Bloody Footprints
Without any external forces, the originally closed door to the mansion had opened by itself. Fan Xiaoying and the others felt their hairs stand up in terror and they all subconsciously took half a step back. Only Gu Yong stepped forward and turned on the flashlight to illuminate the gap between the door. After looking in for a few seconds, he reached out and pushed the door in.
"Creaaakk…Clack..."
Along with the sound of rusty hinges, dust fell from above as the door slowly opened. From inside the building, a musty scent rushed out. Under the dim light coming from the flashlight, the inside of the mansion appeared to be even spookier.
When Gu Yong pushed the door open, the others all had very nervous expressions. When they saw that nothing strange happened after the door opened, they were able to let out a sigh of relief.
Because of his girlfriend Ye Zhao, Li Zhongmou wasn't very happy with Gu Yong. At this moment, he was even more dissatisfied. With a quiet voice he complained: "You should tell us in advance if you're going to open the door. What are you going to do if something goes wrong?"
Gu Yong smiled and said: "They said that the game would only start after we enter the mansion. It's just opening a door, nothing will happen."
Hearing him say that, Li Zhongmou opened and closed his mouth. For a moment he couldn't think of anything to say back. Ye Zhao tugged at his shirt and whispered accusingly to him: "Don't make a big fuss out of nothing….."
"...…" Li Zhongmou shut his mouth and his face flushed slightly red. Although he listened to Ye Zhao's words and didn't push things any further, the look that he gave Gu Yong was filled will resentment. He brushed his shoulder against Gu Yong and took the first step into the mansion. At the same time, he muttered in a low voice, "Show off."
"Zhongmou!" Ye Zhao was a little embarrassed. She gave Gu Yong an apologetic look, "I'm really sorry about this. This person is sometimes like that....."
"Xiao Xue, don't apologise. We have nothing to say to him!" From within the building came Li Zhongmou's voice filled with resent.
Gu Yong politely smiled and didn't appear to take it to heart. He turned to Fan Xiaoying and Yang Wei who had been standing on the side the entire time as if they're transparent and said: "Let's go in."
"Okay."
Fan Xiaoying made a sound of acknowledgement and at the same time felt like her head was about to explode. What is this garbage? Why do we have to have this kind of dog-blood drama going on even while we're faced with a life or death situation? But she didn't dare interrupt....she could only hope that they wouldn't continue fighting over something like this even after entering the mansion.
With a flashlight in their hands, everyone stepped into the mansion. The moment they all entered, the door slowly closed on its own. The musty smell grew stronger and it was mixed together with dust and a faint rotten smell that almost made Fan Xiaoying sneeze.
She covered her nose and mouth and used the other hand to hold her flashlight. She then nervously examined her surroundings.
They were currently in a place that appeared to be the living room. The floors, walls and furniture were all coated in a thick layer of dust. From under it, you could faintly see the originally brightly colored and intricate patterns that once had its days of glory. But after the consecutive mysterious deaths, this place had been completely abandoned and it eventually became this state.
For some reason, the temperature inside was much lower than the temperature outside. It didn't take long for Fan Xiaoying to feel cold and shiver.
She carefully examined the living room and didn't find anything out of the normal. She initiated the "Clue Prompt" skill and saw two items glowing faintly from inside the dimly lit living room before soon going out.
One of it was near where Yang Wei stood. She had seemingly noticed something and was about to go over in that direction, so Fan Xiaoying moved towards the direction of the other light. It was a tattered leather sofa. The leather wrapped around it had already been torn open. After hesitating for a moment, he reached into the exposed cotton and pulled out a small, hard object.
Fan Xiaoying spread open her hand and used her torch to illuminate the item in her hand. It was a small key with intricate engravings.
[Discovered a clue. You gain 50 experience points and 100 survival points.]
[Item Name: Key.]
[Item Type: Instance Prop.]
[Can you bring it out of an instance: No]
[Description: A silver key. It looks like it could be used to open some sort of secret door.]
Every time someone gets a hold of a special item inside an instance, they will automatically be given an introduction and description. Fan Xiaoying placed the key inside her pocket and turned around with the intention to report her discovery to the others but when her flashlight illuminated the floor, her entire body froze.
With the thick layer of dust on the floor, it was natural for the people walking around to leave behind footprints.
Only Fan Xiaoying had walked over to the location where she stood so it should only have one person's footprint, but she clearly saw another set of footprints on the floor along with her.
This set of footprints are extremely strange. The steps are messy and there are also obvious signs of dragging. The footprints from the left foot were missing the front half and the latter half left behind dark-red stains. It was as if the foot had been cut in half and blood was still flowing out of it.
Fan Xiaoying's expression changed and she took a step back. At this moment, a new footprint appeared in front of the set of footprints that she saw.
"Splat".
With a soft sound, fresh blood fell to the ground. The direction of the footprint was faced towards Fan Xiaoying's location!
"Ahhhh!!!!"