The light in the room was very dim, and the lights seemed to be out of contact, flickering from time to time, creating a spooky atmosphere.
There is a dining room at the foot of the stairs with a dining table. Opposite the living room is a narrow passage with rooms on both sides. It seems that there are thirteen rooms separated by wooden boards in order to rent them out cheaply and collect more rent.
No matter how you look at it, it's a dangerous building.
Such an environment is too depressing. If there were such a building in reality, it would definitely be reported.
The disgust on Gu Jiu's face was very obvious. Although other players didn't dare to be like her, they also felt disgusted in their hearts.
Especially the group of newcomers. Brother Qiang, who has tattoos on his arms, complained: "Do we have to live in a place like this? Is this where people live? Even the dirtiest village in the city has a better environment than here..."
The other players remained silent, staring at the landlord vaguely.
The landlord stood there, looking at the group of players with an expression of anticipation, and the smugness on his face was very obvious. He said in an impatient tone: "Why don't you go and choose a room? There are many rooms here, enough for each of you."
If this wasn't the gaming world, the players would probably want to teach him a lesson.
Who wants to live in your haunted house
Ying Tong glanced at the landlord, walked over first, picked a room at random and pushed the door open.
Seeing this, other players also followed to choose a room.
Gu Jiu didn't move.
Seeing that she didn't move, Lu Ji naturally didn't move either, and the two fat brothers also stood there straight.
Seeing this, the group of bewildered newcomers inexplicably stood there and stared at Gu Jiu. They were deeply impressed by this arrogant senior who had just confronted them all the way, and suddenly felt a little expectant in their hearts.
Although Ying Tong seems reliable, she was too calm when the landlord was mean. She was not as handsome and popular as Gu Jiu who took the initiative and left the landlord speechless.
They wanted to see how far Gu Jiu could go.
The landlord gloated: "There are only thirteen rooms in this building. If you don't choose a room, you will be in danger at night."
"What danger?" Gu Jiu deliberately showed a look of disdain.
The landlord once again showed a weird smile on his face, and he seemed to deserve a beating no matter how you looked at him.
Gu Jiu just looked at him with a straight gaze, just like when her waist was injured by the ghost doll in the Cursed Village copy, she stared at Lu Ji in the same way and let the girl rub her waist.
Suddenly, there was a bang sound from downstairs, as if something fell to the ground.
The landlord's face suddenly darkened and he urged, "Why don't you go pick a room?"
Gu Jiu said: "You haven't told me what dangers there are at night."
The landlord was choked by her and said in a bad tone: "How would I know if there is any danger? Can't you check for yourself?" Then he urged them to choose a room quickly.
This hurried yet slightly anxious tone was a stark contrast to the previous attitude of enjoying the show. Not only Gu Jiu, but even the others noticed something different.
The fat brothers suddenly understood why Gu Jiu was making trouble for the landlord. As the only NPC here, the landlord must be related to the game copy "Seven Sheep". However, the situation is not clear at the moment, so Gu Jiu wanted to start with the landlord and look for relevant clues from him.
Gu Jiu looked at him for a while. When the landlord looked unhappy and was about to get angry, she looked away as if nothing had happened. She took Lu Ji's arm and said affectionately, "Okay, let's go choose a room! Ah Ji, which one do you think we should choose?"
Lu Ji: "Whatever."
So Gu Jiu picked a room at random and pushed the door open.
Although there were thirteen rooms, there was no rule that each person had one room, so Gu Jiu naturally shared a room with Lu Ji.
Seeing this, the fat brother naturally decided to share a room with the other brothers. They chose the room next to Gu Jiu and the others.
Seeing this, the remaining newlyweds hesitated for a moment and decided to share a room with two people.
Although we are strangers to each other and not trustworthy, in this weird environment, I think it is better to find a companion to feel safer and take care of each other.
The space in the room was not big, it looked to be only three or four square meters, the air was a bit stuffy, with a damp and musty smell.
