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Chapter 147 - Watch the fires burning across the river

After leaving Jia An's room, Bai Leshui headed for the next door. Bai Leshui had no intention of continuing to use the card. He just wanted to scare people a little bit. Unexpectedly, after knocking on the door a few times, his hands froze in place.

He heard a woman's voice calling in his ear.

[Child, my child...]

Bai Leshui tilted his head. Why did this voice... sound so much like his mother?

The woman who gave birth to him in the original world, but never smiled at him sincerely.

This voice gradually faded from his memory after she left him. Unexpectedly, it suddenly echoed in his ears today, bringing back all his memories of his biological mother.

"Parent-Teacher Conference? You should know I don't have time for it."

"What do you want to show me? Certificate of honor? Well, that's great... Hello? Good day, it's very presumptuous of me to call you suddenly, but my company..."

"Birthday present? Oh, leave it over there ba. Your birthday? Here's the money. Go buy whatever you want. I don't have time."

This was the case every time he talked to his mother. Gradually, he no longer looked forward to it.

Mother doesn't love me.

The young Bai Leshui soon discovered this fact.

So, it was difficult for him to love the mother who gave birth to him.

Even so, he still felt very sad when she decided to leave and abandon Bai Leshui.

[My child, come here.]

The voice was very gentle. Although the voice was the same as in his memory, Bai Leshui had never heard her speak to him so gently.

The voice gradually faded away. Bai Leshui seemed to be possessed. He subconsciously turned around and walked towards the direction where the voice faded away.

The next second, he was hugged tightly from behind by a gentle embrace.

"Where are you going?" Rong Zheng whispered in his ear.

Bai Leshui immediately came back to his senses and realized that he was confused by some kind of card.

He shouldn't be nostalgic for such a voice, he wouldn't be nostalgic too.

"Nothing." Bai Leshui whispered, "It should be some kind of card ba. It wants me to leave here."

"Oh." Rong Zheng responded lightly, without asking any more questions, he just glanced at the door and remembered the room number.

Seeing Bai Leshui's expression that looked like he was about to cry just now, Rong Zheng didn't intend to pretend that nothing had happened.

Inside the room, Shi Qiu heard there seemed to be no movement outside the room, quietly put away the card [Mother's Call] and breathed a sigh of relief.

At least he escaped.

This night raid stopped halfway because of Bai Leshui's low mood. The two did not care about what happened to players later, and did not even confirm whether Huang Pi was eliminated, went straight back to the room.

Bai Leshui didn't want to talk, so Rong Zheng didn't ask. He lay quietly on the bed, hugged him in his arms, and slept until dawn.

The next day, he got up later than usual. Don't know if it was because the day before was a full moon, Hong rarely didn't knock the door on time. Rong Zheng got up and went out to ask, then learned from Hong that Lady Maud was always unwell the day after the full moon night, so the morning prayer was always exempted, she could stay in the room for a while longer.

This was good news for Bai Leshui, who was in a bad mood. Rong Zheng stayed in bed for a while longer before going to the restaurant to prepare.

On the other side, there was a little chaos among players.

This was not the first time that a player was eliminated in the castle, but it was the first time that the body was left at the scene in such a tragic state.

Jia An's door was wide open, the body fell inside, with his limbs spread out and his head looking up at the ceiling, his eyes wide open.

The first female player who saw it exclaimed, turned around hurriedly, and dared not look again. This was her first time to go through the promotion dungeon. She was used to seeing all kinds of puppet corpses in the primary dungeon. Although she knew before entering the dungeon that in order to make it more realistic, the corpses would no longer be replaced by obviously fake puppets, she was mentally prepared, but she didn't expect it to be so real. For a moment, she thought that the man died here.

"He's dead." Third Sister, who is also a woman, said bluntly after seeing this.

The female player looked at her, then she realized that this sentence meant being eliminated. After going through many dungeons, she knew that many words were best not to be said directly, such as 'crossing', 'game', 'player' and 'eliminated' which are obviously game terms.

NPCs and monsters here will not block these words. They will hear and react, although they will not guess the truth. In addition, many players are happy to hide among NPCs.

Shi Qiu stood beside Third Sister and patted his chest in panic. He whispered to Third Sister: "It also knocked on my door last night, but I was quick-witted."

Third Sister raised her eyebrows and looked at him: "What did you do?"

Shi Qiu: "I told the person who knocked on the door to go find mama."

Third Sister lowered her eyes and immediately thought of a card based on Shi Qiu's words: "You are too impatient."

Shi Qiu: "What if I end up like this?" He didn't want to wait three months before challenging for promotion. Get promoted earlier and become a formal member of the alliance earlier, isn't it very good ma?

Third Sister didn't say anything. She couldn't explain clearly what was wrong with Shi Qiu's handling, but she just felt that it was not proper.

Ruan Qing looked around at the people present. Third Sister and Shi Qiu were acquainted with him. He had also seen the other two. They had a low sense of presence and remained silent. He didn't see Brother Huang.

Ruan Qing panicked, ran to Huang Pi's door and knocked hard: "Brother Huang? Are you in there ma? Brother Huang!"

Shi Qiu looked at Ruan Qing who was about to rise and bang on the door: "There shouldn't have another one ba. Is the full moon night so dangerous ma? Third Sister, have you seen the moon ma?"

