Chapter 111 Hide and Seek
Because they had just arrived and the manor was full of tall weeds, and the little boy said yesterday that there were strange noises, the hostess did not dare to leave the two children alone in the manor, so the family set out together.
Lu Jiamu and others also experienced a night in a luxurious villa suite for free. Although it was not very safe, it was relaxing enough compared to the previous environment.
The family's departure meant they could walk out of their room and move freely in the manor. But today was different from yesterday. Today they all knew that the key to the castle was underground, and the ground part was just a deliberate trick, and there was nothing they needed.
Even if there is nothing valuable on the ground floor, at least there is a kitchen with kitchen utensils and seasonings that can be used at will.
Lu Jiamu went out and found the place where he buried the leftover fish carcasses last night and brought the fish back.
Coleman had already prepared all the seasonings in the kitchen, and he repeatedly cleaned and heated up the pot that had been used for something unknown.
The family didn't know when they would be back, so they had to act quickly. They cooked several fishes as quickly as possible and served them on the table.
Although it was just a single ugly fish, three cooking methods were used: roasting, steaming and stewing, and normal seasonings were used, which made it feel like a feast.
Johnny sat at the dining table and seemed to pray to the fish before starting to eat.
He took two bites and felt that the quiet atmosphere was a little off.
It seemed like everyone was keeping quiet about what happened last night and what they were planning for today. This wasn't normal.
So Johnny took the initiative and asked, "Well...what are we going to do today?"
When Yu Leng heard this, he looked at Johnny with a fork in his mouth and said, "There are bones in the fish, don't talk while eating."
Johnny nodded and was silent for a moment before asking again, "What are our plans?"
Now they have reached a certain degree of harmonious coexistence with the monsters underground, and they only have two days left to stay in this world. Of course, they should not fight them head-on and try to survive if possible.
Lu Jiamu shook his head sincerely: "No, there are too many monsters below, let's observe for a while."
Johnny didn't give up. Seeing that they didn't say anything, he took the initiative to start a conversation and tried to discuss the scepter they saw in the monster's hand last night.
As Johnny was talking, several people suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some movement in the elevator. Several people turned their eyes to the elevator, and Johnny stopped talking.
It sounded like a rat crawling around, but the noise seemed to be getting louder and louder.
Lu Jiamu had stopped eating the fish, poured the rest into Johnny's torn coat, and took the plate to the kitchen to wash it: "Maybe something came up from downstairs."
The others did not leave immediately. They continued eating and looking in the direction of the elevator in confusion.
The sound in the elevator shaft rustled for a while and then quieted down, but it didn't last long. There were loud and continuous banging sounds and the harsh sound of metal friction again.
Several people soon realized that the monsters downstairs were trying to climb up the elevator shaft.
Although Lu Jiamu stole all the keys from their hands, they were unable to open the elevator, and the elevator car was blocked on the first floor.
But now there was no one else in the castle, and the monster had no scruples anymore. It actually planned to use brute force to knock open the elevator car and then climb up directly.
The other few people also started to move, eating while running to the kitchen with their plates.
Lu Jiamu had finished washing his own dishes and came back, wiping the dining table with Johnny's tattered clothes.
If they don't clean up and restore the things they used after the meal, they may be discovered by the family.
After persistent impact, the monster in the elevator shaft had pushed the elevator car up a little, and now it had opened a gap in the elevator door. A bunch of heads were crowded in there, peeking their heads out, and when they saw Lu Jiamu, they all laughed.
Lu Jiamu smiled politely in return, picked up the tattered clothes and ran out.
The other people also washed their plates and put them back on the shelf.
But before they ran out of the castle, they saw several manor maids walking in from outside with stiff faces.
Even if there was no elevator, they could climb out through the small window in the semi-basement, but it would be more troublesome and complicated.
Being attacked from both sides, Johnny immediately thought of the black-haired girl wrapped in plastic wrap, and asked stutteringly: "Now... isn't it daytime now? Why..."
Why are they still able to walk in from outdoors?
Lu Jiamu looked at the sky and pointed: "Maybe they are not afraid of the daytime, but the sunlight. It's cloudy today."
