Su Mo had no choice but to help Qing Feng first, and asked Xigua to go to Kugua's side to check the situation. The illumination scroll was very useful in guiding the direction in the middle of the night. Su Mo and Qing Feng quickly reached their destination, and Kugua also arrived near the house after 20 minutes of arduous journey. All the mountain ghosts were blocked outside.
The five members of the late night group successfully met up, and Yu Zhen also knocked on the door of the mansion.
The person who came to open the door was an old man, leaning on a cane, with cloudy eyes. When he saw Yu Zhen and the others, he asked where they came from and how they came to this place. Yu Zhen and the others had to lie that they were lost travelers who wanted to stay overnight in the mountains.
The old man was not suspicious. He asked a few more questions and then let them in. He also invited them to have tea in the main hall.
The daytime team successfully entered the house, while the nighttime team rested at the door of the house and waited for news from their daytime teammates. Since entering the Autumn Realm, they have not seen any bosses. It is very likely that the purpose of passing the Autumn Realm is not to kill, but to complete a certain task before passing.
"This place is too outrageous." Xigua fell to the ground exhausted. "What should we do now? Should we enter this haunted house in front of us?"
"I'm going to go offline for dinner and come back later." Su Mo looked at the situation and confirmed that there was no danger at the moment. "Don't leave here. If you really encounter an emergency, go into the house."
Bitter Melon said: "It's time to rest, I'll log off and have a meal."
Internet addicts Xigua and Huangtao were stunned when they heard this: "So we're left here alone, the three of us?"
"It's very safe here now. The monsters outside can't get in, and you don't have to go into the house." Su Mo looked at them strangely, "It's better to have one person online here, so as to avoid the team disbanding judgment failing. Kugua and I will come to replace you after dinner."
"By the way, please observe your surroundings carefully during this time. Tell me if you have any questions."
Huang Tao: "Boss... it doesn't matter whether you eat or not."
Xigua: "The key is that there are only three of us."
Su Mo glanced around, but there was nothing else. "Any questions?"
Qingfeng said carelessly: "No problem, brother, go eat."
watermelon:"… !"
I quickly logged off with Bitter Melon.
Huang Taojiang was a little moved when she saw this: "Then I will too..."
Watermelon: “You can’t.”
Huang Tao Jiang: “Ying!”
The three people from the late night group stood at the door, staring at the red lanterns on the roof. They had nowhere to go for a while, so they finally chose to sit down on the steps at the door, with their backs to the door, looking at the eyes of the pairs of tree ghosts in the forest ahead.
Qingfeng was a little bored. He looked at the two brothers sitting next to him and asked, "How about we three play Landlord together?"
I didn't feel anything in the mountains, but I felt scared in front of the door of this gloomy house.
Huang Tao: "It felt eerie once they left."
"This atmosphere is too realistic." Xigua encouraged himself, "Forget it, let's play cards."
At this moment, the three people suddenly heard the sound of an old house door opening behind them, which instantly gave them goose bumps. Qingfeng's card table was open, but he stopped immediately after hearing the sound.
Qingfeng looked up when he heard the sound and glanced behind the door. The door seemed to be still closed. "Is it an illusion? I seemed to hear the door open."
Huang Tao was very sure: "Illusion, we are playing cards."
Xigua added: "That's the sound of the wind. The wind in this mountain is very strong."
The daytime group seemed to have entered a new plot, and the voice channel suddenly became quiet, with only the sound of the three of them playing cards and chatting.
And just as they were bustling about, the door of the house behind them opened a little, and a pair of dark blue eyes looked out, as if looking at them.
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Su Mo came online relatively late. When he came online, his three teammates were huddled near the gate of the house. Kugua was standing next to them talking, and the team voice chat was very lively. It seemed that the daytime group had made great progress.
"After we followed the old man in, we asked Zhi Ge to go invisible and look at other places in the yard. Guess what, the old man was the only one living in the whole yard, not to mention the boss." Apple continued, "He agreed to let us stay overnight, but asked us not to leave the room at night. Do you think it's strange?"
Yu Zhen summarized their experience. There was only an old man living in the house. There were no mission reminders, no abnormalities during the day, no tree ghosts appearing at night, no bosses, and nothing else. He tried to talk to the old man and learned two details.
