It was always others who reasoned with him, but today it was his turn to reason. Wen Shi suddenly thought of an inappropriate description: Evildoers will be punished by evildoers.
He said with a headache: "The game emphasizes that it is committed to promoting truth, goodness and beauty."
It was nonsense, but he felt that he should not ignore it, or at least not violate it easily. Passive defense and counterattack were fine, but taking the initiative might bring about some bad karma.
"Let's try to find clues and solve the problem normally first." Wen Shi lowered his head and gathered his loose sleeves: "I like to save my trump card for last."
Xie Tangyan looked at him steadily for a few seconds and chose to respect Wen Shi's idea.
“Are there any books here?”
She was relatively unfamiliar with this world and this era, and books were the fastest way to obtain information.
Wen Shi led her to the study and said as they walked: "Be careful, the study may be dangerous."
To be exact, every place in the castle is filled with danger.
Wen Shi casually pulled out a book from the bookshelf and asked, "Can I read it?"
I wonder if the writing system where she came from is very different from that of today.
Xie Tangyan glanced at the words: "More or less the same."
Wen Shi: "Okay, you stay here and watch first, I'm going to meet someone."
After tidying up his messy hair from running, he said to himself, "A gentleman won't keep a girl waiting for long."
dining room.
Luo Xiao leaned back in a high chair, her cheek supported by her palm, and her other hand drawing circles on the table out of boredom.
The wall clock makes a dull ticking sound as time goes by, which makes people feel irritated.
"What's taking so long?"
Luo Xiao looked at the clock for the third time, wondering if something had happened. Was the seal in the coffin too strong, and both of them died there
It would be a good thing if that were the case. The fewer players left in the game, the better, and the difficulty would be reduced accordingly.
"Are you waiting for me?"
When the voice sounded, Luo Xiao reacted for a moment, then raised her head in disbelief.
She was best at concealing her emotions, but at this moment, the astonishment in her expression was fully displayed on her face.
"Pei Wenwei?!" Luo Xiao was so shocked that she stood up from her chair.
"You seem surprised."
It's more than just surprise.
I'm so surprised!
The one who came back was Wen Shi, not E Xiu, which meant that the other party was probably dead. Luo Xiao's hand in her pocket was originally holding the game's special communication prop. She had planned to wait for a few more minutes and contact E Xiu if he didn't come back. Now that she saw Wen Shi standing at the door with a smile, she immediately changed her hand to a life-saving weapon.
For the first time in her life, she felt fear towards new people.
Luo Xiao didn't think that Wen Shi was able to defeat E Xiu just by luck.
"Fifty points." Luo Xiao quickly came back to her senses and said in a deep voice, "I want to know what happened, and the grudge between us will be written off."
Wen Shi was stunned for a moment. This woman was flexible and showed a conciliatory attitude directly without being sure what cards she had.
He held up a finger: "One hundred."
Luo Xiao was about to speak when Wen Shi interrupted her, "One hundred is just a friendly price. Don't bully me because I'm a newbie and don't know the market."
The other party can definitely afford 100 points, and it is within her acceptable range. If it is a little more, there is no need to reconcile.
Luo Xiao did not bargain any further and asked Wen Shi to give him the player number.
Facing the suspicious look, Luo Xiao sneered: "The player number must be used for transactions."
A minute later, Wen Shi heard a prompt tone.
"Player 397426 transferred one hundred points to you."
The properties panel is updated at the same time.
"You have successfully completed a transaction and the game store has been activated."
This is a pleasant surprise.
Wen Shi didn't have the good qualities of a gentleman who kept his word, and he lied calmly, "E Xiu released the things in the coffin, and for some reason, the blood bride kept chasing him."
Unexpectedly, Luo Xiao's face changed after hearing this: "Could it be..."
Wen Shi continued to ask: "Could it be something?"
Luo Xiao did not answer but asked: "Cooperation? This time I am serious. If we can work together to deal with the other player, the difficulty of the game will be further reduced."
Wen Shi glanced at him and said, "I won't offend others unless they offend me."
Luo Xiao felt relieved after hearing this. If he agreed, then the previous 100 points would be wasted. Now at least it shows that this newcomer has good character.
This is probably the foolish yet romantic innocence that is unique to newlyweds.
"Don't think I'm cruel. I've been in the dungeon for too long..."
"Ms. Luo, I'm not interested in your psychological journey." Wen Shi put the picture frame he got from the book on the table, and said without any expression while admiring the painting: "But I would like to give you a piece of advice: being too clever may lead to mistakes."
Neither side thought they could really convince the other, so neither side wasted any more words. Wen Shi's attention was completely on the painting, and the monster trapped in it had completely become a part of the painting. He asked without even looking up, "What do you know?"
Luo Xiao shook her head: "You may think I'm lying to you, but I really don't know much. In fact, we were misled by the game before. We always thought that we had to rely on patchwork to form the most perfect bride, until we succeeded in patching together..."
Wen Shi raised his head.
Luo Xiao smiled bitterly: "The bride immediately started a frantic massacre against us. Everything happened without any warning, and we had no time to find her weakness. In the end, I and several other surviving players worked together to seal the monster in an empty coffin in the blood pool."
"She chose to attack E Xiu first, probably because she remembered the hatred that we had sealed away earlier."
Unexpectedly, there was this story. Wen Shi was puzzled: "It's already sealed, why do you want to lift it again? Just to kill me?"
