Walking around the corner of the stairs and looking out the window, the sky outside was still gray and the grass was lush and green. However, there were obvious signs of turning over the soil where the cook had buried the body.
Lu Cai only took a quick look and quickly ran upstairs.
Finally stopping in front of the familiar Room 204, Lu Cai felt a sense of emotion for a moment. He didn't know who lived in Room 204 now.
She knocked on the door. "Hello, I'm the front desk clerk. I'm here to inquire about the door-knocking prank."
The tone was kind, and the identity and purpose of the visit were clearly stated.
Lu Cai heard some noise in the room, probably someone coming to open the door.
She kept smiling—
Bang!
The long-tube light above his head suddenly exploded. Lu Cai subconsciously stepped back, holding the dagger in his hand in alert.
The footsteps inside the door also stopped, but the door did not open.
Bang bang——
Coming already?
Lu Cai looked in the direction of the knocking sound and saw only one light bulb in the corridor, emitting a faint light.
There was a slight sound of a wooden stick dragging on the carpet. The person's footsteps were not light. Lu Cai guessed that it was a young man, but his steps were slow, so he must have some old illness.
She looked warily into the darkness.
A twisted figure gradually approached, with dry and curled limbs, crooked shoulders, and a hunched back.
That hunchback again?
Lu Cai frowned. His appearance frequency was too high...
As the figure drew closer, she could see clearly that the man was thin, while the hunchbacked security guard was tall. While the difference in weight between the two could be compensated for with food and drink, the size of the frame could not be altered.
A thin, hunched figure broke through the darkness and crashed into the dim and cold light.
He was a young man wearing a white T-shirt.
Lu Cai was stunned for a moment, because the boy's messy long black hair covered most of his face, leaving only a gentle and delicate chin and tightly pursed lips.
The boy was also hunchbacked, but Lu Cai could tell at a glance that he and the security guard were not the same person. One was sticky and disgustingly filthy, the other cold and fiercely resolute.
His white T-shirt was stained with blood, and his dark blue sweatpants were also spattered with blood. His right hand tightly grasped a wooden baseball bat, and drops of bright red blood rolled down the shaft.
The young man tilted his head slightly, and even though his thick, messy hair blocked his view, Lu Cai still felt a chill.
With a soft hissing sound, the blood-stained baseball bat brushed against the wall and was lifted above the boy's head. He quickened his pace and rushed to Lu Cai.
He raised his dagger to block, and a pale red barrier was shattered by a blow from the baseball bat.
Lu Cai's arms trembled. In the previous fight with the man in the linen suit, her abilities seemed to be restrained. Whether it was analysis, copying or protection, they were all a bit weaker.
Moreover, the stick that the young man just struck down carried with it the data of the origin of the side story.
This is an NPC protected by the main force of the side story.
The relationships between the old characters haven't been sorted out yet, so how come a new character suddenly appears?
After the previous fight, the opponent was very agile and strong. Given Lu Cai's current condition, he might not have a chance of winning...
After thinking for a second, Lu Cai ran in the opposite direction.
While running, he comforted himself that he might be related to the main storyline. It was not the time to fight with all his might. He had to find out his identity first.
After all, compared to simply killing a ghost, Lu Cai is more concerned about the background story of this copy world.
Lu Cai found that he was quite fickle. Before, his mind was full of thoughts about leaving the side quest, but now he suddenly wanted to explore the background story of the copy.
I hope that next time I meet a dangerous self, I can stick to my bottom line.
She ran all the way. It was not scary to lose a fight, but it was shameful to fail to escape.
This narrow and dim corridor seemed to have no end, and there were not even any doors on the walls on either side.
The sounds of a wooden stick scraping against the wall and feet stepping on the ground followed closely behind. Lu Cai saw a fork in the road and quickly turned into another corridor.
The moment he turned the corner, Lu Cai found himself trapped in a maze. This corridor was no different from the one he had just run through, with no doors and no end.
Could this be the real level of the side story?
She just wanted to get a commendation as an outstanding employee, so why did she have to fight the boss?
Lu Cai ran forward desperately, turning a few corners and slowing down until she could no longer hear the sound of pursuit. After taking a few steps forward, she saw a door on the wall to her side, but there was no room number on it.
I hadn't seen a door all the way to the room, but now it suddenly appeared. If it were a normal world, people would never commit suicide, but in the game world, you probably have to do whatever you want to do to get yourself killed.
She looked around and made sure that she could escape quickly if there was any real danger. Then she raised her hand and pushed the wooden door. With a creak, the door was pushed open a crack, but thick fog filled the inside.
With more force, the door flew open. A faint light from outside shone into the thick fog, and Lu Cai saw the dark red carpet beneath his feet, extending deeper into the fog.
Why is it the corridor again? There's a surprise when you open the door, is this infinite nesting doll mode?
According to the routine, the player should enter this corridor to check. With the thick fog and dim light, it would be a shame to have no hidden clues.
Lu Cai stood at the door, looking coldly at the foggy corridor. He felt that this branch line was getting more and more off topic...
Frowning in thought, she hesitated...
Now that he was here, Lu Cai relaxed his brows. It would be a shame to go through such a large map without playing the side quest.
Holding the dagger tightly, he slowly stepped into the fog.
——
When he heard the sound of a light bulb exploding outside the door, Shi Rukui stopped immediately.
