Before the players could digest this, the old man continued, "There are exactly fifteen empty rooms. Each person can stay in one room."
Immediately, a player asked: "Can several people live in one room?"
The old man did not look back: "If you are not satisfied with the guest rooms here, you can find another place to stay outside the castle."
The player immediately fell silent. It seemed that each person had to have a room of their own.
The old man opened the nearest room on the second floor, and the players immediately looked inside, fearing that something strange would pop up.
The room was very clean and tidy inside, looked very modern, and had all the necessary household items. However, there were no windows, so the light was a little dim.
The small square windows they saw outside the castle were distributed on the fourth floor and several spires at the top of the castle, and the old man expressly forbade players to enter there.
There were eight empty rooms on the second floor and seven on the third floor. After discussion with other players, the ten-man team lived in a fifty-fifty split on the second and third floors. Zhou Zhou and his team lived on the second floor, and the other two players lived on the third floor.
After the other players made their choices, they entered the room. The main thing was that the old man kept staring at them and would not move on to the next room until someone went in and closed the door.
The players originally wanted to find more information in the castle, but the old man was very determined and wanted to leave the castle without staying in the guest room, so the players could only go into the house in dejection.
Zhou Zhou and his friends were in the three rooms at the farthest corner of the second floor. When the old man started staring at them again, Zhou Zhou suddenly asked from the doorway, "Isn't it always night here? What time is it tomorrow morning?"
There is only night but no day in the Dark Forest, so when the old man said he would call everyone tomorrow morning, what time was it? Is there morning here?
The remaining players also thought of this problem and looked at the old man.
"I will come to call you in three hours. Please rest well during this time and don't leave the room." The old man leaned on his crutches and his tone contained a warning.
The remaining players nodded in agreement. Just kidding, if they didn’t agree, they would be kicked out. How would they complete the mission?
Zhou Zhou walked into the room first, and Lan Ya and Alvia also walked into the other two rooms.
The sound of crutches and footsteps outside the door gradually faded away, and the remaining seven players continued to follow the old man to the third floor.
Standing in the room, Zhou Zhou looked around. There was not a single wrinkle on the bed, no dust on the table, and a faint fragrance emanated from the room. The whole room felt very comfortable.
In the copy, Zhou Zhou couldn't send messages to his companions, nor could he leave the room. After walking around and not knowing what to do, he shifted his gaze to the soft big bed and stared at it for a long time.
A few minutes later, Zhou Zhou lay on the bed, covered himself with the quilt and closed his eyes. He would sleep for three hours and get up when the old man called him.
He lives a very regular life in the game of Love Academy, sleeping at night and getting up at dawn.
In the Nightmare City, the flow of time in the Novice Village and the dungeon is different. Zhou Zhou always feels that his biological clock has been disrupted. Sometimes he cannot rest for several days in the dungeon. Now he has to sleep quickly when he has time.
Zhou Zhou fell asleep on this side, and on the other side, Elvia entered the room and searched every corner carefully. After all, some valuable clues might be found in the room.
Lan Ya was in the room in the corner. She was not used to staying in the room alone. Because she was timid, she was always inseparable from Yue Ling when she was doing the dungeon. Today, she happened to see the invitation message sent by Zhou Zhou and agreed without thinking too much.
After all, everyone saw Zhou Zhou’s performance in the copy of Deep Sea Things. Not only do you not have to worry if you follow him, but the chances of passing the level will be greater.
But now, she felt a little regretful. It was not because Zhou Zhou and the others were bad, but she was afraid that she would hold them back. She was really timid and could not help but scream when she saw something suddenly appearing. If it were not for the purpose of enhancing her mental strength, she would never dare to play this kind of game. In the first few copies, except for the deep-sea creatures, nothing scary appeared. The other copies were scarier than the other, and her performance in them was also very poor.
I just hope nothing weird happens this time.
Lan Ya sat on the bed and sighed sadly, waiting quietly for three hours to pass.
No one knew where the old man had gone. The players on the second floor hadn’t heard any noise, not even the sound of a cane.