1. The old man is the owner of the house. His children have been away for many years and he currently lives alone.
2. The old man usually goes out to the mountains to hunt and fish in the morning, grows flowers and vegetables in the yard in the afternoon, and stays at home at night.
"Zhi Ge drew a layout of the courtyard after his exploration, and I have sent it to you via email." Yu Zhen said simply, "The layout is simple, with four courtyards in the east, south, west and north. The entrance is the main hall of the south courtyard, which is also the place where the elderly entertain guests. The east courtyard is the residence of the elderly, the west courtyard is for guests, and the north courtyard has several buildings, including the ancestral hall."
Su Mo looked at the floor plan and felt a strange feeling. He paused and asked, "Are there any clues to the mission?"
"One thing, we went to the kitchen." Yu Zhen said: "The old man lives alone, but there is a lot of food prepared in the kitchen for lunch. We are going to go to the study to take a look. It is afternoon now, and the old man is working on the flowers in the east courtyard."
"We haven't made any other progress yet, so we may need you to find some clues." Yu Zhen added, "When we entered the house, we found that we couldn't use Qinggong, so you better be careful."
Su Mo took a look and then frowned slightly.
It seems that to complete this task, we have to go into the house first. "We don't have any invisibility props. This task can only be handed over to you, Xigua."
Watermelon: "...Is there anything weird in here?"
Su Mo: “Yes.”
watermelon:"… "
"Get ready first." Su Mo had already walked to the door of the house and tried to push it open before knocking. He unexpectedly found that the door was not locked. However, as soon as he pushed it open, a reminder was suddenly triggered.
Legend has it that deep in the mountains, there is an unknown house with unknown secrets hidden in it... Until one day, someone knocked on the door of the house late at night.
The door of the house is open, triggering the special challenge task of Autumn Realm: Kill the old man (late at night)
Congratulations to the players for coming to the old house in the deep mountains of Autumn Realm. The failure condition of this level is: all players are killed late at night; there are no special restrictions in Autumn Realm, but please be careful and think twice before doing anything.
Everyone: “…”
Shit, I spent so long looking for the task, and it turns out I just need to push open the door.
"It should be a special two-line mission, divided into day and night. It should be something that needs to be done during the day to provide assistance to you at night." Yu Zhen saw the mission and it became clear instantly, "The daytime group assists, and the late-night group kills. You all have to go in."
As soon as he opened the door, the whole scene inside the house fell into Su Mo's eyes.
The first thing he noticed was the light that had been guiding them. However, when he pushed open the door, he found that there was no one in the room. As soon as he entered the room, he could see the main hall with four candles lit. There was no one inside, but there were tea cups on the small tables on both sides. Together with the owner, there were exactly six tea cups.
Five teacups, just enough for a team of people.
And when everyone entered, the door behind them slammed shut.
"What's going on?"
"And it has a door that closes it?"
"You won't let us out?"
Su Mo observed for a while, and suddenly felt that the vision in front of him was getting darker and darker. He suddenly reacted, "Don't look at the candlestick! Everyone close your eyes."
The others quickly avoided his gaze after hearing his shout.
"What's the matter?"
"Don't scare me, bro."
Su Mo's eyes fell into darkness, and a status of [blindness] appeared in his personal state, which lasted for 30 minutes. Because he stared at the position of the candlestick for too long, he fell into darkness.
"I'm blind." Su Mo said simply, "Everything in this yard is very strange. Don't look at the candlestick."
On the other side, Yu Zhen heard Su Mo's voice and instantly realized the seriousness of the matter: "How many people are blind?"
Bitter Melon and his companions immediately avoided Su Mo after he yelled, and their vision was still clear.
Qing Feng said: "We are all fine, except that Big Brother can't see."
As soon as we entered the house, the command was lost and the situation became difficult to move forward.
Several people stood facing the door, not daring to look back at all.
Xigua said, "Take away the candlestick."
Huang Tao: "How can this destroy the candlestick? It doesn't seem to be an attackable unit. I can't lock on it without looking."
Qing Feng stood with his sword drawn, "How about I go and show you what blind slashing is."
"Don't move. The rules say think twice before you act." Su Mo thought quickly, "Kugua, I'll leave the command to you for now. Let's go to the kitchen."
