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As soon as he stopped at the staircase, Ruan Jiyan heard the cold and merciless system prompt sound throughout the entire building.

She looked through the gap in the stairs on the first floor to the second floor. There was candlelight above, and human figures were flickering in the light.

Ruan Jiyan looked at it while walking up quietly.

There is an empty space at the entrance of the second floor stairs, at the center of the four corridors, and you can see clearly in every direction.

There was a long table with eight seats, a candlestick on it, and a card on each corresponding seat.

There were seven people sitting at the table, three men and four women, all with serious expressions, as if they were struggling with something. The whole table was filled with a tense atmosphere.

They are voting for an undercover werewolf, and only if they choose the right one will the werewolf disappear in front of them. They have already voted five times in the past few days, and they have chosen wrong every time, so one person dies every day. If they can't vote for the right werewolf again, then they will all die in ignorance in the near future.

A girl spoke first: "Don't vote for me, I just saved you, I'm not a werewolf!" She looked panicked and her body was shaking uncontrollably.

Although death in the game only resets your data and you cannot participate in subsequent dungeon plots, you can still return to the real world after the game ends.

This is what the system told them when they were dragged into the dungeon.

But a few people still looked at each other, not daring to say a word, holding a pen and a piece of white paper in their hands, each with their own ulterior motives.

Several of them met in this game, and they woke up not long ago to find themselves in this strange environment.

Facing all the unknowns, there is only one tip: if they want to survive, they must complete the plot. But they can only truly survive if they survive under the hands of NPCs.

Because no one can be sure whether death in the game really just resets the data, and the "dead" person cannot tell them.

They are said to be a group of friends who share weal and woe, but they each have their own plans.

"Why should I trust you? You just reminded me to be careful about your surroundings. What's more, we didn't even say we were going to vote for you, but you're so excited. Are you guilty?" The boy closest to her frowned, glanced at her and shouted at her.

"You're talking nonsense, I'm not guilty!" The girl slammed the table excitedly and shouted.

"I don't think she's brave enough, nor... smart enough to handle so many of us." A girl in red couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up.

"You!" The girl who was being talked about wanted to refute, but she didn't know how to start. What she said was indeed the truth, and she didn't have that much ability.

"No matter what, we have to throw one person into the candle room, otherwise we will all die." The man with glasses sitting farthest away pushed his glasses and said.

After he said this, everyone fell silent again, trying to reduce their presence as much as possible.

There were twelve of them when they came in, but after several nights, there were only eight left. Among those people, only one was killed by the werewolf, and the others were thrown out by them.

At present, the man with glasses is the highest level. He can check some information about the deceased at the time of death. He also has the greatest ability, so the others believe what he says.

"Youjie, aren't you able to know some information about the deceased's death? What did you know this time?" another boy asked him.

The man in glasses pushed his glasses up again and said solemnly, "No big gains. The only thing we can be sure of from the death is that Yin Qing was killed by a werewolf."

When he had touched the body of the deceased before, the system had indicated that he had been killed by a werewolf, and there were no other indications.

When they heard no useful hints, several people lowered their heads in despair.

"This is the second person the werewolf has killed in three days. Today is the third night. One of them must be thrown out, otherwise that thing will kill us all!"

"Tick-tick-tick-" Suddenly, a clear and drawn-out sound came from the stairs on the first floor.

Several people stared at the staircase with their eyes wide open and nervousness tense. The sound of footsteps getting closer and closer was like a hand pulling at their heartstrings, controlling their heartbeats.

In the dim environment, it was impossible to see clearly who was coming. "Oh!" It was not until she said a word that everyone's tense nerves relaxed in an instant.

Ruan Jiyan, who was eating melons while going upstairs, felt her legs go weak and tripped over something, nearly falling. She carefully picked up the thing that tripped her and continued to go upstairs.

Finally, everyone saw her face clearly under the candlelight. She had long light pink hair that covered half of her face. She was wearing a black evening dress and a pair of black high heels on her white feet. She looked extraordinary, noble and elegant, which was out of place in the current environment. If you didn't know her, you would think she was on vacation.

