An hour and a half ago, on the second floor.
Zhou Jianbin was immersed in a deep dream, surrounded by tranquility.
However, a sudden sound of flowing water, like a ghost quietly awakening in the night, abruptly pulled him back to reality from the embrace of sleep.
At first, the sudden noise only made Zhou Jianbin frown. He impatiently covered his head and wondered to himself, "Did he forget to turn off the tap after using the toilet before going to bed?"
He was deep in sleep and wanted to turn over and continue to drift off to sleep, but the sound of flowing water seemed to have some kind of magic, becoming clearer and more urgent, like whispers in the dark night, constantly teasing Zhou Jianbin's sensitive nerves.
Finally, Zhou Jianbin could no longer suppress his irritation. His face was so gloomy it seemed like water could drip from it. He barely opened his heavy eyelids, but the world before him was still blurry. Only the echoing sound of water was clear enough to make one's heart pound.
"Damn, this is so annoying!"
Zhou Jianbin cursed under his breath, dragging his heavy steps toward the bathroom. As he pushed open the door, a chilling aura rushed out, a stark contrast to the warmth inside, making him shiver involuntarily.
Just as Zhou Jianbin was about to step forward to check the faucet, a gust of wind blew by, and with a 'bang,' the bathroom door was slammed shut.
At that moment, Zhou Jianbin became fully awake. A sudden chill ran through him, and an ominous premonition arose within him. He immediately turned around and rushed to the closed door, frantically pressing the handle.
Even though he had almost pulled the doorknob off, the door in front of him showed no sign of opening.
Zhou Jianbin felt a chill run down his spine, his hair standing on end.
"No, no... This is a safe house, how could there be danger inside a safe house!" Zhou Jianbin stammered, kicking the door as he did so.
But he seemed to have forgotten that he had indeed come for the safe house, but the rules around him changed the moment he stepped into the villa.
No one ever said that this was a safe house!
At the same time, Zhou Jianbin suddenly stopped trying to break down the door. The sticky feeling under his feet made him realize something. Zhou Jianbin turned around abruptly, and as he turned, a long sword appeared in his palm, the tip pointing straight ahead.
In the dark bathroom, the dripping sound never stopped. Blood flowed from the faucet, and large amounts of red blood overflowed, flowing onto the floor, some even reaching Zhou Jianbin's feet.
At this moment, Zhou Jianbin didn't care at all. He held up his sword and stared nervously at the ghostly figure in the mirror.
The other person's body was twisted in an extremely unnatural way, while they were tightly gripping a cleaver that was as long as an arm's length. The blade gleamed with a chilling light in the reflection of the mirror.
What's even more terrifying is that the ghostly figure's face is none other than the butler who was so polite to them just a few hours ago. Now, however, he wears an extremely eerie smile, and upon seeing Zhou Jianbin, he raises his knife and grins sinisterly.
Zhou Jianbin's heart pounded instantly, almost leaping out of his chest.
He understood almost instantly why the butler had suddenly come to kill him.
Wrong! You selected all the wrong ones!
This is not a safe house, and you have to participate in the game. Players who don't participate will be hunted down by the butler, just like you are now.
Having thought this through, Zhou Jianbin understood everything.
He grinned maliciously and pulled out the props from his backpack.
If you want to kill me, then come on!
Five minutes later, the bathroom looked as if it had been ravaged by a storm, now completely dilapidated. The butler held a bloodstained cleaver, a small piece of flesh still hooked on the tip, before it disappeared into the mirror.
On the ground, Zhou Jianbin, dismembered and staring wide-eyed, his resentment almost tangible...
At the same time, the five players who were still on the second floor were attacked almost simultaneously.
Freed from the constraints of rules, the butler acted with complete freedom, his clones almost covering the five players. Some were beheaded while still asleep, while others were awakened and chose to fight back.
Without exception, everyone ultimately met their fate of being killed.
Duan Qingqing was already unable to fall asleep because of her timidity, and when the butler suddenly appeared from the ceiling, she happened to make eye contact with him.
Both sides were stunned for a moment, and then the butler raised the cleaver and chopped down. Duan Qingqing screamed and rolled off the bed to the ground to avoid the blow.
Immediately afterwards, she took out the hallucinogenic device she had been holding tightly in her hand and threw it at the butler. Taking advantage of the butler's dazed expression, she scrambled and hid in the closet.
This is a one-time use purple item that Duan Qingqing specifically uses to save her life in emergencies. The item is indeed useful; if Duan Qingqing hadn't hidden in the wrong place, the butler really wouldn't have been able to find her.
Just as Duan Qingqing was holding her breath, hugging her legs, and shivering in the corner of the cabinet, two red lights suddenly lit up in the darkness.
In this quiet, almost eerie atmosphere, an untimely yet unusually clear laugh suddenly entered Duan Qingqing's ears.
"Hehehe... I see you." The laughter was crisp and eerie, with a touch of cruel innocence, which made Duan Qingqing's expression freeze instantly.
Her eyes widened as she realized that a rag doll had appeared in front of her. The doll was like a miniature puppet, lifelike, with two large eyes that were moving wildly in their sockets and a wide grin on its lips.
Oh no!
Before Duan Qingqing could think it through, another deep voice, like thunder in the dark night, suddenly boomed in her ear through the cabinet door: "I saw you too!"
"Aaaaaah!!!!"
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The team that finished the Four Corners Game first wasn't because they were better than Xiao Jin and the others, but because of that group of four, only one was left alive.
With only one person remaining, the game cannot continue, and the system will automatically pass by default.
The only player who survived was just lucky!
After coming out, Guo Kai didn't want to stay on the third floor for a moment longer, so he quickly scrambled downstairs. But when he saw the miserable state of the five players down there, he became even more frightened.
He's still hiding in his room, trembling!
As for Yunye, he was at a crucial stage in the game and had no idea what was happening outside.
Back in the room, Xiao Jin sat on the bed to rest. The rewards for the 'Four Corners Game' hadn't been distributed yet; the system would probably only give them out after the single-player version was also completed.
Seeing that it was almost time, Xiao Jin went into the bathroom and locked the door. She first checked the candles and matches. The game had some integrity in this regard and wouldn't set a trap for the players, but it was better to be safe than sorry.
As she counted the time, Xiao Jin's ears suddenly twitched. She seemed to hear footsteps and exclamations outside the corridor.
Although it was quite far away, and the exclamation only lasted for a second before disappearing, Xiao Jin heard it very clearly.
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