He and Tang Mianmian exchanged a glance. Before they could discuss more details, the female university student, Lu Si'er, suddenly suggested, "Shall we go to the room of that puppet from yesterday?"
"No! It's too dangerous!"
"How can this damn place not be dangerous? I say, we should go and take a look!"
"That guy was killed yesterday for stealing a toy axe. What if we..."
"Then why don't you just stop interfering?"
After some discussion, everyone decided to go and take a look.
Xiao Tangqiu originally wanted to pull Tang Mianmian and part ways with this group of people, but when he heard that they wanted to go back to the puppet's room to take a look, he changed his mind and decided to go with them.
Shen Yuan and his group actually went along as well. The large group moved their position in a mighty manner and arrived at the puppet room on the first floor.
When we reached the door of the room, no one dared to go in first, and everyone looked at each other.
Xiao Tangqiu also glanced at Shen Yuan, but Shen Yuan still had a cold and lonely look on his face.
He sighed, took the initiative to step forward and push the door open. The room was still as gloomy and weird as before, but there seemed to be some differences. Everyone looked at the puppet on the cabinet first - the puppet's posture holding the axe had changed again. When they left the room before, the axe was still raised above the head, but now it seemed to have returned to the original posture, and the puppet put the axe down again.
This posture doesn't seem so scary, but it's even more scary, because this time not only the puppet's cute little shoes are stained with blood, but even its beautiful little skirt is stained with bright red blood, and the blood is in a spurting state, making it easy to imagine how the blood got on there.
Xiao Tangqiu frowned and looked over, only to discover that the blood didn't seem to have been splattered from outside. Instead, it looked like a pattern that had been on the skirt from the beginning, completely blending in with the skirt.
Just as everyone was shuddering, Tang Mianmian shouted again: "Fuck! Look at the wall!"
Everyone looked up at the same time and was surprised to find two portraits of Lili Marlene hanging on the wall of the room!
Xiao Tangqiu was stunned for a moment, then quickly recalled. He was sure that there was only one portrait of Lili Marlene in this room last night, and all rooms only had one portrait, but this room had two...
"Could it be taken from the dead guy's room?" Lu Si'er's voice trembled slightly.
No one could answer her question.
Everyone left the room with a heavy heart.
It was not until this moment that they clearly realized that the man who was still alive and kicking in front of them yesterday was dead. Although many people felt that the thief deserved to die, they couldn't help but feel sad for the other man.
Just as they were discussing where to look for clues to leave next, Xiao Tangqiu pulled Tang Mianmian away and parted ways with them.
The middle-aged man was very surprised and seemed to want to advise: "There is safety in numbers. Even if you are experienced players, you can't be so arrogant!"
Xiao Tangqiu frowned slightly and was about to refuse, but at this moment, Shen Yuan and his group turned around and left. Of course, the newcomers didn't dare to say anything about their departure without saying goodbye. They could only stare at them. After the four of them left, the other four old players also left together.
Seeing this, Xiao Tangqiu pulled Tang Mianmian without hesitation to catch up with Shen Yuan and his group, leaving the middle-aged man behind.
——What a joke, who wants to fight with a bunch of newbies? Of course, I want to cling to the thighs of the masters and ask for help!
Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian followed Shen Yuan and his group to the restaurant on the first floor. Shen Yuan stopped and looked up at the portrait of Lili Marlene across the long table, which was directly opposite the main seat.
Xiao Tangqiu also looked at it curiously. It seemed to be the largest portrait of Lili Marlene in the entire castle. The painting was life-size and the painting was the most realistic. It looked okay from a distance, but if you stared at it for a long time, it looked more and more like a real person, which was very strange.
"Boss, what should we do next?" The man in the windbreaker asked Shen Yuan casually while playing with the scalpel.
Shen Yuan stared at the painting for a while before saying calmly, "Search all the rooms again today to see if we can find Lepnobet's room. We'll go to the town tomorrow to check."
"A small town?" The cold girl frowned slightly, "Brother Chen, are you talking about the 'Dimon Town' that the housekeeper mentioned?"
Xiao Tangqiu quickly remembered that when they first arrived at the castle, the housekeeper did mention that there was a small town called Dimon not far away. Once, a demon wreaked havoc there and burned the town down. A saint stepped forward and put out the fire at the cost of her own life. Later, Lepnobet sculpted a statue of the saint, which is the "Virgin Fountain" at the entrance of the castle.
"Isn't that a legend? Do you think it's true?" He couldn't help but ask, "What devil, what saint? How is that possible..."
He paused as he spoke. Of course, this was impossible in the real world, but the problem was that this wasn't the real world! In this world, demons could indeed exist!
The man in the windbreaker glanced at Xiao Tangqiu. His eyes seemed to flash with a mixture of contempt and pity. His expression was very complicated. Before Xiao Tangqiu could figure it out, Shen Yuan said coldly, "Let's go to Dimeng Town tomorrow and see if it's true."
"But..." Xiao Tangqiu hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but continue, "Can we still go out? Logically speaking, shouldn't we be unable to leave this castle?" In their previous copy, they could no longer get out after entering the Yun Mansion!
The man in the windbreaker raised his eyebrows and smiled. "Isn't this perfect? If we can't get out, it proves there's no need for us to explore that town, because there are no valuable plot clues there. But if we can get out, then it proves that we must go to that town."
Xiao Tangqiu suddenly realized that there was such a thing! These people were indeed veteran players!
He and Tang Mianmian looked at each other and asked again, "Can we go with you?"
"Why are you going with us? To hold us back?" the man in the windbreaker asked with a smile.
"We won't hold you back," Xiao Tangqiu said seriously, "The two of us will make all preparations, including psychological preparation. If we encounter danger, we don't need you to rescue us, nor do we expect you to help us." In this world full of dangers, no one has the obligation to help them, and he will never entrust his life and death to others.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
