The protagonist chased the villain, and Tiandao screamed in anger

"One of us is missing. Can we wait a moment..." Based on his vague memory of last night's meal, Wang Longzhao felt that there might be something wrong with the food prepared by the castle.

He couldn't even remember how he followed the servant to the guest room and how he fell asleep last night.

Clearly last night, he repeated over and over in his mind that he must be alert to everything in the castle.

This is not normal.

"Everyone, please follow me." But the servant ignored Wang Longzhao's words, and turned sideways to wait for the few people to come downstairs, and his actions showed that he could not be refused.

No one was willing to try to reject the consequences that the other party would face, even though, from last night till now, this ancient castle exuding a strange atmosphere had not done anything harmful.

The few of them looked at each other and had to put Qin Jue's affairs aside for the time being and follow the butler to the long table restaurant where they had been last night.

On the underground floor of the castle, in a mossy and muddy wine cellar, Qin Jue looked around with an oil lamp and found a pile of bones filled with debris behind the piled-up wine barrels.

The flesh and skin had been worn away by time, leaving only a pool of broken and rotten bones.

The game is not stable. Even if the sea is calm, there must be whirlpools beneath the sea.

Qin Jue was very clear about the tone of the eerie night. After getting some clues from the "Madam", he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep at night, so he simply took a lamp and looked around the castle.

Some old letters were found in the study-like room. While checking the furnishings in the room, I accidentally found the secret door leading to the wine cellar.

I sensed a smell of decay in the air and followed the scent to find the corpses.

Judging from the degree of corruption, these people died at different times. The bones on the top layer are the most complete, and compared to the others, they should have died the latest.

After walking out of the study, I happened to hear a quarrel downstairs. I followed the sound to the restaurant from last night, and the long table was once again filled with all kinds of tempting food.

Only this time, the four of them were no longer reckless. They hesitated and did not start eating immediately, even though the aroma of the food made them extremely hungry.

"Don't eat yet. I think there's something wrong with the food." Qiao Yi Zhong stopped Yang Qing from eating too much and looked at the table full of food, feeling very strange.

It was obvious that he had not felt any strong hunger before he sat here, but when he smelled the fragrance of the rice, he could not help but feel the urge to start eating.

Last night, it seemed to be the same.

"What's the problem? Didn't we eat yesterday?" Yang Qing's appetite was aroused. He felt extremely hungry, but he suppressed his rationality and did not push Qiao Yi Zhong away.

Looking across, Wang and Zhao were sitting quietly and silently, with no intention of picking up their chopsticks.

It was obvious that she had discovered that there might be something wrong with the food early on, but she didn't remind him or take the initiative, just waiting for him to use the two of them as experiments.

test?

Realizing this, Qiao Yi Zhong loosened his hand and stopped trying to stop him.

There is always one person among them who acts as a guinea pig.

"…Then you can eat it."

Without the obstruction, Yang Qing's refusal to listen to advice was much less. He paused, and when he was about to pick up the food to eat, the other party's words flashed in his ears, and he hesitated again.

In fact, the dispute between several people over food was meaningless. If there was a problem with the food on the long table like there was last night, there would be no time or room for these people to hesitate.

Qin Jue saw all this clearly, but unfortunately the four people who had just entered the game did not know. When he raised his foot to walk down the stairs, a hand came over his shoulder.

Turning around, he saw the lady in a dark green corseted dress facing him through her veil.

While the people at the table were still doubting the food, overlapping footsteps were heard from the stairwell.

The four of them turned around and found that the lady from last night appeared again, but this time, the person following the lady was not a male servant, but Qin Jue who had disappeared since morning.

At this moment, the other person was bending down with his head down, carefully holding his wife's hand, and walking down step by step.

"He is..."

Attention was diverted from the dining table. Yang Qing was confused when he saw this scene and subconsciously pulled Qiao Yi Zhong.

But not only him, but also Qiao Yi Zhong beside him and even Wang Zhao opposite him were confused.

Then, the lady sat down and said something that made the others even more confused:

"Thank you very much, my dear guests, for helping me find my husband. Although there is no shortage of gold and silver in the castle, there is really nothing fun to do here. If you find it boring to stay here, after this meal, please take a bag of treasures from the treasure chest, cross the sea of ​​flowers on your own, and leave."

The archway on one side opened, and two servants brought in box after box of treasures. The lids were opened, revealing the glittering gold, silver and jewels inside for the people to choose from.

[Players, please decide whether to stay or leave within 30 minutes. ]

[After leaving the flower sea, the player will be deemed to have voluntarily left the dungeon. ]

The system's voice sounded, and to several people it sounded like a clearance reminder.

Before they figured out the rules of the game, they were notified whether to choose to leave. They looked at each other and put aside their previous doubts about Qin Jue.

"What's going on? Are you letting us go right now?" Doesn't getting out mean returning to reality?

"So, can we still eat this meal?" Yang Qing looked at the food in front of him, still conflicted.

The sound of the chair being pulled open was not loud, and Wang Longzhao, who suddenly stood up, instantly attracted the attention of the two people opposite him.

"What are you going to do?"

"Are we really allowed to choose from these treasures?" Wang Longzhao walked to the treasure chests placed side by side, picked up a pearl necklace with his fingers, and examined it carefully against the light to confirm that they were real pearls.

