Happy Halloween

Although she probably guessed the result, Mu Xuanying walked to the side of the sculpture and tried to pull the notebook in her hand.

Sure enough, nothing happened.

He sighed without any surprise, and quietly raised his eyes to look at the female statue again.Seeing her talking and laughing at Yan Yan, her pair of water-cut autumn pupils seemed to have captured everything in his eyes, he couldn't help but feel ashamed like a young man who had done something bad but was caught upright.

Mo Yu stood on the spot with his arms folded, without saying a word, just looked at him with a half-smile.

"Cough." Mu Xuanying coughed dryly and seriously, and said seriously, "The trick to deciphering this mechanism is actually not complicated, the key is to use the backward method..."

The size of the puzzle is 5x5, the abscissa is based on English letters, and the ordinate is based on Arabic numerals.

U refers to Up, D refers to Down, L refers to Left, and R refers to Right.

Using the backward method, starting from OPEN at coordinates (C, 3), observe row 3 and column C, and only 2U at (C, 1) and (B, 3) can be moved to the OPEN grid according to the instructions in the grid 1R.

Assuming (C, 2) is the cell before OPEN, and then observe row 2 and column C, there is no instruction for a cell that satisfies the condition for moving to cell (C, 2), and the path is blocked.

Assuming (B, 3) is the grid before OPEN, then observe row 3 and column B, and find that the instruction 5D of grid (B, 2) satisfies the condition.

And so on.

The correct sequence that ends up being:

（D，1）2L→（B，1）1U→（B，2）2U→（B，4）2R→（D，4）1U→（D，5）3L→（A，5）2D→（A，3）1D→（A，2）4R→（E，2）1L→（D，2）1U→（D，3）1R→（E，3）1U→（E，4）2L→（C，4）2L→（A，4）3D→（A，1）2R→（C，1）2R→（E，1）4U→（E，5）3L→（B，5）2D→（B，3）1R→OPEN

Mu Xuanying pressed the button in the center.

With a soft "pop", the book in the female statue's hand fell to the ground.However, just as his face was showing joy, the ground shook, and he quickly supported the wall and looked back.I saw that the sculpture had turned into powder, and the white powder was scattered all over the ground.

Mu Xuanying didn't expect this kind of development at all, and stood there, stunned for a while.

"This institution..."

Mo Yu stared vigilantly at the empty pedestal left after the statue was destroyed. After a while, his brows relaxed: "It should have been designed like this."

"..." Mu Xuanying.

I can't tell whether I feel sorry or relieved at this moment, after all, behind every statue here is the countless cruel massacres.

Mo Yu stepped forward to pick up the book, patted the dust off the cover, and opened the pages.

"Bloodline Secrets"

"Vampires are a race that prides itself on being elegant and romantic.

They are dark, mysterious nobles.

They are born artists.

Poetry, painting, sculpture, opera, performance... In the era of history, they are hidden among human beings, and they shine in various fields of art.

It is rumored that each vampire has their own unique aesthetic insights, which they regard as a standard and implement it with fiery enthusiasm.

Fanaticism makes art, and madness breeds perfection.

In the past, the vampire Kang Xuezhu believed so firmly.

She is the most beautiful, let the purest blood in the world be fragrant and sweet, and the beautiful scenery is like a poem and picturesque, how can she smile like the love of his life.

But he didn't realize it until the statue he had exhausted his painstaking efforts to complete.

True water has no fragrance, and its beauty lies beyond its appearance. "

Mo Yu closed the pages of the book.

Originally, Mu Xuanying was standing beside him and lost in thought, but this movement made him wake up suddenly.His eyes subconsciously fell on Mo Yu's profile, and he realized that his attention had drifted outside.

"What's wrong?" Mu Xuanying couldn't help asking.

"It's nothing." Mo Yu glanced at him, then said after a pause, "I'm afraid the sculpture controlled by this agency is not just the statue of the compartment."

As Mo Yu said, he turned around and walked to the curtain, and pulled the curtain open.

Suddenly feeling something falling into her eyes, Mu Xuanying narrowed her eyes uncomfortably, and when she looked around, what came into view was a vast mist.

Snowing?

No, it wasn't fog at all, and it wasn't snow at all.

Smoke as pale as snow drifted into the air, and slowly fell on the whole body in a rustle.Disappeared, all sculptures and all decorations disappeared.The wide room has been completely submerged in white powder all over the sky, whether it is animals, humans, or statues in myths and legends, or the plant reliefs on the walls and pillars and mountain flowers have all disappeared.

were all destroyed.

