Xiao Yi was seeing a dagger made of Black Jade for the first time, and it was so exquisitely crafted that he couldn't help but play with it lovingly.
Nathan watched the dagger sway back and forth before his eyes, his mouth twitching involuntarily.
"Stop playing with it! At least don't play with it in front of me! Can we talk about something serious?"
Nathan had gone through great effort and paid an unknown price to get his hands on that dagger.
He hadn't even had a chance to touch it much himself, and there was Xiao Yi, harshly messing with it right before his eyes!
Who could stand that?
"Oh, okay," Xiao Yi nodded, looking at Nathan.
But his hands did not stop moving.
"So, what do I need to do?" Xiao Yi asked.
Nathan took a deep breath, "Explaining this might be a bit complicated, especially for you. Just understand, our biggest obstacle to leaving here is our mother."
"Mother? Oh, right."
After all, Nathan was planning to run away from home, so naturally, their mother was the biggest problem. There was no question about it.
"Our mother's attitude toward you is ambiguous; I've never seen her treat anyone like that before. But, Xiao Yi, you need to be careful," Nathan warned. "She's dangerous, no matter what, don't easily accept her!"
"So, should I go and persuade her?" Xiao Yi asked.
"No, she's absolutely unpersuadable. Wait, I just remembered something. You—uh!"
While Nathan was speaking, suddenly, he looked as if he had seen something extremely terrifying. His body began shaking uncontrollably, his breathing became rapid, cold sweat flowed incessantly, and his pupils shrank to tiny dots.
"She's coming! She's coming!"
"She's coming?" Xiao Yi was confused. "Who is she?"
However, Nathan did not answer Xiao Yi's question; he frantically tried to escape the room.
But before fleeing the room, Nathan didn't forget to give Xiao Yi the next set of instructions.
"Go to the double-door room on the west side of the first floor at all costs! Ask the person on the phone about the situation! Go torment her! She will surely help you!"
"…what?"
This sudden turn of events baffled Xiao Yi.
Yet the chat room erupted in a fierce discussion again due to Nathan's words.
"The person on the phone! Damn! Didn't expect to actually get information from the person on the phone!"
"Rule nine, the person on the phone might be able to provide some help, no Chosen One from any country has any clue about rule nine, didn't expect Brother Xiao Yi to find out so easily where the phone is!"
"With two people as assistants, Brother Xiao Yi will definitely be able to easily conquer this highest difficulty instance! Definitely can! Easily indeed!"
"Speaking of which, why did Brother Xiao Yi suddenly throw in some English there? Kinda odd."
Meanwhile, Xiao Yi still felt confused, but he understood where he needed to go next.
"Phone? I knew it, there must be a phone here. Call 110 to alert the police, the real culprit might resist, but at least with the police's power, they could restrain the other party."
As he was speaking, Xiao Yi suddenly paused.
He was holding the dagger in his left hand and pulled out the gun with his right.
"Thinking about it… isn't this illegal?"
Xiao Yi hesitated for a moment, then decided to call the police anyway, "Never mind, I'll just hand these two items over, they aren't mine anyway. Oh, let me check the time again."
Saying this, Xiao Yi took out his phone to check the time again.
The current time was… 1:47 AM.
He confirmed the time, then Xiao Yi walked out the door, ready to head to the room with double doors on the first floor west side mentioned by Nathan.
Seeing Xiao Yi's actions, the live streaming audience couldn't help but get excited!
"Awesome! Didn't expect Brother Xiao Yi to actually go look for the phone earnestly, though looking at his old phone is still a bit hard to keep a straight face."
"With little Nathan's help, plus the assistance from the person on the phone, even if a mysterious figure suddenly emerges in this instance, Brother Xiao Yi is almost sure to nail it!"
"The dawn usually breaks around six in the morning, which means just hanging on for another four hours, and Brother Xiao Yi will successfully clear the game! Victory is within reach!"
However, just as the live streaming audience was bubbling with excitement, Xiao Yi stopped in his tracks, standing by the door.
His expression was somewhat blank.
"Speaking of which, which side is west? Left? Or right? And... left of what, right of what?"
"..."
The previously excited live stream audience once again fell silent.
...
Xiao Yi could barely figure out the concept of the first floor, but beyond that—well, that was a different story.
In the live stream, there was a collective groan.
"Quack! Don't go there! That's the way out!"
"Eh, right, just walk like that, yes, just like that... Damn it, why are you still going out? After seven or eight times, even I remember the way, why do you have to go again?"
Xiao Yi began aimlessly wandering around the ground floor of the Western-style mansion, and the live streamers' blood pressure soared once more.
"Where on earth is the west side?" Xiao Yi, lost, wondered.
Just then, Xiao Yi suddenly felt a gaze, and he immediately looked toward the source.
Then, Xiao Yi saw a petite figure.
A little girl, only as tall as Xiao Yi's abdomen, dressed in a delicate black Western dress, was peeking out with half her head and body, covertly observing Xiao Yi.
"Who is that…"
Suddenly seeing someone he had never seen before in the Western-style mansion, Xiao Yi couldn't help but walk over with curiosity.
Seeing Xiao Yi approach, the little girl was startled, jumping like a frightened rabbit. She retracted her head, seemingly wanting to run away.
But after a moment, she peeked her head out again, watching Xiao Yi with curious, sparkling eyes.
Xiao Yi didn't walk up to her. Instead, he stopped just before the corner and asked the half-hidden little girl with a gentle smile,
"Little sister, who are you?"
The live stream audience also couldn't help but exclaim at the sight of this little girl.
Because she was just too cute.
"Wow! Even though the scene she appeared in is quite eerie, this little girl is just too cute! Totally smashing the eerie atmosphere to bits!"
"Her face, so naturally perfect, seems real yet illusory. Her hair, black as night, cascades like a waterfall, draped over her jade-like shoulders. Her lightly trembling eyelashes, like butterfly wings, brim with world-curious wonder. Her rosy little mouth, like finely carved red coral, subtly exudes a hint of shyness."
"Damn! The brother earlier has some literary flair!"
"Thanks, but actually, I copied and pasted it."
"...? You didn't copy one of those inferior texts from the author, did you? That taste of inferior text is too strong."
Facing Xiao Yi's question, the little girl parted her lips slightly.
"I…"