"There's something in the pocket of your clothes, and the smell is a bit unusual." Zhuang Yan's voice interrupted Yue Ya's thoughts.
Yue Ya temporarily put aside the photo wall and looked at Zhuang Yan: "What?"
Zhuang Yan subconsciously turned his head to look at Yue Ya, only to see the mini Fei Fei floating in the air: "I'm not used to it. I feel like I'm talking to Fei Fei."
Zhuang Yan took something out of his coat pocket and raised his eyebrows in surprise: "It's a skill upgrade card. After using it, it can increase the skill attack power by 10%. There are indeed many good things in the welfare copy."
Zhuang Yan had a smile on his lips, with deep dimples. But the next second he couldn't smile anymore, because the coat suddenly disappeared from his sight and appeared on him!
The coat could not be taken off no matter what. It was like a second layer of skin that had just grown out, firmly attached to Zhuang Yan's body. He was now old and panting after a while. He could only stop to rest: "This coat is too weird. I don't know what material it is made of. It feels so uncomfortable to wear it."
Yun Yu pursed her lips: "I think it's better for you not to think too much about it."
"..." Zhuang Yan was even more sad: "You are right, and I think there will be a sequel to this dress. In short, everyone should be careful. Where there are props, there are dangers. Things are not so easy to take."
Yue Ya asked the puppet to inform Hong Mei and Lao Liu of the discovery, and then said to Zhuang Yan: "Since you have taken it, you should use this card now. It will be an extra protection for you when you encounter danger next time."
"Okay." Zhuang Yan used the skill upgrade card, and a ball of fire appeared in his palm. After the attack power was increased, the flame became more domineering than before.
An idea popped up in Zhuang Yan's mind: "I want to try burning this coat with fire."
Yueya: "If you do this, there is a higher chance that your own clothes will be burned but your coat will remain intact."
Zhuang Yan imagined the scene and shuddered: "Forget it, I'll burn a sleeve to do the experiment first."
The result was just as Yue Ya said. The clothes Zhuang Yan was wearing were burned and his hands were covered with ashes, but the strange coat was intact.
Zhuang Yan sighed: "Boss Yue, it's right to listen to you."
"Leave it there for now. Be alert. If there is any unusual movement in the coat, we will take measures." Yueya said calmly, "If it can't be burned, cut it. If it can't be cut, let Feifei bite it. If it can't be bitten, let Fengfeng melt it."
Zhuang Yan: "I don't know if it's an illusion, but I feel like this coat is shaking."
Yun Yu looked at Zhuang Yan's coat and said coldly, "If you are conscious, you should run away now. It will be too late if you are late."
The coat shook again and wanted to escape, but it stayed.
Stubborn and strong, you can never run away!
"Why don't you listen to advice?" Yun Yu shook her head and continued to search the drawer under the coffee table.
Yue Ya looked back at the photo wall. The big photo at the top was a "family photo", but the protagonists were the five players. The young version of Yue Ya and the old version of Zhuang Yanyunyu were sitting on the sofa, and the middle-aged version of Hong Mei and Lao Liu stood behind the sofa. The five players smiled brightly and were very intimate, just like a family of five.
They never took pictures of this.
The photos below the family portrait are arranged in three rows. The first row shows Hongmei making braised pork ribs, Zhuang Yan and Yunyu playing chess, and Laoliu practicing calligraphy in the study. The second row shows Hongmei opening the door to the living room, Yueya standing outside the door with her schoolbag, five people sitting at the dining table preparing to eat, and five people sitting on the sofa chatting.
There is only one photo in the third row, a blurry photo with an unclear content and a question mark in the middle.
What do these photos indicate?
"Yueyaya, here is a key." The key is not a prop. Yunyu took it directly to Feifei. Finding Feifei is equivalent to finding Yueeyaya.
This is a complete key, not the key fragment they are looking for.
Yue Ya: "Keep it, and if you find a locked drawer or cabinet, take it out and try again."
"Boss Yue!" Hongmei followed Zhuang Yan and called him by this name: "There is a small cake in the refrigerator. It matches the words in the guestbook. I think it is unusual. It might be a prop."
"I'll go over and take a look. Don't touch it yet."
Yueya walked towards the kitchen, and the fat on his head trembled, silently telling the other players his whereabouts.
The upper layer of the refrigerator was quite high, so he had to look up to see everything clearly. In order to prevent Feifei from falling, Yueya held it with his hand. Feifei thought Yueya was playing with it, so he hugged his hand and nibbled and licked it, making a purring sound.
