Stunningly beautiful yet wicked, she begins by conquering eight beast husbands.

Chapter 140 The Teleportation Portal Has a Hidden Secret
Twelve melodious yet deep chimes woke everyone up.

They arrived at the lobby immediately.

A bright and clean hall.

Brian stood in the center, chin held high, eyes smug, with a person bound hand and foot under his feet.

Take a closer look.

Seville.

They were somewhat taken aback.

To their even greater astonishment, Scarlett sat on the red velvet sofa, watching Brian step on Sevilla without saying a word.

That's really interesting.

Riley's gaze swept over Sevier, whose delicate features now revealed a hint of wild and untamed arrogance.

In an instant, he thought of something and quietly walked over.

Dzeko also noticed that Sevilla's expression was off. Recalling his conversation with Riley, he frowned and looked at Riley.

Riley noticed his gaze, glanced over casually, raised an eyebrow, and gave a polite smile.

"What's going on? Brian, why are you tied up Svia?"

Ashley thought the two were fighting, so he went over to try and separate them.

Brian snorted, dodging his hand, and said coldly, "This dead fish is bullying the female master. I'm teaching him a lesson. Don't interfere!"

"Bullying the female master?"

Chi Ye knew Sevier's personality and thought it was impossible, but when he turned his head and looked at Scarlett's face, her small face was pale and her eyes were panicked and helpless, as if she had been frightened by something.

He hurriedly asked, "Did Sevier bully you?"

The bright light and the increasing number of people calmed Scarlett's tense heart, allowing her to settle down.

The tightness in her chest gradually eased, and she calmed down, about to speak, when Brian spoke first, "Of course! Would I lie to you? As soon as the bells stopped ringing, I went to find Scarlett, and when I opened the door I saw..."

Brian kicked Sevilla and said viciously, "I saw this dead fish tie Scarlett to the bed, choke her, and almost strangle her to death!"

Holst looked down at Scarlett's neck.

There were indeed two bright red finger marks.

Mo Ting pushed Brian aside, picked up Saviour, his face cold and menacing, and walked silently toward the door.

Scarlett watched his retreating figure, a flicker of nervousness crossing her heart, and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Mo Ting didn't even turn his head. "Anyone who bullies the female master should be executed. We can just throw him outside and test the waters."

"Isn't that a bit harsh?" Brian clicked his tongue.

I never expected Mo Ting to be so resolute.

He thought that punishing Saviour by forbidding him from getting close to Scarlett would be enough.

Execute him immediately...

That's too harsh!

Riley noticed the dazed look in Scarlett's eyes and said, "Wait a minute, he still has a use for us."

Mo Ting stopped and looked back at him.

He didn't speak, but his cold eyes were full of warning.

It's as if to say: You better not lie to me, or you'll face the consequences.

Riley laughed and said, "Sevier is familiar with Star B095, which can help us reduce and avoid some unnecessary trouble. It would be a pity to kill him now. It would be better to deal with him after we pass the next stage of the competition."

"Furthermore..."

Riley glanced around and tried to distract Mo Ting with another, more attention-grabbing topic, "We heard twelve bells ringing, shouldn't we look for the portal first?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the remaining people realized what they meant.

Twelve bells tolled.

It means it's midnight.

Martin said that the portals are fleeting and their primary task should be to find them.

but……

The sky outside the window remained dark and unchanged.

They hadn't stayed in the room for long, so how could it be the next day so quickly?

They went upstairs at 7 p.m.

No sound was heard in between. Then, twelve bells rang out.

Is it the sound of the bells that's strange? Or is it the castle itself that's strange?
Also, the mechanical pendulum clock on one side of the hall shows the time as 7:49 PM...

At this time.

Scarlett, who had been looking unwell, raised her hand and pointed to the top of her head. "Look up there."

Everyone looked up upon hearing this.

Above them was a huge crystal chandelier that almost took up the entire ceiling of the hall.

The intricate craftsmanship adorns the crystal chandelier with unparalleled beauty, where dazzling and colorful lights converge, creating a soft, cool, and captivating effect.

Brian only noticed that this crystal chandelier was much more dazzling than ordinary crystal chandeliers, but he couldn't see anything else. He looked away and turned to Scarlett, "You like it? If you like it, I'll have the Queen send one to Herda Palace, made of diamonds. It will definitely be more magnificent and beautiful than this one."

A chandelier made of diamonds?

Scarlett hesitated for a moment, then her money-loving nature kicked in, and she didn't refuse.

But that's not what she wanted to say.

She stood up, walked to the center of the hall, raised her head, and said again, "You can see this from where I am."

Everyone walked toward her in unison.

Look up again.

The scene I saw was indeed different!

Lai Li said first, "It's a clock face."

Scarlett nodded. "That's right. From this angle, the layout of this chandelier forms a clock face. Not only this chandelier, but also the patterns on the ceiling of my room, when viewed from another angle, also form a clock face."

Scarlett was carried to the bed by Tyrone and lay horizontally on it. The originally colorful egg-shaped pattern inexplicably turned into a circular pattern.

The raised dots around the pattern become increasingly clear, forming twelve time indicators on the clock face in a symmetrical arrangement.

The inner side of the pattern has twelve gold stripes, and the outer side has sixty red stripes.

In the dimly lit room, their lights came on one by one.

If we compare them to the hour, minute, and second hands, Scarlett saw the time as 11:55:47.

So she kept stalling for time.

Arrive at twelve o'clock.

The bell rings.

Her deduction was correct.

She had no idea where the portal would appear.

She was the first to arrive at the hall, but saw no sign of any doors.

Scarlett said, "Could it be that time refers not only to the mechanical clock in the hall, but also to clocks elsewhere, and the one that just made the sound wasn't that clock, but another one?"

Holster pondered for a moment, “Indeed. Every time the clock chimes, it resounds throughout the castle, making it impossible to determine whether the sound is coming from the pendulum clock.”

Riley walked over to the mechanical clock, picked up the electronic calendar on it, and said, "Martin said that a portal would appear, but he didn't say it would definitely appear in the hall. The portal might be related to these clock faces."

Riley held the calendar up to everyone and pointed to the dates on it. "Look," he said.

3225 10 Month 29 Day.

Zheko said in a deep voice, "A day has passed."

He then looked at the mechanical pendulum clock. "It's eight o'clock in the evening."

"clang……"

"clang……"

"clang……"

The twenty chimes arrived as scheduled.

But then, the bells rang again.

"clang……"

"clang……"

"clang……"

Twelve!
Everyone's expressions sharpened, and they all turned to look at the calendar.

October 3225, 10!
(End of this chapter)