Chapter 232 The mysteriously missing player and the changing imitation painting
Lin Jiu looked at everyone, frowned and asked, "Where are the three newcomers?"
The second group was on the first floor, while Todd, Charles, Ivan and Reginald were on the third floor.
So where did the remaining three go?
"Also, where are those two little ghosts?" Lin Jiu discovered that Anna and Joel were missing again.
Although these two little brats were a bit elusive, before Lin Jiu entered the basement, the siblings stayed with the players.
Hearing this, Todd subconsciously said, "I told the others to keep an eye on them."
As for the three newcomers, Todd frowned, unable to remember whether they had acted with them before.
Not only Todd, but no one else could remember either.
Anna and Joel were protected by Reginald and Hicks at the time. Everyone present remembered this clearly because they all saw it.
But what happened after that...
"I remember one of them was with us at the time." Reginald spoke a little quickly.
He and one of the newcomers were responsible for looking at the paintings together, so when he went upstairs, Reginald clearly remembered that he was bringing a newcomer upstairs.
At least, when Reginald went to the third floor to check on Essen's disappearance, he clearly remembered that the newcomer was there.
Just as everyone was thinking about it, Lin Jiu's expression changed slightly because of something he saw.
Charles noticed the change in his expression, thought of something, and asked, "Is this a hint?"
"It seems to be bad news." Reginald said almost affirmatively.
Lin Jiu nodded, first confirming Reginald's guess.
"The livestreams of those three newcomers went dark a long time ago. One of them suddenly disappeared when you turned the corner on your way to the third floor. And... Hicks and the others' livestreams went dark too."
As for Anna and Joel, they also disappeared when they were heading to the third floor.
This is really bad news.
Charles's expression changed slightly.
They didn't hear any sound just now. It seemed that the three people in Group 2 also disappeared quietly.
Several people quickly returned to the living room. As expected, the three people were nowhere to be seen, but there were new traces at the scene. It seemed that they were not caught in the basement without any preparation.
"Look, the painting has changed again." Reginald pointed at the imitation painting and said with a frown.
In the imitation painting, except for the man sitting in the main seat, everyone else was dead and fell on the dining table.
If you look closely, you can see two fleeing figures outside the background of the imitation painting.
A man and a woman, but the woman is not a character originally modeled after the painting.
"Are you hinting at us?" Ivan asked others with some displeasure, pointing his thumb at the imitation painting.
"Maybe." Charles approached, stroking his chin as if lost in thought. After a moment, he added, "It seems two vampires escaped that year."
As he spoke, he thought of another painting.
Maybe it wasn't a coincidence that Laura was in that painting?
"Maybe the two vampires who escaped that year were Mr. and Mrs. Smith."
Todd's voice suddenly sounded beside him. Charles was startled and turned his head to see that Todd had stood beside him and was looking at the painting calmly.
But there seemed to be some emotion brewing wildly in those eyes.
"Why do you say that?" Charles asked.
Although this was possible based on the information in the rules, Todd's tone was too certain.
Todd looked at Charles. Instead of answering the question, he said something puzzling: "I won't forget it."
Before Charles could think about the meaning of this sentence, Lin Jiu suddenly spoke and attracted everyone's attention.
"What should I do? The passage to the basement seems to be blocked."
Lin Jiu had returned from a trip to the utility room at some point. His expression was calm, and his tone lacked any panic. He didn't seem to be worried about the situation at all.
Lin Jiu really had nothing to worry about.
At least with his strength, it would be no problem for him to complete the dungeon alive.
It's other people who should be worried.
Todd frowned when he heard Lin Jiu's words.
He had originally wanted to go to the basement to take a look...but now, everything is messed up.
.......
at the same time.
In the underground space.
When Christie woke up, he felt extreme muscle aches all over his body.
He struggled to get up, but found himself completely powerless.
The faint whispers in his ears told Christy that he had been greatly polluted.
Christie shook his head, thinking about what happened before he fell into a coma.
At that time, he, Eugene and Hicks were on the first floor. When he heard the loud noise coming from the third floor, Christian subconsciously looked up.
When I turned around, I saw a black shadow rushing towards me.
Without thinking, Christie drew out his dagger and fought back, but the shadow still pierced his body.
The pollution was probably left behind at that time.
Before falling into a coma, Christie only saw that the black shadow seemed to turn into a human figure.
But it's weird that there are countless heads growing on one body.
Very creepy.
After the recollection ended, Christie supported his upper body and tried to stand up, but he gasped in shock at the pain in his arm.
"hiss--"
Christian touched his left arm, where there was a cut. The bleeding had stopped, but the wound was very painful because it had just been pulled.
However, the pain was not enough to make Christian unable to move. He gently held his arm and began to look around at his surroundings.
This seems to be a prison cell, with bones piled in the corner. Judging from the skulls, about ten people died here.
Hicks and Eugene were nowhere to be seen. Christy thought they were probably locked up in other cells, so he got up and went to look for them.
There was nothing around and his weapons had not been taken away. With the help of brute force, Christie broke the lock of the cell door, thus avoiding the bad situation of the loud noise attracting something.
Christie did not call out the two people's names, but walked forward cautiously.
There were piles of white bones in almost every cell. The oppressive space and environment made Christian frown the whole time. The rusty chains in each cell made him think of many bad things.
That black shadow is probably the collective resentment of these guys, right?
According to some background settings of this castle, Christie guessed that the people imprisoned in this cell were most likely slaves. Considering that the first owner of the castle was a vampire, these slaves were probably food for those vampires.
But why wasn't he rescued?
Christie didn't think much about it. There were only a few answers. The most important thing right now was to find Hicks and Eugene.
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