God's way of opening infinite games

In the luxurious room, the faint scent of incense lingers on the side of the nose.

Two rows of bookshelves stand side by side against the corner of the window, all of which are beautifully bound tomes.

Xun An tapped a book with his fingertips, and invisible spiritual power spread, covering the entire room in an instant. He didn't find the dark room he was thinking of, so he withdrew his spiritual power, turned around and sat on a soft chair beside him. .

Arnold took a preserved red wine from the closet, removed the cap and poured it into a decanter glass, and prepared a Burgundy glass for drinking.

Beyond the silk curtains was a starless sky, with a full moon obscured by stratus clouds.

The sky is not pure black, but pitch black mixed with endless dark blue.

Under such a dark sky, all evil is hidden in its shadow.

"Do you think eternal life is good or bad for you?"

Arnold no longer mentioned the dancing, but started another topic, poured half a glass of sober wine and handed it to Xun An, and sat down opposite him.

Xun'an took a sip, savoring the light and fruity wine juice that flowed between his lips and teeth, "If the place where people live is all immortals, this question is like moaning without illness..."

He glanced at Arnold lightly, and there was something in his words, "But if you are the only one who can live forever, it's worth thinking about."

Arnold was unmoved, and put on a look of listening attentively, "I would like to hear more about it."

"There are no more than two kinds of eternal life. One is suffering from the pain of parting, and the faces of the people you miss are old and turned into a pile of loess, and you can only witness their death with your own eyes. There is nothing you can do. , use eternal life to do evil deeds, full of evil. I wonder what kind of person Duke Arnold is?"

Xun An's smile was not a smile, as if he had seen the true face of his heart.

"Maybe eternal life is a last resort, just a compromise that has to be compromised in order to survive. How to answer this?"

"Ah."

Xun An sneered, put down his wine glass, approached Arnold step by step, bent down and stared into his blue-purple eyes.

Arnold's body was slightly stiff, and he straightened his back unconsciously, allowing Xun An to look directly at him almost rudely.

The distance between the two has shortened significantly, and the breath of alcohol is entangled with each other, and it is unknown whose heart has been intoxicated.

"Guess what I see in your eyes?"

"what?"

Xun An straightened up, looked down at Arnold's finely carved face, and smiled.

"Blood."

He sat back in his seat, with the expression of a superior, "No matter how pure and flawless the blue is, once it is eroded by desire and stained with human blood, it will be muddy and unsightly."

"You are not compromising, but enjoying it."

His own eyes were described as having no aesthetic feeling, but Arnold couldn't produce a single bit of anger.

"You are so funny and bold, no one has ever dared to talk to me like that."

Arnold looked at Xun An with a smile, "It's already late tonight, why don't you stay here for one night?"

Not waiting for Xun An to find an excuse to shirk, he said again: "You should know what this means to your Garcia family?"

Xun An raised his eyebrows, "How can you be sure that I am from the Garcia family?"

"The guests who participated in the ball were all personally screened by me. Except for this year's rookie Garcia family, they are all regular customers." Arnold stood beside Xun An and said softly: "The butler told me in the afternoon that Randy Garcia has four The beautiful daughters, especially the youngest daughter Tao Ruisi, is as beautiful as a fairy... I took a closer look, and there are so many ladies in this hall who can be called a fairy, who else can there be besides you?"

Arnold raised his hand across Xun An's face, "The duke's mansion is usually cold and cold, maybe something more interesting will happen with you here."

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When the guests were almost gone, Mi Xiang and Wang Cheng returned to the hall, and they met Qingsi Yu who was looking for someone everywhere.

Seeing that the clothes of the two were disheveled, he didn't care, and there was a bit of complaint in his tone, "Where have you all gone, and you can't find anyone, I thought you all went offline and left me here alone."

"Didn't you see Xun'an?"

Qingsi Cocoon curled her lips when she heard the words, "He went up to the second floor with the Duke just now. I wanted to follow secretly, but before I stepped on the stairs, the housekeeper stopped me and refused to let me go up."

Mi Xiang and Wang Cheng looked at each other, and asked Qingsi Yu, "Did Xun An and Duke not go downstairs?"

Qingsi Cocoon shook her head.

She stayed in the lobby all the time and didn't dare to leave. After all, it was a horror game, and if she went to other places alone and ran into ghosts, it would be troublesome.

"Then he is very likely..."

Mi Xiang originally wanted to say that Xun'an might have been captured by the boss, or might have died out of the dungeon.

They are not in team mode, cannot see each other's personal information, and the system will not broadcast any news during the game.

So apart from me, no one else knows about my own survival.

At this time, the old housekeeper came to them, bowed, and said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Excellency the Duke sincerely invites a few ladies to stay overnight at the mansion, and will send a carriage to take the ladies home after lunch tomorrow. "

The three of them looked at each other, not knowing whether to accept or refuse.

