"Wow, there are so many rooms. Can we pick any of them?" Xiao Tangqiu turned and asked the housekeeper.
The housekeeper nodded slightly. "The third to fifth floors are all empty guest rooms. You can choose any you like... But please remember one thing: once you choose a room, you cannot easily exchange it with others."
"You can't easily switch rooms with someone else?" the man in the windbreaker asked with a grin. "...Then what would happen if you did?"
The housekeeper looked at everyone with cloudy eyes, a strange smile on her lips, but she didn't say anything.
Xiao Tangqiu was so shocked by her laughter that he felt his whole body go numb and he quickly memorized this piece of knowledge.
"One last thing. Before midnight, you can move freely in the castle—except for the attic. But after midnight, you must stay in your room and cannot leave." The housekeeper said in a low voice.
Now no one asked what would happen if they went out at night, and everyone fell silent at the same time. Although the newcomers were still a little confused, they kept their distance for the time being.
"Please choose your room and someone will come to notify you when dinner time comes."
The housekeeper disappeared after saying her last words, leaving everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.
This castle is huge, and the corridors stretch as far as the eye can see. There are dozens of rooms on the second floor alone, and with the third, fourth, and fifth floors, there are probably more than a hundred rooms... How do the servants know which room they live in?
Just when Xiao Tangqiu was wondering, the man in the windbreaker had already walked straight towards the first room. He obviously picked a room at random, pushed open the door and walked in.
The man in the windbreaker was so fast that the door closed before anyone could see what was inside. Then, the two girls next to Shen Yuan exchanged glances, and one of them asked Shen Yuan, "Captain, which room do you want to choose?"
Shen Yuan said calmly, "Whatever."
Although Xiao Tangqiu was not sensitive to sounds, he still heard a familiar taste in Shen Yuan's voice - there might be two people in this world who look very similar, but would they also voice similar?
Xiao Tangqiu looked at Shen Yuan steadily, but Shen Yuan did not turn back. He chose a room diagonally opposite the man in the windbreaker and pushed the door open nonchalantly... From beginning to end, he did not even glance at Xiao Tangqiu, not even a glance at her.
Xiao Tangqiu frowned slightly and became a little shaken. Could it be that they just looked and sounded a little similar?
Seeing that Shen Yuan had also chosen a room, the two girls also picked a room hand in hand - surprisingly, it was also diagonally opposite Shen Yuan's room.
Someone was the first to try it, and then others began to choose rooms. For some reason, no one chose a room next to or directly opposite others. The four old players lived in two rooms, and the ten newcomers also lived in two rooms - except for the mother and son.
Xiao Tangqiu didn't know why the middle-aged woman was so bold. Generally, in horror games, those who dared to leave the group and act alone were basically heading for death. He hesitated for a moment and wanted to persuade the middle-aged woman to follow the main group, but he had just taken a few steps when the middle-aged woman immediately stared at Xiao Tangqiu with a vigilant look: "What do you want to do?"
Xiao Tangqiu tried to put on a kind smile: "I think you should share a room with the others. It's safer that way."
The middle-aged woman stared at Xiao Tangqiu warily: "How do I know if you are kidnappers? What if you want to kidnap my son?"
Xiao Tangqiu smiled bitterly. Although he was not a very kind person, he could not bear to watch the mother and son die inexplicably before they could figure out the situation. However, before he could open his mouth to persuade them, the boy who had been held down by the middle-aged woman suddenly broke free and ran to the end of the corridor.
"Stop right there! Son! Son!" Seeing this, the middle-aged woman hurriedly chased after him.
Although the naughty kid was full of energy, he was caught by the middle-aged woman before he could run a few steps. The middle-aged woman picked up the kid and dragged him into a room in the middle of the corridor.
Seeing this, Xiao Tangqiu could only shake his head helplessly and randomly picked a room with Tang Mianmian.
After entering the room, Tang Mianmian immediately asked Xiao Tangqiu curiously: "Where did you get this flashlight? Why haven't I seen it before?"
Xiao Tangqiu casually threw the nuclear flashlight to Tang Mianmian, and then told her about the live broadcast room: "...This should be an ordinary flashlight, nothing special."
He began to look around the room. The room was quite large, with a bathroom and toilet, and a large bed in the middle, probably enough for three or four people to lie down. The decoration and furnishings were nice, but there were no electronic devices, let alone a TV or computer, not even a telephone... And the worst thing was that there were no windows or electric lights. The only light source was a candlestick on the bedside table with a burning candle in it.
There was a painting hanging on the wall opposite the bed, which was the portrait of Lili Marlene.
Xiao Tangqiu looked at the portrait in the flickering candlelight and found it more and more creepy. However, he did not dare to take the painting down easily, so he could only turn around and face away from the painting.
"Using candles for lighting is really not environmentally friendly. Once they burn out, you have to manually replace the candles. It's such a hassle," Xiao Tangqiu complained with a wry smile. "It's also a safety hazard. What if we accidentally start a fire? This castle is full of flammable materials and it's located in a remote area. I'm afraid one candle could be the end of it."
Tang Mianmian suddenly raised her head and looked at Xiao Tangqiu with great interest: "This is a true nuclear flashlight!"
Xiao Tangqiu frowned, realizing that things were not simple: "Ah?"
"Look!" Tang Mianmian raised the flashlight to show Xiao Tangqiu the battery part he had just removed, but there was no battery at all!
"This thing doesn't even have batteries. It can't be a solar-powered flashlight, right? It seems this flashlight really is the legendary artifact, a nuclear-powered flashlight!"
Xiao Tangqiu thought about it and had to admit that a flashlight that didn't require batteries seemed really useful in horror games.
"Fuck!" Tang Mianmian's face suddenly turned pale, and she stared at the back of Xiao Tangqiu in amazement.
Xiao Tangqiu noticed that Tang Mianmian's expression was very frightened. He was stunned for a moment and turned around quickly, but he saw nothing - there was only a wall behind him with a painting hanging on it.
"What's wrong?!"
Tang Mianmian opened her mouth and squeezed out a few words after a long while: "Fuck! I just seemed to...see the person in the painting...looking at you..."
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