After the Taoist priest revealed that the zombie's coffin contained three things left by his junior fellow apprentice, he just buried his head in his food and refused to answer any questions Yue Ya asked.
Since there was no other information to be obtained, Yue Ya didn't waste time on the Taoist priest.
"We will follow the original plan and form a team to investigate the inn to see if there are any coffins hidden here," Yue Ya paused, "Let's go to the darkest and most yin place."
The players had no objections and quickly formed teams and set off.
Yue Ya, Zhuang Yan, Yun Yu and the other team were in charge of the first floor. The other team went to check the restaurant, while Yue Ya and the others went to find the entrance to the basement.
It didn't take Yueya much time to find the entrance to the basement - it was near the convenience store, hidden behind a pile of goods.
When Yue Ya tried to open the small door on the ground, he received a notification.
[The basement is not open yet, please stay tuned. 】
Yue Ya raised his eyebrows and said to his companions, "The basement is not open yet. Let's come back tomorrow and go somewhere else."
"This dungeon is actually divided into different areas..." Yun Yu said, "It's fun."
Zhuang Yan scratched his head: "Well, maybe they are afraid of releasing too many monsters at once and killing us instantly."
When leaving, Yueya felt a sudden chill on his neck, as if someone was blowing air on the back of his neck.
In a place like this, he didn't think it was his illusion. Those ghosts and evil spirits loved to use this method to play tricks on the living. He had too much experience and knew that it was best not to look back at this time.
Although he thought so, Yue Ya felt that the place where he was blown was getting colder and colder, as if a layer of frost had formed. He couldn't help but reach out and rub his neck.
"Hiss..." A cold hand covered his palm!
Yue Ya's whole body froze, and he immediately reached out to grab that hand. He couldn't let this guy get away!
But the hand was as slippery as a loach and disappeared in an instant. Yue Ya turned around and saw nothing behind him except the broken incandescent light bulb on the ceiling that was swaying back and forth.
[Who is it! Who touched Yuezai's little hand in the dark? !]
[Damn it, I want to touch it too!]
[This ghost has ambitions, he did what I always wanted to do]
This little episode passed quickly. Yueya’s first priority was to find the zombie, but they searched every possible place on the first floor and found no trace of the coffin.
The players gathered in the lobby, and everyone looked a little depressed.
"We searched the second floor thoroughly and found nothing." The fat man sighed.
"We searched everywhere we could, but there was no trace of the coffin."
"We wanted to go up to the attic, but the system reminded us that the attic was not open yet."
Zhuang Yan heard this and said, "The basement hasn't been opened yet. We searched the first floor but didn't find the coffin."
One person speculated: "I feel like the zombies are hiding in the basement and attic, but there's nothing we can do since we can't get in."
The players seemed to have reached a dead end and could only stay where they were, not knowing what to do next.
Several people looked at Yue Ya, wanting to see if he had any ideas.
Yue thought for a moment and looked towards the restaurant. The Taoist priest had finished his meal and was drinking tea leisurely in the restaurant. He met Yue's eyes squarely.
Before Yue Ya opened his mouth, the Taoist priest seemed to see through him. He smiled and said, "There are still ten minutes to midnight. I suggest you leave immediately to avoid being taken away by mistake."
The Taoist priest's words were incoherent and the players were a little confused.
Yue Ya asked: "Master, can you explain it more clearly? Why should we avoid it?"
"The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed," the Taoist priest shook his head and added, "I know you are curious, but no matter how curious you are, don't be clever and peek. That will cost you your life. Time is running out, let's go."
The expression on the Taoist's face was unfathomable. Yue Ya remembered that he once said that this inn was on the road to the underworld. She also remembered that the housekeeper said that all the rooms were fully booked... Could it be that there would be some special guests checking in after midnight?
Yue Ya subconsciously looked for the butler, but found that he had disappeared without a trace, and a girl in a black dress was sitting at the counter. The light over there was too dim, and Yue Ya could not see the girl clearly.
The wall clock in the lobby was ticking away, and Yue Ya felt a little uneasy listening to the sound.
"Brother Yue, what are you going to do?" asked the fat man.
Yue Ya made a decision: "I plan to listen to the Taoist priest and go back to my room to rest first."
The fat man nodded: "Then I will go back too."
"Let's all go back. It's very gloomy at midnight and I'm already feeling very uncomfortable."
All the players were planning to go back, but Yueya said, "There may be zombies tonight, so everyone should be careful."
Even after returning to the room and closing the door, the feeling of uneasiness did not disappear. Yue Ya lay on the bed, but did not really relax. He paid close attention to the movements outside.
"Dong, dong..." The hourly bell rang, and there were suddenly many more noises in the quiet inn, the sound of wind chimes, footsteps, music, laughter... The sounds became clearer and clearer, yet very unreal, as if they belonged to another world.
Yueya slowly frowned.
He looked out the window and saw a strange figure with a huge head and a very long neck just passing by the door. Yue Ya's breathing stagnated and he almost bit his tongue.
The big-headed figure seemed to have noticed something, stopped, and turned to look over. Even though there was frosted glass between them, Yue Ya could feel that he was being stared at.
