"...," she began but only got as far as the word "I" when she stopped speaking, biting her lip and bowing her head, seemingly too afraid to look at Xiao Yi. Her tiny frame trembled slightly.
Seeing the little girl's demeanor, everyone in the live stream was about to melt.
"Ah! Too cute! I'm gonna melt!"
"How does Brother Xiao Yi hold back? If it were me, I'd have scooped her up and given her candy already!"
"Enough already, this is a live stream, not a lawless place... huh? Actually, saying that might not be a problem."
"People see what they want to see..."
"...Everyone, calm down for a moment and think carefully. Where did this little girl come from? This family has never mentioned having a daughter, right? No matter how cute she is, we have to be careful with a character that shows up out of nowhere!"
Reminded by those comments, the viewers recalled that this was indeed an abnormal instance; the little girl might not be as frail as she appeared.
The viewers couldn't help but become more vigilant.
"The background setting and rules have no mention of this little girl. So mysterious, is she a hidden character?"
"Since she's here, it means she's related to this family. We all know what this family is like, so she might be a rather dangerous entity."
"No matter what, it's still best to be cautious."
"That being said... she really is too cute. I would have no regrets in life if I could just hold her once."
A barrage of "me too" comments scrolled past.
Xiao Yi, seeing her reaction, thought she might be scared of him and was a bit saddened.
"...Do I really look that scary?"
He took two steps back from the little girl, deciding it was best not to ask her any questions and not to frighten her.
But after pondering for a moment, Xiao Yi softly asked,
"Little sister, do you know where the west side is? Someone asked me to go to a room with double doors."
"...,"
The little girl suddenly became still.
Her two small hands were clasped together, her index fingers wrestling against each other, as if she were struggling with inner conflict.
However, after hesitating for a moment, she still pointed in a direction.
"Over there? Thank you."
Xiao Yi immediately stood up and ran in the direction the little girl had indicated. Sure enough, it wasn't long before he spotted the room with the double doors.
The viewers in the live stream couldn't help but praise the quick find.
"Wow! He found the destination in no time, so we don't have to watch Brother Xiao Yi wander aimlessly anymore."
"It's all thanks to that little sister who's as pure and beautiful as the moon!"
"Oh my God! She's like my stress-relief pill!"
"What kind of analogy is that from the person before... But it's pretty apt."
Xiao Yi approached the door and saw a huge broken lock on the ground in front of it.
The door seemed to have been locked before; it was a mystery who had opened it.
"Is this the place?"
Xiao Yi pushed open the door, and the bone-chilling cold that hit him made him shiver involuntarily.
The room was very dim, a darkness deeper than darkness itself, as if everything was suppressed beneath heavy shadows.
An inexplicable chill and oppression permeated the dim room, sending a shiver down Xiao Yi's spine.
Only a single candle flame stubbornly stood against the darkness, struggling to cast a feeble glow around it.
A faint candle scent lingered in the gloomy air, moist and warm, the aroma of determined flame burning.
Listening closely, there was a whispered voice, which seemed distant and yet close to the ear, vague like an auditory hallucination.
Through Xiao Yi's main perspective, everyone experiencing this room also involuntarily felt a surge of palpitations, their breathing becoming labored.
"Even with Brother Xiao Yi there, I still feel a terror that makes it hard to breathe. What on earth is with this room?"
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"Fuck! My cabinet is moving! I don't want to watch anymore!"
At the center of the room, blatantly conspicuous and drawing Xiao Yi's attention, was a heavy, thick book.
It lay within a crimson array, this array had not been made with any kind of paint but with blood. That bright, bright red, as if it had been squeezed directly out of a heart.
Xiao Yi walked in, picked up the book, and upon seeing the text on its pages, he felt an inexplicable sense of unease.
The ink flowing on the thick pages wasn't normal; those characters seemed to be contorting reality itself, having a sort of abnormal beauty.
"What the hell is this shit?" Xiao Yi frowned as he spoke, tossing the book back onto the floor, "Whose kid's homework is this, with handwriting uglier than mine, completely illegible."
This remark from Xiao Yi instantly dispersed much of the eerie atmosphere.
"No wonder he's Brother Xiao Yi, he just made me feel better in an instant."
"Abnormal instances are so terrifying, but it's not scary with Brother Xiao Yi fighting for us. Brother Xiao Yi is the best!"
"Fuck! My cabinet stopped moving, now I want to watch again."
"What are those abnormal characters on the book? Utterly incomprehensible, they don't look like any language we have on Blue Star."
"So, where's the phone?" Xiao Yi picked up a bit of candlelight and began searching the room for a phone.
Meanwhile, he couldn't help but complain:
"In such a big room, there's not even a single light, are they skimping on the electricity bill or can't afford to install one? If you don't have the money, then don't build such a massive house."
This seemed to be a room dedicated to storing all sorts of books, with tomes from various fields scattered on the floor and shelves. Just glancing at the titles gave Xiao Yi a headache, let alone reading them.
Before long, Xiao Yi found the telephone.
It was an ancient, old-fashioned push-button telephone, with black plastic buttons arranged evenly on the panel, their numbers somewhat faded.
Xiao Yi couldn't help but feel nostalgic, but nostalgia aside, he hadn't forgotten the reason he had come to this place.
He immediately lifted the handset and pressed 110.
"Hello..."
However, there was no response from the other end of the receiver, not even a sound.
"…Huh?"
Xiao Yi brought the candle closer to the telephone and then realized it wasn't connected to any telephone line.
The live audience, who had hoped to get help from the person on the phone, were stunned by the situation.
"This phone can't be used at all!"
"What about rule nine then? Wasn't it said that the person on the phone could provide help?"
"Could there be another phone somewhere?"
"What the hell, this is totally useless!" Xiao Yi was also about to put down the handset.
But just at that moment, he heard a languid girl's voice.
"Ah… hello, hello, nice to meet you."
Hearing the voice, Xiao Yi put the handset back to his ear.
But the voice said, "Ah… put down the handset, it's useless. I'm here. Just open up the telephone panel, and you'll see me."
"…Ah?" This time, even Xiao Yi was taken aback.
He put down the handset and, like flipping through a book, easily peeled open the telephone panel.
Then, inside the phone, a pretty girl's face was smiling at him.
"Nice to meet you," she said.
"…Ah?"
Seeing this bizarre scene, the live audience was also startled.
"Holy shit! There's a person inside the phone!"
"To be precise, it's a person's face! A telephone this size can't fit a whole head, only a face!"
"What? Just a face? How is she talking? And she can make expressions! Does this make any sense!?"
"Damn, it's literally a "person on the phone," huh!"
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