Although the ghosts retreated automatically, the eye outside the window did not disappear. The strong sense of prying eyes followed like a shadow, making people feel cold.
Gu Jiu frowned and looked at the eyes outside the window. Not surprisingly, he found that the emotion in its eyes turned into complacency.
Seems to be pleased with themselves for being helpless against it.
Gu Jiu said: "Although I can't blind you now, I can still give you a taste of pain." As she spoke, she stretched out her hand towards her eyes outside the window again, her blood-red nails like a banshee in the moonlight.
The pride in his eyes turned into resentment, and he moved away from the window at an extremely fast speed, keeping a distance between them.
As it retreated, the players were keenly aware that the sense of being watched that had made them feel uneasy had eased a little, and the goosebumps on their bodies were somewhat soothed.
Suddenly, Qi Yuheng looked outside the door and said, "Here they come."
What is coming
The newlyweds huddled together, looking with horror at the door that had been broken open by the ghosts.
Ge Guang and the twin sisters' faces turned pale and they hurried over to close the door again. However, the door panel was useless at this time and was soon crushed into sawdust by a strong force. The sawdust flew everywhere in the room and landed on the players who were closer to the door.
The newcomers screamed in fear.
A dark figure appeared at the door.
The black shadow had a human shape, and there was a pair of blood-red eyes on its head. It was particularly captivating, staring quietly at the players in the room.
This is the ghostly shadow in the villa, and it is also a kind of ghost that knocks on the door every night to disturb the players' rest. They seem to have no mind and only act on instinct. They are completely different from the six ghosts.
Ge Guang used his psychic gun to shoot at the ghostly black shadow at the door. One of the shadow's arms was hit and disappeared like smoke.
"The item works on it!" the players said in surprise, and quickly threw a holy light talisman towards the ghostly black shadow.
The holy light talisman emitted a holy light, and the ghostly black shadows in this holy light were like solid ice encountering the scorching sun, gradually melting and finally disappearing.
Everyone cheered with joy.
After the ghostly black shadow disappeared, another identical one appeared at the door.
The cheering players were like ducks with their necks strangled, with all their sounds stuck in their throats. They looked in horror at the identical ghostly shadow that appeared at the door.
The players threw out a holy light talisman again, and the ghostly black shadow disappeared when it encountered the holy light.
Then another identical one appeared at the door.
The players were almost going crazy, and they said in despair: "Is this thing reproducible? Why does it keep popping up after we kill one? It's endless?"
Everyone was at a loss and turned to look at Gu Jiu and Qi Yuheng. They could only place their hopes on the two big guys.
Gu Jiu left the window, walked towards the door, and said, "Let's go to the lobby on the first floor."
Go to the first floor lobby
Everyone was stunned. Going at this time? What about the ghostly shadow outside the door
Qi Yuheng put on gloves and said to Ge Guang and the others, "Listen to Miss Gu, let's fight our way out!"
Seeing that the two had decided to do so, the others had no choice but to follow, no matter how suspicious and unwilling they were. They dared not stay behind, in case they died unclearly like the two newcomers who were left alone. How unfair it would be. Fortunately, Gu Jiu took the lead and cleared the way in front, unlike those powerful but malicious players who always liked to use the lives of newcomers and other players to clear the way for themselves.
When Gu Jiu arrived at the door, a paper frog and a paper man appeared at her feet.
She paused and turned to look at Lu Ji.
Lu Ji controlled the paper frog and the paper man. The paper frog opened its mouth and bit the ghostly black shadow at the door, while the paper man stepped on the heel of the black shadow.
"Go!" Lu Ji whispered, "They can't hold on for long."
After hearing this, Gu Jiu scratched the dark shadow at the door into a pool of ink with one claw, then strode over and walked out.
The others followed them, looking at the paper frog and paper man who were holding back the ghostly black shadow with astonishment. They had always thought that Lu Ji was the follower of the eldest lady. Seeing her sickly appearance and lack of fighting power, they thought she was a patient who needed protection. Who knew that this was also a hardcore boss.
