"So, the boss and the others are actually ghosts too? Just a bit more sophisticated than the ones we see in the vegetable garden?"
The words Mu Chen spoke to them early in the morning led everyone to unconsciously fill in many blanks in their minds.
People who disappear on rainy nights every year;
This dilapidated hotel is completely isolated from human communication.
A demon roaming near the hotel...
Soon, guided by Mu Chen's ambiguous words, the players began to think about many things.
"Yes, it was a bustling hotel decades ago, which explains why the owner has many old items in the shop. During power outages, they could only provide candles instead of preparing diesel fuel and portable generators. And that explains why the kitchen is so retro, without even a refrigerator."
Originally, the players planned to go directly to the vegetable garden to take a look, but after listening to Mu Chen talk about many "legends" early in the morning, they decided to go upstairs first to digest the information and integrate their thoughts.
Julian nodded: "Yes, if they aren't evil spirits, then it makes sense why they took us in."
"Imagine, what if one day a serial killer suddenly appears near the hotel, specifically targeting lone travelers on rainy days? How much psychological trauma would that cause the hotel owner?"
After listening to him say so much, Hu Yue also put forward her own thoughts: "This hotel, including the owner, may have been slaughtered by some evil spirit decades ago."
However, for some reason, the evil spirits could not enter this place, and the couple who owned the place, now ghosts, were afraid of the evil spirits outside and never dared to go out.
But every year, for various reasons, tourists appear near the hotel. Fearing for the safety of these tourists, the vendors pretend to be alive and continue operating their shops, offering shelter to lost and alone travelers.
...
Hmm... I knew it! The businesswoman was so nice before, how could she suddenly become a bad guy like this?
[As expected of my favorite couple, they're both such good people! Tears welling up~~]
[So there was another evil spirit outside! This NPC was hiding really well!]
[Thinking about how fierce that demon was last night, our businesswoman doesn't look like someone who's that intimidating. You're all just guessing!]
[Waaaaah, am I guilty? I suspected the merchant girl was a bad person from the start, I was wrong! The game developers did this on purpose!]
[Yeah, yeah, the game designers are really something. They tried to shift the blame onto the merchant girl right from the start, with such obvious hints—did they really think we'd fall for it?!]
...
Mingmei had just woken up in the morning when she saw through Lu Xiaoyao's live stream that everyone's impression of her had changed rapidly, like a rocket.
Bright and beautiful: ? ? ?
"woke up?"
Mu Chen came in from outside carrying a bowl of porridge, and saw Mingmei sitting on the bed with a confused look on her face.
"Hmm...did something happen this morning?"
Mingmei turned to look at Mu Chen, and then thought of the comments in the live stream. Why was this so different from what she had guessed?
Shouldn't this be... Is she about to be exposed?
She had planned everything out: if everyone discovered her true identity, she would then go on a rampage to scare them all away, allowing her to hunt them down openly and without restraint. But—
Bright and beautiful: ?
Is her acting really that bad? Was it obvious from the beginning that she wasn't a good person?
Also, what are evil spirits? What are those things?
"Ah, I told them a legend this morning."
Knowing it was Mu Chen's mischievous nature that had caused the trouble, Mingmei still understood one thing after hearing what Mu Chen had said to the players that morning—
You'll always be the villain.
This is just messing with the players' mentality!
Finally, Mu Chen added, "To be honest, I wasn't lying. This legend has been circulating down the mountain for years. As a neutral NPC who leans towards the players, I think I did a decent job of warning them. I told them not to go out during thunderstorms, or they'd get killed. What did I do wrong?"
"without……"
After Mingmei finished speaking, she still felt that something was off about what Mu Chen had said!
"But by doing this, you're making it seem like you're clearing my name, making it seem like I'm the good guy~"
Mingmei took the vegetable porridge that Mu Chen handed her, tilted her head, and said with a hint of wickedness, "If my identity is completely revealed at the last moment, not only will they cry, but our actions will probably be blamed on the game company. Then the trending topic about the game company's inhumane behavior will definitely go viral again. My uncle will come after us again."
Mu Chen chuckled at this, but didn't seem to care at all. He simply looked at her and said, "I just hope you don't feel guilty."
Mingmei paused slightly as she held the porridge, sighing inwardly.
[Gui Gui, is my acting really that bad? How did Mu Chen see that I had any psychological burden?]
[Host, your emotional fluctuations in this game have been quite dramatic. At the beginning, you were resistant to the mission, but then you became increasingly excited. Do you know how obvious the wicked glint in your eyes is when you mention killing players? It's not hard to see, is it?]
Mingmei: "..."
Gui Gui's answer made Ming Mei look up again and meet the eyes of the person in front of her, but Mu Chen immediately reached out and covered her eyes with his palm.
Mu Chen's soft voice rang in her ears: "This is just a game, don't feel guilty. And don't be afraid that your image in their eyes will be ruined. I've done everything I can for you, just keep your true identity from being discovered by them."
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