Chapter 144

Standing in front of the gloomy and old castle, Ye Xu, who was dragging his suitcase, decided to never open the player mode again.

As soon as he made this determination, Ye Xu felt that sooner or later he would break his promise and become fatter, so he silently added a two-word evaluation - really fragrant.

"Hello." A gentle smiling butler came towards him, "Are you the guest who made the reservation for Room 13?"

What kind of shitty number is this? Thirteen in the west and four in the east are the most unlucky ones.

Ye Xu nodded sadly.

The housekeeper didn't notice Ye Xu's strangeness at all, he only thought that his character was so gloomy and withdrawn. As he led Ye Xu inside, he introduced: "The scenery outside Room 13 is the most beautiful. I heard that you are a painter. You will definitely like this room!"

Ye Xu, who doesn't know how to draw: I am Cao? !

Soon, Ye Xu learned from the butler's mouth that this ancient castle was left over from the 18th century. The maintenance cost of the castle is very high, so the owner of the castle decided to rent the rooms to tourists to earn rent by way of short-term rental.

You know, staying in a castle like this is a very exciting experience for many tourists.

This ancient castle is actually quite well maintained, and the furniture and decoration in the room still maintain the familiar western classical style. Although the things are old, they are not dirty and messy, but there is a charm that has been precipitated by history.

It's not easy to have electricity in the castle. In order to maintain the integrity of many ancient castles, it is difficult to pull wires and network cables inside.

Of course, there is no network cable here either. Agreed that the mobile network signal is poor, the only saving grace is that there is electricity, and you don't have to live by candles at night.

Ye Xu's room No. 13 is indeed very beautiful. It faces the most beautiful location in the garden. There are several flower bushes below, and there is even a wisteria promenade. Looking from a distance, the colorful colors make people feel happy, the sun is shining, and it is as beautiful as a fairyland.

But no matter how beautiful a place is, it will become a paradise for ghosts at night. Ye Xu thought indifferently.

The housekeeper went to receive others, Ye Xu opened his suitcase and checked the contents. He found that the original owner was indeed a painter, and others came to travel to experience the feeling of living in the castle, but the original owner came purely for painting.

He heard that room 13 had the most beautiful scenery and that the castle was very beautiful, so he came and reserved room 13 on purpose.

Ye Xu burst into tears, why did he put on the original owner who came here to die? If it was assigned to room 13, it would be fine, but he actually designated to live in room 13... In a copy of this kind of foreign background, it is better to live in room 4.

In the original owner's salute, there are not many useful things at all. In addition to his own picture book, it is his own paintbrush. There is only one set of clothes to change, and maybe because he is worried that the candles here will not be bright enough at night, he also brought a flashlight.

It was so touching that there was a flashlight. In case the ghost tossed and caused the castle to lose power, he would have a light source.

However, in the dark, you will be frightened if you don't have the light, and you will be frightened if you turn on the light. This doesn't seem to be good news.

Ye Xu put the flashlight in his pocket and barely tucked it in. It seemed a bit inconsistent, but it's better to carry this kind of thing with you. Comes with a plate of 4 new batteries in another pocket.

Apart from that, he has nothing else. He rummaged through the house, but couldn't find any useful props.

Okay, so it seems that the resistance of the players in this game is not very good. At most, they can live on the props they bring and the skills they buy.

Ye Xu still has a relatively large advantage, anyway, he just needs to open the shield without saying a word. As long as he didn't encounter the black mud last time, his shield was still very powerful, and the custodial ghost couldn't touch him.

After packing up, Ye Xu went downstairs.

Room 13 is on the third floor of the castle, 1 to 10 are on the second floor, 11 to 20 are on the third floor, and there are no guest rooms on the first floor. There are two four-story attics, but they are locked.

The appearance of this ancient castle is not very complicated, so the road inside is not very complicated, and it is more friendly to Lu Chi. Ye Xu strolled around the second and third floors and found that not all the rooms were occupied. Some rooms were locked up with old rusted iron locks, which seemed to have been unbearable for a long time.

Generally speaking, since the castle is used to earn rent, it makes no sense to lock some rooms and not rent them out, especially if these rooms are really scattered. Among them, the room of the owner of the old castle was locked, and some rooms that looked ordinary were also locked, which seemed very strange.

If this is not a ghost copy, it can also explain that those rooms are the rooms of other deceased elders in the owner's house, or that there are old things piled up in them that are not convenient for guests to live in. But this is a ghost copy, and Ye Xu suspects that there is something wrong with these rooms.

He counted and found that 5 rooms on each floor were locked, exactly the same as the number of open rooms, which was weird.

There were already players sitting down on the sofa downstairs. After they saw Ye Xu, their attitude was very cold. Ye Xu took a look and found that most of them were seniors who had passed five or six dungeons. No wonder they were so indifferent.