"Of course, guests are welcome to choose." The lady sitting in the host seat nodded slightly.

After getting the permission, Wang Longzhao began to collect jewels and put them on himself.

Although he knew that the treasures here could not be brought back to reality, they should be able to be exchanged for currency in the game world.

After picking out some gold, silver and jewelry and putting them in his carry-on bag, Wang Longzhao turned around and walked out of the restaurant and the castle.

Beside him, Zhao Yiyao did the same thing, selected some too, and followed him away.

"Hey, wait, you guys are just leaving like this?"

The remaining two were still unable to react. Looking at the actions of the two, they inexplicably felt a sense of crisis of fighting for the treasure. They grabbed a large handful from the treasure chest and chased after the people in front of them.

Wang Longzhao walked out of the ancient castle, passing through the secluded path in the sea of ​​flowers. He did not stop until he saw the bushes he had come from, and looked back.

"Brother Wang, everything should be fine. If we keep walking, we will really get out." Zhao Yiyao looked back and saw that the system gave an exit reminder within his sight.

"I always feel like something is wrong. It's too quiet here. Even if some ghosts appear, it would be more reassuring than it is now."

After looking at this bright red rose field for a long time, Wang Longzhao always felt a little creepy, an indescribable feeling, as if there was clearly nothing, but it seemed as if there was something terrible hidden in that sea of ​​flowers.

It is not common for him to have such a perception.

"But we... can't go back. This is our only choice to stay alive." He felt the same way, but if they returned to reality, they would surely die. Only by playing games could they still have the possibility to live a carefree life.

"Let's go back?"

"Go back!" He always felt that there was something fishy about the game. The journey here and there was too smooth. Perhaps a trap was waiting for them at the end.

When he woke up in the morning, he noticed the system's prompt. He thought that what the other party was referring to was the current situation that was enough to confuse them.

This must not be a real clearance.

The game was testing them. If they really walked out of here, they would have stepped into a dead end.

Qiao Yang and his companion, who were chasing the people in front of them with their heads down, looked up and met the two people who had turned back.

"Weren't you going out? Why are you back? Hey!"

Yang Qing was sweating profusely and asked breathlessly, but he couldn't get an answer.

"They neither of them had any intention of leaving." Qiao Yi Zhong noticed that the two people who returned had no intention of leaving the game from the beginning. They were probably testing the danger of the game.

In other words, he was testing the lady, who was not sure whether she was a human or a ghost, to see if her intention of releasing the person was genuine.

Judging from the appearance of the two people, there seems to be no danger.

But if there is real danger, can they cope with it or avoid it?

Qiao Yi Zhong didn't feel confident.

At the dining table, Qin Jue cut off a small piece of steak and placed it on You Mu's plate.

"Do you really want to let them go?" He looked at the system prompt and it didn't seem fake.

"Of course it is... true."

The game hasn't officially started yet, how can it end early?

This is the only easy way to pass the game, which tests the player's courage and bravery. Unfortunately, those four people didn't dare to take the gamble.

Furthermore, even if they release a game, the situation they will face may not be better than the current one.

They will definitely come back.

You Mu took the food from the plate and put it into his mouth. He changed the subject: "However, instead of worrying about them, you should think about how to pass the level yourself, a mercenary who has acted contrary to the set role."

"Are those people in the underground wine cellar people with similar identities to our group of players?" After entering the game, the system assigns each player an identity within a scene.

Although the other four had not revealed the identity information given by the system to each other due to lack of experience and mutual vigilance, one could still guess a little by looking at their attire.

Among the corpses piled up in the wine cellar, from the cloths that had not yet rotted, he could probably find similarities with the clothes worn by this group of people.

At the beginning of the game, the old man's sigh and the meaning of his words indicate that this group of outsiders are not the first group to come to the castle.

It is said that the strange castle will attract a large number of visitors who want to achieve certain goals due to various desires.

Therefore, it is almost certain that those corpses are those of outsiders.

Since death exists, the game is certainly not as simple as providing a meal, a place to stay for a night and then letting you go.

And so far, the official clearance conditions of the system have not been released.

Qin Jue suddenly remembered what the system said when he arrived at the castle last night, asking them to "complete the main storyline of the game."

The main line can be the correct process of passing the level, or it can be the main storyline.

"Are we just going through the key plot of the dungeon now?" Qin Jue pieced together a possibility from marginal information and tilted his head to try to find an answer.

"Are you asking the evil ghost who is responsible for setting up the levels in the dungeon for the answer to passing the level?" It sounded a bit outrageous. The hand holding the knife and fork paused, and You Mu asked in surprise. He felt that the people around him were getting bolder and bolder.

Reaching out to lift the black veil in front of You Mu, Qin Jue leaned over and argued, "How could that be... I'm seeking help from my lover. Can you give me some hints? Madam?"

You Muheng pinched the man's chin and pushed away the face that was hidden in the brim of the hat. He smiled and said, "How many husbands do you want to be? The previous ones are all dead."

"It's okay. I'm strong and not afraid of these. I can live with my wife till old age." Qin Jue picked up a small piece of fruit with a fork and was about to put it to You Mu's mouth.

"When the sun sets, go to my room. There should be something you want to know." She gave a hint and reached out to fiddle with the gauze curtain in front of her. Before the two people came back, You Mu continued to play the role of Lady Rose in the castle.