Chapter 38.1 (2/2)

“Why? Although the castle is very dangerous, it’s more dangerous outside,” the middle-aged man seemed a little displeased. “You’re a girl. It’s too dangerous for you to be out and about,. It’s better if you stay!”

It was hard to tell whether he had the motive of finding another person to cushion the blow of death or whether he was dissatisfied with someone challenging his authority as a leader. He habitually gave an order, “Lu Si’er, you can’t go!”

The young man also said coolly, “Yes, although you’re a girl, in case of danger, they may not bother about you…”

Shen Yuan ignored the wrangling of the newbies and ordered the team to leave.

Naturally, his three teammates immediately followed. Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian exchanged a look. Although they had acted together with Lu Si’er yesterday, they weren’t in any condition to influence her decisions, so they also turned and left.

Soon, they reached the door.

Shen Yuan stood in front of the door, staring at the castle gate with deep eyes.

Xiao Tangqiu frowned slightly. “Can the door be opened? In our last instance, once we entered many buildings, we couldn’t leave… unless all the plot objectives were completed…” Just like all horror games, there was no way to leave the plot area unless the final result was achieved.

Duan Hongzhen smiled and explained, “If we can’t open it now, it means there isn’t any important clues outside, or we haven’t triggered the corresponding conditions.”

Xiao Tangqiu suddenly realized that opening the door was actually a way to verify the progress of their mission. Could the gates of this castle be opened?

Soon, his doubts were answered… Shen Yuan reached out and pushed; the castle doors were opened.

Although Shen Yuan’s action was very casual, the door was obviously difficult to open, because it issued a heavy and harsh creak, as if it hadn’t been opened in many years.

Dazzling rays of sunlight entered, bit by bit, along the crack in the door. When Xiao Tangqiu’s entire being was exposed to sunlight again, he felt as if he had been reborn.

Tang Mianmian cried out exaggeratingly, “I’m blind, blind… It’s so bright, it’s blinded my poor eyes…”

Just as Xiao Tangqiu and the others were preparing to leave, Lu Si’er’s voice suddenly rang out, “Wait for me! I’m going too!”

Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian looked back in surprise. They didn’t expect Lu Si’er to catch up with them after having to go through all kinds of discussions and under the condition of so many people stopping her from leaving. However, Lu Si’er was followed by several new players who also wanted to persuade her. When they saw the gates being opened, they were immediately shocked. “I didn’t think the gates could really be opened! I thought we wouldn’t be able to go out once we entered!”

“Does this mean we can leave then?”

“We can get out of here!”

Seeing them in high spirits, Xiao Tangqiu kindly reminded them, “There’s no way you’ll go back to where you came from by walking out these gates. It may be more dangerous outside as well.”

The young man who liked to oppose him immediately burst out, “How do you know we can’t leave? And who knows if you’re lying to us or not! Don’t bother about him! Let’s go out and have a look!”

They knew in their hearts that it wasn’t so easy to leave this place, but right now, they suddenly caught a glimmer of hope, and naturally, they had to seize it. Xiao Tangqiu knew that no matter how he tried to persuade them, it would only fall on deaf ears. He gave up persuading them with a sigh and turned to catch up with the team ahead.

The newbies chose the road opposite to Xiao Tangqiu’s and set off. They didn’t go back to inform their other companions who were still in the castle either. They were obviously only thinking about leaving.

As the two teams drifted apart, Tang Mianmian asked Duan Hongzhen, “How do we get to Daemon Town? Do we walk there?”

Duan Hongzhen smiled and fiddled with his scalpel, “If you can actually get a taxi, we can always go by car.”

Tang Mianmian touched his nose shyly, “But we don’t know the way… how do we get there?”

Duan Hongzhen leisurely smiled, “We’re not concerned with the matter of finding our way.”

Xiao Tangqiu suddenly remembered that when they first entered this instance, Shen Yuan’s team had already demonstrated their ability to find their way around… Did any of these four people possess special skills such as human GPS?

He couldn’t help thinking of his “live broadcast studio in the flesh” skill and immediately like a weakling.

Just then, the woman who had constantly kept a cold demeanor suddenly said, “Come out.”Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian jumped in shock. What happened? Did someone follow them?