Chapter 12 The Second Night
After Wei Miao discovered the magic circle, she put the bed curtain back.
This is a world where supernatural beings are rampant. Even ordinary people know that supernatural beings exist. It is not surprising that there are evil magic circles and rituals. The key is that she cannot understand them.
If you have to guess what this magic circle is for, is it to prevent corpse transformation? Pisa told her not to touch the things on the seventh floor, was it because this ritual was actually to restrain ghosts?
But this ritual... is too evil. Does this world rely on the method of "defeating evil with evil" to maintain its operation?
She walked out of the room and closed the door.
Next, she checked other rooms, and without exception there were magic circles under the beds, and the doors were in the same condition as 701.
Room 713 is an exception again. Its door is the same as downstairs, and the switch does not make any friction sound.
Of course, she checked carefully and found that there was nothing else to care about in 713 except the sacrificial circle.
Wei Miao went to the seventh floor tonight. In addition to seeing if there were any missed points during the day, she also wanted to verify her conjecture.
She closed all the doors from 701 to 706, and clamped a piece of Lorraine's slightly longer blond hair between the cracks of the doors from 701 to 703. The doors from 707 to 712 are open.
713 remains closed. The only difference is that there is an extra hair between the cracks of the door.
Controlled experiments are often mentioned in biological experiments. Wei Miao has set up multiple control groups this time, corresponding to various situations. When he wakes up tomorrow morning, he will know whether his guess is correct or not. .
As for the layout being destroyed... Wei Miao considered the temperaments of the three people and felt that it was impossible for them to come to the gloomy seventh floor at night. If they really did such an action, she would think highly of them. One glance.
Back at 306, it was almost eight o'clock.
Wei Miao turned on the TV. Although she didn't know why a long list of TV programs was produced in the game copy, it was an effective way to obtain information. Generally speaking, in order to reduce the computing load, virtual online games use fixed cutscene-like CG recordings to provide necessary information, but it is very rare to produce large sections of CG.
“The slum nightmare incident that occurred in Colin City, Conrad State some time ago has been basically controlled. Unfortunately, many poor people died in this disaster, and the number of casualties has not yet been counted. Abnormal Organization Ghost World Declare responsibility for it..."
"...Months ago, the Soul-Expelling Society discovered traces of the Eye Spirit Sect's activities in Dick City, and after careful arrangements, they destroyed the Eye Spirit Sect's branch yesterday. A large number of peripheral members were killed or captured. "
Wei Miao saw more than ten o'clock. During this period, she briefly paid attention to entertainment programs, documentaries, etc. to understand the customs of this world. Favor.
For players, exploring the world background is also part of the fun of the game.
"Tuk-tuk——"
There was a knock on the door. Wei Miao opened the door and saw Anderson. He was holding a pillow and quilt in his hands.
He smiled and said, "I will sleep at your place tonight."
Hearing this, Wei Miao's expression first became strange, and then she remembered the plan for the two of them to spend the night together during the morning meal.
She showed a spring-like smile and gave way: "Please come in."
After Anderson entered the door, he first noticed the TV that was turned on: "Are you watching TV too?"
"Yes, I think the TV is pretty good." Wei Miao said perfunctorily.
Anderson did not regard himself as an outsider at all, and sat down next to her bed in a swaggering manner: "Please try to squeeze in a seat tonight. Two grown men, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?"
That's not necessarily the case... Wei Miao said coldly in her heart. She has a certain degree of mysophobia. Not to mention strange men, she is not happy with strange women sleeping in the same bed with her.
This has nothing to do with appearance and figure, it is purely a personal habit. Having said that, another feature of Masquerade is that it weakens the interference of appearance on player choices.
Everyone wears a mask, who knows whether it’s a human or a ghost underneath? Even if you use a fake body like this dungeon, the fake body will be allocated by the system, and the appearance will be considered as the corresponding advantages and disadvantages in the game balance.
But she didn't show it at all: "Of course." Anderson: "What will you do if there are footsteps again tonight?"
"Pretend I can’t sleep.”
Wei Miao is actually not sure that her guess is completely correct. She can only pray that Anderson will not become the pig teammate who kills her.
Anderson nodded.
The two then talked for a while, mainly Anderson was asking questions, and Wei Miao responded indifferently.
Unexpectedly, Anderson is a talkative person who talks about everything.
When the time came to around eleven o'clock, Wei Miao took the initiative to suggest that it was time to go to bed. The reason was that going to bed early and getting up early was good for your health.
So, turn off the lights, lock the door, cover yourself with quilt, and go to sleep. Anderson took the initiative to choose the side near the door, probably because he knew the ghost would walk to the bedside on the other side. Wei Miao had no objection and moved herself to the edge of the bed, as far away from Anderson as possible.
As Wei Miao opened her eyes in a daze, the time gradually came to twelve o'clock. From Anderson's breathing, she could tell that he was not asleep either. Especially when it was close to twelve o'clock, his breathing rhythm became a little faster.
He is really cheerful when chatting, but really timid when encountering ghosts.
Wei Miao remained calm and stared at the clock until the hands pointed to twelve o'clock.
“Dong——dong——dong——”
Sure enough, the footsteps sounded on time. Wei Miao glanced at Anderson's body shaking from the corner of his eye.
What happened next was the same as last night, first I heard the sound of the door opening, and then the sound of swaying footsteps. Wei Miao secretly opened her eyes again, but still saw nothing.
At one o'clock, the movement finally subsided. From twelve o'clock to one o'clock, Wei Miao paid attention to the time. The ghost disappeared very punctually, just like the prisoners in the prison who could only come out for a walk at a specific time.
Wei Miao didn’t know how Anderson slept tonight, but she slept soundly afterwards.
In the morning, it was Anderson who pushed her awake. The dark circles around his eyes were heavier, but Wei Miao felt refreshed.
He asked her strangely: "Did you sleep to death again last night?"
After knowing about the haunting of ghosts, it was not common sense to say that he slept to death again, so Wei Miao said: "No, I heard the footsteps of ghosts."
"Then you can still sleep? It's so good, aren't you scared?"
"But with Brother Anderson here, you won't be so scared." Wei Miao was talking nonsense.
While chatting yesterday, Anderson boasted to her that he had been a big brother in school before and was doing well in society. Wei Miao just followed his words and made up a reason that wasn't too outrageous. Maybe she could gain some favor.
Anderson muttered something, picked up his quilt and pillow, and seemed to be going back to his own room.
His performance last night was quite satisfactory and he acted like an ostrich throughout the whole process. If he breaks through the defense on the way, Wei Miao has already considered the solution.
She would kick him out of bed to let him taste the ultimate fright and exercise his courage. Don't let the mud hold up the wall in the big scene that may happen later.
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(End of this chapter)