living in the world of reincarnation

Chapter 6 Explore
"That's one less person!" An Junhang said.

Mu Lan is also counting the number of people, Wang Qiang, Lu Tianming, A Feng, Xu Min, An Junhang and Zhao Mengqi, only Xiaode is not here.

"Xiaode is gone!" Lu Tianming looked around and said, "Didn't you two be together just now?"

"Yeah!" An Junhang recalled for a moment, "We were the first to run out. I remember that Brother De kept talking about it, this ghostly place can't stay any longer, we have to leave here, we have to leave here!"

"He left?" Lu Tianming looked towards the distance of the garden, "Isn't he afraid of mission punishment?"

"When people are in a crisis, they may not be able to take care of so much. That mission warned us not to leave a radius of 500 meters, but the monster in front of us is more dangerous, isn't it?" Xu Min said.

"Yeah, that's right. Let's look for him?" Lu Tianming said, "He shouldn't be able to go very far in this moment."

Compared with the old and dilapidated interior of the castle, the air outside just after rain was much fresher and smelled much better. Mu Lan took a deep breath, enjoying a moment of silence.

A few people didn't speak. After the monster chased and killed, everyone's expressions became heavy. An Junhang, who had been very excited since entering the castle, was rarely quiet. Broken, he followed the crowd dejectedly.

Wang Qiang was moved to the stone road in front of the main entrance of the castle. The student girl Zhao Mengqi stayed to take care of him, while the others went to look for Xiao De.

Xiaode was found in a patch of grass not far away, face down, lying on the ground in a strange posture, the grass was stained red with scarlet blood.

The person was already dead, Xu Min covered his mouth and knelt on the ground helplessly, An Junhang called Brother De a few times, but there was no response, his mouth was half open, he didn't know what to say, and the expressions of the other people were extremely ugly.

Lu Tianming's expression was gloomy, and he stopped just as he was about to walk over to check it out. Mu Lan reminded him: "The mission prompt can't exceed 500 meters from the castle. Look at this distance, it's about the same."

Ah Feng looked back at the castle, then looked at Xiaode's body, as if he was estimating the distance, "I walked more than 700 steps, and according to the distance of 70 centimeters in my step, there is almost the limit of 500 meters."

Mu Lan looked at him strangely, who would remember the number of steps and the distance of his steps?But it is true as he said, she estimated that the place where the man with the back head died was 500 meters away, which means that the mission prompt is true, and he will be killed if he leaves the castle within 500 meters.

"We're trapped here!" Xu Min affirmed, her tears came out, and she sobbed softly: "Now, there are monsters eating people in the castle, we can't leave here yet! We are really dead up"

"The main task allowed us to survive in Fort Sill for three days. It seems that this is the only chance to survive." Lu Tianming said in a deep voice.

"I'm not going back! I'm not going back!" When Xu Min heard that he was going back to the castle, he was so frightened that he sat on the ground and couldn't get up. "I'm going to you guys, I'll just stay outside!"

"Survive in Fort Sill for three days, inside the castle? Or outside the castle?" An Junhang thought of the doubtful point of the question. He tried not to think about Xiaode's body, and his words became more realistic and steady. Survive in Fort Sill for three days, but aren't we outside the castle now, we are not under any threat now, if I live outside for these three days, wouldn't I be able to complete this mission?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Xu Min nodded hurriedly. She was really scared to death. If possible, she didn't want to stay in the castle for a moment. "We just need to stay outside the castle and wait for three days to pass!"

"It's not that simple!" Lu Tianming objected, "Could the task of [Scarlet Castle] be so simple? It doesn't fit its grand style. I think if we just wait outside, we will miss some clues, no? In other words, it may not be absolutely safe. If you encounter that monster in this open area, you will have nowhere to hide.

"Indeed!" Mu Lan agrees with Lu Tianming's point of view. She is more inclined to take the initiative to look for clues. It is too passive to hide outside. Now that weird monsters like skeletons have appeared, there is no guarantee that there will be no more difficult threats. Hiding here It's equivalent to gambling with her own life, Mu Lan has always been a person who is prepared, active and careful in order to turn passive.

"Or, let's settle for the next best thing. The skeleton man disappears as soon as he sees the light. It probably only appears at night. How about we explore the castle during the day and hide out for the night?" Lu Tianming thought of a more feasible solution. The proposal, An Junhang's eyes lit up, he called out and nodded repeatedly.

Everyone agrees, this is the most feasible solution that can be thought of at present, Xu Min is still reluctant, but everyone wants to return to the castle, and it is not appropriate to leave her here alone, she thinks it is safer to follow the big army , Helpless can only nod in agreement.

Returning to the main door, she pushed it open. The door could not be opened just now. It was not locked inside. Mu Lan thought it was locked from the outside or blocked by something, but it turned out that it was so easy. It was really strange to push it away.

Since everyone has explored the hall on the first floor in the evening and there is nothing suspicious, we are going to go upstairs to check today. This castle has five floors, with about seven or eight rooms on each side of the east and west sides, so the entire building has at least 40 rooms. Even if you finish reading the room in one day, you can only take a quick look at it, so a few people summed it up and targeted food and water or suspicious areas to investigate. Among the seven people, Wang Qiang was still in a coma and was temporarily unable to move. He stayed in the lobby on the first floor, and the remaining six people worked in pairs, checking each room from south to north.