Bitter Melon asked, “How do we get there?”
"Of course we'll walk with our eyes closed." Xigua said, "Let's touch the wall. The eldest will go in front, and Huangtao will follow behind."
Huang Tao: "Why should I be the last one?"
Xigua exclaimed: "Shield in front, heal in the back, isn't this a basic stance?"
Su Mo couldn't help but say: "... Just go with the backlight, no need to close your eyes."
"Watermelon and breeze lead the way, and yellow peach will be in the middle." Su Mo's lamp stick fell to the ground and turned, "Bitter melon, we'll be the last, don't worry, walk slowly."
"Slow down." Kugua quickly walked to Su Mo's side and held his other hand: "Come, I'll take you with me."
watermelon:"… "
As long as they have their backs to the light, they can still move to the side, and as long as they don't see the light directly, they are still very safe.
The kitchen was located in the west yard. They walked to the path next to it and then went through the small door to the west yard.
"This house is so big, it's a mansion."
"This mountain villa is different."
"I seem to hear the sound of running water."
Several people moved to the west courtyard with a clear purpose. Two corridors extended and a very large lake came into view. It was a rare thing to see a lake in a house, let alone such a big lake.
"Sister Zhige, is this the small lake you marked?" Qingfeng checked the drawing to make sure he was not mistaken.
Zhi Ge: "It doesn't matter, just know it's a lake."
The way to the kitchen was not difficult to walk, so the few of them just admired the lake for a short while and soon arrived at the kitchen. The kitchen and the woodshed were in the same small courtyard. The courtyard was not big, with sundries piled up in the corner. There was also a tree at the gate, but it was obviously dead.
After a few people entered, they pushed open the kitchen door, and were immediately choked by the dust in their faces.
Su Mo frowned: "Is it a lot of dust?"
"Yes, it's all dusty inside." Huang Tao looked around and saw even spider webs. "Is this really the kitchen?"
The kitchen is completely different from what it is during the day.
This is not right. In Su Mo's original understanding, they should be day and night in the same day, but now it seems that this is not the case, but two independent scenes.
Moreover, the elimination and deaths indicate that the environment late at night is very dangerous, so dangerous that they are likely to be eliminated.
"Xigua, find a way to walk around and see if there is the old man we are targeting in this house." Su Mo ordered: "This place is probably not the sequel of their daytime scene, but another independent scene. And it should not be a puzzle-solving dungeon, but a time-limited challenge dungeon... The mastermind is lying to us."
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from the yard outside the kitchen.
Qingfeng hurried out to see what was going on, and saw that the dead tree in the yard suddenly came to life, with its branches extending straight towards Qingfeng, and knocking him inside with such force.
"Shit, there's an ambush outside!" Qingfeng quickly ran back and slammed the door shut.
Huang Tao reacted: "Were we tricked into coming in and being killed?"
Su Mo finally realized that something was wrong. This dungeon was not a puzzle mission as they thought, but a 5-player challenge. Qinggong could not be used and there was a blindness debuff at the beginning. Or there might be other debuffs waiting for them in this courtyard.
The mission was called a challenge mission, but the mission prompts and scenes were inductive, as if telling them that they needed to solve the mystery to complete the killing mission, so they went straight to solve the mystery. During the day, they said that there was a problem in their kitchen, so he subconsciously went to the kitchen. In fact, the kitchen was just a trap to lure them in and then set up a killing situation.
"Is the old man still growing flowers in the east yard?" Su Mo asked.
Zhi Ge had been following the old man in stealth, and immediately said, "He's starting to move."
In other words, the various destinations they would like to go to, such as Xiyuan Guest House, should have other killer moves. The more places they go, the greater the risk of death, and their mission is actually very simple, which is to find the old man and kill him.
"I'll do it." Bitter Melon walked out with a knife in his hand, but was hit hard in the face and swept in by the branches of a dead tree.
Watermelon retracted his feet as he was walking out.
Huang Tao took back her hand and asked, "Can we get out?"
At this moment, the spider web on the beam suddenly fell down, and all the people directly below were given a debuff [slow down], followed by a rustling sound from outside.
They seemed to be surrounded by something.
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