Chapter 4
In the dark and gloomy corridor, Jiang Lele ran forward desperately.
After a while, she felt the coldness all over her body become more obvious, and a faint hoarse crying sound came to her ears.
Jiang Lele subconsciously stopped and began to look around.
At some point, the soles of her feet suddenly became sticky. When she looked down, she found that a long red tongue had been wrapped around her legs, and saliva was constantly oozing out of the tongue, which looked disgusting and nauseating.
Jiang Lele quickly summoned his mace and smashed it hard, breaking the long tongue.
"Ah - my tongue!" A shrill scream rang out, and the hanged ghost who had been hiding in the dark slowly emerged. His cold eyes stared at Jiang Lele, which was creepy.
At this time, Chen Chen, the water ghost who had been tracking Jiang Lele, also arrived at the place.
Because the anger caused by being called a fast boy was too strong, the water ghost didn't notice that he had chased to the hanged ghost's territory.
Is this... a wild ghost that hasn't been recruited yet?
The water ghost suddenly stopped and looked at the hanged ghost in front of him with full of resentment, feeling a little hesitant.
Wild ghosts that have not been recruited are very aggressive. If they fight each other, both sides will definitely suffer losses.
"Brother Gui, help me get him!" Jiang Lele shouted in a loud voice.
The water ghost became alert and immediately realized that the hanged ghost in front of him was Jiang Lele’s elder brother!
The hanged ghost on the opposite side also mistakenly thought the water ghost was Jiang Lele's elder brother.
The Hanged Ghost clearly harbored a deep resentment, possessing a highly aggressive attitude towards both players and ghosts. With a sinister smile, he extended his long, blood-red tongue and quickly attacked the Water Ghost.
The battle between the two ghosts was about to break out, with all kinds of roars and protests rang out. Jiang Lele took advantage of the chaos and quietly slipped away.
After walking a long way, the sound of fighting behind Jiang Lele gradually became smaller.
"Those two ghosts were fighting fiercely. I don't think they'll come looking for you anytime soon."
Jiang Lele heaved a sigh of relief and leaned against the wall to rest. Only then did she realize that she had run into a dark and narrow corridor in her escape.
"Guest, it's late at night, why are you still running around?" An old and strange voice suddenly sounded from behind.
Jiang Lele quickly turned around.
I saw a hunchbacked old man standing opposite me, holding a dim oil lamp in his hand.
The old man's face was pale and withered, full of wrinkles, his eyes were dull and lifeless, and the smile on his lips was a little stiff. If he could not still stand and talk, he would definitely be mistaken for a mummy.
"Guest, please go back to your room and rest, otherwise it will be dawn soon." The hoarse and low voice sounded again, making people feel inexplicably uneasy.
Jiang Lele thought of Jiang Hongyu and the others, "I just got separated from my friends, I want to go find them first."
"Hehe..." The old man laughed suddenly, and there was a hint of coldness in his laughter.
"In that case, it's up to you. But remember, you must dress neatly and arrive at the castle hall on time for the ball at 7:30 tonight, otherwise..."
Halfway through his words, the butler turned around and left with the oil lamp.
Jiang Lele: “?”
Otherwise what? Can you stop talking halfway?
"Hmph, this NPC is just being mysterious, trying to make the players ignore the point of dressing neatly out of fear. So host, you must remember to wear an evening gown before attending the ball." Xiaogua suddenly bubbled.
Jiang Lele was puzzled: "What evening dress?"
"This evening gown is a crucial item for the ball. He just told you to go back to the guest room to rest, which was just a small hint. One of the rules of this dungeon is that at dawn, only guests who obediently rest in their guest rooms will receive the evening gowns sent out by the butler. Hurry and return to your guest room first."
Jiang Lele glanced at the sky outside the window.
It was still pitch black outside, and occasionally a gust of wind would blow in through the gaps in the window, making a strange, harsh sound.
There is still some time before dawn, so we should have time to return to the guest room.
Jiang Lele felt the wall and returned along the route she remembered. Soon she saw Jiang Hongyu and the others still standing at the original place waiting for her.
"Le Le, you're finally back." Jiang Hongyu breathed a sigh of relief, and the uneasiness in his heart was also reduced a little.
Jiang Lele repeated to everyone what happened when he met the old housekeeper just now.
Everyone looked panicked.
