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Chapter 10 The Blood-Red Room (10)

Mrs. Schreck gritted her teeth, her face contorted: "Don't you want to live?"

"If I'm not wrong, you can't do anything now, can you? Otherwise, why are you trying to block me here but not taking action? Since there are rules, it not only restrains us, but also restrains you." Huo Ran raised his bone-cutting knife Pointing to the side, "I didn't break the rules, give in."

Mrs. Schreck was very angry. She already knew the news of the count's death.

Seeing that Mrs. Schreck had a resentful look on her face and had no intention of getting out of the way, Huo Ran walked down with the bone-cutting knife. Mrs. Schreck was so angry that she reluctantly gave way.

"Soon you won't be able to laugh anymore." Mrs. Schreck said angrily, looking at her back.

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There was nothing on the first floor. When Huo Ran came out after searching, Mrs. Schreck had disappeared.

When they returned to the third floor, He Qingqing and Tang Qian were already waiting inside.

He Qingqing kept taking out things from her backpack and placing them on the ground: "You're finally back. Here, we found this. We're waiting for you to look at it together."

Huo Ran also took out a few items from the diary: "They were all found on the second floor. There is nothing on the first floor."

He Qingqing found a note, a black pointed hat, and a thick Bible.

Tang Qian found a handful of cat hair, several small bottles of potion, and two photos.

Huo Ran stared at the fluffy cat fur: "There are actually pets here?"

Tang Qian nodded: "I felt it under 404's bed next to 403."

"What I found were some syringes and a map," Huo Ran unfolded the map, "and Ella's diary that I hadn't read before. This map...is it a map of the castle?"

He Qingqing and Tang Qian came over.

"It does look like the layout of this castle...but why are there five floors?"

Huo Ran pointed to a place: "This is the kitchen. I didn't see such a room next to the kitchen."

He Qingqing nodded at the floor above Huo Ran pointed to: "This floor is the third floor. I have never seen this room before."

Tang Qian: "I searched the fourth floor as well. How come these rooms disappeared out of thin air?"

Huo Ran thought of the key that fell from the count's body: "There is an unknown layer underground. They have hidden the room leading to this layer. What can you think of these things found?"

He Qingqing glanced at the pile in front of him, which included a black pointed hat, a small bottle of potion, and a Bible.

He Qingqing hesitated: "These things are a bit like..."

Huo Ran definitely said: "Witch."

"Yes, that's the witch!" Tang Qian put the two photos she found on the map, "Look."

In the first photo, a girl is huddled in a corner, with a blooming flower on her face. The man in front of her is holding a Bible and talking with her mouth open.

The second photo is much more bloody.

The girl was tied to the stake, weeping, surrounded by cheering crowds and blazing fire.

"Have you seen the murals hanging in the corridor?" Tang Qian said, "There is a photo frame on the fourth floor with her in it. Maybe all the murals in the entire castle...are these dead girls."

"The witch hunts in the European Middle Ages," Huo Ran said, "this was a pure murder of women."

A beep sounded in my ears.

["Ding Dong, the key clues have been found. The plot exploration degree is 25%. The main mission has been started: enter the underground layer and rescue the trapped girl. Mission time: None."]

"The main mission has started," Tang Qian pointed to the note in He Qingqing's hand, "Look what is written on this?"

After He Qingqing used the backpack, his writing appeared on the note.

["Don't go against the NPC's words in the plot."]

Tang Qian: "...I will die if the NPC asks me to die?"

He Qingqing nodded: "Of course, it is a rule in the plot. If you violate it, you will be killed by the game and the NPC will attack you. But if you die in the plot, you will still be alive after the plot."

"Okay...you can't see anything from the syringe for the time being. Let's take a look at the diary."

Huo Ran opened it and read it again.

"It was a cloudy day on May 19th and I dreamed about Susie. She was tied to the stake. What a nightmare.
The weather will be cloudy on May 23

I haven't written in my diary these days. Susie is missing. I feel very strange.

Cloudy weather on May 25th

My mother looked at me more and more strangely... When I was playing in the garden, I looked back and my mother was staring at me. I was a little scared.

Cloudy weather on May 28

Today I heard my mother talking to herself, saying where she wanted to send me. Doesn’t my mother want me anymore? I want to do more housework to make myself useful

Cloudy weather on June 1st
The church wanted to take me away, but my mother agreed and I ran away.

June
Got caught. The church took me to a dark room. I was so scared and it smelled so bad. I missed my mother."

He Qingqing was looking at it intently when she suddenly realized that there was nothing behind it, only some messy balls of thread drawn on it.

Huo Ran turned directly to the last page.

There is only one sentence written densely on it.

I hate my mother, I hate my mother, I hate my mother, I hate my mother, I hate my mother -

Tang Qian: "I hate my mother...Why do I still miss my mother after being caught by the church on June 3, but in the last page I hate my mother?"

Huo Ran didn't say anything, put away the diary and stood up: "Let's go to the first floor."

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Huo Ran and the others arrived at the first floor, where the missing room on the map was.

Huo Ran knocked, it was solid.

"Isn't this just a wall?" Tang Qian groped, "How to get in, the wall penetration technique?"

"I have the key."

Huo Ran took out the key and banged it on the wall. A door slowly appeared.

The key was broken just after opening the door, meaning they could only enter once.

Tang Qian looked at the dark inside, which seemed to be bottomless, and backed away with some fear: "It's too scary in here...can I not go?"

Before Huo Ran could speak, a sinister voice behind him said, "It's not up to you."

Before the three of them could turn around, they were kicked into the door with great force.

Mrs. Schreck smiled and looked at her: "Now that you have found me, enjoy this journey..."

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Huo Ran opened his eyes with difficulty.

She appears again in the carriage that she just entered the game.

This time she was not alone. There were more than a dozen girls sitting in the carriage. He Qingqing and Tang Qian were sitting on both sides of the carriage door, and she was sitting in the middle of the carriage.

Huoran glanced away, and saw the youngest Ella sobbing with her head down, and the girl who was burned to death in the photo was sitting next to her.

After looking at them one by one, Huo Ran turned his head to look at the two girls beside him who had not raised their faces.

"That..." Huo Ran said.

The girl on the left raised her face with an aggrieved look on her face: "Boss, why did I become a woman?"

"...Miao Xin?"

The girl on the right sighed, it was Di Zhou: "Boss, do you know where this is?"

Huo Ran has always been a calm and rational person, but at this moment, he felt something unspeakable in his heart.

"As long as you are alive." Huo Ran said, "No matter where this is... I will take you home."

(End of this chapter)