After she opened the door and scanned the area a little, she didn't see anyone through the gap in the door, so she had to open the door a little further.

Finally, she saw a pair of eyes in the darkness, looking at her with slightly bent eyes.

Suddenly, she broke out in a cold sweat. She slammed the door shut, and quickly took out a talisman from her clothes and pasted it on the door, and then pasted a substitute talisman she had picked up from a cemetery.

Bang—bang—after a few loud and dull knocks on the door, the two talisman papers began to spontaneously combust and burned to ashes in less than two seconds.

Then there was no sound, and everything was quiet.

Ruan Jiyan stood behind the door and listened to the noise outside. After he was sure there was no problem, he slowly moved to the bed.

Even though she was safe, she didn't dare to sleep too deeply. If it weren't for the talisman, she might have been in hell.

Her mind was still blank when she closed the door.

She would definitely not be able to sleep in this situation. Ruan Ji Yan didn't understand why the man outside the door had been wandering around for several nights but didn't attack them.

Maybe he had more important things to do, and they weren't in danger until they found him, so he didn't take them seriously at all?

There was a sound outside the room late at night, but apart from the chaotic footsteps and a knock on the door, no voice of his companions was heard, so Ruan Jiyan did not choose to open the door again.

After almost a sleepless night, the sky turned from dark to light in the morning, and several people in other rooms tacitly came to the long table on the first floor and sat down.

Ruan Jiyan came early and sat down at the long table. Others sat down one after another. Finally, only Li Mingyue ran down from the upstairs in a panic, and said in a trembling voice: "Something happened."

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