Hongmei stood behind Yueya, blinked her eyes, secretly stretched out her ten fingers to touch the fat head, a blush appeared on her face, it felt so soft and warm, she wanted to steal it away.
"This cake contains spiritual energy, it may indeed be a prop..." When Yue Ya turned around, he saw Hong Mei quickly put her hands behind her back with a mysterious blush on her cheeks.
"Did you touch my cat?"
"It's not that I don't have any, so don't talk nonsense." Even though Hongmei couldn't see Yue Ya in person, she still felt very guilty.
"Don't be nervous, Feifei likes to play with people."
"Chirp!" Feifei felt comfortable with Hongmei's touch and made a sound for more.
"It's so cute," Hongmei felt like she was healed: "Why does it sound a bit like a bird?"
Yueya: "Maybe he secretly learned a foreign language without telling me."
“…”
Yue Ya asked the puppet to get a small cake. As soon as the cake was taken out of the refrigerator, the puppet's arm was cut off by an invisible blade! The severed hand and the small cake fell down together, and were caught by another puppet and handed to Yue Ya.
Hongmei said in a deep voice: "If that blow just now had hit someone's hand, the kitchen would be covered in blood now."
Yue Ya took the severed hand and signaled Puppet No. 2 to hand the small cake to Hong Mei: "This puppet has not received any punishment, which means the taboo on the cake has been invalidated."
Hongmei was stunned: "You don't want to take it?"
"I've said before, whoever finds it owns it." Yue Ya helped the puppet take over and rubbed its head.
Hongmei: "But your puppet seems to be drooling." Yueya's puppet did not have an invisibility buff, and Hongmei could see it clearly.
Yue Ya looked up and saw that his puppet quickly wiped the corner of its mouth and turned away. Its ears seemed to be a little red.
"That's because there is spiritual energy in the cake, and they are greedy." Yue Ya took out some spiritual gems and fed them to the puppets: "Look quickly, what kind of prop is this cake?"
Hongmei took the small cake and said, "It's a rare item, an invisibility cake. After eating it, you can become invisible for 20 minutes. Even humans and ghosts can't see you. It's a pity that it's a one-time item."
"Not bad." Yue Ya continued to observe the refrigerator. Vegetables, fruits, eggs and drinks were neatly arranged on the upper layer. These things had no spiritual energy, so he skipped them and opened the middle and lower layers.
The middle layer was empty, but the lower layer contained dumplings and meat that needed to be frozen quickly. Yue Ya saw spare ribs in it.
Thinking of the photo of Hongmei making braised pork ribs, Yueya suddenly figured out what the photo wall was hinting at!
He turned around and asked, "Can you make braised spareribs?"
Hongmei had taken out a pile of spirit stones at some point and was feeding them to the two puppets. Upon hearing this, she stuffed all the remaining spirit stones into the puppets: "Yes, yes, what's wrong?"
Yueya spoke quickly: "The photo wall in the living room is full of photos of us doing things. There is a question mark on the last photo. I didn't understand what it meant until I saw the spareribs in the refrigerator. There are photos of you making braised spareribs on the wall, and spareribs appeared in the refrigerator. What does this mean?"
"Does that mean I'm going to make braised spareribs?" Hongmei was a little confused: "This reason doesn't seem to be sufficient."
"Adding the previous note rules, it is sufficient," Yue Ya said: "After receiving the note, the player must complete the things specified in the note before leaving the designated area, otherwise he will be punished. The photo is just a different medium, but the idea is still the same - the player must complete the things specified in the photo wall to trigger the next plot."
Hongmei became serious: "I understand."
"Not only the spareribs, the chessboard in the photo must also exist." Yue Ya said, "Let's verify it first."
Yue Ya returned to the living room, told Zhuang Yan and Yun Yu his ideas, and asked them to find the chessboard.
"Chessboard? I think I know where it is!" Zhuang Yan ran behind the storage cabinet and dragged out the chessboard: "I saw it when I first investigated, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time."
Soon, they found the chess pieces in the cabinet again.
Yue Ya: "My idea is right. Let's start reproducing the plot on the first row of photos. When you two play chess, remember to sit according to the positions on the photos and make sure to place the chess pieces correctly."
On the other side, Hongmei got the news and started to make braised spareribs.
Lao Liu's voice was heard from the study, probably he had discovered some clues.
