Qiming Orphanage is a huge manor, a three-story building in the ancient European style, with a vast courtyard and lawn in the front and rear.
Outside the orphanage is a spacious tree-lined path, with a bleak autumn wind, thousands of miles of dark clouds, and a desolate atmosphere that makes the manor shrouded in darkness extremely eye-catching.
Six people stood at the rusty iron gate.
Judging from their attire, their occupations are probably journalists, photographers, two social workers, and a couple.
Even though the building in front of them didn't look like it was inhabited by normal people, they didn't turn around and leave.
Maybe there is some reason why I have to go in.
[Side mission one: Enter Qiming Orphanage.]
The female reporter looked at the cold, lonely, desolate and lifeless orphanage in front of her with a confused expression. Then she put on gloves, walked up and took out a pamphlet from the open mailbox at the entrance of the orphanage.
"Qiming Shantang Visiting Manual".
1. Please do not visit Qiming Orphanage unless necessary.
2. If you must go in for a visit, do not try to enter the orphanage through other means. Please press the doorbell through the main entrance and wait for the door to open before entering.
3. Don't knock on the door, don't shout, don't ring the doorbell.
4. If you must ring the doorbell, please close your eyes immediately after pressing the doorbell and wait for ten seconds. After ten seconds, you can open your eyes and enter Qiming Orphanage.
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This booklet is the size of an ordinary homework book, with at least seven or eight pages.
Seven or eight pages are filled with various incomprehensible and even self-contradictory rules.
The female reporter briefly scanned these rules, then turned to look at the other people behind her who were also reading the visit manual, and tried her best to smile: "How about we divide into groups before going in, two by one?"
If there are many side tasks, it means that this may be a mechanical book, and some situations in the mechanical book may require cooperation to pass.
When the couple heard this, the woman smoothed her hair and said, "What's the point of dividing it up? It's just that you are acquaintances and we are acquaintances."
The others looked at each other and had no objections.
Not only are the professions distributed evenly, but the genders of the six of them are also distributed very appropriately.
Three men and three women, a female reporter and a male photographer, two male and female social workers, and finally a couple. This lineup really saves the effort of regrouping and saves arguments.
"Then now..."
The female reporter glanced at a few people and gestured towards the orphanage door: "Who wants to ring the doorbell?"
After the words fell, the scene was silent.
Regarding the third rule in this booklet, none of them want to be the one who succeeds through trial and error.
"Hello--!"
At this moment, a shout suddenly came from the end of the tree-lined path. The six people were startled and looked quickly, and saw a middle-aged man wearing a sky-blue police auxiliary uniform running towards them.
Seeing him, the six of them were stunned.
There's...there's another person?!
"Hey, you guys came so fast. I rushed over right away as soon as I received the news. I'm so exhausted!" The assistant policeman ran forward, then held his knees and gasped.
"Um... who are you?" the female reporter asked tentatively.
"Ah? It's run by my street office. Didn't you make an appointment before and said you wanted to visit Qiming Shantang? Then I must come with you!" The police assistant looked at the few people with a strange look on his face.
"Oh oh! Yes oh yes oh!"
The female reporter quickly agreed, glanced at the people next to her, and then smiled at the police assistant: "Will you open the door?"
The police assistant pointed to the open mailbox next to the door and said: "What door do you open? Each of you can take a copy of the brochure on it and read it. When you go in and visit, don't violate the rules randomly, otherwise there will be consequences.
conceited!"
When he said the last sentence, the middle-aged police assistant's eyes suddenly became sharp and he glanced at the six people with different expressions.
Seeing this, the female reporter quickly raised the pamphlet in her hand: "I've seen it, we've all seen it!"
The police assistant glanced at the books in their hands, then walked to the rusty and rotten gate of the manor, raised his hand and placed the red round doorbell under the door number.
Several people stared closely at his movements, and at the moment when his hands moved, they suddenly closed their eyes!
"jingle--"
An ethereal, fresh and distant sound rang out, one after another reaching far away, but gradually, the ringtone inexplicably changed to a deeper and thicker tone, and then slowly turned to a sharper tone.
It's obviously still the same melody, but the voice is completely different, as if something is tearing at the vocal cords hysterically, it's extremely harsh and uncomfortable!
Ten seconds were extremely long, yet seemed extremely short. Three different voices circulated in everyone's mind.
But they who closed their eyes tightly did not see that at that moment, the manor door suddenly twisted and rotated, turning into a huge eye!
The sclera of that eye is pure black, and something seems to be intertwined in the black. It is filthy, evil and chaotic. Its pupils are like flowing blood, exuding unspeakable malice, staring straight at the door.
A few people in front.
After a while, the eye suddenly twisted and disappeared, turning into an open iron gate again.
"Okay, come in."
The police assistant's voice rang in everyone's ears.
The female reporter's palms were covered in cold sweat, and her body was trembling slightly.
After hearing the voice that sounded like the sound of nature, she almost couldn't wait to open her eyes, but still cautiously and tentatively.
After seeing the door in front of her, the female reporter's violent chest heaving slowly calmed down.
Just now, she felt an extremely terrifying gaze!
That feeling even invaded her mind, and a pair of blurry eyes opened in her consciousness. They stared at her "eyes", as if they penetrated directly into her heart!
She tried hard to avoid looking at it, but the gaze that penetrated deep into her consciousness was simply unavoidable!
Staring at her from all directions, from all perceptions and all imaginations!
At that moment, she even felt that she was about to be driven crazy by this terrifying and unstoppable gaze!
Fortunately, ten seconds is very fast.
The female reporter looked at the people next to her, and then at her own position. She moved silently, planning to never stand in the middle again!
At this time, the police assistant had already walked into the manor and was standing on the opposite side looking at them.
This time, the male photographer walked in front and entered the manor first, followed closely by the others, and the couple walked in last.
"Clang!"
After all of them came in, there was a violent banging sound at the door. Several people subconsciously looked back and saw that the door had been closed again.
What's even more frightening is that the tree-lined paths and the outside scenery have disappeared, replaced by a foggy darkness.
[Side mission 1: Enter Qiming Orphanage (Completed). 】
[Side mission 2: The swing in the yard.]
The second side mission has been released.
Sure enough, this is a mechanical book composed of multiple side tasks.
Side missions like this basically exist to serve the main mission.
Logically speaking, as long as they follow the branch line, they can basically collect the necessary information and successfully complete the main task in the end - [Finding the truth behind the disappearance of Qiming Orphanage].
So now the second side task that is spawned by the system is equivalent to the second clue.
But the problem is, there is a rule in the visitor's handbook before entering - don't get close to the swing in the yard, don't touch it, and don't sit on it.
You take advantage of all the things that the manual doesn't allow you to do, right?
After combining the player tasks and the rules of the orphanage, everyone had only one sentence in their minds: What on earth do you want from me?!