Suddenly, a crack in a room on the second floor was quietly opened, and then a head popped out to look around.
The long corridor was dimly lit and silent.
The player tiptoed out, gently opened the door of the next room, and slipped in.
All the rooms were unlocked and he could enter and exit easily. After entering, he quietly closed the door, making almost no sound.
"What are you doing!?" The player who saw his companion coming in was very surprised.
"Shh! Keep your voice down! It will be bad if the NPC finds out." Player 1 whispered.
Player 2 was speechless. He looked at the other party lying at the door listening to the noise outside and said helplessly, "Didn't the NPC say that we can't move around freely?"
Player 1 saw that no one outside noticed him, so he turned around and sat on the stool. "He told us not to make noise and not to disturb the owner of the castle, but he didn't say we can't come to the next room to hang out."
These two people entered the room before Zhou Zhou and did not hear the conversation between Zhou Zhou and the old man, so they had no idea that the last sentence the old man said was a warning for them not to leave the room.
Player 2 thought the same and sat on the other side.
"Do you think that to complete this mission, I just need to stay here for three days?" asked Player No. 2.
Player 1 reached out and took the teacup on the table. Hearing this, he snorted and laughed: "You know the nature of the dungeon. How could it be possible for us to clear it so easily? In my opinion, it is definitely not that simple."
"What do you mean?" Player 2 asked curiously. From what the other party said, he seemed to have discovered something.
"Read the mission content carefully again to see what it says."
Player No. 2 reopened his task panel and looked at the task content [Stay in the castle for three days]. He pondered this sentence carefully, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.
"You mean...being a guest?"
Player 1 put down the teacup he was playing with and analyzed, "Yes, you see it says to be a guest. What does it mean to be a guest? Either you are invited by the host, or you take the initiative to visit. Which one do you think we are?"
Player 2 recalled what the old man said when he entered the room, and said hesitantly: "None of them count."
When they entered the castle, the old man treated them as travelers and only let them in to avoid the rain. They had to leave early in the morning. At most, he could only take them in for one night, which had nothing to do with "being guests" in any way.
Player 1 sneered: "Humph, if we really stay here for three days like fools, the dungeon will probably be considered a failure."
"What should we do then?" Player 2 asked with a frown.
Player 1 didn't say anything, but pointed upwards with his index finger meaningfully.
"You mean..." No. 2 seemed to understand what the other party meant, but then he frowned again, "Should we ask others to go with us?"
"If there are too many people, we will be discovered. It's just the two of us. Besides, the players who came with us are very impatient. Who knows when something bad might happen. You are relatively stable, so I specifically asked for the next room to come and find you. Besides, we have props in our hands, so even if there are any problems, we can use them to solve them."
Player 2 hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, let's go."
The rain outside seemed to have stopped. The entire castle was unusually quiet. The wall lights in the corridor emitted circular orange light sources, flickering slightly from time to time.
Suddenly, two dark shadows appeared on the dim corridor wall. The shadows gradually expanded and cast two human figures on the wall.
The two players bent their bodies and walked up from the second floor quietly.
The structures of the second, third and fourth floors are similar. The number of corridors and rooms look almost identical. Even the positions of the wall lights are very similar. At first glance, one would almost think they were still on the second floor.
However, as you go up further to the fourth floor, the stairs become narrower, from a width wide enough for four people to walk side by side to a width wide enough for two people to walk side by side.
The two of them continued walking up to the fifth floor, being careful not to make any noise.
Turning the corner of the stairs, they found that there was only an ancient metal door at the end of the stairs. This should be the residence of the castle owner. The two players looked at each other and slowly opened the door...
On the second floor, Elvia found a strange passage in the room. It’s not quite right to call it a passage, it can only be regarded as a hole. There is a head-sized hole in the wall at the foot of the bed. A normal person should not be able to enter the room through this hole, so what is this hole used for?
And the entrance of the cave does not lead to the next door, so where is its source? Does every room have it or just some of them?
These questions may not be answered until tomorrow. Elvia sat on the stool, but his eyes were fixed on the bed. Most people would not look at that place because it was basically covered by the bed. Maybe there were other purposes for keeping the players overnight.