"Then let's go back to the guest room quickly, otherwise it will be dawn soon." One of the short-haired girls spoke first.
Jiang Hongyu also nodded. "Well, let's just follow the path we took just now and go back to the bedroom. That should be the guest room area."
After a while, everyone arrived at the door of the first guest room.
I saw a paper notice posted on the quaint door:
【Each room can only accommodate one person, please abide by the room regulations.】
Jiang Hongyu's face was solemn. "It seems that we must all stay separately tonight. Players must abide by the dungeon rules, otherwise it may lead to a greater crisis."
The other players showed desperate expressions, but they did not have the courage to resist the rules of the dungeon. In the end, they had to separate and go into their own rooms.
Jiang Lele randomly picked a guest room and walked in. As soon as she entered, the door behind her automatically closed with a loud bang.
Jiang Lele turned around and tried to open the door, but it wouldn't open at all. It must be locked.
She put her ear against the door, trying to listen to what was happening outside, but there was no sound at all. The whole world was eerily quiet.
Suddenly, a cold wind blew from behind.
Jiang Lele reacted quickly, turning around and summoning a mace in his hand.
A male ghost in a classic European suit stood opposite. He had neat blond hair and exuded an elegant aristocratic air. But now his handsome face was pale and his beautiful eyes were bloodshot, which was extremely terrifying.
Jiang Lele raised the mace vigilantly.
The male ghost Luguna slightly raised the corners of his pale lips.
The two were about to take action.
"Wow, this guy is kind of miserable."
Jiang Lele and housekeeper Lu Guna were both stunned: "?"
Xiaogua began to passionately expose:
"Let me tell you, this big brother is actually the original owner of this castle. He also has a wife, Vivian, the Lady of the Castle. Two years ago, Vivian had an affair with the family gardener, and this big brother accidentally discovered it. He insisted on getting a divorce and asked Vivian to get out of the castle."
"To avoid being driven away, Vivian and her gardener lover conspired to drug the eldest brother, intending to poison him. However, the eldest brother was resilient and survived, only losing his memory. In desperation, Vivian came up with the idea of having the gardener lover take the eldest brother's place. With his memory lost, the eldest brother naturally became the gardener..."
Big brother Luguna: “?”
Jiang Lele looked at Lu Guna with a complicated expression, "I think he's quite handsome, what could his wife be so upset about that she would cheat on him?"
Xiaogua was already used to this. "People have too much free time, so they just want some excitement. To be honest, the gardener his wife cheated with wasn't very good-looking, was old, and wasn't good in that area either."
"Then what's his wife's plan for cheating on him?"
Xiaogua: "Who knows? Because he's old? Because he doesn't wash his feet?"
After hearing all this, Luguna's face looked so depressed that it seemed as if ink could drip out, and the murderous aura on his body began to spread.
Jiang Lele finally realized what was happening. He had forgotten that his elder brother was still in the room.
Coming back to his senses, Jiang Lele's eyes turned slightly cold, and he picked up the stick and smashed it over, violently smashing Lu Guna, who was still brewing anger, into the opposite wall.
After a loud bang.
"Cough cough..." Luguna took a lot of effort to dig himself out of the wall. He covered his chest and spat out blood and several front teeth.
Seeing that Jiang Lele was about to rush over with the mace again, Lu Guna raised his hand nervously and said, "Wait a minute, I'm not your enemy. I'm here to give you the key."
Jiang Lele looked at Luguna hesitantly, "What key?"
Luguna quickly showed the key in his palm and threw it to Jiang Lele, "This is the key to the castle dungeon. It should be useful for you to pass the dungeon later."
Jiang Lele became even more suspicious of Luguna's behavior.
Luguna is obviously an NPC in the dungeon, but he took the initiative to show goodwill to a player like himself?
"Host, he didn't lie to you! This is really the key to the castle dungeon. Anyway, take it first, it will be very useful."
Jiang Lele then stopped attacking Luguna.
Luguna's original mission was to attack and harass the guests in the room, but now, having just learned his true identity, he has no interest in continuing the mission.
Luguna bowed deeply to Jiang Lele, then jumped out of the bedroom window and disappeared.
Jiang Lele: “?”
This person is quite polite, but what does it mean to bow to her?
At this time, in another guest room.
The man wearing glasses was resting comfortably against the headboard of the bed, when suddenly his neck seemed to be restrained by an unfamiliar force.
