Xiao Lan, who used the physical wall penetration technique, waited hopefully for the system's prompt.

A second has passed...

Two seconds have passed...

Three seconds have passed...

After waiting for ten seconds, no system prompt appeared! There is no hint that the destruction scene is being noticed by the boss, and there is no hint that the poverty value is increasing, as if what he just kicked down was just a wall of air.

No, it shouldn't be!

Wang Taidi got in through the hole in the wall, saw Xiao Lan froze in front of the door, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Lan's voice was a little floating: "Why didn't the system prompt appear when the scene was destroyed."

Wang Taidi thought for a while: "Is that the one that attracts the boss's attention? Some games are like this. Players have all kinds of guesses. It may be that some bosses or NPCs have a lot of money. They don't mind this little money at all."

"Anyway, this is more beneficial for players to find clues." After speaking, Wang Taidi ran to check the door.

small, small...

Xiao Lan suddenly felt a pain from the depths of his soul, such a gorgeous manor, so many antiques, so many poverty values... But he could only watch and couldn't take any of them with him.

Mrs. Bella, look at this wall, isn't it fragrant? Can you give it a place in your heart?

Now, he misses the big brother Zhang Dong so much, and even a few bulbs that fall off can be counted on his head.

Human, not worth it.

Perhaps Xiao Lan's loss was too obvious, Luo came over and patted his shoulder lightly: "Sir."

Xiao Lan exhaled: "I'm fine, let's go."

Pulling away Wang Taidi, who was on the door studying the door lock, Xiao Lan was in poor condition, and it took nearly ten seconds to open the door this time. Under Wang Teddy's admiring gaze, he pushed open the door.

The door turned out to be a children's room.

By the candlelight in the hallway, could barely see the inside of the room.

The room was decorated with a lot of bows, with some peeling floral wallpaper, and in the middle was a bed with a beautiful outline, which was also matched with a delicate white lace bed curtain. It is warm and comfortable. There are a lot of dusty toys on the bed, sofa and even the carpet. This should be a room for a little girl.

When Xiao Lan walked into the room, a cloud of stagnant air that could only exist in a room that has been closed for too long rushed towards his face, causing him to frown. Unfortunately, the windows of this room were also sealed, and the windows could not be opened for ventilation.

The room was dark, and it was not easy to find clues. Xiao Lan originally wanted Luo to quietly release the Shadow Detective, but Krypton Gold player Wang Teddy directly took out a prop like an emergency light, which instantly brightened the room a lot.

Wang Taidi pointed to the light: "This is called a 'nuclear emergency light', no matter how long it is on, as long as it is not damaged, it can be kept illuminated. It is easy to find in the trading area of ​​the player's residence. Most players will prepare a similar item. Chances are you should get one too."

Poor Xiao Lan, who has nothing to trade: "..."

The only personal property he owns now is the envelope with Luo and the anti-chronology record, and they are all bound.

"Look at this." Luo's voice drew their attention.

Luo Zheng was standing by the sofa, holding a piece of paper in his hand and gently waving at them.

Xiao Lan stepped forward and looked at Luo's hand by the light of the nuclear emergency light. It was a painting, the painter's brushstrokes were very childish, and the picture revealed a childlike interest.

It seems that this is a child's work. Although it is a child, the painting level has surpassed Luo's neo-futuristic soul art by a lot.

On the left of the picture is a woman with long curly hair in a gorgeous dress and on the right a little girl in a cute tutu and a bow-tie headdress holding hands, the little girl has no face painted Department, looks a little weird.

"Sister" is written under the woman, "Annie" is written under the little girl, and there is a sentence at the bottom "Sister is the most gentle person in the world, Annie loves her sister".

Will Annie be the master of this room? Where did she and her sister go?

A few people continued to search the room. After a while, Xiao Lan found a medical record in the drawer by the bedside.

In the wild handwriting of the doctor, Xiao Lan struggled to distinguish the content on it.

The medical records record Annie's condition. She has an unknown family genetic disease that causes deformed bones, changes in appearance, abnormal growth, and swelling or collapse of some limbs.

This may explain why Annie doesn't have her own face in her paintings. She is a pretty little girl who loves so much, but her face has been deformed due to hereditary disease.

Annie has been sick since she was two years old, and her condition deteriorated rapidly until she was about eight years old, and new medical records were added almost every week, and these records did not reach the age of nine.

And this room also looks like a children's room, and there is no girlish atmosphere.

Xiao Lan closed the medical records: "Annie may have died when she was eight years old."

Wang Teddy was quite sympathetic: "This child has probably spent his entire life in pain."

Then they found a second painting.

In this painting, there is only the elder sister in a gorgeous dress, perhaps to highlight her beauty. The child who painted the painting still painted flowers around her, and the petals were flying exaggeratedly. It was obvious that she liked her elder sister very much. .

But this time, she didn't draw her sister's face, not only that, but there was more weirdness in this painting.

There are many stacked human figures under her sister's feet. Judging from their clothes, they should be female, and they are even somewhat similar to the maids in the manor. Surrounding her sister was a group of men kneeling on one knee, dressed in gorgeous dresses, and their faces were extremely frenzied.