He also found a place to sit at random, pretending to be in a daze, but he was actually searching for information on painting. The original owner knew how to draw. He had nothing to do anyway, so he just learned a little bit about it. If an NPC insists on talking to him about painting, he might be in danger if he reveals his secrets.

However, cramming is not really useful. There is so much knowledge related to painting that Ye Xu can't remember it at all, and he can't read much in a short period of time.

In fact, chatting is quite easy, the big deal is that while chatting with NPCs, searching for relevant information to cope with it. If the other party asks him to draw and show his hands, it will be a tragedy in the world.

However, Tong Dad shouldn't be so sick, right? This dungeon is good for dealing with ghosts, but it is too much trouble to deal with NPCs.

Ye Xu was uneasy in his heart, afraid that the Awakened who played the ghost would be too showy, and he had to add drama.

After half an hour, the players all arrived. A total of ten people, no more or less. In addition to the housekeeper, the NPC here also has a cook. The butler disappeared after leading the way, not knowing whether he left the castle or where he was hiding. The cook only appeared when cooking and washing the dishes, and then disappeared without a trace after washing the dishes.

"The castle should have a separate passage for servants. They don't usually go through the main entrance." Everyone gathered at the long table to eat lunch quietly, and then gathered in the living room to communicate. One of the players said, "I guess the NPC does not Will stay in the castle, only us and the ghost are in the castle at night."

Another player nodded: "The task is to survive the third night. If it's just three nights, it doesn't look difficult. The simpler it looks, the more intense the action of the ghosts at night. I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with."

"The butler didn't see any problems when he faced us, as if this was a normal old castle, but he slipped so fast that it was abnormal at first sight." Someone snorted, "And the cook, Cooking all the time, ignoring what we say, as if we are the beasts of a flood.”

"We're not beasts, we're just dead people who can't live for a few days. Of course she doesn't bother to pay attention to us."

"There should be rumors that this castle is haunted? Or there are some stories, such as which generation of masters killed their wives and children and then committed suicide. It's an old routine."

Everyone shook their heads: "I haven't seen any storytelling. I can't even find a book here, let alone a newspaper or magazine."

"The rooms on the second and third floors are all locked, and the attic on the fourth floor is also locked. There are some rooms on the first floor that I don't know what they are used for. Let's go in and have a look later." Ye Xu said.

"What about the basement, have you seen the basement?"

Ye Xu's face stiffened: "The basement is dark, I didn't go down."

It was a woman who asked the question. She glanced at Ye Xu in surprise: "Are you still afraid of the dark?"

Ye Xu: "..." No, I was just afraid of meeting the Awakened friends and being startled by them.

Well, in fact, it is the fear of the dark and the fear of ghosts.

"Then go down to the basement and have a look, do you all bring flashlights?" The woman turned her head and asked everyone.

There are quite a few people with flashlights. It is estimated that they all think that there is no electricity here and light candles. The rest that I didn't bring, either "learned" the information of the ancient castle in advance, or forgot about the electricity. Modern people live in an electric society, and it is easy to ignore the fact that some places may not have electricity.

Except for Ye Xu, the people with the flashlights all went down to the basement together, and there were only four left at the sight of the remaining people, and they didn't scatter at all. The four move together to see what's in the room on the first floor.

The first door opened, and inside was a room full of portraits. When they first entered the door, the players were startled. Although the portrait didn't move, it just looked weird.

Everyone quickly closed the door and went to the second room. There is something useful in this room.

It looked like an emptied reference room, with only a few scraps of paper scattered about. Ye Xu picked up a dusty newspaper, took it a little further, shook the dust gently, and then tried to see what news was on it.

The newspaper was still dirty, but had to endure it. Ye Xu looked at it all night, but didn't see anything useful, all of which were short-sighted. He looked up and the others were looking at different papers.

Ye Xu had no choice but to lower his head and look down.

Not long after, Ye Xu saw a small piece of news in the corner on the back of the newspaper.

"...The host of Price Castle is very hospitable. He often invites new friends to stay in the castle for a few days... Recently, a guest from the castle disappeared shortly after leaving the castle, and he has not been contacted so far..."

This message is very short, similar to a missing person notice, and tells in detail the physical characteristics of the guests.The more Ye Xu looked at it, the more strange it became. At first, he only realized that the guest who died in the castle probably disappeared after he left in the eyes of the outside world, but when he looked at the description of the missing person, he always felt a little familiar.

Wearing a light yellow floral lady's dress, smooth black vertical hair, not wearing jewelry such as bracelets, necklaces, earrings, etc., and looking beautiful - these descriptions happen to match a certain female player in this round very well!

Ye Xu suddenly froze, is this female player actually a dead guest?Is she a ghost and not a human?!

He quickly raised his head and wanted to share the news with the three players around him.However, when he looked up, he found that all three of them had disappeared.

In the dusty room, Ye Xu was the only one left.