The strange thing suddenly pressed its face against the frosted glass, and its big round head was squeezed into a pancake.
At this time, another strange figure passed by. This one had a very small head, but had many thin arms dancing on its body. This strange figure was very curious and also stopped. He asked the big-headed strange figure: "What are you looking at?"
The big-headed monster spoke slowly: "This place... smells... wrong..."
Yueya's heart skipped a beat. Was he smelling the human scent on himself?
After the big-headed monster finished speaking, two more faces were pasted on the glass... But after a while, the frosted glass was covered with faces of all sizes. Yue Ya didn't know how many monsters were standing at his door. He was now a little worried whether this small door could withstand it.
[My scalp is tingling, my friends, they don’t want to break in, do they?]
[It should not be possible to get in, unless Yuezi opens the door on his own initiative. Remember what happened in the car? The car window is broken, so the ghost can’t get in.]
[Although I can’t see the faces of these monsters and I know they can’t get in, my legs go weak when I think of the densely packed monsters standing in the corridor]
[Congratulations, Yuezai, you have once again become a tourist check-in spot]
[Hey, they are finally gone!]
The strange shadow outside the door finally lost interest in this room and slowly left. Yue Ya breathed a sigh of relief.
Yue Ya was still a little worried, until the noise outside gradually died down and there were no more strange shadows lingering in front of the door, he closed his eyes and rested.
…
Another room on the same floor.
The tour group's driver was sleeping soundly, his snoring echoing in the small room. After a day of traveling, the driver was exhausted and should have slept until dawn, but he suddenly shivered and woke up.
He woke up in the middle of the night, his chest heaving violently. It took him a while to wake up, and then he found that he was soaked, as if he had been soaked in water. He touched his clothes and quilt, and they were soaked. If he wrung them out, he might be able to wring out half a bucket of water. He was so cold that goose bumps appeared on his neck.
Where is the water leaking? I definitely can't continue sleeping like this, otherwise I will have a mild fever tomorrow. He lifted the quilt and planned to ask the inn's duty officer to change rooms. When he sat up, he found that there was a person sitting at the end of the bed!
His heart beat twice, almost jumping out of his throat! Was there anyone at the end of the bed just now? He had completely forgotten.
His eyes had adjusted to the darkness and he could see that the person next to the bed was a slender woman with long hair.
He even thought he was still dreaming, so he pinched his cheek and grimaced in pain. Forcing himself to calm down, he asked tremblingly: "Who are you and why are you in my room?"
The woman didn't look back, and uttered faintly: "I'm so cold..."
The driver then noticed that the woman was soaked and her hair was dripping with water.
The driver swallowed nervously twice and suddenly realized that this woman might not be a living person. He might have encountered a ghost!
Thinking of this, he became even more frightened and kept shaking: "I have no grudge against you..."
He couldn't finish his words because the woman sitting at the end of the bed disappeared!
The driver looked around nervously, and when he turned his head, a rotten face suddenly stuck to his face without warning! The woman looked at him dully with her eyes without whites, and said faintly: "I'm so cold..."
The driver was so frightened that his whole body stiffened and he almost died on the spot. He bit his tongue, regained consciousness, and turned to run away. Unfortunately, he couldn't run away at all. The dense hair entangled him and hung him up...
"You've become cold too..." The woman touched the corpse's face, turned into a thin piece of paper money, and slipped into the corpse's pocket.
…
Yue Ya fell asleep unknowingly, but his sleep was restless, so when he heard movement under the bed, he quickly opened his eyes.
There was still some confusion on his face, but his eyes were filled with hostility.
"Bang, bang--" There were crashing sounds from below, which became louder and louder. Yue Ya, who was sleeping above, was shaken twice.
What's going on? There's a closed tatami under the bed, so there shouldn't be such a sound. Is there something sealed inside? And... why is the yin energy in the room getting heavier?
"Bang bang!" With a loud noise, Yue Ya was instantly awakened and immediately turned over and fell to the ground.
Feifei, who was sleeping at the end of the bed, jumped onto Yueya's shoulder tacitly and looked at the bed vigilantly like him.
Two green, stiff hands crossed the bed and headed straight upwards. Yue Ya saw that the two hands had super long black nails that were as sharp as blades.
If Yueya had reacted slower just now, his arm would have been pierced by these nails.
[Wow, this manicure is awesome! It seems like she is a ghost who loves beauty]
[Look at these hands, they are so stiff, and the exposed sleeves have ancient embroidery... I don't think it's a ghost... it's a zombie! ]
[Upstairs! Now that you mention it, I realize that the height of this tatami is a little off. It seems to be just enough to hide a coffin!]
"Crack--" The tatami bed board cracked and a corpse jumped out from it!
The bed and quilt fell to the ground, and Yue Ya could see the corpse clearly. It was wearing ancient guard clothes, its face was wrinkled and a strange and ugly green color, its eye sockets were deep, and the eyeballs inside were dry. Its equally dry mouth could not hide its sharp long teeth, and it looked particularly ferocious.
[Ahhh, it really is a zombie!]
[So Yuezai took a nap on the coffin!]
[They hid the coffin in the player's room, so secretly. This inn is so shady!]
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