They were finally able to find out from the personnel’s mouth that the owner of this hotel is the old woman, the son is the hotel’s chef, the daughter-in-law who had a baby also lends some help.
A family of four with all their personnel lives on the third floor. The second floor is for the guests accommodation, with a total of five rooms.
“These guestrooms are for two people only. The bathroom and toilet are at the end of this hallway, the farthest room is damaged, it’s best for you not to open it.” The personnel said.
Everyone’s heart trembled with fear, just thinking about it will make them aware that the damaged room was estimated to be very ominous.
Of course, although the personnel’s attitude towards Gu Wu Ji was a bit better compared to others, but not everything will be said so the players could only gather some information from what she said, as for the rest, it would be very difficult to be divulge.
“I want to ask if there had been bad things happening here or something unusual?” Gu Wu Ji knew deep down that there would be no reply, but wanting to probe still tried to ask.
The personnel’s complexion suddenly changed, then soon after wrinkled the brow and said, “There’s no such things, you mustn’t think too much, just live here properly. In addition, the farthest door must never be opened.”
With that being said, she hurriedly descended the stairs.
Everyone at a glance knew, as it was clear from this attitude that something must’ve happened here, but from this personnel, it was estimated that nothing else would be revealed.
When the eight players were assigning their room, a pair of girls lived in one room, there was also a pair of lovers in another room, the rest were all men, finding someone they had just recently been familiar to be with, after all who would believe outsiders at this time.
Peng Hao Cang looked towards Gu Wu Ji with an apologetic look, “Because someone else asked me for help, so you will have to put up with others tonight.”
“It doesn’t matter.” Gu Wu Ji was simply indifferent, as he wasn’t someone who needed to depend on other people.
Together with Gu Wu Ji, was a youth with a very cowardly appearance, called Sun Shi, that had been constantly trembling with fear since coming here and was already extremely frightened. No one wanted to room with this kind of person who could hold them back, so in the end only Gu Wu Ji could put up with him.
The hotel’s facilities were very dilapidated, furthermore, there was nothing else in the room beyond the two beds, the lights were not only very dim but also flickered from time to time, as if in the next moment it would be unable to keep going.
Sun Shi originally still wanted to talk with Gu Wu Ji to boost his courage, but Gu Wu Ji had fallen asleep as soon as his head was placed on the pillow, making him dumbstruck.
……
Until late at night, Gu Wu Ji faintly heard some rustling sounds, gradually opening his eyes, and saw a terrifying scene appearing before him.
Inside the pitch-black room, everything was strangely visible, at this time, Sun Shi who had been sleeping on the opposite bed was being dragged by a dark shadow, with an extremely frightened look but not a bit of sound could be made, even the body couldn’t be moved.
Gu Wu Ji immediately sobered, he clearly felt that this ghost across him was a mindless low leveled ghost, immediately using the ability of ghost control which he had acquired.
Even if it was very advanced, but after all the target to be controlled was just a mindless low leveled ghost, the orders that could be issued would also not very high leveled, at most it could only let the other change direction or leave and such.
Sun Shi who had already believed that he would be undoubtedly killed discovered that the ghost that had been gripping him stopped, then the next moment the figure suddenly dissipated.
Sun Shi took several deep breaths after the narrow escape, the body was still very weak, like being in a sleep paralysis where one couldn’t move a bit, could only strenuously look at Gu Wu Ji with a very grateful expression.
Gu Wu Ji after only using his ability for a while, clearly perceived that his ability had just entered a cool down period, a bit of waiting time is needed for it to be used again. But following this, he also perceived a slight increase of his ability.
Perhaps it will be upgraded after using it several more times.
Gu Wu Ji knew, that the rest of the rooms at this moment would also not be too calm, but his ability was limited, and could also only consider the person before him. Hastily rushing to rescue other people will only inadvertently alert the enemy and invite trouble, this kind of matters are something he thoroughly understood.
He unhurriedly went to the other bed, lowering his head to look towards Sun Shi, then placing his index finger in front his lips, in a quiet way said: “Sleep. Everything is all right.”