Oh no! He suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed the thing around his neck with both hands, trying to break free from this force. But the more he struggled, the tighter it tightened around his neck, and he gradually felt suffocated.
The hanged man hanging upside down on the roof had a malicious smile on his face, and his long tongue tightly wrapped around the man's fragile neck.
It is rumored that the hanged ghost likes to stay around people who want to die, watching them commit suicide and die little by little.
But the scene before us was clearly a hanged ghost forcing the living to lose hope of life little by little.
The man struggled, the suffocation growing stronger. Soon, he stopped moving, his bloodshot eyes bulging outward, and he completely stopped breathing.
The long tongue slowly released the man. At the same time, a waiter in uniform walked into the room and began to extract fresh blood from the man with an expressionless face...
The night gradually faded, the sky gradually brightened, and a ray of sunlight shone into the guest room through the window.
Chu Lele was still lying in bed, not waking up. An evil smile played on her face, and she kept mumbling.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
An emotionless voice came from outside the door, "Guest, it's time to get up."
Chu Lele was woken up. She scratched her head, opened her eyes, got out of bed and opened the door.
The door that I couldn't open last night now opened just by turning the doorknob.
After opening the door, Jiang Lele saw clearly that the person standing outside was a waiter wearing a suit and vest uniform.
He was smiling, but that smile looked strange and creepy, as if it was the stiff smile of a dead person.
"Sir, I'm here to bring you breakfast and your evening gown for the ball tonight."
Jiang Lele glanced at the tray in the man's hand. On the left was a bowl of pork rib soup and congee with side dishes, and on the right was a neatly folded evening gown.
The pork rib soup exudes a rich meaty aroma, and the soup is rich in color, which greatly increases your appetite.
Jiang Lele touched his stomach and felt hungry.
"Damn! This breakfast guy is so shameless! He actually spit in all the players' pork rib soup!"
The little melon suddenly made a sharp popping sound.
Jiang Lele paused.
The man who had been maintaining a standard smile twitched his lips slightly: "......?"
Who is speaking?
"The ghosts in this copy have no professional ethics at all. Why do they spit into the pork rib soup?" Jiang Lele stared at the pork rib soup speechlessly, and suddenly he was not hungry at all.
"Maybe he's tired of delivering breakfast to players every day. Oh, and there's another thing. He's actually a mistress, having an affair with the gardener who replaced the castle owner!"
The amount of information became a bit overwhelming. Jiang Lele hesitated and said:
"So, this guy is gay? And he's in love with the gardener who usurped the castle's position as owner?"
"Yeah, this kind of thing is quite common. After all, they work in dungeons all year round and don't see many beautiful women. Their sexual preferences naturally become... you know~"
Jiang Lele twitched the corners of his mouth. Your circle is so messy.
After hearing the two people's revelations, the waiter's smile gradually cracked and his face turned red with anger.
"Enough!" The waiter interrupted Jiang Lele angrily.
Jiang Lele looked up at him with a puzzled look on his face, "What?"
"Why did he suddenly go crazy?"
Xiaogua reasonably guessed, "Maybe after his sexual orientation changed, his temper also became more irritable."
"Go to hell!" The waiter was really angry, and the nice smile on his face disappeared.
The long nails that he had hidden suddenly grew out, flashing with a cold light, as if he was going to grab Jiang Lele.
Jiang Lele was surprised again: "This man has manicure? So fashionable?"
"If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed this. But, is this a manicure?" Xiaogua expressed doubt.
This is definitely not a manicure! The waiter could no longer suppress his pent-up anger.
But as soon as he wanted to say anything about the system and Jiang Lele, his mouth was sealed and he couldn't even utter the last word.
The waiter attacked Jiang Lele with a dark face.
The next second, a giant mace appeared out of thin air in front of him.
The waiter, who had no time to react, bumped headfirst into the mace.
With a "ding-bang" sound, a big bump instantly appeared on his forehead.
What is this? This was the only question that popped into the waiter's mind before he passed out.
"Le Le, why did you fight with the NPC who delivered breakfast?" Jiang Hongyu just came out of the guest room next door. He was a little surprised when he saw Jiang Le Le knock the waiter unconscious with a stick.
Jiang Lele retracted the mace and spread his hands in confusion, "I don't know either. He seemed very hostile to me. He didn't say anything and just rushed up to hit me."
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