Chapter 12 The Second Night
Author: Monroe No Bird
After Wei Miao discovered the magic circle, she put the bed curtain back.
This is a world where supernatural beings are rampant. Even ordinary people know that supernatural beings exist. It is not surprising that there are evil magic circles and rituals. The key is that she cannot understand them.
If you have to guess what this magic circle is for, is it to prevent corpses from transforming? Pisa told her not to touch the things on the seventh floor because this ritual is actually to restrain ghosts?
But this ritual... is too evil. Does this world rely on the method of "defeating evil with evil" to maintain its operation?
She walked out of the room and closed the door.
Next, she checked other rooms, and without exception there were magic circles under the beds, and the doors were in the same condition as 701.
Room 713 is an exception again. Its door is the same as downstairs, and the switch does not make any friction sound.
Of course, she checked carefully and found that there was nothing else to care about in 713 except the sacrificial circle.
Wei Miao went up to the seventh floor tonight. In addition to seeing if there were any missed points during the day, she also wanted to verify her conjecture.
She closed all the doors from 701 to 706, and clamped a piece of Lorraine's slightly longer blond hair between the cracks of the doors from 701 to 703. The doors from 707 to 712 were open.
713 remains closed, the only difference is that there is an extra hair between the cracks of the door.
There is often a term for controlled experiments in biological experiments. Wei Miao has set up multiple control groups this time, corresponding to various situations. When he wakes up early tomorrow morning, he will know whether his guess is correct or not.
As for the arrangement being destroyed... Wei Miao considered the temperaments of the three of them and felt that it was impossible for them to come to the gloomy seventh floor at night. If they really did such a thing, she would look down upon them.
Back at 306 hours, it was almost eight o'clock.
Wei Miao turned on the TV. Although she didn't know why a long series of TV programs were produced in the game copy, it was an effective way to obtain information. Generally speaking, in order to reduce the computing load, virtual online games use fixed CG-like cutscene recordings to provide
Necessary information, but it is very rare to create large sections of CG.
"The slum nightmare incident that occurred in Colin City, Conrad State some time ago has been basically brought under control. Unfortunately, many poor people died in this disaster, and the number of casualties has not yet been counted. The abnormal organization Ghost World has announced that it is responsible...
"
"...Months ago, the Spirit-Expelling Society discovered traces of the Eye Spirit Cult's activities in Dick City. After careful arrangements, the branch of the Eye Spirit Cult was taken away yesterday, and a large number of peripheral members were killed or captured. The Eye Spirit Cult responded to this
No statement."
Wei Miao saw it after ten o'clock. During this period, she briefly paid attention to entertainment programs, documentaries, etc. to learn about the customs and customs of this world.
For players, exploring the world background is also part of the fun of the game.
"Tuk tuk——"
There was a knock on the door, and Wei Miao opened the door and saw that it was Anderson, holding a pillow and quilt in his hands.
He smiled: "I will come to your place to sleep tonight."
Hearing this, Wei Miao's expression first became strange, and then she remembered the plan they had made during the morning meal to spend the night together.
She showed a spring-like smile and gave way: "Please come in."
After Anderson entered the door, he first noticed the TV that was turned on: "Are you watching TV too?"
"Yes, I think the TV is pretty good to watch." Wei Miao said perfunctorily.
Anderson didn't regard himself as an outsider at all, and sat down beside her bed in a swaggering manner: "Please try to squeeze in a seat tonight. Two grown men, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?"
That's not necessarily the case... Wei Miao said coldly in her heart. She has a certain degree of mysophobia. Not to mention strange men, she is not happy with strange women sleeping in the same bed with her.
This has nothing to do with appearance and figure, it is purely a personal habit. Having said that, another feature of Masquerade is that it weakens the interference of appearance on player choices.
Everyone wears a mask, who knows whether it is a human or a ghost underneath? Even if you use a fake body like this dungeon, the fake body will be allocated by the system, and the appearance will be considered as a corresponding advantage and disadvantage in the game balance.
But she didn't show it at all: "Of course."
Anderson: "What are you going to do if there are footsteps again tonight?"
"Pretending not to sleep."
Wei Miao was actually not sure that her guess was completely correct. She could only pray that Anderson would never become the pig teammate who killed her.
Anderson nodded.
The two then talked for a while, mainly Anderson asking questions, and Wei Miao responded indifferently.
Unexpectedly, Anderson is actually a talkative person, talking about all kinds of things.
When the time came to around eleven o'clock, Wei Miao took the initiative to suggest that it was time to go to bed. The reason was that going to bed early and getting up early was good for your health.
So, he turned off the lights, locked the door, covered himself with quilt, and went to sleep. Anderson took the initiative to choose the side near the door, probably because he knew that ghosts would walk to the bedside on the other side. Wei Miao had no objection and moved herself to the edge of the bed.
, try to stay away from Anderson.
As Wei Miao opened her eyes in a daze, the time gradually came to twelve o'clock. From Anderson's breathing, she could tell that he was not asleep either. Especially when it was close to twelve o'clock, his breathing rhythm became a little faster.
He is really cheerful when chatting, but really timid when meeting ghosts.
Wei Miao remained calm and stared at the clock until the hands pointed to twelve o'clock.
"Dong-dong-dong-"
Sure enough, footsteps sounded on time. Wei Miao caught a glimpse of Anderson's body shaking out of the corner of his eye.
What happened next was the same as last night, first she heard the sound of the door opening, and then the sound of swaying footsteps. Wei Miao furtively opened her eyes again, but still saw nothing.
At one o'clock, the noise finally subsided. From twelve o'clock to one o'clock, Wei Miao paid attention to the time. The ghost disappeared very punctually, just like the prisoners in the prison who could only come out for a walk at a specific time.
Wei Miao didn't know how Anderson slept tonight, but she slept soundly afterwards.
In the morning, it was Anderson who pushed her awake. The dark circles around his eyes were heavier, but he looked refreshed and refreshed.
He asked her strangely: "Did you fall asleep again last night?"
When he knew about the haunting of ghosts, it was unreasonable to say that he slept to death again, so Wei Miao said: "No, I heard the ghost's footsteps."
"Then you're sleeping so well, aren't you scared?"
"I'm afraid. But with Brother Anderson here, I'm not so afraid." Wei Miao was talking nonsense.
When chatting yesterday, Anderson boasted to her that he had been a big brother in school before and was doing well in society. Wei Miao just followed his words and made up a reason that was not too outrageous, and maybe she could reap some benefits.
Good impression.
Anderson muttered something, picked up his quilt and pillow, and seemed to be planning to go back to his own room.
His performance last night was quite satisfactory, and he acted like an ostrich throughout the whole process. If he broke through the defense on the way, Wei Miao had already considered a solution.
She would kick him out of bed to let him taste the ultimate fright and exercise his courage so that he would not be unable to hold up the wall in a possible big scene later.
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