When Ruan Bai touched the doorknob, he felt the extremely low temperature outside.
After she went out, she was completely out of the way, and felt that the temperature outside was at least ten degrees lower. Even though she was wearing a coat, she couldn't help shivering.
The entire long corridor outside the house was engulfed in a thick black mist, and this kind of darkness was almost solid, giving Ruan Bai the illusion that as long as he stretched out his hand, he could catch a wisp of it.
The cold air clings tightly to her skin, and the chill seeps into her skin bit by bit, like maggots clinging to her bones, wrapping around her with an ominous aura.
However, even in the face of such a gloomy environment, Ruan Bai did not flinch, but rushed downstairs even faster.
Generally speaking, where there are ghosts, the temperature will drop very low. This is a small hint for the game to the player.
Recalling what the black-robed woman said, "It's best not to go out after 8 o'clock", Ruan Bai thought, maybe it's because after 8 o'clock, other ghosts will appear in this room.
Yes, after realizing that the singing voice appeared too frequently, Ruan Bai discovered that there must be more than 14 ghosts in this game.
Not to mention the children, they haven't even met the owner and couple of this ancient castle. Maybe this couple also has secrets.
While thinking, she walked down the corridor.
The portraits hanging on the walls on both sides were all blurred by the black mist, the faces on them were blurred, and the pairs of eyes stared forward numbly.
Ruan Bai recalled the specific location where the scream came from just now. Not surprisingly, it should be at the entrance on the first floor.
After she went down the stairs, as expected, she found the back of the player holding the ax at the door.
However, for Ruan Bai, she had the courage and confidence to go out after 8 o'clock, because she discovered early on that the White Lotus system would not issue tasks that she could not complete.
Secondly, there are huge points encouraging her.
However, other ordinary players, why do they have to go out
Ruan Bai couldn't figure it out, but she didn't have to think about it anymore, because she had already come to the male player's side.
As she guessed, every time the singing sounded, ghosts could be seen, and only players who would appear in the singing could meet ghosts, so she could also see the nine-year-old girl with a distorted neck standing opposite the male player.
It has a pair of beautiful blue eyes, very fair skin, and looks quite delicate and beautiful.
But at this time, its eyes were full of paranoia. It looked at the male player with a sinister expression, and its face was twisted to a frightening degree. At first glance, there was no beauty, only indescribable treachery.
Under its attack again and again, the male player ran away in a panic, with injuries on his body, the most serious being his obviously unnatural feet.
Not to mention cutting off the ghost's head with his backhand, it's a question of whether the male player can survive.
Seeing Ruan Bai approaching, it didn't show any abnormality, and the male player opposite it was slightly taken aback, and let out a surprise cry: "You, you are here to save me!?"
Just now, facing such a scene, he almost gave up, but he didn't expect someone to rush out to save him.
He saw that Ruan Bai was being directed around by the eldest lady before, and he still ignored him. He could have said a few words for him, but he chose to stand by and watch... Now it seems that this is the real good person!
The ghost's attack was always swift and cunning. When Ruan Bai came over and the male player was stunned, it jumped up again, waved its sharp fingers, and grabbed the male player's neck!
— At this critical moment, Ruan Bai stretched out his hand and grabbed the male player, turned around and kicked the ghost's stomach away.
After pulling the male player away, she quickly let go, leaving the staggering male player alone, and snatched his axe.
Then, she swung the heavy ax and swung it at the girl!
The girl was obviously more responsive than the boy yesterday, and she was quite wary of the axe.
Seeing that Ruan Bai was a stump, it quickly backed up a few steps, avoiding the axe, its blue eyes flickered slightly, as if it was thinking about how to avoid Ruan Bai and attack the male player behind her.
It's just that Ruan Bai won't give it this chance to think.
In the next second, the girl had no choice but to lean back. Ruan Bai swung the ax vigorously. The blade of the ax cut through the air, making a strong wind noise.