A group of people ran towards the stairs.
We encountered many ghostly shadows on the road, and everyone tried every possible means, either using holy light talismans, other props, or the players' own special skills to deal with them.
The so-called special skills are the innate skills awakened by the spirit seeds in the player's body, just like Gu Jiu's Banshee Armor. There are very few innate skills awakened by the players themselves, and not even one out of a thousand players can awaken it.
Qi Yuheng and his twin sisters are the ones who have awakened their talents.
The twin sisters awakened the eyes of telepathy. When the sisters work together, their eyes can see through the barriers of space and are not affected by space.
Qi Yuheng's awakened talent is very special. It is a technique of questioning one's conscience. Not only can he see clearly a person's character, but he can also use it as a technique to influence the judgment of the outside world and make the outside world treat him as nothing.
Qi Yuheng initiated a self-examination, allowing them to smoothly reach the first floor lobby.
The lobby on the first floor is brightly lit, allowing people to more clearly feel the danger from the gaming world.
The place was filled with human-shaped ghostly shadows wandering in the halls, and there were huge, omnipresent eyes outside the windows, staring at them as prey.
Seeing those dark shadows rushing over, Qi Yuheng finally took out the "circle as prison" method, forming a safety circle and trapping everyone inside.
The ghostly black shadow that pounced over hit the invisible barrier and was bounced away, unable to harm the players in the safety circle.
The players' tense spirits gradually relaxed, and they were very grateful to Qi Yuheng. If this big guy hadn't purchased the "Encircle the Land as Prison", they would have been torn apart by these ghostly shadows.
One or two are easy to deal with, but these hundreds or thousands can definitely be torn into pieces.
The eye outside the window saw that this group of people had actually hidden in the safety circle and couldn't help but let out a roar. The villa began to shake again, and the crystal chandelier on the ceiling shook continuously, as if it would fall down at any time.
The players' hearts, which had just relaxed, were lifted again.
Someone muttered, "Why is it like an earthquake?"
"Not surprising." Gu Jiu looked at the huge eyes outside the window that showed anger, and said slowly, "Imagine, when you lift the bird cage at home and shake it, does the bird in the cage also feel like there is an earthquake?"
Everyone: “!!!!”
Just thinking about it makes me conjure up a vivid picture, but it also becomes more and more terrifying.
The name of the game copy "Bird in a Cage" is indeed simple and straightforward. The whole villa is a birdcage, and there is a birdcage "owner" outside who is glaring at the "bird" in the cage.
Obviously, the eye that now appears in the window is the eye of the owner of the villa and the boss of the copy. It has been spying on the players.
Then they heard Gu Jiu say, "But don't worry, there is no way a 'person' can get into the birdcage, so there is no need to worry about the eye outside entering the villa for the time being."
That's good news.
Qi Yuheng said with a droopy face: "Although the boss can't come in, it can order its minions around."
Everyone looked at the ghostly shadows around them and began to feel listless again.
Qi Yuheng was right. These ghostly shadows and the six ghosts in the villa were all the boss's lackeys. The six ghosts at least had their own consciousness and knew how to be afraid. They were scared away by Gu Jiu. But these ghostly shadows were just shadows. They couldn't communicate, and they didn't know how to communicate. There was no way to scare them away.
Someone asked hopefully, "How about we hide in the 'prison' until the seventh day is over?"
The other players were very excited. Yes, they could still hide in the "circle" until the game time was over! They were almost led astray by the young lady and actually wanted to fight the boss head-on. There was no need for that.
Qi Yuheng sneered, "The 'encirclement and prison' defense is time-limited. It is a one-time consumable and can only be used for six hours."
Six hours? It's not even daybreak yet!
The hope that had been raised with great difficulty was shattered. The players were understandably frustrated and asked in despair: "What should we do now?"
"Of course we have to find the key." Gu Jiu said, "As long as we find the last key, we will be safe."
Everyone's hope rose again, "Really?"
