From then on, Wang Hu would secretly go to Wang Qifan's house one day every month and do that kind of thing to him.
To avoid being discovered, he would deliberately cover Wang Qifan with the blanket, only allowing him to come out and breathe when he was about to suffocate.
This reminded Ye Bugui of a habit Wang Qifan had: when he was in a bad mood, he would hide himself completely under the covers.
He only poked his head out when he was about to burst.
This perverse behavior of deliberately subjecting oneself to the experience of suffocation is clearly a shadow left by past experiences.
Ye Bugui was in a bad mood after waking up.
After experiencing Gao Yang's story, Ye Bugui thought he had seen the most tragic story in this instance.
But now that he knows his roommate's story, even Ye Bugui, who used to do anything to clear a dungeon, can't bring himself to kill him.
When Lu Shi realized that the person next to him had woken up, he immediately turned around and glanced at Ye Bugui.
Lu Shi also noticed something was off about Ye Bugui's face.
"What's wrong with you?" Lu Shi had never seen Ye Bugui so dazed and lost.
"Perhaps he's still dreaming and hasn't fully come out of it," Ye Bugui said softly.
Seeing the confusion in Lu Shi's eyes, Ye Bugui could only say, "I'll tell you what I saw after he leaves. But this time we're really close to getting to the truth about this apartment."
After hearing Ye Bugui's words, our Demon Lord became even more curious. He felt an itch in his heart, as if a cat was scratching at him.
But with only one minute left until eight o'clock, Wang Qifan immediately got up.
After getting up, Wang Qifan behaved as usual, except for a cheerful notification sound from his phone indicating a successful payment.
Clearly, Wang Qifan transferred money to his father again.
After washing his face, Wang Qifan finally left the room.
At this moment, Lu Shi eagerly emerged from under the bed, displaying an unprecedented urgency that was completely unlike the composed Demon Lord of the past.
"Tell me, what did you see in your dream?"
"Why don't we go out and talk to them together?" Ye Bugui seemed to be deliberately provoking Lu Shi.
"Tell me now, didn't you say you'd found a way to get through?"
This instance felt completely different to Lu Shi compared to the previous beginner instances.
Although his sanity hadn't dropped too much these past few days, his patience had been worn down considerably.
"I can only say that I discovered what we roommates have in common."
Ye Bugui stopped keeping him in suspense and solemnly recounted everything he had seen in his dream to Lu Shi.
After Lu Shi heard Wang Qifan's story, he felt the same way as Ye Bugui, and felt extremely sad.
Why do their roommates all have such tragic experiences?
If they don't bother to understand these things and just follow the instructions in the instance to kill them, wouldn't they be killing innocent people with their own hands?
Lu Shi witnessed the insidious nature of this game once again.
He quickly calmed down and rationally analyzed the plot: "So, Wang Qifan and Gao Yang both have a dead brother. Gao Yang is a twin brother, while Wang Qifan has a younger brother."
"Do you remember what Gao Yang himself said about never having met before?" Ye Bugui asked softly.
“Hmm, Wang Qifan never met his deceased younger brother. That makes it very likely that Gao Yang indeed never met his twin brother. What circumstances would make it impossible for twins to meet each other?” Lu Shi asked.
"I don't know either." This was a blind spot for Ye Bugui. He said, "Could it be that it died before it even opened its eyes? Maybe we should go out and ask them. Perhaps one of them is a doctor!"
Just as the two pushed open the door and were about to leave room 206, another door opened first.
That was Sherry. She didn't wait for anyone in the corridor; instead, she ran up to the third floor by herself.
There was a black handprint on her exposed neck, as if it had gripped her neck.
A note from the author:
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 42
☪ Good Family Apartment 17
The corridor was unusually quiet during the day.
After listening to Lu Shi and Ye Bugui's account, the female players temporarily put aside their worries about Xue Li's delayed departure and began to think along with the two of them.
“Both of your roommates have a deceased brother,” Zi Ling said, her previously broken hair now regrowth. “Does that mean our roommates are the same?”
“That’s possible,” Lu Shi glanced at them, “Did you get anything last night?”
Several female players shook their heads; they had all had the same dream last night, still about hiding and running away.
"How could this be?" Ye Bugui stood up and paced back and forth in the corridor. "Could it be that your roommates are different from ours?"
"That shouldn't be the case." Han Baobao bit her lip. She'd always been lucky, so why did she seem to be so unlucky in this dungeon? "Aren't we all players? Or is there some difference between us?"
“I think that when we’re thinking about this,” Chen Xin suddenly said, “we should thank Mr. Ye.”
"Who?" Ye Bugui was taken aback when he suddenly heard someone call him Mr. Ye. He just thought the name was very strange.
“You,” Lu Shi said softly, “they are thanking you. Yesterday you single-handedly resolved most of the Faceless Men’s issues.”
"Oh." Ye Bugui waved his hand, pretending not to care, but in his heart a big tail was wagging back and forth: "I just used my ability."
