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Chapter 183 187: Underground

Without clear information about the "enemy", there are unknown dangers anywhere in the castle.

Vera suggested that the remaining five people act together, and they should not be alone at any time.

So far, the dead Camilla and Tiger have been killed when they are alone, and the murderer is likely to strike when the next person is alone.

The president found several keys in the servant's room, one of which was for the master bedroom on the second floor. The remaining keys should belong to rooms on the third or second floor.

Ma Haohao and his team searched from top to bottom, first from the attic on the third floor, until they found the utility room in the west of the first floor, but they couldn't find the room corresponding to the key.

Eric's patience ran out, "This bunch of keys is useless at all! Those locked rooms must have been sealed by ghosts, even if you find the keys, you can't open them!"

The ghost can seal the doors and windows of the castle, and naturally it can also seal the rooms inside. Eric's guess is not out of thin air.

Before looking for the key and the corresponding room, they had tried to let Augus knock down the door panel and break in.But unfortunately, the structure of those rooms seemed to be different from the previous ones, and Augus couldn't knock the rooms open with all his strength.

"No, if the room is sealed, the key should not be inserted into the lock. It's not what we encountered now, the key and the lock don't match." Vera thought for a while, but she was still unwilling to give up the hard-won entry. point.

The door lock could not be opened. In addition, the key that appeared in the servant's room could not find the corresponding room. No matter from which point of view, it seemed very strange.

Eric couldn't refute Vera's words, so he could only lose his temper: "All right, all right, you are right! Then what should you do if you can't find the corresponding room now?!"

Vera asked: "Think about it again, is there any place in this house that we have missed?"

"Omission?" Ma thought for a while, and said, "The courtyard of this old castle is quite big. Could there be a warehouse in the courtyard?"

But if the key is really from the warehouse, they are locked in the house now, and there is no way to go outside to confirm the situation in the yard.

Augus clapped his hands with an "ah" sound, as if he remembered something: "Speaking of the warehouse, did Eric and Tiger discover a basement on the first floor before?"

"basement?"

Vera also remembered, exchanging information last night, Eric and Tiger did mention the basement, but then everyone was distracted by the jewelry in the master bedroom.

Eric was stunned for a moment, and Vera guessed the situation reluctantly. He curled his lips and said sarcastic words: "So what if there is a basement? I don't think that key is from the basement."

"Where is the basement, take us there first." Vera would not be swayed by his words, and immediately let Eric lead the way.

It was about his own life, so Eric had no choice but to lead the way obediently.

The basement wasn't really hidden, the entrance was in the utility room they had just walked out of, and it was only blocked by an old-style locker, so they ignored it.

"It's strange. We should have moved this cabinet away at that time. Could it be that Tiger came back and moved it again later?" Eric complained to himself.

Vera heard him say this, but thought of more: "It's not necessarily Tiger. I remember you said that this basement was discovered temporarily before the assembly, right? Camilla's death happened immediately after that, Tiger shouldn’t be in the mood to move the wardrobe again.”

"You mean..." Eric swallowed, seeming to guess the meaning of Vera's words.

"Yes. There are two possibilities now. One is that Eric misremembered the location of the cabinet. The other is that the murderer, the ghost you call, moved the cabinet and blocked it from the entrance to the basement."

"I remember correctly!" Eric denied loudly, "It's a ghost, it must be a ghost who did it!"

Vera said: "That would be great. The murderer took great pains to move the cabinet, just not wanting us to find the basement. There must be something in this basement that he doesn't want us to find."

"Yes! Maybe there's a weakness in the basement!" Augus agreed.

Vera's words made everyone nervous and excited.

Knowing the secrets hidden in the basement, they finally found a glimmer of hope, as if they got rid of the black eyes and turned their heads, and they were one step closer to escaping the castle.

The keys were tinkling in the quiet utility room. Vera carefully inserted the keys into the lockhole one by one, and everyone looked at her with bated breath.

When I tried the last one, a clear "click" sound suddenly sounded in the room.

The sound is not heavy, but exciting enough.

The iron chain that locked the basement was opened.

The quiet air lasted for several seconds, and everyone fell silent facing the "sealed" basement.

What will be in this basement?
And why wouldn't the ghost want them to find this place?

Vera took a deep breath, and twitched the chain that bound the iron door of the basement. After a few pulls, Augus stopped her.

"Let me come. I'm stronger. Even if there's something inside, I can withstand it for a while." Augustus said, taking the chain from Vera's hand.

They were dealing with ghosts, not humans.

Being tall may not be enough to fight against supernatural beings. What Augus said was unreasonable. In fact, he was also faintly afraid in his heart.But he was more worried about Vera's safety than himself.

He pulled the iron chain out of the handle of the entrance, and the palm of the hand holding the doorknob was soaked with sweat.

The small metal door in the basement made an ear-piercing sound of "creaking——".

Hearing the sound, the small iron door was rotten badly, and there was a choking musty smell wafting from inside, and a gloomy cold air came out from inside.

A few people turned on the flashlights, Augus, Vera, Ma Haohao, and Eric walked down one by one, leaving the president to watch the small door in the basement, so as not to have sudden accidents when they entered the basement. Situation happens.

The basement smelled dusty, with floating dust everywhere, and the sour smell of things fermenting.

Mahao felt that it was the right choice for the president not to come down.Even they had to cover their noses because of the strange smell, the cleanliness of the president would definitely not be able to stand the smell down there.

The lights of four flashlights dangled in the narrow space.

This basement looks like a small wine cellar, with several barrels made of oak inside, exuding the bitter smell of rotting wood.

Eric stepped forward and kicked the wall of the wooden barrel with his feet. There was a dull echo from the wooden barrel, and the sound of the wine sloshing inside could be heard.

It seems that the sour smell they smell is the smell of these red wines.

(End of this chapter)