The girl who claimed to be the front desk clerk also fell silent.
"What's wrong?" Yue Xiaoyan was holding a crystal pendant in her hand, which was in the shape of a teardrop and had a Qian Gua symbol inside.
The sky is strong and upright. Everything goes well, and God will bless you.
The light above his head flickered twice, and Shi Rukui took out a long stick and stood in the aisle.
There are ghosts outside—
Yue Xiaoyan stood in the corner of the bathroom at the end of the bed, poked her head out, holding the water drop pendant in her hand, staring intently at the door.
The lights flickered a few times and then returned to normal.
The two of them relaxed.
"What just happened was... a fight between the staff and the ghost knocking on the door?" Yue Xiaoyan sensed the fluctuations outside the door, but she still found it a little unbelievable.
Can the hotel staff really fight ghosts?
This is too outrageous!
Shi Rukui was just thinking about it casually, but when the two sides really fought, he was quite surprised.
"Maybe... the staff and the ghosts are not on the same side." Shi Rukui said softly.
Yue Xiaoyan opened her eyes wide: "Could it be Lu Cai!" She recalled the voice of the girl at the door just now, "It sounds a bit similar!"
And Lu Cai disappeared when he was checking the front desk! Maybe she entered this new copy!
The more Yue Xiaoyan thought about it, the more this became her reality: "How can she deal with that ghost alone?" After saying that, she wanted to rush out.
Shi Rukui grabbed her arm and said, "Calm down! The situation is unclear right now..." He glanced at the system's friend list and saw Lu Cai's name still with an exclamation mark. "If she is really in the same instance, we can try to contact her first."
——
He took a few steps deeper into the fog, and the door behind him slammed shut.
Oh wow, this is exciting——
Lu Cai looked back and saw that the tightly closed door behind him was gradually covered by thick fog and finally disappeared behind the dark fog.
The road ahead and behind was dark, and the only light available was a single long lamp that occasionally lit up.
It would be great if she could get a nuclear-powered flashlight. She didn't know if it was available in the community. She didn't have any points, so she could try to make a deal with Qin Yu or Zhao Yan. If the lighting props were not expensive, she would use her body as collateral to work as their thug in exchange for a flashlight.
She walked for a while, but there was still fog and no other sounds. The corridor was so quiet that only Lu Cai's footsteps could be heard.
Every few steps, there would be a long-tube light illuminating the aisle. After passing about three or four long-tube lights, Lu Cai saw a tightly closed door.
Is it really an infinite nesting doll?
Lu Cai was speechless and slowly walked to the door. The surroundings were still as silent as dead water.
After hesitating for a moment, she raised her hand to the door handle and turned it gently.
The air around rushed in behind the door like a rushing stream.
Lu Cai stood still, steadying himself. He released the doorknob and heard a sharp creak as the door flew open.
Inside the door was a double room in a hotel. Lu Cai stood at the door, motionless.
A thin girl was staggering in the dim light. Her hair was disheveled and she was holding her neck and twitching.
Frowning and looking closely, Lu Cai saw large amounts of bright red blood flowing from the gaps between the girl's fingers as she clutched her neck. Her messy hair obscured her eyes and eyebrows. She tripped and fell to the ground.
The girl was wearing a light blue nightgown, and when she fell to the ground, her fair, tight calves were exposed from the hem of her skirt. She curled up, and a deep scratch slowly cut down from the back of her leg, blood spurting out and her flesh bursting.
She seemed to sense Lu Cai's presence, and struggled to endure the severe pain as she crawled towards the door.
While crawling, the girl raised her head slightly, revealing most of her face in the dim light.
A kind of madness appeared on her innocent and melancholic face. If she died, others would not be able to have a good life either! The girl endured the severe pain, gnashing her teeth and slowly crawling towards the door.
No matter how delicate a face is, it will be distorted in anger.
The crawling girl suddenly stopped, and a large bloodstain appeared on her back, and her light-colored pajamas were stained with blood.
But she still raised her head and looked towards the door, her eyes full of paranoia -
"You are all the same! Come and keep me company!" the girl screamed sharply, her heart broken.
Normally the girl shouldn't be able to shout, but the sound echoed throughout the house.
Lu Cai covered her ears, but the piercing screams still penetrated her palms. She took two steps back and heard a young woman's scream among the screams, followed by the "beep, beep" sound of an ambulance siren.
Bang--
The door slammed shut.
——
"Ah!" Yue Xiaoyan held onto the wall and screamed continuously.
Shi Rukui stretched out his hand to cover her forehead, and a golden light faintly lit up under his palm.
The screams stopped, and Yue Xiaoyan lost her strength and collapsed. Shi Rukui quickly embraced the girl and gently placed her on the ground, following the force of her fall.
"What's wrong?" Shi Rukui lowered his head to look at her face. She had suddenly screamed just now, her voice was shrill, as if she was crazy.
Yue Xiaoyan looked up in bewilderment, and seeing Shi Rukui standing so close, she pouted, "I felt like I was going to die!" She raised her hand to cover her neck, "There's so much blood!"
Moreover, the door was wide open, and a little girl of seven or eight years old was standing at the door.
She only saw the vague outline of a figure, vaguely seeing a little girl holding a doll and holding a pair of scissors in her hands...
The girl said: "The first guilty one, the punishment begins..."
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