It was obviously extremely dangerous just a while ago, but hearing Gu Wu Ji’s words, Sun Shi who was anxious felt a sense of relief and soon fell asleep.
……
The next day, the two had woken up because of a woman’s sharp scream.
Gu Wu Ji after waking up, saw Sun Shi who was at his side looking at him with a respectful expression towards a big brother.
Sun Shi had woken up and clearly understood, that Gu Wu Ji definitely saved him yesterday! Immediately swearing in his heart that he would look up and follow Gu Wu Ji’s leadership.
Gu Wu Ji nodded his head towards the other, telling him not to reveal last night’s matters, Sun Shi vigorously nods his head.
After all, Gu Wu Ji clearly understood, that revealing something like this was certainly not have a good ending, he was still able to clearly understand this aspect. However, he will still lend a hand if somebody was in need, provided that the other wasn’t courting death himself.
Both casually tidied themselves up before heading outside.
A female player filled with distress stood in the hallway, frantically speaking with the other surrounding players, “The person sleeping on the bed next to me disappeared! There must be a ghost in the room!”
“You mustn’t be too anxious.” Peng Hao Cang convincingly spoke just to set everyone’s mind at ease, “Maybe she might have just gotten up a bit earlier to go down and eat breakfast, right?”
“I-it can’t be, I would know.” The female player madly shook her head, “She was taken by a ghost, the bed had traces of her struggle, the sheets were also ripped open, how could she do something like that on her own?!”
Everyone looked towards the room’s open door, the bed was indeed incomparably messy, looking at it made the people’s heart numb.
More than one person had disappeared, moreover the person who had been sharing the same bed with another had also disappeared, but that disappearance did not have even a bit of trace.
Everyone couldn’t help but feel very horrified.
But these were two living people, with this kind of silent disappearance, so much that they didn’t even know the reasons for the deaths in the end.
There were originally 8 players, and now there were already two who were gone, could they really still be able to persevere for 4 days?
Just at this time, one of the personnel came up, letting everyone head downstairs to eat their breakfast.
Even if everyone was clearly very anxious, but the food can’t also be not eaten, so they all went down one by one, and gathered around the dinning table. Peng Hao Cang was already considered as the group’s leader at this time, constantly comforted that weeping woman, it took a long time in order to stabilize the other’s mood.
The personnel simply didn’t mind the guests pale complexion, quickly setting the food on the table. The flavour was still as tempting as yesterday, every vegetable and meat dishes made people’s mouth water with desire.
Until it was time for the meat dishes to be served, the woman who’s mood had just recently been stabilized, clearly saw, that the roast meat before her had a tattoo-like pattern……exactly like what the female companion who was her roommate had on her body yesterday--
Her facial expression immediately and greatly changed, opening her mouth to produce a loud scream, the person then frantically drew back, immediately falling to sit on the floor, the finger pointed to the meat’s direction as her entire body continued to tremble.
“S-she’s over, over……there!”
The other people’s complexion upon hearing this sentence paled.
“What’s wrong?”
“The tattoo on that piece of meat……is the same as the one that the girl who I shared a room with had on her body yesterday!” The woman’s body had already became extremely rigid.
The other people having heard this sentence, one after the other had a great change in complexion, realizing that they may have eaten a human’s flesh yesterday, each and every one’s stomach became queasy, there were quite a few who uncontrollably threw up on the spot.
A person then became stimulated, like having a deranged expression, directly charged towards the front desk seizing the old woman’s collar, “I don’t care what you are, don’t think you can intimidate us like this, even if I die, this laozi will kill you first!”
*I, your father: in anger, contempt or arrogant way of speaking
“Wait--” Peng Hao Cang promptly stood up to stop the other, but perhaps his action was also too late, as the youth’s clenched fist has already descended.
But just as there was only a bit of gap between the face and the fist, the youth’s body suddenly froze, the next moment, the body suddenly exploded from within.
