Don't pretend, everyone knows you're the villain!

The four-person team, who had originally planned to spend their first day peacefully, each did their own thing in the sixth room on the second floor of the castle, achieving a state of not disturbing each other.

As evening approached, a sharp scream from a girl was heard coming from the corridor.

Xi Mingzhu sat up instantly, looking at 0561 with a hint of doubt. Was there someone else?

0561: "The book didn't mention any of this. The main characters go straight to the second level dungeon after completing the first level once during the beginner phase... There are no new players joining temporarily on the second level. They always meet a few at the beginning, so there are only a few players in this round. They won't let other people join halfway through."

The girl ran around the castle in a panic, shouting as she went.

"Is anyone there?! What kind of place is this?!"

"Help! I want to leave! I want to go home!"

Then came the sound of a door opening in one of the rooms... and more than one other people came out of the room.

The girl gradually calmed down after being comforted, and began to sob softly, while others walked around observing the castle.

Without exception, the corridors were filled with newlyweds.

No wonder Lin Xiong immediately searched the room after the four of them entered...

It seems that the people in the room also know this situation, so the thirty minutes are given as an opportunity to find other players.

It will be easier to determine the number of new participants later.

After all, the quality of new players varies greatly, and they may become a burden and a source of trouble.

Lin Xiong ignored the noise outside and sat on the edge of the bed waiting for night to come.

Lin Yue hummed lazily twice, "There are quite a few new people joining this time. Guess how many will die tonight?"

"Why don't we guess how many will survive?" Xi Mingzhu's reply surprised Lin Yue.

Lin Yue looked at him with a smile, "Shen Yi, do you think we can survive tonight?"

Xi Mingzhu remained calm despite the stares of several people.

"I can, but I don't know the strength of the three of you, so I can't judge it."

Lin Xiong snorted coldly, "Pretty confident, I hope you're not just arrogant."

Xi Mingzhu got out of bed, casually tossed the mirror from the bedside table into a drawer, and then closed the drawer.

Lin Yue watched Shen Yi's series of actions, pressed her tongue against the tip of her teeth, then looked at Lin Xiong, shook her head, and said nothing.

It's not advisable to touch or rub mirrors randomly when you're unsure of their condition, especially mirrors that are present in every room.

This thing is very ominous.

However, Shen Yi was just someone they randomly selected. If he courted death, it wouldn't matter if he died.

Who can say for sure what happens in a dungeon? If you die, you can't blame anyone but yourself for your own incompetence.

Xi Mingzhu looked down at her fingertips that had just touched the mirror, feeling an eerie coldness the moment she touched them.

It chills me to the bone.

Xi Mingzhu gently rubbed his fingers together, warming them with his soul fire.

0561: "I am truly gratified that the host is so confident in surviving."

Xi Mingzhu: "You actually believed what I just said offhand?"

0561: "I hate it!"

As night fell, the corridor outside the door became quiet, and the newlyweds, who had no clue whatsoever, all went to their rooms to rest.

Xi Mingzhu and Lin Yue each slept on the edge of the bed, while Lin Xiong had no choice but to sleep in the middle.

Li Muting's gloomy expression never changed, his fingernails unconsciously pressing against his knuckles, again and again.

Then came a heavy thud as something fell from the drawer.

The three people on the bed paused, then suddenly opened their eyes.

Li Muting's gaze was fixed on the tightly closed drawer, his fingernails pressed against his knuckles without moving.

Lin Yue rolled out of bed and walked towards Li Muting.

Lin Xiong also prepared to go away from the bed, towards the table.

Perhaps because of Lu Tiannan, Lin Xiong nudged Shen Yi with his elbow, signaling him to come over as well.

Xi Mingzhu felt the coldness spreading through his fingers again. If he let the chill spread, he would eventually be frozen solid.

It was probably aimed at me, was it because I touched the mirror?

Lin Xiong stood with Lin Yue and Li Muting.

Seeing Xi Mingzhu slowly sit up, looking like he was about to get out of bed.

Suddenly, the three of them saw the drawer being pushed open from the inside.

A beautiful hand adorned with black lace reached out and touched Shen Yi's back.

"Watch out behind you!" Without thinking, Lin Yue instantly pulled out a dagger and rushed over.

Xi Mingzhu turned around and saw the hand so close to his face, and frowned.

After thinking for a moment, I reached out and grabbed that hand, while using my other hand to push the drawer shut.

So her beautiful hand got stuck in the drawer gap, twisting and struggling in great pain.

Everyone immediately realized something was wrong: the arm was squeezed so tightly but no sound came out.

Lin Yue cleanly and decisively severed that hand.

Xi Mingzhu let go of the drawer in disgust and immediately closed it.

The severed black lace-trimmed hand made a hissing sound before turning into a puddle of water that slowly spread in all directions.

Xi Mingzhu reminded him in a deep voice, "Step back, don't get it wet."

Upon hearing the sound, Lin Yue immediately and instinctively stepped back to avoid the puddle of water.

They soon discovered the problem: the ground and the edge of the cabinet where the water had flowed were frozen solid.

Even Lin Yue's blade was covered with a layer of ice. Although it wasn't very thick, no one dared to touch it carelessly.

Lin Yue looked at Shen Yi's hand and found that he was completely unharmed, and even raised his leg to step on the drawer door with the sole of his shoe.

This arrangement is purely to prevent anything from pushing the drawer open again.

They all saw it clearly just now; Shen Yi directly grasped that hand...

Sure enough, this person wasn't a burden; we made the right choice in saving him.

Li Muting walked over and casually tossed a seed onto the ice. "There's something wrong with the mirror."

The seeds touched the ice and remained still for a few seconds before the ice cracked.

A small pit appeared where the seed was located.

The seeds were devouring the ice layer, little by little, faster and faster.

Lin Yue spread her hands and asked Li Muting for the same seed, placing it on her blade and marveling at it.

"Ice lover, so that's how it's used."

“I told you that it’s impossible for them to give us bags of seeds to plant.”

Xi Mingzhu had been using his soul fire to eliminate the coldness in his hands, and now it was finally completely suppressed.

Shen Yi coldly raised her eyes to look at the three people beside her, "I've seen that hand before."

Lin Yue poured the sprouting ice lover onto the ground from the melting blade.

He looked at Shen Yi with great interest. "Oh? Tell me, where have we met before?"

"One of the paintings in that row downstairs is called 'The Person Who Has Not Returned Home on a Cold Night'."

Xi Mingzhu remained remarkably calm throughout, and now he's recounting the painting in detail.

Lin Xiong stared at Shen Yi with no sign of disdain.

I underestimated Shen Yi. That's right, someone who hangs out with Lu Tiannan can't be a good-for-nothing.

Lin Xiong asked in a deep voice, "It seems you know how to break this deadlock?"

Xi Mingzhu shook his head honestly, "I don't know."

Lin Xiong was somewhat embarrassed and remained silent.

Lin Yue couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw Shen Yi, and began to summarize the clues on her own.

"The current clue is that each room corresponds to a painting downstairs. Is it in order? I think the paintings that were originally in empty spaces on the walls were moved to the first floor for exhibition."