Gu Jiu glanced at them and didn't say anything big or simple that just trust her. She looked at the ghostly black shadow floating outside the "prison", wondering what she was thinking.
Seeing that she ignored them, others couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, but they didn't dare to disturb her at this time.
Time passed bit by bit, and the owner of the eye outside the window felt that Gu Jiu had hidden himself and could no longer poke its eyes, so he moved closer to the window and looked at the players in the hall with an exceptionally eerie and strange look.
The players felt their scalps tingling under that seemingly tangible gaze, as if their bodies and minds were penetrated.
This feeling is really bad.
Qi Yuheng's face looked very ugly, and he said to Ai Ruyi who was squeezing towards him with disgust: "Stay away from me, the cheap perfume on you makes my respiratory system very uncomfortable."
Ai Ruyi moved aside awkwardly, but didn't dare to stay too far away from him.
She now wished she could stick to him, thinking that her chances of survival would be higher if she was tied to the big boss, and she couldn't count on anyone else.
Although the others did not do it as obviously as Ai Ruyi, they felt similarly.
They didn't dare to go near Gu Jiu, not only because she was a very beautiful woman and they were afraid that she would misunderstand their ill intentions and scratch them, but also because she displayed a ferocity that even ghosts were afraid of. Not only could the ghosts not bear it, but living people couldn't bear it either.
This was extremely unbearable for Qi Yuheng, who had obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he wished he could kick these people out of his "prison".
Seeing Qi Yuheng's predicament, Ge Guang and the twin sisters hurried over to protect him, to prevent the eldest Qi's mysophobia from flaring up and causing him to do something horrible.
bite-
A very slight voice was heard, and Gu Jiu tilted his head slightly and looked out the window.
Apart from the eye that was spying on them outside the window, there was only thick darkness, making it impossible to see clearly what was happening outside the window.
She whispered, "The key appeared."
This made the group of players who were about to approach Qi Yuheng stunned for a moment, and they looked over in surprise, "Really? Where is it?"
Gu Jiu pointed out the window and said, "It should be in the rose bushes outside. I heard the sound."
Everyone looked at her in confusion, why didn't they hear it
Gu Ji ignored these people and thought about how to get the key. The key seemed to be deliberately thrown into the rose bushes outside so that the players could go out and find it. Needless to say, everyone knew who the "person" who did this on purpose was.
"How do I get it done?" Ge Guang scratched his head until he was almost bald, but he couldn't think of a good solution.
The eye outside the window was staring at them hungrily. If they ran out like this, they would be walking into a trap, which would probably be against the will of the villa owner.
Qi Yuheng glanced at the big eye stuck to the window, then quickly looked away in disgust, saying, "This is obviously a trap, waiting for us to run out on our own initiative." After a pause, he continued, "It's like a bird in a cage. When the owner opens the cage door, the bird automatically flies out and is caught by the hand blocking the exit."
Everyone: “…” What he said was so vivid that it’s scary just thinking about it.
Qi Yuheng looked at Gu Jiu, "Miss Gu, what can you do?"
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "I can't do anything, but our Ah Ji has a solution."
In an instant, everyone present looked at the girl who was standing next to Gu Jiu and had little presence. When they saw a paper man standing on her left shoulder, their eyes lit up.
This girl's paper-controlling skills were amazing, and they had seen them before.
Lu Ji said: "I have asked... to get it."
Her voice was a little vague and she didn't speak clearly so as not to be heard by the owner of the eye outside the window.
The players were overjoyed, but they dared not show it on their faces, and they felt very uncomfortable holding it in.
Just when they were happy, they suddenly saw six ghosts appear in the hall, very close to them. The timid players couldn't help but let out a short scream.
The leading mirror male ghost said angrily: "I don't believe you can stay in there all night. You should come out as soon as possible. Then..." He sneered and glared at Gu Jiu with resentment.
Gu Jiu didn't even bother to give him a glance and just looked at the other ghosts.
