nashuaworldcup Chapter 42 Hide and Seek in the Castle
Chapter 42 Hide and Seek in the Castle
The two carried the food to the table, and Wang Liang walked in groaning, "Damn it, it hurts so much! Is the team doctor here? Please take a look at me."
"Are you injured?" Yang Hua, who was eating in the corner, looked up and asked.
Wang Liang looked miserable: "I couldn't sleep last night, so I went to the balcony to get some fresh air, and damn it, I slipped and fell. I ended up lying on the balcony all night!"
Yang Hua briefly examined Wang Liang's head: "The wound isn't big, it's just a little swollen, and dizziness is normal. Take some anti-inflammatory medicine first."
"Hey, have you guys seen Yu Xiang? That kid Yu Xiang didn't even help me out, he's been nowhere to be seen since early this morning!" Wang Liang looked around and couldn't find his roommate, so he couldn't help but curse.
Yang Hua shook her head.
Mo Xizheng suddenly spoke up: "Who is Yu Xiang?"
Jiang Lin and Ji Xingyi exchanged a glance: "Brother Mo, Yu Xiang is our photographer, have you forgotten?"
Mo Xizheng looked confused: "Don't we only have one photographer?"
Wang Liang's eyes widened like copper bells, and he silently mouthed to Yang Hua: "Dead?"
"I might have misremembered, it doesn't matter," Jiang Lin replied calmly.
Mo Xizheng nodded. It's normal to make a mistake when there are a hundred or so people in a film crew.
Over the next few hours, everyone arrived at the restaurant, and Yang Hua convened a private meeting with all the players.
"Yu Xiang is dead?" Ruan Qing covered her mouth, her face turning pale.
Yu Xiang was the first player to die, passing away silently in the night. This bad news came unexpectedly and without warning.
Chen Jiangqiao asked Wang Liang, "What happened last night?"
"I really don't know!" Wang Liang briefly explained that he had fallen and slept unconscious all night: "I thought he went downstairs to have breakfast, who knew he was gone!"
"Didn't you hear any sounds? Like rats?" Chen Jiangqiao frowned.
"No! I slept soundly until dawn!" Wang Liang looked miserable. "If there really were rats, would I be alive and well?"
“I heard it, but it wasn’t the sound of a mouse,” Ding Xuehui said hesitantly.
After being frightened all day, Ding Xuehui fell asleep quickly, but she didn't sleep soundly. In the middle of the night, she vaguely heard some strange noises.
Jiang Lin: "Xuehui, what did you hear?"
"It sounded like something heavy was being dragged on the ground. It must have been some kind of metal, and it was a bit harsh," Ding Xuehui said, resting her chin on her hand as she tried to recall.
The sound was strange, but very brief. After waiting for a while without any further movement, Ding Xuehui went back to sleep.
“Yes, I heard it too, 1:34 a.m., I checked the time.” Ruan Qing nodded quickly in agreement. She had wanted to talk about this, but everyone was talking about Yu Xiang, so she hadn’t had a chance to speak up.
Zheng Zhaonan was surprised: "How come I didn't hear that?"
Wang Liang suddenly spoke up with a strange smile: "Don't you guys watch horror movies?"
Zheng Lu adjusted her glasses and frowned, asking, "What are you trying to say?"
“It’s like those serial killers in movies,” Wang Liang waved his hand to gather everyone together and whispered, “roaming the dark corridors at midnight, dragging a rusty iron axe, looking for fresh prey!”
"When an iron axe rubs against the ground, it makes a... sizzling sound!"
"Did a donkey kick your brain?" Zheng Zhaonan thought this big guy was going to tell some secret, but it turned out to be a ghost story!
“This instance is called ‘Witch’s Tears.’ Once someone dies, their related memories will be erased. It’s clearly a Western fantasy instance!” Yang Hua said with a serious expression, “The rules of death should still be related to rats. Qiao Xiaomai was bitten to death by rats, and Yu Xiang was a witness. We should start from this aspect.”
