Hearing the noise, Xia picked up a vase. As long as there was any unusual movement, the porcelain with ugly patterns would immediately hit the other person's head.

She had been in the hotel for some time.

When Lu Ban and Trist suddenly disappeared, Xia realized that there might be something on this island that was difficult to explain with common sense.

She walked for a while longer before she reached the hotel through the fog.

There was nothing in the hotel. There was no trace of people, no written or photographic material. It was completely empty. It seemed as if the owner had been chased by something and fled away, leaving no clues behind.

Xia explored the first floor and then went to the second floor.

She opened the doors of each room one by one, but apart from the quilt and pillows, there was nothing else of note.

Finally, Shia arrived at the room at the end of the corridor.

She pushed open the door and everything inside was the same as usual.

But Xia always felt that something was wrong in this house.

She went to the third floor and conducted the investigation again in the same way. Only then did Xia finally discover the problem.

The bed arrangement in the room at the end of the corridor on the second floor is different from that in other rooms.

Although there are still the same furniture, the different arrangement creates an illusion of space.

She immediately went back to the second floor and to the door of the room at the end of the corridor.

Xiaya pushed the door open and compared the layout of the next door, and found that it was indeed different.

As for why there is such a difference, Xia guessed that there might be something hidden here.

She looked around the room, first getting down on her hands and kneeling, checking under the bed.

Nothing at all.

Xia reached out to the shadow under the bed and touched it.

No dust, no stains.

This is actually the abnormality.

If someone's house is spotlessly clean even under the bed, there is a high probability that the person is either a pervert or has a ghost.

The environment of this kind of hotel makes it impossible to clean it so thoroughly.

Therefore, the cleanliness of this place may make people feel suspicious.

Boom——

Xia heard a crash behind her.

She immediately got up and listened carefully, and found that the sound should come from outside the door.

I don't know when the door closed. Xia looked at it and lowered her breathing.

Suddenly, Xia noticed that the door handle was turning slowly, as if someone outside was twisting it.

Xia's heartbeat suddenly quickened.

Who else would be in this hotel now?

She had just confirmed that there was no one else in the room and no one had entered the hotel during this period of time. The identity of the visitor was very suspicious.

Reaching out, Xia picked up the vase on the desk. The thick fog outside the window made everything gray and the scenery unclear.

She was waiting behind the door, and if anyone came in, Xia would definitely not show mercy.

She had even thought it through. She planned to use the vase to hit the opponent's head first, and then subdue him with the fighting techniques she had learned.

In a moment, a dozen possible futures appeared in her mind.

Crunch——

The door handle reached the end, and Xia saw the door being slowly pushed open.

Through a gap, Xia saw the dark figure.

The next moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and the vase in Xia's hand smashed directly at the other person's head.

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However, just a second before the vase touched the other person's head, Xia discovered that the person who came in was actually Lu Ban.

In a flash, the vase hit Lu Ban's head.

Crash——

The low-quality decorative porcelain suddenly shattered, and Lu Ban's head received a strong impact. In an instant, he collapsed to the ground and lost consciousness.

Xia's hand stopped in mid-air, and for a moment she didn't know what to do.

In a flash, she thought a lot.

"No one entered the hotel just now, but he suddenly appeared. It is very likely that this is not true. If this is false, then my behavior just now was completely correct."

"But if this is true... well, if it is true, then he will definitely forgive me for what I did. After all, in this environment, it is always right to be cautious."

Soon, Xia convinced herself.

She put down the broken vase in her hand, and first used her fingers to feel Lu Ban's breath. After confirming that he was still alive, she felt relieved.

Xia opened Lu Ban's eyelids with her hands and shone the flashlight. She saw that his pupils were still not dilated and it seemed that he had simply fainted.

Xia remained calm.

She looked outside the corridor and didn't see anyone else. She didn't know where Trist was, so she came back to check on Lu Ban's condition.

"There are no obvious external injuries. Apart from the bleeding from the vase hitting his head, there should be no fatal injuries. If you come to me later, I will say it was self-defense..."

When she was thinking about how she would defend herself if she was accused of being a murderer, Lu Ban pointed his finger.

"Are you awake?"

Shia asked gently.

"Why am I lying down?"

Lu Ban was a little confused.

He recalled what had just happened. He received a call from "Amber", then came to the hotel, investigated, and heard a sound coming from the room at the end of the corridor, so he came to check...

Lu Ban has a very strong memory and can remember everything, even if he is not aware of it.

So, he also recalled that he was knocked unconscious by Xia Ya with a vase as soon as he entered the door.

He looked at Shia.

"Uh, I thought it was a monster, so I subconsciously hit it with the vase."

Shia explained, not hiding anything.

"In this environment, I didn't have much time to think, so I just took the initiative."

She said this in a tone of "there's really nothing we can do about it" while holding Lu Ban's hand, as if to say, "If you want to investigate, I'll have something to say to you."

Lu Ban really didn't dare to blame Xiaya. If he put himself in Xiaya's shoes, he would probably do the same thing if he were in the same situation.

"Indeed, you did a good job."

He also had to praise Xia.

"Are you okay?"

Xia looked at Lu Ban's wound, took out a pack of tissues from her pocket and handed it to Lu Ban.

“Still alive.”

Lu Ban took out a tissue and wiped the painful area on his head. When he took it back, it was covered in dark red blood.

"I shouldn't be killed by my teammates, right?"

He sighed, his consciousness was still clear.

"How did you get here?"

Xia didn't hear clearly what Lu Ban said, so she asked.

"I walked here like this, and I saw that you all disappeared, so I kept walking towards the hotel, and here I am... By the way, I was just looking through the records on the first floor and found something."

Lu Ban immediately told Xia about the accommodation records he had seen.

"Zou Changyu and his wife came here ten years ago when their child died... Could this have anything to do with the jade pendant?"

Xia fell into thought.

Just then, there was a crash from the next room.

The familiar collision sound immediately caught the attention of both people.

Xiaya and Lu Ban looked at each other, then they stood up and walked carefully to the corridor.

The door next door was open.

However, the inside was not as ordinary as Xia had checked before, but some terrifying scenes appeared.

On the bed, there was a skeleton with most of the body eaten away, and there were some scattered bones on the ground. In front of the desk, a person was lying on the ground, covered in blood.

That was Drizzt.