"Shouldn't we be discussing Sydney now?"
Cao Ran stood at Xue Li's door: "Why hasn't she come out yet? Even if she was traumatized in her dream last night, she shouldn't have stayed this long, right?"
"Could she have fallen asleep?" Zi Ling asked. She had been feeling extremely sleepy since waking up from her dream. If she hadn't been so preoccupied with the meeting, she would have fallen asleep too.
"I don't think so?" Han Baobao said, clutching her chest. "If it were me, the best way to reduce fear would be to tell others about my experience."
Just as Lu Shi was about to speak, a heart-wrenching scream came from the third floor.
They were all very familiar with that voice; it was Sherry's voice.
Upon hearing this voice, the people present exchanged glances and stood up simultaneously.
"Let's go upstairs quickly!" Lu Shi walked in front, his expression very cold.
The others, including Han Baobao, stopped saying anything about the danger and followed Lu Shi to the third floor.
This time, they stood once again before that quiet street, shrouded in a light mist.
The trash cans were still covered, and the road still ended with a fence.
The only difference is that the door that was tightly closed before is now open.
According to their analysis, the area behind this door should be the former site of the Good Family Apartments.
While it would be dangerous to just walk in like that, you could also get a lot of useful information.
"Did Sherry go in alone?" Zi Ling only dared to watch from afar: "Why is she suddenly so reckless! I remember she was quite cautious."
“Indeed.” Lu Shi nodded. Xue Li was someone who cherished her life extremely. Given her personality, she would never make such a low-level mistake as to think of running up to the third floor alone, and even trying to break through that door that no one had ever been to before.
"Do you remember if she acted strangely after we went downstairs together yesterday?" Ye Bugui asked, turning around.
Chen Xin shook her head. She had spoken with Xue Li for a while after going downstairs yesterday, and Xue Li seemed perfectly normal.
"Could it be that she was traumatized in her dream and that's why she came up here? What should we do now? Should we go in and check on her?"
If this were their first day at the apartment, almost everyone would have gone in without hesitation to check it out.
Now, three nights later, they have witnessed the eeriness and strangeness of the apartment.
The fact that this apartment possessed a rule-based ability that could indiscriminately eliminate everything terrified even these veteran players.
Only Lu Shi and Ye Bugui expressed their thoughts immediately:
“We should all go and take a look. Perhaps once we go inside, all the mysteries surrounding this apartment will be solved.”
"But," Han Baobao was really timid, "aren't there risks? What if there are monsters inside that we can't fight?"
"It's very simple." Ye Bugui glanced at them and said casually yet incisively, "None of you are newbies entering a dungeon for the first time. You should all know what this dungeon likes to do, right?"
"If it really wants to kill us, we can't escape it just by deceiving ourselves. Instead of passively waiting to die, we should find a way out."
“That’s what I think too.” Lu Shi spoke up at the right time, agreeing with Ye Bugui’s idea: “Of course, we can’t make the decision for you. If you don’t want to go, that’s fine too.”
Zi Ling had long ago discovered that leadership within their instance had been quietly transferred from her to these two.
However, Zi Ling knew very well that these two guys who called themselves newcomers were actually stronger than her.
The rule that the strong hold the power of discourse is the most widely accepted rule in the game of Infinite Wishes.
Her eyes darted around, and she made a decision: "I'll go with you."
“I’ll go too,” Cao Ran said unexpectedly. You see, she used to always consult Han Baobao before making any decisions.
“I’m not going,” Chen Xin said softly. “I did a divination for myself this morning, and I don’t dare to go anywhere. I just want to stay in the house.”
Han Baobao was still struggling with the decision, but Cao Ran had already made the decision for her: "Baobao would be a burden to us if she stayed with us, so let her stay at home!"
Han Baobao was naturally unhappy to hear this, but Cao Ran persuaded her in just a few words:
"If I'm in danger, we can switch places. If we're both in danger, we'll just die together."
Han Baobao agreed as expected, and whispered, "Then you'll be in danger, you must switch places with me! You, you're much more useful than me if you survive."
"Hmm." Cao Ran smiled and gently stroked Han Baobao's nose before following the three of them to the third floor of the street.
“We need to hurry,” Lu Shi warned, “otherwise this street will disappear again.”
"Why do you say that?" Zi Ling asked immediately.
"Didn't you notice? When we came here in the afternoon, there were four rooms here. But the two times we came in the morning, it was on this street. That means we have to get up here before lunch."
"So that's how it is." Cao Ran suddenly realized.
Ye Bugui had just discovered this as well. He walked to Lu Shi's side and said in a low voice, "You always manage to find many details that we don't see. The Demon Lord is indeed amazing."
Lu Shi knew, of course, that Ye Bugui was teasing him in order to ease the atmosphere.
Despite how readily Cao Ran and Zi Ling agreed, their legs trembled uncontrollably when they actually stood on the street.