Its shoulder couldn't dodge in time, it was injured by Ruan Bai, and the pain of power loss made it panic, and it hid back again.
After only two fights, the initiative was completely in Ruan Bai's hands.
"Cut off her head!" The male player behind shouted, "She can die without her head!"
He actually knows how to break the situation!
Ruan Bai was shocked and angry when he heard this, even the ghost didn't want to chop it off: "Then why didn't you chop it off before?"
Not only did he not cut it, but he was reduced to the point where he needed her to save him? !
When the male player heard this, there was a hint of grievance in his voice: "... because I can't lift this axe."
Ruan Bai: "..."
Not knowing what to say, she could only continue to pick up the ax and look for an opportunity to cut off the little ghost girl's head.
An unwilling scream came from the girl's throat, and the whole ghost, like the kitchen boy before, turned transparent and disappeared into the air.
At the same moment, Ruan Bai's ear also heard the system's notification sound: [Drip, congratulations to the host, the random task has been completed, and the reward will be issued after the game is cleared. ] After confirming that the task was completed, Ruan Bai threw away the axe and turned to look at the male player.
At this time, out of danger, he sat directly on the ground.
Seeing Ruan Bai looking over, he showed a grateful look on his face: "Thank you, if you hadn't come here, I might really have to explain here."
In a game where death could happen at any time and players were indifferent, it was great that he was lucky enough to meet such a person.
"It's okay," Ruan Bai thought about his character design, and shook his head gently, "We are all players, and we should help each other, and I can't bear to watch you die, after all, it is a human life, and I Saving you is nothing more than a small effort... So, just give me 500 points."
Male player: "..."
Hearing the end, the touched expression on his face suddenly froze.
Fortunately, he is not stupid, knowing that 500 points is nothing compared to his life, especially since Ruan Bai risked his life to save him.
Both money and goods are settled, and grievances and grievances are settled. It is good to be able to distinguish clearly.
Without hesitation, the male player immediately scored 500 points for Ruan Bai.
Ruan Bai received the points and narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.
However, she has not forgotten her doubts. After solving these, she looked at the male player and continued to ask: "You shouldn't come out at 8 o'clock in the evening. Why do you want to go out? Don't you know that it will be very dangerous?"
This male player was not one of the three newcomers before, so he shouldn't have made such an obvious mistake.
Mentioning this, a strange look appeared on the male player's face.
"Of course I know, I clearly remember, and I did fall asleep in the room," he said, "but when I woke up, I found myself standing at the door with this ax in my hand."
He didn't come out on his own initiative at all, but was sent here inexplicably.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he came to a strange place. Facing an evil ghost who was eyeing him, the male player was caught off guard and suffered a lot.
When Ruan Bai heard this, he thought of the lyrics—
"One quiet morning, he dreamed that his little sister had horns growing on her head."
Will it have something to do with this lyric
"Did you dream of anything?" Ruan Bai asked, "You should have heard the lyrics just now, sharp corners or something."
What does this sentence mean
"I do remember the content of the dream. It has something to do with my little sister," the male player hesitated and said, "But I didn't dream about the sharp horn, but something else."
He thought for a while, sorted out his words, and recounted the dream: "I first dreamed that my little sister said something to my elder sister in private, and then I showed her something, which made her face turn pale... Afterwards, it was Eldest sister stunned elder brother, quietly killed him and hid him in the kitchen."
In the dream, he seemed to be the second brother in the castle and witnessed the incident with his own eyes.
First of all, "he" accidentally discovered that the younger sister was talking to the older sister, which made the older sister feel restless for several days, looking at other people with consideration and imperceptible madness.
Then, "he" got up in the morning and caught a glimpse of the scene where the elder sister killed the elder brother with a kitchen knife.
What made "him" even more uneasy was that the elder sister obviously didn't intend to stop.
After doing all this, she packed everything up and prepared to repeat the same trick, and then called a brother to come over and try to kill him.