After Lu Tianming proposed this idea of ​​grouping, everyone was worried that it would be too dangerous to work in pairs. I don’t know what dangers there are in the castle. It would be better for everyone to get together. Lu Tianming’s reason was that six people would definitely investigate in one day. There are less than 40 rooms, and even a group of two people is a bit reluctant. If they can't find food and water, even if they don't starve to death, they will be killed due to lack of physical strength and unable to outrun the skeletons.

The two students, An Junhang and Zhao Mengqi, were naturally in a group. They investigated the second floor. Xu Min and A Feng had a feud, so they volunteered to team up with Lu Tianming to investigate the third floor. The rest, Mu Lan and A Feng, investigated the fourth floor.

Unexpectedly, when she was acting with Ah Feng, Mu Lan was always on guard against him, keeping a certain distance from him, and following him unhurriedly. Naturally, Ah Feng sensed the girl's guard and did not react. Both of them were quiet characters, and the air was very dull for a while.

The interior of the castle during the day is extremely spectacular. Although it is dilapidated and covered with dust and cobwebs, the gorgeous and solemn beauty of its heyday can still be seen from the exquisite sculptures, murals, and complex brass and metal decorations. Mu Lan is walking in the corridor on the east side. It has a living room, dressing room, bathroom, concert hall and study room. The owner of this Fort Sill is a nobleman who knows how to enjoy.

"The mistress of Fort Sill is quite beautiful." Mu Lan stopped in front of an oil painting. She had seen portraits of this woman in several rooms, including a bust with a pearl necklace and a side face smiling, and a portrait wearing a headband. A full-length portrait of the top hat wearing a riding costume, but strangely there was only a portrait of the hostess but not a portrait of the male host. She was particularly curious about the owner of the castle. It seemed that he and his wife had a very good relationship. There were vases in the rooms with portraits. It was filled with dried flowers, and there were many valuable jewelry in the dresser cabinet.

Mu Lan noticed that these oil paintings were full of emotions. The hostess had a typical Western appearance, with chestnut hair and green eyes, a three-dimensional face, and a gentle smile.

Mu Lan opened a drawer, and inside there was a small and exquisite dagger inlaid with gems. She glanced at A Feng and saw that he was not paying attention, so she secretly hid the dagger in her pocket.

"Afeng, I'm curious what you do." This was the first sentence Mu Lan said to Afeng.

"Huh?" Ah Feng turned his head and looked at Mu Lan in confusion.

"It's nothing, I'm just curious." Mu Lan also felt that she had nothing to say, so she asked the questions she had been having in her heart.

A ray of sunlight shone into the castle, and the dark clouds were dispersed by the sun. At noon, the sky cleared up. Mu Lan looked at Afeng, her light amber pupils were almost transparent by the light.

"I'll tell you when I have a chance." Ah Feng replied, and stopped talking.

The atmosphere fell silent again.

Mu Lan is really curious about Ah Feng's occupation. This person is taciturn, neither tall nor thin, with an unshaven beard, and looks like a decadent older youth. But when she experienced the attack of the skeleton man last night, she noticed that Ah Feng is very strong. , the physique is not as ordinary as it looks, but strong and explosive. She has a big brain, and besides the hidden eighth person, she has thought about all the possibilities of bodyguards, killers, gangsters, etc.

When she was thinking, she pushed the door of the room in front of her, but found that she couldn't open it, so she let out a strange snort.

"A locked door?"

None of the previous rooms were locked, but this room was locked from the inside. Mu Lan felt that something was wrong, so she called Ah Feng over.

"The door is locked from the inside!" Mu Lan pushed hard again, indicating that it couldn't be opened.

Ah Feng slammed his shoulder sideways, and after a loud bang, the door remained motionless.

Mu Lan also came to help, and the two of them banged together for a long time. Mu Lan's arms were red and swollen, and the door was cracked but it still didn't open.

Ah Feng leaned down to look at the crack of the door, and said, "There should be something heavy inside, we can't open it like this."

The two made a lot of noise. An Junhang downstairs yelled upstairs to ask what was going on. Mu Lan replied that it was all right. Then she saw Ah Feng taking something out of his pocket. After fumbling for a long time he took it out. Take out a metal wire, make a few gestures against the keyhole, twist the metal wire into a shape, and insert it into the keyhole.

After turning left and right a few times, the door was opened with a click, and now Mu Lan added another "stealer" to his career possibility.

After the door lock was cracked, Ah Feng opened the door, but the door just opened a small crack and stopped moving. Sure enough, there was something blocking the door. The two went to the crack to find something to pry a little bit, and finally opened a When the arm could go in, Ah Feng reached in and pushed the object away, and then opened the door.

After entering the room, she found that the door was blocked by a wooden box. The two knocked on the door loudly, and the room was full of dust. Mu Lan could smell the rotten smell as soon as she entered.

It stinks!Mu Lan covered her nose while observing the environment inside.

The room was very dark, the curtains were drawn tightly, and the furnishings inside looked like an office environment, with desks and bookcases, and on the table were things like ledgers and receipts, and a metal typewriter.

The two followed the source of the smell and found a dead body in the back room. A man in a tuxedo and a white shirt hanged in mid-air. The man's eyes protruded hideously, his tongue protruded exaggeratedly, his whole body was shriveled and surrounded by flies. The corpse hummed.

(End of this chapter)