The other people had a dumbfounded expression while looking at this horrifying scene. Peng Hao Cang heaved a sigh, “A copy would usually have this kind of thing to ban the players from raising a hand on the people inside, otherwise it will become just like this.”
Of course, this was only with regards to those people who weren’t dangerous, if the other became a ghost or exposed any other identity, then without a doubt they could be fought off.
However, Peng Hao Cang will not reveal the whole explanation at this time, sometimes, concealing some words and only speaking half-truths can easily deceive other people.
The hotel’s personnel looking totally jaded went ahead to clean.
The woman who had been previously scared was unable to continue eating, after retching she ran upstairs to rest. The other people’s stomach were also very uncomfortable, but can only brace themselves eating the bland white rice --They couldn’t continue to eat the meat there.
Only Gu Wu Ji appeared to have a nonchalant appearance, as if the event from just a while ago didn’t give him any impact.
After all, he has already seen all kinds of heavy scenes since childhood, this kind of things, usually and clearly happens everyday.
After everyone had finished their breakfast, the system’s voice suddenly sounded.
[Mainline task triggered: Investigate what actually happened inside this old hotel.]
Peng Hao Cang immediately stood up, clapping his hands to attract everyone’s attention, “Everyone mustn’t be anxious, although it’s very distressing that someone died, but this is also a very normal occurrence, we should still investigate inside this hotel, and find the clues to complete the mainline task.”
Then he looked towards everyone, “Is there anyone willing to accompany me to explore the kitchen?”
The other people had a fit of silence after hearing this, after all the food they had on their table came out from the kitchen, carelessly going in might cause them to get killed, who had the courage to come forward ah?
“Let me go with you, alright?” Gu Wu Ji nevertheless immediately stood up, “I also would like to quickly finish the mainline task.”
Everyone looked at Gu Wu Ji with a bit of surprise, if nothing had happened yesterday, they would just feel that Gu Wu Ji had thick nerves. However, 3 people had already died today, yet Gu Wu Ji was still willing to step forward, they felt that the other was actually a very courageous person.
Peng Hao Cang smiled, but the vigilance in his eyes increased. He had originally planned to let Gu Wu Ji go with him, even if Gu Wu Ji didn’t actively volunteer, there were also several other ways to let him step forward, however, this action of his actually simplified matters.
The kitchen was actually one of the very dangerous places, in there he could attempt to make Gu Wu Ji show his means, perhaps can force him to reveal and use his life-saving card.
……
Two people went in the kitchen, a thick bloody smell assaulted their noses making them unable to breath smoothly, their exposed body parts also felt an unexpected burst of coldness.
Moreover, this kitchen’s interior only had an extremely small air vent overhead, the inside was completely illuminated by lights, but the lights were dim like the rest of the area, making the whole place feel very cramped.
A tall, strong and burly man held a very sharp knife and was continuously cutting things, letting out sounds that made people’s scalp tingle, the two people could only see his back view.
On the side was a woman carrying a baby, while still peeling something in her hand, vigilantly watching the two people come in, with a pair of eyes that could clearly distinguish right and wrong as she fixedly watched them approach.
Peng Hao Cang remembering the information he had received, uncontrollably felt a burst of tingling sensation.
But at this time, Gu Wu Ji suddenly stepped forward.
Peng Hao Cang heart had a sudden movement, as innumerable thoughts revolved in his mind, could it be that Gu Wu Ji was planning on doing something at this time? Is he thinking of provoking this female ghost in order to threaten him?
Peng Hao Cang was startled by his own thoughts, the body also slightly recoiled, as the body became extremely tense, so that he could leave at anytime if there was any sign of danger, he was looking at Gu Wu Ji’s back like watching a very formidable opponent.
Then Gu Wu Ji’s voice sounded.
“Big sister, holding a child like that is exhausting, you don’t want to be this tired, let me help you alright?”
Gu Wu Ji’s tone wasn’t only very sincere, the eyes looking at the woman were also full of compassion, with an intense enthusiasm of wanting to do a good deed.
Peng Hao Cang: “??”
Woman: “??”