I asked my elder brother to climb up and try to push the manhole cover open, but the manhole cover seemed to be fixed in this space, and it would not budge no matter how hard I pushed.
"What are we going to do now?" My eldest brother knew that they had no choice but to jump directly from the stairs to the bottom of the well. The ground and walls seemed to shake due to his jump.
"You need a key to open this door, otherwise you have to open it from the inside of the door. The key to open the door is placed in the wooden box compartment under the bed. That's it. I forgot to tell you when I left..."
The NPCs look ugly at the moment. If they cannot open this door and cannot leave from the well, then they may all turn into mummies here, either due to lack of oxygen or due to lack of water and food.
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Jian Yao took out the small key she found in the compartment from her pocket and inserted it directly into the keyhole of the iron door. The two fit tightly and opened the door with a slight twist.
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Jian Yao and the NPC looked at each other. Neither of them said a word to each other, but the meaning they wanted to express had already melted into their eyes. It would be impolite to speak any more.
After the iron door opens, there is a long underground passage, with water dripping from time to time above the head. The surrounding walls are all rock-like, but you can feel the plastic when you touch it.
The footsteps of the six of them echoed in the empty underground passage, and the footsteps of several people were intertwined. It was impossible to tell who belonged to whom, nor how many footsteps there were.
But Jian Yao subconsciously felt something was wrong and stood still.
"What...what's wrong?" The NPC bumped directly into Jian Yao's body. When she saw Jian Yao's serious expression, the look on her face also became panicked.
"Shh, be quiet. I take one step first, and you take another step. The same goes for the people behind me. The first person takes a step, and the next person takes a step forward."
After Jian Yao passed on the words, she took a step forward. Her footsteps echoed in the empty passage, followed by the footsteps of others.
One blast, two blasts...seven blasts.
The person who called my eldest brother was the last one in the team. After he took that step, footsteps sounded behind him a few seconds later.
The moment he heard the footsteps of six people other than him, he quickly turned around and punched the back hard, but the fist only hit a ball of soft air. There was not a single figure behind him, nor could he.
No weird figure can be seen.
Jian Yao frowned and looked at the end of the team, and sure enough, something was following her.
"Take another step and have a look."
Jian Yao took a step forward again. This time, the footsteps of the seventh person no longer came from behind Call Me Big Brother, but moved forward, between Wujiu and Call Me Big Brother.
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From that position, only the invisible air could still be seen, and not a single shadow could be seen.
Jian Yao stared at the air and tentatively activated the "Appraisal" skill.
[Name: Troublemaker
Grade:D level
Skills: Invisibility, Prank
Description: A monster that likes to play pranks and scare people. Even some high-level monsters cannot disable its stealth skills. Although it has little combat power, you can just say "Troublemaker, don't make trouble" a few times in a row, and then you will find out.
Actually it’s of no use]
[Option 1: Now that you're here, just don't leave. The bonus skill is "Don't even think about leaving once you're here." After activating the skill, the monsters who want to escape will be frozen in place and unable to leave]
[Option 2: Ignore it, let it go. The reward title is "It's none of your business". After wearing it, there is a chance that the monster will feel that you have nothing to do with the living person it wants. At the same time, there is also a chance that the monster will feel that the violation is not yours.
Made]
Jian Yao took another step forward. Sure enough, this time the strange footsteps came from between Wujiu and Ai Ke. It seemed that with every step they took, the strange footsteps would move forward.
The players don't know what its purpose is, but they are all monsters after all, and most monsters will not let humans like them off easily.
Jian Yao thought for a moment, then her pace suddenly quickened, and she walked through the passage in no time. The players behind her didn't know what she wanted to do, but they also subconsciously quickened their pace.
【Option completed!】
[Reward title "It's none of my business"]
At the end of the passage is another door, with a wooden sign hanging on the door that reads "The underworld is ahead, please be mentally prepared before entering." However, this door can be opened directly without a key.
The NPC stood behind Jian Yao and said timidly: "There will be some of my colleagues inside to scare the players, and then set up some levels for the players to complete. After completion, they will be given clues or let them go to the next level."
After opening the door, the room inside was all red. The walls and furniture were not only covered with red cloth strips, but also covered with red double 囍 characters. You could tell at a glance that this was a wedding room.
In this room full of red, red candles burned silently, and the melted wax slid along the candles onto the iron plate. A bride wearing a wedding dress and a red hijab sat beside the bed, motionless and unmoving.
I don't know if it's a real person or a fake.
"Yaya? Are you okay? Something serious has happened. Come with us quickly..." The npc stepped forward and took the bride's hand, trying to pull her away, but the temperature in his hand was like a piece of ice, cold.
The NPC holding her hand couldn't help but shudder.
The bride, who was sitting on the bed, was held by the hand obediently, but she didn't say a word.
The npc is not stupid. She already noticed something was wrong when she held the bride's hand. She was trying to pretend that she didn't notice and then let go of her hand naturally, but the bride held her hand back vigorously.
Pain came from his hand, and the NPC's face changed in pain.
The bride raised her other hand and pulled off the red hijab on her head.
The red cloth fell directly to the ground like a flying red butterfly, revealing the bride's true appearance.
Her face looked as if it had been smeared with lead powder, with bright red rouge blooming on her cheeks and two red flowers blooming, and her lips were as red as if she had just eaten a person alive.
"Okay~ I'll go with you~"
Her voice was as if her body had just begun to learn how to speak. Not only was it stiff, but the tone of her voice also fluctuated.
The bride clung to the NPC tightly, as if she would either take her away with her or leave the living person behind, but they obviously couldn't leave without the NPC, because she knew how to get out of the secret room, and also knew all the mechanisms in the secret room.
It's much easier for them to wander around with their heads covered.