Gu Jiu became more and more disgusted. She had never lived in such a cramped house in her life, and the smell was so strong that it was almost suffocating.
In this small space, there is a bed, a desk, a wardrobe and a chair.
The bed was a 1.2-meter-long wooden bed with an unknown substance used as a cushion on it. The desk was placed near the window. The wood was black. It was not painted black, but had been used for a long time and had been stained with unknown dirt, making it turn black.
The wardrobe is not big and stands next to the desk. The chair is a bit crooked, making people wonder if it will fall apart if they sit on it.
There was a lot of messy garbage on the ground, and from time to time a few small cockroaches crawled from the garbage to the corner, announcing their presence.
Gu Jiu looked at the room expressionlessly and then walked out.
Lu Ji quickly grabbed her, "Gu... Ajiu, where are you going? The environment here should be like this. It's useless to beat the landlord."
She was really worried that the eldest daughter couldn't bear this environment and would beat up the landlord.
Gu Jiu smiled at her and said, "What are you thinking about? I just want to find a broom to clean up the garbage. We can't live in such a dirty environment, right?"
Lu Ji let her go with a red face. It turned out that she was wrong.
This cute reaction made Gu Jiu extremely happy. He touched the girl's face which rarely showed some color, and said with a smile: "Even if I want to hit him, I'm afraid he's not here right now. I don't want to get angry with such a low-class guy."
Sure enough, when they returned to the living room, they did not see the landlord.
When Gu Jiu and her friends went to find cleaning tools, they met two fat brothers holding brooms.
The two brothers found the cleaning tools earlier than them, and when they heard that the two were going to clean, they decided to help them.
The fat man said while busying himself: "We men will do this kind of rough work. You two girls should stand away. There are a lot of cockroaches here..."
The two brothers are both men, and they think that girls should be afraid of bugs, so they decide to help them clean up and get rid of the bugs. Fatty even has some bug repellent, brought from the real world, and although they don't know if it will work on the bugs in the game world, it's better than nothing.
Gu Jiu was surprised and said, "You are well prepared."
It seems that next time before entering the game world, I can’t just buy things in the game mall, I can also prepare some in real life.
The fat man smiled and said, "I've been in the game world more often and know more about the game world. It's normal to prepare more, but the space in my carry-on bag may not be enough. I plan to buy a carry-on bag with 100 grids of space when I save more points in the future..."
Although the fat man is fat, he works very efficiently.
The same goes for thin guys. Their overly thin bodies make everything they do look light and airy, giving them a sense of lightness.
Seeing the two brothers busying around, Gu Jiu and Lu Ji did not just stand there and watch. They went to get some water and wiped the table and the bed. With the combined efforts of the four of them, they finally cleaned the two rooms.
Others were also cleaning up, as they really didn't want to live in a garbage dump.
After a simple cleaning, the room looked barely habitable.
After cleaning, the players decided to first understand the environment in the game world and look for relevant information.
Gu Jiu and the others returned to the living room and saw Ying Tong walking up the stairs from the first floor.
"Sister Ying, where have you been?" A group of male players saw her and asked enthusiastically.
Ying Tong said calmly, "I just went to check out the house. It has three floors. No one lives on the first and third floors, and it was very dark. I didn't explore further, and only the second floor was inhabited."
Everyone subconsciously looked towards the stairs leading to the third floor. The stairwell was very dark, without any lights, and nothing could be seen clearly.
This dark environment can easily lead to bad imaginations.
The fat man suddenly asked: "By the way, does anyone know what time it is now?"
The players looked at each other and realized that they had not noticed the time since they entered the game world, and the landlord did not tell them what time it was.
But seeing that the light in the room was so dim and the sky outside the window was also dark, one would subconsciously think it was night.
"It shouldn't be night yet." Gu Jiu said lazily, "Didn't the landlord say before that he hoped I could still be so tough tonight, which proves that it's not night yet."
Her analysis does have some basis.
