The night wind blows the candlelight.
As the flame flickered, the light and darkness fluctuated, and even Qin Ran's face became flickering.
The face in front of him was covered with scars, criss-crossing, as if it was pieced together, and the original appearance could not be seen at all.
Only a scar from the right forehead across the eyebrows to the left corner of the mouth is very clear.
This face was frozen between the opened door, and the dull eyes stared straight at Qin Ran, which was extremely penetrating.
Coupled with those scars, it looks even more ferocious, which makes people feel chills in the bottom of their hearts.
Qin Ran looked at this face up and down, then pushed the door open and walked in.
And that face followed Qin Ran's push of the door, quickly submerged into the darkness, and disappeared within a breath.
Snapped!
The candle fell to the floor and went straight out.
The location of the corridor in front of the entire room was completely shrouded in darkness.
But in the living room, there were whispers.
The voice was vague, and even Qin Ran, whose perception reached c-, couldn't hear what he was saying.
However, as Kieran lit the candle in his hand, the whispers disappeared, as if he was afraid of the light.
call! call!
However, a series of breathing sounds filled the entire room immediately.
Then, without waiting for Qin Ran to take a step closer, several yellow-green will-o'-the-wisps appeared in front of him. These will-o'-the-wisps erratically passed in front of Qin Ran at high speed.
But Qin Ran seemed to turn a blind eye, holding a candle, and walked towards the living room.
The living room in front of him was not big, it only consisted of a few sofas and a heater imitating a fireplace. Kieran chose one of the sofas and sat down, putting the candle in his hand by his feet.
Next, there is silence.
Apart from the 'crackling' sound of the candle burning, there was no sound.
After more than ten minutes, there was a voice full of compromise. It sounded from the side of the corridor.
"Alright alright!"
"I admit you won!"
While talking, a girl with ordinary clothes and a pretty face, but her eyes were full of cunning, walked into the living room holding a candlestick.
immediately. Light filled the living room.
The other party directly chose a sofa next to Qin Ran and sat in, then looked at Qin Ran with curious eyes.
"Aren't you afraid?"
asked the other party.
"Scared, why are you afraid?"
"Because of that mask?"
"Or a flying balloon with white scales?"
"Or maybe the tape recorder you hid in that mock fireplace?"
Qin Ran turned his head to look at the girl in front of him, and said word by word.
"You actually saw through it all?"
"Sure enough. You are worthy of being one of my competitors!"
"Get to know me, I'm Ellie Jones!"
The other party was startled, and then immediately stretched out his hand enthusiastically, wanting to shake hands with Qin Ran.
However, Qin Ran didn't intend to raise his hand at all.
He looked at the opponent's palm, which was slender and white, with long fingers and a ring on his index finger, under the candlelight. The inside of the ring shone with a different luster.
Some wet feeling.
"It's got super glue on it?"
Qin Ran asked.
"What a keen observation!"
Elle Jones didn't feel embarrassed or anxious after being found out, but showed a smile full of youthful vigor, and looked at Qin Ran with far more meticulous eyes than before.
It seemed that he wanted to see through Qin Ran.
Kieran, on the other hand, didn't care about the other party's observation, stood up straight, and started to inspect the entire building according to the original plan.
The whole building is divided into upper and lower floors, which are connected by stairs on the side of the living room.
The first floor has a hallway, living room, kitchen, study and a door leading to the rear garden.
Qin Ran turned the handle of the door, and it was completely rusted to death.
On the second floor, there is a master bedroom and three auxiliary bedrooms. and a terrace.
The door of the terrace can be opened, and standing on the terrace, you can see everything in the back garden. It is a small back garden with only one flower bed and a dozen flower pots. The plants inside had withered long ago without people taking care of them. Coupled with the fact that they were also surrounded by iron fences, it was like a death cage, lifeless.
However, an entrance that should be the basement appeared in Kieran's eyes.
Close to the side of the main building. If you hadn't climbed onto the terrace or looked outside the room, you wouldn't have found it at all.
Qin Ran turned and walked down the second floor, towards the entrance of the basement.
At this time, Ellie Jones, who had been following behind Qin Ran, couldn't help but said.
"There's nothing there!"
"There is no message from that 'psychic' Nicolei!"
"There is no other competitor!"
"I still don't understand what that test is, you know?"
Elle Jones looked at Qin Ran suspiciously while talking, hoping to get an answer.
Of course Qin Ran knew what this test was about.
Before, he had found some important clues.
However, Qin Ran would not tell Elle Jones.
You know, this is the key to whether he can become the assistant of the 'psychic' Nichelle.
If becoming the assistant of the 'psychic' Nikelle had nothing to do with the main quest, Qin Ran would naturally not attach such importance to it, but once it was related to the punishment for failure of the main quest, Qin Ran couldn't help but not pay attention to it.