Two players, a man and a woman, who had been silent, looked over quietly.

Third Sister: "No."

"Me neither." Shi Qiu patted his chest, "Sure enough, not looking is the correct answer a. I thought about it carefully for a long time and didn't know what to do, and finally decided to go to bed sleep."

"Yeah." Third Sister responded and turned her head away. Ruan Qing was still banging on the door.

"Can it pried open ma?" Third Sister walked over to say.

Ruan Qing turned her head to look at Third Sister, Third Sister took out a key and handed it to Ruan Qing.

Ruan Qing took it blankly and looked down, and found that it was actually a hook-shaped □□, very old style, which can only be used for old-style locks, and the doors of this villa are basically all old locks.

"Because it can be used in many places, I carry it with me for a long time." Being stared at by Ruan Qing with strange eyes, Third Sister explained.

Ruan Qing nodded, indicating that he understood that in many copies, if there is a key that can open the lock, it can last for a long time without being eliminated.

He also wanted to get one. The structure of the old □□ was very simple, those who were skillful could even make it by themselves.

However, opening the door required some skills. Ruan Qing hesitated with the key for a long time before opening the door.

As soon as the door opened, everyone came over, including the two silent players.

Huang Pi's room was in a mess, the sheets were torn into pieces, the tables and chairs were overturned on the ground, there were bloodstains everywhere, just like a murder scene, but only one of the most important things was missing, the body.

No, it should be said, whether Huang Pi was eliminated is still debatable.

"Brother Huang... is missing." Ruan Qing said blankly.

Shi Qiu shook his head and patted Ruan Qing's shoulder.

Judging from the amount of blood on the ground, the possibility of being eliminated is very high.

Third Sister walked around the room and picked up a small piece of thin silver chain from the ground. She tilted her head and thought for a long time before she remembered that a servant in the castle had a small brooch on the collar, and that brooch had such a silver chain decoration.

As for Huang Pi, he was wearing a simple vest and black pants, there would be no such chain that was obviously made of silver.

Even she herself was poor because of her role, the platinum ring she often wore on her little finger did not come with her into the game.

On a full moon night, will servants become a killer ma?

In addition, Third Sister did not find other items and clues in the room, the same was true for Jia An's room.

Huang Pi's elimination has basically become a fact tacitly accepted by everyone, especially when they saw that two chairs were missing. Although the reason for his disappearance was still unclear, all this became unimportant after everyone saw that there was one more person among the servants.

At breakfast, Lady Maud did not appear as usual. Only Mr. Si and a group of servants were there, but today there was one more servant, Hei.

The tall and thin man was wearing a waiter's uniform, trying to straighten his back. He stood at the back with an expressionless face like everyone else, his eyes were quietly looking around.

When he looked up and saw Hei, Shi Qiu was so shocked that he dropped his fork.

The female player finally couldn't help but speak: "Why is he there? Isn't he like us a play... a guest who came here ma?"

Rong Zheng looked at her: "The castle is short of staff, he is here to work."

The female player swallowed her saliva: "Are you still short of staff ma?"

"After he comes, there will be no shortage." Rong Zheng said.

The female player pursed her lips, lowered her head to eat, and hid the little thoughts that arose in her heart.

She didn't ask, but Hei was frightened, broke into a cold sweat, and suddenly came to his sense. This morning, when Mr. Si asked him to come to the restaurant with others to help, Hei refused in his heart. He didn't want to reveal that he had joined the other camp too quickly, but thinking about the shocked expressions of those people, Hei was a little looking forward to it, and finally came.

But just now, the female player's question and Mr. Si's answer made Hei wake up immediately, he got another meaning from Rong Zheng's words: if Hei is eliminated, there will be a lack of manpower, someone can replace him.

Originally, Hei hunted other players, but now Hei himself has become the hunted.

At least the female player who lowered her head to eat has begun to think about how to replace him. In the case that the clues to the treasure are still unknown, it is obviously easier to become a hunter and eliminate other players.

The game does not allow direct attacks on others, so cards duel is the key. The female player is still very confident in the quality of the cards in her hand.

What Hei and the female player thought of, others also thought of. Shi Qiu looked at Third Sister, and Third Sister shook her head at him.

They have to pass the level together, the additional term can only be passed by one person, which is meaningless to them.

Of course, it is necessary to guard against Hei. The condition for Hei to pass the level is to eliminate all of them.

Ruan Qing lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. The male player sitting opposite Ruan Qing glanced at Hei, then at the female player and Ruan Qing, and after thinking for a while, he set his sights on third Sister and Shi Qiu, and made a decision secretly.

Rong Zheng stood next to the main seat, taking in everyone's expressions, and laughed secretly.

Rong Zheng just said casually that 'there are enough people' and 'there will be no shortage after he comes.' Rong Zheng himself didn't know whether the game mechanism restricted this.

Instigate and watch the fires burning across the river, he likes it.

The author has something to say:

Rong Zheng: While the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman catches both. Turn_around_and_get_the_net.jpg

  1. 隔岸观火 (gé àn guān huǒ) = not helping when other are in dangers and watching the excitement on the sidelines
  2. 鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利 (yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì) = neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party

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