This sister, who looks like a queen bee, is surrounded and sought after by drones.

Turning over the page, the child behind him wrote "Annie still likes my sister" with tender brushstrokes.

This "still" always gives people an ominous feeling. If it hadn't happened something bad enough to change people's attitudes, they wouldn't use this word to mean that they would still be the same as before.

What happened to my sister, will it have something to do with her losing her face in the painting? Is she sick too?

Wang Teddy took a deep breath: "Hey, why does this picture look so weird? This elder sister doesn't look right."

Xiao Lan: "I have a guess, but there is still a little evidence."

At this moment, Luo brought over a stuffed toy. He turned over the metal plate on the neck of the toy and handed it to Xiao Lan. Xiao Lan took a closer look.

It said "To my dearest sister" and signed - Bella.

So far, the clues related to Annie are complete.

Xiao Lan showed Wang Teddy the metal plate on the toy: "Annie's sister is Mrs. Bella. Mrs. Bella's family has a terrible genetic disease that will torture the sick beyond recognition."

"Annie fell ill when she was very young. She liked her gentle and beautiful sister very much, and Bella didn't get sick until she was about adulthood. Maybe just when the whole family thought she had escaped the disaster, fate still did not let her go. ."

"However, that still doesn't explain what Mrs. Bella is like now."

"We should be missing other clues."

No matter how terrible the genetic disease is, it won't change the species, right? And Mrs. Bella's body looks very strong, not like suffering from pain for many years.

There is also Mrs. Bella's character. Annie said that Bella is the most gentle person in the world, but now she can't feel it at all. There should be something else in it that made the Bella described by Anne into the current Mrs. Bella.

After that, no information was found here, and a few people withdrew.

At the door, Wang Teddy took advantage of the kryptonite player again, and took out the props to restore the wall. Not even a bit of dust was left on the ground, which Xiao Lan was very envious of.

Why are the same poor people, and the difference between people is still so big?

After that, several people decided to go back to the room first and then go to sleep.

As they passed near the kitchen, they could still hear Mrs. Bella's singing, as if she didn't need to sleep, she worked tirelessly on dark dishes in the kitchen.

This persistence and seriousness combined with her cooking level is extremely bitter.

Go back to the room.

Xiao Lan saw with sharp eyes that his door had been opened. A fiber he had caught in the crack of the door when he closed it is now gone.

He opened the door carefully, followed by Luo who found his expression wrong and chose to follow.

Everything seemed to be business as usual in the room, everything was in place. Xiao Lan looked around the room and found nothing wrong. Just when he looked up, he saw two upside-down handprints appear above the tall window, looking like someone was peeping into the house upside down from above.

The handprint was small, like a woman's size.

This is the fourth floor, and the room is very tall and open. The distance from the upper floor to the windows on this floor has exceeded the height of a person. If you want to leave an upside-down handprint, unless the person is lying outside like a gecko wall.

Can you do this, is it still human?

The two looked out, and there was no clue other than the handprint.

When the window was closed, Xiao Lan accidentally knocked over an unknown ornament placed by the window. The object hit the ground, and a gap was knocked out of its delicate appearance.

Again, there are no spoiler scenes or any hints related to poverty values, indicating that Lady Bella doesn't care about these possessions.

"Sir." Luo's voice diverted Xiao Lan's attention.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Lan asked.

"Please allow me to keep vigil for you tonight. It turns out that the room is no longer safe." Luo looked serious.

Xiao Lan thought about the traces that appeared on the door inexplicably, then thought about the door that was opened, and finally glanced at the handprint on her window. Indeed, from the current situation, the two of them are relatively safe.

Luo continued to give reasons: "This is all for the safety of customs clearance. You promised me that you would lead me through customs, and you don't have to worry that this level of vigilance will make me tired."

Xiao Lan finally nodded in agreement.

But when he lay on the bed, he felt something was wrong.

Luo just stood in the dark and stared at him motionless, his tall figure seemed like a ghost in the faint moonlight, and his golden eyes shone with a shimmer, like a wild cat watching a grave in a cemetery, making people feel stressed Multiply...

It's a ghost if you can sleep!

Xiao Lan reluctantly patted the position beside him: "Luo, you better lie down, anyway, the bed here is wide enough."

Luo sounded with a smile: "Sir, I don't need sleep."

Xiao Lan: "Just take it as a way of comforting the conscience of my black-hearted boss."

"Ok."

Then Xiao Lan felt a slight slump beside him, and a body with no temperature approached him. Luo's sleeping position is very peaceful. In order to keep quiet, Luo's body can't feel a trace of breathing or pulse, and it can only be regarded as a standby state.

Quiet as a corpse.

This... is still very stressful, Luo may not understand the human's division of quietness.

Forget it, make it.

Xiao Lan maintained such a strange state and fell into a deep sleep. Without noticing, the person beside him in the darkness showed a satisfied smile.

Early the next morning, the players were led by the maid to another restaurant.