Seven people entered a state of defense. In this environment, is it really difficult to determine whether she is a human?

If she was a human, how did she escape the werewolf's capture and get in? Moreover, there was thick fog outside the building. If someone wanted to get in from the outside, unless they were a high-level god, they would get lost outside and be killed.

Her aura is very strong, and everyone's hearts have begun to panic. If this thing is a person, then she must have reached a high level. If she is not a person, then the seven of them will die here together tonight.

Finally, she walked to the table and her entire body came into everyone's sight.

They all looked at the level icon above her head.

No level is displayed???

In this game, there are only two types of people whose levels are not displayed: low-level noobs or high-level masters. However, there are very few high-level masters, and those who have reached a high level would like to weld the level icon on their heads so that they can show it at any time, which not only brings them traffic, but also countless admirers.

"How... did you get in?" The girl who was extremely excited before had now completely forgotten her fear and asked her.

Ruan Jiyan said calmly, "I don't know. I was outside the door when I woke up."

???

How is it possible that the werewolf didn't notice her?

Seeing everyone's puzzled looks, Ruan Jiyan explained: "I knocked on the door, but no one opened it. I was really scared outside, so I pushed the door open and came in."

At this time, the big pendulum clock on the first floor of the castle rang, and the sound of "dong dong dong" struck the tense nerves of several people. It was already eight o'clock in the evening. If they couldn't throw the ball in ten more hours, and no one entered the candle room when the werewolf came back, they would all die.

"Hurry, we have to vote quickly, otherwise we will die here." You Jie didn't even bother to look at Ruan Ji Yan, he just stared intently at the piece of white paper in his hand.

Sure enough, after hearing You Jie say this, several people started staring at the papers in their hands with sullen faces.

Seeing that they ignored her, Ruan Ji Yan didn't care. She just took out the things that were stuck on her and put them on the table, then walked to the empty seat at the end of the long table and sat down.

The things in their hands were placed on the table with a dull sound, and everyone raised their heads again.

They exchanged eye contact, as if they had something stuck in their necks that they wanted to say but didn't want to speak first.

"This... where did you get it from?" You Jie asked her while pretending to be calm.

Ruan Jiyan saw him pointing at the dark, bony hand bone on the table, and said calmly, "I just picked it up at the stairs. It tripped me, so I picked it up."

She said this calmly as if she was answering what she had for breakfast today, but when people heard her say this, they lost their composure and the expressions on their faces were very interesting, with shock, fear, and more of disbelief.

This ghost hand is arguably the most powerful creature in this building besides the werewolf, and she... just brought it in front of them like this?

"You did it. Was it really you?" the woman in red asked with a trembling voice.

Ruan Jiyan could see that she was so scared that she was out of her mind, otherwise why would she ask such an unnecessary question? Was there anyone else who came up from the first floor besides her?

But they don't seem to know that dungeon NPCs like Ghost Hand and Werewolf can be killed. Could it be that they have survived by avoiding NPCs and hurting teammates?

In order to avoid exposing her incompatibility from the beginning, Ruan Jiyan could only try to find new words in a tactful way.

"It wasn't me, it did it." Ruan Jiyan pointed to the cross on her chest. She really didn't know how to explain it, so she started talking nonsense.

Anyway, the system asked her to hide her strength, so why not just put the blame on the system?

Normally, no one would believe such nonsense and would think she was a psychopath. However, You Jie stared at the cross on her chest with wide eyes and asked sincerely and doubtfully, "Didn't you kill him?"

In this game, normal people are the most abnormal ones, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why they were drawn into this game.

"Of course not, it really was it that did it! Do you want me to let it demonstrate it to you again?" She was the one who cleaned up the hand, but seeing these people's expressions as if they had seen a ghost, she didn't know what they would do if they knew that the ghost hand was solved by them, so in order not to expose herself so quickly, she decided to keep it secret.

A boy who had been silent from the beginning couldn't help but speak: "It must be very difficult to get rid of the ghost hand so easily... It must be some very high-level prop." He looked at the cross on Ruan Jiyan's chest and began to analyze.