Yueya went to the study room, and before he could elaborate on the photo wall, Laoliu said, "There's a prop here, do you have any way to get it?"
The prop that Lao Liu was talking about was a stone with a strong evil spirit, so it attracted his attention.
"Let me try." Yue Ya asked the puppet to pick up the stone, and its head turned into stone.
Lao Liu took a breath and said, "Hiss... This is fucking weird. Are your puppets okay?"
"They don't feel pain, nor do they have emotions, and they can be repaired," Yue Ya used puppeteering to reshape the puppet's body and threw the stone to Lao Liu: "The taboo has been lifted."
"Thank you." Lao Liu said in surprise: "This is a soul-locking stone!"
"Let's talk business first..." Yue Ya started, but was suddenly distracted by the ink on the table: "There is another prop here."
Yue Ya asked the puppet to pick up the ink, and its palm disappeared instantly! The ink fell down and was caught steadily by Yue Ya, but the puppet's body continued to disappear.
The puppet hesitated for only a second before automatically breaking its arm and coming to Yue Ya to wait for repair.
After Yue Ya repaired the puppet's arm, he had a strange feeling in his heart. It seemed that his puppets had become smarter. Was it an illusion?
After putting away the props, Yueya talked to Laoliu about the photo wall and asked him to write in the study by imitating the photos.
"No problem," Lao Liu said seriously, "What character is the 'me' in the photo practicing?"
Yueya thought about it and said, "Xiao Ming's father is invincible in the universe."
"..." Lao Liu was silent for a moment: "Are you kidding?"
Yueya: "No, 'you' really wrote these words."
"Okay." Lao Liu spread out the rice paper, wrote a series of words, and boasted: "This is well written!"
Yue Ya's eyes suddenly blurred, he blinked and saw a closed door.
The warmth on his head disappeared, and Yue Ya touched it, but didn't feel Fei Fei, and there was a backpack in his hand. Yue Ya opened the backpack, which contained textbooks and stationery, but nothing worth noting.
Behind him was a staircase shrouded in white mist. It was obvious that they had restored the "plot" of the first row of photos and were now about to move on to the plot of the second row of photos, so he was moved to the door.
Yue Ya knocked on the door, thinking that the person who opened the door must be Hong Mei. If the player did something different from what was in the photo, it might trigger some kind of taboo.
"Squeak--" the door opened, and Yue Ya breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Hong Mei.
Red Rose said, "I can see you now."
Yueya nodded: "Because from now on, 'Xiaoming' is at home. Fortunately, you opened the door."
Hongmei: "We reacted as soon as you disappeared. When there was a knock on the door, we knew the plot of the second row of photos had begun."
Yueya stepped into the living room and smelled a foul odor: "What's that smell?"
"The smell of spare ribs," Hongmei's face looked a little ugly. "The spare ribs smelled weird after being cooked. It made me want to vomit. I suspect it was the boss's scent attack. Forget it, forget it. I can't think about it too much."
It does feel a bit suffocating if you smell it for a long time, but you can only bear it for now.
Yueya caught Feifei who flew towards him and said, "Let's continue our role-playing."
In the "Family Dinner" photo, only the braised spareribs are clear, while the other dishes are very blurry. Hong Mei tried her best to restore the dining table according to the number of bowls and plates, so that everyone could sit at the table.
After everyone was seated, everyone looked at each other, feeling a little nervous.
Zhuang Yan swallowed his saliva and said, "Don't you think it's scary to do this kind of thing in a haunted house?"
Yun Yu frowned: "It is indeed very strange, especially since we have become so old. It feels out of control."
Feifei jumped onto the table, walked to the plate of ribs and sniffed it, then instantly exploded into a small ball of fur. He impatiently scratched the table with his hind paws, making a "burying" gesture.
Yue Ya picked it up and looked towards the balcony. The sunset disappeared without a trace and night fell quietly.
"It's getting dark," Yue Ya glanced at the countdown. "Only one hour has passed in the countdown, but three hours have passed on the old clock in the house. So the time in the dungeon follows the plot, and the flow rate is different from the countdown."
Yue Ya asked the puppet to turn on all the lights in the house, and the players left the dining table and sat on the sofa.
This scene is extremely similar to a photo on the photo wall, which means they have restored all the plots on the photo wall.
"Knock, knock, knock!" The door was knocked again.
The players looked towards the door at the same time—the plot has really been updated!
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