Because the timeline of this game's story is much longer than previous ones, certain periods of time when there is no player activity will pass by in a flash, like blinking an eye and then it's dawn.
Lu Xiaoyao woke up in disbelief after a dreamless night!
Wasn't she crying and screaming earlier, feeling like she wouldn't be able to sleep all night?
How did you fall asleep so easily?
Bai Xiao, on the other hand, immediately threw off the covers upon waking up and nervously examined her entire body, as if trying to confirm something.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you staring at yourself as soon as you wake up?"
Lu Xiaoyao was complaining about the game's mechanic where you close your eyes and it's dawn in no time, when she turned around and saw Bai Xiao nervously touching and looking at her all over, as if something terrible would happen if she slept through the night~
Thinking about it, Lu Xiaoyao's face stiffened, and she looked at Bai Xiao and asked, "Will something really happen? Should I fall asleep?"
This time, Lu Xiaoyao's reaction was surprisingly quick, Bai Xiao thought.
Bai Xiao nodded and told her, "When I bought the boxed lunch yesterday, there was a strange one inside, but its effect was very specific—it could prevent someone from dying once at night. Since it has this function, it means that someone here will probably die at night."
As she finished speaking, Bai Xiao lowered her voice and her face darkened slightly. Her bangs cast a shadow between her eyebrows and eyes, making her look quite eerie. Not to mention, just then a scream suddenly came from outside the house.
"ah!"
The sound startled Lu Xiaoyao so much that she jumped right out of bed.
Bai Xiao had also struck her poses long enough. Upon hearing the noise, she quickly got up, making sure to tuck the dagger into her belt and cover it with her vest.
In comparison, Lu Xiaoyao was a beat slower in dressing and putting on her shoes, and she didn't have any tools with her, appearing very casual, which naturally caused controversy in the live stream:
By the way... our daughter goes to a military academy, right?
"Right? It's the best military academy in the entire empire..."
[How could such a kid appear? Especially compared to the girl next to him... sigh~ they don't even seem to be from the same school!]
[Don't say it, it's a bit heartbreaking. I really suspect she got in through connections!]
Where's the back door? I'd like to go through it too...
[Don't keep saying it's all about connections. Military academies aren't all combat-oriented. Who knows, our kid might be in some logistics or medical unit?]
A group of viewers shifted their attention from the screams outside the door to Lu Xiaoyao's performance, and as a result, some of Lu Xiaoyao's "scandals" gradually began to trend on social media...
However, what the people in the game didn't know was that when Mingmei heard the maid's scream, the gossipy cooks around her also heard the commotion and all left the kitchen, pushing and pulling each other, heading upstairs in the castle, seemingly unafraid of being caught.
And the bright sunshine naturally blended in with the scenery to be seen.
The player's corpse was found disemboweled, with his hands still hanging from the roof beam. His gruesome death and contorted face indicated that he had been subjected to inhumane treatment before his death.
However, this time Gui Gui quickly blurred Ming Mei's face.
[You've managed to make even a stick figure look incredibly convincing.]
Mingmei looked at the stick figure, which should have been a stick-shaped body, but now its torso had become an oval shape, except that its head had been drawn as a sphere.
The small, round head had four words written on it: "Distorted Face".
Inside the oval-shaped torso were eight large characters written: "Disemboweled, no stomach or intestines."
The censorship is also very well done.
【That's right~】Gui Gui was a little smug, feeling that her censoring was really good.
Mingmei didn't even have time to take a second look before she was ushered to the outer circle by the other players who had rushed over to join the fun.
It was only then that Mingmei realized that the deceased was the classmate she had chatted with Zhen Po the day before. She lived alone at night, and now that this had happened, no one knew exactly what had happened.
...
By breakfast time, the remaining six players all looked pale and sickly, except for Lu Xiaoyao.
Breakfast was as lavish as last night's, and with the enthusiastic cook and the eager servants around them, everyone felt that something was amiss.
"No...did someone just die?"
Lu Xiaoyao blinked. When they arrived, the butler, who was there to maintain order, had already ordered the bolder servants to put the body down and cover it with a white sheet.
Even if other players asked to stay and examine the body, they couldn't keep it. Bai Xiao was a bit bolder and even lifted the lid to take a look before the body was moved away. As a result, her expression changed drastically. Seeing her like that, Lu Xiaoyao was glad that she hadn't looked.
"Isn't someone dead? Why aren't these people reacting at all? The butler just told someone to send the body to the church and that's all. He even invited us to dinner. What are we supposed to do now?"
“Since the butler told us to come for breakfast, let’s eat now.” Julian said gently, glancing at the others. They could only nod in agreement; skipping breakfast at this time was not a wise choice.
After all, people have already started dying in the game.
This may only be the beginning; what follows will require physical strength, as more people may die.
Just as everyone was making their own plans, Lu Xiaoyao suddenly stood up and rushed towards the food counter, excitedly shouting to Mingmei, "I want to buy a boxed lunch! I'm so hungry, I want to eat!"
This time she was indeed very fast, and Mingmei didn't even have a chance to open her mouth. However, unfortunately, her loud voice didn't get her any credit.
The system notified Lu Xiaoyao that there are three hours left until her next purchase.
On Mingmei's side, the player panel also showed the exact same countdown.
"Haven't a whole night already passed?" Lu Xiaoyao thought to herself, feeling a bit confused, and blurted out what was on her mind, "Why can the story time in the game be fast-forwarded, but the countdown timer I bought can't be?!"
Why? !
Watching Lu Xiaoyao's face smoothly change from excitement to confusion to pain in one go, Mingmei couldn't help but burst out laughing.
This time, Mingmei's smile wasn't distorted; she simply smiled, and her facial expression actually became normal and lively.
When Guigui recorded this data in the backend, she was so excited that her hands trembled. She immediately took a screenshot, packed up the picture of her bright smile, and sent it out!
However, the brighter Mingmei's smile, the sadder Lu Xiaoyao felt.
If it weren't for the inappropriate setting, she probably would have knelt down on the ground and started crying.
[Pfft~ Seriously, I wanted to laugh too, and I swear I laughed even louder than the businesswoman.]
[Let me handle this, I'll laugh first: Hahahahahahahahahahaha!]
【Roar! Ro ...
【Gagaga ...
Your smiles are too flamboyant, just like mine, hehehehehehehe...
For a time, Lu Xiaoyao's live stream was filled with all sorts of cheerful onomatopoeia.
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