Was it this woman who did it, deceiving them, or was it really the cross that was nothing special that did it?

If it was really made by the cross, then this woman is no ordinary person. A portable item can kill the second-level dangerous NPC in this instance, so its owner must be a big boss.

He simply couldn't believe why such a powerful boss would come to the Novice Village to play such a low-level dungeon.

Are the big guys nowadays so idle that they want to come to the Novice Village to experience life?

Not to mention him, even the most powerful You Jie here couldn't help but wonder, who is this girl who suddenly broke in front of him?

The woman who was startled at the beginning no longer cared whether others would vote for her. She pointed at the ghost hand on the table, then pointed at Ruan Jiyan, and shouted sharply: "The ghost hand has been taken, the werewolf will definitely not let her go!"

Then he started to go crazy again: "It has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me, I don't know her, she did it all by herself!"

The woman in red walked up to her, held her down, and covered her mouth to prevent her from making any sound.

"She is mentally ill. Think of a solution quickly, otherwise we may all die here tonight!" The woman in red said sharply while the woman who was held down sobbed and struggled.

The boy who had yelled at her before followed her lead and spoke again: "Be quiet, she said she didn't kill him, and the werewolf couldn't find anything on her. She's not in a hurry, so why are you so excited?"

Ruan Jiyan looked a little strange. Are these people so naive? They believe everything she says. This is a bit too naive.

The woman did not calm down because of what he said. She still stared at Ruan Jiyan with wide eyes and trembled all over.

Ruan Jiyan just watched their every move calmly. She was observing these people.

Seeing that she didn't react, You Jie had a bold guess in his mind, maybe she was... Although she looked calm, she seemed confused about what they said and did.

"Put your evil hand back, go back to your room and take a shower. Remember to wash it thoroughly to get rid of all the smell on your body. Then lock the doors and windows, hide under the quilt and don't make any noise." Afraid that she would really be as he guessed, You Jie gave her some friendly hints.

Originally, after voting, the voted people had to enter the Candle Hall to accept the death penalty. The punisher was the Ghost Hand, but the Ghost Hand was already dead, so they didn't have to vote anymore.

Because no one went to the candle room today, and the ones who died were all this woman who suddenly appeared.

He did not trick the woman into the candle room, first because he did not dare to take the risk, there are two mysteries about the identity of this woman. Either she is too low-ranking to show her rank, or she is very high-ranking and a big boss, and she took the initiative to hide her rank.

This woman behaves more like the former, but her props are obviously those of the latter. You Jie cannot risk deceiving her. If she is really a big shot, she will definitely kill him when she reacts.

Then they each went back to their houses with candles, and the crazy woman was also covered with her mouth and brought into the house by the two women.

Two seconds later, You Jie came out of the house and found Ruan Ji Yan still at the long table. He looked at the table and her hands and saw no trace of the ghost hand, so he thought she had put it back.

Then he lit another candle and handed it to her, leading her to the door of the room.

"You stay here first, this is..." He was still thinking about how to tactfully say that the previous occupant of this room had died, when he heard Ruan Jiyan simply say thank you.

He stood there in a daze, not understanding what she said.

Ruan Jiyan wanted to close the door, but found that he had been standing there motionless. So she raised her hand and waved it in front of his eyes, and he responded, "Oh, then you should rest first." She thought he was possessed.

After walking into the house and looking around, Ruan Jiyan realized what he wanted to say. He just wanted to tell her that someone had lived here, but died one night.

This building is very retro, and the overall feeling is that of a European castle from the last century. Ruan Jiyan thinks that Halloween activities are very suitable to be held here.

After taking a look, Ruan Jiyan walked into the bathroom holding a candle. Even if You Jie hadn't reminded her, she would have taken a good bath. She had been walking outside all day and was already covered in sweat.

The faint candlelight flickered, casting a shadow of the woman on the wall. She gently waved her hands, her movements leisurely and casual. In the tense and panic atmosphere of the building, she seemed particularly leisurely and calm, with a demeanor of making the best of it.

The house was extremely quiet, but there was movement outside.