Chapter 490: Midnight Fright
These dishes gradually excite the players' nerves.
Perhaps because the person who came to deliver the meal this time was not the village chief, Xiao Jin had some more guesses in his mind.
Looking at the villagers with dull eyes, she directly refused: "I'm not hungry." The others were a little surprised to hear this, after all, the lesson of the past was right in front of them.
"Oh, I'm losing weight too." Tong Xiaolu waved his hand with a smile.
She still believed in Xiao Jin very much.
"My stomach hurts." Yunye said expressionlessly.
Shao Siyuan and Sui Feng's lips twitched slightly, Brother, you should at least pretend to be more realistic.
Sui Feng then looked at himself. With his physique, wasn’t it a bit too much of a fool to talk about losing weight and getting sick?
But what the players didn't expect was that the person who delivered the food didn't force them. Instead, he smiled meaningfully and took the food away intact.
"This……"
Ignoring the hesitant looks from the others, Xiao Jin went straight up to the third floor.
After returning to the room and closing the door, Xiao Jin first looked around the bedroom, especially the traces he left behind. There was no sign that any traps had been triggered.
As for the clothes on the wall that were covering the masks, they were still properly covered.
Afterwards, Xiao Jin took out the prepared food from the space - red oil wonton, cheese omelet, glutinous rice chicken, caramel pudding, and a glass of iced orange juice.
Who wants to eat those weird things? It’s not like she has nothing to eat!
After putting everything in place, Xiao Jin slowly and leisurely enjoyed the delicious food in front of him, but his ears were always alert to the sounds outside the door.
——It's too quiet.
The entire guesthouse was so quiet at this moment that it seemed as if there was no living thing.
It's obviously shabby, but after all the players closed the door, they couldn't hear any sound from next door, which was unreasonable.
After dinner, Xiao Jin cleaned up the garbage, and soon, night fell completely.
All the lights in the guesthouse were off.
The players lay in bed with their eyes open, but no one was truly asleep.
The first night in the game is often the easiest time to get clues. There are dangers, but not many, and you won't be in danger if you step out of line a little.
Xiao Jin also lay quietly, his fingers resting on the hilt of the long sword, ready to deal with any emergency at any time.
After an unknown amount of time, she suddenly heard a subtle sound.
"Shasha... Shasha..."
It seemed like something was slowly crawling outside the wall.
Xiao Jin held his breath and slowly turned his head from the pillow to the window.
Relying on his powerful eyesight, Xiao Jin could barely perceive a black shadow passing by silently and quickly outside the dim black glass.
Immediately afterwards——
"Bang." A soft sound came from the wall right above Xiao Jin's head, as if something was lying on the roof.
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As night falls, the sparse stars in the inky sky twinkle with dim light, as if they are nature's silent spectators, quietly watching everything that is about to happen below.
Outside the guesthouse, there seemed to be indescribable creatures lurking in the night. They surrounded this lonely building, forming an invisible encirclement, and the air was filled with a depressing and weird atmosphere.
Xiao Jin's room is on the third floor of the guesthouse.
During the day, she checked and found that there was no rooftop above the guesthouse. So the thing lying on her head now was definitely not a bored player who wanted to ventilate!
As Xiao Jin's thoughts continued to diverge, in the silence, the strange noises from before suddenly stopped, as if they had never existed.
Xiao Jin's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and his thoughts were in a tizzy - did he leave? Or...
Just a few seconds later, a subtle but clear voice suddenly appeared outside Xiao Jin's door.
The sound was like the low gasp of some creature, like a gust of cold wind in the night, penetrating the crack in the door and hitting the heart directly.
Xiao Jin suddenly jumped up from the bed, holding the knife tightly in both hands.
Her ears pricked up like radar, capturing every slight movement outside the door.
Then, an even harsher and more horrifying scratching sound broke the silence of the night. It was the sound of sharp nails slowly scraping against the wooden door.
The sound was neither fast nor slow, but extremely harsh, making people feel as if their hair was standing on end.
"Hmm~" Xiao Jin frowned and put his hands in front of his ears.
This scene made her subconsciously think of the plate of stir-fried vegetables with long fingernails in the illusion that the village chief brought her at lunch.
Just as this sudden memory made her feel a little nauseous in her chest, the sounds in the surrounding environment began to quietly increase, rushing in from all directions like a tide.
Xiao Jin's brows were furrowed, and he even had tinnitus.
However, she did not rush out of the room impulsively, but quickly took out an exquisite small bottle from her backpack, which contained the item "Holy Water·White".
Gently unscrew the bottle cap and a faint fragrance wafts into your nose.
Xiao Jin raised his head without hesitation and took a small sip. In an instant, the noisy sounds seemed to be wrapped in an invisible protective shield and weakened a lot.
After tasting the sweetness, Xiao Jin was very happy, as long as it was useful.
Then she drank the remaining "holy water" in the bottle.
As the power of the holy water slowly flowed through her body, Xiao Jin discovered that the noise that had nearly drowned her had now become like distant whispers.
Although it is still faintly audible, it is no longer enough to cause the body's rejection reaction.
She breathed a sigh of relief and ignored the things outside. She lay down on the bed again, hugged the long knife and closed her eyes.
Fortunately, she did not act impulsively. Now that she thought about it, since the thing on the other side could be blocked by a small bottle of "holy water", it meant that he was not a very powerful character.
Of course, this is based on the assumption that the players will not go out.
If he really goes out, what he encounters will not be something Xiao Jin can decide!
At the same time, the same scene is also being played out in front of the residences of other players. These ghosts have only one purpose - to lure the players out of their safe havens.
But the situation is quite strange.
Some players suddenly had a strange mist in front of their doors, and whispers could be heard in the mist, which seemed to cause fear in people.
Others have their doors and windows knocked on by invisible forces, and every sound is like a death-threatening drumbeat, making people frightened and inexplicably irritated.
However, the players are not fools. After a little thought, they will know that the other side is just making a lot of noise but doing little.
If it really is an evil ghost, just break in through the door. Why scare them?
So some people, like Xiao Jin, drank "holy water" to reduce the noise in their ears, or used other props that could resist mental attacks.
Other players take a more direct and pragmatic approach.
They quickly took out defensive tools or devices from their backpacks and placed them around the portal, forming an invisible barrier.
Afterwards, the players closed their eyes tightly, and no matter how noisy the outside world was, they remained unmoved like old monks in meditation.
About ten people gritted their teeth and forced themselves to fall asleep.
They have to sleep. It's only the first day of the game. They can hold on, but it gets more and more dangerous as time goes on. Without energy, how can they withstand the real murderous intent?