She said to the pregnant ghost, "Do you want to get rid of the constraints of the villa?"
The pregnant ghost stroked her big belly and didn't say anything, but the fluctuation in her eyes told everyone that she missed him, very much.
Then Gu Jiu asked the headless female ghost, "What about you?"
The headless female ghost also didn't say anything, but just touched her neck, where a blood mark appeared.
The other ghosts stared at Gu Jiu. Except for the mirror man ghost and the faceless ghost, they looked at Gu Jiu with hesitant eyes.
Gu Jiu pointed at the six ghosts and said, "The pregnant ghost was an ordinary person before her death. After she was killed, her soul was trapped in the villa. This female ghost used to be a player. After she was beheaded by the owner of the villa, she became a ghost in the villa and helped the owner of the villa. The faceless ghost was also a player. His face was ripped off by the owner of the villa..."
As Gu Jiu pointed out their identities before death one by one, everyone showed surprise on their faces.
Among these six ghosts, three are players and three are ordinary people. After their tragic deaths in accidents, their ghosts are trapped in the villa.
"If they want to break free from the constraints of the villa owner, they have to find a scapegoat, and we are the scapegoats they are looking for." Gu Jiu said finally.
These words made everyone's scalps tingle, and they looked at the six ghosts with more vigilance.
The ghosts didn't expect that she would reveal their identities and purposes one by one, and their eyes flickered as they looked at her.
The mirror ghost said fiercely: "What if you guessed it? No matter what, you will die here tonight and become our scapegoats."
Xu Chenfeng summoned up his courage and said, "That's not right. There are only six of you. You only need six scapegoats. Why do you want to kill all of us?"
There are sixteen people here in total.
The mirror ghost chuckled and said, "Six of them are our scapegoats, and the remaining ten will be given to the master to enjoy."
The master he was referring to was the owner of the villa.
The players glared at him. If they were not hiding in the "prison", they would have wanted to let him taste the power of the Holy Light Talisman.
The mirror ghost looked at them smugly and made all kinds of provocative behaviors towards Gu Jiu, secretly hoping that this patient young lady would get angry and lose her mind and leave the safety zone.
As long as she leaves that safety circle, she will have no control over it.
The mirror man ghost was feeling proud when his face froze, he let out a scream, and the whole ghost flew up.
When everyone looked carefully, they saw a paper frog where the Mirror Man Ghost was standing. The paper frog's mouth was opening and closing, as if it was chewing something. When they looked at the missing foot of the Mirror Man Ghost, they immediately understood.
One of the mirror man ghost's feet was bitten off and eaten by the paper frog. He was shocked and in pain, with a ferocious look on his face. He limped over and tried to tear the paper frog into pieces.
The paper frog jumped into the "prison", and the mirror ghost missed it. He couldn't stop his momentum and was bounced out by the "prison".
Seeing the miserable state of the mirror man ghost, the other five ghosts retreated silently.
The mirror ghost was angry and hateful. He pointed at them and cursed: "You cowards, what are you doing standing there? The master is watching you all the time. If you do nothing, the master will be angry."
The pregnant ghost stroked her belly and said, "We can't get in again, what can we do?"
The other ghosts nodded silently. They were not as stupid as the mirror man ghost to provoke them.
The mirror man was so ghostly that his shadow became a little vague.
Suddenly, Gu Jiu pointed out the window and said, "Look, what is that?"
All the people and the ghosts looked over subconsciously, and even the eye outside the window showed a look of surprise and doubt, staring at Gu Jiu fiercely.
The air was quiet, nothing was in it.
Facing dozens of eyes staring at him, Gu Jiu said calmly, "Oh, I saw it wrong. I'm so sorry."
This apology lacked sincerity at all. The mirror ghost and the eyes outside the window were so angry that they wanted to twist her head off. Although the others were puzzled, they didn't say anything.
After a while, Gu Jiu shouted again: "What is that?"
The crowd, the ghosts and the eyes outside the window were once again attracted by her surprise, and then found that there was nothing.
