Chapter 176: Gelton Manor 26
At nine o'clock in the evening, the seven people returned to the manor.
The manor remained in the same state as it was after everyone left, except that the fire in the fireplace was out, and a cold air filled the room, making it as cold as an ice cave.
Qin Shu was very practical and went to light the fire. Yang Bingyan was also very diligent. She used her telekinesis to get down the sheets and quilts from upstairs and then spread them in front of the fireplace.
A warm soft cushion is ready.
Xin Yi also used her skills to set some animal traps near the manor and set fire to some fruits of a certain plant that she had collected in the dense forest.
She said the smell of the burning fruit could drive away wild animals.
Yin Qi did nothing. After Yang Bingyan tidied up the couch, he took off his shoes, took a blanket and sat in front of the fireplace. He said he was very cold and needed to relax.
He also made room for Ye Jian to sit by the fire.
Ye Jian shoveled some snow outside, put it in a pot and placed it on the fire. After the water boiled, he carried the pot upstairs. When he came down, he had taken off his coat and cleaned the blood stains on his body.
Only then did he sit in the seat reserved for him by Yin Qi.
After Xu Xinghe came back, he naturally went to the kitchen. Su Qingyun went to help. Because everyone had been walking all day, Su Qingyun asked Xu Xinghe not to cook porridge anymore.
"Porridge won't satisfy my hunger."
There was a strange stone on the chopping board in the kitchen that Xu Xinghe had taken from the cellar. Su Qingyun was giving Xu Xinghe advice while knocking the stone on the chopping board.
The knock actually scratched the stone and scratched its skin.
Su Qingyun exclaimed, thinking that this stone was too fragile. She picked up the stone and looked at it, and found that what she had in her hand was not a stone, but a potato that looked like a stone.
Su Qingyun handed the "stone" to Xu Xinghe and asked, "Look, is this a potato?"
Xu Xinghe took it and scraped it with his fingers, and it really was a potato.
"It seems you really don't need to drink porridge at night."
He was going to go to the cellar and get the box of "stones" to roast.
Su Qingyun held him back, "It's almost ten o'clock. It's dangerous to go down at this time."
"It's just almost ten o'clock and not even ten yet. If I move quickly I should be able to get out."
Su Qingyun disagreed, "Tomorrow, let's go down tomorrow." They still have to stay for three days, so there is no need to rush.
"But we can't make anything else with the ingredients we brought in except porridge."
Yesterday they brought up rice, cheese and ham from the cellar. The only seasoning was peppercorns. Apart from cooking porridge, Xu Xinghe couldn't think of what else to do with it.
He does have gourmet skills, but there is only one hanging pot in the kitchen.
This hanging pot was brought back from the mushroom garden by Yang Bingyan using telekinesis.
"Don't worry, I'll be back soon." Xu Xinghe said as he put on gloves and ran towards the cellar.
Su Qingyun raised her wrist to check the time. It was nine forty-seven, only thirteen minutes left.
She ran down after him.
After catching up with Xu Xinghe, she said to him, "Open the cellar door later and see if there is a red line on the ground. If there is, you can't go in."
Although their task of collecting ingredients has ended, the rules of the cellar still need to be followed.
Xu Xinghe nodded.
Su Qingyun gave him her goggles.
She looked at the time and saw that there were still ten minutes left.
Xu Xinghe opened the door of the cellar, and a strong wind blew his hair into a mess. He put on his goggles and looked at the ground first. There was no red line on the ground.
"Safe." He smiled at Su Qingyun and ran in.
Soon, his figure disappeared into the darkness.
Su Qingyun stood at the entrance of the cellar, guarding the door and paying close attention to the movements inside.
Xu Xinghe was moving the shelves, and then he heard his voice, "Found the box."
"Don't open the second one, and don't force open a box that can't be opened." Su Qingyun shouted inside.
"I understand." Xu Xinghe's voice was steady.
Su Qingyun looked at the time and there were still nine minutes.
She felt a little relieved.
She thought that Xu Xinghe would come out soon. Feeling relieved, she stopped paying attention to the cellar and turned to look at other areas of the basement.
The cellar is the room directly opposite the basement stairs. Because there is a sign saying "cellar" on the door, Su Qingyun did not look anywhere else the two times he came down there before.
This time, Su Qingyun did not go into the cellar. While waiting, she looked around and suddenly realized that there was actually more than one room in the basement.
There seemed to be other entrances in the dark passage.
Thinking of the terrifying NPC under the cellar manhole cover, Su Qingyun's feet unconsciously walked towards the darkness.
One step, two steps, three steps, she stood in front of a door with a sign on it.
[cellar]
Also a cellar.
Su Qingyun was about to push the door open when Xu Xinghe's voice came.
"Why did you leave?"
Su Qingyun quickly shrank back. She looked at the sign on the door again and saw that the words on it had changed to "Distribution Room".
"Power distribution room?"
Xu Xinghe came over and held her back, "Let's go."
Su Qingyun looked at the time and there were still five minutes.
She hurriedly lifted the box with Xu Xinghe and returned to the first floor.
On the first floor, everyone was looking at Xu Xinghe and Su Qingyun.
Ye Jian asked the two, "Why did you go to the cellar again?"
"To move potatoes." Su Qingyun replied.
Ye Jian came over and picked up a "stone" to look at it. He also exclaimed, "It really is a potato, how come it looks like a stone?"
"Maybe it's a mask," Yin Qi commented. "This dungeon is too vicious. They don't want to give us healthy food, but instead make the potatoes grow like stones."
"But it gave us gourmets, so that shouldn't be the reason." Ye Jian put the potatoes back into the box.
He looked at the box again.
Finally, he added, "I take back what I said. The traveler (Yin Qi) was right. They made it look like stone because they really didn't want us to eat it. They left it for the others in the manor."
"You mean people?" Su Qingyun emphasized the word "people".
The NPCs in the dungeon are not human, and the weird ones are even less human.
"Yes, people." Ye Jian confirmed.
Su Qingyun thought for a moment and said a name, "Yaoyao?"
Yaoyao is set up as a real person, but she is actually an NPC. There are two types of NPCs in the copy, one is the one that comes with the copy, and the other is a heavily polluted human who failed to pass the level.
Yaoyao belongs to the second type. She is a human who failed to pass the level due to severe pollution, but she has a skill card. She used the skill card to retain her human memory during the severe pollution.
She was lurking in the copy waiting for Ye Jian's arrival. Perhaps she had dealt with Ye Jian before and knew that he had the ability to purify pollution.
Is it Yaoyao?
Ye Jian gave a negative answer, "It's not her. She is already heavily polluted. Eating potatoes won't purify her."
That's true.
Then using Ye Jian's logic, the person who ate potatoes in the manor should not be contaminated.
The ghost face under the manhole cover appeared in Su Qingyun's mind again.
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