Hearing Xiao Tangqiu's words, the young man exploded: "Don't you know what happened? This morning I took a few people out to find a way to leave, but... the result..."
A look of fear appeared on his face, and no one knew what he had seen: "They are all dead... all dead... I am the only one who escaped... I am the only one left!"
Xiao Tangqiu's heart sank suddenly. Are all the others who left with this guy dead?
Tang Mianmian asked, "What did you see at that time?"
The young man suddenly trembled with fear, clearly unwilling to recall the scene. He turned to accuse Xiao Tangqiu and the others: "... You must have known what was out there... Why didn't you stop us then! If you had stopped us, so many people wouldn't have died! I wouldn't have lost a hand! So many people died! Those people were killed by you!"
It was not until this time that Xiao Tangqiu discovered that the young man's right sleeve was empty. He was indeed missing an arm, but perhaps because the bandage was applied to stop the bleeding in time, he was lucky enough to save his life.
Listening to this guy's indiscriminate accusations, he almost laughed out of anger: "Didn't I stop you at the time? It's obviously you who don't believe me!"
The young man said excitedly, "If you had told us the consequences, we wouldn't have risked our lives! You knew what was outside the castle! Why didn't you tell us?"
Xiao Tangqiu never expected that all this could be blamed on him. It was like a pot had fallen from the sky and landed precisely on his head. Just when he was speechless, Shen Yuan suddenly spoke. He said a few words calmly: "You asked for death, you deserve it."
The young man was obviously about to explode with anger, but as soon as he met Shen Yuan's eyes, he immediately deflated like a balloon punctured by a needle. He instantly became timid and didn't even dare to fart.
"Alright, alright, everyone calm down. There's no need to argue right now. Don't let things get out of hand," the middle-aged man said. "Only if we unite can we find a way out. Many hands make light work... Where's that little girl?"
Xiao Tangqiu said calmly, "She's dead."
"She's dead?" The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then revealed a regretful expression, "What a pity, such a beautiful girl."
There were five new people leaving the castle in the morning, four of whom died. Together with Lu Si'er, five people died today.
As of now, there are only thirteen survivors left.
Several people had already died that day, and the ominous number thirteen made Xiao Tangqiu have a bad premonition. Of course, everyone in the hall, except for those few veteran players, all the newcomers had ugly and gloomy expressions.
They didn't even have time to grieve for their dead companions. They were all worried about their current situation, and even more worried about the unpredictable tomorrow - of course, they didn't even know if they would have a tomorrow. Maybe if they fell asleep tonight, they would never have the chance to open their eyes again.
Confusion, fear, terror...all kinds of emotions spread.
Until Duan Hongzhen's nonchalant words broke the silence: "It's almost twelve o'clock, Boss, shouldn't we go back to bed? I'm so sleepy."
Shen Yuan nodded and said calmly, "Let's all go back."
At his command, Duan Hongzhen and the others immediately returned to their rooms. The others also woke up instantly. It was almost twelve o'clock! They had to return to their rooms before twelve o'clock! Otherwise, no one knew what would happen!
With the lessons learned from the previous incidents, they naturally did not dare to do anything out of the ordinary again, and immediately rushed back to their rooms.
Xiao Tangqiu followed Shen Yuan and the others, feeling somewhat hesitant and uneasy. Last night, the candles outside his and Tang Mianmian's rooms had gone out, attracting a monster to chase them. They had been forced to move into Shen Yuan's and Duan Hongzhen's rooms, respectively. So, what should they do tonight? Should they continue to shamelessly stay put?
After returning to the second floor, he immediately ran to check the candle at the door of his and Tang Mianmian's room. However, the candle was still extinguished and had not been relit. Not only that, a scream suddenly came from the front: "The candle at the door of our room is out!"
Xiao Tangqiu looked up and saw that it was the young man who was missing an arm. He was standing at the door of the room with a look of horror on his face, and the candle in front of him was indeed extinguished.
Another candle at the door of a room has gone out!
The young man cried out in disbelief: "How is this possible? It was clearly still burning when we left the room this morning! How could it be out now? Could it be blown out by the wind? This is impossible!" Today's tragic experience made him a frightened bird. Although nothing has happened yet, he is already so frightened that his face is pale and his breathing is rapid.
The middle-aged man and he shared a room, and at this moment, they were the only two survivors in their room. After hearing what the young man said, he immediately cried out in disbelief: "How is this possible? How could the candle be extinguished!"
He immediately looked at the candles at the door of Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian's room, as if he suspected that the two had secretly switched things, but the candles at the door of their room were still extinguished.
"Calm down for a moment," Duan Hongzhen suddenly said, grinning, "and try to relight it with a lighter."
Xiao Tangqiu couldn't help but look at Duan Hongzhen in surprise. Although he didn't know Duan Hongzhen very well, this guy was obviously not the kind of person who was willing to help or care about newcomers. Duan Hongzhen nonchalantly gave him a smile without any smile.
The middle-aged man really took out his lighter and tried to light the candle again with trembling hands. However, no matter how many times he tried, he couldn't light the candle.
The young man suddenly fell into despair: "How could this happen? Why won't it light? Who has a match? Try using a match!"
It couldn't be lit with a lighter, and even with matches it wouldn't be possible. However, the two men were too anxious to care about anything else. They searched their bodies for a long time and asked for matches from everyone. However, few people carried matches with them these days, and they couldn't borrow any from anyone they asked.
The two men were pale and trembling. The middle-aged man, clinging to the last glimmer of hope, asked Duan Hongzhen, "Is there...is there any other way?"
Duan Hongzhen smiled nonchalantly: "How should I know?"
Seeing the middle-aged man's increasingly frightened expression, Duan Hongzhen said with a grin, "Perhaps the only way to light it is with the fire in this castle. Why don't you try using the fire from another candle?"
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