13mArk immediately understood Bai Haozheng's meaning.

Regardless of what those six figures in bamboo hats were, since they had come up from downstairs, they should, in theory, also go down from upstairs.

The Mu Yin Zhi Gui (Hidden Eye Ghost) lived on the twelfth floor.

The eleventh and tenth floors below originally belonged to the Dan Fei-Kafei brothers. After their deaths, they were naturally vacant.

Bob, who lived on the ninth floor, had slept through the entire night.

Therefore, 13mArk, who lived on the eighth floor, was theoretically the most likely to see those six figures in bamboo hats taking the Mu Yin Zhi Gui (alive or dead) downstairs.

"I didn't see anything."

13mArk spread his hands and said casually.

Yu Yi Xin Zhong (Feather Robe Heart Scar), the Plague Doctor, Li Ang, and the others who lived below him, also claimed that they had not seen anything.

"Is that so..."

Bai Haozheng pushed up his glasses. "There are two possibilities. One, the figures in bamboo hats disappeared directly into the floors with the Mu Yin Zhi Gui, teleporting to other places in the hotel.

"Two, the figures in bamboo hats took the Mu Yin Zhi Gui down the stairwell on the right side of the corridor, which is why they were not seen by the residents on the left side of the corridor."

"Does it make a difference?"

Bob asked with a gloomy face.

"Of course."

Bai Haozheng said casually, "Those figures in bamboo hats kept saying 'one is missing' until the Mu Yin Zhi Gui had an accident.

"Figuring out their modus operandi will help us find out the process, the result, and the reason for the disappearance of the Mu Yin Zhi Gui."

"There's too little information."

Hei Shengzi (Black Saint) shook his head and looked at the others, saying, "If we don't figure out the identities and origins of the bamboo hat giants, they will continue to take others away.

"If I don't receive a note tonight, I will enter the elevator shaft after 01:11.

"I'll patrol back and forth in the elevator on the floors between the first and fourteenth floors.

"If anyone needs help, they can send a signal, such as opening the door or sticking something out of the crack in the door. I will do my best to help."

"Hmm?"

Ω looked at Hei Shengzi (Black Saint), somewhat surprised. "Are you sure you want to do this?"

Teamwork is just a hollow slogan for players without a friendly fire shield system.

It would be good enough if they didn't kick you when you were down, let alone expect other unrelated players to lend a hand.

"I'm sure."

Hei Shengzi (Black Saint) nodded. "Personally, I think it might be safer in the elevator shaft than in the room all night.

"I was originally planning to call the players on each floor from the elevator, ask about the situation, and decide whether to go up or down.

"However, considering that the content of the note may be [Do not make any noise], making phone calls at will may disrupt your missions.

"So I'll put that on hold for now.

"If those six bamboo hat ghosts appear again tonight, I can also use the elevator to go up and down to track and observe them in real time.

"I can even save the players they are targeting.

"As for the reason,

"One is to help me survive better.

"And the second is..."

A slightly grim smile appeared on Hei Shengzi's (Black Saint) face. "The Mu Yin Zhi Gui (Hidden Eye Ghost) is my companion, after all. For him to die so unclearly,

"I have to get an explanation."

"..."

Bai Haozheng was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's a good suggestion, but for safety's sake, it's best to choose another person,

"So we can take care of each other."

The hotel elevator can carry two people. After carrying Hei Shengzi (Black Saint), it can carry another player.

Bai Haozheng's suggestion, on the surface, was for Hei Shengzi's (Black Saint) sake—if there were two players in the elevator shaft, the chances of dealing with the possible red-clothed old woman would be greatly improved.

But in essence, it was also a kind of test and restriction on Hei Shengzi (Black Saint).

If he was the only one scurrying around on each floor, the hidden dangers would be too great.

He could completely attract the anomalies in the corridor by jumping in and out of the corridor, prying open other people's doors, or shouting loudly.

Killing people with a borrowed knife, harming those players who stayed honestly in their rooms.

If another person was placed next to him,

Then it could play a supervisory role.

Bai Haozheng himself was an intelligence analyst for the Special Affairs Bureau, with an official background, and trustworthy.

And Liu Wu Dai, Wan Li Feng Dao, and others had close ties with the Special Affairs Bureau, and could be regarded as companions to some extent.

Li Ang and Mule, who entered the script with Liu Wu Dai, were naturally also within the scope of their companions.

"If I don't receive a note at night, or if I've already completed the note,"

Bai Haozheng looked at Hei Shengzi (Black Saint) and said, "I will also enter the elevator for a period of time after 01:11. The two of us can team up."

"Me too."

Li Ang next to him raised his hand to express his agreement.

"Well, but the elevator can only carry two people at most. Any more than that, and the elevator will no longer be safe. When passing each floor, I will open the elevator door to show the number of people inside."

Hei Shengzi (Black Saint) said calmly, as if he had not noticed the deep meaning in Bai Haozheng's words. "If we're lucky, we'll be able to figure out what those bamboo hat figures are tonight."

So, the question went back to the starting point: What did the Mu Yin Zhi Gui (Hidden Eye Ghost) do that led to his murder?

Was it because he killed the woman in the kimono in his dream?

Or did he violate some taboo that is not yet known?

Or is the hotel's rules completely collapsing, and who lives and who dies is all randomly determined.

After the players thought and discussed for a while, they still couldn't come to a conclusion. Finally, they searched the twelfth floor and the elevator shaft again.

Unfortunately, they didn't find anything.

This was also expected.

The players had tested it before.

The corridor of the Dolphin Hotel has a self-refreshing function.

The transparent tape they stuck on the corridor phone soon disappeared.

In order to test the refresh time required for the hotel corridor, Li Ang also specially refined some dyes with soil.

He drew many graffiti on each floor, the first floor lobby, and the elevator shaft.

The test results showed that the graffiti would gradually begin to disappear on average within 30 minutes to 3 hours.

The shape, content, and area of the graffiti were not related to the disappearance time.

The same is true for changes to the hotel structure—taking things out of the front desk cabinet and putting them on other floors would also restore them all within 30 minutes to 3 hours.

In other words, if the Mu Yin Zhi Gui (Hidden Eye Ghost) was chopped into dumpling filling and sprinkled in the corridor,

The players who gathered the next day would not be able to find any traces at all.

A day passed quickly, and the players dispersed again, returning to their respective floors.

Before leaving, Liu Wu Dai, who was deliberately left behind, secretly threw a crumpled note to Li Ang.

The content on the note was simple.

"Before the woman in the bathtub disappeared, she said one more thing to me: Don't trust anyone else."

Li Ang held the note in his palm, activated his alchemy, and casually refined the paper into origami cranes.

As time went on, the weirdness in this hotel was also changing, becoming more... intelligent?

At first, it was just simply releasing the content of the notes.

But now, it can interact and even converse with players.

On the second night, Li Ang was attacked by four oil paintings.

He spent a lot of effort to suppress them and tried to extract information.

As a result, the characters in the paintings were completely unable to communicate, and no matter how much sea water he poured into them, they had no intention of negotiating.

And based on the feedback from last night, the strange head that Hei Shengzi (Black Saint) encountered asked him to tell scary stories.

The bathtub monster that Liu Wu Dai encountered warned her not to trust others.

The woman in the kimono that the Mu Yin Zhi Gui (Hidden Eye Ghost) encountered even chatted with him.

Did the players' entry cause the hotel to mutate?

Or is the hotel gradually recovering by absorbing lives?