The eyes outside the window looked at her as if they were spitting fire, and they wanted to beat this hateful woman to death.
Gu Jiu shrugged, "I just think it's too quiet now, so I was just joking with you guys! How come you can't even take a joke? That's too stingy! Especially you, you're willing to let us live in your villa, so a joke is nothing."
She pointed to the eyes in the window.
The white of the eye gradually became bloodshot with anger, the whole villa began to shake, the crystal chandelier swayed, and the ghostly black shadow and the six ghosts fell all over the place, looking very embarrassed.
Gu Jiu said calmly: "Don't be so angry. No matter how angry you are, you can't come in and kill me."
Everyone: “…” Miss, please don’t irritate it anymore!
The players can now see that Gu Jiu's action is clearly intended to deliberately anger the owner of the eyes, but they don't know what she is going to do.
Until a jingle sound was heard, and all the people and ghosts subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound, and saw a thousand paper cranes flying into the safety circle from nowhere, with a key in the crane's mouth.
The eye outside the window saw this scene and was so angry that its eye sockets were about to burst, and it roared in anger.
The villa began to shake again, and this time the shaking was so strong that even the players in the safe circle were knocked over.
Lu Ji stretched out her hand, and a thousand paper cranes flew into her hand. She took off the key and handed it to Gu Jiu.
"Hey, don't be so angry." Gu Jiu took the key and said insincerely, "I was just joking with you just now. I didn't expect you to be so easily deceived. With such a low IQ, I don't know how you became the owner of the villa. Could it be that you are simple-minded and strong-limbed..."
The owner of the eyes almost burst with anger after being blatantly insulted about his intelligence by the hateful human being.
I'm so angry! But I can't hit her!
Again, how can a "man" climb into a birdcage to beat the "bird" that makes him angry? Only if he becomes as big as the "bird" can he get in.
There is no doubt that although the villa trapped the players, it also became a safe haven for the players, so they did not have to confront the boss head-on.
The players looked at the key in Gu Jiu's hand with shining eyes, surprised and happy, and felt that their brains were not enough.
By now they had understood that Gu Jiu's deliberate teasing of the villa owner was also to cover up Lu Ji's paper crane, allowing the crane to secretly bring in the key found in the rose bushes.
Although it looks like an easy job, it is not easy to do because you are attracting the boss's hatred throughout the process.
If the Thousand Paper Cranes are discovered by the boss, all efforts will fail. After the six-hour defense effect of "encircling the land as a prison" ends, Gu Jiu will face the boss's most terrible revenge.
This kind of thing is really not something a human can do, but she did it anyway.
Under the angry gaze of the villa owner, Gu Jiu ordered: "Aji, take out the other keys."
Lu Ji took out the remaining five keys from her and put them on the ground.
Then, Gu Jiu also put the key in his hand on it.
Under the gaze of the players, an incredible scene happened. The six keys were quickly attracted together like magnets, and then turned into a new key.
Seeing the key, Gu Jiu smiled slightly and said to the eye that seemed to be about to burst: "This key should be the key to open the door of the villa, right?"
Although the owner of the eyes did not speak, the panic in his eyes made it clear that Gu Jiu's guess was correct.
As if it wasn't enough, Gu Jiu continued, "The six rooms in the villa, the bloodstains in the rooms, and the six ghosts are actually just a trick to confuse the players. I guess these ghosts can't enter the six rooms. If we have no way to escape tonight and take the risk of using the six rooms as a safe haven, I'm afraid we will die in those rooms like the previous players."
Why was the last key thrown into the rose bushes? Of course, it was because the player did not dare to leave the villa at will, otherwise he would be easily caught and killed by the boss guarding outside the villa.
In the past, players who entered the "Bird in a Cage" dungeon world knew that the sixth night would be very dangerous. In order to survive the sixth night, players would look for keys under the instructions of the ghosts, thinking that as long as they found the keys and hid in the ghosts' rooms, they would be able to safely survive the sixth night.