Mu Xuanying opened her eyes wide in panic, looking at the dark shadows wandering around in the hall in bewilderment.

Judging from the outline, it seems that there are all kinds of creatures, they scream, howl, chasing and fighting each other crazily, some laughing and moving away crooked cabinets, fish out large chunks of flesh and blood from inside to smear on the ground.

The flesh and blood mixed with the white powder, turning into a viscous, dirty and disgusting blood sludge, covering the originally pure white ground piece by piece.

The room quickly turned completely black and red.

Those black shadows seemed to be very satisfied with their masterpiece, they all stopped their movements and stood where they were.

The eerie atmosphere slowly spread, only the sound of sticky flesh and blood sliding down the wall could be heard, and for a while it was so quiet that it was hard to breathe.

"Art!" one of them yelled.

"Perfect!" said another one.

Immediately, as if they had done something very interesting, they laughed together "hee hee hee".

"This is... what's going on?" Mu Xuanying murmured.

"It's not worth mentioning..." Mo Yu pouted, he took Mu Xuanying's hand and walked out, his voice was so vague that only he could hear, "...just the lowest level of wraiths."

"what?"

"Leave them alone, let's go." Mo Yu said, "If we delay until they finish eating here, it will be very difficult for us to get out."

The black shadows became quiet again, this time they did not act on their own, but turned to the direction where Mo Yu and Mu Xuanying were.The black shadow has no eyes, but both of them can feel the dense and creepy gaze, and the terrifying gaze is burning their backs.

Baji, Baji, Baji.

The soles of the boots are on the slippery and soft mud, and you must move forward carefully to avoid slipping. This feeling is like moving inside a wriggling creature.Dense black shadows crowded the room, staring at them slowly but frantically.

The two made a detour all the way to avoid direct contact with the shadow. Mu Xuanying heard the louder and louder chewing and swallowing sounds behind her, she couldn't help gritting her teeth, and the acid water rushed from her stomach to her throat.

The door slowly closed behind him, closed, and fastened.Hearing the sound of a lock being locked, Mo Yu's eyes flickered slightly.He felt something in his heart, and turned his head to look at the last unexplored room on the third floor.

While he was watching, the exquisite and complicated doorknob on the antique solid wood door was suddenly pushed down, and the door leaf quietly opened a gap.

Silently revealing the meaning of "welcome to enter".

"Too bad, we were too anxious to leave the house just now, and we haven't found any clues to enter the next room..." Mu Xuanying blamed herself angrily.

"It's okay." Mo Yu interrupted him, and said in a flat tone, "You can go in directly."

He stared deeply at Mu Xuanying, taking his perplexed and uneasy face into his eyes.

"This is the last room."

The Dark Castle has three floors.

There are four rooms on the first floor. On the left side of the stairs is the pantry and the bedroom of the unknown owner. On the right side of the stairs are the old warehouse and the storage room of the Lich.

The warehouse is connected to the basement, where zombies leave messages, and ogres follow the breath of zombies.

There are also four rooms on the second floor, including the dining room connected to the fireplace on the first floor, the witch's room full of dolls, the wizard's room where potions are boiled, and the room opposite the wizard where the werewolf is locked.

Hidden stairs leading directly to the third floor room can be found behind the planetarium wall in the werewolf room.

Because of the difference in layout, there are only three rooms on the third floor, but each room has a much larger space.The room where the black cat is located is a labyrinth with a complex structure, and the room of the vampire has many exquisite sculptures arranged in order.

In the end there is only one place left that has not been explored.

The last room of the Dark Castle.

This may be the final test.

The candles burned silently.

The reddish firelight passed through the clear crystal cover above the candlestick, making it appear brighter and brighter.

Slender black shadows snake like snakes on the top painting of the hell scene.

The silent air is still so cold, I didn't realize it when my spirit was too tense before, but now I feel that my fingertips are trembling slightly from the cold.With every breath, there is also a murmur of coldness flowing in the chest cavity.

The darker the night, the colder it is, and the night will only wantonly steal the temperature of people.

Now his hands are cold too.

Mu Xuanying said in her heart.

Same as Brother Mo Yu.

So they are all the same.

For some reason, he thought so firmly.

But this couldn't stop some kind of ominous premonition from growing and spreading in my heart.

Huh?Speaking of which... when was the last room opened?Strange, I clearly saw that it was locked before.

Did the owner of the last room do it?