It was already past ten in the morning, but it was still gloomy and dark outside, like night.
So in this kind of weather, why do you still go out shopping with your family? Aren’t you afraid of getting caught in the rain?
But there was no time to curse any more, as the monster outside the door had already walked in, and the monster in the elevator shaft also persevered and managed to squeeze half of its body out through the small gap.
Even though Coleman was there, Johnny was still scared and asked incoherently: "Why don't you run...where can we hide?"
Now that they have been caught by this "family" in person, there is no need for them to continue pretending to play tricks on them like they did yesterday. Where else can they run to?
Moreover, even if they ran fast and used the large rooms in the castle to temporarily shake off the group of monsters, with the abilities they showed yesterday, it would only take a few minutes to spy on where they were hiding.
Lu Jiamu thought for a moment and then said, "Let's go to the grass."
Coleman trusted his judgment very much, and after hearing what he said, he also understood the reason.
When being blocked by the enemy, people will instinctively want to escape to a place where the enemy can't see them. But this whole castle belongs to the monsters of the Vincent family, so how can there be a place where the enemy can't see them?
It will take time for the monster to crawl out from the elevator shaft or from the window. Now is the best time to confront it head-on and we can't waste any time.
Coleman immediately looked towards the castle gate and rushed towards the maids who were already showing malicious smiles.
Seeing that she had already started to charge, the others could only follow her.
Coleman used his strong body to knock down the maid walking in front of him, then picked her up violently and swung her around like a stick.
After successfully breaking through the gate, as soon as a few people ran out, they saw more maids rushing towards the main gate.
Not daring to look any further, they immediately ran into the sea of flowers outside the castle without looking back.
After running a few steps, Yu Leng saw from the corner of his eye that the "rhizome" of the strange flower moved, and then a shriveled hand suddenly stretched out from the ground and grabbed his ankle.
As he was running in a hurry, he was suddenly tripped by this thing. Yu Leng fell flat on his face and lay face to face with the "tuber" that was crawling out.
Seeing that the others were about to leave him behind, he shouted in panic, "Sister, save me!"
Coleman looked back and saw that he had fallen, as if his foot was caught by something. He immediately returned the same way and stomped on the hand that stretched out from the ground with a violent kick, then picked up Yu Leng on his shoulders and ran with him.
Because she had the strongest physical fitness, even though she ran a little longer, she quickly caught up with the others.
When running past Wei Xiaoyan, Kou Man picked her up and ran with her because he was worried that she would be entangled by something like Yu Leng.
Lu Jiamu and Johnny were not treated so well.
Seeing this, Johnny didn't want to work hard anymore, and shouted in panic: "Sister, take care of me!"
Coleman just looked back at him, and when he saw that he had nothing to do, he ignored him.
Several shriveled human figures have crawled out from the sea of flowers, wandering in the sea of flowers like scarecrows. But maybe it was because they were too close to the outer edge of the sea of flowers when they hid yesterday, or because they buried themselves too deep this morning. In short, their speed was slow and they failed to stop the few people who were running wildly.
When the monsters near the castle rushed into the sea of flowers, several people had already successfully entered the tall weeds.
The few people who entered the weeds breathed a sigh of relief and slowed down their running. Coleman put down the two people who were being carried.
The monsters outside have also run to the edge of the weeds.
No one spoke, trying their best to control their breathing.
Through the gaps under the weeds, they saw the monsters stop outside the circle of weeds. The monsters seemed to wait and see for a moment, and then kept walking back and forth outside.
Yu Leng blinked and asked with his mouth: Can't they come in?
The monsters wandered around and around along the edge of the weeds. Finally, one of them spoke the voice of the mistress of the manor: "We see you. It's no use hiding."
The man also said: "You are hiding in there, we can catch you in no time. You can't stay here forever, right? But maybe if you come out on your own initiative, we can have a good talk."
The monster outside walked around the weeds, saying as he walked: "Don't get me wrong, we have no ill intentions. As long as you stay quiet and don't bother us, we don't actually want to hurt you. We have signed a new contract and will have a new tenant soon. Why would we deliberately make things difficult for you?"