Ying Tong took a look at her and did not regard her as the ignorant and spoiled young lady. If she was really an ignorant and spoiled young lady, she would not be able to survive in the game world. She was more inclined to believe that the other party was using this spoiled behavior as a disguise.
When Gu Jiu angrily criticized the landlord earlier, Ying Tong quickly saw through her purpose and knew that she was not as simple as she appeared.
She never underestimates any player in the game, which is why she can level up so quickly.
One player asked in confusion: "But if it's not night, why is the sky outside the window dark?"
The fat man smiled and said something that was irrefutable: "Brother, this is a game world, don't use normal logic to analyze it."
This made so much sense that most of the players couldn't help but grimace.
"Is it possible that we will be in darkness for the three days we are here?"
In the gaming world, darkness is always annoying, because there are always some unidentifiable dangers appearing in the darkness, making it easy for players to fall into traps.
After talking about the unusual weather, the players began to analyze the hint given in this game copy—seven sheep.
Seven Sheep is the name of the game, and here lies the clue.
"Why is this instance called Seven Sheep?" the fat man asked in confusion, "What do the seven sheep represent?"
The other players were also confused. Everything they had come into contact with since entering the game world seemed to have nothing to do with sheep.
Ying Tong said cautiously: "Could the seven sheep be a metaphor?"
"What does that mean? Does it mean that the players are seven sheep? But there are thirteen of us here."
"And there are thirteen rooms as well, and there is absolutely nothing related to seven."
… …
At this time, a timid voice sounded: "Um, could the seven sheep refer to the story of The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats?"
Everyone looked at the person who spoke. It was the shy woman. She had a weak presence and was obviously not used to blending into the crowd. She even introduced herself in a low voice.
The fat man scratched his head and asked in confusion: "What is the story of "The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats"
Forgive him for being insensitive to fairy tales and completely forgetting that this fairy tale existed.
Most of the others had almost forgotten everything as well, and all looked confused. Only the few players who remembered had thoughtful expressions on their faces.
Amidst all the attention, the shy woman, Wen Xiuxiu, wanted to bury her face in her chest and whispered, "It's a fairy tale..."
She briefly told the story of "The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats". The gist was that mother goat went out to find food and left seven little goats at home. A big bad wolf tricked the little goats into opening the door with sweet words and ate six of them. The smallest one hid and was not eaten.
When the mother sheep came back, she learned that the big bad wolf had eaten her lambs. She found the big bad wolf by the river, cut open the wolf's stomach with scissors, rescued the six lambs, stuffed the wolf's stomach with stones, and then sewed up the wolf's stomach.
After the big bad wolf woke up, he went to the river to drink water. However, because his stomach was full of stones, he fell into the river and drowned.
After listening to the fairy tale, everyone was silent for a while.
The fat man said painfully, "So it's a dark fairy tale? I feel like I've been hurt a lot."
Ying Tong pondered: "Could it be that the players are the seven little sheep and the landlord is the wolf? So he looks at us as if we were food..."
The players felt a chill in their hearts when they recalled the way the landlord drooled at them when they first met him.
As he was speaking, he heard the landlord's hoarse voice: "Have you chosen a room?"
Everyone turned to look and found that the landlord had appeared at the stairs at some point, staring at them as if they were food, with a suspicious gleam of water at the corner of his mouth.
The players felt uneasy when they saw him.
In the silence, Gu Jiu's voice rang out: "When can we eat? I'm hungry."
The landlord's eyes fell on her, and his eyes were not only looking at the food, but also had a bit of viciousness. He said in an ambiguous way: "There are still two hours before dinner time! Don't worry, I will definitely prepare a sumptuous dinner for you, so that you can eat well and be strong..."
Players: “…”
What kind of tone is this, treating them like pigs? Don't think they can't hear it.
The landlord said this with a smile and turned to leave.
The author has something to say: First update~~
"The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats" is a Grimm's fairy tale. I have listened to it several times while telling my child a bedtime story at night =口=!
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