Mu Xuanying lowered her head slowly, the drooping hair on her forehead cast a shadow.His eyes were hidden in the darkness, making it difficult to see clearly.

"Brother Mo Yu." He said.

"After solving the puzzle of the last room, can we get out of here together?"

Mo Yu looked at Mu Xuanying for a while with unexplained eyes, and his eyes slowly slid across his cheeks, until Mu Xuanying raised his head and their eyes met, he smiled lightly, as if not Compassionately asked: "Maomao, why do you have doubts about this question?"

"Aren't you willing to answer me directly?" Mu Xuanying stared at Mo Yu sharply.He pursed the corners of his lips tightly, and his pupils trembled slightly. The expression in his eyes was not the warmth of intimacy, nor the entangled doubt, but the fear of the future.

Mo Yu looked down at him quietly, with a kind of gentleness in his delicate and handsome eyebrows.

"Actually, you know it, right." Mo Yu looked at him with a clear gaze, "Maomao, you are very smart, you must be able to guess..."

"..." The boy gritted his teeth silently.

"Let's go back to the first floor and take a look." Mu Xuanying suggested anxiously, "Sneak past the werewolf's eyes and ears, it doesn't matter if the door can't be opened, we can smash the window and jump out. I know it's very convenient to do so." I'm sorry for the owner of the castle, but I can only apologize afterwards..."

His voice gradually became weaker, his disappointment was beyond words, and he stood there in a daze.

Mo Yu didn't interrupt him from the beginning to the end, just looking at him like this, conveyed a clear message silently.

It has always been like this, they are extremely stubborn people, and there will always be someone who chooses to give in.

From the look in his eyes, Mu Xuanying realized in frustration that he had no chance of shaking Mo Yu.

Seeing Mu Xuanying's expression, Mo Yu didn't know what he was feeling for a while.

move?have no choice?Still funny?

The older the child grows, the more difficult it is to coax, and his annoying adoptive father instills a bunch of meaningless ideas in him all day long... Tsk, the more I think about it, the more uncomfortable I get.

"Maomao, you will get your wish." In the end Mo Yu just said that, his eyes flashed with confidence, "I will also get my wish, I promise."

There is no way out, and the night has passed most of the time, it is the darkest moment before dawn.There are no werewolves anymore, and there is no first floor.I'm afraid that the floors below the third floor of this castle have been completely turned into nothingness, and all the power must be concentrated in the last room.Mo Yu had already noticed these things, but he would never say anything at this moment.

Also, if tonight's test fails, he will become the nourishment of darkness, and it will never be redone...

Mo Yu would never tell Mu Xuanying the difficulties and dangers he faced.

Because there is only one path in front of him, he will only take that path, and there will be no second possibility.

"Fear not, for the keys to the future are already in our hands."

Even five years after he and Mo Yu had ventured together in the castle, Mu Xuanying could clearly recall all the details of that night.All of that was like a string of pearls in memory that would never be dusted, carving every minute and every second of him and Mo Yu together.That period of hand in hand was so warm and happy that every time he thinks about it, there is a burst of joy and sadness.

But what happened in the last room was an exception.

Everything is illusory and grotesque.He walked into the last room with Mo Yu. No one knew what happened. The bricks under his feet suddenly shattered and collapsed, and the surroundings turned into an invisible dark void. The other party's cries could no longer be heard in his ears. .They reached out in vain to try to get closer to each other, watching each other desperately talking.

Then plunge into the abyss in a suffocating silence.

……

When Mu Xuanying woke up, her whole body was quiet and still, her eyes were full of darkness.He was dazed for a while before realizing that he seemed to be in a strange place.

He stood up and looked around.

This is where?

He fumbled frantically to light the pumpkin lantern beside him.The smiling pumpkin grinned ferociously and wobbled, emitting a warm orange-red light.

With this warm light, his whole body was illuminated a little.He seemed to be standing in the center of a white circular platform, and outside the exquisitely carved guardrail was a bottomless black void, only a passage on each side seemed to be connected to other places in the distance.It's just that the other end of the road is completely obliterated by darkness, and it's hard to see the situation there with just the lantern in hand.

Unless he goes the other way by himself.

Mu Xuanying silently touched the roadblock in front of the passage, and bent to pick up the parchment on the ground.

"'He' moved first.

You move forward alternately, and you can only pass through one passage at a time.

Be careful, be careful, be careful not to be caught by "he". "

A simple map is drawn below the text.

……

"Who is he?

I...why would I appear here?