Xun An happened to pass by the second floor, saw them, and called them up.

The four entered one of the rooms prepared for them.

"The duke didn't kill you?"

Xun'an glanced at Qingsiyu casually, "Why do you think he will kill me?"

"Isn't he a boss?"

They are all in the same room with the big boss, what is this not the prey that is delivered to your door?

"He probably won't make a move without triggering a key plot, so it's safe for the time being."

Xun An's eyes fell on Mi Xiang and Wang Cheng who were sticking together, and quickly looked away.

"I hope everyone can share clues and pass the level early. Although we are not teammates, but the castle is so large, it will definitely take some effort to investigate alone. Why don't we cooperate and save some time."

Qingsi spread her callused hands and acted helplessly, "I want to share with you, but I have been staying in the hall, and the only people I have come into contact with are those nobles. I think you all know the news I can find out. It really doesn't matter. clues."

Her expression didn't look like she was lying. Everyone was just having fun, and there was no competition, so there was no need to hide it.

Mi Xiang poked Wang Cheng with his arm, motioning for him to speak.

"To the north of the manor is the back garden, where red roses are planted. Although it was only for a short moment, we did see a mass of phosphorous fire floating in the depths of the garden. There is an iron gate nearly two people high locked, temporarily There was no way in."

Phosphorus fire, the flame produced when phosphine burns, can spontaneously combust, and this gas will also be produced when human or animal corpses rot and decompose.

It should be in summer at this time, the weather is hot, the speed of the chemical reaction is accelerated, and the temperature just reaches the temperature of phosphine spontaneous combustion, and the phosphorus fire is produced.

Qingsi Cocoon pressed her throat and exclaimed, that, that doesn't mean..."

A dead body buried in the garden?

She looked around and didn't say the rest.

"I remember!"

Qingsi Cocoon patted her thigh, "I heard a name mentioned by those girls when they were chatting. It's called Aphra."

Perhaps because she was too nervous, she trembled when she spoke, "Aphra is the daughter of an earl in the city next door. She disappeared for no reason after attending the Duke's birthday party last year or the year before, and has not been found until now. What do you say Will it be given by the Duke?"

Qingsi's back felt cold, and she rubbed the goosebumps on her hands.

Xun An nodded, "Did you pay attention to what is written in the type column on the ticket?"

Mi Xiang hurriedly looked for the ticket in his coat pocket, took it out and put it on the table in front of him, "non-human? Non-human?"

"I think what it refers to is that the plot trend in the dungeon is related to strange powers and chaos."

Xun An looked at Wang Cheng, "Since they are ghosts, there is naturally a way to solve them. After they all fall asleep, it is our greatest chance. I will go to the garden you mentioned just now to see if there are other clues. The second floor is Arnold's master bedroom and guest room, so it is estimated that there is no valuable information."

He took the paper and pen from the desk in the room, and quickly drew a sketch of the terrain.

"I just made a general observation. There is a staircase leading to the third floor at the end of the right side of the second floor. Arnold's private study or guest room should be there. I think you should find a chance to find out. Maybe there will be reward."

Qingsi Cocoon grimaced when she heard the words, and really wanted to say that she would just stay in the room and not go anywhere, but these straight steel men probably didn't mean to take care of herself, so she said nothing.

With a pair of discerning eyes, Xun An naturally saw through Qingsi Cocoon's thoughts, and said: "Although Arnold probably won't make a move now, there is no guarantee that his servants will be as honest as him. You are far from being with the two of them when you are alone in the room." Safety comes from collective action."

Mi Xiang immediately reacted, "Have you found any relevant clues?"

He and Wang Cheng were busy with other things, except for the valuable clue of discovering the phosphorus fire in the garden, the others were nothing more than some personal information of the Duke.

"Not yet, but since we all agree that the final boss is Arnold, it is impossible for him to have no flaws for so many years, especially the housekeeper who has been with him for many years must know a little about Arnold's affairs. , the one who is close to the ink is black, and has been under the influence of his ears and eyes all year round, how can he live until now without any means?"

Qingsi huddled her body, feeling that what Xun An said was reasonable, "Then, then I'll act together with you."

Xun An was silent for a while, then seemed to think of something, and asked a few people, "Do you have any silver items on you?"

It is easy to solve these npcs by himself, but after all, there are ordinary people present, so he can't be too obvious.

Although it was just a game, he couldn't really let them get killed right under his nose.

For some reason, Xun'an remembered that he met a strange person during the time when he first transformed into form. He was not happy because he saved a mortal, but he laughed heartily after hearing why he saved him.

If he knew that there was a word called "neurotic" at that time, he would definitely give it to that person.

"Silver products? No, how can there be such things in the initial equipment of the game?"

Wang Cheng wrote down the map drawn by Xun An, "Do you know Arnold's real identity?"

Xun An chuckled, "Maybe it's a vampire."