Chapter 5 - Midnight Mansion (3) (1/2)
Without any external forces, the originally closed door to the mansion had opened by itself. Cheng Zhi Chu and the others felt their hairs stand up in terror and they all subconsciously took half a step back. Only Bai Yi stepped forward and turned on the flashlight to illuminate the gap between the door. After looking in for a few seconds, he reached out and pushed the door in.
“Creaaakk——–Clack…………”
Along with the sound of rusty hinges, dust fell from above as the door slowly opened. From inside the building, a musty scent rushed out. Under the dim light coming from the flashlight, the inside of the mansion appeared to be even more spooky.
When Bai Yi pushed the door open, the others all had very nervous expressions. When they saw that nothing strange happened after the door opened, they were able to let out a sigh of relief.
Because of his girlfriend Ren Xue, Wang Jianming wasn’t very happy with Bai Yi. At this moment, he was even more dissatisfied. With a quiet voice he complained: “You should tell us in advance if you’re going to open the door. What are you going to do if something goes wrong?”
Bai Yi smiled and said: “They said that the game would only start after we enter the mansion. It’s just opening a door, nothing will happen.”
Hearing him say that, Wang Jianming opened and closed his mouth. For a moment he couldn’t think of anything to say back. Ren Xue tugged at his shirt and whispered accusingly to him: “Don’t make a big fuss out of nothing…..”
“………” Wang Jianming shut his mouth and his face flushed slightly red. Although he listened to Ren Xue’s words and didn’t push things any further, the look that he gave Bai Yi was filled will resentment. He brushed his shoulder against Bai Yi and took the first step into the mansion. At the same time, he muttered in a low voice, “Show off.”
“Jianming!” Ren Xue was a little embarrassed. She gave Bai Yi an apologetic look, “I’m really sorry about this. That person is sometimes like that……..”
“Xiao Xue, don’t apologise. We have nothing to say to him!” From within the building came Wang Jianming’s voice filled with resent.
Bai Yi politely smiled and didn’t appear to take it to heart. He turned to Cheng Zhi Chu and Lu Wenjing who had been standing on the side the entire time as if they’re transparent and said: “Let’s go in.”
“Okay.”
Cheng Zhi Chu made a sound of acknowledgement and at the same time felt like his head was about to explode. What is this garbage? Why do we have to have this kind of dog-blood drama going on even while we’re faced with a life or death situation? But he didn’t dare interrupt…….he could only hope that they wouldn’t continue fighting over something like this even after entering the mansion.
With a flashlight in their hands, everyone stepped into the mansion. The moment they all entered, the door slowly closed on its own. The musty smell grew stronger and it was mixed together with dust and a faint rotten smell that almost made Cheng Zhi Chu sneeze.
He covered his nose and mouth and used the other hand to hold his flashlight. He then nervously examined his surroundings.
They were currently in a place that appeared to be the living room. The floors, walls and furniture were all coated in a thick layer of dust. From under it, you could faintly see the originally brightly coloured and intricate patterns that once had its days of glory. But after the consecutive mysterious deaths, this place had been completely abandoned and it eventually became this state.
For some reason, the temperature inside was much lower than the temperature outside. It didn’t take long for Cheng Zhi Chu to feel cold and shiver.
He carefully examined the living room and didn’t find anything out of the normal. He initiated the “Clue Prompt” skill and saw two items glowing faintly from inside the dimly lit living room before soon going out.
One of it was near where Lu Wenjing stood. She had seemingly noticed something and was about to go over in that direction, so Cheng Zhi Chu moved towards the direction of the other light. It was a tattered leather sofa. The leather wrapped around it had already been torn open. After hesitating for a moment, he reached into the exposed cotton and pulled out a small, hard object.
Cheng Zhi Chu spread open his hand and used his torch to illuminate the item in his hand. It was a small key with intricate engravings.
【Discovered a clue. You gain 50 experience points and 100 survival points.]
【Item Name: Key.]
【Item Type: Instance Prop.]
【Can you bring it out of an instance: No]
【Description: A silver key. It looks like it could be used to open some sort of secret door.]
Every time someone gets a hold of a special item inside an instance, they will automatically be given an introduction and description. Cheng Zhi Chu placed the key inside his pocket and turned around with the intention to report his discovery to the others but when his flashlight illuminated the floor, his entire body froze.
With the thick layer of dust on the floor, it was natural for the people walking around to leave behind footprints.
Only Cheng Zhi Chu had walked over to the location where he stood so it should only have one person’s footprint, but he clearly saw another set of footprints on the floor along with his.
This set of footprints are extremely strange. The steps are messy and there are also obvious signs of dragging. The footprints from the left foot were missing the front half and the latter half left behind dark-red stains. It was as if the foot had been cut in half and blood was still flowing out of it.
Cheng Zhi Chu’s expression changed and he took a step back. At this moment, a new footprint appeared in front of the set of footprints that he saw.
“Splat”.
With a soft sound, fresh blood fell to the ground. The direction of the footprint was faced towards Cheng Zhi Chu’s location!
“Ahhhh———!”
A horrified scream suddenly rang out. The source of it was Lu Wenjing. At the same time there was the sound of wooden boards breaking. With her scream, Cheng Zhi Chu’s heart similarly quaked in fear. He fell to the ground onto his butt and pointed at the footprints with a pale face while crying out: “Ghost!”
“Where?!”
Wang Jianming and Ren Xue retreated backwards away from Lu Wengjing and Cheng Zhi Chu. Bai Yi however moved over to Cheng Zhi Chu’s location without any hesitation and helped him up. With a serious expression he asked: “Don’t be scared. What did you see?”
“Thank-thank you.”
Through a thin layer of clothing, he could feel Bai Yi’s warmth travelling over from his palms. Adding on top of that his calm attitude, Cheng Zhi Chu who was scared to the point of death managed to breath deeply a few times and calm his racing heart.
He couldn’t help but feel that this Bai Yi person is a really good man and his good impression of him rose even more. After giving his thanks, he pointed in front of him and explained a little haphazardly: “There. I saw a ghost’s footprint……….Huh? It’s gone?”
Cheng Zhi Chu suddenly stopped in his tracks and just looked on in disbelief. The bloody footprints that he saw earlier had completely vanished. On the ground was just a thick layer of dust and his and Bai Yi’s footprints.
Did he see wrong? Impossible. Something definitely appeared in front of him!
Cheng Zhi Chu quickly remembered that when he saw the footprints, he also heard Lu Wenjing’s scream. Could it be that that thing had attacked her instead? Thinking this, he immediately directed his flashlight over and asked anxiously: “Lu Wenjing, are you okay?”
“I’m okay………..”