They thought that they would also be poisoned by Mrs. Bella's loving cooking today, but they didn't expect the breakfast to look extraordinarily normal. Toasted fluffy and fragrant bread next to perfectly fried sausages and eggs, paired with cheese and salad, turned out to be extra tempting.

The players hesitated for a while. Except for Qi Ning, who seemed to be able to survive by drinking the wind, he played with the knife and showed no interest in the fragrant food on the table.

One can't help but wonder if he is so thin that he is hungry.

At this time, the player who had white marks on the door last night suddenly slapped the table and stood up angrily: "How can I eat these things! I want to eat the food made by Mrs. Bella!"

The players looked at him one after another.

I saw him looking excited and waving his hands frantically: "What are these things, the dishes made by Mrs. Bella are the delicacy in the world, are you right!"

The other two players who had eaten Mrs. Bella's dishes at the dinner yesterday also echoed excitedly:

"Yes, yes! These things can't be eaten at all!"

"Remove them now!"

"I feel sick when I smell it!"

"Where's the housekeeper, we want Mrs. Bella's food!"

It seems that the unlucky guy was tricked unknowingly last night. The three of them seem to have completely lost their normal judgment now, and they only have Mrs. Bella in their hearts.

Wang Teddy said softly: "Is it still addictive after eating Mrs. Bella's food? This game not only insults my aesthetics, but also my taste."

After speaking, he remembered Xiao Lan's cooking skills last night, he shivered and decided not to talk about this topic.

Xiao Lan was left alone.

At this time, the housekeeper was attracted by the commotion here and appeared in the restaurant. She still held her chin up and said expressionlessly: "How can Mrs. Bella prepare three meals for you like a cook, can you enjoy the lady's craftsmanship again? Look at your performance."

The three were excited:

"I can do anything for Mrs. Bella!"

"Me too!"

"Command me! I'll do anything!"

The butler raised the corners of his mouth in satisfaction and greeted the three of them to leave, and the restaurant suddenly became quiet.

Xiao Lan reached out and took a piece of bread. The housekeeper’s words just now and the performance of the three players showed that these foods were not prepared by Mrs. Bella, but they could be eaten with peace of mind.

He also took the opportunity to grab a few more and put them in his storage space. As a result, the system prompted "This item is not a prop and cannot be stored." It seems that players are not allowed to avoid risks in this way.

Xiao Lan could only regretfully eat a few more.

After breakfast, Xiao Lan and Luo continued to search for clues in the manor.

The fifth floor of the manor belongs to Mrs. Bella, and each staircase is guarded by maids, and it is not easy to enter. And now it is not to the point where she has to approach Mrs. Bella to find clues, Xiao Lan temporarily let go of this layer.

The two came to the library of the manor.

Although it is said to be a library, this area is much larger than many bookstores in reality. There are bookcases standing up to the top of the room, there are many candlesticks to provide lighting, tall ladders are placed on the side, and there are sofas and tables not far from each bookcase, ready for people to sit and read at any time.

Xiao Lan tried to find some records about Mrs. Bella’s family here. Even if confidential information would not be placed in this library open to guests, the basic information and the great achievements of her family would always be left to show off.

However, under Luo's careful search, there was nothing.

There is a vacant area on a bookshelf, and it can be seen that many books have been put away, but all of them have been moved away. This family seems to be non-existent, and the information is strictly concealed.

Did Mrs Bella do it? She didn't want to be known about her family information, and even people in the manor only addressed her by her first name, and no one ever mentioned Bella's last name.

Suddenly Xiao Lan noticed a small gap on the edge of the old bookshelf. He gently moved there and found that it was a small vertical drawer with a circular plate on the side, and when he opened it was a small key. hole.

It looks like a place where treasure is hidden, and the traces seem to be so long that the treasurer has forgotten it. Xiao Lan first checked to see if there was an agency nearby, and then carefully opened the drawer.

Inside the drawer is a golden dagger with exquisite carvings on it, which looks very advanced.

[Name: Blade of Demeter (Advanced Item, Unbound)]

[Ability: It seems that you are very rich, and our local tyrants are different even when they cut a fruit]

[Description: Toys of rich people]

What is the use of this ability! !

But what are the toys of the rich? Xiao Lan suspiciously grabbed the dagger in his hand.

"The poverty value has been reduced by 30W, and Xiao Lan has been corrupted by capital! It's a shame for the poor!"

Xiao Lan: "..."

He put the dagger back in its place.

"The poverty value has increased by 30W, and Xiao Lan can still be saved."

What the hell! Could it be that I can't even use valuable props! ! What the hell is this setup! !

If you can't use valuable items in the future...

Xiao Lan imagined that when he and other players fought in the future, the opponent pulled out a legendary sword/peerless sword/god-level staff, and he pulled out—a broom stick?

This fucking looks so imposing! ! !

The author has something to say:

Xiao Lan: It is impossible to become rich to become rich, and it is impossible to become rich in this life.

ps: Modified the description of the Blade of Demeter so it doesn't look like a useful item 233