"We wanted to capture you because we were worried and wanted to make sure you wouldn't endanger our existence. We were afraid that you wouldn't understand our family."
"You guys were in such a hurry yesterday. Maybe if we talk it out, we can become good friends~ good friends of the Vincent family~"
The monsters kept talking and wandering outside the weeds, walking faster and faster, like hunters eager to try, but they just didn't come in.
Several people held their breath, squatted down and watched the legs moving back and forth, and no one said a word.
"Come out now, and be good friends with the Vincent family. We can promise you to live freely in the castle in the future, and let you eat our food."
Perhaps in the process of marrying their close relatives and evolving into mud monsters, the Vincent family also evolved away their brains.
Are you kidding me by saying these things now?
Especially the two young intermediaries who helped them cheat outsiders and were later abandoned. This is enough to show that the Vincent family is extremely vicious.
Seeing that these nonsense were useless, the monsters outside stopped moving back and forth at the same time.
After a moment of silence, the mistress of the manor suddenly asked loudly: "Are you hidden? We are coming to catch you!"
After he finished speaking, the weeds suddenly made a sound of being plucked, and the monster outside actually walked in.
Johnny panicked when he saw them coming in.
But he also knew that the monster's startled movements were probably a trick to identify its location, so he didn't make any sound. He just looked at Lu Jiamu and asked with his mouth: What's next? What should I do?
Lu Jiamu pointed outside and said: Just run out.
Several people immediately stood up and ran towards the outside of the manor.
But they didn’t get the ruby at all. Sure enough, a text prompt soon appeared: [You didn’t get the ruby at all and didn’t complete the adventure, but because you were afraid of the cruelty of the manor owner, you decided to run away from Vincent Manor.
Number of identifications: 20
But Vincent's house had not been weeded for a long time, and the weeds had grown to more than a man's height. As soon as you entered, you lost your way and couldn't find a way out. You failed completely.]
As soon as the text prompt ended, the wasteland suddenly became chaotic. Several people were trapped in it and could no longer see the direction they came from, nor could they find the direction they should go.
According to previous experience, once the text prompts create this kind of objective impact, it will not only hinder them, but the ghosts will also be affected.
The lady of the manor walked through the weeds, saying as she walked: "You can't get out at all. You are just waiting to die. There are five of you, right?"
The sound was actually very close to them.
Johnny's goosebumps had just risen when he heard the voice of the mistress of the manor coming from far away: "We can't take care of five people at once. Maybe if you make friends with us now, we can let one of you go. Shout and let us know where you are. You will be our good friend. We will let you go."
"Opportunities are limited, don't let others snatch them away~"
He even tries to sow discord.
But its voice was getting closer and farther away, and it was obvious that the text prompt just now had also affected the monsters. The monsters were also lost in this wasteland.
The sky was gloomy as if it was already night, and a damp and cold wind was blowing.
An hour later, it actually started raining heavily.
What does it mean that the weather is not good and that God wants you to die? Now they all have a deep understanding of it.
They had no umbrellas and were soon soaked, shivering from the cold in the wild grass.
Johnny didn't have a coat, and he was cold and scared in the dark. After a while, he couldn't hold back his sneeze and said, "A-choo!"
Except for the sound of rain, everything around became quiet.
After a while, a voice suddenly came from beside them: "So you are hiding here."
A few people turned their heads towards the sound and saw a skinny maid pushing aside the straw, looking down at them.
Obviously, even though it rained, it did not become filled with moisture and remained dry.
Coleman kicked it down without saying a word.
Several people immediately moved their positions one after another.
The skinny maid got up and immediately wanted to chase again, but after a short gap, she was affected by the lost effect again and could not catch up with them again.
After getting rid of the maid, several people squatted together in the weeds again.
The living people were caught in the rain in such a cold day, and their strength was declining quickly. But the dummies did not seem to be afraid of the rain and cold, and they turned around as if nothing had happened, shouting:
"Where are you, sir?"
"Ma'am, it's so cold outside, please come inside and warm up."
"Sir? Madam~"
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