Luo Xiao: "E Xiu had no other options, so he resorted to this desperate measure. If things go well, he and I will be able to join forces to protect ourselves. The blood bride is no longer as powerful as before after being sealed. If a player dies in the endgame, the dungeon will issue a side quest that is more closely related to the main storyline. By then, as long as we complete the quest, we will get clues about the real bride."
"I see." Wen Shi was more interested in the first one. He extracted the key information: "So there is more than one blood bride in the castle?"
The woman who chased me last night should be one of them.
But the light was too dim last night, and he vaguely remembered that the woman was wearing a black veil.
Luo Xiao doesn't need to answer, the game has already given the affirmative answer.
[Congratulations to the player for completing the side quest 1
Mission Reward: Sachet*1 (It acts like a talisman, I guess)]
[Blood Bride Illustration: She is an artificially synthesized blood bride. She often wanders around at night. Oh, and there is more than one of her.]
The characters in the illustrations are lifelike and appear as real 3D figures in our minds, which is quite stimulating.
Wen Shi was a result-oriented person. He was more concerned about the task reward. When he saw that it was a sachet, he was quite amused. Was this life linked to things like peace buckles and amulets
Luo Xiao didn't know what Wen Shi was thinking, so she nodded and asked, "We've already explored most of the castle. Now there's only the church, the empty house, and the attic. Do you want to go take a look?"
Unexpectedly, Wen Shi refused. He looked at the neat long table and asked, "There are no other living people in this castle except us. Who is responsible for daily meals and hygiene?"
"There are also butlers, cooks and servants." Luo Xiao said, "The butler rarely shows up. The male servants are responsible for trimming the maze outside during the day, and the maids are generally responsible for cleaning. There is a separate place built at the back of the castle for them to live in."
Wen Shi: "Are you worried that they will die in the castle and there will be no one to work?"
Luo Xiao: “…”
See through but don’t speak out.
Wen Shi: "By the way, do you have a main quest?"
So far, he has only received one side mission and has no grasp of the general direction of action.
Luo Xiaohu asked suspiciously: "Don't you have any?"
Wen Shi said nothing and waited for her answer.
Luo Xiao weighed the options and said, "My storyline is that after the party, we went to visit the gallery together, where we met the owner of the castle, who invited us to his wedding. Because he was of noble status, I happily agreed, but after I got here, I found that things were not as simple as I imagined."
"As for the main task, it is naturally to escape from the castle." Luo Xiao said with some gnashing of teeth and helplessness: "It's not so easy to get out of this damn place."
Regular footsteps came from the corridor, interrupting the conversation between the two.
Wen Shi and Luo Xiao raised their heads and stepped back at the same time, taking a defensive stance.
As the saying goes, the butler mentioned above appeared at the door a moment later. He was not young, with white hair on his temples. Because the owner of the castle was wearing a tuxedo, the butler did not wear it and chose a dark green suit. The fabric was a little old but there was not a single wrinkle. "Doctor Aaron, I heard that you injured your foot. The carriage is here to pick you up."
Wen Shi realized that he was being called and asked curiously, "Pick me up?"
The housekeeper smiled and said, "You should go back to the hospital."
Wen Shi was stunned for a moment and looked at Luo Xiao: "Isn't this easy?"
Not only can you go out, but there is also a carriage to pick you up.
Luo Xiao: “…”
Wen Shi was not in a hurry to leave: "I left some things in the room, wait a moment, I'll go get them."
When he went upstairs, he browsed the game mall. The items on the homepage were all worth thousands of dollars, and his points were not enough to see them all.
Wen Shi selected a price range to see what he could buy with his current points. He scanned the area and finally placed an order for a [Small Gourd] for 50 points.
[Small gourd: to cover up the breath of the living, a must-have product for escape travel
Warm reminder: It can make NPCs unable to sense your presence, but it does not mean that they can’t see you, hehe~]
This thing is of no use to Wen Shi, but Xie Tangyan can use it.
He came to the study and after looking around, Xie Tangyan suddenly appeared behind him.
"What's up?"
Wen Shi was startled, then he came to his senses and stuffed the small gourd over and roughly explained its purpose.
"I need to leave here for a while."
Wen Shi originally wanted to ask the other party to join him, but when he remembered that he was almost killed by the monster at the street lamp when he first arrived, he finally decided to go alone.
Xie Tangyan seemed to like the gift he gave her very much and smiled, saying "be careful".
She didn't insist on following, which made Wen Shi feel something was wrong.
Wen Shi asked tentatively: "You will hold on, right?"
Xie Tangyan nodded.
"must?"
Xie Tangyan: "Definitely."
The housekeeper was already urging him downstairs, so Wen Shi couldn't delay any longer and hurried downstairs.
Behind him, Xie Tangyan touched the scabbard of his sword and looked at the majestic self-portrait of the owner of the castle opposite the study. He didn't know what he was thinking. After a long while, he said thoughtfully: "It's a good person to test the sword."
Downstairs, Wen Shi asked Luo Xiao before leaving: "Do you want me to take you out? It only costs 999 points."
The butler seemed not to hear the latter sentence, and only said seriously in response to the former sentence: "You cannot take away the master's guests."
"Oh." Wen Shi shrugged and said to Luo Xiao, "Then just watch me leave."
(End of this chapter)