Moreover, Kieran did not fully trust Ellie Jones, who was also a competitor.
Therefore, Qin Ran walked to the entrance of the basement without stopping, opened the door leaning against the wall of the main building, and a ladder descending appeared in front of Qin Ran's eyes.
Holding up the candle, Qin Ran walked down vigilantly.
On the one hand, it is to be alert to possible dangers in the basement.
Another aspect is to be wary of Ellie Jones.
However, until Qin Ran completely went down to the basement, Ellie Jones did not act abnormally.
And the basement, as the other party said, is nothing unusual.
It was empty, with neither a door leading to the main building nor anything placed there.
"You should choose to trust others!"
After Qin Ran returned to the ground, Ellie Jones said this.
"Um!"
Qin Ran nodded noncommittally, but his eyes passed over Elle Jones.
Such a rude move made Ellie Jones frown, but. Immediately, she heard a knock on the door.
"A newcomer is here!"
As Ellie Jones said, a mischievous smile appeared on her face, and then. Quickly ran towards the door into the main building.
However, soon, a cry of pain appeared in Ellie Jones' mouth.
When Qin Ran walked over, he saw Elle Jones kneeling on the ground with her arms twisted by a middle-aged man.
Ellie Jones also saw Qin Ran, subconsciously calling for help.
But we're talking. Elle Jones suddenly realized that she didn't even know Qin Ran's name, but the pain in her arm reminded Elle Jones that she had to call for help.
Otherwise, her arm would be broken.
Just when Ellie Jones was about to speak directly, the pain in her arm disappeared suddenly, and the man who twisted her arm had already rushed towards Qin Ran.
But the man froze in place the next moment.
A silver revolver appeared in Kieran's hand, pointing at him.
"Who are you?"
Qin Ran asked.
"Di Leqi, you have received an invitation letter from the 'psychic' Nichelle to come here!"
"I didn't mean to attack this lady, it was she who showed malice first!"
Facing the gun. The other party raised his hands in cooperation and said.
"I call that a prank!"
Allie Jones rubbed her sore arm and glared at Dilloch.
"That's malicious too!"
Diller emphasized.
Then, he looked at Qin Ran.
Di Leqi, who was wearing a tuxedo, raised his hands high, and the pull on his shoulders and neckline made him feel extremely uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to put his hands down, because he couldn't guarantee that Qin Ran wouldn't shoot.
The fine hairs that stood up instantly when Qin Ran pointed a gun at him made him understand that Qin Ran was not easy to mess with.
Fortunately, the next moment. Qin Ran put away his gun.
This made Di Leqi heave a long sigh of relief.
"You also came here after receiving the invitation letter from the 'psychic' Nichelle?"
Diller asked.
"We are your competitors!"
"Don't worry, with us, it's impossible for you to become the assistant of the 'psychic' Nichelle!"
Allie Jones said angrily.
Moreover, he drew Qin Ran into his camp. Start playing tricks.
"That's not necessarily the case!"
"I'm very good at special situations!"
The middle-aged Di Leqi glanced at Qin Ran fearfully, but then said confidently.
"Complacency invites failure!"
Ally Jones sneered.
"The same is true for overreaching!"
Di Leqi laughed.
Qin Ran, on the other hand, was not interested in listening to the mutual ridicule between the two. He looked at the iron gate, and a figure walked in from the open iron gate.
The whole body is wrapped in a windbreaker, and under the black top hat is a face wrapped in layers of bandages.
Only the eyes, nostrils and mouth are exposed.
As soon as the opponent appears. It attracted the attention of Elle Jones and Diller.
"Sorry, I suffered a serious fire, so I became like this!"
"I came here after receiving an invitation letter from 'Psychic' Nicole!"
"you?"
There is friendliness in the hoarse and dry voice.
"So are we!"
Elle Jones said while looking at the fourth competitor with curiosity.
"Raul, you can call me that!"
The other party introduced himself.
Next, there was another mutual introduction. Under Elle Jones' curiosity, Qin Ran said the name of '2567'.
Facing such an alias, no one, including Ellie Jones, expressed surprise.
For people exposed to special events, this appears to be normal.
To put it simply, their respective introductions may also be pseudonyms.
It's just that there is no 'different' like Qin Ran who can be seen through at a glance.
The four of them returned to the building, and Qin Ran returned to the living room, where he chose to sit on the previous sofa.
And Di Leqi and Raul repeated Kieran's actions again.
It's the same even if Ellie Jones said again what she said to Qin Ran before.
This made Ellie Jones very angry.
"hateful!"
"Haven't you all learned how to trust others?"
Annoyed Elle Jones said indignantly.
And at this moment
ah!
A hurried scream came from upstairs.
Then there was the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.
At the same time as the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, there was a knock on the door.
Boom boom boom!
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