In order to prevent the eldest sister from bringing more deaths and to keep the other brothers and sisters safe and sound, "he" finally ran to the tool room, took out an ax, and vowed to protect his home.
Perhaps because of the suspicion that the little sister is the cause of all this, the lyrics use "sharp horns growing on her head", implying that the little sister is the image of a devil in the heart of the second brother.
Similarly, this should also be a subtle reminder of the lyrics, telling the player that since the "devil" is a little sister, then "Reaper" should also be a relative, so that the player can think of the big sister.
After listening to the male player's statement, Ruan Bai knew that everything that happened in this castle had finally been uncovered.
From the time when the elder sister attacked the elder brother, a scene of fighting each other took place here.
She pondered for a moment, then asked: "Then do you still remember what the little sister showed the elder sister?"
This thing should be a very important prop.
The male player nodded: "It's a piece of paper, it looks like a letter."
The two communicated for a while, and after realizing that the only information they could grasp was this, they gave up.
They returned to the second floor and went back to their respective rooms.
Perhaps it was luck, they did not encounter any danger along the way.
Exactly what the dangers are outdoors after 8 p.m. remains a mystery.
Ruan Bai hurried into his and Xue Se's guest room, and told her what he knew.
Xuese listened quietly, nodding her head from time to time, showing that she understood.
But after Ruan Bai finished the topic, Xue Se suddenly raised her eyes and looked at her: "Ruan Ruan, do you still remember what that male player looked like and what clothes he was wearing?"
Ruan Bai didn't know what she wanted to do, but she nodded, described the male player's appearance, and asked, "What's the matter, is there any problem with him?"
Snowy shook his head slowly.
She took out the portrait from under the pillow, asked Ruan Bai to point out the appearance and characteristics of the second brother, and then found the corresponding name of the second brother.
"Sure enough," she said softly, "During the meal, the chair that the male player sat on happened to belong to the second brother."
There is a small wooden sign on the back of each chair in the kitchen, with the names of 14 children in the castle written on it, and each chair once belonged to a child.
After they sat down for dinner on the first day, the game has already identified their respective identities through the chairs they sat on.
The place where Ruan Bai was sitting before happened to be Cindy's seat, Xuese didn't say it directly because she suspected it was a coincidence.
But now, this conjecture is clearly correct.
"Do you remember everyone's appearance and the name of the chair they are sitting on?" Ruan Bai was surprised by Xue Se's memory when he heard this, "Then can you find the player sitting in the little sister's seat?"
The girl nodded slowly after hearing the words: "Yes, the one sitting in the little girl's seat is a male player, because I deliberately chose a chair with a male name."
At the time, out of doubt and uncertainty, she stood beside a chair with a male name.
Even if there is no seat, the other players will not bother to fight her when they see this, they can just find another chair and sit down.
The sex ratio of the 14 players and the 14 children is the same, so if Xue Sei takes a boy's seat, it is destined that a male player will have to take the girl's seat.
And that male player happened to be sitting on the little girl's chair.
But after finishing speaking, Xue Se shook her head again, and said, "But, we don't need to look for him, because he won't survive tonight."
Her voice was calm, with an unquestionable certainty.
Hearing what Xue Se said, Ruan Bai was stunned.
"Why do you say that?" She asked in confusion, "Could it be that there will be singing late at night? The game doesn't even give us sleep time?"
Listening to Ruan Bai's question, Xue Se didn't say anything.
Her hazel eyes stared at the photo motionlessly. In the dim light, the shadow cast by her eyelashes was more lively than the freckles on both sides of the bridge of her nose on the fair skin.
"Ruan Ruan, have you ever thought that after 14 children kill each other, there must be one child who will survive in the end?" She asked lightly.
Hearing this, Ruan Bai suddenly raised his head.
Some details kept pouring out of her mind, and then disappeared, slowly forming a looming network.
She knew what Xue Se wanted to say.
"Where will the only victor go? Since he is not dead, it is impossible for the game to force the identity of the player... So, among our players, there are ghosts."
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