_The sculptor_
After an hour Previously, it was still morning, only an hour had passed, however, the sun had already set, the sky outside had turned dark completely.
Yuan Zhu couldn't believe this was happening, what sort of cheap plot was this? Her heart felt abit resentful, only an hour and it was already dark? She stood at the door of the room, in the dark, Yuan Zhu was expressionless with a calm and lazy temperament, she leisurely walked out of the cottage.
Under the moonlight, her eyes scanned around for them, shouldn't they be here already?
There it comes, the feeling of being watched, it felt as if being stared at by thousands of eyes, her eyes scanned every direction.
"She really does come" echoes a low-like voice, like a snake dressed in pink, meant to look cute but absolutely far from cute, Slowly she turned back, there they were, one in blue the other in brown, she was certain she glanced at this direction few seconds ago, and it was empty but now occupied by this vile?
"I told you, our charms, irresistible, it wouldn't be a surprise she was here, who would dare not play with us" the girl in blue said to the girl in brown.
Yuan Zhu could feel this two had changed, the ominous feelings they're giving is peaking every seconds, their resentment filled the atmosphere, although they are smiling and acting cute, however it was more like clouding her actual sides, the evil that resides within.
Not long, the twin sisters has neared Yuan Zhu, although she has a solid mind, how could she not bother about the thick rusty smell coming from them, the twins reeked of rotten flesh.
Yuan Zhu was at her extreme trying to control the barf rising in the pit of her stomach. "What game is it" she managed to squeezed out.
The girl in blue pouted and said "Don't be in such haste, eager that much? A lan dislike impatient people most irrespective of how pretty"
The girl in brown nodded in confirmation, she was about to say a word when Zhang Han came out of the cottage, he glanced at them and said
"It's late, you kids go inside I don't want to lose a daughter anymore" Yuan Zhu quickly comport herself and nodded but still said "I will go inside soon"
Zhang Han stared at them for seconds before going back inside."Dad is getting impatient, should we just kill him too?"
The girl in brown asked, the smiles she always plastered on are nowhere to be found, her face was grimm and revealing a feeling of massacre.
"Tonight is for fun, tomorrow we can kill him, alot of playthings to be played with"
the girl in blue replied, suddenly she turned to Yuan Zhu and said "Sister. A lan is merciful like a Buddha, initially I had intented to play cut the fingers, Ning Ning had also suggested playing ripping the eyes out, but due to Dad interruption we will play go up into the woods"
Yuan Zhu took back few steps away from them, it was more like Everytime she took a step forward in solving the plot, she ended up taking two more backwards, in less than four hours if she was unable to fish out the culprit..
Wait a minute the system mentioned something about explore and survive, what's the use of being in an horror plot if not risking lives at least that could trigger survival, and wasn't to explore the same thing as finding the reason the culprit was killing people?
Maybe if she agreed, she might find a clue and get out of here, moreover how could welcome mission be this complex?
She just started playing, how could she be given this plot, it wasn't even the first world exploring but a newcomer mission, more like a trial to test her abilities. wasn't this a bug?
"What are the rules?" She asked.
The blue dressed of the twin rolled her eyes and said "A Lan doesn't play by the rules, she hated rules and anything related to it. The other girl in brown squinted and declared "Also Ning Ning, but the first to find the sculptor won."
The Sculptor? Yuan Zhu doesn't understand what they meant by the sculptor, she had gotten this far, what point drawing back, she doesn't hesitated and started walking away.
Looking from a distance, the hooting of an howl and the darkened misty woods ahead was no way inviting, except the evil calling unto people to embrace, to lure and feed.
She doesn't have a flash light, neither an oil lamp, instead her grip on the polished and sharp dagger she held tightened, she wasn't seeking death that much, How could she agreed to play unharmed with those.. she doesn't even know what to compare them with.
The woods before her was dark, Yuan Zhu took out a lighter, her pale face in the dark with the illumination of the lighter looked abit ghostly.
[Just a helpful reminder, it's not too late to go back] lovie who has been silent the whole time panicked.
"Thought you're sleeping" she said indifferently, walking towards the woods.
[Lovie doesn't sleep! Lovie is an advanced intelligence system, oh so good, passionate and down to earth! I was only considering your safety, don't think if you die I will burn you a paper money!]
"Let's get in there and see" she doesn't have the time to give this system who was cursing at her, she might as well used it to save herself first by finding the culprit sooner.
The moment she entered into the woods, the road ahead was dark and hazy, thank goodness she still has this with her, with the help of the lighter she could make out the path ahead, inspite of the lighter, she got to an area where the mist was denser, at this instance she could only heard her breath, this eerie silence magnify the feeling of unknown evil.
Suddenly she felt a light pat on her shoulder, turning back there was nothing, the gas in the lighter was running out while she was stuck in a fog where she could barely see.
Straight ahead a figure flashed before her view, Yuan Zhu didn't waste a minute before chasing after it.She couldn't risk the lighter completely running out, therefore she turned it off, sprinting after the figure.
After running for few minutes, she was forced to stop by the thing before her, wasn't a floating ghost or ferocious beast, but a cave. The fog seemed to avoid this part of the woods as it was fog free.
"System, how many hours do I have left"
[Less than three hours]
It's better to die trying than not trying at all, Yuan Zhu light up the lighter as she stepped into the cave.