Elvia had a lot of questions in her mind, but most of them had no answers yet.
Lan Ya walked back and forth in the room, trying to cheer herself up. From then on, no matter what she saw in the copy, she must remain calm and must not hold her teammates back because of fear.
Lan Ya, you can do it!
At this time, Zhou Zhou: ZZZ
"Ahhh, there's a ghost!"
A shrill scream tore through the silence of the castle, followed by the dull sound of something rolling down the stairs.
It sounds... like a human.
The players on the second and third floors heard the noise, and some of them, out of curiosity, quietly opened their doors to find out what was happening outside.
Before they saw anything, they found the old man standing at the stairs looking at them like a ghost. His loose skin seemed to be hanging on his face under the light. His expression was very ugly, with the corners of his mouth drooping, and he stared coldly at the players who were looking in.
Player: “…”
Close the door silently.
Some players have already heard that the sound comes from their teammates, but there is no point in being anxious. They cannot go out before the time comes, and there is an old man waiting outside.
Lan Ya, who was cheering herself up, suddenly heard a scream. She was so scared that she shivered and almost shouted out loud, but in the end she held it back, covering her mouth and waiting for time to pass in agony.
Zhou Zhou was also awakened by the sound. He lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling for a while. When he heard no more movement, he closed his eyes again.
For most players, these three hours were extremely difficult. They had no idea what was happening outside, and they didn't know what had happened to their companions. Moreover, there was nothing they could do in the room. They were not like some carefree players who could sleep, so they paced around the room anxiously.
Finally, the sound of crutches was heard again on the second floor. The old man knocked softly three times on the door of each room, and then continued to knock on the next door.
The player, who was almost unable to hold back, was already standing at the door when the sound of the old man's cane was heard, and he immediately came out of the room when he heard the knock on the door.
Many people looked towards the stairs when they came out, but the light was too dim and they couldn't see what had happened.
Zhou Zhou woke up just three hours later. He got up and made the bed back to its original state until there was not a single wrinkle left. Then he nodded with satisfaction and walked out of the room.
As soon as I went out, I met the old man: "Good morning!"
Zhou Zhou felt refreshed after a good sleep and greeted the old man.
The other party still looked cold and did not respond, but continued to knock on the next room.
Lan Ya finally heard a knock on the door. She came out of the room and saw Zhou Zhou standing behind the old man, smiling and waving at her. Lan Ya almost cried. It was really hard to stay in such a place alone.
After all the players on the second floor came out, the old man staggered to the third floor with his cane to call for help.
There were finally thirteen players gathered together, and the two players who lived on the second floor were missing.
Everyone understood that the previous sound must be related to the two missing players, but there was no trace left on the stairs, and they could not determine what had happened.
Also, the previous scream said that he saw a ghost? What did they see? A ghost?
Everyone had many questions and speculations in their minds. Familiar players discussed with each other in a low voice, but no one asked the witnesses of the incident.
Zhou Zhou was the first to ask the old man, "Uncle, what happened last night? Where did the other two players go?"
The other players immediately came back to their senses and listened carefully to the old man's answer.
The old man walked with a cane and said calmly, "They didn't like it here and left last night."
nonsense! Something obviously happened! They all heard it!
Zhou Zhou blinked and wanted to ask something, but the old man stopped.
After coming out of the room, they all followed the old man's pace. As a result, the other party led them to the door of the first floor. After the old man stopped, the players also stopped.
"It's not raining outside anymore, and it's time for all travelers to continue on their way. We'll see you again if we're lucky." The old man said this expressionlessly and opened the stone door.
Slightly cold air rushed in, and it was still pitch black outside the stone gate. The storm had dissipated, and it was unusually quiet outside.
The players looked out the door and took a step back in silence.
You must be kidding. You can’t get out even if you die.
One player asked, "Can we stay here for three full days before leaving?"
The old man seemed not to have heard and repeated his words asking the players to leave.
The players seemed to have taken root under their feet and refused to go out no matter how many times the old man told them to do so. They were extremely shameless.
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