Little do they know that this is wrong and there is no safety at all.
The key is still the sixth key.
If you can't find the sixth key, then just try your best to survive. You will be safe until the seventh day.
Gu Jiu's explanation was not only to anger the villa owner, but also for the players present.
Except for Qi Yuheng, the other players looked uncomfortable.
In fact, at first they also thought that maybe the ghost's room was a special shelter, and they could hide in the ghost's room to avoid the danger of the sixth night.
Fortunately, the eldest lady was strong enough to confront the boss directly and did not regard the ghost's room as the last retreat.
"It turns out that there is so much blood in the room, it was left by previous players."
Ai Ruyi and other newcomers were still frightened. They almost died in the room like previous players.
Gu Jiu continued, "I guess the dead players were crushed by those ghostly black shadows like balloons, their flesh and bones were crushed, and the blood in their veins couldn't bear it and spurted out, so it sprayed all over the room, just like a corpse bursting."
Everyone: “…” Please stop talking!
Qi Yuheng asked, "Miss Gu, now that we have the key, should we go through?" He couldn't stay in such a dirty place for a moment and just wanted to leave quickly.
Gu Jiu said: "It is true that you can leave, but before you leave, I want to do something."
"What?" Everyone looked at her in confusion. What else did this young lady want to do
She pointed at the eye in the window, and said, "How about we get rid of this disgusting thing and let them go free?"
This "they" refers to the ghosts in the villa.
The players looked at the six ghosts and were stunned again.
Ge Guang asked first: "Miss Gu, just tell me what to do." He also felt a little sorry for these ghosts who were forced to be bound in the villa and used as tools by the villa owner.
Gu Jiu shook his head. "Actually, I don't really understand. Maybe it has something to do with this key."
At this time, the headless ghost was heard saying: "I know, use the key to attack this eye, but after the key attacks it, you can't open the door and leave. You can only wait for another day until the mission time is over."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expression changed slightly.
They wanted to leave the villa immediately and didn't want to stay any longer. If they were asked to stay for another day, they would feel like dying.
"Can."
It was Qi Yuheng who spoke first. Seeing everyone looking at him, he said lazily, "It was Miss Gu and Miss Lu who helped us find the key. It's up to you to decide how to arrange it. Anyway, it's good enough that we can get through."
Now that the boss has said so, what can others do
No matter how unwilling they were, the players had to nod and let Gu Jiu decide.
Gu Jiu chuckled and thanked them.
This thank you was particularly gentle, and an extremely gentle smile appeared on the face of the classical beauty. The players present, both men and women, suddenly blushed, as if they had drunk a mellow liquor and felt a little drunk.
The housewife player covered her chest and murmured, "No, my husband is nothing compared to her! I can't help but want to be gay and find a gentle wife to raise children with."
Everyone: “…” Wake up, she is a fierce young lady, she is not gentle at all.
The ghosts looked at Gu Jiu blankly, not knowing what to say.
Gu Jiu handed the key to Lu Ji, "Aji, you are very strong, smash it at it, and make sure you smash it hard." She pointed at the eye in the window.
Lu Ji looked at her, met her encouraging smile, and did not refuse.
The key was shining with metallic luster in the girl's snow-white hand. The moment she threw the key toward the window, it turned into a sharp metal weapon and pierced fiercely into the eye.
A tragic scream resounded through the sky, and his eyes exploded with a bang.
As the eye exploded and disappeared, the ghostly black shadows floating around the villa instantly shattered and disappeared like smoke.
In the end, there are only sixteen players left, and six ghosts.
"Encircle the area as a prison" loses its defensive effect at this time, and the ghosts can touch the players.
A ferocious look appeared on the ghost face of the mirror man, and he stared at Gu Jiu coldly, ready to make a move.
Gu Jiu looked at him, raised his eyebrows slightly, and hummed.
The mirror man ghost immediately became weak and shrank back in fear, wishing he could just disappear from the spot.
The author has something to say: Today is a long chapter~~
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