Ding Xuehui: "The bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, swept across Europe in the Middle Ages, causing the deaths of 2500 million people. Do you think it could be related to this?"
“It shouldn’t be,” Chen Jiangqiao rejected Ding Xuehui’s guess: “The Black Death is at least six hundred years old, while this castle is only three hundred years old.”
Zheng Zhaonan shook his head: "Those NPCs are strange. We can't necessarily believe everything they say."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Wang Liang agreed wholeheartedly. "Especially that maid, don't you guys think the way she looks at people isn't like a living person? She seems to never blink!"
Lacking supporting clues, everyone speculated but couldn't reach a conclusion, so the private meeting ended, and everyone returned to the hall with their own thoughts.
Song He and Director Wu brought good news: they had made contact with the police station outside through the butler, Bernard.
The broken bridge cannot be repaired in a short time, but they can send a helicopter to pick up the film crew, tentatively scheduled for the morning of the day after tomorrow.
As Song He finished speaking, the nine players still on the field finally received a new system notification:
[System notification: Evacuation point information updated.]
Evacuation point: Broken bridge entrance.
[Escape Condition: Obtain the item "Sleeping Girl".]
[Number of participants: Unlimited.]
[Evacuation point opening time: 72 hours remaining.]
The filming of "Dinner Table Adventure" has ended, and the variety show has begun its second round of games.
Mo Xizheng took the opening remarks for the second round of the game handed to her by Director Wu and read them aloud:
"The witch is very pleased with the performance of all the heroes, but to see the witch's face, courage alone is not enough; wisdom is also required. The second game is 'Hide and Seek in the Castle.'"
It was still the same old-fashioned way of doing things, but Wang Liang was in no mood to complain anymore, because when he woke up, there was a damn photographer.
Chen Jiangqiao brought over the prepared divination sticks. He had secretly told Ji Xingyi how to play the game: the sticks marked with black dots were the ghosts that were catching people.
"Wait!" Just then, Wu Hu suddenly called out to Chen Jiangqiao: "This round doesn't require drawing lots!"
Chen Jiangqiao was surprised and had a bad feeling.
“It’s pointless for us to keep arresting our own people.” Director Wu waved to Butler Bernard, who bowed to everyone before a maid emerged from the shadows behind him.
Ding Xuehui and Wang Liang both paled when they saw the maid's face clearly. Wasn't this the strange woman who had brushed past them yesterday?
"This is Miss Emma, in charge of apprehending the guests!"
Jiang Lin had noticed this maid before. Emma's expression was even more rigid than yesterday. She stood there motionless, dressed in her unchanging black and white maid outfit.
She was like a puppet being manipulated, giving off an indescribable sense of physical stiffness.
"Could it be that I was right? The murderous maid?" Wang Liang muttered under his breath, carrying the camera. Ding Xuehui, who was standing next to him, tensed up when she heard this.
"You have 15 minutes. Miss Emma can move after 15 minutes." Director Wu announced to everyone that the game had officially begun.
With only one camera left, Wang Liang followed the pursuer Emma, while the eight guests carried their own miniature cameras.
After Mo Xizheng and the others left, Jiang Lin instructed the two girls behind him, "You should stay with them. It will be much safer with the male and female leads. Try not to act alone."
"Okay," Ding Xuehui wanted to say something more to Jiang Lin, but damn it, there were always people around, so in the end she could only say softly, "Goodbye, and take care too."
Seeing Ding Xuehui leave, Ruan Qing hesitated, looking at Jiang Lin with reluctance in her eyes.
"Jiang Lin, I'm scared." The girl was wearing a white spaghetti strap dress with a light pink knitted blouse over it. Her delicate appearance was like a small white flower in the wind and rain, making people feel sorry for her.
As Ji Xingyi watched Ruan Qing approach Jiang Lin, he coldly interrupted Ruan Qing's magical attack: "Does being afraid mean you won't die?"